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Are you interested in Jewish creatives who are making exciting work in lush counter-cultural Australian landscapes? If you answered YES, then you’ve come to the right place. In this episode, Tami chats to dynamic & wildly creative artist Sara Yael about all of her crazy past (and present) lives, her EP “Live at the Knoll” and being part of the arts community post Oct 7.
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Melbourne-based international lawyer and academic Michelle Lesh has spent two decades examining Israel's use – and misuse – of international law, with a particular focus on targeted killings. In this candid interview with Dash, Michelle opens up about recent attacks on Israel's democratic institutions and reflects on the extraordinary legacy of her late husband Mark Baker, whose posthumous memoir A Season of Death was recently named a finalist for the Age Book of the Year Award.
Don't miss Michelle speaking at the Sydney Writers Festival on May 22nd, or the opportunity to experience Mark's evocative photography at the Jewish Museum—an exhibition that beautifully complements his written legacy and runs until July.
See Tami & Dash in a LIVE recording of Ashamed to Admit at Limmud Oz Melbourne Sunday, 8 June.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/my-sense-of-collective-and-personal-belonging-has-been-shaken
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/mark-bakers-photography-comes-to-light
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/a-dismissal-of-the-icc-arrest-warrants-is-a-dismissal-of-international-law
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/tji-series/remembering-mark-baker
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/fighting-for-democracy-while-facing-my-dayenu
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Jewish educator and meme queen Shoshana Gottlieb aka @jewishmemesonly joins Tami in the studio to answer questions from a non-Jewish person. Except that non-Jewish person didn’t show up (dw, not in an anti-semitic way, she just had a last minute crisis). So Tami and Shoshana made lemons into lemonade, turning the episode into a crash course of Jewish texts with lots of Jewcy tangents. You’ll love this one.
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https://thejewishindependent.com.au/think-people-want-chance-laugh-things-hold-sacred
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/the-influencer-intifada
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/owning-the-problems-in-jewish-schools-is-necessary-for-change
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Award-winning comedian, writer and professional provocateur Sami Shah joins Tami Sussman and Anthony Levin in the studio this week, but he’s not here to answer questions ... he’s here to ask them. In this loose, insightful and hilarious conversation, Sami probes the Anthony and Tami about South East Asian Jews, male circumcision and how they’d like to be buried. Expect laughter, discomfort, surprising insights and a few things you’re definitely ashamed to admit.
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Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/im-part-jewish-part-australian-and-part-indian-where-do-i-belong
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/the-dads-redefining-jewish-belonging-for-their-kids
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/save-a-seat-at-the-table-for-death
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/unnecessary-alarm-over-circumcision
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Are you interested in issues affecting Jews in Australia, the Middle East and the world at large but a little bit ashamed that you don’t know much about it all … because you’re like … not Jewish ? Well you’ve come to the right place!
For the next few episodes, we’ll be inviting someone who isn’t Jewish, to raise all the awkward questions you might be too ashamed to ask.
First up in this week’s spin-off, Tami and co-host Elise Esther Hearst (filling in for Dash) are joined by writer & dramaturg Van Badham who asks them some questions about their experience as Jewish people and creatives. Expect to hear about Jewish mythology, arts community politics + Tami & Elise’s speciality: intergenerational trauma!
Welcome to Ashamed to Ask
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https://thejewishindependent.com.au/jews-and-the-occult-five-myth-busting-insights
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Are you interested in how Jewish Australians are approaching the upcoming federal election? If you answered YES, then this is the episode for you.
Join Tami, Dash, (former advisor to Anthony Albanese) Dean Sherr and (former advisor to Malcolm Turnbull) Jack Pinczewski as they have a go at cutting through some seriously chewy and Jewy election topics.
For more visit The Jewish Independent
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Tami and Dash sit down with social researcher and author Neer Korn to explore the big question: Is Australia actually racist? From synagogue attacks to very public displays of anti-Zionism, Jewish Australians are feeling less safe since October 7. Neer explains why that fear - while understandable - might not reflect the full story. They cover antisemitism, institutional racism and why your average Aussie doesn’t think much about Jews at all.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/are-australians-racist-ive-been-trying-to-bait-them-for-years
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/australias-last-antisemitism-crisis-was-different
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/survey-shows-protests-are-hurting-the-palestinian-cause
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Why does the Australian Jewish community need its own climate advocacy network? In this episode, Tami and Dash sit down with Joel Lazar - CEO of the Jewish Climate Network - to discuss the intersection of Jewish values and climate responsibility. Joel explains how Jewish teachings inspire environmental stewardship, busts some common myths, shares some illuminating ‘factoids’ and tackles the challenges of climate advocacy in a polarised political landscape.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/out-of-a-synagogue-in-flames-a-compulsion-for-climate-action
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/inserting-climate-into-the-jewish-conversation
Article mentioned in this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/should-mum-or-dad-have-the-safe-sex-chat
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Tami sits down with Mizrahi comedian Rapha Manajem to talk about his upcoming Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, The Salmon Was Good. Rapha who proudly claims a Mizrahi/Ashkenazi – and potentially Sri Lankan Jewish – heritage dives into the chaos of identity, family and his most memorable experience as a Jewish youth movement leader.
As one of many Aussie-Jewish comedians lighting up MICF this year (alongside Jude Perl, Josh Glanc, and Jacob Sacher), Rapha gives us a taste of what to expect from his show. Did we mention he’s Mizrahi?
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/five-jewish-laughs-at-melbournes-comedy-festival
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/my-mother-is-german-jewish-and-my-father-is-arab-israeli-which-makes-me-sri-lankan
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/should-mum-or-dad-have-the-safe-sex-chat
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In his third book, The Jews: An Indigenous People, author and advocate Ben M Freeman argues that to fully embrace Jewish indigeneity and reject the non-Jewish world’s attempt to impose its thinking upon us, the Jewish people must re-examine the idea that Judaism is a religion. Tami and Dash have some follow-up questions, and in this episode of ATA, Ben M Freeman answers them.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/the-pomegranate-proof-jews-as-an-indigenous-people
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/we-need-to-stop-thinking-of-judaism-as-a-religion
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To celebrate the launch of TJI’s Body Image Series ‘Every Body’, Tami and Dash speak to Dietitian, Nutritionist, Author, Podcaster, Ted X Speaker, TV Personality and Influencer Lyndi Cohen. Lyndi discusses her experience growing up as a South African migrant in Sydney's Jewish community and how cultural norms and expectations shaped her relationship with body image and dieting. Together, they unpack the link between diet culture and intergenerational trauma in Jewish communities and Lyndi shares practical tips for breaking free from these harmful cycles.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/how-do-you-ladies-stay-so-slim
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/beyond-body-shaming
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/under-the-sheitel
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/my-experience-of-my-body-has-radically-shifted
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Artificial Intelligence is on the rise – even this description could be written by AI! But what does AI think about Jews? In this episode, Tami and Dash talk to Afro-Brazilian, Aussie-Jewish writer and academic Guido Melo about the risks of AI stereotyping and prejudice.
Articles related to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-generative-ai-thinks-about-jews
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-travel-taught-me-about-my-identity-as-a-black-jew-ish-man
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Powerhouse Lynda Ben-Menashe is the current president of the NCJWA (National Council Jewish Women Australia) and she joins Dash and Tami in the ATA studio to chat about her origin story, how she combated imposter syndrome and sexism in Jewish organisations, and the painful end to years of interfaith friendships because of October 7th. It’s our International Women’s Day special, and you’ll love it.
Articles aligned with this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/the-sisterhoods-sickening-silence-over-hamass-sexual-atrocities
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/no-longer-cursed-but-not-quite-the-revolution-we-planned
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/when-women-are-given-a-seat-at-the-table-the-results-will-be-better-for-all
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/shared-table-cooking-for-peace
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As Sydney celebrates its annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival, Dash and Tami speak with groundbreaking Jewish community activist and elder Dawn Cohen, co-founder of Dayenu Jewish LGBTQ+.
Born and raised in apartheid South Africa, Dawn spent decades campaigning – ultimately successfully – for the acceptance of LGBTQ+ Jews in Sydney's Jewish community, standing firm against threats and intimidation from homophobic opponents. Now, in the months since October 7th, she finds herself confronting a different form of prejudice as antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment surge within her LGBTQ+ community.
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To celebrate the highly anticipated release of The Holy and The Broken, Tami and Dash talk to the author himself: TJI's Jerusalem Correspondent & Australia’s favourite peacebuilder Ittay Flescher. Plus Dash celebrates Tami's accidental foray into the shmatte business.
Articles relevant to this episode:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/book-review-a-brave-plea-for-two-peoples-to-turn-their-faces-towards-peace
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/ittay-flescher-the-greatest-obstacle-to-peace-is-dehumanisation
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ATA is back. In their first episode for season 3, Dash and Tami discuss the summer of antisemitic attacks launched on Australian Jews. Who is behind the incidents? What is motivating them? How can it be stopped? Dr Josh Roose, political sociologist from Deakin University, shares his analysis.
Relevant articles:
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/a-week-of-fighting-australias-antisemitism-crisis
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/dark-star-elon-musk-antisemitism
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/the-disturbing-reason-why-pro-palestine-protesters-wont-stop
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/dreyfus-ceasefire-in-gaza-must-also-be-a-turning-point-in-australia
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The end of January means ‘back to school’ time here in Australia. Counting down the days to regain your personal space? Enjoy a bit of nostalgia? Still wake up at 4am to ruminate about the shameful thing you did in Grade 4? You’ll enjoy the very last instalment of “Summer Shames”.
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https://thejewishindependent.com.au/owning-the-problems-in-jewish-schools-is-necessary-for-change
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Tami and Dash make the most of their summer break from regular programming to evaluate each other: the good, the bad, the shameful. Will Tami make it back for season 3? What's really been bugging Tami about working with Dash? You'll find out.
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We’re in the middle of summer down here in Australia and that means it’s beach time, it’s pool time, it’s….shvitz time. Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, everyone has a shvitz story. This week, Tami and Dash’s shame is your entertainment as they recount their most embarrassing Shvitzy Stories of summers past.
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https://thejewishindependent.com.au/what-you-missed-while-you-were-at-the-beach
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/alcohol-sex-campfires-world-adult-jewish-summer-camp
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/books-family-angst-a-synagogue-murder-and-learning-to-be-alone
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We all had a straight male friend who secretly loved Sex and the City in the noughties. Was Dash ‘that guy?’ And more importantly, is he a Samantha, Carrie, Charlotte or Miranda? Tami investigates.
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https://thejewishindependent.com.au/books-family-angst-a-synagogue-murder-and-learning-to-be-alone
https://thejewishindependent.com.au/meet-pray-love-why-everyone-is-idolising-the-hot-rabbi
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