by Diane Bederman | Dec 11, 2018 | Politics
We are witnessing the signing of another “non-binding” accord from a world-wide organization. I remember a theologian talking about the 10 Commandments and how in some religions they had morphed into suggestions. Seems we are going through a similar metamorphosis...
by Diane Bederman | Dec 5, 2018 | Politics
Wilhelm von Humboldt said, in the eighteenth century, “Language is, as it were, the external manifestation of the minds of the peoples. Their language is their soul, and their soul is their language.” The era of Donald Trump has led us to question many things. One...
by Diane Bederman | Dec 2, 2018 | Politics
Antisemitism is on the rise. And it has been getting worse since the election of Donald Trump to President of the USA. Stay with me as I explain. James Mason, the man whose writings provide an ideology of virulent anti-Semitism for the group, the Atomwaffen Division,...
by Diane Bederman | Nov 29, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Do tolerance and diversity include tolerating hate from any pulpit? I know that sounds rhetorical. But is it? The Archbishop of Canterbury said in 2016: “It is a shameful truth that, through its theological teachings, the church compounded the spread of this...
by Diane Bederman | Nov 13, 2018 | Politics
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes revolutionary: George Orwell. I recently read this article :Trump and other politicians empower anti-Semitism in Canada, says Liberal MP. On November 7, 2018, PM Trudeau apologized to the Jewish community...
by Diane Bederman | Nov 7, 2018 | Ethics, Politics
In the aftermath of the murder of eleven Jews at prayer on the Sabbath in their synagogue, there was much sturm and drang about the cause/causes. We are all aware of the well-known Jew hatred from the far right-the white supremacists, the KKK the Neo-Nazis. Bless...
