Trump and anti-anti establishmentarianism

I suggest that we are going through another upheaval against the establishment-this time from the right. “An anti-anti-establishmentarianism.”       Timothy Egan wrote in the New York Times “We know that Trump-induced stress has spiked. As a response,...

Are Liberal Reform Rabbis undermining Judaism?

What does the wicked son say? “What does this drudgery mean to you?” To you and not to him. Since he excludes himself from the community, he has denied a basic principle of Judaism. You should blunt his teeth by saying to him: “It is for the sake of...

Definition of Islamophobia:The RATIONAL FEAR of Islam

  Philosopher Will Durant wrote ~ The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.   I recently wrote a piece called I am a #JEWIHSISLAMOPHOBE where I talked about the rise of Jew hatred in Canada...

How did Values become equated with Islamophobia?

What? Espousing Canadian or American values makes one Islamophobic?     How did that happen? I’ll tell you. Those of us who believe in the all-inclusive Judeo/Christian ethic have lost our tongues and courage under the onslaught of people like Jonathan Kay,...

Gagging on Islamophobic Motions

Can you imagine what would happen in our government-from local to federal-if there were Christian houses of worship across Canada calling for the murder of Jews? Now that you have imagined it, why are you not appalled by the lack of response from Mayor John Tory,...