Author: Jmedia Manager
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Palestinian-American Smash Player Uses Top Ranking To Advocate For Palestine
Spending time in the fighting game community makes you accustomed to referring to people by names like SonicFox, HotDog29, and Dr. PeePee. The latest rankings of Super Smash Bros. Melee players are full of such names, and one high-level Smash competitor is using his gamer tag for an explicitly political purpose: advocating for a free Palestine. As of the…
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Religions can be part of the solution for peace, not the problem, faith leaders say
When John Lennon wrote his hit song Imagine, eliminating religions and the divisions they entail was in his view a necessary condition for “living life in peace.” A meeting of religious representatives in Rome this week made the case for shifting that paradigm. The Abrahamic Faiths Initiative group united 25 religious leaders representing millions of Christian,…
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Flag-flying neo-Nazi’s Holocaust survivor neighbour ‘terrified’
The man who sparked nationwide condemnation by flying a Nazi flag in his backyard has lashed out at A Current Affair. The resident, only known as Bill, charged towards a TV crew when confronted at his home in Beulah, four hours’ drive from Melbourne. “Put your camera f—— down you c—,” an irate Bill yelled.…
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Nazi flag flyer’s colourful confrontation
Residents in the tiny Victorian town of Beulah, four hours northwest of Melbourne, are fed up with a local couple who had refused to take down their Nazi flag. The local man, known as Bill and his partner Cheryl, had refused to budge despite protests about the flag from neighbours, including one who lives across…
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Lox in a Box, a Hole-in-the-Wall Takeaway Selling Bagels and Jewish Deli Goods in Bondi Three Days a Week
Get chewy bagels stuffed with cured salmon or salted beef, with a side of crisps and pickles. Or grab house-made egg dip and schmears to take home. And there’s a bagel delivery service coming soon. Like many great things in life, Lox in a Box came about by accident. Candy Berger was hunting for sites…
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Nazi Flag in Beulah
My Jewish father found sanctuary in that town It was with a heavy heart that I read the article in Tuesday’s Age about a couple in the Mallee town of Beulah flying a swastika flag over their recently purchased home. One of the home owners is reported to have defended her right to fly the…
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Iran FM: People lied to over Ukraine plane
Iran’s top diplomat has acknowledged that Iranians “were lied to” for days following the Islamic Republic accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing 176 people. The admission came as the country’s president warned that European soldiers in the Mideast “could be in danger” after three nations challenged Tehran over breaking limits of its nuclear deal.…
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Aiia Maasarwe’s family back fellowship program to honour slain student
The family of Aiia Maasarwe have thrown their support behind a new way to ensure her memory lives on, as they prepare to mark the first anniversary of her brutal murder. The family of Aiia Maasarwe have thrown their support behind a new way to ensure her memory lives on, as they prepare to mark…
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The Women’s March movement’s dramatic rise and fall
The Women’s March was was once the heart of anti-Trump activism. Three years later, it is a lesson in how dramatic protest movements can fade as quickly at they appeared, writes Marissa J. Lang. One day after President Donald Trump’s inaugural parade wound its way through the District of Columbia, hundreds of thousands of women…
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Iran says it has made arrests over plane disaster as protests rage on
Dubai: Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner, as anti-government demonstrations triggered by the disaster entered a fourth day. Wednesday’s shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, killing all 176 people on board, has led to one of the greatest…