The Museum is closed to the public on Friday 22.05.2026. Donate to our Annual Appeal today and double your impact.
Ruptured: Jewish Women in Australia Reflect on Life Post-October 7 (LJLA, 2025) is a brave collection of 36 personal essays that explore the profound fracture that emerged in the wake of that day. The writers chart the personal, everyday toll of unchecked hate, while also showcasing the tenacity and creativity of Jewish women as they grapple with this new reality.
Three of the essayists — Julie Szego, Jemima Montag and Ruby Kraner-Tucci, all descendants of Holocaust survivors — will join Dr Daniel Haumschild, Head of Exhibitions and Storytelling at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, to discuss their essays and to reflect on their experiences since the book’s publication. Expect a candid conversation that traverses intergenerational trauma, navigating antisemitism, the duality of fear and pride, and the vital role of storytelling as both testimony and an act of repair.
Jemima Montag is an Olympic medallist, medical student and keynote speaker. She attributes her strength and determination to her two late grandparents who were Holocaust survivors.
Julie Szego is an author and freelance writer. A former journalist at The Age, her work has been widely published in The Australian and overseas media. She writes a Substack newsletter, SzegoUnplugged.
Ruby Kraner-Tucci is the national health reporter for News Corp Australia. She previously worked as deputy editor of The Jewish Independent. An award-winning journalist, her work has appeared in The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Broadsheet and Time Out, among others.
