by Diane Bederman | Jan 2, 2019 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Where were the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN), and its chairperson, Bernie Farber this past Christmas when the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough Ontario, hosted another conference promoting Imams with antisemitic comments and prayers? Farber and his...
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 2, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Linda Sarsour, who refers to herself as a Palestinian refugee, has learned her lessons well from history. Divide and Conquer. She is taking advantage of the divide between Jews in the diaspora and Jews in Israel: “between their allegiance to universal...
by Diane Bederman | Oct 24, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
From our earliest memories, we have been grateful to God for all He has done for Am Yisrael. Each miracle granted would have been enough. Every year, at Passover, we remember as if we had experienced enslavement in Egypt and then freedom in the promised land. Every...
by Diane Bederman | Oct 20, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Some people are so proudly antisemitic you don’t need to guess. Neo-Nazis come to mind. Louis Farrakhan, Linda Sarsour, Britain’s one and only Jeremy Corbyn. And far too many Imams to name. But there is another kind of antisemitism that is more covert and...
by Diane Bederman | Oct 18, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
October 9, 2018 Toronto Jewish Hebrew day school, Leo Baeck, in the heart of one of the oldest Jewish neighbourhoods in Toronto, was targeted by hatemongers. Young Jewish kids were met with the following words on signs just outside the school: “Free Palestine,” “Long...
