Jewish Council of Australia in the media
Our appearances in local and national media
Bart Shteinman speaks at vigil for Bondi massacre
Executive Member Bart Shteinman recently spoke at a vigil for the Bondi massacre. Below is an excerpt from his speech. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jewish Council of Australia (@jewishcouncil) Click here to watch the excerpt on Instagram.
Sarah Schwartz appears on ABC News breakfast to discuss the Bondi attack
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on ABC News breakfast to discuss the Bondi attack. Below is an excerpt clip from her appearance. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jewish Council of Australia (@jewishcouncil) Click here to watch the excerpt on Jewish Council’s Instagram page.
Max Kaiser speaks to ABC: “Palestine necklace a ‘political symbol’ claims council”
Executive Officer Max Kaiser recently spoke to the ABC for a story titled “Palestine necklace a ‘political symbol’ claims council”. Below is an excerpt from his comments in the story. The map of historical Palestine is where Palestinian people come from…having a map of historic Palestine or Palestine as a whole is not offensive. Click…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SBS for story “Melbourne event celebrating Israeli pager attack sparks outrage”
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SBS for a story titled “Melbourne event celebrating Israeli pager attack sparks outrage”. An excerpt from her quoted comments is below: The images associated with the event that I have seen…cartoons, guns, pitching it as this family friendly event, I think that that’s really concerning beacuse it means…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SMH about the neo-Nazi protest
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SMH for a piece titled “What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism”. An excerpt of her comments quoted in the article is below: They are clearly trying to intimidate, but I refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic young men who have joined a cult. But I am…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the neo-Nazi rally
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for a piece titled “NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers”. An excerpt from her quoted comments is below: We’ve seen entirely inconsistent police responses when it comes to addressing far-right extremism and when it comes to addressing…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC news about the neo-Nazi protest
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to ABC News Breakfast about the neo-Nazi protest. An excerpt from her comments is below We’ve been telling the government for a really long time that it needs to take the threat of far right extremism and neo-Nazism seriously instead of focussing on protest movements. Click here to watch…
Max Kaiser quoted on SBS about the protest law review in light of the recent neo-Nazi rally
Executive Officer Max Kaiser recently spoke to SBS News for a piece titled “Police authorisation of Sydney neo-Nazi demonstration sparks calls for protest law review”. Below is an excerpt of his comments quoted in the piece: Rather than giving police more power, the Jewish Council calls for united action to combat the far-right and root…
Sara Dowse review of “Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature”
Advisory Committee member Sara Dowse has recently had piece published in Inside Story titled Perilous refuge: Uwe Wittstock’s Marseille 1940 is a marvel of narrative art, a “fascinating account of the thousands of rescues” of Jews from the Holocaust by the Emergency Rescue Committee. Click here to read the full piece.
Sarah Schwartz op ed in The Guardian: “When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love”
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently had an op ed published in The Guardian titled “When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love”. An excerpt from the beginning of the piece is below: To those I have lost – the teachers, mentors, loved…
Ohad Kozminsky appears on ABC discussing Christian Zionists’ interpretation of Israel as the “promised land”
Executive Member Ohad Kozminsky recently appeared on ABC’s Pacific Soul program. From the episode description: Ohad Kozminsky, executive member of the Jewish Council of Australia, says Israel was never a “promised land” and debunks the claims put forward by Christian Zionists, explaining his interpretation of the Torah. ‘Click here to listen to (or download) the…
Bart Shteinman speaks at interfaith panel on combatting all forms of racism
Executive Member Bart Shteinman recently spoke at interfaith panel on combatting racism hosted by the Anglican Church. Below is an excerpt from the start of his speech: I’m going to ask you to imagine yourself in Footscray Melbourne, December 1938. A Yorta Yorta man, William Cooper, is leading a 10km march of his fellow Indigenous…
Max Kaiser speaks to Deepcut News about Jillian Segal
Executive Officer Max Kaiser recently spoke to Deepcut News for a story titled “Exclusive – Jillian Segal declared conflicts for Envoy role. Why won’t the government reveal them?”. Below is an excerpt from his statements published in the story. Segal’s conflicts of interest highlight exactly why her appointment in a role supposedly meant to combat…
Bart Shteinman speaks to ABC Radio Canberra about Rosh Hashanah
Bart Shteinman recently spoke to ABC for the show Canberra Mornings about what Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year means for him and for Jews everywhere who are opposing Israel’s genocide. Click here to listen to the show on the ABC website.
Sarah Schwartz speaks to Ette Media about News Corp’s treatment of Jewish Council’s “stop starving Gaza” ad
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Ette Media about News Corp’s treatment of Jewish Council’s “stop starving Gaza” ad. Below is her apperance on the “We Used to be Journos” podcast with Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf. The segment about the Jewish Council’s ad starts around 13:30. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts.…
Max Kaiser speaks to SBS about Australia’s recognition of Palestine at the UN
Executive Officer Max Kaiser recently spoke to SBS for a story titled “Australia recognises Palestinian state at the UN”. An excerpt of his comments from the story: It certainly puts Australia at odds with Israel and the United States, but I think that’s to be welcomed. The real problem with this move is that it…
Jewish Council’s Newscorp ad (and its backlash) covered by Haaretz
Haaretz recently published an article about the Jewish Council’s Newscorp ad (and its backlash) titled “Progressive Jewish Australian Group Sparks Backlash With Ads Urging Sanctions on Israel”. An excerpt from the article quoting Executive Officer Max Kaiser is below: We’ve never claimed to represent the Jewish community as a whole, and we think that no…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the Jewish Council’s News Corp ad
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian about the Jewish Council’s News Corp ad. An excerpt from her comments is below: Our ad really disrupts the message that all Jews support Israel and the message frequently put forward in News Corp newspapers that any criticism of Israel is antisemitic. We have to keep…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC Radio Melbourne about the Jewish Council’s News Corp ad
Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to ABC Radio Melbourne about the Jewish Council’s News Corp ad “calling for our government to sanction Israel NOW for the genocide in Gaza”. Click here to listen to the interview on the Jewish Council’s Instagram page.
Max Kaiser speaks to Crikey about the shutting of Meanjin
Executive Officer Max Kaiser recently spoke to Crikey for a story titled “Who killed Meanjin?”. An excerpt from his quote in the article is below: [Meanjin’s] loss is not just a literary blow. It signals a narrowing of public debate and unfortunately a chilling message to people daring to support the publication of inconvenient truths.…
