In just over 80 years, this genocidal call has come full circle. From the Nazis "Final Solution" to campus chants for "One Solution," the Judenfrei to Zionist Free mindset is not progressive or inclusive, but rather fosters Jew-hunting, outing, & violence.
I was joking but, yesterday at the
#UnitedNations
, I asked a representative why the
@UN
repeatedly labels
#Israel
an apartheid state when
@Palestine_UN
better demonstrates it in terms of polices against
#Jews
. Mouths dropped & it was recommended by a colleague that I stop talking
I'm amused that as I fight for
#Jewish
students to be included in the creation of safe & inclusive learning environments, anti-Zionist trolls flood my accounts with "Free Palestine". It's ironic because these are the same individuals who profess anti-
#Zionism
isn't
#antisemitism
.
Tonight in
#Toronto
, as
#Jews
celebrate
#Shabbat
, a "
#FreePalestine
" rally protested outside Ohr Chaim, a Jewish (not Israeli, not an embassy or consulate) school, shouting antisemitic tropes & sloganeering. These same groups will also tell you anti-
#Zionism
is not
#antisemitis
.
Apartheid, Occupation,
#FreePalestine
, & From River to Sea; are the slogans of many anti-racist educators who claim creating safe & inclusive spaces for
#Jewish
students is anti-
#Palestinian
. Well, as Joseph Goebbels said, "Repeat a lie often enough & it becomes the truth”.
Twice in the same week I found "Secret Hitler". I asked the sales person if this game teaches me to catch & kill Jews? Uncomfortable, the sales person looked at me, the game, my Jewish Star necklace, & clued in. He responded "Oh my God! What's this game? Why are we selling this?"
Whether motivated by
#antisemitism
or not, it's important to note that
#HighlandPark
, a suburb of
#Chicago
, is a predominantly
#Jewish
neighborhood. Media would likely point this out if this was a predominantly black or other racialized group, so why silent when it comes to Jews?
From calling for an
#intifada
from River to Sea, & aggressive calls to destroy the
#Jewish
State brick by brick, it was a troublesome experience observing the pro-
#Palestine
, pro-
#Hamas
rally in
#Toronto
. This wasn't about Palestinian human rights, it was about destroying
#Israel
Early today a
#Jewish
student who currently attends York U, shared this Pro-Palestinan Rally Chant Sheet given to her by members of the York Fed. of Students. York needs to follow thru with removing current YFS & YUGSA council for fostering an unsafe learning environment for ALL
Why when there's an
#antisemitic
incident in
#schools
, boards of
#education
say this isn't who they are or this is an opportunity for learning?
#Jewish
kids are learning that boards are failing to protect them and perpetrators are learning that boards are deaf to
#antisemitism
.
I find it cynically amuzing that
#Jews
aren't allowed to define what is or is not
#antisemitism
(
#IHRA
). What would I do without others gaslighting me & mansplaining why the academic bullying, intimidation, blocking & othering I've endured for 3 years is NOT because I am
#Jewish
?
The Global Imams Council is pleased to become the first Imams Council to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.
Read More:
Our Statement and Internal Council Memo:
This is what normalization of
#antisemitism
looks like in
#Toronto
. Found today downtown, this poster attempts to trumpet to Jews & their allies that anti-
#Zionism
isn't antisemitism. Sadly, Astral Media was ok to promote (via contact) this hate. Hey
@BellMediaPR
, let's talk.
As more people post images from the Roger Waters concert in
#Berlin
last night, this one image stands out. Notice how Roger's uses a pig, tattooed with a
#Jewish
Star to float above the stadium as he parades in an SS-style uniform with a red arm band. Pure
#antisemitism
.
Time and again,
#Jews
are gaslit when we try to define and call out
#antisemitism
. So why are other racialized and marginalized bodies allowed to speak on our behalf? So it is no surprise that CAIR is tapped to weigh in on the US antisemitism policy.
Those who know family, know my wife is of
#Chineseheritage
and my children have intersecting identities:
#Jewish
-
#Chinese
-
#Israeli
-
#Canadian
. This May, we amplify her's and their Jewish & Chinese heritage. Identities don't need to compete; they connect, making us all beautiful.
This morning, my car (parked in my driveway, the only home in my neighbourhood with a
#mezuzah
) was vandalized. Windows smashed. This weekend I've reported numerous instances of targeted attacks on
#Jews
in a Western neo-pogrom.
#Kristallnacht
@TPSOperations
@MayorOliviaChow
@AP
This man didn't storm a police station, court house, church, mosque, school, community centre or public space but rather the closest synagogue to the prison.
@AP
has demonstrated the quintessential definition of gaslighting.
I don't remember
@CharlieAngusNDP
calling out Laith Marouf for his
#antisemitism
. Does anyone? So him going after a Jewish MP for calling out antisemitism is vile.
This is Susan Abulhawa, one of the writers being showcased at
@adelaidefest
. This is what she had to say following the murder of Elan Ganeles. Classy.
Hamas is a CDN-recognized terrorist entity. I'm seeing a lot of CDN unions, educators, & professionals supporting
#Hamas
' indiscriminate attacks on
#Israel
. Supporting Hamas is supporting terrorism. CDNs who support terrorism need to be investigated.
@csiscanada
@rcmpgrcpolice
This is the greatest thing I've heard today: "We always wondered how people could deny the
#Holocaust
. Then
#Hamas
massacred over 1300
#Jews
, filmed and posted it online, and people are asking, 'Where is the evidence?'"
@CanadaFP
As I said before, there is no moral equivalency between the death of terrorists actively engaging against the IDF, & ambushing & opening fire on civilians going to worship. Stop victim blaming.
Today my tweets were reported & my DMs were filled by those saying I should've been gased; Hitler should have gotten my family, & to watch my kids. This reminds me of what Hanukkah's about, fighting those who come for us. To all Antiochus' that came for me today,
#HappyHanukkah
Today, there was a heavy police presence as pro-Hamas sympathizers were driving up & down the Bathurst Manor area (one of
#Toronto
's largest
#Jewish
neighborhoods) honking horns & waving
#Palestinian
flags. I guess this is what's deemed a peaceful protest. Targetted harassment.
Why do I fight for greater
#Holocaust
education? Monday morning, outside Santa Lucia Parish,
#Rome
,
#Italy
, right-wing extremists draped the coffin of Alessia Augello, a former member of right-wing extremist group Forza Nuova, with the
#Nazi
Flag bearing its symbolic
#swastika
.
My son's in
#Montreal
for a
#hockey
tournament. His coach pointed this out on route to the arena, & he snapped a photo. Thank you, Aperism & Smoke, for the message, front, and center along Autoroute 20. Help combat
#antisemitism
. Recognize that
#JewLivesMatter
.
Sorry
@CBCNews
,
#Hunka
is not a victim & no one should care that he may not have wanted the spotlight. I'm sure the 98-year-old men & the 6 million+ Jews who were murdered in the
#Holocaust
would likely not have wanted to be murdered by the
#Nazis
that Hunka collaborated with.
Asher Menahem Paley (8) & brother Yaakov Yisrael Paley (6) were murdered in a car ramming attack on Friday, by
#Palestinian
#terrorist
Hussein Qaraqe. The boys were waiting with their father for a bus in
#Jerusalem
,
#Israel
, when Qaraqe turned his car on them.
#Schools
have been dealing with an unprecedented rise in
#antisemitism
, but what are boards proactively doing to protect
#Jewish
students? Today, 's sending our National Strategy for Combating Antisemitism in
#Education
to every school board & MoE in Canada
Disgusting! This past Tuesday night, a group of neo-
#Nazis
harassed theatregoers as they attended the "Parade", a Broadway show depicting the story of Leo Frank, an innocent
#Jewish
man who was lynched by an antisemitic mob in 1915.
#antisemitism
#NewYork
@HMcPhersonMP
No, it is not unbeknownst to you. The
#Jewish
community is tired of parliamentarians apologizing for meeting with antisemites & Jew-Haters. Do your homework & vet your sources. We expect our kids to vet sources in elementary school, why not in Parliament? Shameful empty words.
I was invited to speak with Minster of Ed MPP Lecce, MPP Martin & MPP Smith about increasing
#antisemitism
in
#Ontario
#schools
& voice concern over the lack of board action. The Parents of Jewish Learners group's at the forefront of challenging boards & today they were heard
Today, AGPI contacted
@osstf
D12 president regarding their support of the
#Nakba
Denial PD, latent with insidious
#antisemitic
tropes & anti-
#Zionist
propaganda. This isn't the first time OSSTF supported this, but why must
#Jewish
#educators
continue to have their dues fund this?
Spotted moments ago in
#Toronto
traffic. Decentering
#Jews
from conversations on
#antisemitism
& the erasure of their indigeneity from MENA has resulted in the rise of ignorance, revisionist history & the need for better
#Holocaust
education. Thanks to the follower who sent this.
In a horrifying display of
#antisemitism
, Neo-
#Nazis
gather outside
@TPUSA
Youth Summit in Tampa. This follows a rise in fascist activity in
#Florida
where
#Nazi
-Atomwaffen assaulted civilians during an Orlando demonstration, & a Neo-Nazi group made a bomb threat in Daytona Beach
I'm proud to represent AGPI as we call out
#PinkFloyd
Frontman
#RogerWaters
for his repeated
#antisemitism
. Visit our counter exhibition across the street from the Pink Floyd Exhibition & learn how platforms of
#peace
& the Power of One bring people together to dismantle hate.
Jews have walked more often than most through the valley of the shadow of death, yet we never lost hope. To me,
#Hanukkah
is about shining lighting in the darkness, no matter how dark it gets and show our survival, yesterday, today, tomorrow, forever. עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי
It's been 3 yrs of academic procrastination since I defended my dissertation. Today, w/ the encouragement of my wife, I started writing my first book. I'm excited & nervous about this next chapter (pun intended) of my life but feel I still have something to contribute to academia
This image of
#Santa
handcuffed in Ramallah plays into the
#antisemitic
trope of
#Jews
killing
#Jesus
, # the idea that Jews are preventing Christians from celebrating Christmas. Why are CDN Assistant Deputy Ministers, Ambassadors, & Heads of High Commissions "liking" this hate?
In my three years teaching at
@YorkUniversity
, I was subject to insurmountable
#antisemitism
from students & colleagues, with reports going nowhere. Now, to no one's surprise,
#Canada
's latest
#meinkampus
encampment has sprouted there. Thank you
@DrJacobsRad
for sharing this.
After the fall out of this evenings events, the barrage of death threats that followed, and for my own mental health, I am taking a break from Twitter.
Earlier today, I spoke with the Convienence Group about the vile & insidious
#Hamas
justification by Essra Karam. While Ms. Karam no longer works at the company, they're condemning her hate speech &distancing themselves from her. Thank you for taking a stance against hate.
With
#Saskatchewan
now adopting the
#IHRA
working definition of antisemitism, it joins the federal government's adoption and BC, AB, MB, ON, QC, and NB in their commitment to fighting
#antisemitism
.
"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness." –Anne Frank.
As we turn the page on another
#Hanukkah
, do not curse the darkness. Rather, light a candle to guide the way.
#HappyHanukkah
Does the
@nytimes
international really think this is appropriate? I mean, seriously? Your non-apology apology was almost as offensive as this editorial cartoon.
#AntiSemitism
#NYTimes
Reading through the comments gaslighting how this is not antisemitic is sad and again plays into the reality that
#Jews
are seemingly not allowed to define what is or is not
#antisemitism
. While art is subjective, these tropes are not.
Regardless of of intentions, this new mural (on the left) in Tarragon Village depicts a Jewish person in a way that far too closely reflects hateful antisemitic tropes (such as depicted on the right). We’ve reached out to the organizers, requesting this be changed immediately.
Not Iran, nor Syria, nor ISIS or Al Qaeda, according to
@NDP
@JoelHardenONDP
the single greatest threat and origin of all violence in the Middle East is the State of Israel. According to Harden, Israel has no shame. Hmm I would love to see his data.
Today is International
#Holocaust
Remembrance Day. January 27 was chosen as it marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of
#Auschwitz
-
#Birkenau
, a death camp where 1 million+, mostly
#Jews
, were murdered. As we pledge "
#NeverAgain
," today we must also amplify "
#NeverForget
"
Earlier today,
#YorkUniversity
served a trespass notice to protestors who erected an unauthorized encampment. Thank you,
@TorontoPolice
, who under the authority of the Trespass to Property Act & at the request of York University, removed the
#meinkampus
encampment & made 1 arrest
I am absolutely disgusted by the targetted vandalism and threat made against
@MaritStiles
, her office, and the
@NDP
. While politically we might disagree, this act of violence is NEVER ok. I stand with Marit and her staff in this troublesome time.
For more than 20 yrs teaching politics & global affairs, I told students there are 3 sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth. Be informed, make sound decisions. Read & find the middle ground.
#IsraelUnderAttack
&
#GazaUnderAttack
share 2 very different narratives
Following multiple allegations of
#antisemitism
, MPP Sarah Jama had been censured & subsequently booted from the
#NDP
Caucus. Today, Jama's court challenge of her censure at the Ontario legislature was dismissed.
As more provinces, cities &
#school
boards adopt IHRA's definition of
#antisemitism
, it's important to challenge the left-wing activist groups mobilizing & attempting to define antisemitism for the
#Jewish
community. On 11/15, Support
#Vancouver
City Council in adopting it.
Our article is posted. It's time we rethink how we educate about atrocities. Times have changed, and so must our approach to understanding history, brokering peace, and character
#education
.
Israeli filmmakers,
#RudyRochman
, Andrew (Noam) Leibman & Edouard David Benaym, were arrested in
#Nigeria
after meeting with prominent leaders in the
#Igbo
#Jewish
community. There whereabouts are unknown as is the state of their safety.
#antisemitism
Dear
@RachelBendayan
some helpful advice:
Don't use the Holocaust for a gotcha moment.
And if you're going to take this gutter approach at least make sure you're not a day behind the
#NDP
who have spoken clearly on this issue.
#gettingschooledonbeingapoliticaltroll
BREAKING NEWS:
1. Ont. is implementing mandatory learning requirements in elementary schools on
#Holocaust
#education
to help younger students understand the significance of the Holocaust.
2. The MoE & OCT are developing PD & AQs to support
#students
learning about the Holocaust.
Reviewing the recent
@OSSTF
D12 PD, there's a serious revisionist issue that's being perpetuated. The slide indicates that Ben Gurion called for the expulsion of Arabs. In the original Hebrew text, the excerpt translation is in fact the opposite. This is the Pappe-Morris Debate.
Spotted in Gaza: A billboard celebrating a "heroic martyr", better known internationally as a Palestinian terrorist who murdered seven Jews who were praying in a synagogue, on Shabbos, in Jerusalem, was out up 24 hours after the attack. Disgusting.
While my grandmother survived the Stutthof concentration camp, many didn't, which is why there is no statute of limitation on crimes against humanity. I'm glad that the former
#Nazi
camp secretary, 97, has been convicted of being accessory to 10k+ murders
Scene of man shooting (blanks) inside Schneerson
#Jewish
Center on Wednesday night in San Francisco. The center is mainly Russian Jews. With sparsh media coverage, I wonder what media & public reaction might've been had this been a mosque or church in a racialized community