Author: Jmedia Manager
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Intrepid launches women-only tours to Pakistan and Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Can going on holiday really change the world? Intrepid Travel thinks so – in a bid to change the lives of women in developing countries, the company is actively targeting women-owned businesses it uses on tour, and will also increase the number of women’s-only expeditions it offers. The Melbourne-based company launched its women-only tours three…
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Drumming the beat… with bad humour and that virus
For his colleague Treasurer Josh Frydenberg though, this focus on the economy may well have been an excuse for a bizarre rant in Parliament that disrespected the Hindu religion. In what will be one of his political low points, the normally astute politician for several minutes made fun of Hinduism and some of its practices…
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‘Luftmensch’ and stories which need to be told
‘Luftmensch‘ is a Yiddish word meaning a person of air; one who lives on the margins and forced to survive by their wits. The theme of displacement and dispossession runs through Arnold Zable’s latest non-fiction book “The Watermill“, with compelling stories which need to be told. Listen to Phillip Adams on ABC Night Live.
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Free doco makes case for Palestine solidarity
Often, I am asked for recommendations of video primers on the situation in Palestine. I try to think of something that people can screen for their families, friends and neighbors that shows more than what corporate cable news channels or propagandistic Netflix series “offer”. Texas-based filmmaker Bob Peck has just released a free documentary, Solidarity: Five Largely Unknown…
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Lox in a Box Is Bondi’s Jewish Deli Delivering Some of Sydney’s Best Bagels to Your Doorstep
Choose from bagels filled with pastrami-spiced lox, hot salt beef and herb egg salad — all with schmear, of course. Bondi’s Jewish deli Lox in the Box is serving up babka, cured fish, all the schmears and some of the best bagels our city has to offer. Owner Candy Berger even got her Polish and…
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Netanyahu leads Israel vote, no majority
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading in a tight election in Israel, but is still short of a governing majority in the third national ballot in less than a year. Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party, claimed victory in Monday’s vote over his main challenger, former armed forces chief Benny Gantz of the centrist…
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New documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited US gear to Iran
China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited US computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator. Two Huawei packing lists, dated December 2010, included computer equipment made by Hewlett-Packard Co and destined for the…
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Historians hope secret Catholic documents provide Holocaust answers
Catholic Church history will be brought into the light when approximately two million secret documents from World War II are released this week by the Vatican. And, after years of lobbying for their release, historians are hoping the trove will provide answers to whether Pope Pius XII did enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust.…
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A controversial new TV show on Nazi hunting has been described as ‘Tarantino-trite’
From the mafia to Nazi hunter. Dannielle Maguire, ABC, February 27: Al Pacino’s new TV series Hunters … has already got a lot of people talking. The show is about a squad of Nazi hunters searching for escaped members of the Third Reich hiding out in the US in the 1970s … It’s also about…
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GSSC students to learn about the Holocaust in greater detail from this year
Greater Shepparton Secondary College students in Years 9 and 10 will learn about the Holocaust in finer detail from this year, in a new Victorian Government initiative that will ensure teaching of the historical event is standard across all state schools. Greater Shepparton Secondary College associate principal of teaching and learning Megan Michalaidis said while…