Antony Loewenstein is an atheist Jewish-Australian political activist, freelance journalist, author and blogger who is based in Sydney.
Loewenstein has written for The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Sydney's Sun-Herald, The Bulletin, ZNet, The Big Issue, Crikey, CounterPunch and others. He wrote a regular column for the online magazine newmatilda.com and is a board member of Macquarie University’s Centre for Middle East and North African Studies. He appears regularly on radio, in public and at universities discussing current affairs and politics.[1][2]
Loewenstein contributed a chapter to Not Happy, John (2004), a book on the controversy over the awarding of the Sydney Peace Prize to Hanan Ashrawi that was a bestseller in Australia. His book on the Israel/Palestine conflict, My Israel Question, (2006 and in new editions in 2007 and 2009) was described as "one of the best treatises which presents in the most lucid way possible why anti-Zionism can not be equated with anti-Semitism" by Ilan Pappe.[3] The Weekend Australian wrote that it "deserves a strong readership ... because it makes us uncomfortable". It was short-listed for the 2007 NSW Premier's Literary Award. The book was criticized in a review in Australian Jewish News.[4] His next book, The Blogging Revolution (2008), is about the impact of the internet in countries with repressive regimes. He contributed to the Verso Books release, A Time to Speak Out (2008), on the rise of global Jewish dissent. He is currently working on a book about disaster capitalism in Australia and the world.
Loewenstein is the co-founder of Independent Australian Jewish Voices (IAJV).[5]