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The Lost Dream X Six Million

Apr 30, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality

The book, The Lost Dream, is a snapshot in time. It is the story of one man and his family that was repeated millions of times in Europe and Russia. Sadly, six million of these stories ended in death at the hands of the Nazis and the wilfully blind of the rest...

Rabbi Daniel Korobkin puts the spotlight on antisemitism in Quran, history of Islam

Apr 29, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality

“The history of Islam has built into it antisemitism. It’s a fact… Built into the Quran there are some negative statements about the Jews. It’s a fact.” A panel discussion about confronting hate and prejudice in Jewish-Muslim relations...

Should Bernie Farber, Amira Elghawaby apologize to CBC’s Natasha Fatah?

Apr 27, 2018 | Politics

Bernie Farber has most recently been CEO of Mosaic, a Canadian NGO that “promotes pluralism, peace and conflict resolution internationally.” At the same time he presents himself as a leader in the Jewish community and has been quoted as an expert on Jews...

Main stream media think “hate speech” is far more dangerous than death threats

Apr 26, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality

I guess the mistake Ms. Solomon made was talking about Islam after leaving. And the media has no interest at all. They only come out for “hate speech” AKA Islamophobia. Death threats? Not so much. Not too long ago Canadian and ex-Muslim Sandra...

White Privilege: Who are these people?

Apr 24, 2018 | Politics

The New World has been populated by millions of people from all over the Old World. Millions were white. Many were poor, starving, uneducated, attacked and often ridiculed at home. “The population of immigrants born in European countries other than...

The Weaponizing of Islamophobia

Apr 21, 2018 | Politics

I am following the machinations taking place regarding a development in Thornhill, Ontario, proposed by a Muslim consortium. The discussion has fallen into the realm of Islamophobia-it seems it is taking too long-It’s been about 5 years. (STEVE...