Former Australian Zionist Leaders Speaking Out

Former Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Zionist Federation of Australia president Dr Danny Lamm and his wife Rolene have made aliyah, fulfilling an ambition he has held since first spending time in Israel in 1968. We talk about the impact on Israel of the US mid-term election results,  th…

Antisemitism Envoy's Latest Report, The Choice

Last week Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal AO released her latest report, which has updated priorities aiming to push antisemitism back to the margins The report calls on institutions to adapt codes of conduct, ensure people understand the nature of antisemitism, and…

The Wedding Entertainer (Gidi Dar)

Set in the heart of Hassidic Jerusalem, this comedic, modern-day caper screening at JIFF and starring the famed Israeli film actor, writer, and singer Shuli Rand follows a disgraced badhan (a traditional Jewish wedding emcee) as he fights to reclaim his former glory. I speak with the film's direct…

Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold 

One of history’s most consequential and under-recognised Jewish women, Henrietta Szold left an indelible mark on the 20th century with her compassionate leadership founded on equality. This powerful documentary Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold by Peabody award-winner Abby Gin…

UNRWA and Francesca Albanese

Dina Rovner is the Legal Advisor of United Nations Watch (UN Watch), an independent human rights monitoring organization in Geneva, Switzerland. UN Watch has produced a couple of comprehensive reports, one repudiating UNRWA's claim that it is successfully implementing reforms and the other providi…

UNRWA has to go, The Wedding Entertainer, Henrietta Szold

Dina Rovner is the Legal Advisor of United Nations Watch (UN Watch), an independent human rights monitoring organization in Geneva, Switzerland. UN Watch has produced a couple of comprehensive reports, one repudiating UNRWA's claim that it is successfully implementing reforms and the other providi…

UNRWA's Sorry Legacy

I spoke wirh Duki Dror, the director of Unraveling UNRWA a probing and scrupulous documentary that dives into the history of the relief agency founded to aid Palestinian refugees in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and how it evolved to become an organisation at the centre of global scrutiny.…

Ruminations on Israel's Coming Elections

Gideon Rahat is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and an International Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine.  His research fields are compara…

Unraveling UNRWA, Israeli elections

I spoke wirh Duki Dror, the director of Unraveling UNRWA a probing and scrupulous documentary that dives into the history of the relief agency founded to aid Palestinian refugees in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and how it evolved to become an organisation at the centre of global scrutiny.…

Australian Friends of Sheba

Australian Friends of Sheba locally represents the Sheba Medical Centre, the 8th top hospital in the world according to Newsweek magazine. Embodying the ethos of “hope without boundaries”, Sheba compassionate care extends across the globe. The vision at Australian Friends of Sheba is to forge a br…