Butcher's Stain (Meyer Levinson-Blount)

Royal Commission (Ben Adler)

Jewish-Arab Party (Alon Liel, Jonathan Zeigen)

I spoke with Meyer Levinson-Blount, who directed the film Butcher's Stain, which won a Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards. Additionally, the short film earned a nomination for Best Live Action Short at the 2026 Academy Awards.

The 26-minute film was created by Levinson-Blount while at Tel Aviv University's Steve Tish School of Film and Television. The story follows Samir, an Arab Israeli butcher working at a Tel Aviv supermarket, who must fight to prove his innocence after being wrongfully accused of tearing down hostage posters in the break room at his workplace. (0:38-14:54)

Ben Adler, director of SHIR has testified at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and this is his submission..

SHIR is Australia’s only national Jewish performing arts organisation and CHUTNEY, his music band, is one of Australia’s most established Jewish ensembles. Taking both of these projects ‘outside of the shtetl’ has consistently brought him against the very coalface of antizionism and antisemitism in Australia - especially since October 7. (15:00-30:46)

A new Jewish-Arab political party has been established in Israel ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections later this year. 'A Place For Us All' (in Hebrew מקום לכולנו) was launched  by its new co-leaders, Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green.

The party will be made up of activists from the Standing Together movement, a grassroots group established in 2015, which aims to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives and harmony between Arab and Jewish Israelis.

I will be speaking about this new party with former Israeli ambassador to South Africa Alon Liel and Jonathan Zeigin (the son of late Vivian Silver from Kibbutz Be'eri), who is number 6 on the new party's list (30:52-56:52)

I spoke with&nbsp;Meyer Levinson-Blount, who directed the film&nbsp;Butcher's Stain, which&nbsp;won a&nbsp;Silver Medal in the Narrative category at the 2025 Student Academy Awards.&nbsp;Additionally, the short film earned a nomination for Best Live Action Short at the&nbsp;<a href="https://zpdryj.clicks.mlsend.com/tb/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjc4NDY5OSxcImxcIjoxOTE3NDYxMTQ1MjE2NjMyMDksXCJyXCI6MTkxNzQ2MTI2NDc3NTI2ODU5fSIsInMiOiI5NTNjM2Y3MzM2Y2EzODc1In0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-link-id="191746114521663209" data-linkindex="2">2026 Academy Awards</a>.
The 26-minute film was created by Levinson-Blount while at Tel Aviv University's Steve Tish School of Film and Television. The story follows Samir, an Arab Israeli butcher working at a Tel Aviv supermarket, who must fight to prove his innocence after being wrongfully accused of tearing down hostage posters in the break room at his workplace. (0:38-14:54)
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Ben Adler,&nbsp;director of&nbsp;<a href="https://zpdryj.clicks.mlsend.com/tb/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjc4NDY5OSxcImxcIjoxOTE3NDYxMTQ1NDE1ODYxNTgsXCJyXCI6MTkxNzQ2MTI2NDc3NTI2ODU5fSIsInMiOiIyMDQzZWRhN2JjZmVhZjVmIn0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-link-id="191746114541586158" data-linkindex="4">SHIR</a> has testified at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and this is <a href="https://www.shir.com.au/rc">his submission</a>.. SHIR is&nbsp;Australia&rsquo;s only national Jewish performing arts organisation and&nbsp;<a href="https://zpdryj.clicks.mlsend.com/tb/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjc4NDY5OSxcImxcIjoxOTE3NDYxMTQ1NTEwMjMzNDMsXCJyXCI6MTkxNzQ2MTI2NDc3NTI2ODU5fSIsInMiOiI0OTc5MDNmY2ZkM2QyNzQ2In0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-link-id="191746114551023343" data-linkindex="5">CHUTNEY</a>, his music band, is one of Australia&rsquo;s most established Jewish ensembles. Taking both of these projects &lsquo;outside of the shtetl&rsquo; has consistently brought him against the very coalface of antizionism and antisemitism in Australia - especially since October 7. (15:00-30:46)
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A new Jewish-Arab political party has been established in Israel ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections later this year. 'A Place For Us All' (in Hebrew&nbsp;מקום לכולנו)&nbsp;was launched&nbsp; by its new co-leaders, Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green.
The party will be made up of activists from the&nbsp;<a href="https://zpdryj.clicks.mlsend.com/tb/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjc4NDY5OSxcImxcIjoxOTE3NDYxMTQ1NzA5NDYyOTEsXCJyXCI6MTkxNzQ2MTI2NDc3NTI2ODU5fSIsInMiOiI4MTYxMjg2YjJlZmIyMDQ2In0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-link-id="191746114570946291" data-linkindex="7">Standing Together</a>&nbsp;movement, a grassroots group established in 2015, which aims to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives and harmony between Arab and Jewish Israelis.
I will be speaking about this new party with former Israeli ambassador to South Africa&nbsp;Alon Liel&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jonathan Zeigin (the son of late Vivian Silver from Kibbutz Be'eri), who is&nbsp;number 6 on the new party's list&nbsp;(30:52-56:52)

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Butcher's Stain (Meyer Levinson-Blount), Royal Commission (Ben Adler), Jewish-Arab Party (Alon Liel, Jonathan Zeigen)