The
AJN is descended from
The Hebrew Standard of Australasia, which was first published on 1 November 1895 in
Sydney 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
Melbourne-based
Australian Jewish News. From 1990, the newspaper has been published weekly nationally as
The Australian Jewish News. In October 2019, the
AJN became the seventh "local partner" of
The Times of Israel. It is only the second local partner outside the United States, after the UK's
Jewish News. The newspaper's digital presence is now integrated with
The Times of Israel and the other local partners. == Digitisation ==