Author: Jmedia Manager
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Wild, Jewish Museum of Australia (VIC)
A captivating look at the Jewish Australian community and how it has pushed cultural and political boundaries. The Jewish Museum of Australia’s Wild: Stories of a community pushing boundaries is a quirky and eclectic exhibition of cultural artefacts from different periods that offers a snapshot of Jewish Australians’ cultural productions and records of interactions with wider Australian…
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‘Totally exposed’: Trump poll numbers and Ukrainian whistleblower scandal
US President Donald Trump is under a cloud after a whistleblower scandal erupted, with a critic saying he’s been “totally exposed”. Donald Trump’s “false bravado” about the 2020 election has been “totally exposed” by the whistleblower scandal, a leading US commentator says. American political columnist Mark Shields savaged the US President, saying the impeachment process…
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Trump labels AOC and other Democrats ‘savages’ amid impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump tweeted to issue another pushback against Democratic lawmakers who had openly advocated for impeachment proceedings against him. Trump called out Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, California Rep. Adam Schiff, and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after House Democrats announced an impeachment inquiry on September 24. Lawmakers are weighing a whistleblower complaint that detailed…
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British tanker leaves port after being detained in Iran for months
Dubai: British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, detained by Iran in July, has started moving and exited the Bandar Abbas port, according to Refinitiv ship-tracking data. The Stena Impero was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar.…
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Anti-Defamation League lists ‘OK hand sign’ as white supremacist hate symbol
The OK hand sign has officially been labelled a white supremacist “hate symbol” by US anti-bigotry organisation the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL, headed by former Obama White House official Jonathan Greenblatt, announced on Thursday it had updated its “Hate on Display” online database to include 36 new entries including white supremacist symbols adopted in recent years by…
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Bestselling author accused of betraying Holocaust survivor
A bestselling author has been accused of breaching the privacy of a late Holocaust survivor who had fought to keep her personal history secret. Melbourne-based Heather Morris has become one of the country’s most successful debut writers, with her first book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, selling more than three million copies internationally in just 18…
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Washington ‘depriving peace process of credibility’: Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took to the world stage on Friday to slam the US for “depriving the peace process of any credibility” and undermining prospects for a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a speech before the UN General Assembly, Mr Abbas also criticised the US for recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,…
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Was a man who saved more than 1500 Jews a hero or a collaborator?
Rezso Kasztner was a Hungarian Jew who dealt with the feared and brutal Adolf Eichmann, of the Holocaust’s main instigators, in an attempt to save a group of Jews from the gas chambers, and later rose to prominence in public office in Israel. Author Diane Armstrong has explored the story of Kasztner’s fall from grace…
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Netanyahu begins coalition hunt amid deadlock
Jerusalem | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday began the daunting task of trying to cobble together a coalition government amid political deadlock that emerged from this month’s repeat elections, which had no clear winner. He now has up to six weeks to attempt to resolve the political impasse, but his odds appear slim. Even with the…
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Taika Waititi’s ‘anti-hate satire’ Jojo Rabbit to close Jewish International Film Festival
2019’s Jewish International Film Festival, held at Classic, Lido, Cameo and Ritz cinemas, has a strong documentary focus this year, telling stories of great Jewish creatives and innovators who have shaped our world and culture. To single out just a few, Sundance hit Ask Dr Ruth is a frank, warm portrait of revolutionary sex therapist…