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Dr Moshe Farchi – a world-renowned expert on trauma and mental health, who is a reserve Lt Col in the IDF’s Home Command, where he’s a senior mental health officer – was disinvited from the Frontline Mental Health Conference, organized by the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association (ANZMHA), just days before his scheduled keynote address this week. shane Desiatnik from the Australian...

Dror Doron is a senior political analyst specialising in the Middle East, and he says that "it is essential to bring the Israeli hostages back to Israel and that we ought to dismantle the Hamas organisation. Sadly, these are contradictory aims and right now it is more important to bring the hostages back"

STARTTS (The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors) and FASSTT (The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma) agencies have launched 'Witness to War' a free and confidential multilingual telephone hotline for people in Australia affected by overseas conflicts. The project is staffed by mental health practitioners and bicultural sup...

The Israeli community in Australia had a chance to come together for an evening full of fun and humor. Top Israeli comedian Shahar Hason and Yohay Sponder visited Australia. "we should not take it for granted" says Hallely Kimchi, director at 'Habayit' - home of Hebrew and Israeli culture. "It is not easy to get any Israeli artists to come and perform in Australia, especially in these difficult ti...

Peta Jones Pelach with news and current affaris from Israel, reporting to SBS Hebrew in English.

The painting above is featured on this week's printed edition of the Australian Jewish news. To hear the full story, listen to shane Desiatnik , reporting to SBS Shalom Australia with the latest Australian Jewish News.

The Palestinian Authority's Prime Minister has told President Mahmoud Abbas that his government will resign over the escalating violence in the region. The move comes after Israel launched a successful attack on the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon, and said it is still planning to launch an offensive in southern Gaza.

(English Interview) Adiel Cohney made Aliyah from Melbourne to Israel 8 years ago, together with his Gar-in from Habonim Dror. Adiel tells us about the life-changing move from the comforts of Australia to the exciting challenges of life in Israel, and about living life in Hebrew including his current acting studies at Bet Zvi.

Dr Alon Friedlander is the Head of orthopaedic wing at the Sheba Hospital in Israel. Alon tells us about the amazing dedication of the medical staff at the Sheba hospital and in other Israeli hospitals, saving lives and limbs of countless soldiers and civilians since 7 October 2023.

(English interview). Three members of Gilad Korngold’s family were murdered by Hamas on 7th of October, and nine were kidnapped to Gaza, including his son Tal, daughter in law Adi, and young grandchildren Naveh and Yahel. By now most family members have been released except for his son Tal who’s still a hostage in Gaza.

Stand up comedians Shahar Hason and Yohay Sponder in an exclusive interview for SBS Shalom Australia in English.

Peta Jones Pellach with the news from Israel, reporting to SBS Shalom Australia in English.

"The current war is the longest, and the most complex in Israel's history since its establishment in 1948. The longest war that Israel was involved with was the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, which started on 30th of November 1947 until the 20th of July 1949". Professor Raffi Mann, reporting to SBS Hebrew, with news and current affairs from Israel (23.2.24)

News highlights from the past week (19th to 23rd of February)

An exclusive interview with two of the funniest stand-up comedians in Israel.

Leading up to last Sunday’s 12,000-strong Christian-led ‘Australians United Against Antisemitism’ rally in Sydney’s Domain, Freya Leach – the daughter of emcee and co-organiser, Anglican senior minister Mark Leach – described its aim as an opportunity “to hug the Jewish community”. Shane Desiatnik from the Australian Jewish news, reports to SBS Hebrew.

The unbelievable story of Gilad Korngold. Three members of Gilad’s family were murdered on 7th of October, and nine(!) were kidnapped to Gaza, including his son Tal, daughter in law Adi, and young grandchildren Naveh and Yahel. By now most family members have been released except for his son Tal who’s still a hostage in Gaza.

Eye on the Israeli Community in Australia: This week we speak to Tamar Marom. Tamar arrived to Australia in 2019, at the age of 14. Tamar shares with our listeners her thoughts about living in Australia, specifically during tough times like the pandemic, lock downs, and the war in Israel.

Peta Jones Pellach reporting to SBS Hebrew Shalom Australia.

Philip Zajac is the newly elected president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria. He tells us what he thinks are the most urgent challenges facing the Jewish communities in Australia, The latest doxing saga, and some thoughts on the current Israel Gaza war. An English interview.

Younger Australians are experiencing higher psychological distress and more loneliness compared to older age groups. That's according to new research by the University of Melbourne that analysed data from 17-thousand people from 2001 to 2021.

Fernando Marman, 61, and Louis Har, 70, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, were among 253 hostages abducted on October 7 in Hamas attacks which saw some 1200 people murdered. Shane Desiatnik reporting to SBS Hebrew, with the latest Australian Jewish News.

We talked to Dr Danny Lamm AM on a stopover in South Africa before continuing to Israel to meet families and friends and to find out how the Jewish community in Australia could offer more help to that courageous, war torn country. In particular to the "Israeli hostages in Gaza, and the many tragic casualties of the war". English interview.

News highlights from the past week (12th to16th of February)

'Anno 2020', produced by Gil Ben-Moshe of MoneyShot Productions, won an award at the Titan International Film Festival, Sydney, for the Best Experimental movie. The film also was declared a quarter finalist into the British International Film Festival, and made official selection for best experimental movie into the Symbiotic festival in the Ukraine.