Progressive? Reform? But not Jewish, Sarah Silverman

Feb 22, 2018 | Politics

  Jews who are against Donald Trump, after all he has done for Israel and the Jewish people, and identify and side with Linda Sarsour and Keith Ellison, and Jews like Sarah Silverman, may identify at some point as Jewish, but it is far down the list in their...

I. AM. A. JEW.

Feb 16, 2018 | Politics

The NDP party in Canada, under the leadership of a Sikh Canadian, Jagmeet Singh, has invited an acolyte of the racist Louis Farrakhan, Tamika Mallory, to speak at their convention this week  February 15-18 2018. She is a proud antisemite and homophobe as his her...

Muslim prayer in public schools

Feb 5, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality

    Muslims praying in front of Queen’s Park, Ontario When I was in grade school, all of us, Christian and non-Christian recited the Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it...

Muslims:The New Jews?

Jan 29, 2018 | Politics

  Sabine Volk wrote an article Are Muslims the New Jews:Islamophobia and Antisemitism in Europe. It’s a follow-up to “Fearing the Other: Islamophobia in the United States” My short answer is:”No.” Her answer is in italics. But she is not the...

How do we define Islamophobia?

Jan 21, 2018 | Ethics, Politics

MOTION 103 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: (a) recognize the need to quell the increasing public climate of hate and fear; (b) condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination and take note of House of...