L'Chaim - To Life S13 E14 (20-08-2025) with Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Rabbi Ralph Genende OAM, Reverend Jonathan Chamberlain, Sara Gold, Vicki Fleiszig-Marton, Bruce Hill and Sharon Kuper

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

 

 

Title: Ambassador Mike Huckabee – Recognition of a "Palestinian State" is a gift to Hamas (*from 0:23 mins)

Description: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks to Sarah Ferguson on the ABC’s 7.30 program, last Thursday night, about the US’s reaction to Australia committing to a recognition of a “Palestinian State”, as well as many other issues concerning the Gaza war.

  

Title: Rabbi Ralph Genende OAM and Reverend Jonathan Chamberlain – Interfaith: Jewish and Christian people working for a society of justice and peace (*from 9:26 mins)

Description: Malka Lawrence speaks with Rabbi Ralph Genende OAM and Reverend Jonathan Chamberlain, two faith leaders dedicated to fostering understanding between diverse religious communities in Australia. They discussed what inspired their interfaith work, shared examples of dialogue leading to real change, and reflected on the qualities, empathy, openness, and trust that make collaboration effective. They also addressed challenges in bringing communities together and considered the evolving state of interfaith relations in Australia. Looking ahead, they highlighted the role of interfaith initiatives in strengthening social cohesion, shaping public policy, and building meaningful connections, citing recent Anglican–Jewish community exchanges in Melbourne as a practical example. Throughout, they encouraged listeners to embrace mutual respect and shared humanity as the foundation for a more inclusive society.

 

Title: KAN English News Flash – August 20, 2025 at 2PM IDT (*from 33:13 mins)

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

 

Title: Sara Gold and Vicki Fleiszig-Marton  – JNF Annual Events 2025: Together, we rise with Israel  (*from 39:51 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Sara Gold and Vicki Fleiszig-Marton, co-presidents of JNF Victoria.  JNF Victoria along with JNF Australia have since October 7 been working overtime and in overdrive providing much needed support and assistance to Israel's  devastated communities, by supporting more than sixty urgent projects across Israel's south and north, AND continues to do so! The JNF focus is a holistic approach to recovery, healing the land, the people and the spirit of Israel. JNF Australia has a Build Back Better Israel mission tour scheduled for November 2 - 10, and well before that in two weeks’ time in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, the JNF Annual Events 2025: Together We Rise with Israel, will be hosting the inspiring Eli Sharabi, who survived 491 days as a Hamas hostage. Eli will be joined on stage and in conversation with award winning Israeli journalist Nadav Eyal. No doubt Eli Sharabi will be inspiring and uplifting; he already is! The very important JNF Annual Events are almost a sell-out in Sydney Tuesday November 2, Melbourne Thursday November 4 and Perth Sunday November 7. To secure tickets and for more information about the November Build Back Better Israel JNF mission click on www.jnf.org.au/annualevent and www.jnf.org.au. Since its founding in 1901, JNF has helped shape the physical and emotional landscape of Israel with the current mission to bring families back home by rebuilding communities, bigger, better and more attractive than ever. Yasher Koach Sara Gold, Vicki Fleiszig and Team JNF.

 

Title: Bruce Hill – Tomorrow’s AJN Headlines today (*from 59:07 mins)

Description: We cross to Bruce Hill, the Australian Jewish News Senior Journalist, for the headlines in this week’s edition of the paper.

 

Title: Sharon Kuper – L’Chaim - To Life Community Noticeboard (*from 61:01 mins)

Description: Sharon Kuper reviews this coming week’s community events. To get WhatsApp notifications of Jewish Community Events go to https://chat.whatsapp.com/IvXuBBkF6SpCNMqANac6Y9

 

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