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Sun, May 20
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Prof Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate for Peace, Writer, Scholar
Our European correspondent Max Kohn talks with the world renowned writer, Nobel Laureate for Peace and Professor at Boston University Elie Wiesel.
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Sun, May 20
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, May 16
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Australian Unions in Crisis
After revelations which shocked the Australian Unions and threaten the very existence of the 150 year old movement, came promises of far more accountability and transparency, put forward at the ACTU National Union Congress held in Sydney this week...
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Sun, May 13
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Interview with Serge Blisko about the new French President
We hear an interview with Serge Blisko the Parisian Socialist Party Deputy in the French Parliament, speak with our European correspondent Max Kohn about the new President Francois Hollandes likely economic policies and attitude to Jews and Israel...
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Sun, May 13
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, May 9
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Lag B'Omer Festival
The Lag B'Omer festival has its roots in dramatic events which occurred in ancient Israel, including stopping of plague, the mystical and Kabbalah, the Barkochba revolt against Rome and more. Its traditional to have weddings, picnics, games with ...
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Wed, May 9
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V-E Day - Victory in Europe - 9th May 1945
We mark the official V-E Victory in Europe day, the 9th May 1945 and hear about the hundreds of thousands of Jewish combatants, especially in the Red Army and the memories of the highly decorated officer Yosef Feder, who fought from Stalingrad to ...
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Sun, May 6
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Interview with Pekka Levanto
We hear another interesting conversation with a non-Jewish Finn, Pekka Levanto who has learned Yiddish and reads classic and modern Yiddish literature even today, as he tells our European correspondent Max Kohn from Helsinki.
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Sun, May 6
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, May 2
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Australia's Economic Prognosis Rosy
On the one hand the federal government reassures us constantly that the economic situation here is rosy and on the other hand the Reserve Bank has just cut interest rates on loans by a half a per cent in order to stimulate the economy. Who is rig...
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Sun, Apr 29
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Interview with Prof Simo Muir in Helsinki
Prof Simo Muir, a non-Jew who has become a scholar and teacher of Yiddish and Yiddishkeit at the University of Helsinki, in Finland, speaks with our European correspondent Max Kohn about his road to Yiddish and his past and current research. &n...
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Sun, Apr 29
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, Apr 25
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Yom Hazikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut
The Yom Hazikaron, Israels Memorial Day in honour of all those who fell in the wars and battles fought by the Jewish State, including those who perished tragically due to terrorism there, is commemorated the day before the Yom Haatzmaut, Israels I...
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Wed, Apr 25
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ANZAC Day 2012
The national ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, the 25th April, commemorates and honours the combatants of all the wars and battles in which Australians and New Zealanders fought since the late 19th century. During these numerous battles and...
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Sun, Apr 22
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Interview with Gideon Bolotiowsky in Helsinki
Our European correspondent Max Kohn held an interesting interview with Gideon Bolotowsky, the former longterm President of the Jewish community in Helsinki, in which he tells the story of his familys background and the fascinating history of the J...
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Sun, Apr 22
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, Apr 18
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Holocaust Commemorative Program
To the 19th April, Khof-Zayen Nisn, Holocaust Memorial Day on the Jewish calendar, we pay tribute to the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators and the heroic Warsaw Ghetto fighters and resisters in all ghettos, concentration...
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Wed, Apr 18
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Australian Troops in Afghanistan Plan
What does Australia plan to do with its military forces in Afghanistan? Following the announcement made by Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week, it became a little clearer, however these plans are not without their critics, as Alex Dafner recou...
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Sun, Apr 15
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Interview with Dr Elie Buzyn and his Auschwitz Tattoo
An intriguing interview with Dr Ellie Buzyn, a man who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, became an eminent surgeon and whose tattooed concentration camp number was removed, preserved, filmed and then… stolen. Max Kohn spoke with Dr Buzyn in Pa...
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Wed, Apr 11
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Australian Syrians' Perspectives on Conflict in Syria
We hear what Australians of Syrian origin think about the bloody conflict in their former homeland in this report presented by Alex Dafner, prepared by Santilla Chingaipe of the SBS News and Current Affairs department.
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Wed, Apr 11
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Interview with Ralph Hofmann in Frankfurt
Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with Ralph Hofmann the Executive President of Bnai Brith in Europe, in Frankfurt, Germany, about the activities of this world Jewish organisation and a little about his own family's background.
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Sun, Apr 8
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Passover in Tradition and Today
Passover, the oldest Jewish festival, a celebration of liberation from slavery, has an ever relevant meaning for Jews in all times. Alex Dafner presents this glance at the adaptations and relevance of Passover traditions in our modern epoch. ...
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Sun, Apr 8
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Sun, Apr 8
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Interview Jaco Guinsburg in Brazil
Jaco Guinsburg was a professor of theatre studies, a writer and a book publisher in San Paulo, Brazil. He talks with our European correspondent Max Kohn about his family background from Bessarabia, about language and the Yiddish theatre in Brazil...
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Wed, Apr 4
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Interview with Bejla (Berta) Bialy-Sneh
Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with Bejla (Berta) Bialy-Sneh in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about her immigrant family life, about the once highly developed Yiddish education system in Argentina and about her husband the writer Simcha Sne...
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Sun, Apr 1
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Interview with Bejla (Berta) Bialy-Sneh
Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with Bejla (Berta) Bialy-Sneh in Buenos Aires, Argentina, about her immigrant family life and about the once highly developed Yiddish education system in Argentina.
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Sun, Apr 1
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Israel & M-E Report from Jerusalem
Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.
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Wed, Mar 28
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Australia at Nuclear Summit in Sth Korea
World leaders, including the Australian PM Julia Gillard participated in the summit conference in Sth Korea, to deal with the urgent issue of the danger presented by nuclear terrorism. The two day conference, with the superpowers the USA, Russia, ...
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Wed, Mar 28
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Hungarian Jewish Holocaust & Interview with Joshua Jeger
Last week, the 19th March marked the anniversary of the beginning of the end for the last, large Jewish community left in Europe during WWII, the Hungarian Jewish community. Alex Dafner briefly recalls the history of the events which led up to the...
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Sun, Mar 25
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Hungarian Jewish Holcaust and interview with Joshua Jeger
Last week, the 19th March marked the anniversary of the beginning of the end for the last, large Jewish community left in Europe during WWII, the Hungarian Jewish community. Alex Dafner briefly recalls the history of the events which led up to th...
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