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 - Noting that women who experience uncomplicated births are now sent home as early as six hours after delivery in the public system, Raizel Fogel is one woman who recognised a dire need to provide post-natal support – and she does so from her own pocket.

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 - A Victorian government inquiry into anti‐vilification protections has recommended the state government establishes a criminal offence that prohibits the display of Nazi symbols.

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.

THE AJN - “A day that many feared would never come is here, and for that the [alleged] victims and advocates in this case deserve our deepest gratitude.” Malka Leifer was extradited to Australia on Wednesday.

After a six-year legal battle, former Adass Israel School principal boards a plane from Israel to face 74 charges of sexual abuse in Australia.

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.

“There is no call here for affirmative action – just recognition that Mizrachi’s gender bias (conscious or otherwise) is real, it is dangerous, and it is contemptible.”

They were the words that took 82 years to receive: “Officially, on behalf of the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel, we are sorry that the 1938 consul general in Melbourne would not accept the letter of the Aborigines League nor forward it on to the political leadership here in Berlin as would have been the right and morally correct thing for a consular official to do.”

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.

EXCLUSIVE: The independent inquiry commissioned by the Victorian Department of Education (DET) and Training into serious allegations of antisemitic bullying at Brighton Secondary College has concluded, resulting in 18 recommendations for the school – all of which have been accepted by the DET.

“The embodiment of diversity, the appointment of Harris was relished by supporters as a beacon of hope as she shatters glass ceilings at a time when a stalled trajectory of women in positions of political leadership prevails.”

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.

Academic Dr Keren McGinity led the #MeToo movement in the US Jewish community. She shares her very personal story.

Roxy Jacenko has been dubbed Sydney’s public relations queen. Well known to the spotlight, the Sweaty Betty PR founder shares how the industry’s been forced to pivot amid COVID-19 in a Q&A.

Malka Leifer has been ordered to be sent back to Australia to face 74 charges of child sex abuse after an Israeli judge on Monday agreed to extradite the former Melbourne principal.

Rahmat was 14 years old when he arrived in Australia. But his first encounters of this new land were not experienced as he trudged through an airport terminal – rather, he arrived upon the shores in a leaky boat. His first 10 months were spent on Christmas Island, and the next three at Leonora detention facility in Western Australia.