Jewish Council of Australia news & media
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NBC coverage of Sarah Schwartz’s comments about the recent antisemitic attacks
NBC News has a piece out titled “Australia struggles to address a surge in antisemitic attacks,” which includes Sarah Schwartz’s […]
Free online event: Max Kaiser in Conversation with Robyn Reynolds
Join Max Kaiser and Roby Reynolds on Sun 23 February, 5pm (online) for a conversation about Judaism, antisemitism, and everything […]
Max Kaiser speaks to AFR about the antisemitism investigation of Cairo Takeaway
Max Kaiser recently spoke to AFR (Australian Financial Review) for an article titled “Legal threat after ‘antisemitism investigation’ goes wrong.” […]
Our first year changed the conversation. Help us into year two
Dear supporters, This week marks one year since we launched the Jewish Council of Australia with our op-ed in The Age, declaring that […]
Jewish Council opposes Parliamentary Inquiry recommendation to adopt controversial definition of antisemitism
[Image credit] The Jewish Council is deeply concerned with many of the recommendations released yesterday by the Parliamentary Inquiry into […]
Dennis Altman’s piece in The Jewish Independent: “Making sense of Trump on Gaza”
Advisory Committee member Professor Dennis Altman AM has a piece out in The Jewish Independent titled “Making sense of Trump […]
Advisory Member Antony Loewenstein speaks to Sky News about NSW hate-speech laws and Trump’s plan for Gaza
Advisory Member Antony Loewenstein recently spoke to Sky News about NSW hate-speech laws and Trump’s plan for Gaza. Click here […]
Executive Member Dr Naama Blatman writes for Al Jazeera about Trump’s ‘surrealistic statements’
Executive Member Dr Naama Blatman has a piece out in Al Jazeera (co-authored with Neve Gordon) about Trump’s ‘surrealistic statements’. […]
Open Letter to Jason Clare MP: Targeting of Antiracist Academics Evidence of Rising Repression of Dissent
Jason Clare MP Dear Minister Clare, The Jewish Council urges you to reject the coordinated and malicious campaigns by Israel […]
The Jewish Council condemns US President Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza
[Image credit] The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza […]
Max Kaiser appears on SBS’s Weekend One On One podcast about allegations of antisemitism against Elon Musk
Max Kaiser recently appeared on SBS’s Weekend One On One podcast about antisemitism and far-right extremists. From SBS’s description of […]
Max Kaiser speaks to ABC, CNN and Ten News about the recent series of antisemitic attacks
Max Kaiser recently spoke to a range of media outlets about the series of antisemitic attacks. Click here to listen […]
Watch the first episode of The Palestine Laboratory, a documentary from Advisory Member Antony Lowenstein
You can find the first episode of Antony Lowenstein’s documentary on Al Jazeera’s YouTube channel. Click here to watch it […]
Sarah Schwartz appears on ABC News Breakfast to talk about the continued antisemitic attacks in Australia
Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on ABC News Breakfast to talk about the continued antisemitic attacks in Australia. Click here to […]
Crikey and WSWS report on media’s misrepresentations of Sarah Schwartz
Crikey recently reported on the media’s misrepresentation of Sarah’s speech, and WSWS (World Socialist Web Site) reported on the Murdoch […]
Read Sarah Schwartz’s article in the Guardian and speech in full – when Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe
Dear supporters, Today, our Executive Officer Sarah Schwartz published this article in the Guardian, about how Peter Dutton and the […]
Offensive smear campaign by the Murdoch Press against the Jewish Council’s anti-racism work and Sarah Schwartz
Dear supporters, Today marks 237 years since the commencement of the violent dispossession of First Nations peoples from this land. […]
BBC cites Jewish Council in story about the Australian police’s investigation about whether antisemitic attacks are being funded overseas
The Jewish Council has recently spoken to the BBC for a story about the Australian police’s investigation into the recent […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the recent antisemitic attacks in Sydney
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian about the recent antisemitic attacks in Sydney. An excerpt from Sarah’s response quoted […]
Sarah Schwartz speaks to ABC about the Government’s announcement of a national antisemitic crime database
Sarah Schwartz recently responded to the Government’s announcement of a national antisemitic crime database. Click here to listen to the […]
