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Radical protesters clog Melbourne streets, is Australia too lenient towards them? Could the detainee scandal sink Labor? Plus, are Australian Jews being left to defend themselves?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we look at the dreadful events in Israel and Gaza....how should we respond? Psalm 23;   Including news from France, Afghanistan, Myanmar; Album of the Week; Rivkah Brown; Ross Greer; Banning Smoking in the UK; Net Zero being abandoned; Keir Starmer's speech; Australian Jews under attack; The Voice;  Harvard's anti-Semitism; BLM supports terror; Hilary and deprogramming; Candace Owens; Lawrence Fox; The Exorcist; Neighbours; The Roman Empire; Michael Palin; The Rugby World Cup - Scotland and Ireland; SEEK 12; and Psalm 122 with music from the Cranberries, Beethoven, Led Zeppelin; and Free Church singers. 

Israel is tearing itself apart with mass demonstrations, threats of army desertion, even warnings from the president of civil war. So what do Australian Jews think of Israel?

The results from the Crossroad23 survey reveal that Australian Jews have still a strong connection to Israel.

Enjoy this week's episode with Tzvi (Jace) Ivar who shares his story about being falsely imprisoned in South Africa to turning his life around while finding a way to Torah and Judaism.   Would you like to be a SPONSOR? Reach out about new sponsorship opportunities for your brand & organizations - franciskakay@gmail.com Message Franciska to join the Whatsapp Discussion Group - franciskakay@gmail.com. Check out www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network.    

Esther Singer the Yiddish Language Coordinator, at Kadimah, reveals the growing interest in Yiddish language & culture among young Australian Jews

Australian Jews mourning a Monarch, anti-Semitism at Australian schools and universities, philanthropist Brian Sherman passed away and more news with Shane Desiatnik, AJN 18.9.2022

Australian Jews in Melbourne and Sydney staged limited gatherings to express solidarity with Israel over its current conflict with Hamas and heard politicians from the main parties, as well as community representatives, speak about their support for Israel, empathy for the victims on both sides of the conflict and concern over the rise of anti-Semitic attacks here and overseas.Australian Jewish leaders criticized the biased, heightened anti-Israel propaganda expressed in some of the Australian media and especially social-media, with the political advocacy organizations Get-Up! and Amnesty International singled out for a particularly vehement critique over their statements during the recent Israel-Gaza conflict.

SBS Yiddish report with Alex Dafner 11.4.2021The Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Commemorations took place live and via the internet in Melbourne and in Sydney on the 7th April, 2021, with moving testimonies delivered by several Holocaust survivors in Melbourne and the marking of the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union and subsequent mass murders of Jews there, the theme of the Sydney commemoration.Australian Jews continued their debate about the change in the status of the Labor Party’s resolution passed at their annual conference, concerning a future Labor Government’s recognition of a Palestinian State.Recently freed from an Iranian jail, Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, clarified the comments she made in an interview in The Australian newspaper, in which she denied being a fervent Zionist and other misconceptions of which she was being accused of in the social media.The Victorian Police will investigate a bizarre threat by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Network of Australia, calling on non-Jewish, Aryan men to engage in group sex with Jewish women in a bid to “breed out the Jewish race” and a personal threat against the Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dvir AbramovichThe Jewish Community Council of Victoria has elected Daniel Aghion, an esteemed barrister as its new President, following a period of upheaval in the council, and an executive in the NSW Government, Darren Bark will take over the CEO position at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, from the long serving community stalwart Vic Alhadeff, in mid May 2021.

Alex Dafner with SBS weekly Yiddish report 7.2.2021 Australian Jews were again angered by revelations that a group of 20 to 30 neo-Nazis held a gathering in the Grampians region of Western Victoria, where amongst other activities performed Nazi salutes, posted antisemitic and racist notices on bush paths, abused owners of a café and burnt a cross, whilst shouting that they were the white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan.Malka Leifer, who faces 74 charges of sexual crimes against students, when she was the Principal of the Addas Israel School in Melbourne, and who was extradited from Israel to where she escaped in 2008, faced the Magistrates Court last week in Melbourne where she was remanded for a committal mention on April 9th, 2021.Old divisions resurfaced between the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Jewish Orthodox Beth Din Religious Court, over a report published by the former over the restructure and reform of the latter, with the Board recommending they be involved in the reforms of the Beth Din.

SBS weekly Yiddish report with Alex Dafner 31/1/2021Malka Leifer, wanted on 74 charges of sexual crimes against students, when she was the Principal of the Addas Israel School in Melbourne, was extradited from Israel to where she escaped in 2008 and arrived in Melbourne under guard, where she will be held on remand to stand trial on those charges.Australian Jews were again among the recipients of national recognitions issued on Australia Day, the 26th of January, with the former Rabbi of the Progressive Judaism movement and author Rabbi Dr John Levi heading up the list, with an AC, Companion of the Order of Australia awardThe Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg headed up an impressive list of speakers and participants, including Holocaust survivors, in the first ever Australia-wide online commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the 27th January 2021.

Australia’s Defence Minister Linda Reynolds held a productive telephone conversation with her Israeli counterpart Benny Gantz, a move described as another important step towards enhancing defence and security ties between the two nations with a similar set of shared common values and desire to contribute to maintaining global peace and security.Mark Regev, the former Melbourne Mt Scopus College and University graduate and current spokesman for the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, held a webinar with Australian Jews, in which he expressed his excitement over the recent agreements with the Arab Gulf States of UAE and Bahrain and predicted a bright future for Israeli-Arab relations and for Israel’s further burgeoning development, after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.A $2.5m Federal Government grant for the expansion of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre, was warmly greeted by the Adelaide Jewish community, politicians, educators and especially the 88-year-old Adelaide Holocaust survivor from Budapest and renown sculptor Andrew Steiner OAM.Anns: Tribute to the recently passed away Ruth Leiser e”h, the former long-time SBS Radio Sydney Yiddish producer and presenter and Holocaust child survivor, whose Jewish neshoma-soul, her love of Yiddish language and culture and Israel, shone through her much loved programs.

Shane Desiatnik with the latest news from the Australian Jewish community:$2.5m Federal Government grant for the expansion of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre, was warmly greeted by the Adelaide Jewish community, politicians, educators and especially the 88-year-old Adelaide Holocaust survivor from Budapest and renown sculptor Andrew Steiner OAM.Mark Regev, the former Melbourne Mt Scopus College and University graduate and current spokesman for the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, held a webinar with Australian Jews, in which he expressed his excitement over the recent agreements with the Arab Gulf States of UAE and Bahrain and predicted a bright future for Israeli-Arab relations and for Israel’s further burgeoning development, after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The situation regarding Covid -19 infections at the Melbourne Jewish Care Victoria’s Hannah & Daryl Cohen Family Home had further improved this week, with no infected residents, and a return to partial reopening after 48 days of lockdown, having meals together and celebrating Rosh Hashona together.Australian Jews and the survivors of sexual abuse, greeted the ruling by a Jerusalem district court that the alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer can be, pending an appeal, extradited to Australia, where she is wanted to stand trial over 74 charges of such abuse, at the Adass Israel girls school in Melbourne, before she fled to Israel in 2008.The Australian PM Scott Morrison spoke on a pre Yom Kippur recorded video produced by the Rabbinical Association of Australasia, about the difficulties of the disrupted High Holidays particularly for the Victorian Jewish community and stressed the importance of maintaining and choosing life above all else, as the Jewish tradition commands, and he wished everyone in the Jewish community a gmar khsime toyve.

The situation regarding Covid -19 infections at the Melbourne Jewish Care Victoria’s Hannah & Daryl Cohen Family Home had further improved this week, with no infected residents, but four staff still infected with the virus.Australian Jews warmly greeted the newly signed agreement between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain at the White House and learnt that one of their own former Melburnians, Tal Becker, a graduate of the Leibler Yavneh College and Monash Uni, was closely involved in the lengthy negotiations and the final agreement signed between Israel and the UAE.As happens every year, the Australian PM, the Leader of the Opposition, Premiers and State Leaders of the Opposition wished the Australian Jewish Community Shana Tovah, a Happy Jewish New Year and commended them and emphasised the special efforts that will need to be made to overcome the difficulties of not coming together this year, because of the Covid-19 restrictions.Alex Dafner with the Yiddish report for 20th Sep, 2020 Rosh Hashanah 5781The Melbourne Beth Din and Rabbinical Council of Victoria reminded the Jewish Community that using Zoom, Skype and other internet programs over the Sabbath and Holy Days is strictly forbidden by Judaic Law and they urged Melbourne Jews to instead register under the “Project High Holidays”, which permits the blowing of the Shofar Ram’s Horn for Rosh Hashana in front of homes, parks, synagogues and designated places.

The ‘Golden Age’ of Jewish life in Australia began, appropriately, in the 1850s with the start of the gold rushes, a phenomenon that was to triple the size of the Jewish population in the colonies. This podcast episode, the third in this series on Australian Jewish History, explores the stories of Australian Jews over the … Continue reading "#25 Dinkum Diaspora: Highlights of Australian Jewish History (part 3)" Related posts: #26 Dinkum Diaspora: Highlights of Australian Jewish History (part 4) #24 Dinkum Diaspora: Highlights of Australian Jewish History (part 2) #23 Dinkum Diaspora: Highlights of Australian Jewish History (part 1)

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Titus sits down with Ashley Browne, footy journalist, who has just edited a new book People of the Boot which details the triumphs and tragedy of Australian Jews in Sport. Become a supporter of The Variety Hour here: https://titusoreily.com/support-titus  

Mark Dapin talks about his latest book examining Australian Jews in the military, Jewish Anzacs as part of the 2017 Shalom Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Australian Jewish community numbers over 100,000. The majority of Australian Jews were born in other countries and have arrived in a number of waves of immigration. The communal challenges include: preserving Jewish identity, addressing the needs of new arrivals and providing for the requirements of an ageing population and of Australian Jews who suffer from social disadvantage. The external challenges include: dealing with a new center/left government after 11 years of center/right rule, a growing Muslim population, anti-Semitism, terrorism, and managing the responsibilities of the only substantial Jewish community in Eastern Asia and the Pacific.

The Australian Jewish community numbers over 100,000. The majority of Australian Jews were born in other countries and have arrived in a number of waves of immigration. The communal challenges include: preserving Jewish identity, addressing the needs of new arrivals and providing for the requirements of an ageing population and of Australian Jews who suffer from social disadvantage. The external challenges include: dealing with a new center/left government after 11 years of center/right rule, a growing Muslim population, anti-Semitism, terrorism, and managing the responsibilities of the only substantial Jewish community in Eastern Asia and the Pacific.