Using a Knife In The Public Relations Intifada
Intifada victim Yonaton Azarihab knew when to take the knife out of his wound and Dafna Meir knew when to fight to keep it in. We all need to have the presence of mind they showed, in thinking of those around them and not themselves. Azarihab pulled the knife from his neck and used it […]
JDL – Much Ado About Nothing at York University, Toronto
Sometimes it is smarter to keep silent than to make a fuss. It is not necessarily weakness. The demonstration at York University yesterday (Feb 4, 2016) was a prime example of silence being golden. Not because one should always be silent — because one should not always be anything — but because sometimes overall strategy […]
Naomi Friedman: Understanding New Symbols of Antisemitism
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 years. I want to use the antisemitic mural that was put up in the Student Center at York University in 2013 to demonstrate contemporary symbols […]
Antisemitic Mural At York University: Protest or Acquiesce?
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 of Israel on North American campuses to go to the site of the mural and call the police to report it as hate “speech”. I […]