RECONCILIATION NEWZ BUZZ July 2026 no 2, July 16

Speak Life Not Death by Ps Norman Miller Comment on NAIDOC theme 50 Years of Deadly and much more

Meet some of our wonderful church team and family in Norman’s
art gallery


INVITE TO IFII ZOOM SEMINAR 3 AUG 7.30pm AEST – WHAT TO DO ABOUT ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA

Here is the rego link which is also on our website. Michael Gawenda is one of Australia’s best-known journalists and authors.  In a journalism career spanning more than four decades, Michael has been a political reporter, a foreign correspondent based in London and in Washington, a columnist, a feature writer and an editor.

He has won numerous journalism awards including three Walkley awards, the equivalent of the Pulitzers. He was Editor of The Age from 1997 to 2003 and was promoted to Editor in Chief in 2003. He is the author of five books. His latest book, My Life As a Jew, was published in October 2023, three days before October 7.

Michael is a regular contributor to The Australian Newspaper and has contributed op-ed pieces to Haaretz., The Australian Financial Review and The Saturday Paper.

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One example – Hours after the UN had retracted false claims that 14,000 Gazan children were at risk of dying of malnutrition and hours after the BBC had reported that the claims were incorrect, the ABC were still running the claims as a headline story and, as Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal told the Royal Commission, it was a week before they corrected it online.

Aboriginal Christian William Cooper was the originator or father of NAIDOC which developed from Aboriginal Sunday in 1940. Ps Norman has opened the Cairns commemorations in prayer for many years. This year he ran some art workshops.

Unmasking Deception: Hate Posing as Compassion & Justice

Beware of hate disguised as compassion, social justice, or truth. From antisemitism masked as anti-Zionism to ideological bias posing as reality, this deception blinds us. True moral clarity comes from seeking truth beyond preferred ideologies. Check out our Facebook page or youtube for video shorts. Social media links at bottom of newsletter

The Resilience Blueprint: A Guide for Jewish Parents Raising Confident, Resilient Children in the Face of Antisemitism

If you have a Jewish friend looking for practical tools, encouragement, and a positive path forward for their family, this guide is for you. It will have some tips for other parents too re resilience.

Most importantly, this guide offers hope. It reminds parents and children alike that while antisemitism is real, it does not define who they are. Jewish identity is bigger than prejudice. Jewish history is richer than hatred. And resilience can be learned, strengthened, and passed on to the next generation.

The Four Pillars of Jewish Resilience: Community, Family, Faith & Culture, and Heritage & Contribution
When to seek additional support
Practical ways to build confidence and resilience
Strategies for handling online harassment
How to work effectively with schools
What to do when a child is targeted or excluded
Ways to build Jewish pride without creating fear
How to talk to children about antisemitism at different ages
Inside you’ll discover:

Written by Barbara Miller, B.A. (Hons Psychology), Grad Dip Sociology, the guide combines insights from psychology, sociology, Holocaust education, and contemporary experience to help families respond constructively to antisemitism while strengthening resilience, identity, and wellbeing.

A free resource, the Resilience Blueprint provides practical, compassionate, and evidence-informed guidance for parents navigating these difficult questions.

Jewish parents today are facing challenges that many hoped belonged to the past. Children are encountering antisemitism at school, online, in sport, and sometimes even in places where they should feel safest. How do we protect them without frightening them? How do we build confidence instead of anxiety? How do we help them develop a strong Jewish identity in a world that can sometimes feel hostile?

Free download for members of the Antisemitism Support & Action Community.
  
FIND IT HERE

Ps Norman Miller – A divine force is igniting a spiritual awakening, shattering hardened hearts and bringing down false foundations. Get ready for a powerful shift as God’s fire spreads.

Antisemitism Support and Action

Barbara Miller is an author, historian, teacher, sociologist and former psychologist and has just founded a community on Skool.

After the Holocaust of 6 million Jews and others including gypsies, political opponents, homosexuals and the disabled, the world said “Never Again”. However we have seen it again on Oct 7 2023 where 1200 Isaelis were horrifically killed, at Bondi Beach Australia where 15 mostly Jews were massacred and incidents around the world with calls to Globalize the Intifada.

So we now have a situation where antisemitism has grown like a monster that is tearing apart the social fabric of many nations including Australia, destroying the multicultural dream with divisive rhetoric and hateful actions, challenging the values our peaceful democracies were built on and traumatising Jews in Israel and around the world who just want to live their lives in peace and contribute to a better world.

Not only that, antisemitism has morphed from the ancient fear of difference and envy and scapegoating of the Jews for the world’s problems to the race-based worldview of the Nazis during World War 2 that Jews were inferior to Aryans to the current variety.

We now have the shocking inversion of Jews being falsely accused as Nazis and antisemitism masquerading as acceptable, even proud antizionism or criticism of Israel’s policies and right to exist. Not content to genocide Jews they want to genocide Israel from the river to the sea. And globalize their war on Jews.

So now, instead of the Nazis, we have what has been called a “horseshoe” coalition of marxists on the left, fascists on the right and radical Islamists, with little in common except their hatred of Jews and their desire to brand and run the world in their image.

So I have developed this community to:
· Increase awareness and provide educational materials both historic and current
· Create a community where discussion and support can occur
· Provide comfort and support for the Jewish community and others who feel grief at the state of affairs we are in and
· Encourage and equip upstanders or people of principle who want to make a difference in dealing with this scourge of antisemitism. You can join 
HERE

You can also find a low cost well-researched course here on the Holocaust and Antisemitism. If you would like to know more, see 
HERE

Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion

Our Tabernacle of David and our Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace endorsed and signed the submission put in my ICEJ. Indigenous Friends of Israel International put in a submission also which is on our website HERE

THESE AMAZING VIDEOS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR A LOW PRICE USING PAYPAL OR STRIPE. INSTANT DOWNLOAD! HERE

TOPICS – ISRAEL, PRAYER, WORSHIP, THE APOSTOLIC AND PROPHETIC AND MUCH MORE – AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!!! BE BLESSED!!!

RECONCILIATION NEWZ BUZZ Nov no 2, 21.11.2025

ZOOM SEMINAR TOPIC SETTLER COLONIALISM AND ISRAEL: FALSE NARRATIVES 

SPEAKERS Dr Sheree Trotter, Co-founder Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem and Barbara Miller, Co-founder Indigenous Friends of Israel International Foundation. 
Free registration but registration required REGISTER HERE
DATE 8 Dec TIME 6.30pm Brisbane
Flyer can be downloaded HERE

Anti Zionism is the new antisemitism and a major tenet is the charge of settler colonialism against Israel along with charges of apartheid and genocide – all false. As a major challenge in our universities it has captured academics and our next generation of leaders.

NEW SCHOOLS ANTISEMITISM PAGE ON IFII WEBSITE

Photo of the launch of the Schools Antisemitism Education Project in July 2025 with Rabbi Ari Rubin, the Nehl family and Norman and Barbara Miller at the Munganbana Aboriginal Art Gallery Cairns.

There is now a dedicated page on our website to this project which has been going just over a year and we have 3 units ready to roll out across Australia – Grade 1 and 2, Grade 3 and 4 and Grade 5 and 6. Positive reviews are coming in from teachers and we are approaching schools to pilot the units in term 1 next year. Are you a teacher or parent who is interested? Please contact us.

https://indigenousfriendsofisrael.org/schools-antisemitism-education-project/

DEC 6 IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTEST ABORIGINAL WILLIAM COOPER LED IN AUSTRALIA AFTER KRISTALLNACHT, THE START OF THE HOLOCAUST. 

Books on him HERE

The Nazis shatter glass and shatter the lives of European Jews at Kristallnacht, the start of the Holocaust. An Australian Aboriginal, William Cooper, leads the campaign for civil rights for his people who are dying of poverty and mistreatment around him. 1938; two worlds, far apart. Cut to the core after Kristallnacht, can he do anything to stop it?

Described as Australia’s Martin Luther King, Cooper leads the Australian Aborigines’ League on a protest to the German Consulate in Melbourne. Would the Third Reich pour out its wrath on them? Would they make a difference?

A Chair of Resistance to the Holocaust was named in honour of Cooper at Yad Vashem. His grandson, Alf Turner, becomes passionate about fulfilling his grandfather’s unfinished business and taking the protest to Berlin itself. How will he be received?

This true story will inspire you to stand up and be counted and to make a difference.

“Extensively researched and presented in a near novel-like manner…” Grady Harp Top Contributor: Children’s Books HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER

“What will you like? Exceptionally interesting and astoundingly detail, including photos of many of the events that took place during the journey.” DD GOTT – Donadees Corner

SOUTHERN CROSS ALLIANCE FOR ISRAEL (SCAFI) MEETING 25 NOV 

Invites you this Tuesday evening (25th Nov) as we reflect on the year that’s been and hear from a number of our committee members & friends, who’ve just returned from various missions in Israel. This will include as friends Norman and Barbara Miller.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN ZOOM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81186485046

Gofundme for Schools Antisemitism Education

There is currently no dedicated, age-appropriate antisemitism education in Australian primary schools—only optional anti racism or holocaust or multicultural education. Please help us while we continue to develop this and work on its implementaton. See HERE

Our expert curriculum writer Shoshana Linnane has developed 10-week modules for Grades 1-2 and 5-6. These lessons use the story of a 7-year-old Jewish refugee girl from the kindertransport during World War II to help children understand what it means to be displaced, excluded, or vulnerable. The modules foster empathy, compassion, and respect for diversity through activities like art, music, and drama, and align with the national curriculum. We want all children to grow up in safe, inclusive communities where they learn to treat others fairly and without discrimination.

If you believe in building a future where every child feels valued and racism has no place, please consider supporting our fundraiser. Even a small contribution or sharing this opportunity to help would make a difference.

Please get involved! We need your help!

We would love to connect with you and help you support Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, working against calls for its destruction and the genocide of its people. These calls are advancing at great pace since October 7. Indigenous Friends of Israel formed in July 2017 because of concerns over Australia’s policy towards Israel. Since then we have gone international as antisemitism is international and is an ancient hatred. The forces standing against Israel also oppose Western and/or Judeo-Christian values which have helped us achieve a society with social cohesion and the rule of law.

Please help us take a stand against antisemitism, and for a community where all are valued and safe. There are many opportunities to use your passion, gifting and skills as a volunteer whether you are a person of faith or not. United we stand and divided we fall. Please complete the form to volunteer.

Are you good at creating or sharing social media, fundraising, administration, film and video making, government advocacy, newsletters, speaking, representing a geographical area, organising zoom meetings or do you have other giftings or talents that you can use to bless the Lord, the Jewish people, and Israel. It doesn’t matter where you live in the world, you can get involved. Check it out here.

Donations to the ministry of the Centre for International Reconciliation & Peace
BSB: 064804 Account no: 14069302 Swift code: ctbaau2s

Commonwealth of Australia Bank, 120 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
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TOPICS – ISRAEL, PRAYER, WORSHIP, THE APOSTOLIC AND PROPHETIC AND MUCH MORE – AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!!! BE BLESSED!!!