{"id":9312,"date":"2026-05-11T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/9312\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:58:17","slug":"sydney-woman-charged-for-abuse-of-jewish-girls-netball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/9312\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney woman charged for abuse of Jewish girls’ netball team"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Sydney woman was charged Sunday for allegedly hurling antisemitic abuse at a Jewish team during a Saturday girls\u2019 netball game, according to the New South Wales Police and Executive Council of Australian<\/a> Jewry (ECAJ), Alex Ryvchin.<\/p>\n

At the Maroubra netball game for girls aged 12 and under between the Saints Netball Club and Maccabi Netball Club, the 42-year-old woman said, according to Ryvchin, \u201cF**k the Jews,\u201d and \u201cyou should have all been eradicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryvchin, who confronted the woman at the game, said that she had shouted about genocide and ostensibly claimed that Jews played the part of victims because her comments were reported to the police.<\/p>\n

The parent was originally directed by officers to leave the site, but NSW Police<\/a> announced on Sunday that charges had been leveled against her for use of offensive language near a public place. Netball Australia said in a statement Sunday that pending the investigation, the woman was provisionally suspended from attending and participating in any of the league\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our game, there is no place for hate speech, racism, or discrimination at any level. Where such behaviour occurs, we have processes in place to investigate it and to respond,\u201d Netball Australia interim CEO Mark Falvo said in a Sunday statement.<\/p>\n

\"MessagesMessages are written on stones laid to honour the families and victims of a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, in Sydney, Australia, February 9, 2026. (credit: HOLLIE ADAMS\/REUTERS)”In our game, there is no place for hate speech, racism, or discrimination”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe alleged antisemitic incident at Randwick yesterday is being investigated by Netball NSW and the local association with our full support and in accordance with Netball Australia\u2019s Integrity Policy Framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

Randwick Netball Association said in a Saturday statement that it had contacted the police when they received reports of alleged antisemitic remarks, as it would \u201cnot tolerate antisemitic or discriminatory behavior in our community in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maccabi Netball NSW president Adam Dinte said in a Saturday letter to the Jewish club\u2019s families that they were taking the matter \u201cextremely seriously\u201d and were writing letters of complaint to the Randwick Netball Association and Saints Netball Club seeking that they take action in relation to those involved.<\/p>\n

Dinte also urged families to refrain from posting about the incident on social media<\/a>, and instead to share accounts and videos with the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat took place was completely unacceptable. Jewish players, parents, coaches, administrators, and supporters have the right to participate in community sport safely and confidently, free from racism, abuse, intimidation<\/a>, or vilification,\u201d said Dinte.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncidents of this nature are distressing for those directly involved and for the wider community and are even more concerning given the current climate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Saints Netball Club said on Facebook that it was aware that antisemitic comments were allegedly made against the Jewish club. The Saints said Saturday that antisemitism had no place in the sport, and that it would always stand with the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Saints Netball Club unequivocally condemns and disavows antisemitism in all its forms. Such remarks do not reflect the values, principles, or standards of our club, our members, our players, or our wider community,\u201d said the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Saints Netball Club offers our sincerest and most unreserved apologies to the Jewish community, to those directly affected, and to anyone who encountered these comments or was affected by them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Netball NSW said that it was saddened by the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in our netball community deserves to feel safe, welcome, and respected. Antisemitism and discrimination of any kind have absolutely no place in our game and will not be tolerated.\u201d Netball NSW said Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSport should bring people together, and we will continue working with our community to ensure netball remains a safe, inclusive and respectful environment for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sydney woman was charged Sunday for allegedly hurling antisemitic abuse at a Jewish team during a Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[42,23,827,9819,1957,247],"class_list":["post-9312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-antisemitism","tag-australia","tag-child-abuse","tag-hate-crime","tag-hate-speech","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}