L'Chaim - To Life Podcasts

Morry Frenkel speaks with Professor Haitham Amal, the Satell Family chair and professor of brain sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and visiting professor at the Boston Children's Hospital, about his research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). He describes features of the disorder and discusses the genetic and environmental factors associated with it. Professor Amal also talks about exciting research that has led to th...

Sharon Kuper previews 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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Morry Frenkel speaks with Gareth Narunsky, editor-in-chief of the Australian Jewish News, about the paper’s submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Gareth describes the format of the submission; a compilation of more than 300 news stories, feature articles, opinion pieces and editorials, covering the period from just before the horrors of October 7th, 2023, until the present. He details three p...

Maurice Klein speaks with Major (Ret) Rami Sherman, veteran commando of Sayeret Maktal, the premier Tier-1 special forces and deep-reconnaissance unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).  Major (Ret) Rami Sherman, fifty years ago was part  Operation Entebbe , code named Operation Thunderbolt,  when the IDF, undertook the long range counter terrorism mission of Operation Entebbe in Uganda,  that was retroactively...

Anita Frayman speaks with Dr Joe Reich AM, about his latest book titled “We Should Have Talked: the biography of my father”. Both his parents had suffered the worst of the horrors of the Holocaust. Neither spoke of the deep emotional pain that they suffered and continued to suffer throughout their lives. Some twenty years after his father Jacob died, Joe decided to watch a video recording that Jacob had made with Steven...

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

Go to https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life where you will find a full library of past programs and past podcasts.

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Michael Gawenda, Walkley Award winner, and former editor and editor-in-chief of The Age, about the Cathy Wilcox cartoon, ‘Grass Roots’, that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age earlier this year. Michael talks about the important role traditionally played by the political cartoonist in the popular press and the process he followed as editor in assessing whether a cartoon should be...

Maurice Klein speaks with Dean Hurlston, State Director for Allies for a Strong Australia.  Dean outlines how Never Again Is Now that was founded by Mark Leach, has now morphed into the grassroots movement Allies for a Strong Australia, having chapters in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australian and Victoria, with strong interest now in South Australia and Tasmania, for the continued planed nationwide expansion in every...

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

Go to https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life where you will find a full library of past programs and past podcasts.

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Jeremy Suss, President of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) about the level of on-campus antisemitism over the past six months and gives some highlights of his recent trip to the USA to attend the annual American Jewish Committee Global Forum as the representative of Australian Jewish university students. Jeremy talks about the forum and his meeting at the Office of the United States Special...

Malka Lawrence speaks with Tallilah May OAM, awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in this year's King's Birthday Honours. Tallilah is one of our community's true quiet achievers. For many years she has supported women, families and those facing difficult times through her volunteer and community work, always with kindness, compassion and without seeking recognition. Tallilah speaks about a lifetime of service, communit...

David Schulberg previews what is intended to be a comprehensive expose of the ABC's systemic anti-Israel bias and the fact that it has been fuelling antisemitism by being a purveyor of false narratives that demean Israel. This has been submitted to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and is submission no ASC016068 and can be seen as being an adjunct to submission no ASC000072, which is The ABC Misinformation Re...

Sharon Kuper previews 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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Morry Frenkel speaks with Daniel Onas, President of the AJAX Junior Football Club, about the disturbing level of antisemitism experienced by its players, especially during the football seasons following the horrors of October 7th, 2023. Daniel provides details of a number of on-field, antisemitic incidents that cover a range of age groups, which form part of the club’s submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and So...

Malka Lawrence speaks with Rebecca, a non-Jewish Australian who made a submission to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism after witnessing events following October 7. Working near the Victorian Parliament House, Rebecca has observed the weekly Free Palestine protests firsthand what she has seen, how it has affected her, and why she felt compelled to speak out. She shares her experiences of large-scale demonstrations, police road ...

Morry Frenkel speaks with Associate Professor Jeremy Goldin, Vice-President of the Australian Zionist Healthcare Alliance (AZHA), about the establishment of the organisation and its role as an advocate for Jewish and non-Jewish health providers, medical students and patients who have suffered or witnessed antisemitic abuse. Jeremy describes some of the more than 100 incidents that are part of the AZHA’s submission to the Roya...

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

Go to https://omny.fm/shows/lchaim-to-life where you will find a full library of past programs and past podcasts.

If you would like to contact us here at L'Chaim our email is lchaim3zzz@gmail.com

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Morry Frenkel speaks with Peter Wertheim AM, Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), about Australian universities' partial compliance with recommendations from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into campus antisemitism (tabled early 2025). Peter explains that the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion covers universities but extends to all antisemitic activity affecting Jew...

Malka Lawrence speaks with Sharon Sztar, writer, mentor and facilitator, discusses women’s wellbeing, resilience, identity and healing. Drawing on her work with women’s circles, mentoring and storytelling, Sharon will share insights into building connection and community in challenging times. The conversation explores her support of Jewish women following October 7, and her contribution to Ruptured a powerful collection...