Tell me again-Never Again

Supported by the United Methodist Kairos Response, a group that advocates for policies in support of an end to the church’s complicity in Israel’s occupation, “all United Methodist missionaries who have served in the Holy Land and thousands of...

British Anti-semitism is no laughing matter

Naz Shaw, a politician in Britain, once called for the removal of all Jews from Israel and that they be sent to America-as a 51st state. She wrote this in 2014. It recently came to light. The shock and horror of it all. The shock and horror of it all is that the...

What does it mean to be Canadian?

What does it mean to be a Canadian? What are the values that we collectively share that hold us together as a community of Canadians? I ask these questions because we seem to have drifted away from common goals to demands for prioritizing respect for extreme...

Yes. we have the answer to political violence

Marc Sageman, a psychologist and a longtime government consultant, wrote in the journal Terrorism and Political Violence in 2014: “After all this funding and this flurry of publications, with each new terrorist incident we realize that we are no closer to answering...

A Call to Jews and Zionists: It’s Time to Demand Respect

How do we gain respect? By demanding it. It’s time to proudly wear the symbols of our Jewish ancestry again – especially on campus.  I read Facebook and Canada’s two national newspapers every morning. I get acid indigestion every morning....

When do we stop justifying the unjustifiable?

A 21 year old aboriginal man who burned a five year old girl with cigarettes and a lighter, permanently disfiguring her face, was given a sentence of 15 months. Fifteen months is his punishment for abusing a little girl. The Judge took into account that 21 year old...