POINT OF VIEW
Drawing a Line Between Criticism and Abuse
by Bernie Farber, CEO, Canadian Jewish Congress
At the beginning of Fiddler on the Roof, nullevye podium. nullurther, I was able to attend along Zionists don’t meet the height renulluirement
observes how well people get along in his with another colleague where we had an for any of the rides in the par null
town, despite the occasional disagreement. opportunity to speanull with literally donullens nulleing an antinullZionist of course does not
In the play, for instance, there is a scene of nullnullnull delegates. nulls a result of these internull manulle a nullew any less nullewish. It does however
when one farmer sells a horse, but the buyer ventions, and the wisdom of the delegates, add levels of irony to the daily routine. nullor
claims that it was a mule. nullhe stage immenull these resolutions, brought forward by a example, a month or so after the nullnullnull connull
Being an anti-
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Zionist of course
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play is about that, the ability to argue, to that was unhelpful, unfair and unbalanced. ments within the nullnited nullhurch to help in
does not make
compromise, to balance between positions nulllso present at the conference was a its creation. nullewish mothers across nullanada
a Jew any less
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hand,null and to understand that sometimes nullInullnullnull. nullith a membership of about nullnullnull, the tionnull not only does the nullid complain about
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levels of irony
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of nullnullnullnull as delegates to the nulleneral nullouncil in nullanada. Inullnull’s role at the conference was nullhen all is said and done, the whole epinull
to the daily
of the nullnited nullhurch of nullanada nullnullnullnullnull very different than ours. nullhey were there to sode revealed not only the isolation of the
routine
were once again asnulled to vote on resolutions support the resolutions and to proclaim, as Inullnull, but also the desperation of the boycotnull
condemning Israel. nullhe resolutions were they have done elsewhere, that Israel is an ters within the nullnullnull. nullhey cling to each
supported by materials that were, frannullly, apartheid state that must be brought to heel other even as they pronounce themselves
antinullnullemitic. nullhey alleged that nullewish adnull through boycott, divestment and sanctions. part of a rising and righteous tide. It’s both
vocacy organinullations engaged in bribery nulllearly, a better name for this group might understandable and sad. nullut as the comedian
and that nullanadian nullembers of Parliament, be Independent nullnull nullewish nulloices. nullteven nullright once observed, nullIf nullarbie is so
with dual nullnullanadian and Israelinull citinullenship, nullonfronted with such a position, we’re popular, why do you have to buy her friendsnullnull
where not trustworthy. pretty sure that nullevye would have said
nullo give the nullnullnull credit, nullanada’s nullewish nullthere is no other hand.null nullriticism and disnull Have an opinion about nullrnie’s article? Send com -
leaders were allowed to rebut the resolunull agreement is one thing, but when the rhetnull ments to letters@fridaynightmag.com. nulloint of
tions through materials distributed to the oric rises to the level of abuse then somenull nullew offers members of the community the op -
delegates in advance of the convention. nulls thing needs to be done. Inull, in an earlier portunity to voice their opinions and thoughts on
well, past nullanadian nullewish nullongress nullnullnullnullnull incarnation tried to in null nullnull nulle showed a topic relevant to our readers. If you would linulle
conullpresident, nullabbi nulleuven nullulnulla, was pernull them the door. nulle may not have to be a to tacnulle an issuenullsend your ideas tonulldavid@fri -
mitted to address the conference from the Zionist to be a member of nullnull but antinull daynightmag.com.
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