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Jewish Council, Commission Clown School, Media Circus.
In January, I warned in the Australian Financial Review (freely accessible below) that the central danger to Jewish safety was being misnamed. The piece argued that “Antizionism is not about legitimate criticism of Israel” and identified it...
Speech transcript: "A letter to Bondi"
Delivered at Bondi Pavilion on 14/6/26, 6 months since the massacre.
I felt daunted and privileged to have been asked to write and read aloud a ‘letter to Bondi’, alongside six other Australian writers, at an event curated by Adam Van Rooi...
Snorkels in a Hailstorm
If we want to fight anti-Jewish hate properly, we need to understand what gives it permission.
People rarely walk around saying, “I want to hate Jews.” They’re given a story that makes harming Jews feel righteous and deniable. Century afte...
Redemption
“It may sound bizarre, presumptuous, or even demeaning to feel one’s politics being reduced to mere symptomatology. It may feel unfair to be asked to consider one’s politics to be born less from humanitarian concern and more from egocentr...
Vale
I see you in the corner of my eye as I walk up Chapel Street, not far from that last, warm goodbye. But as I turn to meet the gaze of a stranger who walks right by me, I’m reminded.
Written 24/1/2026.
I write with the broken, confu...
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The Movement Against Antizionism is a non-partisan, emergency-response initiative confronting a rapidly escalating antizionist hate movement that is actively endangering Jewish communities today. maazaction.org
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