Ainti-Semitism is Alive & Well in Canada
The good burghers of Val David, Quebec are in an uproar because Hasidic Jews have bought a former resort and are now living there.
I've never known Hasidic Jews to steal, shoot anyone or have sex in public. Yes, they wear different clothes and live differently than you and me. Their entire focus is on living a rich family life based on kindness and study.
What, besides knee-jerk anti-semitism, is the problem, folks?
And the Canadian Government will not allow a Canadian citizen to declare on his Canadian passport that he was born in Jerusalem, Israel. Apparently, not everyone in the world recognizes that Jerusalem is actually in Israel.
Now, in spite of the fact that there are many similarly contested locations on the globe, this is the only one that Passport Canada has decided is a no-fly zone.
What, besides knee-jerk anti-semitism, is the problem, folks?
2 comments:
Canada is among many countries that do not recognize Jerusalem, which is claimed by both Israelis and Palestinians, as belonging to either. Any passports listing Jerusalem as a birthplace do not add a country to the location.
Federal lawyer Sharlene Telles-Langdon:
"The international reality is that there is no sovereign (over Jerusalem) that has been recognized in international law".
David,
To be truly objective we should look at the issue carefully. I would have agreed with you, until I read this article below. This issue is more complex than just a story about a groups percieved anti-semistism.
Check out Barbara Kay's article in the National Post.
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