That’s shocking. Sorry to hear you have had to hide your identity and had to request that your daughter does as well. As it happens, I was recently startled when a Jewish friend of mine was asked by another mutual friend what he thought about “what Israel was doing”. I don’t think it was meant in a hostile way but clearly the idea was he was meant to state an opinion similar to that you mentioned. I feel bad that I didn’t challenge the questioner.
This is not a lot to ask. Your asks are reasonable and what every Canadian should have a right to under our constitution and charter of rights and freedoms. The “leadership” in Canada needs to step up for the Jewish community, and in the absence of this - we Canadians need to demand this.
Canada's Underground Railroad is creaking into reverse, over a century later. As long as our immigration is not selective for values, that is our future.
I grew up in peak Never Again small town Canada. I never thought twice about any identity other than Canadian until I was shocked when it was asked on my university application. The betrayal runs deep. Unwillingly, I am no longer just Canadian. I am also European.
Now we live in an environment of growing ethnic identification supercharged by intersectional progressive neo-tribalism. It's an environment where anti-semitism flowers.
You are living in a dream world of mainstream media if you believe that. You need to start reading/viewing independent journalists who provide truth and moral clarity.
That’s shocking. Sorry to hear you have had to hide your identity and had to request that your daughter does as well. As it happens, I was recently startled when a Jewish friend of mine was asked by another mutual friend what he thought about “what Israel was doing”. I don’t think it was meant in a hostile way but clearly the idea was he was meant to state an opinion similar to that you mentioned. I feel bad that I didn’t challenge the questioner.
This is not a lot to ask. Your asks are reasonable and what every Canadian should have a right to under our constitution and charter of rights and freedoms. The “leadership” in Canada needs to step up for the Jewish community, and in the absence of this - we Canadians need to demand this.
Heartbreaking. We are going backwards in western society. The recent rise of racism, misogyny, and antisemitism is horrifying.
A sobering read, but it needed to be said. Thank you for writing it.
Canada's Underground Railroad is creaking into reverse, over a century later. As long as our immigration is not selective for values, that is our future.
I grew up in peak Never Again small town Canada. I never thought twice about any identity other than Canadian until I was shocked when it was asked on my university application. The betrayal runs deep. Unwillingly, I am no longer just Canadian. I am also European.
Now we live in an environment of growing ethnic identification supercharged by intersectional progressive neo-tribalism. It's an environment where anti-semitism flowers.
if you made it progressive intersectional neo-tribalists, then you could have "pinto's".
yeah, as a Hillel-ist Hebrew, I'm against this.
Generalizing that the Left wants to destroy Israel and thereby make the world’s problems disappear is a pathetic strawman.
Yes. Only 90% of the left wants that
A statistic that only substantiates the bias of the claimant in its being unverifiable.
It's only the noisy protesting ones denying Jewish students their rights then is it? The rest of the left is collectively in love with the Jews?
I wouldn’t generalize.
Then you are hiding under a rock (or getting all your news from CNN, CBC and the New York Times)
Pejorative and dismissive language is not needed when one’s point of view is soundly reasoned.
You are living in a dream world of mainstream media if you believe that. You need to start reading/viewing independent journalists who provide truth and moral clarity.
Don't hide your humanity. Don't separate yourself off from the rest of humanity.
"Wow, I understand the conflict from having a country you love run by an utter f'wad'"
https://www.nerdpocalypse.net/
the anything t shirt.
ok, you could also use that first line or any of the hundreds of suggested lines included with special pen with each t shirt.