Executive Officer at Jewish Council of Australia
Sarah is a human rights lawyer. She is a Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, working on democratic rights and freedoms, and a lecturer at Melbourne Law School. Sarah has worked for many years representing clients in the areas of democratic rights, police accountability, the rights of people in prison and coronial inquests into deaths in custody. She was awarded a John Monash Scholarship in 2019 and completed a Master of Laws at Harvard University focused on policing, racism and mass incarceration. Sarah has written widely on issues of policing, racism, protest rights and Palestinian human rights. Sarah went to a Jewish school on Gadigal country and has been involved in many Jewish community organisations. Sarah is committed to collective liberation and working alongside and learning from the communities she works with in their fights for justice.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
