L'Chaim - To Life S13 E11 (30-07-2025) with Peter Lavac, Professor Sharon Lewin AO, Penny Goodman, Hani Hanam-Papalia, Gareth Narunsky and Sharon Kuper

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

 

Title: Israel At War Mythbuster – I am doing Prime Minister Albanese’s job of finding out the truth about the war in Gaza (*from 0:23 mins)

Description: High-profile Sydney barrister, Peter Lavac, who is currently in Israel to make a documentary film to counter the Hamas propaganda about the situation in the Middle East being propagated by the Western media, reports on his impressions of being in Israel for the first time and on attending an emotional event commemorating one year since the horrific rocket attack by Hezbollah on Majdal Shams, a Druze town situated in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 children and injured more than 40 others on a soccer field.

  

Title: Professor Sharon Lewin AO – Fat bubble: A whole new way to design therapeutics (*from 8:45 mins)

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Profofessor Sharon Lewin AO, the inaugural Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne, about the recent breakthrough in her laboratory’s search for a cure for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Sharon talks about the status quo of AIDS treatment, which is able to keep the infection at bay only as long as anti-viral medications are maintained. She then describes the novel approach her team has taken to successfully demonstrate a method of inducing HIV to activate its ‘dormant’ state and expose infected cells to attack by the immune system.

  

Title: KAN English News Flash – July 30, 2025 at 2PM IDT (*from 26:02 mins)

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

 

Title: Penny Goodman and Hani Hanam-Papalia – WIZO has been there since Israel’s infancy (*from 33:21 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Penny Goodman and Hani Hanam-Papalia, the new co-Presidents of WIZO Victoria, WIZO is the Women's International Zionist Organisation. With both Penny and Hani having a long-time connection and association with WIZO, we hear from both Penny and Hani what their vision and aspirations are for WIZO Victoria supporting the world WIZO sisterhood, which is now 105 years old and is the largest welfare NGO in Israel, dedicated to the advancement of the status of women, and the welfare of all sectors of Israeli society and encouragement of Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora. With WIZO Victoria supporting many projects and activities in Israel and locally, a major priority for the new co-presidents is a focus on getting the younger generations involved and active with the WIZO sisterhood. With the theme "WHERE COURAGE SPEAKS" the annual WIZO Victoria Gala Fundraiser is on August 14th with two very special guests: Zack Sage Fox and Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert. To book tickets for the Gala and for more information about getting involved with and supporting WIZO Victoria  go to the website: www.wizovic.org.au.

 

 

Title: Gareth Narunsky – Tomorrow’s AJN Headlines today (*from 58:05 mins)

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

 

 

Title: Sharon Kuper – L’Chaim - To Life Community Noticeboard (*from 60:10 mins)

Description: Sharon Kuper reviews this coming week’s community events. To register and watch the Aish original Tisha B’Av film “After October” go to https://engage.aish.com/9-av/. To get WhatsApp notifications of Jewish Community Events go to https://chat.whatsapp.com/IvXuBBkF6SpCNMqANac6Y9

 

 

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