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A fascinating interview with Joshua Weinstein about his movie Menashe that is currently screened in the International Jewish Film Festival. It is just an incredible movie, entirely in Yiddish that will give you a glimpse into the Haredi community in New York

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, Opp leader Bill Shorten, Senior politicians and military and community leaders will be joined by their Israeli equals including PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Beersheba on the 31st October for the 100 anniversary of the landmark WWI battle that saw the 4th and 10th ANZACs light horse regiments defeat the Turks at Beersheba and to capture the water sources there and that some say paved the way for the establishment of the Jewish State. Find out more about it and the latest from the Australian Jewish community, with Evan Zlatkis, senior journalist of the AJN

Alex Dafner with his unique Yiddish reports covers this week: Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull, Opp leader Bill Shorten, Senior politicians and military and community leaders will be joined by their Israeli equals including PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Beersheba on the 31st October for the 100 anniversary of the landmark WWI battle that saw the 4th and 10th ANZACs light horse regiments defeat the Turks at Beersheba and to capture the water sources there and that some say paved the way for the establishment of the Jewish State. - The first ever Torah to be inaugurated in Australian Parliament had its final letter inscribed on the final phrase Yisroel - the Jewish Peolple by Rabbi Shmueli Feldman and Rabbi Eli Gutnick, in a historic event in the presence of Jewish Federal Parliamentarians Josh Frydenberg, Mark Dreyfus, Michael Danby, Julian Leeser and Mike Freelander - The Polish Govt published draft legislation on the return of confiscated property requiring claimants to be citizens living in Poland, therefore excluding most Holocaust survivors and their families from potentially making any restitution claims.

Don't miss the latest from Israel, with SBS Jerusalem correspondent, Peta Jones Pellach. Find out about the new Chief Justice of the High Court, and the new hero recognized by Yad Vashem

A new exhibition at the Sydney Jewish museum, The Jews of Greece that explores the history of one of the most ancient Jewish communities in the world, in honour of 87% of the Jewish population of Greece who were murdered in The Holocaust. I spoke to Vic Alhadeff Chief Executive officer of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies. Vic was the Keynote speaker at the open. He has special connection with the exhibition. I asked him about the exhibition and his family connection.

Three major breakthroughs in cancer research. For the latest from Israel, listen to SBS Jerusalem correspondent eta Jones Pellach who also reports on the Israeli air strike deep into Syria 22-10-2017

What do you know about the Jewish star Barbara Streisand?
We spoke to Ben Gerrard, the solo actor of a new play at the Ensemble Theatre, Buyer and Cellar about his role in the play, as a salesperson, at Barbara Streisands private shopping mall, in the basement of her mansion...
The play is based on the fact that Streisand has a museum in her basement The play is particularly relevant to you as there are many Jewish references in the play with lots of rich Yiddish expressions.

Who are the Four philanthropic Jewish families in Sydney that have pledged $10m for the Sydney Jewish and Holocaust Museums? Find out the latest about the Australian Jewish community, with AJN senior journalist, Evan Zlatkis, talking to Nitza Lowenstein.

An Australian immigrant couple, Cornelis & Aaltje van Meurs, originally from Holland, were posthumously honoured with the Yad Vashems Righteous Amongst the Nations award for having rescued a Jewish child in 1942 and other heroic deeds in Holland during the Holocaust, at a ceremony at the Victorian Parliament, in the presence of their sons, friends, parliamentarians and community representatives. Alpha Cheng, the son of the murdered victim of the Sydney terrorist attack Curtis Cheng, spoke at the opening of the Courage to Care travelling Holocaust exhibition, at its opening at the Victorian Parliament and described the valuable lessons he learnt at the Holocaust Studies program, as a history teacher, in Jerusalems Yad Vashem, which he completed thanks to the Gandel Holocaust Scholarship for Australian Educators. Four philanthropic Jewish families in Sydney have pledged $10m for the Sydney Jewish and Holocaust Museums over the next decade, to help ensure the museums independence and future. The In Pursuit of Beersheba commemorative ride, with some 100 horse riders dressed in the uniforms of the heroic ANZAC light horsemen, who defeated the Ottoman forces at Beersheba, staged a re-enactment of the charge of the 31st October 1917, in remote Central Western QLD in front of hundreds of locals and ahead of the 100th commemorative ceremony, which will take place at Beersheba in Israel at the end of this month, in the presence of Australian and Israeli leaders and representatives.

An Australian immigrant couple, Cornelis & Aaltje van Meurs, originally from Holland, were posthumously honoured with the Yad Vashems Righteous Amongst the Nations award for having rescued a Jewish child in 1942 and other heroic deeds in Holland during the Holocaust, at a ceremony at the Victorian Parliament, in the presence of their sons, friends, parliamentarians and community representatives. Alpha Cheng, the son of the murdered victim of the Sydney terrorist attack Curtis Cheng, spoke at the opening of the Courage to Care travelling Holocaust exhibition, at its opening at the Victorian Parliament and described the valuable lessons he learnt at the Holocaust Studies program, as a history teacher, in Jerusalems Yad Vashem, which he completed thanks to the Gandel Holocaust Scholarship for Australian Educators. Four philanthropic Jewish families in Sydney have pledged $10m for the Sydney Jewish and Holocaust Museums over the next decade, to help ensure the museums independence and future. The In Pursuit of Beersheba commemorative ride, with some 100 horse riders dressed in the uniforms of the heroic ANZAC light horsemen, who defeated the Ottoman forces at Beersheba, staged a re-enactment of the charge of the 31st October 1917, in remote Central Western QLD in front of hundreds of locals and ahead of the 100th commemorative ceremony, which will take place at Beersheba in Israel at the end of this month, in the presence of Australian and Israeli leaders and representatives.