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 appearance on The Briefing podcast
Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on The Briefing podcast on an episode called “The politics of a Jewish synagogue fire attack: Part One”. Click here to listen to the episode on Listnr. Click here for Spotify.
Sarah Schwartz appears on ABC Radio National to discuss the fallout from the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue
Sarah Schwartz recently appeared on ABC Radio National in a segment titled Need to address “festering racism” in Australia says Jewish leader. Click here to listen to the segment on the ABC’s website.
Sarah Schwartz opinion piece in SMH: “Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful”
Sarah Schwartz has recently had an opinion piece published in Sydney Morning Herald titled Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful. Click here to read the piece (requires SMH subscription).
Sarah Schwartz speaks to The Guardian about the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to The Guardian for an article titled “Security at Australian synagogues stepped up as Netanyahu links Melbourne attack to Labor stance”. An excerpt from her comments quoted in the article: Sarah Schwartz, an executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, said the arson attack was “a hateful and violent act,…
Sarah Schwartz speaks to AFR about antisemitism in Australia
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to Australian Financial Review for a piece titled ‘We must rescue our society’: PM urged to lead on antisemitism. Click here to read the piece (requires AFR subscription).
Sarah Schwartz speaks to SBS about the riots in Amsterdam
Sarah Schwartz recently spoke to SBS about the riots in Amsterdam. An excerpt from her comments quoted in the article is below: Reports started coming in, but really not through mainstream media, of those Maccabi Tel Aviv fans engaging in their own really racist riots on the streets of Amsterdam, calling for death to Arabs,…
