Current Events Jew-Hate Once a Jew Always a Jew – Jewish Self-Hate January 27, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Ryan Bellerose, Meti Canadian, put on a kippa for a week and saw what it is like to walk around town as if he was an easily identifiable Jew. In…
Current Events From Academia Situation in Palestine is Normal – No Need for BDS January 23, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Well, I wonder if it will comfort proponents of academic boycott of Israel to learn that the situation in Palestine is normal – according to someone with whom I communicated…
Current Events From Academia Hebrews, Israelites, Modern Jews – We Haven’t Changed January 20, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Some things and some people never change. I guess. Seems we Jews have always been the same as we are now. Read the following quote from a book published in…
Current Events From Academia Oslo II: What Did Peres and Abbas Expect? January 16, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments This is my summary and critique of an article from 1996 that included reviews of two books (one by Peres and the other by Abbas) (citation below). I bring this…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Coming Home/Missing Home: Toronto and Israel January 12, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments My body is sitting in Starbucks at Christie and Dupont, freezing somewhat because they keep the heat low; I suppose that’s to try to prevent people like me from parking…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Dear Ayman Odeh: What Have You Done With Ayman Odeh? January 10, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Oh! Ayman Odeh! I was so impressed with you during the TV debate preceding our last elections less than a year ago. You spoke so calmly and with such apparent…
Current Events Jew-Hate Naomi Friedman: Understanding New Symbols of Antisemitism January 7, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Confronting antisemitism today is more difficult than in the past because antisemites are becoming increasingly devious and antisemitic events are less “in-your-face” than the mass protests and violence characterizing earlier…
Current Events Jew-Hate Antisemitic Mural At York University: Protest or Acquiesce? January 7, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments The Jewish Defence League (JDL) of Toronto is planning a protest against the antisemitic mural at York University. And a week ago, I was asked by a group fighting defamation…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs MKs Respond to Tel Aviv Terror Attack January 4, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments The shooting occurred on Friday afternoon, leaving insufficient time for Members of Knesset (MKs) to respond before Shabbat. That gave them plenty of time to carefully consider what to write…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs MKs React to Terror Attacks…or Do They? January 4, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I wrote this article on October 4, 2015. I still find it amazing to see how some of our MKs chose to react to the horrid rash of knifings and…