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In the Media

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17 MARCH 2026

ABC NEWS

Interview w Hamish Macdonald

NCJWA president Lynda Ben-Menashe interviewed on ABC about Grace Tame’s comments about the sexual violence on October 7 and ‘intifada’

17 MARCH 2026

The australian

Quoted in article by William Elliott & Thomas Henry

Grace Tame sparks outrage by saying Hamas October 7 terror attack rapes were ‘debunked’

12 MARCH 2026

JEWISH NEWS

Quoted in article by Carly Adno

 NCJWA  president has welcomed the Australian Government's decision to grant asylum to 7 Iranian women's football players.

7 MARCH 2026

Daily Telegraph

Quoted in article by Suzan Giuliani

Activist pro-Palestinian teachers vow to ‘defy’ NSW’s new hate speech laws

4 MARCH 2026

SBS

Appearance by Lynda Ben-Menashe. 

The Social Schism - Panel discussion hosted by Janice Peterson.

4 MARCH 2026

The Australian

Commentary by Lynda Ben-Menashe 

All About Women gives voice to vile antisemitism.

13 FEBRUARY 2026

ABC

Interview w/ Lynda Ben-Menashe by Victoria Pengilley

President Herzog's visit draws criticism & praise from Jewish & Muslim groups

12 FEBRUARY 2026

Daily Telegraph

Quoted in article by Suzan Giuliani

‘No place in classroom’: Teachers speak out against pro-Palestine activist colleagues

12 FEBRUARY 2026

Financial Review

Op Ed by Lynda Ben-Menashe 

As a Jewish woman. I want Grace Tame’s Australian of the Year cancelled

11 FEBRUARY 2026

NEWS.COM.AU

Lynda Ben-Menashe Quoted by Brown & Mardon

‘I’m not the story’: Grace Tame hits back at calls to strip her of Australian of the Year honour.

FEBRUARY 2026

Daily Telegraph

Quoted in article by Suzan Giuliani

Bluey used to ‘indoctrinate’ NSW kids in unauthorised pro-Palestine lesson plans.

FEBRUARY 2026

JEWISH NEWS

Op Ed by Liora Miller

There is no ‘after'” in 
Israel is not post-war. It is still living inside the event.

25 FEBRUARY 2026

Daily Telegraph

Interview with Lynda Ben-Menashe by Suzan Giuliani

Jewish families raise alarm over ‘deep and widespread’ anti-Semitism in NSW schools

22 JANUARY 2026

ABC Radio

Interview with Lynda Ben-Menashe by Kirsten Diprose

Conversation Hour "Finding light in a time of darkness" - National Day of Mourning Interview at 42min.

17 DECEMBER 2025

Ben Shapiro Show

Quoted Lynda Ben-Menashe extensively

One of the dozens of interviews done by Lynda Ben-Menashe, caught the eye of Ben Shapiro. 

04 NOVEMBER 2025

AJN

Op-Ed by Lynda Ben-Menashe

Israel: The Real Stories Behind The Slogans. Diverse people living in Israel & their individual human stories.

21 OCTOBER 2025

The Australian

Op-Ed by Lynda Ben-Menashe

How Hamas colonised our national conversation. 

14 OCTOBER 2025

ABC TV

ABC News Breakfast

Lynda Ben-Menashe live from Israel interview for ABC News Sydney with Bridget Brennan and James Glenday. 

14 OCTOBER 2025

702 ABC Radio

Mornings With Hamish Macdonald

Lynda Ben-Menashe live interview for ABC Radio from Israel after the release of all the living hostages.

13 OCTOBER 2025

A Current Affair

Channel 9

Lynda Ben-Menashe at Hostage Square for the return of the last of the living hostages from Gaza into Israel. 

5 OCTOBER 2025

SBS Online

Presented by Mariel Olenski

Lynda Ben-Menashe and Natalie Sanandaji interviewed on SBS Radio (listen from about 2:40)

1 SEPTEMBER 2025

J-Wire

by Rob Klein

NCJWA unveils landmark Ambassadors initiative, appoints Dr Kerryn Phelps

26 AUGUST 2025

The New York Sun

by Jotam Confino

Jewish Community ‘Shocked’: Australia Expels Iranian Diplomats as Tehran Determined To Be Behind Antisemitic Attacks

17 AUGUST 2025

Sydney Morning Herald & The Age

by Lynda Ben-Menashe

Recognising Palestine won’t stop the killing, on either side. 

06 AUGUST 2025

Australian Jewish News

by Lynda Ben-Menashe

Ben-Menashe warns that allowing Sunday’s ‘March for Humanity’ enabled antisemitism, division & hate.

29 JULY 2025

The Jewish Independent

by Michael Visontay

'As human beings & as mothers, it's impossible for us not to feel outrage... about the ongoing suffering & deprivation in Gaza.'

26 JULY 2025

The Australian 

NCJWA Member quoted.

Jewish children publicly accosted and vilified for actions taking place thousands of miles away.

12 JUNE 2025

Relationships under the Microscope

Lissy Abrahams

Talking with Lynda Ben-Menashe

25 APRIL 2025

The Australian Jewish News

by Carly Adno

Positive meeting for NCJWA with Multicultural Department

13 MARCH 2025

The Jewish Independent

by Lynda Ben Menashe

This is not the community my father – or my daughter – knew

06 MARCH 2025

The Jewish Independent

by Elana Benjamin

Why Jewish women’s organisations still matter

06 MARCH 2025

Australian Jewish News

by Carly Adno

Hurt by silence. "Jewish women have stepped up into the limelight," says Lynda Ben-Menashe.

5 MARCH 2025

Ashamed To Admit podcast

Sussman & Lawrence

Episode #32 A feminist, a Zionist, an optimist and a realist, with Lynda Ben-Menashe

23 FEBRUARY 2025

The Daily Telegraph

The Australian Jewish News

Falling Through History. 'Shiri was every Jewish woman abducted or raped or murdered by a baying mob.'

06 FEBRUARY 2025

The Australian

by Lynda Ben-Menashe

UN women are failing their Jewish sisters at IWD events.

05 FEBRUARY 2025

The Australian

by Joanna Panagopoulos

National Council of Jewish Women president demands money back from UN Women’s Day Luncheon

28 JANUARY 2025

The Daily Telegraph

by Lynda Ben-Menashe

Feminists should tear down the Hateriarchy

23 JANUARY 2025

The Times of Israel

by Lynda Ben-Menashe

A picture belies a thousand words of propaganda.

 

21 JANUARY 2025

Sky News

By Gemma Crotty

‘Hurt’: Jewish women’s body calls out Penny Wong over failure to visit Israeli massacre sites

16 JANUARY 2025

Sky News

with Lei Cheng

Lynda Ben-Menashe interviewed by Sky News about the latest spate of antisemitic attacks.

28 DECEMBER 2024

Sky News

with Caroline Marcus

Lynda Ben-Menashe interviewed by Sky News about Radio Skid Row.

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