Maia Ifrah – In Sha’ar HaNegev we do not have the privilege not to be optimistic
Maurice Klein speaks with Maia Ifrah, the International Partnership Director in the relations and resource development department of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, in the northwest Negev Desert on the border with the northeast tip of Gaza. We hear about the loss of life, hostages, devastation…
Simonne Winecier and Steph Hausman – Promoting The Joint on social media
Morry Frenkel speaks with Simonne Winecier, Fundraising Coordinator of the Australian arm of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (The Joint or JDC Australia), and Steph Hausman, 2023-2024 JDC Entwine Global Jewish Service Corps Fellow, about the recently launched #SavedByTheJoint serie…
Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet – The safe season for the Jews has ended
Morry Frenkel speaks with Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet, Resident Historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum, about his view that Holocaust and antisemitism education has done nothing to prevent the recent global upsurge in hate crimes and antisemitism and that, controversially, the “period of grace g…
Effi Yaacobi – Israel update
Maurice Klein speaks with our Israeli tour guide Effi Yaacobi for an Israel update. Effi tells us about the current state of tourism to Israel, who is coming and the impact visiting the devastation and destruction has had on his clients. The IDF continues to roll through Gaza with great success des…
Anthony Gafin –ZDVO: If not for the injured, there would be no Israel
Maurice Klein speaks with Anthony Gafin, co-president of ZDVO (Zahal Disabled Veterans Organisation) - Beit Halochem (House of Warriors) Victoria and National vice-president, supporting Israel's injured soldiers and victims of terrorism. We hear from Anthony how since October 7 there has been close…
Dan Coleman – It’s not easy being (a Jewish) Green
Morry Frenkel speaks with Dan Coleman, an environmental activist for almost 40 years, co-founder in 2016 of the Jewish Greens Working Group and since January this year, a former member of the Australian Greens, about his time as a ‘Green’ and the circumstances that led him to resign from that party…
Senator Paul Scarr – There is a lack of specific programs to combat antisemitism
Morry Frenkel speaks with Senator Paul Scarr, member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and Liberal Senator for Queensland, who is currently chairing the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee enquiring into right-wing extremist movements in Australia. Senator Scarr talks ab…
Lt Col (res) Sarit Zehavi – The Lebanese border is an untenable powder keg that is not a political issue; it is life and death
Maurice Klein speaks with Lt Col (res) Sarit Zehavi, fifteen years IDF military intelligence, founder and president of the ALMA centre in the Galilee, an independent research and education centre specialized in Israel's security challenges on its northern borders. Over 60,000 Israelis remain intern…
Mike Zervos OAM – Courage to care: influencing the behaviour and thought processes of young Victorians
Morry Frenkel speaks with Mike Zervos OAM, the CEO of B’nai Brith’s Courage to Care organisation, about its Upstander programs. These programs, delivered by volunteers, are designed to inspire people of all ages to make a real difference in their communities through standing up and taking action, a…
Freya Leach – Student activist Marching for the Living and Israel, to say Never Again Is Now
Maurice Klein speaks with Freya Leach, Christian activist and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy, studying for a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law at Sydney University, with a very active social media following and frequently appearing as a special guest at events focusing on young pe…