When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice To those I have lost – the teachers, mentors, loved ones – who once taught me what it was to be Jewish. Those who once shared my table, yet now sit on the other side of a deep chasm. I write with hesitation. My words have been twisted before. But silence has become its own wound. Continue reading...

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A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm. When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

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My latest in @crikey.com.au Victoria’s draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won’t keep anyone safe Giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/v...

Victoria's draconian new anti-protest laws will have a chilling effect on free speech — and won't keep anyone safe

Far-reaching anti-protest measures and giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence.

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I mourn for every single person slaughtered in this needless genocide, and I mourn for the souls of those in my own community who have been following Israel down into the moral abyss. Full statement on this shameful saga brought to you by the Israel lobby and gutter journalists at Murdoch 1/2

Couldn’t catch #SundayShot live this week. But I caught up via the link below. Slick as ✔️ @davemilbo.bsky.social & @instanterudite.bsky.social hosted @joshbornstein.bsky.social & @janecaro.bsky.social & with a great interview with @sarahschwartz.bsky.social from the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social

THE SUNDAY SHOT - February 23

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Proud to be one of 500+ Jews to sign this full page newspaper ad in SMH / the Age calling on Australia to reject calls for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. 1/4

For those who missed it live this morning The Sunday Shot - @davemilbo.bsky.social & Jo Dyer Featuring @janecaro.bsky.social & @sarahschwartz.bsky.social Excellent discussions by all - worth your time #Auspol youtu.be/uRxY9Sl2f5A?...

THE SUNDAY SHOT - February 23

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‘Every life is a universe’: The ceasefire must hold Whoever destroys a single life, the Torah considers it as if they destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a single life, the Torah considers it as if they saved an entire world. Talmud, Sanhedrin 37a 1/10

Pro-Israel hate groups and the Daily Telegraph teaming up to confect outrage in what looks like a clear attempt to promote Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. Disgraceful. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Deliberate, orchestrated incident’: Daily Telegraph caught up in stunt gone wrong

It’s the oldest adage in journalism: don’t become the story.

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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

I’ve become aware that someone is impersonating me and sending bizarre legal threats to individuals by text message. If you receive a text like this from someone claiming to be me, please let me know by emailing jewishcouncil@jewishcouncil.com.au

My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe. Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz

They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda

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We’re not going to back down in the face of malicious bullying by the Murdoch press and pro-Israel lobby, and we’re not going to stop criticising Peter Dutton for fueling racism! Some emails you can send which would make a big difference ⬇️

Jewish Council of Australia@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 2y ago

Help defend our anti-racist works against offensive smear campaigns by the Murdoch Press

Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks

"Dutton and LNP vilify any Jew who doesn't fit into their racist mould. ...Dutton's reduction of the Jewish community into a single stereotype, and silencing of Jews who don't fit that typology, only serves to make Jews less safe. This is particularly grotesque amidst a real rise in antisemitism." 🎯

Sarah Schwartz@sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Statement on my speech at a comedy event pillorying Peter Dutton’s racist, ignorant and monolithic conception of Jewish people

Best question I’ve been asked by a journalist in the last 48h: ‘have you degraded Peter Dutton’ No…he’s done that all to himself

Dutton's reduction of the Jewish community into a single stereotype reveals the very essence of his racism & demonstrates his shameless willingness- yet again- to foment & exploit social instability in ways which he hopes will be to his political advantage.

Statement on my speech at a comedy event pillorying Peter Dutton’s racist, ignorant and monolithic conception of Jewish people

“These protests are about peace, freedom and liberation for Palestinians and that’s not something Jewish people should be scared of” - @sarahschwartz.bsky.social spoke to Raf Epstein on ABC yesterday. Listen from 2.12.30 / 19.35 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Informed, entertaining, thought-provoking radio that asks the questions that Melbourne wants asked.

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Nazis: it’s a Sieg Heil Musk: I love fascists ECAJ: it’s just a bit of enthusiasm, it’s not like he wore watermelon earrings

It is disgraceful that instead of promoting international law, Australia’s top law officer is trying to repair relations with a foreign government found by major human rights organisations to be committing genocide. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Albanese minister to fly to Israel to mend fractured relationship

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus’ mission to resuscitate the Australian government’s relationship with Israel follows months of deterioration.

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With its proposed knee-jerk anti-protest measures "the Victorian govt is making a dangerous conflation between the synagogue arson attack and peaceful anti-war protesting" says @sarahschwartz.bsky.social. The core issue fueling violence is racism, not protests. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Victorian protest laws 'a mess' say civil libertarians - ABC listen

The Victorian government is on a collision course with legal groups and civil libertarians, over a planned crackdown on protestors.

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A message from one of the anonymous Jewish signatories to our Core Principles You can still sign on here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

What is Zionism, and is it antisemitic to be anti-Israel? We spoke to @sbsnews.bsky.social (6 minutes in) www.sbs.com.au/language/eng...

What is Zionism, and is it antisemitic to be anti-Israel?

Reports of anti-Jewish incidents in Australia are on the rise. But there's disagreement on where to draw the line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

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"I think of Zionism as a political ideology, which regardless of how people might perceive it or think about it, has been used to justify the dispossession of Palestinian people from their land" @sarahschwartz.bsky.social from @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social 6 mins in. www.sbs.com.au/language/eng...

What is Zionism, and is it antisemitic to be anti-Israel?

Reports of anti-Jewish incidents in Australia are on the rise. But there's disagreement on where to draw the line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

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This attack was a disgusting act of racism. Politicians need to stop using Jews to score political points - Dutton saying this has to do with Aus supporting international law at the UN; Jacinta Allen proposing unrelated protest bans (firebombing a synagogue is a crime not a protest)

Jewish Council of Australia@jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 2y ago

Need to address "festering racism" in Australia says Jewish leader - our EO @sarahschwartz.bsky.social speaks to @patskarvelas.bsky.social about the fear created by this attack, interconnection btw all forms of racism & politicians cynically capitalising on this moment www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Universities should be protecting the rights of staff and students to speak about, and protest, international atrocities in Palestine, rather than burying their heads in the sand with vague notions of ‘civility’. My piece in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/national/syd...

Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful

It could become one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest, intellectual freedom and critical debate.

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@sarahschwartz.bsky.social said it was “despicable that Netanyahu has used this moment to continue to spread hate”. A pity that @australia.theguardian.com follows the herd and parrots the Israeli PM, while failing to mention his war crimes or the ICC warrant. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Security at Australian synagogues stepped up as Netanyahu links Melbourne attack to Labor stance

Security measures increased at Jewish sites across Victoria, while New South Wales Police commits to increased patrols of significant sites in that state

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Today a journo asked me to give a right of reply to a Jewish woman speaking about her fever dream of me being sent on a train to concentration camps. Some Jews seem obsessed with harassing and dreaming up violence against those of us who don’t tow the pro-Israel line. 1/3

If the Hodgkinson Review is implemented, USYD could become one of the most restrictive campuses for free speech and peaceful protest in the country. The proposed ‘civility rule’ is draconian & bound to disproportionately impact racialised staff and students. t.co/cnkNL4ozXT