Jewish Australians have been told to use “less obviously Jewish” names, felt pressure to resign and been verbally abused by colleagues in the wake of 7 October 2023.
On its fourth day of public hearings, the antisemitism royal commission also heard evidence from Australia’s antisemitism envoy, who said hatred towards Jews had become “almost fashionable”, while a Sydney nurse said New South Wales Health was “not safe for Jewish people”.
The nurse manager and dual Australian-Israeli citizen, under the pseudonym AAV, said her fellow nurses had called her “Zionist scum” and she blamed NSW Health for failing to act.
“Having tolerated this behaviour, it means that the healthcare system is not only not safe for Jewish people; it’s potentially not safe for anyone that comes from some sort of di