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Sarah Schwartz

@sarahschwartz.bsky.social
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human rights & community lawyer, lecturer, exec officer Jewish Council of Australia, sci fi enthusiast writing from unceded Wurundjeri land

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 08/10/2025
When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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...
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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...
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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
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Rudy Terwilliger 🐺 🥷 🍉 @wolftickler2000.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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
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THE SUNDAY SHOT - February 23
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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
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💧Sandy @sandyfortheplanet.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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?...
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THE SUNDAY SHOT - February 23
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
‘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
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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...
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‘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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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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
Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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...
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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 ⬇️
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Letter from our Executive and Advisory Committee members to QUT Vice Chancellor urging her to defend Sarah Schwartz against malicious and defamatory attacks
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"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." 🎯
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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
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truckie2.bsky.social @truckie2.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Statement on my speech at a comedy event pillorying Peter Dutton’s racist, ignorant and monolithic conception of Jewish people
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
“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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Mornings - ABC listen
Informed, entertaining, thought-provoking radio that asks the questions that Melbourne wants asked.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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...
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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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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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...
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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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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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...
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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...
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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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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"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...
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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)
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
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...
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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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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
@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...
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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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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
By lumping all Jews in with a genocidal zealot who has called Palestinian children “little snakes”, this article increases antisemitism. www.theage.com.au/national/fed...
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Canberra’s Gaza comments have contributed to antisemitism in Australia
Misplaced attacks and the constant blaming of Israel for civilian deaths have contributed to an atmosphere permissive of the sharp rise in antisemitism since October 2023.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Authors group gives 5 books to every MP “The political debate in Australia and internationally rarely touches on the issues, events and historical analyses that these books reveal – despite their direct relevance to what is happening today” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate
Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package
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Osman Faruqi @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Appropriately Australian that racial slurs are considered equally as bad as… opposing colonisation.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We encourage our Jewish followers to participate in this survey exploring the views and experiences of Australian Jewish individuals who are against contemporary Israeli policies and practices in the West Bank and Gaza. griffithuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Not in our Name: Jewish Australians Speak Uo
Exploring the views and experiences of Jewish Australians who do not support the actions of the Israeli government in the West Bank or Gaza.
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Council welcomes Australia’s commitment to Palestinian sovereignty
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just finished reading this beautiful book by Samah Sabawi on love, life, family and strength in Gaza and Palestine. Do yourself a favour and give it a read ❤️‍🩹🇵🇸
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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi Blue Skyers! We're a group of Jewish academics, lawyers, teachers and writers who do antiracism work and support Palestinian freedom and human rights. You can read our core principles, which almost 900 Jews in Australia have signed, below. To find out more visit www.jewishcouncil.com.au
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
'Prominent far-right activist Thomas Sewell has told supporters he could "become a terrorist" and "start killing people" if child protective services intervene and remove children from neo-Nazi families.' 🤨 www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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'I will become a terrorist': The dangerous escalation in rhetoric from prominent Australian neo-Nazi
An ABC investigation has uncovered a disturbing escalation in rhetoric from prominent neo-Nazis in Australia, including comments about encouraging violent crime.
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Max Kaiser @maxyka.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Something i wrote recently!
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Jews, antisemitism and power in Australia
In Australia, antisemitism has never operated as a racial ideology in a vacuum.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Reposting here: I wrote this for @crikeynews.bsky.social about what the violence in Amsterdam tells us about antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and the misuse of Holocaust and pogrom analogies www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/11/a...
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Selective reporting on Amsterdam attacks perpetuates anti-Palestine racism and antisemitism
Until global leaders and the media are honest about events like the Amsterdam attacks, anti-Palestine racism and antisemitism will flourish.
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This is the first platform I have gotten to before all of my namesakes to be able to claim the coveted 'SarahSchwartz' handle. My time has finally arrived!
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