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Watch and listen to Netta’s song “Toy” – almost 20,000,000 hits and 50,000 comments on YouTube!
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Israel is odds-on to win….Semi final 1 May 8 Semi final 2 May 10 Final May 12 Watch Eurovision on SBS
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Jul-11 5:30pm SBS-TV: True Evil – The Making of a Nazi – Eichman
The capture of Adolf Eichmann by Mossad in Argentina is one of the most dramatic of all Nazi-hunting stories. Read more
Jul-16 7 pm Zoom: Impacting Science from a Small Country – Q&A w Nobel Prize laureate
Over the past two decades, eight Israeli scientists have won the Nobel Prize, an extraordinary achievement for a country of its size and population. Read more
Jul-16 Zoom: FOJAM set to present “Spun Stories”
Melbourne’s FOJAM (Festival of Jewish Arts and Music) is to present an online storytelling event Spun Stories. Read more
Jul-22 Zoom: Fleeing the Hijab
“On July 22, Zionism Victoria, in partnership with St Kilda Hebrew Congregation and South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, will host Iranian-born Dr Sima Goel for her first Australian appearance. Read more
Jul-31 8:30pm SBS-TV: Biography – Marshall
In the year 1941, as the nation teeters on the brink of entering WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends its only lawyer, thirty-two-year-old Thurgood Marshall, to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against charges of rape and attempted murder brought by his wealthy socialite employer. Read more
The creator of Shtisel, Yehonatan Indursky, will be zooming in from Israel to give a talk and Q&A session on August 5. Read more
In Eurovision you cant vote for the contestant from your country though.
I watched the whole first semi finial tonight on SBS TV. Well done to the two Australian hosts Miff Warhurst and Joel Creasey.
Israels distinctive and entertaining contestant got through to the Grand Final so good luck. Bulgaria and a few others were very good too.
More good singers this year too and less “tits and feathers” (to use a burlesque phrase) in the acts like in the past which is an improvement.