EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A 12-year-old student in Melbourne was verbally abused, physically assaulted and forced to kiss the feet of a Muslim boy. Meanwhile, a five-year-old prep pupil from another school started wetting the bed after being severely bullied on a daily basis. Why? Because they are Jewish.

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.

Aviram Saharai is one half of the hugely popular Israeli psytrance duo, Vini Vici. He spoke on everything from keeping kosher on the road, the influence of Infected Mushroom, to his journey to the main stages of the world’s biggest music festivals.

Jewish Israeli Noa Yammer and Palestinian citizen of Israel Shada Edress Mansour share their journeys to Hand in Hand, a network of schools for Jews and Arabs.

The Victorian branch of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) has made a push to ensure that Jewish women are equally represented in positions of leadership and at events within the community.

“Indeed, the stories confined to the annals of history say as much about the historical figure or event, as the person who wrote it. The way in which we view the world is inevitably shaped by our personal perspectives, coloured by our experiences and our biases. These factors are inextricably bound not just to how we understand and interpret; but what information we — as individuals, and as a society — deem to be important, and what we do not.”

Eleven Holocaust survivors movingly shared their testimonies at the inaugural Gandel Holocaust Education Conference, which was officially opened by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Treasurer, deputy Liberal leader and top Jew in the country Josh Frydenberg shares a more personal side of his life.

“Hope has been as fundamental to Israel’s survival as our most sophisticated defence systems. So deeply is it engrained in our religious and national consciousness.”

It is an age-old debate, even more polarising than the Melbourne versus Sydney argument: Jerusalem or Tel Aviv?

Abby Stein is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Chassidic community. She shares her journey.

The Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) took centre stage last week. Rebecca Davis reports on the Jewish players.

Today is International Women’s Day. Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch celebrate a few remarkable women of the community: Judi Hausmann, Sharon Malecki, Helena Goldstein and Lauren Silvers.

The question of ethical consumption is a hot topic. Rebecca Davis explores some of the issues presented by “fast fashion”, while highlighting a few labels who are infusing the Jewish values of tikkun olam, bal tashchit and tzedakah into their business practice.

On Monday it was 23 years since Dana Pinhasov was the victim of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. She shares her inspirational story of resilience and courage.

Yotam Ottolenghi is a world renowned chef, restaurateur and food author. While visiting Australia earlier this month, he mused on his Jerusalem upbringing, family recipes and the food that has inspired him.

Aiia Maasarwe came to Melbourne to study as an exchange student at La Trobe University. But on Monday evening, her father Saeed helped to carry her coffin at the Albanian Islamic centre and mosque in Dandenong.

Dr Yayehyirad (Yayu) Mekonnen Ejigu will become Ethiopia’s first fully-trained paediatric heart surgeon – and with the assistance of the Israeli organisation, Save a Child’s Heart, and Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, he is set to achieve his dream.

In Australia, 1 in 4 women have experienced emotional abuse by a current or former partner, and 1 in 5 women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. National statistics on domestic violence are shocking and alarming, as is the silence and stigma which continue to largely shroud the issue – even in the Jewish community,

Ari Hershkowitz rose to prominence in the 2017 Netflix documentary, One of Us, which followed his journey towards leaving ultra-Orthodoxy. He spoke candidly about his past struggles with sexual abuse, substance addiction and self-harm during his visit to Australia.