Keeping the ‘Jewish’ in the Australian Jewish media This week marks 180 years (10 times “chai” – life) since the first Jewish newspaper was published in Australia. The Australian Jewish News that you are now reading is the ultimate successor to the Hebrew Standard, which was first printed in Sydney on November 1, 1895. However, the history of the Jewish press in Australia dates back to a much earlier time. The first Jewish newspaper to appear in Australia was known as the Voice of Jacob or the Hebrews’ Monthly Miscellany, and was published on May 27, 1842. Sydney based, its...