''The Australian Jewish News'' (''AJN'') is a newspaper published in

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, Australia. Since 2019, it has been a local partner of ''

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''.

History

The ''AJN'' is descended from ''The Hebrew Standard of Australasia'', which was first published on 1 November 1895 in

by founding editor Alfred Harris. In 1953, John Shaiak purchased the newspaper and changed its name to ''The Australian Jewish Times (AJT)''. In 1987, Richard Pratt bought the AJT and merged it with the

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-based ''Australian Jewish News''. From 1990, the newspaper has been published weekly nationally as ''The Australian Jewish News''. 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. In October 2019, the ''AJN'' became the seventh "local partner" of ''

''. It is only the second local partner outside the United States, after the UK's ''

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''. The newspaper's digital presence is now integrated with ''The Times of Israel'' and the other local partners. The paper played a role in backing

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relations between Arab countries and Israel, regularly featuring pro-Israel Arab figures such as Emirati influencer Amjad Taha.

Digitisation

''The Hebrew Standard of Australasia'' has been digitised from 1895 to 1953 and is available online through

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via the

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. ''The Australian Jewish News'' (Melbourne Edition) has been digitized from 1935-1999 and is available through Trove via the National Library of Australia. ''The Australian Jewish News'' (Melbourne Edition) has been digitized from 2000-2020 and is available through Trove via the National Library of Australia.

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