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This week’s Summer Series episode is focusing on: It’s Academic!

Title: Jess Wilson MP – Our classrooms should not be a place for political activism (*from 3:20 mins)

(Original broadcast date: August 27, 2025)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Jess Wilson MP, the member for Kew in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the Liberal Party, about the spate of antisemitic incidents that have taken place in Melbourne over the past 20 months. Jess describes her reaction to the antisemitic verbal abuse suffered by primary school-aged students from Mount Scopus Memorial College when visiting the Melbourne Museum. She also talks about the apparent normalisation of antisemitism in our classrooms, with teachers claiming they have a right or mandate to push a strong, pro-Palestinian viewpoint on students as young as those of kindergarten age, without any repercussions. Jess also talks about the recent revelation that Victoria’s “Respectful Relationships” curriculum has been amended so that children as young as 5-years-old can be taught that ‘their body parts may not match their gender’ and that biologically male students who identify as female are entitled to play sport on girls’ teams. This ignores strong evidence-based criticism from psychiatrists on the introduction at an early age of the idea of being transgender.

Title: KAN English News Flash – December 31, 2025 at 2PM (IST) (*from  mins)

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 Title: A/Prof Les Schreiber – Hate speech has nothing to do with freedom of speech (*from 21:32 mins)

(Original broadcast date: July 02, 2025)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with A/Prof Les Schreiber, Associate Professor of medicine at the University of Sydney, about the reasons behind his decision to publicly criticise the recent actions of university students who turned their backs on Jewish students seeking support to stamp out on-campus anti-Semitism and were defending the existence of the Jewish state, as well as the general lack of action by the university’s administration against on-campus antisemitism. This lack of effective action has led to some faculty members leaving the university and has potential students questioning whether attending the University of Sydney is their best option for continuing their studies. Les also condemned the involvement of some faculty members in newsletters that contained virulently anti-Zionist material and called for a single Palestinian state, although the university has now clamped down on this activity. Les also reported on the ‘behind-the-scenes’ activity of the Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism (the 5A group) since its formation in November, 2023.

Title:  Charlotte Korchak – The Jerusalem Education Institute: focusing on changing the world one-on-one and person-to-person (*from 35:01 mins)

(Original broadcast date: September 10, 2025)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Charlotte Korchak, Founder and Senior Educator of the Jerusalem Education Institute (JEI), an organisation dedicated to educating people by providing them with accurate information on Israel, which is needed to fully understand what is happening in the region. The educational philosophy of the JEI is that details have to be presented in a way that stimulates interest and discussion, and this is achieved via the ARM method – Acknowledge/Answer, Reframe and Message. Charlotte describes how the ARM method enables students and educators to respond effectively and in a measured way to criticisms of Israel and Jews in general. This approach is much more likely to lead to a rational discussion than a heated argument. More information on, and links for donations to, the Jerusalem Education Institute can be found at www.jerusalemedu.org.

Title: AI – Goodbye 2025. Hello 2026! (*from 60:50 mins)

Description: An exclusive release broadcast of a L’Chaim – To Life commissioned AI generated music track from Songer (https://songer.co/) wishing all our listeners a happy 2026.

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