Morry Frenkel speaks with Dr Steven Cooke, CEO of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, about the redeveloped museum site, the aims of its multi-year, Critical Thinking is Critical: Educate, Innovate and Advocate against Antisemitism project, and the role of the museum in an environment of increasing antisemitism. The Melbourne Holocaust Museum is located at 13 Selwyn St, Elsternwick. For information on the museum’s exhibitions, volunteering and donating, visit www.mhm.org.au

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Maurice Klein speaks with DJ Schneeweiss, Head of Planning and Strategy at the National Library of Israel (NIL) that is charged with collecting and preserving the cultural and intellectual heritage of Israel and the Jewish people, and bringing them to life. In the aftermath of the terrible events of Simchat Torah (October 7) last year and the ongoing wars with Hamas and Hezbollah, the National Library of Israel is embarking on a massive documentation and preservation project bearing witness to this crucial chapter of Jewish history. With the goal to craft a vast, reliable and open repository, reflecting a broad scope of testimony, documentation, social media coverage, and public information efforts that will serve the purpose of creating a national memory database, they are documenting the Israel experience and is also documenting the experience of Jewish communities worldwide. To share and submit materials, fill out the form online at www.nli.org.il. As Elie Wiesel said “If anything can, it is memory that will save humanity".

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Maurice Klein speaks with Trevor Asserson, who put together a large team of lawyers and data experts to investigate the BBC bias reporting of the Israel-Hamas conflict post October 7. Using AI to analyse some nine million words of coverage across several languages and BBC platforms (including the BBC Arabic service) the comprehensive report of 199 pages, covering the period from October 7, 2023 to February 7, 2024 reveals a consistent pattern of anti-Israel bias exposing the BBC breaching its own editorial guidelines of impartiality, accuracy, editorial values and public interest over 1500 times, against its own standards of accuracy and balance. The report claims that the BBC downplayed Hamas terrorism; conversely Israel was presented as a militaristic and aggressive nation. According to the report, the BBC suggested that Israel faced "no substantial threat" effectively delegitimizing Israel's right to defend itself. By contrast the coverage of Hamas military strength and conduct as a terrorist Palestinian government of Gaza is receiving far less attention. The need for impartial and trusted news has never been greater. Source: BBC Annual Report 2023/24. Watch out ABC, you could be next.

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Jacqueline Maley, columnist and senior journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, about her recent Sunday Age opinion piece: “What surprises about the Middle East culture wars? The left and right have swapped sides”. Jacqueline talks about what ‘freedom of speech’ means to her and how the left and right of politics have changed their views on it, what rights members of the Arts world have to express their views and her perspective on how journalists report the hard news today.

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Lisa Lewis, the Volunteer Relationships Manager at Courage to Care, Victoria, about her role within the organisation, the remarkable story of her grandmother who survived the Holocaust through the courageous act of the Japanese diplomat, Chiune Sugihara, and how this influenced her view of being an Upstander. For information on the valuable work being done through Courage to Care’s Upstander programs, the volunteering options available and links to make a donation, go to www.couragetocare.org.au.

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Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Mendy Ajzenszmidt, the Congregation’s Rabbi about the South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation (SCHC) which celebrated its 75th anniversary as a vibrant, inclusive Synagogue in Melbourne, honouring Harvey Bruce OAM and Sarah Bruce (obm) for their 60 years of dedicated service to the South Caulfield Shule and Kehilla. With guest speakers The Hon Alexander Downer AC and Tim Wilson, the Liberal candidate for Goldstein, who both spoke passionately and with moral clarity about the Jewish community and their concerns for the Jew-hatred antisemitism storming Australia and the world. The SCHC successfully launched its vision for the next 75 years. For more information go to www.schc.org.au.

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Hostages Ori Danino, Carmel Gat, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi, who were kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7, 2023 attacks, and whose bodies have been found underground in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip were remembered at a community memorial service held on September 02, 2024 at Caulfield Shule.

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Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Dr Laibl Wolf, founder and Dean at the Spiritgrow-Josef Kryss Holistic Centre, who recently penned an oped expressing his concerns that as a community and individuals we are going overboard with how sacred and afraid we are. Can you imagine the absolute joy the enemy experiences when another Jew says "I am afraid". Rabbi Laibl tells us to stop displaying fear! We have a long history; it's about time we learned how to be defiant and resilient, walking the talk and staring down the haters, walking tall and proud of our Jewish identity and connection. Take initiatives, think creatively, and respond deliberately and meaningfully. Above all know who you are as a Jew! For more information about Spiritgrow go to www.spiritgrowjosefkrysscenter.org.

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