NIF Australia Podcast

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Join our discussion with two leaders from NIF's global board – Naomi Chazan, former deputy speaker of the Knesset, and Reem Younis, co-founder of Nazareth-based Alpha Omega and hi-tech entrepreneur – on the future of Jewish-Arab shared society in Israel after the inter-communal violence earlier this year.

This clip is part of NIF's celebration of 10 years event. Watch the full video on YouTube.

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Join Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Senator the Hon. Penny Wong for a discussion on challenges facing liberal democracies, human rights and the situation in Israel-Palestine.

This clip is part of NIF's celebration of 10 years event. Watch the full video on YouTube.

This is an audio version of an event we hosted on 12 October 2021. You can watch the event in full on our YouTube channel.

How do journalists share complex issues, particularly when they are writing for an audience which is on the other side of the world?

Join our discussion with John Lyons, the author of a new book, Dateline Jerusalem which looks at how Israel is covered by the Australian media and a former Middle East Correspondent for the Australian, Anshel Pfeffer senior correspondent and columnist for Haaretz and the Israeli correspondent for the Economist and Dina Kraft, a Tel Aviv-based journalist for the Los Angeles Times and Christian Science Monitor, to hear how foreign correspondents work to tell other people's stories and shape the discourse in their home country.

We apologise that this event is being added to our podcast late (the event was recorded on 18 May 2021). We had some technical issues that took time to resolve, including with the volume of some of our speakers. We appreciate your patience. You may be required to adjust the volume up/down while you listen. Thanks as always.

Join two leaders shaping their country's political conversations – Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens, and Tamar Zandberg, Knesset member and former leader of Israel's Meretz – on how to shift the political goal posts and take decisive action rooted in shared values of equality, democracy and justice.

You can watch this event in full on our YouTube channel.

In a time of fake news, rising populism and renewed antisemitism, join two of the world's leading historians, Sir Simon Schama and Professor Deborah Lipstadt, in conversation with NIF's global president and UCLA Jewish History Professor David Myers, discuss how our understanding of history shapes our current reality.

Navigating how this plays out in a fractured Israel and a divided America, amidst challenges to democracy and an increase in nationalism and racism around the world, the insights of these two preeminent Jewish scholars of our time will be crucial in working out how to heal these wounds and create more just and tolerant societies.

You can watch this podcast in its original form, a digital event, on our YouTube channel.

Less than two weeks after President Joe Biden took office NIF Australia hosted seasoned American Middle East negotiator, and NIF board member, Aaron David Miller and former Knesset member Ksenia Svetlova for a discussion about how America's Middle East policy will shift under the new administration.

This podcast is a recording of the event held on Tuesday 2 February 2021. You can watch the event in full on YouTube.

Join us for an inspiring evening filled with beautiful music and conversation.

Be uplifted by the wonderful music from Jewish Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) and Palestinian Israeli singer Mira Awad, and their ongoing efforts to create a more equal and tolerant society for all Israelis and Palestinians. Their collaboration is best known from Eurovision 2009 in Moscow where they sang together in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Hanukkah is a time of bringing more light into the world, so together with these passionate activists, we'll discuss their drive to promote peace, equality and social justice.

Together, we'll wrap a challenging year with some light and inspiration from these talented artists.

This event was recorded live on Thursday 10 December 2020. You can also watch the event on YouTube.

Democracy and pluralism are under attack around the world. Join New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into this troubling trend in the United States, Israel and all around the world.

Joining us a week after the US elections, they'll discuss the result and its long lasting impact on a divided American society, as well as the ongoing uncertainty in Israel's political system, and the broader threats facing democracies worldwide, particularly during the Covid pandemic.

This is a recording of an NIF digital event from Thursday 12 November. You can watch it in full on YouTube.

Even at a time when they have greater than ever representation in the halls of power, the challenges facing women in politics remain high.

Two veteran political leaders, Tanya Plibersek, Australia's shadow minister for education and training, and Zehava Galon, president of Zulat and former chairwoman of Israel's Meretz party, joined award winning journalist Deb Whitmont for a wide-ranging discussion on their experiences as prominent leaders in parliament, the barriers facing women in politics and the role gender plays in the media's coverage of politicians.

This event was streamed live to YouTube on Wednesday 14 October.

Is America looking at four more years of President Donald Trump or will Democratic candidate Joe Biden win the upcoming elections?

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman joined us to discuss the Trump presidency and what's at stake at next month's US elections.

You can watch the video of this event on YouTube.