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Zionism has a long and proud history in Canada. Canadians have made and continue to make important contributions to the movement for Jewish national liberation.

At the same time, Zionism in Canada is increasingly subject to intense criticism. Academics, media figures, and politicians are propagating a false and hostile narrative of Zionism. This propaganda often meets the definition of antisemitism under the IHRA working definition.

Instead of recognizing that these critiques cross a line and promote hatred against Canadian Jews, the IHRA definition itself is challenged and defamed as an attempt to suppress criticism of Israel. It is important that Canadian Jews and other people of good will inform themselves about the history of Zionism and the contemporary political landscape in order to be able to understand what’s happening as well as to be able to explain Israel’s legitimate actions in its own defense.

In this forum I will write regularly on the issues that interest me, which include Israeli politics and the challenges posed by antisemitism in Canada. Join to get full access to everything I write. I look forward to our conversation.

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I am a Canadian Jew with an interest in Israel and Zionism. I'm married and the father of two sons. I live in Ottawa Canada. I wrote on Israel and Zionism for the Canadian Jewish News from 2017 to 2020. I currently blog at Times of Israel.
Author of On the Trail of Delusion. www.onthetrailofdelusion.com
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I teach creative writing, publish the Quick Brown Fox blog, and write about Jewish issues and Jewish kids books.
Hello, I spent my childhood in Halifax then later in Montreal. Made aliyah in 1975. Raised an ever growing family here and enjoy writing about the many experiences and challenges of life in Israel.
Retired family therapist, expert in field of sexual trauma, one newsletter shares my clinical experience. Following a youthful dream, learning to be an investigative journalist, I focus on Israel and Israeli society in my other newsletter.