L'Chaim - To Life S13 E7 (02-07-2025) with Noa Tishby, Jason Steinberg, A/Prof Les Schreiber, Teneille Murray and Gareth Narunsky

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

 

Israel At War Mythbuster – Western Progressives Have Been Played (*from  0:23 mins)

Description: Israeli actress and activist Noa Tishby responds Western Progressives’ stance on Israel in a speech on October 17, 2023. But nothing has changed in the 20 months that followed.

 

Title: Jason Steinberg – The 160 years old Queensland Jewish community is punching above its weight (*from 5:42 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Jason Steinberg, President of the Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies. Jason unpacks his recent article in the Courier Mail, "The Bookends of Hatred are Closing in on Jews" details how Queensland Jews as with the rest of the Australian Jewish community post October 7, have come under attack from the escalating antisemitism now plaguing Australia from the Left and neo-Nazis. Queensland Jews were stunned when the Woodford Folk Festival late December 2023 turned into a hate fest of anti-Israel sentiment and Jew hatred. With may incidents since then, late May this year it was serious neo-Nazi graffiti on the Gold Coast, followed a few days later with 100 plus members of the Jewish community celebrating the Shavuot festival holiday at a private function, only to be gate crashed, abused threatened and intimidated by a protest bunch of left-wing and Islamic Jew haters. We hear from Jason how the nascent state of the art Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre, capped off its first year winning gold and silver recognition at two prestigious international awards, and how the Holocaust museum is having a real impact educating Queenslanders young and old about the Holocaust, with the aim of educating and inspiring Queenslanders to stand up against all forms of racism and hatred. To support the important work of the Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre, please donate at www.hmq.org.au/support.  

 

 

Title: KAN English News Flash – July 02, 2025 at 2PM IDT (*from 24:58 mins)

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

 

 

Title: A/Prof Les Schreiber – Hate speech has nothing to do with freedom of speech (*from 31:22 mins)

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.