The Australian Jewish News(AJN) is a newspaper published inDarlinghurst,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia.[1]Since 2019, it has been a local partner ofThe Times of Israel.[2]
 First page of first issue of The Hebrew Standard of Australasia, 1 November 1895 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 November 1895 |
| Website | https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ |
History
editTheAJNis descended fromThe Hebrew Standard of Australasia,which was first published on 1 November 1895 inSydneyby founding editor Alfred Harris.[3]In 1953, John Shaiak purchased the newspaper and changed its name toThe Australian Jewish Times (AJT).[3][4]In 1987,Richard Prattbought the AJT and merged it with theMelbourne-basedAustralian Jewish News.From 1990, the newspaper has been published weekly nationally asThe Australian Jewish News.[1]
The newspaper celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995 and launched an online edition in 2001. In July 2007, Robert Magid became the paper's new publisher.[5]
In October 2019, theAJNbecame the seventh "local partner" ofThe Times of Israel.It is only the second local partner outside the United States, after the UK'sJewish News.The newspaper's digital presence is now integrated withThe Times of Israeland the other local partners.[2]
Digitisation
editThe Hebrew Standard of Australasiahas been digitised from 1895 to 1953 and is available online throughTrovevia theNational Library of Australia.[6]
References
edit- ^abThe Australian Jewish news,Australian Jewish Press, 1989,retrieved4 December2016
- ^ab"Australian Jewish News becomes Times of Israel's seventh local partner".15 October 2019.Retrieved30 November2019.
- ^ab"History of the Australian Jewish News in print and online".The Australian Jewish News.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2016.Retrieved4 December2016.
- ^The Australian Jewish times,Charter Press, 1953,ISSN0725-4385
- ^"About".The Australian Jewish News.Retrieved30 November2019.
- ^"The Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney, NSW: 1895 - 1953)".National Library of Australia.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2016.Retrieved4 December2016.