Podcasts by NIF Australia Podcast
The New Israel Fund Australia podcast brings you interviews, stories and events with some of Israel and Diaspora Jewry's most influential and impactful voices.
NIF is a partnership of Israelis and supporters of Israel worldwide, dedicated to a vision of Israel as both the Jewish homeland and a democracy for all its citizens. We promote freedom, equality and social justice in Israel by funding Israeli non-profits and fostering new discussions in the Australian Jewish community.
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Conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan, Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages from 2023-11-27T23:55
Our conversation with Dr Yeela Raanan of the Regional Council of Unrecognised Villages (RCUV).
Donate to and learn about RCUV's work, particularly at this crucial moment, here: https://ww...
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Conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha (For the Jewish International Film Festival 2023) from 2023-11-27T23:50
Our conversation with Dr Yasmeen Abu-Fraiha for the Jewish International Film Festival 2023, recorded November 12 2023.
Yasmeen is a young doctor, specialising in internal medicine, who i...
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Planting Justice: Working together for human rights and peace during a time of great tumult from 2023-08-07T03:15
For many years, activists have joined together across sectors to fight for land and rights for those in the occupied Palestinian territories and within Israel. This work has been made all the mo...
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Emergency Webinar with International NIF Leadership from 2023-04-05T01:00
It is a dramatic time in Israel. With Netanyahu’s government determined to proceed with their legislation seeking to reform Israel’s democratic infrastructure, we have witnessed Israel’s largest...
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Emergency Briefing: Extremism Explodes in the West Bank from 2023-03-09T03:31
After two Israelis were murdered in the occupied Palestinian territories on Sunday evening, Israeli settlers rampaged through the village of Huwara, killing one Palestinian resident and injuring...
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Thomas Friedman on the Recent Israeli&US Midterm Elections from 2022-11-14T02:24
As we reflect on our own election results in Australia, yet another Israeli election and the changes in the US since 2020, multiple Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist Tho...
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Israel’s Election Merry-Go-Round: An Update from Anshel Pfeffer from 2022-09-13T20:23:57
Join Anshel Pfeffer, one of Israel’s leading political journalists, for a detailed update ahead of Israel’s fifth election in four years.
With Anshel’s expertise and unique analysis, thi...
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NIF + Haaretz: Live in Australia from 2022-06-21T01:15:40
Join two leading journalists from Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper and one of its most influential media outlets, for in-depth analysis on Israeli politics one year into the new coalitio...
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A Conversation with Ohad Naharin: Israel, Dance&the Sydney Festival from 2022-01-25T04:14:59
Listen to our event with Israel Prize winning choreographer and contemporary dancer Ohad Naharin.
Launch of “Can We Talk About Israel?” with Daniel Sokatch from 2021-12-07T06:46:38
You can watch this event as a video on YouTube.
Join NIF’s global CEO Daniel Sokatch for a Q&A and discussion about his newly r...
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Weaponing Antisemitism? – A Conversation About the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism from 2021-11-23T23:35:24
This is the audio version of an event we ran on Tuesday 23 November. You can watch it in full on YouTube.
If the last few ...
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Reem Younis&Naomi Chazan on Rebuilding Jewish-Arab Shared Society – 10 Years of NIF Australia from 2021-11-05T03:22:48
Join our discussion with two leaders from NIF's global board – Naomi Chazan, former deputy speaker...
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In Conversation with Senator Penny Wong – 10 Years of NIF Australia from 2021-11-05T03:19:33
Join Labor's shadow foreign affairs minister Senator the Hon. Penny Wong for a discussion on chall...
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Foreign Correspondents Speak Out from 2021-10-12T10:35:24
This is an audio version of an event we hosted on 12 October 2021. You can watch the event in full on our YouTube channel.
How do journ...
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Creating a New Political Reality with Adam Bandt and Tamar Zandberg from 2021-07-16T03:37:50
We apologise that this event is being added to our podcast late (the event was recorded on 18 May 2021). We had some technical issues that took time to resolve, including with the volume of ...
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Our History, Our Future, with Sir Simon Schama, Deborah Lipstadt and David Myers from 2021-04-20T23:13:01
In a time of fake news, rising populism and renewed antisemitism, join two of the world’s leading historians, Sir Simon Schama and Professor Deborah Lipstadt, in conversation with NIF’s global p...
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Shining a Light: A Hanukkah Event with Mira Awad and Noa from 2020-12-14T05:43:20
Join us for an inspiring evening filled with beautiful music and conversation.
Be uplifted by the wonderful music from Jewish Israeli singer Achinoam Nini (Noa) and Palestinian Israeli si...
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Democracy in Danger, with Roger Cohen and Naomi Chazan from 2020-11-15T22:49:01
Democracy and pluralism are under attack around the world. Join New York Times columnist Roger Cohen and academic and former deputy Knesset speaker Naomi Chazan to delve further into this troubl...
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26. Tanya Plibersek and Zehava Galon on the Political Glass Ceiling in Australia and Israel from 2020-10-15T09:41:45
Even at a time when they have greater than ever representation in the halls of power, the challenges facing women in politics remain high.
Two veteran political leaders, Tanya Plibersek, ...
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25. Thomas Friedman on the Trump Presidency & Next Month’s Elections from 2020-10-05T07:50:39
Is America looking at four more years of President Donald Trump or will Democratic candidate Joe Biden win the upcoming elections?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Thomas Frie...
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24. Kevin Rudd on Israel and the Middle East from 2020-09-09T22:50:58
As a former prime minister and foreign minister, there are few people with a better understanding of Australia’s role in the world and our history with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than Kevi...
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24. Kevin Rudd on Israel and the Middle East from 2020-09-09T22:50:58
As a former prime minister and foreign minister, there are few people with a better understanding of Australia’s role in the world and our history with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than Kevi...
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23. Briefing with Haaretz Diplomatic Correspondent Noa Landau on the Israel-UAE Deal from 2020-08-28T03:35:48
Haaretz Diplomatic Correspondent Noa Landau joined NIF Australia for a discussion on the historic normalisation accord reached between Israel and the UAE.
This event was recorded on Thurs...
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22. Antisemitism, the UK and British Jewry in the Post-Corbyn Era from 2020-07-05T23:42:55
Leading British commentator and Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland joined award-winning Australian journalist Debbie Whitmont for a wide ranging conversation covering Europe, Israel and the U...
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21. Martin Indyk on Annexation, US-Israel Relations and Prospects for Peace from 2020-06-24T00:37:43
With Prime Minister Netanyahu actively advancing plans to annex parts of the West Bank and President Trump pushing his own plan for the Middle East, this event featured former US ambassador to I...
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20. AB Yehoshua on Annexation, Israeli Democracy and Peace from 2020-06-18T11:53:57
One of Israel’s best known authors, AB Yehoshua, joined Dr Mark Baker for an NIF Australia webinar to discuss the Netanyahu-Gantz government’s plans for annexation of the West Bank and efforts t...
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19. Health Care, Human Rights and Israeli Democracy During Covid-19 from 2020-05-11T23:26:26
A recording of our event with executive director of Physicians for Human Rights in Israel (PHRI), Ran Goldstein, in which we discuss the impact of Covid-19 in Israel and how this pandemic is imp...
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18. Peter Beinart on Sanders, Biden, Trump, COVID and This Year's US Elections from 2020-05-04T03:35:09
NIF Australia advisory council member Mark Baker joins US professor, author and political commentator Peter Beinart to discuss Donald Trump, the ongoing COVID crisis, the state of democracy in t...
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17. A Conversation with MK Merav Michaeli from 2020-04-26T05:10:01
Labor Knesset Merav Michaeli joined an NIF Australia webinar in the middle of one of the more interesting moments in recent Israeli political history as the leading opposition member seemed pois...
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16. Unravelling the Israeli Election Results with Dr Dahlia Scheindlin from 2020-03-06T03:16:24
Political analyst, pollster and commentator Dr Dahlia Scheindlin joined NIF Australia executive director Liam Getreu to discuss the results of Monday's Israeli election.
15. The Future of Israeli Democracy with Knesset Member Tamar Zandberg from 2019-12-18T23:06:13
This episode is a recording of an event which took place in Sydney on Tuesday 26 November 2019.
A former academic, Zand...
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14. Conversation with Carmi Gillon, Former Head of the Shin Bet from 2019-11-14T23:33:10
In this timely episode of the NIF Australia podcast we’re sharing a conversation with Carmi Gillon, former head of Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet.
You may remember Carmi...
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13. What's Going on in Israeli Politics? (with Israeli journalist Elhanan Miller) from 2019-10-01T06:46:16
For this episode we’re bringing you the recording of a small event we held in Sydney last week with Israeli journalist Elhanan Miller.
Elhanan started his talk with a summary of the elec...
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12. Israeli Election Wrap with Naomi Chazan from 2019-09-19T23:00:09
After Israel's second election in just a few months we're joined by former president of the New Israel Fund and former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Naomi Chazan to process and analyse all the e...
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11. Episode 2 – September 2019 Israeli Election Preview from 2019-08-06T08:04:59
Only 44 days to go until Israelis go to the polls for the second time in just a few months. Here are all the details on who's in the box seat to form government after the 17 September election, ...
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10. Israel's Election Results (with Naomi Chazan) from 2019-04-12T01:27:30
Former deputy speaker of the Knesset Naomi Chazan joined us live just 12 hours after polls closed for a review of the 2019 Israeli election and helped us look forward and understand the impact o...
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9. A Tribute to Amos Oz from 2019-03-12T00:36:55
Our latest podcast episode is a recording of our Tribute to Amos Oz event, recorded on 10 March 2019 at Bondi Pavilion.
Michaela Kalowski hosted an evening combining powerful video footag...
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8. Israeli Election Preview – Part 5 (with Michal Sella) from 2019-03-06T12:18:28
What are the biggest issues this Israeli election? Bibi, corruption, housing and poverty, and security.
Learn more in the fifth episode of our Israeli election preview with Michal Sella f...
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7. Israeli Election Preview – Part 4 from 2019-02-19T00:46:21
This episode looks at some of the developments in Israel over the last week and also shines a spotlight on representation of women in the Knesset.
In the next few days parties have to sub...
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6. Israeli Election Preview – Part 3 from 2019-02-15T06:51:17
With less than two months until Israel's elections we bring you another update. In this edition we cover the release of Benjamin Netanyahu's ads featuring President Donald Trump, as well as Benn...
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5. Israeli Election Preview – Part 2 from 2019-01-31T04:57:45
In the second episode of our Israeli election preview, we have an update on some of the discussions happening between party leaders, as well as polling on who Israelis prefer as their prime mini...
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4. Israeli Election Preview – Part 1 from 2019-01-14T04:24:05
Prime Minister Netanyahu has called Israeli elections for 9 April and we're here to give you the the details on everything that's happening in the lead up.
(This is a podcast version of t...
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3. The Shrinking Democratic Space in Israel and Australia (with Gillian Triggs and Sharon Abraham-Weiss) from 2018-12-03T01:29:32
A discussion on the "shrinking democratic space" in Australia and Israel, featuring Gillian Triggs, the former president of Australia’s Human Rights Commission, and Sharon Abraham-Weiss, executi...
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2. Conversation and concert with Noa from 2018-11-05T17:00
Noa – also known as Achinoam Nini – is one of Israel’s most acclaimed artists. In 2009 she represented Israel at Eurovision, along with Palestinian-Israeli musician Mira Awad.
This was re...
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Refugees in Israel and Australia (with Julian Burnside and Tamara Newman) from 2018-10-03T02:20:54
For the first episode of our new NIF Australia podcast, we're joined by Julian Burnside AO QC and Tamara Newman from the NIF Australia-supported Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Israel for a...
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Refugees in Israel and Australia (with Julian Burnside and Tamara Newman) from 2018-10-03T02:20:54
For the first episode of our new NIF Australia podcast, we're joined by Julian Burnside AO QC and Tamara Newman from the NIF Australia-supported Hotline for Refugees and Migrants in Israel for a...
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