35 Jewish Australians were honored and recognized on the Queen’s birthday with the Order of Australia for their exceptional contribution to Australia. One of them was the Israeli migrant, Moshe Rosenzveig for his services to the visual arts, particularly to photography. Moshe’s first job in Australia was at SBS as a TV producer and he is the founder and artistic director of Head On Photo Festival, a very successful festival renowned internationally as well

With Prof Rafi Mann, you will find the latest from Jerusalem with perception and understanding

“Nishto Kayn Mazl” (“There’s No Luck”) by Sholem Aleichem, read by Michael Ben Avraham-Vaynapple

greeting/opener by Alex Dafner 

For the latest in the Jewish community in Australia with Shane Desiatnik, AJN journalist

A message for the community (in English) from the  chairman of the Jewish Agency

Our guest today is Isaac Herzog, Opposition Leader of the Israeli Labor Party in the Knesset and newly elected Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel who visited Australia last week.Meet

Herzog, son of the late Israeli President Chaim Herzog, is the former chairman of the Labor Party and continues to serve as the opposition leader in the current 20th Knesset.

He will retire from the Knesset prior to taking up the role with The Jewish Agency on 1 August. Stay tuned to listen to Isaac Herzog MK.

Prince William at the Kotel...Find out more about the Royal historic visit, with Peta Jones Pellach reporting this week from the North of Israel...

Alon Amir, is known as Mister Eurovision.  Alon is a top expert when it comes to the Eurovision and he published a book about it. The book “3 minutes of eternity” is your opportunity to get all the behind-the-scenes gossip at Eurovision.

so Get ready for Eurovision 2019 in Israel with Alon…To date there have been four Israeli victories in the Eurovision song contest, the latest, yes it took another 20 years to win, with the song Toy with Netta Barzilai.We all look forward to next year’s Eurovision in Israel.

Australian Jewish leaders commended the decision to change the name of the Melbourne Federal Electoral seat of Batman to Cooper, in honour of the Aboriginal leader and human rights campaigner William Cooper, who in a unique act of solidarity with the Jewish people tried to deliver a protest letter to the German Embassy, condemning the Krsystalnacht anti-Jewish Nazi pogrom of the 9th November 1938 in Germany and Austria.  Australian Zionist leaders met the former leader of the Opposition in Israel and newly elected Chairman of the “Sochnut”- World Jewish Agency, Itzhak Herzog, in Jerusalem and greeted him again when he arrived for a visit to Australia, and where he will deliver a speech on the 4th July, 7.30PM at the Veit Weizmann Centre, in Melbourne. The President of the Jewish Community Council of South Australia, Norman Schueler has been appointed Chair of the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission for the next two years and he was warmly congratulated by the SA Premier Steven Marshall and his Government.

For the latest in the Australian Jewish community and the Jewish World, listen to Shane Desiatnik, Journalist of the Australian Jewish News...Find out about Prince William's visit to Yad Vashem  and the Kotel in Jerusalem

Australian Jewish leaders commended the decision to change the name of the Melbourne Federal Electoral seat of Batman to Cooper, in honour of the Aboriginal leader and human rights campaigner William Cooper, who in a unique act of solidarity with the Jewish people tried to deliver a protest letter to the German Embassy, condemning the Krsystalnacht anti-Jewish Nazi pogrom of the 9th November 1938 in Germany and Austria.