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SBS Hebrew

Independent news and stories from SBS Audio, connecting you to life in Australia and Hebrew-speaking Australians.
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Working in an outback cattle station - not for the faint hearted!

Bezalel (“Bazza”) Gillis was born in Israel, served in a combat unit in the IDF until late last year, and soon after embarked upon one of the most interesting and challenging post army trips possible: long tracks in NZ, staying with exceedingly friendly rural communities in Fiji, and then working for three months in a remote cattle station in Queensland. It’s definitely not for the fainthearted to ride volatile cows, wrestle moody sheeps and work real hard long hours in such stations.

Sep 30, 202317 min

You shall dwell in Sukkot seven days

Arie Rokach is a lecturer of mathematics, a biblical scholar and much more. In this podcast Arie tells us about the festival of Sukkot and about the associated Mitzvahs and customs.

Sep 30, 202312 min

Anti-Semitic incidents on Yom Kippur

Shane Desiatnik with the headlines on this week's edition of the Australian Jewish News. On this week's edition: A concerned motorist spotted a car with a neo-Nazi number plate, while NSW Police confirmed a report was made after antisemitic and neo-Nazi graffiti was located at an address in Kensington. Premiere Daniel Andrews resignation, and his relations with the Jewish community.

Sep 28, 202315 min

The Sound and the Fury - a first hand account from the Yom Kippur War

This week we mark 50 years to the Yom Kippur War. Micky Bentov from Melbourne, was born in Jerusalem and grew up in Kibbutz Heftziba, one of the oldest, most beautiful Kibbutzim in Israel. We hear some stories about the war that changed the lives of many Israelis.

Sep 28, 202314 min

50 Years to Yom Kippur War

Prof. Rafi Mann reports from Israel, with a special report about the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War

Sep 25, 20239 min

Court Upholds Complaints Made by Jewish Students Relating Antisemitism

Victorian Education Minister Natalie Hutchins has apologised unreservedly after the Federal Court of Australia last week upheld most of the complaints made by five former Jewish students relating to antisemitic behaviour at Melbourne’s Brighton Secondary College. Shane Desiatnik with the latest stories from this week's edition of the Australian Jewish News.

Sep 25, 202313 min

The Meanings of Yom Kippur

Arie Rokach is a biblical scholar. Arie clearly explains the various sources and meanings of Yom Kippur - the holiest Jewish Holiday.

Sep 24, 202315 min

The News in Hebrew (24.9.23)

The latest news from Australia and Israel in Hebrew, as heard on the SBS Hebrew program 24.9.23

Sep 24, 20236 min

And God Said, Let There Be Light (Genesis 1)

Orel Cohen-Berenson and her partner Eddie arrived in Australia a few months ago in order to study and work. They both served several years in the Israeli navy, both are extremely busy studying and working and travelling and getting used to the new culture, language and friends.

Sep 20, 202314 min

Jewish New Year Report From Jerusalem

Peta Jones Pelach reports from Jerusalem. Israeli society is more divided, and the challenges to the political and legal system greater, that at any time in the 75 year history of the state, as the country entered the new Jewish year of 5784.

Sep 18, 20238 min

Dr. Ho Feng-Shan is The Chinese Schindler

Melbourne based Producer and Director Warren Wills is working on a new musical production in collaboration with Tongji University Alumni Association of Melbourne and members of the Chinese community to tell the story of Dr. Feng Shan Ho - The "Chinese Schindler"

Sep 11, 202312 min

Telling the story of the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics

Dr Avishai Yakobovitch was the captain of the youth fencing team in the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. We hear some first-hand stories about the actual massacre and the very disappointing response from the International Olympics Committee and from the German Government. The Munich Olympics Massacre - a personal reflection.

Sep 11, 202315 min

Jewish Communities Mark 51 Years to the Munich Olympic Massacre

The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 summer Olympics in west Germany by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.

Sep 11, 202311 min

Jewish People Need To Reclaim The Word 'Zionism'

Noa Tishby, an Israeli actress, writer, and advocate speaker, was the special guest of the annual JNF Gala event in Sydney and Melbourne. Noa says that Jewish people need to reclaim the word Zionism. Shane Desiatnik from the Australian Jewish news reports.

Sep 08, 202313 min
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