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For more than 50 years Lale Sokolov lived with a secret in Melbourne. He had been the tattooist of Auschwitz who tattooed thousands of prisoners. When prisoners arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau, they were selected either for forced labor or immediate execution. Their heads were shaved, their belongings taken and became numbers, which were tattooed on their arms. The numbers on the forearms have become one of the most recognizable symbols of the Holocaust. Author Heather Morris, after spending 3 years recording Lales story before he died in 2006, recently published a book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz based on his incredible story of survival and impossible love at the concentration camp. It is unthinkable love story. Lale met the love of his life, Gita while tattooing her arms in Auschwitz. The story of how he found her after the war, seemed to be taken out of a Hollywood movie.

Yes, Australian nippers are in Israel! Don't miss the interview with: Aryella Rosenthal, Head of International Relations Department Ashdod, Yaki Pinto, Surf Life Saving Israel, Ashdod Branch Manager and Arie Tourgeman Director of Coast Division Ashdod. Find out about the Australian nippers program that was exported to Israel a few years ago by Steve Rubner and is a big success in Israel. Ashdod was the first city to start the program.

A unique chat that highlights the past week in the life of the Australian Jewish community with AJN journalis Shane Desiatnik.The Australian Jewish Community and Holocaust survivors and descendants expressed concern and disappointment regarding the new Polish laws which would punish anybody using the term Polish Concentration Camps or claiming that the Polish Nation collaborated in the Holocaust.

Don't miss our weekly Yiddish report: The Australian Jewish Community and Holocaust survivors and descendants expressed concern and disappointment regarding the new Polish laws which would punish anybody using the term Polish Concentration Camps or claiming that the Polish Nation collaborated in the Holocaust. The by-election for the closely contested, left-leaning, long-time Labor held Melbourne seat of Batman, have raised questions over the Greens Party candidates support for the anti-Israel BDS boycott campaign, following the suggestion by the Liberal Party, that they may stand a candidate to try to partially counter the Greens candidate, if it emerges that she is pro the BDS. The Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews and State Governor Linda Dessau, greeted the Israeli President of the Israel - Australia Chamber of Commerce Ido Nehushtan and his wife Orna, at the Australian organisations equivalent meeting at Government House, and praised the warm and close relationships between the two organisations and states, especially in the field of bi-medicine, trade and technology.

Israeli talent exported to Australia! This time with Omer Backley-Astrachan Dancer and Choreographer English interview

Did you ever learn a second language? Did you try to teach your children to speak Hebrew? Find out from the top expert in the field of teaching Hebrew, the secret success of teaching Hebrew as a second language. Her motto is: teach Hebrew in Hebrew and make it fun and exciting"

Did you ever learn a second language? Did you try to teach your children to speak Hebrew? Find out from the top expert in the field of teaching Hebrew, the secret success of teaching Hebrew as a second language. Her motto is: teach Hebrew in Hebrew and make it fun and exciting"

Don't miss this fascinating interview with Prof Ghilad Zuckermann, an Israeli Professor, who is teaching Aboriginal people, their own language at Adelaide University. While we celebrate Australia Day, we cant forget the first people that lived on the continent, the Aboriginal people.

Find out the latest in the Australian Jewish community, with Shane Desiatnik from the AJN A court in Israel has, because of mental illness symptoms, again postponed for 6 months the extradition of Malka Leifer to Victoria, where she is facing 74 charges of sexual abuse against the female students of the Adass Israel School in Melbourne, where she was principal, until she ran away to Israel, when the accusations against her surfaced in 2008.

Don't miss our weekly informative and unique Jerusalem report. Find out about the death of Israeli National Poet Chim Gouri and much more...