Lex Mrocki took this photo of Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner at the Yeshivah Centre in December 1993. Photo: AJN files

DALIA SABLE AND PETER HASKIN

THE AJN’s first staff photographer, Lex Mrocki, died last week following a short illness. He was 45.

Mrocki began working at The AJN in 1988, following the merger of the Sydney Australian Jewish Times and Melbourne’s Australian Jewish News.

He left 12 years later, but continued to provide his photos for publication in the paper up until his death.

Sam Lipski, AJN editor-in-chief when Mrocki was appointed, recalled the photographer as a cheery, courteous and committed colleague who worked above and beyond the call of duty.

“He put his body and soul into the paper. It was something he loved and it showed,” Lispki said. “People wouldn’t start an event if Lex wasn’t there to document it.”
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