L'Chaim - To Life SU2024 E4 (15-01-2025) with Professor Peter Morgan, Professor Steven Prawer and Ofir Birenbaum

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

This week’s Summer Series episode is focusing on: It’s Academic.

 

 

Title: Professor Peter Morgan – This IS about antisemitism (*from 1:13 mins)

(Original broadcast date: April 21, 2024)

Segment Podcast Link: https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life/professor-peter-morgan-this-is-about-antisemitism

Description: Morry Frenkel speaks with Professor Peter Morgan, Director of the European Studies Program at The University of Sydney, about the ‘hijacking’ of one of his lectures by pro-Palestinian protesters in May and his letter of complaint to the University’s vice-chancellor, Mark Scott. Professor Morgan also talks about the inherent antisemitism lying behind much of the on-campus demonstrations and the damage done to university scholarship through the administration’s cancelling of lectures by visiting Israeli academics because of threats of disruption.  

 

 

Title: KAN English News Flash – January 15, 2025 at 2PM (IST) (*from 19:26 mins)

Description:  The latest bulletin from the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

 

 

Title: Professor Steven Prawer – The problem is that our opponents have been building up a false narrative (*from 26:54 mins)

(Original broadcast date: October 30, 2024)

Segment Podcast Link: https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life/prof-steven-prawer-the-problem-is-that-our-opponen

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Professor Steven Prawer, Professor of Physics at the University of Melbourne who oversees joint PhD programs between the University of Melbourne and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Prawer recently arrived at his university office to find that it had been invaded and occupied by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students in a most threatening manner. The students were concealing and covering their identity with keffiyehs - the modern day Swastikas. Professor Prawer, who is a proud kippah wearing Jew found himself in the confronting situation and refused to be intimidated, stood his ground and stood proud. He recently addressed the Senate Commission of Inquiry into antisemitism. Professor Prawer advocates for the Government to pass legislation for a Judicial inquiry into antisemitism and for universities to be given additional powers to deal with antisemitism which is now well and truly plaguing our educational institutions and needs to be urgently addressed head on. The interview appropriately concludes with Kyle Kozloff and Neil Radisch performing their parody “A Letter from Campus” with apologies to Allan Sherman.

 

 

Title: Ofir Birenbaum – Creatively, responding to anti-Israel Jew hatred with "The Kosher Octopus" (*from 52:30 mins)

Segment Podcast Link: https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life/ofir-birenbaum-creatively-responding-to-anti-israe