The program is replayed Fridays between 2PM and 3PM on Melbourne’s 3ZZZ 92.3FM

Title: Racheli Kofsky – Dear Mr Dutton ….. (*from 0:23 mins)

Description: An Open Letter to the Opposition Leader, The HonPeter Dutton MP, from Adass Israel congregant  Racheli Kofsky, Jewish Australian.

Title: David Southwick MP – A government’s first and most fundamental duty is to keep people safe (*from 6:46  mins)

Description: Victorian Member of Parliament, David Southwick MP, addresses the community on December 8 at Burnett Grey Gardens in Ripponlea with a simple message: enough is enough, we need better leadership. A government’s first and most fundamental duty is to keep people safe—and both the State and Federal Labor Governments have failed to do so.

Title: The Hon Josh Frydenberg and Nova Peris – Prime Minister, enough is enough (*from 16:44  mins)

Description: On December 7, outside the charred remains of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, former treasurer The Hon Josh Frydenberg and former Labor senator Nova Peris, at a media conference, have called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to “step up” after the firebombing of the synagogue in Melbourne.

Title: KAN English News Flash – December 11, 2024 at 2PM IST (*from 25:40 mins)

The latest English language radio news bulletin from KAN, the Israeli Broadcasting Service.

Title: Vicki Kaplan – Being proactive in Israel? Just do it! (*from 32:34 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Vicki Kaplan, who most recently returned from spending one month in Israel volunteering with many different organisations with the help of Sword Of Iron (https://g.co/kgs/YKGE69H). Vicki spent the first 2 weeks as a Sar-El (www.sarelaustralia.com) volunteer at an IDF base with soldiers in Hatzerim, Be'er Sheva assisting in a logistical support role packing supplies for soldiers, which were then transported directly to Gaza. Vicki spent shorter stints of volunteering sorting clothes for displaced people at Erans Angels (www.eransangels.com/en/) in Tel Aviv; chopped vegetables at Meir Panin (www.meirpanim.org.au), a soup kitchen in Or Akiva, as well as filled bags with essential food items for the needy. She then travelled to an army base at Be'er Sheva with a vegan food van "The Vegan J17" (https://j17.co.il) to feed 600 Givati fighters of the Rottem Battalion, picked tomatoes through the Leket (https://g.co/kgs/ypF3edR) organisation to help farmers on a Moshav Leket and helped out at a BBQ (https://jeffseidel.com/idf-bbq/) for soldiers positioned 2 km from Gaza. In Jerusalem, Vicki worked with Tachlit (https://m.facebook.com/TachlitEnglish/), another amazing volunteering organisation packing and distributing fresh produce to displaced people and others in need. She also visited down south to Sderot, Zikim and the Nova site (https://www.holylandtourguide.com/) before returning to Australia. Vicki's message to the community is: "Many Australians have volunteered in Israel since October 7, there is so much more that needs to be done, let’s keep that happening". Kol HaKavod VICKI KAPLAN.

Title: Karlis Zaid – Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? (*from 46:31 mins)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Karlis Zaid, actor, director, singer, voice artist, and writer, about the Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, currently playing at the Rose Garden in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens, Herbert Street, St Kilda. Karlis talks about director Jennifer Sarah Dean’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy into a musical that keeps true to the original play, his role as Sir Toby Belch and the difficulty of acting (and singing and dancing!) in an outdoor setting when the audience is encouraged to bring a picnic hamper and drinks to the performance. For tickets, go to www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1254801. By the way Twelfth Night is on the 2025 VCE Syllabus - so this is a way to see the play in an unforgettable format.

Title: Gareth Narunsky – Tomorrow’s AJN Headlines today (*from 59:00 mins)

Description: We cross to Gareth Narunsky, the Australian Jewish News National Editor, for the headlines in this week’s edition of the paper.

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