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New research shows that the ratio between girls and boys with autism is much closer than once thought. It's understood that the current ratio of males to females with autism is 4 to 1, however, new studies suggests it could be as low as 2 to 1. While this gap is slowly closing, women over the age of forty are becoming one of the key groups to seek diagnosis.

After laying her own flowers at the site of the December 2025 Bondi terror attack, Dr. Ella Dreyfus was invited by her colleague, artist Nina Sanadze, to photograph the memorial bouquets she collected and stored in a warehouse. Those images later became part of the Holding Light exhibition at Bondi Pavilion.

The contest continues over the future of Australia's tax system following last week's Federal Budget. The Coalition has flagged its own bold policies on tax and housing, while the Treasurer is working to sell a trio of changes affecting negative gearing, capital gains and trusts. Two new opinion polls suggest his federal budget has been poorly received by voters - but Jim Chalmers has declared the long-term gains from controversial housing tax changes are worth the short-term political pain.

The 2026 federal budget includes an overhaul of the rules for negative gearing and the capital gains tax in a bid, according to the Treasurer, to address the housing affordability crisis. To get some insights into how the reform will affect the housing market, SBS Hebrew spoke to Rodney Morley, a real estate expert.

This week we speak with Vladimir Fanshil, founder of Live at Yours, the innovative concert series bringing intimate classical music performances into living rooms, heritage-listed spaces and unexpected venues across Australia. We discuss why classical music continues to endure across generations, the emotional intimacy of hearing music up close, and what audiences are searching for in an increasingly noisy and disconnected world, particularly amongst the younger generations.

Rabbi Ralph Genende has an enlightening conversation with us about the lesser-known festival of Shavuot, a festival of harvest which is rooted in cultural resonance and biblical meaning.

Nic Morray is a psychologist who studied and now engages Kabbalistic models in his therapy work. He is trained through a lineage founded by Isaac The Blind in Provence in the 12th century, but now kept by women and currently taught by Catherine Shainberg from New York. Morray explores the boundaries between psychology, mysticism and self-awareness. As part of our series on ‘Hopes & Fears in the Jewish Sphere’, we talked to him to get his insights on the transcendental qualities and psychological practices we need to adopt in this day and age.

Anita Bejerano was recognised in the 2025 Australia Day Honours list with a Medal of Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the Jewish Community and volunteer work in more than five different organisations.

Tonight is Erev Shavuot. The holiday celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai as well as the grain harvest for the summer. In biblical times, Shavuot was one of three pilgrimage festivals in which all the Jewish men would go to Jerusalem and bring their first fruits as offerings to God.

Recently awarded an Australia Day Honour, Debra Korman credits her recognition to the sixty volunteers serving her weekly food van for 21 years. Beyond her communal leadership at Kehilat Nitzan, Debra shares the moving story of welcoming an Iranian asylum seeker into her family, whose journey to citizenship and reunion embodies her belief in kindness’s ripple effect.