Before we continue, I want to take a moment to talk about daily life in Israel right now.

One day can seem relatively calm. The next, sirens, rockets, everything changes. So the question

isn't just what's happening at this moment. It's whether Israel is ready for what comes next.

Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem have built that readiness into the foundation of their work

and their facilities. When a crisis hits, entire departments move underground in minutes into

fortified maternity wards, ICUs, and cancer units. Doctors and nurses continue treating patients in real

time, even under fire. But here's the reality. It's not

enough. More advanced underground operating rooms are urgently needed so that even in the most

extreme conditions, Hadassah's life-changing care continues. Hadassah is working right now to expand

these emergency zones because in Israel, preparedness isn't theoretical. It's essential.

If you want to help make sure Israel is ready, go to hadassah.org and support this important work.

That's ha-d-a-s-S-A-H.org, because you never know what tomorrow will bring.

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I was lying in bed, sort of putting my 10-year-old daughter to bed at the time.

And she says to me, she goes, Dad, if Israel is not safe and we're not safe in Australia, like, where are we going to go? And I didn't have an answer. I don't have an answer. One of our friends that was there, a non-Jewish friend, is a, Dean, I need you to know that if it comes down to that, we've got a farm and we'll take you and we'll hide you. We need to stop and think about that that's happening in Australia in 2025.

It's EDM.m. on Sunday, May 10th here in New York City. It's 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 10th in Israel.

And it's 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 10th in Sydney. As Australian Jews closely follow testimonies like the one you heard in the cold open from Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism.

Five months ago, terrorists opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 Australian Jews.

The attack shocked a country that had spent two years telling itself it was different,

that the anti-Semitism was loud but not lethal, political, but not a physical threat.

In the weeks that followed the Bondi attack, the Australian government resisted calls for a

royal commission, the highest form of public inquiry in the country. Then, under enormous

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