>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO SUNDAY'S MASS SHOOTING IN AUSTRALIA.

ALSO TONIGHT: WE'LL MEET THE NEW CEO OF BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA.

AND, A LOOK AT ONE CRITIC'S LIST OF THE BEST MOVIES AND TV SHOWS OF THE YEAR.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

SUNDAY'S DEADLY, ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK AT A HANUKKAH CELEBRATION IN AUSTRALIA BROUGHT CONDOLENCES AND CONDEMNATION WORLDWIDE.

IT ALSO LED JEWISH LEADERS TO RALLY AND SHOW SUPPORT AND STRENGTH FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.JOINING US NOW IS RABBI ANDY GREEN, OF CONGREGATION OR-TZION.

>>> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

I WISH IT WAS UNDER DID I HAVE REN CIRCUMSTANCES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> I'M GRATEFUL TO SHARE.

>> HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS?

>> I WOKE UP THE MORNING BEFORE BEGAN HANUKKAH SUNDAY HERE.

THE ATTACK ON THE CELEBRATION ON BONDDY BEACH HAD HAPPENED ALL READY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE WE WERE ASLEEP.

MY WIFE WOKE UP BEFORE ME.

SHE'S ALSO A PROFESSIONAL AND SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

>> WAS ANOTHER THOUGHT IT HAPPENED AGAIN?

>> CERTAINLY, THAT'S A FEELING WE HAVE.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AND TRAGICALLY, I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT BEING THE LAST TIME THAT SOMEONE BLAMES THE PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER THEY ARE CHALLENGED WITH IN THE WORLD AND TAKES THAT OUT IN A VIOLENT WAY.

>> YOU KNEW PEOPLE AT THE SHOOTING, CORRECT.

>> ABSOLUTELY I DID.

THE SECOND THING, WHEN I TURNED ON MY PHONE WAS THE BLOODY FACE OF MY FRIEND WHO WAS WOUNDED AT THE SHOOTING.

HIS WIFE ANDS CHILDREN WHO I SPENT TIME WITH IN ISRAEL.

I JUST MOVED TO AUSTRALIA TWO WEEKS AGO.

THE TRAUMA THEY ENDURED DURING THE RECENT WAR AND WANTING TO BE IN A JEWISH COMMUNE THAT FELT SAFE IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

THERE IS NO COMMUNITY HERE IN ARIZONA WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CERTAINTY OF SAFETY.

ARSON WAS WOUNDED, FORTUNATELY.

HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS THEY WERE SHELTERED WAN COVERING AND LYING IN THE SAND.

THEY WHISPERED WE SURVIVED IRAN'S ATTACK AND WE'LL SURVIVE THIS TOO.

NONE OF THEM WERE HURT IN A WAY TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE BULLET WAS A FEW MILLIMETERS OVER HE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITH US.

HE WAS WOUNDED BUT NOT KILLED.

>> HOW IS E HE DOING?

>> MUCH BETTER.

THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LIGHT THE HANUKKAH LIGHTS.

THE SECOND NIGHT OF HANUKKAH IN THEIR HOMES THE TWO DAUGHTERS LIT THE CANDLES.

ARSON IN THE HOSPITAL LIT THE CANDLES.

EARLIER TODAY HE WAS ABLE TO BE HOME AND HUG HIS DAUGHTERS AND HOLD HIS WIFE AND VISIT THE MEMORIAL SET UP ON THE BEACH AND SHOW RESPECT AND LOVE FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT AS LUCKY AS HE WAS.

IN FACT, EARLIER TODAY AT A MEMORIAL CEREMONY.

HE LEAD PSALM 23.

AS I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF SHADOW OF DEATH I FEAR NO EVIL BECAUSE YOU GOD ARE WITH ME.

HE AND THE ENTIRE JEWISH FAMILY ARE WALKING THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH BUT ASSERTING WE FEAR NOW EVIL.

LIGHTNING CANDLES WHEREVER WE ARE AND SHINING OUR LIGHT.

IT'S INTERESTING IT HAPPENED ON THIS HOLIDAY.

THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATES A TIME WHEN A RULER THOUGHT TO DISALLOW JEWS TO NOT PRACTICE JUDAISM.

A SMALL BAND OF PEOPLE FAULT AGAINST THAT.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY QUESTION ARE PROUD PEOPLE.

RELIGHT CANDLES AND THE MESSAGE, EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, YOU ARE LIGHT TO SHARE.

>> INTERESTING, I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO WHAT WE THOUGHT EARLIER.

THE INITIAL RESPONSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IS THIS HAPPENING.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

I ASK YOU, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

THESE INCIDENTS ARE INCREASING.

IN AUSTRALIA THEY ARE INCREASING.

WHY?

>> THERE IS A NORMALIZATION OF ANTI-SEMITIC RHETORIC ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT.

OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY IS NOT EQUIP TO CONDEMN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING THAT IS TRULY WICKED OR HEINOUS.

THEN WE LAUGH IT OFF AS A JOKE.

IT'S MORE MAINSTREAM AND COMFORTABLE.

PEOPLE ARE RADICALIZED BY THE MEDIA WE CONSUME.

FOR SO LONG JEWS HAVE BEEN A PROJECTION FOR ANYONE PERSON THAT HAS HATE IN THEIR HEART FOR WHATEVER THEY FIND EVIL.

THE NAZI'S SAW US AS THE WORLD POLLUTERS.

JEWS ARE THE WHITEST WHITES.

AND COMMUNIST RA SCREAM JEWS CONTROL THE WORLD'S MONEY SYSTEM, MEDIA, AND THAT THOSE IN CAPITALIST SOCIETIES BRANDISH JEWS OF COME KNEWIST.

WE HAVE SEEN THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF REALLY CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM, AND OTHER TRADITIONS THAT ROOT THEMSELVES AS SUPER SEEDING JUDAISM.

IT'S A CYMBAL RATHER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ROTE ABOUT THE JEW.

HE NEVER LEFT I THINK LAND AND NO JEWS ALLOWED.

>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE WAR IN GAZA AND WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.

FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT ON THAT.

IS THAT AT PLAY HERE OR SOMETHING MORE SYSTEM SYSTEMIC.

>> I THINK WITH THOSE WHO ARE SEEKTIONS AND HAVE AN AGENDA TO DEMONIZE JEWS USED THE WAR IN GAZA AS AN EXCUSE.

SO MANY UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THAT WAR.

THERE WAS A HORRIBLE ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7, 2023.

THIS ONE WAS ON HANUKKAH.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN ISRAEL PARTY-GOERS AT A RAVE.

INDIVIDUALS AND THE ELDERLY WERE MURDER IN THE THIRDDERRED AND HUNDREDS MORE TAKEN CAPTIVE AND THE WAR THAT FOLLOWED EXISTED IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT ISRAEL COULD PROTECT CITIZENS.

IT'S REMARKABLE TO MINIMIZE THE CASUALTIES AND DATA CONCERNING THE CONDUCT IT WASN'T A GENOCIDE AND IN FACT, FOR ANY URBAN WAR IN THE HISTORY OF URBAN WARFARE.

THE FEWEST CASUALTIES.

>> QUICKLY PLEASE.

>> I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

I DIDN'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THIS.

>> THIS IS A TOOL TO DEMONIZE JEWS.

>> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT QUICK.

WHAT ARE YOU TELLING YOUR CONGREGATION AND CHILDREN?

>> I AM TELLING CHILDREN THERE WERE ALWAYS BULLIES NA TOLD US TO BE DIFFERENT AND BE PROUD AND SHINE OUR LIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT THE MESSAGE OF HANUKKAH IS AND COMING OUT FROM EXPERIENCE OF TRAUMA.

TEACH US.

>> RABBI ANDY GREEN.

WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND SPEAKING WITH US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA HAS WORKED FOR 70-YEARS TO HELP KIDS REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND BUILD A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE, ALL WITH A FOCUS ON MENTORSHIP.

THE ORGANIZATION RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

AND HERE SHE IS, DEBBIE CASTILLO- SMITH, C-E-O OF BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ARIZONA.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> I HAVE, FOR 25-YEARS NOW.

I GOT MY DEGREE IN STUDIES.

I WORK CLOSELY WITH DR.ASHCRAFT AND SAW THAT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

I TOOK ON DIFFERENT ROLES AND WORK MY WAY UP.

I ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR THE POWER OF MENTOR SHIP AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THESE KIDS AND REALLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THEM GROW INTO DID YOU WANTS AND THE IMPACT.

>> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU.

WE HEAR BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

NOT SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT IS THIS ORGANIZATION?

>> BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS RECREATE PENN TOWERING RELATIONSHIPS THAT IGNITE THE POWER OF YOUTH.

WE MATCH UP OUR BIGS AN LITTLES AND PAIR THEM.

WE SERVE KIDS.

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A MATCH?

>> ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS ARE GO THROUGH A THOROUGH BACKGROUND CHECK.

WE MAKE SURE THEY WANT TO BE HERATION WELL.

WE FIND OUT THEIR INTERESTS AND WHAT THEY ENJOY DOING AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEY STRUGGLED IN SCHOOL WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY MAKE A GOOD SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIP.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU MATCHED UP WITH FIVE LITTLE SISTERS.

>> YES, I HAVE, I HAVE.

>> HOW WAS THAT TO MENTOR THE KIDS?

>> YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I GET SO MUCH MORE OUT OF BEING A MENTOR THAN THE KIDS DO.

THEY BRING SO MUCH LIGHT INTO MY LIFE.

TEACH ME THE IMPORTANCE OF JUST SMILING AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THOSE LITTLE MOMENTS THAT REALLY MATTER.

MY LITTLE SISTER RIGHT NOW, SHE'S SO FUNNY.

SHE TALKS MORE THAN ME WHICH IS HARD TO DO.

WE SEE HAVE A GREAT TIME AND TALK ABOUT SCHOOL.

SHE TELLS ME ABOUT THINGS GOING ON AND AT HOME.

IT'S ABOUT SHOWING UP.

>> IS THAT THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH MENTORSHIP?

>> YES.

YES.

>> NOT ONLY SHOWING UP BUT LISTENING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THINK ABOUT IT FOR MENTORS IN YOUR LIFE.

WHO IS MENTORING YOU.

WHO ARE THE BEST MENTORS YOU HAD.

FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ENCOURAGE YOU AND SHOW UP TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I SEE YOU AND HEAR YOU.

I'LL BE THERE.

>> HOW DOES THE FAMILY WORK INTO THIS TIE NAMMIC?

>> YES.

>> IT SEEMS LIKE AT TIMES IT'S A ROUGH EQUATION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY HAVE TO WANT TO BE IN THE PROGRAM.

THEY SIGN-UP THEIR CHILD TO BE IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

THE VOLUNTEERS WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILIES.

SO, THAT COMMUNICATION IS THERE.

WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION IS THEY HAVE A PERSON THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM HELPING THIS WITH COMMUNICATION BARRIERS.

WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE WE OFFER THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM.

>> DO YOUNG PEOPLE RETURN AS VOLUNTEERS THEMSELVES?

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY DO, WE HAVE SEVERAL LITTLES THAT COME BACK AND BECOME BIGS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

>> I LOVE THE LITHLE AND BIG DESIGNATION.

>> I LOVE THIS.

WHAT'S THE NEXT VISION?

>> TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD OR LITTLE THAT COMES TO OUR PROGRAM THAT WOULD LIKE A MENTOR GETS A MENTOR.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MY.

IF SOMEONE COMES AND WOULD LIKE A BIG IN OUR PROGRAM WE PROVIDE THAT TOO THEM.

>> UH-HUH.

>> EVERY PERSON DESERVES SOMEONE TO SHOW UP.

>> IS IT A CHALLENGE.

>> IT IS.

VOLUNTEERISM IS DOWN.

WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS COME THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE WE USED TO.

WE ARE GETTING CREATIVE ON HOW TO OFFER PROGRAMMING.

WE ARE IN SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE A SITE BASED PROGRAM.

YOU CAN MENTOR THE YOUTH AND TRADITIONAL PROGRAM.

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION WHERE DO YOU GO?

>> CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT BBBSAZ.ORG.

>> ALL RIGHT, DEBBY CASTILL-SMITH, THE NEW CEO.

MUST BE EXCITING.

>> YES, HONORED.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> THE END-OF-THE-YEAR IS THE TIME FOR BEST-OF LISTS, AND TONIGHT, WE LOOK AT FAVORITE FILMS AND TV SHOWS, AS DETERMINED BY OUR NEXT GUEST.

HE IS BILL GOODYKOONTZ, MOVIE AND TV CRITIC FOR THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC AND AZCENTRAL.COM.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU FOR ONE MORE YEAR TELLING US WHAT WAS GOOD.

WAS IT A GOOD YEAR?

>> IT WAS GREAT THERE IS STILL FALLOUTS.

YOU GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR ON ANOTHER DAY I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CONCLUDED.

>> SOME YEARS ARE GATE AND SOME WOULDN'T MAKE THE LIST IS NUMBER ONE.

>> I THOUGHT IT ENDED UP BEING A GOOD YEAR.

>> LET'S START WITH NUMBER ONE AND THAT'S ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.

ACTION AND ADVENTURE.

FAMILIAR NAMES IN HERE.

YOU LIKED THIS FILM.

>> I LOVE IT.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON IS BACK.

LEONARDO IS STONED REVOLUTIONARY TYPE OF GUY.

CALLED BACK TO BATTLE YOU MIGHT SAY.

AS YOU SAID THE CAST IS GREAT.

SEAF PENN IS INSANE.

THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO PLAYED HIS DAUGHTER CHASE INFINITY, SHE WAS GREAT.

I THINK SHE HAS A DECENT CHANCE WINNING BEST SUPPORTING OSCAR.

>> FIRST TIME-OUT.

>> LOOK WHO SHE'S HOLDING UP WITH.

>> DO YOU GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A BREATH.

>> NOT LIKE MARTY THAT'S ALSO REALLY GOOD.

TIMOTHY IS THE GREAT TABLE TENNIS PLAYER AND HUSTLER.

YOU ARE SWEATY WHEN YOU GET OUT OF THAT.

IT SPEAKS TO THE MOMENT.

A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT WHO IS CONTROLLING THE COUNTRY.

HE'S A REVOLUTIONARY AFTER ALL.

IF A BURNED OUT ONE.

>> THE DUDE IS A REVOLUTIONARY ONE.

>> NUMBER TWO IS SINNERS.

MUSIC, RACE, HISTORY, AND VAMPIRES?

>> AND VAMPIRES.

>> HOW DOES IT WORK.

>> ASK RYAN.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN IS PLAYING A DUAL PLAYER IS YOU CAN THEY WILL THEM APART.

THEY ARE BOTH MICHAEL B JORDAN.

IT GEDS INTO THE IDEA OF THE OUTSIDER.

THE SORT OF FALSE INCLUSION.

THE VAMPIRES COME TO THESE FOLKS THEY ARE LIKE BE ONE OF US.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

WE ARE LIKE, WILL THEY, WHAT PRICE DO YOU PAY TO BE INCLUDED.

MAN, IF IT SOUNDS SUPER SERIOUS IT'S A BLAST.

IT'S THE ABSOLUTE MOST FUN, NO QUESTION.

>> I THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T MAKE ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT VAMPIRES.

HASN'T IT ALL BEEN DONE.

>> NOT GUILTY QUITE.

THIS IS AS.

>> THEY ALWAYS TAKE ADD RAN TAGE.

>> THIRD FILM ON THE LIST.

WE HAVE SINNERS AS NUMBER 3.

THE THIRD ONE IS HAMNET.

>> SHAKESPEARE IS IN THERE.

THE MOVIE BELONGS TO JESSE BUGGERY.

THAT'S HIS WIFE.

THAT'S THE BEST PERFORMANCE.

WITH DANIEL DAY LEWIS IN THERE IN THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES.

HAMLET SHAKESPEARE'S SON WHO DIED.

HE WRITES IT THROUGH GRIEF.

SHE HAS TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE GRIEF.

THAT I PUT-ON A LITTLE BIT OF HAMLET AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> INSTEAD OF A GREAT FILM IT'S A GOOD FILM WRAPPED IN A GREAT PERFORMANCE.

>> IT'S A VERY GOOD FILM.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT HE SAYS OSCAR BATE, SO WHAT.

IT'S OSCAR WORTHY.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO TV.

YOU ONLY HAVE TWO HERE FOR YOU.

I HAVE TO DO CALISTHENICS WITH MY REMOTE.

>> EASIABLY AVAILABLE ON STREAMING SERVICES.

>> THAT'S THE WALL.

>> NUMBER ONE IS PLUROBUS, IS THIS NEW MEXICO AGAIN?

>> YES, THOSE THAT BROUGHT YOU BREAKING BAD AND BETTER CALL SAUL.

AN EVENT HAPPENS ANODE MOST OF THE WORLD EXCEPT FOR 13 PEOPLE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.

EVERYBODY IS JUST WE ARE ALL ONE.

IT'S DRIVING HER CRAZY.

WITH GOOD REASON.

SHE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE WORLD BACK IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT, I DON'T WANT TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THAT EITHER.

THE WAY I PLATES OUT SOME PEOPLE KIND OF LIKE THE WAY IT IS.

EVERYBODY IS DOING STUFF FOR ME.

SHE EASTERFYED THEY WILL TURN HER AND THEY ARE TELLING HER UP-FRONT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE LIKE US.

IT'S OUR IMPERATIVE AND SHE WON'T GO EASILY.

AS YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE.

THERE ARE A FEW GOOD GOLF SCENES.

WE NEVER SAW A BUFFALO ON THE GOLF COURSE.

>> WOW.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN A BUFFALO.

SOUNDS LIKE SOME TWILIGHT ZONE?

>> OH, A BUNCH.

>> YEAH.

>> A BUNCH OF SHOWS LIKE THAT.

IT'S ORIGINAL.

>> IT HELD UP EPISODE AFTER EPISODE.

THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> IT'S ON APPLE TV PLUS.

THEY DON'T RELEASE IT ALL AT ONCE.

KEEP YOU COMING BACK.

INDEPENDENT NEWS PAPERS HE DRIVES EVERYBODY CRAZY.

>> LATCHING ONTO A BIG STORY.

THEY MIGHT BE INVOLVED.

IT'S FROM STERLING THAT MAIZE VERY EASIVATION DOGS.

ETHAN HAWK IS ALSO IN THE MOVIE COMING OUT AT CHRISTMAS BLUE MOON.

THEY ARE SINNERS AND HAMLET AND SINNERS AND THE LOW DOWN.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HAVE A GREAT