All Episodes
Episodes
Ep 35: Peace Through Strength with Sammy Yahood
What does it really mean to be strong? In this episode of The Actual, my guest is Sammy Yahood. He is the founder of Peace Through Strength, a movement dedicated to restoring Jewish values and empowering Jews through...
View Episode
Ep 34: United Hatzalah - The Person Next Door Could Save Your Life with Darya Rubenstein
In this fascinating episode of The Actual, my guest is Darya Rubenstein, Executive Director of Australian Friends of United Hatzalah of Israel. Darya reveals the groundbreaking life saving work and their role in...
View Episode
Ep 33: Conviction in a Divided World with Calista Clements
In this episode of The Actual, my phenomenal guest is Australian social and political commentator Calista Clements. Her fearless online commentary has earned her a rapidly growing audience across the country. At just...
View Episode
Ep 32: The Mayor We Have Needed with Will Nemesh
In this episode of The Actual, my guest is Will Nemesh, Mayor of Waverley, home to Bondi Beach, and member of Sydney’s Jewish community. Will shares how he found himself leading Waverley Council through one of the...
View Episode
Ep 31: Bondi: The Place We Returned To with Rabbi Yossi
In this moving episode of The Actual, my guest is Rabbi Yossi Friedman of Rabbi On Demand. Following the terrorist attack in Bondi on December 14 2025, Yossi became a leading grassroots figure helping Jews,...
View Episode
Ep 30: "We’re Not Out Of This Yet" with Australian Iranian Patriot, Ali
Four times as a guest on The Actual, Australian Iranian patriot Ali had his social media platform taken down before and after the recording of this episode. Ali shares the realities of the dark forces of terrorism and...
View Episode
Ep 29: Post Bondi - The Promised Land Was the Sound of Children's Laughter with Jessica Chapnik Kahn
My guest on this episode of The Actual is Jessica Chapnik Kahn, an Argentinian–Australian writer, artist, and fellow Bondi survivor. Jessica and I met in the aftermath of the Bondi massacre on 14 December 2025....
View Episode
Ep 28: Proudly Jewish in a Time of Rising Hate with Marnie Perlstein
In this episode of The Actual, my incredibly knowledgeable and courageous guest is Marnie Perlstein, a passionate Jewish advocate and one of Australia’s most visible voices in the fight against antisemitism and...
View Episode
Ep 27: Jewish Identity and the Connective Power of Citizen Cafe Tel Aviv with Tamar Pross
Tamar Pross, the founder of Citizen Cafe Tel Aviv, is my latest guest on The Actual. In this fascinating episode, she shares her deep reflections on Jewish identity and how her global platform Citizen Cafe became a...
View Episode
Ep 26: Your Voice Matters in the Royal Commission with Judith Levitan
On this episode of The Actual, Judith Levitan from Royal Commission Legal Aid Service explains what the Royal Commission is, how the process works, why it matters, and how Australians can make a submission if they...
View Episode
Ep 25: The Spokeskid of Israel - A Childhood of War with Ben Carasso
In this episode of The Actual, my incredible guest is Ben Carasso - the “Spokeskid of Israel”. Ben has been representing Israeli children on the global stage since the age of 8. Now 11, Ben has led advocacy tours...
View Episode
Ep 24: Mosaic Living: Aging Within the Community with Robert Goldshaft
In this episode of The Actual we are joined by Robert Goldshaft, the CEO of Mosaic Living, to better understand community living for Jewish seniors in Australia.
Mosaic Living is a not-for-profit organisation and one...
View Episode
