Dr Ron Weiser, AM: The Israeli President has an important role in the coming election"  Dr. Ron Weiser, AM a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency, a Past President of the Zionist Federation of Australia.  Ron is a respected community leader and Keen observer of Israeli Politics

Shane Desiatnik from the AJN talks to Nitza Lowenstein about Israeli elections and other news...

Yiddish Story, "Di Almoneh" by Shalom Ash Read by Michael Ben Avraham Wineapple

Legislative elections are due to be held in Israel on 17 September 2019 to elect the 120 members of the 22nd Knesset. Following the prior elections in April, incumbent  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition, the first such failure in Israeli history. Find out more with Peta Jones Pellach

Peta Jones Pellach reports on last Sunday's missile attack & on the latest election polls 8.9.2019

Our guest today is Aviv Shalem, Aviv has a stage name, Asis D’Orange. Aviv was born into a religious Yemenite family.In his late teens he came out of the closet. But this time is with a difference. 
He doesn’t see himself as a male or as a female. He is very successful as a drag Queen or drag King and he even won the drag contest in the 2017 Tel Aviv International LGBT.  This is a person that went from wearing a Kippa to miniskirts and wigs.  Aviv is the guest of the Festival of Jewish Arts and Music in Melbourne this weekend.

Our guest today is Aviv Shalem, Aviv has a stage name, Asis D’Orange. Aviv was born into a religious Yemenite family.In his late teens he came out of the closet. But this time is with a difference. 
He doesn’t see himself as a male or as a female. He is very successful as a drag Queen or drag King and he even won the drag contest in the 2017 Tel Aviv International LGBT.  This is a person that went from wearing a Kippa to miniskirts and wigs.  Aviv is the guest of the Festival of Jewish Arts and Music in Melbourne this weekend.

Our guest is Moira Blumenthal a producer and director who will introduce her new play to us, The God of Isaac that deals with a search of Jewish identity in the secular world

Find out from Shane Desiatnik, AJN about the Religious Discrimination Act and other news from the Australian Jewish community

Yiddish Story: Leon Rosenkranz by Kalman Segal told by Michael Ben Avraham Wineapple