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The Jewish Council of Australia provides an independent, expert Jewish voice opposing antisemitism & racism and supporting Palestinian freedom & justice

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The indomitable Miriam Margolyes OBE has a message in support of the Jewish Council! She calls for all of us Jews to “shout, beg, scream for a ceasefire”

"I know that there is a lot of public discourse, particularly at the moment, that suggests that human rights spaces and Palestine solidarity spaces in particular, are spaces that might be hostile to Jewish people, that hasn't been my experience at all."

"It's not inherently antisemitic for someone to hold views critical of Israel for their conduct in this war" – yesterday, we continued to cross examine expert witnesses to ensure that antisemitism isn't weaponised to stifle free speech supporting Palestine atthe Royal Commission

"The simple fact is that Israeli actions endanger all of us, including Jews. Because what Israel is doing claims to in our name, in my name. And believe me when I say it is not in my name." Thank you to advisory committee member, Anthony Lowenstein for speaking out last night!

Our Executive Officer, Sarah Schwartz, spoke to ABC News about our concerns about the antisemitism envoy position being used for political ends, to lobby for Israel, rather than to fight genuine racism and antisemitism.

Like Louise, we founded the Jewish Council because the conservative, legacy Jewish organisations don't speak for us. If you, or anyone you know feels the same way, head to the link below and sign our statement of values. Join us, become a supporter today!

We are highly concerned about far-right Zionist groups within our community spreading hate and recruiting children into their violent ideology. These groups are a threat to all of us and should be called out like any racist group. Sarah Schwartz joined SBS News to condemn this.

Melbourne Jewish community members explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia. Videography by Simon Aubor (@simon_aubor on Instagram). #melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne

Today in the Royal Commission: some people refer to the Holocaust and genocide in regard to Israel’s conduct because they believe that never again means never again for anyone

Jewish Council Advisory Member Louise Adler AM does not mince words about Israel’s crimes against Gazans—forced starvation among them. Videography by Simon Aubor.

UPDATE: Our ad has been pulled. While the Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun talk about freedom of speech all the time, they've decided that they won't be proceeding with our ad tomorrow. We still hope they will run our ad at a later date, because we need to broadcast this message!

We spoke with Narelda Jacobs about today’s commemoration of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks and the start of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. If Oct 7 and the colossal devastation of Palestinian life this yr has taught us anything, it’s that you cannot bomb your way to peace

Thanks to John Lyons for sharing the newspaper ad of 500+ Australian Jews calling on Australia to say NO to Trump and Netanyahu’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. The advertisement was organised by an independent collective of Jews. #OZJewsSayNO #NO2TrumpsPlan

With news of further bombings of hospitals in Gaza overnight, Jewish Council executive officer Sarah Schwartz explains that this is deliberate, this is a campaign of targeted killings of journalists and we need to take action and end the two-way arms trade with Israel now.

"President Herzog himself and his comments are relied on in the case brought before the International Court of Justice as inciting genocide" Hear from advisory committee member Josh Bornstein on ABC News Breakfast this morning!

We're launching a campaign to end the genocide in Gaza. Sign our petition to call on the Australian government to sanction Israel NOW. Tomorrow we'll be in the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun so please: Snap a photo of yourself with the ad and tag us

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