by Diane | Mar 24, 2020 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
The tale of Two Popes begins when Pope Benedict XVI “resigned.” Healthy as can be, the Pope is alive and well. I wonder what caused this Pope to “retire”? In 2005, the day before his nomination, then-Cardinal Ratzinger issued a stern warning about moral...
by Diane | Jan 25, 2020 | News, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
This is the talk I gave at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto January 23, 2020 This week we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. What did we learn? We learned that antisemitism kills. During Roman times Jews made...
by Diane | Jan 18, 2020 | Ethics, Religion / Spirituality
A rant. I have participated in interfaith meetings. There is something wrong when religious groups overlook overt hatred. We are living in world where appeasement is not only accepted, but expected. Evil history is repeating itself. Cardus, a non-partisan,...
by Diane | Jan 16, 2020 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
7 billion people: 2 billion Christians/Catholics: 2 billion Muslims: 14 million Jews I am introducing a new word into our lexicon. I didn’t come up with it. A friend did. And I thought, what a great word. JACISM Jacism; racism against the Jews. The word Jacism...
by Diane | Jan 12, 2020 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Antisemitism kills. We survived the Holocaust. What did we learn? During Roman times Jews made up 10% of the population of the Roman Empire. Today, there should be 200 million Jews. Today, there are only 14 million Jews because of thousands of years of...
by Diane | Dec 2, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
I think it is time to have pity, as they say in Yiddish, rachmunas, for Palestinians. Maybe “A Day of Pity.” Think about it. They are from an honour/shame culture that revolves around vengeance. What greater embarrassment for them...
