Swans reveal why Bondi tribute speech was changed
- On Monday, the Sydney Swans took full responsibility for removing references to the Jewish community from a March 5 pre-match tribute to Bondi terror attack victims.
- Sydney Swans chief executive Matthew Pavlich delivered the speech before the March 5 opening round match against Carlton at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with references to the Jewish community allegedly removed from an earlier script version.
- Liberal senator James Paterson referred the AFL to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, calling the script change "inexcusable" and noting the victims were overwhelmingly Jewish.
- Paterson requested that former High Court judge Virginia Bell ensure the AFL preserves all documents, including correspondence with the Swans, while AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon faced scrutiny on Saturday regarding his knowledge of the transcript change.
- Despite the political fallout, Rabbi Litzman noted the Swans made the Jewish community emergency medical response group feel welcome, stating, "We only have praise for the Swans" for their support.
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‘That’s on me’: Pavlich owns up to removal of Jewish references from Bondi tribute
Sydney chief executive Matthew Pavlich has confessed to removing references to the “Jewish community” from a pre-match tribute honouring victims of the Bondi terrorist attack and insists he made the call without any directive from the AFL.
The Australian film about Jewish unease shot in Bondi before the massacre
Jacob Melamed's short film 'Mezuzah Man' follows a protagonist who refuses to remove visible signs of his Jewishness in face of antisemitism. What was at first a meditation on 'all the weird and wacky ways that Jewish people react to hatred,' became eerily prophetic after the Hanukkah Bondi massacre
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