Aa
  • Read, Watch, Listen
  • TJI Series
  • Community Action
  • Events
  • Zedi
Follow us and continue the conversation
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Test yourself with the TJI Quiz!

Adjust size of text

Aa

Follow us and continue the conversation

  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube

Your saved articles

You haven't saved any articles

What are you looking for?

Original reporting, insightful analysis and diverse views, delivered straight to your inbox

  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Your support fuels our mission to inform, entertain and inspire.

The Jewish Independent is bound by the Standards of Practice of the Australian Press Council. If you believe the Standards may have been breached, you may approach The Jewish Independent or make a complaint to the Australian Press Council in writing at www.presscouncil.org.au. The Council may also be contacted on 1800 025 712.

  • Our Story
  • Contact us
  • Our Team
  • Support us
  • Guidelines
  • Pitch your idea
  • Republishing us
  • Community Action
  • Our Awards
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • FaceBook
  • X
  • YouTube
Aboriginal FlagTorres Strait Islanders Flag

The Jewish Independent acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and strive to honour their rich history of storytelling in our work and mission.

© The Jewish Independent 2026All Rights Reserved
Website design and development by Your Creative, MelbourneTerms & ConditionsPrivacy Policy
HomeRead, Watch, Listen
Video

VIDEO: Jewish climate protesters speak out at Melbourne rally

Maddy Blay
Print this

Published: 24 September 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

MADDY BLAY walked and talked with members of the Jewish Climate Network, including academic and former Jewish school principal David Zyngier,(pictured below) at last Friday’s rally in Melbourne. Overnight, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg condemned world leaders at the United Nations in New York, accusing them of “betrayal” of young people through their inertia over the climate crisis ,

The Swedish climate activist told governments that “you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”

[embed]https://youtu.be/5--V1JQUXuE[/embed]

READ MORE
Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN (Guardian)
Hundreds of teens in Tel Aviv join global protest calling for leaders to act on climate crisis (Haaretz)

Photo: Jewish participants in the national climate strike rally in Melbourne on September 20 (Screen capture)
You might also like
  • ‘Our children already belong’: Petition calls Jewish schools to cooperate for disabled support
    Gideon Cohen
  • Freedom Rides: Allyship for dark times
    Eliezer Rubenstein Sturgess
  • Learning from the Jewish refugee story
    Peter Kohn
logomark.67a07ee3
We believe in the free flow of information

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, by using our Creative Commons licence

You might also like

    Funeral for top military commander of Hamas’ armed wing in Gaza
    Israel Hamas WarAnalysisIsrael

    Gaza ceasefire falters as Israel and Hamas prepare for next war

    Shahar Burla 1
    tame kostakidis west
    AnalysisAustralia

    How not to apologise

    Zac Klugman
    Israel Hamas War

    IDF: Hamas will steal fuel for tunnel ventilation systems and rockets

    TJI Wrap

About the author

Maddy Blay

Maddy Blay

Maddy Blay is a community organiser and campaigner, and writes about social and political justice as a proud Jewish leftist. She is the former federal director of Hashomer Hatzair Australia and studies politics and public policy.

More from the author

Australia

Crossroads21 findings dispels myth about Greens and antisemitism

WZC marred by grab for power by Zionist far-right movements

Video

VIDEO: Australian Jews speak out at Black Lives Matter protest