Bondi, Our Hearts Are Broken

To our beautiful Bondi community, to all Jewish Australians and to everyone affected we are beyond devastated by what happened last night. Because of last night's terror attack on our community there has been a change to our usual Life Uncut scheduling. 

There is no place for antisemitism or violence of any kind in Australia - we stand for humanity for all. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey guys Britain, Lauria here. This is obviously not a
normal episode that we're coming to you with today, and
that is because at six point forty last night, as
we're sure you're all aware, there was a terror attack
in Bondai Beach on our Jewish community. We wanted to
come here today to just firstly let you know that
we're all safe and our family are safe, and we

(00:22):
feel so lucky in that sense, but there are many
people that are not, and we wanted to just let
you know that there is going to be a change
of schedule this week.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
I mean, we had content recorded for ask on cart
of course, and then when all this unfolded, I mean,
there was just there's no way we were going to
release an episode today. No, we also understand and don't
want to release an episode tomorrow. It just it feels
almost dystopian to be having our normal conversations when all
of this is happening. We are so behind our Jewish community,

(00:52):
we are so behind everybody who has been affected by this.
The whole of Bondi is. I mean, it's one of
the amazing things about Bondai is how much everyone comes
together that right now it is broken, and everyone is
just trying to figure out what has actually happened and
how this happened.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
The Bondai community itself is obviously so tight, and the
Jewish community within Bondai is even tighter, and it would
be hard to be in Bondai and not know somebody
that is not involved in this in some capacity. And
I just feel like there has been this horrific ripple
through the community and through Australia and it's just unfathomable

(01:31):
to think that this is happening in our own backyard.
One thing I really do want to highlight in this
absolute atrocity is just the people that have come out,
the absolute heroes that were running towards danger, like the civilians,
the first responders, the lifeguards, the police, the ambulance that
really showed up and put their own lives in danger,

(01:51):
and some of them lost their lives because of that.
I think it's really important that we highlight these people
in that moment. And a forty three year old Muslim
men Ahmad al Ahmad is the absolute hero of this situation.
And if you guys have not somehow seen the video
footage of him, maybe you don't want to, but It's
truly incredible. He single handedly runs at one of the shooters,

(02:15):
disarms him, takes his gun, and I just the bravery
that that must have taken and the number of lives
that he would have saved because of that moment is
it's hard to think about, really, but I just think
it's really important at a time that we just don't
talk about. You know, you don't want to give more
time to the terrorists, but I think it's really important
that we highlight those people at this time as well.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
That act was such an act of immense bravery, But
there is so much devastation that has come out of this,
So many people have lost their lives, and we are
very conscious about we're not on news podcast, We're very
conscious about giving details as this is changing and evolving
and the landscape of this has changed so much from

(02:59):
when we were on the phone to each other to
what has come out this morning. So if you guys
have listened to the podcast for a while, you know
that Britta and I we live in Bondai. We were
both at home when this all happened, and like, there
is so much information that's coming out at the moment,
not just on the news but when you are centered there,

(03:20):
it's the WhatsApp groups, it's the videos, it's what's circulating
on social media, and we're.

Speaker 1 (03:25):
Running down the street.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Yeah, it's really really full on, and I think everyone
is processing what has happened. And our job and what
we love to bring to you is the banter and
the laughs, and we know that having those conversations are
just not possible at this time. So the reason for
this is to give you kind of a bit of
an understanding around what's happening this week. We do have

(03:47):
a great interview episode that's still going to be coming
out on Friday with Logan Yuri. The reason for that
is because that was pre recorded. We've also done a
lot of pre records for what is happening in the
end of the year, so like coming into the new
year for our holiday season content. So I kind of
wanted to let you guys know that that's already been
pre recorded because I just don't feel like we can

(04:07):
go from what's just happened in our community to turn
around and be like and now we.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Have our year end review, No, and that's the content
for the rest of this year and early into next year.
So all of our holiday content has been recorded now
and the tone of that will not reflect what has
happened in the recent life events. So it's just important
that you guys know that that was recorded ahead of time.
This week it is literally impossible to bring you any

(04:34):
kind of content at the moment for very obvious reasons.
But on Friday, as Laura said, we will have the
wonderful logan you, and on Monday we will have an
Ask uncut, and that will be our last episode before Christmas.

Speaker 2 (04:45):
If anyone is thinking about how you can help, at
the moment, Lifeblood has been asking for urgent donations. We
are leaving this record to go and do that ourselves.
Please please, if you can, that can be one way
to get involved, and also so you can go to
the Daily Os if you want to go and be
more up to date with actual, verified and factual news.

(05:06):
The other thing that I just want to say is,
and I kind of touch on it, but like, please
don't share videos on social media, especially before things have
been vetted, or of people who have been deeply affected.
People are finding out that their family members or people
that they love have been injured or hurt in this
absolute atrocity and finding out via social media is just

(05:26):
the most horrific way, so please be conscious about what
you're sharing and just continue the outpouring of love for
Bondai in the community. If anybody does need help or
need support, Lifeline is always there. On thirteen eleven fourteen.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
We do want to just send our love out to
absolutely everybody involved at the moment. Everyone's family is the
Jewish community and just a reminder it is the most
important time now to just be there for each other.