MAMAMIA - The second of a three-part series which explores the reality of being trans in Australia today.

MAMAMIA - The first of a three-part series which explores the reality of being trans in Australia today.

MAMAMIA - It was a blast so large that Aliza could hear the doors and windows of her father’s Kharkiv apartment clap through the phone to her home in Melbourne.

MAMAMIA - As a Jewish person, it is triggering to see this symbol, exploited by those who wish to pedal their own agenda. Have your opinions, sure. But do not appropriate the suffering experienced by marginalised groups who were targeted for nothing more than their existence.

PLUS61J - Gad Ben-Meir was 10 years old when his beloved Baghdad descended into bloodied anarchy. He recounts his experience of the Farhud, as a new project is launched that will ensure the voices of Jews who lived in Islamic lands are preserved forever.

THE AJN - “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” Nine months since leading a groundbreaking special investigation into gender inequality and harassment in Jewish organisations, has any progress ensued?

THE AJN - Mia Freedman – co-founder of media company Mamamia – inspires millions with her women-centric content, podcasts and entrepreneurship. She talks career, media and her connection to her Jewishness.

THE AJN - From a homeless teen to becoming the first Aboriginal person to achieve a PhD in medicine, Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver is driven by a passion to make the world a better place.

What do a lawyer turned medicine weaver, a beer brewer, a sexologist and a young guy determined to make wine like his grandmother all have in common? Melissa Abrahams, Benyomin Cylich, Dr Nikki Goldstein and Richie Harkham have all taken less conventional roads to career fulfilment. They share their journeys.

The Dadon sisters are so much more than the founders of a vegan footwear brand. They speak on the importance of sustainability and ethical business and share their personal journey.

Alice Zaslavsky first burst on to screens with her infectious energy on MasterChef eight years ago. Since then, she has become a well-respected cook, food writer and broadcaster.

New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor is one half of the reporting duo that broke the story that would expose Harvey Weinstein as a sexual predator and reignite the #MeToo movement. Three years later, she reflects.

EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A special investigation has revealed an alarming reality: Over one third (37 per cent) of 111 women surveyed said they have experienced gender-based bullying in a Jewish organisation, with five per cent saying it is a regular occurrence. Further, one fifth of respondents said they have encountered sexual harassment in Jewish organisations in some form.

EXCLUSIVE: In a special investigation into the experiences of women in leadership in Melbourne and Sydney’s Jewish community, the issues of career aspirations and development; culture, values and respect; board participation; bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment; work/life balance; religion and generational issues are explored.

The coronavirus pandemic has left more members of our community in need of extra help - and C Care has jumped to action.

Despite the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic, grassroots initiatives have sprung to life across the community, bringing some much needed light to the darkness.

Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman are the sibling powerhouse behind fashion label, Camilla + Marc. Together, they have recently launched a campaign with purpose - to combat ovarian cancer - the disease that has touched them in a deeply personal way.

“I was looking to my left and my right, and the terrorist was on my right, five metres from me, and he saw me. He aimed at me, and he shot me again. This time, he hit me in the left groin, right in the main artery, which exploded and I fell down on the road.”

Naomi Tucker is the co-founder of Shalom Bayit, a centre set up to support women and children fleeing domestic violence in the Jewish community in the Bay Area of the US.
“So often, we have seen women’s safety put at the bottom of the totem pole of Jewish communal priorities … [It needs to be put] on our Jewish social justice agenda, as a communal priority. We work on so many justice issues in the community, and most of the time they don’t include women – yet women are half of our population,” says Tucker.

EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: The mother of a 12-year-old Jewish student who was verbally abused, physically assaulted and forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim boy shares their harrowing ordeal.