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Stand up comedians Shahar Hason and Yohay Sponder in an exclusive interview for SBS Shalom Australia in English.

Peta Jones Pellach with the news from Israel, reporting to SBS Shalom Australia in English.

"The current war is the longest, and the most complex in Israel's history since its establishment in 1948. The longest war that Israel was involved with was the Arab-Israeli war in 1948, which started on 30th of November 1947 until the 20th of July 1949". Professor Raffi Mann, reporting to SBS Hebrew, with news and current affairs from Israel (23.2.24)

News highlights from the past week (19th to 23rd of February)

An exclusive interview with two of the funniest stand-up comedians in Israel.

Leading up to last Sunday’s 12,000-strong Christian-led ‘Australians United Against Antisemitism’ rally in Sydney’s Domain, Freya Leach – the daughter of emcee and co-organiser, Anglican senior minister Mark Leach – described its aim as an opportunity “to hug the Jewish community”. Shane Desiatnik from the Australian Jewish news, reports to SBS Hebrew.

The unbelievable story of Gilad Korngold. Three members of Gilad’s family were murdered on 7th of October, and nine(!) were kidnapped to Gaza, including his son Tal, daughter in law Adi, and young grandchildren Naveh and Yahel. By now most family members have been released except for his son Tal who’s still a hostage in Gaza.

Eye on the Israeli Community in Australia: This week we speak to Tamar Marom. Tamar arrived to Australia in 2019, at the age of 14. Tamar shares with our listeners her thoughts about living in Australia, specifically during tough times like the pandemic, lock downs, and the war in Israel.

Peta Jones Pellach reporting to SBS Hebrew Shalom Australia.

Philip Zajac is the newly elected president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria. He tells us what he thinks are the most urgent challenges facing the Jewish communities in Australia, The latest doxing saga, and some thoughts on the current Israel Gaza war. An English interview.

Younger Australians are experiencing higher psychological distress and more loneliness compared to older age groups. That's according to new research by the University of Melbourne that analysed data from 17-thousand people from 2001 to 2021.

Fernando Marman, 61, and Louis Har, 70, from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, were among 253 hostages abducted on October 7 in Hamas attacks which saw some 1200 people murdered. Shane Desiatnik reporting to SBS Hebrew, with the latest Australian Jewish News.