Zalman Knerbal

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@mdubowitz @RuthwithSnow It's getting harder to disagree

[Jon Fraser @JonFraserTF]

The new council doesn't have to look far to find antisemitism. There is plenty of it in the government.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@MarkJCarney Oh yes. Canadian government driving the AI bus. That's sure to be a winner. You couldn't even invest properly in EV batteries. How are you going to manage the unique environment associated with AI where talent is everything and all the good talent has gone to the US. Obviously.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@PierrePoilievre @ArtjglsGordon Don't worry, his supporters say, he's an economist. Obviously not a very good one.

[Melissa Lantsman @MelissaLantsman]

Canada is literally the only economy in the G20 in recession.

The other 19 are not.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@Chiboy_1010 @uricohenisrael Can you be both?

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@talokguevara @uricohenisrael No estic segur que hagi de jugar per a cap club d'Espanya on els seguidors no estiguin disposats a defensar la democràcia i Israel.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@MyLordBebo I'd rather we formed an economic union with the US. We don't have to be a state for that. We could go beyond CUSMA and integrate more completely with the US. Our economy depends on them, not on some random countries half a world away.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

ENGLAND: A Palestinian refugee from Gaza, who arrived claiming to be fleeing a ‘genocide’, was arrested for attempting to rape a 14-year-old girl.

He defended himself: “According to Sharia law, raping a non-Muslim girl is legal. I only follow Allah and Sharia law.”

Pure evil!

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@Journalistadvic @CTVToronto If they're just water pistols, would you mind receiving incoming for a few minutes? Stand still. Don't flinch. We'll see how you do, brave antisemite.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@Reuters Have the Arab terrorists put down their arms as required by the ceasefire agreement?

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

This is far longer than my typical post, but it tells an important story of what appears to be an attempt by leadership at Massey College to censor a major conference on antisemitism, leading to the resignation of one of its senior fellows.

The disappointment that greeted Mark Carney’s antisemitism speech this week is partly a function of a Jewish community that has been facing real threats for months, with fears that our governments and institutions have been unwilling to confront them directly and honestly. Hours before the Carney speech, I received a note from Peter Biro, a Toronto lawyer and longtime senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, that provided a tangible example of the harm. Biro, facing what appears to have been an attempt by Massey College leadership to censor a major antisemitism conference planned for this fall, resigned his fellowship rather than succumb to it.

Biro proposed, organized, and committed to personally fund a one-day conference, “Antisemitism in Our ‘Free and Democratic Society’: A Canary’s Song,” co-presented with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and featuring Deborah Lipstadt, Deborah Lyons, and Irwin Cotler, among others. According to his resignation letter, which I am sharing here with his permission, the College told him it had never approved the event and insisted on appointing an advisory committee to review, curate, and approve a version of the program that fit the College’s “mission and approach.” When he asked who had raised concerns and whether such a committee had any precedent, he says he received no answer.

Biro calls the stated objection false and a pretext. The real concern, he argues, is the substance: how antisemitism would be examined, by whom, and whether a human rights centre founded by a Jewish and Zionist lawyer was an acceptable partner. That objection makes little sense, since the College itself partnered with the very same centre only months ago. In Biro’s words, the committee “looks and feels less like prudent corporate governance and more like antisemitism.” Read the letter and judge for yourself.

Here is the part that should worry everyone. An academic institution responded to a conference on antisemitism, organized by one of its own fellows and featuring some of the world’s most notable antisemitism scholars, by insisting that an oversight committee was needed to decide whether the subject was being handled appropriately. I’ve organized many conferences and never had university leadership intervene in this manner. Massey College, much like Mark Carney, had a chance to lead, but both failed to meet the moment. The conference will go on in Toronto on September 15. The stain on Massey College will not come off as easily.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@NoaMagid Right, Noa!

[נועה מגיד | Noa magid @NoaMagid]

If you've never woken up to sirens, never held a door handle shut while terrorists tried to break in, shooting at you and setting your home on fire with your entire family inside, and never seen people slaughtered in the streets by monsters with machetes, then shut the fuck up and stop lecturing us on how to deal with terrorism.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@neveragainlive1 It's high time we knew how to defend ourselves. The threat is real. Few of us know how to look after our families properly if we face a violent threat.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@realjdbreen @EYakoby Then you could kiss your fat ass goodbye

[cbcwatcher @cbcwatcher]

Q to Carney "What does your government plan to do against those who bring their animosities to this country and spread hatred?"

Carney goes with policing and laws but segues to make hate directed at certain groups " all of our responsibility as Canadians."

Canadians have been asking the government to enforce the laws that we already have... and the Carney government has responded with more word salad, deflection and gibberish

Then he fails with an analogy "And part of the reason it's first in the world is it's the same care for everyone who comes through that door. "

Carney has given expedited citizenship to certain particular groups who are most likely to bring their animosities and taught antisemitic hate from Gaza. His government has done nothing to address this. He has absolutely no self awareness... just jabber @MarkJCarney

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@ezralevant Interesting response. Thanks for asking, Ezra.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@Casestudy261 @SchwartzTime @IsraelinCanada Do you deny October 7 Arab atrocities? Do you deny that Arabs have long called for the genocide of Jews in Israel? There's no moral equivalence here. Israel has never wanted want to genocide Arabs and goes to great lengths to protect Arab lives even in war. Pay attention.

[Zalman Knerbal @Knerbal]

@PierrePoilievre Exactly right, Pierre. And please note that antiZionism is not part of his lexicon, a huge omission. Neither is mention of October 7 or the people actually causing the antisemitism. He's just kicking the can down the road. No real action. Just cynical and performative inaction.