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Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia in Conversation with Israel Ellis, The Unfiltered View

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Michael Gencher, Executive Director of StandWithUs Australia

Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia in Conversation with Israel Ellis, The Unfiltered View

In September 2025, Michael Gencher, Executive Director StandWithUs Australia stood in Archer Park, Bondi and told the Jewish community that people were going to be hurt. Three months later on December 14, a father and son terror team walked into a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, murdered fifteen people, and wounded scores more. In this conversation with Israel Ellis, The Unfiltered View podcast, Gencher speaks plainly about the cascade of political failures behind one of the worst attacks on Jews in Australian history. He says Albanese and his government have blood on their hands. He explains why he now signs statutory declarations every week for Australian Jews who want their home addresses buried so they cannot be found.

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StandWithUs empowers people around the world to educate others through social media, print and digital materials in different languages, through educational programs and conferences, weekly newsletters, data and analytics, and missions to Israel. 

It takes legal action through StandWithUs Saidoff Law. It empowers hundreds of student leaders annually through its college Fellowship and high school Internship. SWU provides schools and educators with vital tools through its IsraelLINK middle school program, Holocaust Education Center, and K-12 Fairness Center.
 
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Los Angeles, StandWithUs has chapters throughout the U.S., Israel, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands, Australia and South Africa.  
 
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