Antisemitism from the Right - JD Vance

I have to admit that I didn't see this coming. At least not so soon. Not that long ago the vast majority of the prominent antisemites came from the Left. Groups like Antifa, BLM,the Democratic party in the US and the Liberal, NDP and Green parties in Canada. Every western European country was governed by progressive lefties.

What did they all have in common? They hate Jews. 

But now we have arguably a bigger problem. Especially in the US, where quite a few, prominent Republicans on the Right have come out of the closet as bonafide antisemites. It began a few years ago when then Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene made it crystal clear that she hates Jews but was barely challenged by fellow Republicans. Since then she stands for the Palestinians and many other insane ideas. Thankfully she's finally on the way out.

I say it's a bigger problem because the Right has until recently been our best bet for sane, rational policies including standing up for Israel and against antisemitism. Of course not all Republicans are Jew haters, in fact it's safe to say that most are not. But the pot is simmering. Led by Tucker Carlson who has recently been crowned as the worst antisemite of the year (read this), other prominent people with large followings have also taken up the vile, antisemite routine. Tucker's interviews with hitler admirer Nick Fuentes and other notable Jew haters definitely earned him that top spot. He continues to outdo himself by pushing age old antisemitic tropes  like the Jews control the world and more recent ones like it was Israel who was behind 9/11.  I'm sure that you recall Kanye's (aka Ye) antisemitic rants, one worse than the next a few years ago. Then his pal, Candace Owens who once posed as the intelligent voice of reason on the right but later came out as a bona fide antisemite (and looney tune). Add to this list Megyn Kelly who also jumped on board more recently but as Trump noted years ago 'she's not very smart'. Steve Bannon's anti-Israel's rhetoric on Turning Point USA made me want to vomit. Retired US colonel Macgregor who I once considered a valuable source of reason on the Ukraine/Russia war, also ended up being a Jew hater. 

                                            VP Vance at Turning Point USA

Then there's the US Vice President, JD Vance. There were some troubling aspects vis a vis his accusations against the Netanyahu administration but later on his appearance on Turning Point USA in memorial of the slain Charley Kirk, when a young fan of Tucker asked some pointed questions like 'why are we supporting Israel anyways...' his reply raised some serious questions about him. For a smart guy who's usually quick on his feet and comes prepared to an interview, his answer could have easily deflected the question. He should have said that the US and Israel share the same Judeo-Christian values. (Note that he never uses that term - he only mentions Christian values). We are both democratic states that are fighting the same existential enemies like radical Islamists therefore (unlike Obama) we really do have Israel's back. But instead he fomented an unsolicited, divisive talking point about how Jew's don't believe in Christ and other insane topics. Clearly something was awry. Many of us who were Trump fans, gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then it came out that he hired Tucker's son on his advisory staff. But surely he can't be a bigot if he married and Indian woman, right? Yes he can. Marrying an Indian woman does not disqualify you from being a Jew hater. His constant downplaying antisemitism emanating from the Republican party instead of directly disavowing it says a lot. 

But his latest statement about Tucker Carlson clinched it for me: “Tucker’s a friend of mine. And do I have disagreements with Tucker Carlson? Sure. I have disagreements with most of my friends, especially those who work in politics. 

Anyone who's friend is one of the biggest and most dangerous Jew haters on the planet, is not my friend and shouldn't be yours either.

Tucker helped get JD Vance his job as VP (after Vance called Trump hitler) so Vance is already compromised. 

Unlike him, President Trump has proved his loyalty to the Jews time after time. He is a bona fide philo-semite. It was easy for Trump to attack antisemites on the left. Not that easy to attack antisemites on the right especially his very own appointed vice president. I don't know how or when or even if, president Trump will address the growing split in his party (Jew haters vs Jew supporters) but I truly wish that he would clearly identify where he and his party stands. With Israel and with the Jewish people. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.

Vance currently stands as the front runner for the Republicans after Trump finishes his term. I sincerely hope that either Vance comes around (but I don't see that happening) or that Trump confronts him directly on this and distances himself from Tucker and others like him. The president needs to endorse people like Rubio, Cruz, De Santis or others, not G-d forbid Vance. 

Please Stop Insulting Us!

After the horrific terror attack in Australia, we've been inundated with various state leaders and other politicians and the mainstream media condemning the attack. When I turn on the news on TV, all I hear are the voices from the very leaders who gave a voice to those Muslim terrorists and their antisemitic supporters. 

Australian PM Albanese is pathetically condemning antisemitism as is my own pathetic Canadian PM Carney and the mayor of my city, Toronto, as well as all of the social media characters on the far left and right. We can expect this meme to continue for the next few days and then they'll move on to the next event.

Muslim terrorists (father and son) on a killing spree to shoot as many Jews celebrating Chanuka on the Bondi beach as possible. They also had explosives...

There was nothing really surprising about what happened at the Chanuka event on Bondi beach. Just 2 days after the obscene Hamas terror attack on innocent Israeli citizens on Oct 7, 2023, while Australians were holding a vigil in support of those 1,200 murdered Israelis and those held hostage, a crowd of pro-Palestinians/Hamas descended upon them with burning Israeli flags and chanted lovely slogans like 'F-K the Jews' and 'Where are the Jews'. There remains an ongoing debate as to whether or not 'Gas the Jews' was also chanted. But thanks to those very hard working Aussi police, they came to the conclusion after studying the various audio and video tapes, that 'Gas the Jews' was not chanted. Phew. Good to know. The Jews in Australia are deemed safe. There were no charges laid, no consequences paid by the threatening pro-Hamas crowd who absolutely loved what their friends and family in Gaza did to those Israeli concert goers. 

What these pieces of drek always do first, is test the waters. If vile threats to Jews are accepted by the government, police and the general public, then they know that they can move on to the next event which is: Kill the Jews! That's how it works folks. It has almost always worked that way. It worked exactly like that in the early 1930's prior to Hitler's rise to power. It starts with fringe protests which then attract other losers who just love the action and are desperate to join a group. Heck they can even get paid to demonstrate! Cool. How can I sign up? My folks are always yelling at me to get off my ass and get a job. Found one mom. I put on my mask, grab my megaphone (supplied to me from the group) and I'm even provided with slogans to yell. I don't even know what they are yelling about but who cares, right?

So these righteous state leaders like Albanese and Carney and too many others to mention, allow threatening mobs of pro-Hamas/Palestinian demonstrators to block our streets, invade our peaceful cities in the west and chant sickening, death cult slogans with no consequence. In fact they are protected by our police to do so. When we show up (if we do) we are ordered away from the scene by the cops who say that it's not safe for us so we should just go home. In England the cops charged some religious Jews for having the audacity to wear their kippot (Jewish skull caps) near the nasty masked Muslim mob. In Toronto when one of the nasties are arrested, it's done for show. They are released in an hour. 

These states continue to invite millions of unvetted Muslims into our countries throughout the Western world. Many of whom want to kill us. 

Our leaders continue to send billions of dollars to Hamas and the corrupt PA and UNRWA. Our universities continue to accept billions of dollars as donations from wealthy Muslim states like Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and others in order to brainwash our professors and students to hate Israel, Jews and anyone else who takes our side. 

Our state leaders blame Israel for every problem that comes out of the Middle East. Even when Israel tries to defend itself from the most horrific terror events they, the victims are accused of the most insane  crimes like genocide and starving the Gazan's. 

Our leaders want to arrest the only liberal, democratic leader in the Middle East, Bibi Netanyahu. While Muslim terror leaders get a pass. 

So to all of those state leaders, politicians, news 'reporters' and others who cry crocodile tears whenever terrorists kill a bunch of Jews and think that they can get away with delegitimizing us to death but get a pass by simply uttering a few words of condemnation to the terrorists: YOU CANNOT.

Please stop insulting us with your lame words. Remember all of the Nobel prizes we won and continue to win? We are not that stupid. At least not all of us. Instead invest in moral clarity and courage. Enact the laws we already have and stop the dangerous downward slide of blatant and obvious Jew hatred. The double standard that Israel and Jews in the diaspora have to endure is beyond sickening. What happened in Australia can happen in Canada or anywhere tomorrow. PM Albanese is disgusting, made worse by his pretence of suddenly caring about his Jewish citizens. My PM is no different. Do we have to wait for a similar terror event to happen here in Canada before things change? You are playing with fire. 

There is a lesson to be learned by us. We must protect ourselves and stop relying on our governments to do so. I was shocked to learn that those folks celebrating Chanuka on the beach in Australia had no protection whatsoever. Maybe they figured that since the cop station was only 150 yards away they didn't need to hire their own security team. 

I watched a 10 minute video of the shooters and couldn't believe that they weren't taken out by a police sniper within minutes. You can watch it here. These weren't professional terrorists. Hell, I could have shot them with my 22 calibre rifle. I'm really not sure what to think about the cops in Australia. They definitely need more training. Outlawing legal guns certainly didn't help. Thank G-d for the hero who risked his life to disarm one of the terrorists and got shot twice for his efforts. A regular citizen no less. And shockingly a Muslim!

But I am sure about what to do with their PM. Fire his ass! Mine too.

Why Are There Self Hating Jews?

A self hating Jew is a Jewish person who hates his Jewish religion. What did Judaism ever do to make one despise it so? One can surmise that being born as a Jew often comes with a price. That price is experiencing antisemitism. As a young boy I and most other Jewish kids who went to Jewish day school had to take a bus because the school was not near where we lived. We wore our kippot on our heads so it was obvious who we were. Many times the bus drivers would not stop for us. Were we too loud and obnoxious? Perhaps but no more than any other children our age. No it was: antisemitism.

Later I went to our local public high school. Despite living in a mostly Jewish neighbourhood which was typical of most Jews in Toronto, my high school was located in a non-Jewish enclave. I won't and can't forget the summer that my friend and I went to summer school in order to skip a year of school. The school bus took us to another high school and dropped us off at our local high school. On an almost daily basis we were confronted with a gang of non-Jewish kids with baseball bats waiting to beat us up as soon as we got off the bus. The worst part was that the bigger kids of that gang let the smaller ones beat us up.  Had we fought them off, the bigger kids would hit us with their bats! Were they just plain old bullies? No it was antisemitism. 

But there are other factors at play besides experiencing antisemitism. We all know that wealthy Muslim states have been pumping in billions of dollars every year for decades, into our school system in the West. From elementary schools to universities and of course bribing our politicians whenever possible. Their objective is to feed a false narrative that simply put, paints the Jews/Israelis as evil and the Muslims/Arabs as the good, peaceful guys. History and political science classes at colleges are almost all infected with absolute pro-Muslim lies from top to bottom. To a real historian, their courses are a joke, but that joke becoming a reality is not funny at all. That's why so many of our youth in the West are anti-Israel / antisemitic. Sadly this includes some Jewish students as well. Over time these Jewish students become adults. Some might mature enough to throw off that Jew hating propaganda that they were fed for so long but many don't. Some progress even further down that sick rabbit hole and formally become self hating Jews and worse, self hating Jewish parents. 

Just so we're clear, the land of Israel is intrinsically connected to Judaism. So if you hate Israel, you are an antisemite. 

Where have we failed? Whereas the wealthy Muslim nations have been motivated to feed their propaganda to the world, we Jews have failed to teach contemporary Jewish history or political science to our children. The Jewish day school that I went to taught both Jewish subjects and English subjects as follows:

The Jewish subjects were: Reading Hebrew, Hebrew grammar, Torah study, Gemorah Study and various other Jewish studies like Shulchan Aruch, etc. The higher grades included prayer at our local synagogue.

The English subjects had to follow the curriculum set by our local school board so for example we learned: mathematics, English, science, French, geography, history. Later years we took art, accounting, shop, gym, etc.

I quit after completing grade 8. Going to Jewish private school wasn't cheap and now the cost is through the roof. When I first went to public school I skipped out of class often and still got mostly straight A's. Not because I was so smart. But because my Jewish school taught us at a higher level than the public school system. 

But what the Jewish schools failed to teach us was contemporary history. The creation of the modern state of Israel in 1948, the War of Independence  and even important current events like the 6 Day War in 1967 were not talked about at all! Those subjects were left for our parents to teach us or find out via other means. Keep in mind the school I went to was a Conservative Jewish school. I'm not talking about an Orthodox Jewish school / yeshiva. I can totally understand those schools staying focused on the Jewish religion. But even they and in fact every Jewish school could and should have set the record straight as to who are the indigenous people in Israel, at the very least. So that when we grew up we would know the facts that are pertinent in every discussion one will certainly have with other ignorant people who have blindly swallowed the lies told to them by our mainstream media, our politicians and their uncle Joe.

Today, many Reform Jewish schools are focused more on gay rights than they are on real Jewish concepts and the love of Israel. They take more effort to espouse concepts like egalitarianism, trans rights and Native rights and even Black Lives Matter than they do Jewish rights. For all I know at young ages they celebrate other religion's holidays no less than they do our own. When they come home they can tell their parents about Diwali and their folks are proud. 

One of the biggest problems we as Jews face is the lack of Jewish education period. As I mentioned earlier, it's extremely costly to send your kids to a Jewish day school. One popular Jewish school in Toronto costs almost $25,000 a year per student! If you have 4 kids that would mean after only 10 years, school alone would cost you a million bucks! And this number is quoted after an apparent reduction. We need to address this problem and fast. I would have thought that our large population of wealthy Jews would help to pay down these costs and otherwise sort this out. Why is it that Orthodox Jewish schools are much more affordable than typical Conservative Jewish schools? I'm not aware of Muslim schools being so prohibitively expensive.

Typically, many non-religious Jewish families send their kids to public school during the day and Jewish schools in the late afternoon, evening or on Sundays. Once the kids reach the age of 13 (Bar Mitzvah age), they usually quit. The kids who are forced to attend these classes view it as a punishment. Unlike their friends, when they finish the day at public school they are then forced to go to another school. They usually learn next to nothing there. Except that being Jewish is a pain in the ass. 

So looking at the big picture, if you're Jewish you sooner or later experience antisemitism. You might not experience violence but you might not get the job you applied for. Case in point, I did an experiment when I started looking for a job in IT. After university I moved to Israel. I lived on a kibbutz for 1 year and travelled around the country for another half year. Every time I applied for a job and included that part of my life (Israel/kibbutz) on my resume, I never got the job. But whenever I omitted that part of my life, I always got the job offer. Coincidence? No, it was antisemitism.

Back to the big picture. You probably experienced antisemitism and didn't like it. You were never taught about modern day Israel or even antisemitism. No doubt when you first experienced antisemitism like at one of the million pro-Palestinian demonstrations world wide, you were probably shocked. Unlike most of my Jewish friends, I attended many. Actually I mostly attended Jewish or pro-Israel events that were also attended to by pro-Palestinian protesters. Check out my story from York University, here or this massive, brutal event at Toronto city hall, here.  

One of many, scary, pro-Palestinian demonstrations held in Montreal, Canada. 

As you attended university or college you were most likely indoctrinated to hate Israel and hate your Jewish self. Worse still you were/are exposed to the mainstream media, state leaders and others who call your democratically elected PM of the one and only Jewish state, hitler, who would be arrested if he stepped foot in our country (I'm talking about Canada). And that your Jewish state is guilty of committing a genocide on a non-existent people called 'Palestinians'. This constant exposure, 24/7 of Jew hatred has an effect. It can either make us stronger or we can fall for the losing, appeasement approach in the hopes that THEY will leave us alone if we just learn to hate ourselves. I urge you to be the former!

A Clarion Call to the People of New York

As the mayoral race heats up in New York city, it's obvious who the front runner is: Zohran Mamdani, the Islamist-communist. Note that I called him an Islamist. He's not just Muslim, he's a radical Muslim who hates America, the West, Christians, Jews and everyone else who doesn't follow his Islamist ideology. 

Most regular folks with their heads screwed on properly, would never, ever vote for a person like him. But like my blog says 'The world is upside down'.

I don't have the ear of many citizens from NYC so it's highly doubtful that I'll get  thru to them. But I feel an intense obligation to try.

First I have a question: Do communists hate Jews? If so, I guess it makes sense. I don't think that all Jew haters are communists but perhaps the former is mostly true. I can certainly name a few. Let me know your thoughts.

The latest polls have him at 46%, Andrew Cuomo at 24% and Curtis Sliwa at 15%. The Democratic party loves Mamdani. Despite Cuomo  also being a Democrat and a former governor of NY state, most Dems prefer the Hamas supporting communist. 

The sole, conservative, right wing Republican of the 3 top runners is Curtis Sliwa. The Democratic party nominated the Islamo-communist over Cuomo so now Cuomo is running as an independant.

So why are so many fools voting for Mamdani?

Is it all the free stuff that he's promising? Like free buses, rent freezes, free childcare and much much more? Or is that he hates Jews, despises Israel, loves Hamas and many other Islamic terror states and organizations? 

After a few decades of moderate to extreme leftwing administrations in New York city and throughout the state, so many have been hypnotized to not just object to Trump as president but really do think of him as hitler. Truth be told, any candidate who wants the votes simply has to call orange hair man, hitler and he/she is instantly loved. That alone trumps any other negatives. (Yes I know he supports Hamas but he hates Trump! Dude, he's awesome! Besides he's gonna let me live almost rent free while I smoke my brains out, not work and let me take the bus for free.)

Isn't communism great? Even Kathy Hochul, the governor of NY has endorsed him. One can say that she has no brain cells, so her endorsement means nothing. But so many 'smart' people are fawning over him. Not that I consider him to be so smart (he isn't dumb), did you catch Jon Stuart's interview of Mamdani on TV? 

Stuart began:

'I felt the real love you had for New York city...' and gushed all over him for the rest of the show. While Mamdani was beaming and looking great in a suit and tie. I would use the term 'lipstick on a pig'.

Of course the entire Democratic party leadership, from AOC to Chuck Schumer, from Obama to Bernie Sanders, they all LOVE him. 

What disturbs me the most, is the large percentage of Jews who support him. According to AI platform, Chatgpt, about 40% of Jews plan to vote for him. This number jumps to 67% for younger voters! This number decreases significantly for religious Jews, as I would expect. It is they who I am most concerned about if in fact he wins. They will all have targets on their backs. For the record, so will the other stupid Jews who voted for him unless of course they publicly denounce their Judaism and their support for Israel. Carrying a sign that says 'I voted for Mamdani' while wearing a kippah will not save them. FYI, Jon Stuart is Jewish!

Jewish or not, if you live in what was once was one of the most vibrant, happening, large, beautiful, wealthy cities in the world, I urge you to turn away from him. He is the smiling devil. I know, 'but he sounds so nice. And he looks like my handsome nephew Jerry...'

I promise you that he will destroy New York city. Businesses will close down, poverty will rise, the middle class and on up will run away. Many have already left. Crime will go through the roof. Once a large city like NY is destroyed, it's hard to come back. Of course the obvious nominee should be the founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa who risked his own life to prevent crime in New York. But if you hate Republicans, vote for Cuomo. He's far from perfect but he is a million times better than Mamdani.

Am I Living in Germany in the 1930's?

It turns out that I live in Toronto, Canada in 2025. 

But it seems more like the early 1930's in Germany when Jews were under attack on all sides by their government, police and their neighbours.  At best, back then most of the Gentile population stuck their heads in the sand. 

Our Liberal PM, Carney just announced that he will be voting for the creation of yet one more Islamist, terror state 'Palestine' in the UN. 

                                            Canada's PM/dictator Mark Carney

Are we living in a dictatorship because it certainly seems like it. A decision like that should not be made by one man. At the very least this should be decided by all Canadians via a public referendum. Better yet would be for Canada and other states to stay out of Israel's national business. 

I still have faith in most Canadians. I don't believe that most Canadians are in favour with rewarding people who if not outright committed the most heinous terror attack in recent times, at least supported the actions of Hamas on Oct 7 2023 and the ongoing terror attacks and all out wars that have never abated since the modern state of Israel was created in 1948. 

The sad truth is that most Arabs in the middle east are not our friends. When I say 'our', I mean you. Regardless of your religion, if you support Israel or are in any way supportive of Jews and Christians then you are in danger. Our current government in Canada has made that perfectly clear. They side with Islamists. The same Islamists who would happily kill Carney if they had an opportunity, oh and rape his wife for good measure too. 

Isn't obvious by now that the 'Palestinians' (I use quotes because there is no such people) don't want their own state? They simply want us 'non-believers' dead or to be used as slaves, again. 

Granting these terrorists a state guarantees more wars and more terror attacks against Israelis and for that matter will inspire more terror attacks throughout the world. Hamas is applauding Carney's announcement. That should tell you everything. 

The good news is that his announcement means nothing. Israel will never permit another Islamist terror state on their border. Nor will it ever give away pieces of its small, precious, holy land to anyone again! In fact this might be the impetus for Israel to finally formally annex Judea and Samaria and Gaza and I for one certainly hope that they do so immediately.

The Truth Will Set You Free

Once again Israel does the impossible. They targeted the top Hamas leadership in Qatar. It's still not exactly clear who they got (killed) but they definitely eliminated some of the worst people on earth.

President Trump made the following statement:

We know how Trump operates or at least by now we should know. He might say one thing publicly but think the opposite in private. 

Obviously Trump, if not outright approved Israel's attack, he certainly didn't veto it. 

His claim that Qatar is a close US ally is actually Trump walking a tight rope. 

For all the wrong reasons, he's stuck with one of the largest US military bases outside of the US in Qatar. He bloody well knows exactly what we know (and more) about exactly who is Qatar. But he has a huge military base there which contains approx 10,000 American soldiers. The base itself is worth billions of US dollars. So it costs him little to say a few words to appease Qatar even if they undermine his real and very close ally Israel. 

Don't get me wrong, I DO NOT approve of his message. I would much prefer if he publicly condemned Qatar for it's terror supporting activities (mostly financing them), for housing Hamas leaders and other radical Islamic leaders like Bin Laden before them, for spending billions of dollars right here in the US to indoctrinate Americans (especially the youth) to hate Jews and Israel and on and on. Not too long ago he publicly stated that Qatar is our enemy. I'm not exactly sure why he changed his tune now but I can guess that he is really trying to make a 'deal' to free the hostages and end the war in Gaza and he thinks befriending Qatar is his best chance in doing so. But as I already stated, he knows that Qatar is our enemy. 

Of course like any of us living room quarterbacks, we are not privy to any of the very important information that the president of the US is. So there can be and probably are, a myriad of other reasons for his tactics.

His actions are much more important that his words (this applies to all of us). 

But words are also important. His comments decreeing Qatar as a close US ally, send the absolute wrong message to billions of people who of course listen to him accross the world but most importantly in the US. It's a dangerous move for sure.  

I'm a big proponent of telling the truth. I'm not naive and I certainly understand that there are times when telling the truth to the public or certain people is not only inappropriate but can be dangerous. But most of the time, the truth will set you free. Telling the world that Qatar is a close ally of the US and that the Israeli attack did not advance peace or implying that it was wrong to attack Qatar because it's a sovereign nation are all absolute lies. 

Last night I had the pleasure to see my hero, Douglas Murray. He is a brilliant, righteous gentile historian, reporter and political analyst who is one of the best spoken friends to Jews and Israel. When asked what made him move in this direction his answer was that he abhors being lied to. We all know that no other country / people in the world has been and continues to be accused of some of the most heinous lies ever told. Despite the population in Gaza increasing over time, Israel is accused of genocide. Gazans are starving to death but in reality the only people starving are the hostages. The MSM, various governments and far too many individuals are buying it. Like Douglas, I find the lies and the antisemitic behaviour almost as repulsive as what happened on Oct 7.

How I wish that instead of taking their half a billion dollar plane as a gift or worse, appointing Witkoff as his Middle East envoy in order to appease Qatar (Witkoff has partnered with Qatar on multi-million dollar real estate deals) he should have moved all US equipment and personnel out of Qatar (most of the cost of that military base was covered by Qatar anyways), officially declared Qatar as an enemy to the US and a danger to the world, thanked Israel for their attacks on Hamas leadership in Qatar and pointed to Qatar as the # 1 funder of terrorism in the world today (Iran is a close second). Even a child could see that something is very wrong when Qatar is designated as the peace maker between Hamas and Israel yet it provides a very safe haven for the leaders of Hamas. As Mark Levin pointed out, when the US captured Bin Laden in Pakistan, no one accused the US of attacking a 'sovereign nation'. 

I'm a huge fan of Trump (said in the fashion that he would). I want him to continue to succeed. He's been incredible so far. But he's always been accused of being a poor communicator. I would say that he's certainly not the best but far from the worst.  His messages are often confusing. Even here he agrees that taking out Hamas is a 'worthy goal' yet he declares that this operation does not advance peace. 

In previous posts I coined the term '2 facism' whereby a political leader pretends to be your friend but in fact is your enemy. I said that former president Obama was such a person and I made the point that leaders who suffer from this disease are far more dangerous than others who claim outright that they are your enemy. You can read that post here.

The last thing I want to do is to accuse President Trump of this. Instead of getting tangled up in a web of lies, stick to the truth. The truth eventually comes out in the end anyways. If he wants people like me to defend him (in this case),  he's not making it easy. 

                    BRING THEM HOME!

If I hear 'the Gazans are starving' one more time.....

Practically the entire world is convinced that Gazans are starving. Worse still they blame their suffering on Israel who was the victim of of the most brutal terror attack in my life time committed by those very same Gazans!

Let me be one of the small voices of truth and squash the lie that Gazans are starving. Let's start by watching this short clip of one of the Jewish hostages, Evyatar David who is actually starving to death and being tortured by being forced to dig his own grave in one of the many tunnels built by Hamas.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-living-skeleton-buried-alive-hostage-evyatar-davids-family-publishes-clip-of-hamas-video/

The video was produced by Hamas as a propaganda tool to humiliate and degrade all Israelis. And to instil fear with the rest of the cowardly world. 

A cottage friend who was obviously on the Left (ie. hates Trump, Bibi, Conservatives, Republicans, IDF) asked me about the starving Gazans. That's what prompted this post. I hope she reads it. Not so much about what I write but because it has real photographs and video of just one of the approximately 20 Israeli hostages who are still alive (I hope). I answered her on the spot that the only people who are starving in Gaza are the hostages. 

Mark Twain brilliantly posited this years ago: 

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

I'm sure he's rolling in his grave after witnessing the vile behaviour of not only the Islamonazis but of the world at large who's vile hatred toward us (Jewish people) has exploded after Oct 7 2023 and continues to grow exponentially throughout the western world. 

This same cottager asked me why is the whole world upset with Israel and their government. I told her that there was a brief period after the Holocaust in WWII when antisemitism was pushed under the covers. Simply because it would be too grotesque to resume hating Jews too soon after 6 million of them died in the most horrific way. But that Jew hatred, the oldest hatred, has never stopped. For thousands of years, many in the world hated us and this has not changed. There are times when they might hate us less but the hatred is a constant. Some of us want to pretend that it's gone. But I think Oct 7 helped to remind them that it hasn't. So my answer to her in the end was simply: Jew hatred. The constant wars with Israel have nothing to do with territory or even politics. 

Certainly I can understand why people  like her buy the lies. Here in Canada our Liberal government, like quite a few other western states, have announced that they will vote for the creation of a Palestinian state in the UN. They are in effect rewarding the criminal behaviour of arabs who call themselves Palestinians (there are no such people!).

Every day, every hour on just about every news channel on TV or on the internet, Gazans are always in the news. Not because of what they did to 1200 innocent Israelis who went to a concert, but because they want to brainwash us to think that the victim (Israelis) are the aggressors.

I asked the AI portal ChatGPT: Are the Gazans starving. Here's the response:

• The World Health Organization (WHO) states:

  “People are already starving, sick and dying,”
  with nearly half a million in catastrophic hunger and three-quarters facing emergency or worse food deprivation. World Health Organization

• The UN’s IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) warns that 470,000 people are enduring catastrophic hunger (IPC Phase 5), and all of Gaza’s population is experiencing acute food insecurity. un.orgunicef.org

• A Time magazine report (U.N.–backed) confirms the “worst-case famine scenario” is unfolding, recording at least 122 starvation-related deaths, including 83 children, and tens of thousands of malnutrition cases. TIME

• The Guardian, via UN OCHA data, states 98 children have died of acute malnutrition since October 2023, with over 217 famine-related deaths reported. Only 14% of needed humanitarian supplies have been entering Gaza in recent weeks. theguardian.com

• Medics from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) describe the situation as “absolute famine,” especially affecting children, warning that food distribution has become violent and uneven. Cadena SER

Summary

Yes — Gazans are starving right now. Humanitarian agencies confirm catastrophic hunger, rising malnutrition and deaths, especially among children. Aid is critically insufficient, and the situation meets the parameters of an unfolding famine even if not formally declared.

Note the sources that ChatGPT uses. They are all antisemitic, anti-Israel and on the left. Not one source from Israel or from the Right. 

Warning: If you only hear 1 side of an argument or issue, be very wary!

No photos like this are published by the MSM:

I am in no way saying that most Gazans are doing fine. They lack food and housing. But who's to blame? They are! Because they voted in Hamas and Abbas's Palestinian Authority. Worse still are the 'humanitarian' agencies (an oxymoron) like the UN who are in charge of getting and distributing aid to the Gazans (never G-d forbid to the real victims- Israelis), who refuse to do their job. Hundreds of tons of food are sitting in huge trucks in Gaza, untouched and being spoiled by the intense heat. Once in a while Hamas hijacks these aid trucks or they get looted by other Gazans. 

Of course there are the numerous Pallywood produced photos of starving children in Gaza. This one went around the world numerous times and is still being published by the MSM:

The only problem is that this child has a serious genetic disease and is being treated in Italy. If there was actually a serious starvation or genocide in Gaza, they would not have to make up scenes like the ones we see ad nauseam. 

So please spare me. If I hear that the Gazans are starving one more time, I'm going to lose it. 

Israel is once again the Hero!

Although I'm a big fan of Donald Trump and most Americans, it's Israel, most Israelis and PM Netanyahu who are the real heroes! 

I can't thank president Trump enough for the support he's given Israel and Jews everywhere. His constant focus on the deadly Iranian regime is exactly what the world needs. Thank you President Trump for finally ordering the bombing of Iran's nuclear sites! It was a great mission for sure with no American casualties. Every stealth bomber hit its target cleanly and escaped also cleanly. 

But that was all thanks to the Israelis who earlier destroyed almost all of Iran's air defence and missile sites as well as a host of other important targets like radar installations, IRGC leaders and the top nuclear scientists. Israel still controls the skies over Iran and has been in charge there for a while with no end in sight.

Trump is foremost a politician so he focuses on short term goals instead of focusing on the more difficult long term goals. He genuinely wants peace and he's also the primo deal maker. So of course he'll do anything to make a 'peace deal'. Even if it means that Israel must put up with more terrorist attacks from her enemies. He sometimes says one thing but does the opposite. Usually his actions are on the money but not always. 

Israelis also genuinely want peace but by now they understand that simply wanting peace doesn't guarantee you peace at all. Israelis, certainly G-d fearing Jews understand God's decree: If someone comes to murder you, kill him first! Certainly Bibi knows this. He's had Iran on his target for years. Even now he knows that the war with Iran is far from over. Until that nasty, Islamist regime is thrown out, the mission is not over. 

Regrettably, Trump's public friendship with enemy states like Turkey, Qatar, Syria and others are very problematic. I'm very sure that Bibi has had words about this and other issues with him on many occassions. But mostly Bibi needs to heed Donald's wishes (again, not always). We see that despite Donald's attempt to stop Israel from attacking Syria, rightly he was ignored. Thanks to Israel, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of Druze and Christians in Syria were saved. Likewise Donald's pressuring Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza and Iran have slowed down Israeli progress on both of those fronts. The Houthis are still active (albeit much less so) even after Trump's peace deal with them. 

Trump's attempt to economically sanction the crap out of Iran will not stop the ayatollah's there. Islamists are very patient. They have all the time in the world and are happy to wait out Trump's last term. They might seem to be on their last legs right now, hiding in cellars, but unless they are killed, they will come back with another generation of young murderers. 

The Iranian regime must be toppled and it must be done by Iranian citizens. Of course with the help of Americans, Israeli's and any other people who want to rid the world of a terrible evil regime.

Telling the world that the war with Iran is over, makes him look foolish. Stopping the Israelis from finishing off Iran or Hamas is foolish. Dangerously so. If G-d forbid the Ayatollah's survive, historians will inevitably ask 'Why didn't the US or Israel finish them off when they had the chance?'

The world's geopolitical situation is changing very quickly. Many things are happening all over the world all at once. A lot of misinformation and speculation is being published. That being the case, one can't trust much of what we read or see. I still hope that president Trump will remain on the right side of history. I have no reason to think that he won't.

Like many of you, I am still waiting for the release of all of the remaining hostages. I continue to pray for their well being and release. 

We Get What We Deserve!

Here in Canada we just elected Mark Carney as our PM. He belongs to the same Liberal party that our former PM, Justin Trudeau was a member of. This will mark 10 years of a disastrous Leftist, woke, antisemitic government who's leaders continue to be pawns of the WEF, that have run our beautiful country into the ground. Culturally, politically, economically and in every way (especially our education system) we are in deep trouble.

Less than a year ago I thought that finally Canadians will come to their senses and vote Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in as our new PM. Even the Leftists had enough of Trudeau. But then Trump introduced the tariff war with us and that helped push Carney into the top spot. Most Canadians got distracted big time over this issue and thought that Carney would do better to fight a tariff war with the US. This was a huge mistake. We should have been focused on a myriad of other vital issues. Focussing on fighting the US in a tariff war is a complete waste of time and a war we can't win. 

Poilievre also lost many votes because he is a true friend to the Jews and Israel. He said so publicly many times so it was no secret. He even made the point during his debate on TV. During the decades of Liberal governments, they have endorsed a huge swath of Muslim immigrants from third world, antisemitic  countries. Millions of them obviously voted for Carney.  Add to that the many antisemitic Canadians who would not vote for Poilievre for the same reason. Sadly, even some Jews voted for Carney. I see that my neighbours down the street (a Jewish family) voted for Liberal MP Ya'ara Saks (thank G-d she lost) who is without a doubt a self hating Jew. They are not alone. I know of other Jews who continued to vote Liberal. Then there are the lazy, complacent Jews who didn't even bother to vote. Their apathy runs strong and will hit them in the ass at some point. My Holocaust surviving parents, despite working until their backs were breaking, always managed to vote. They knew how important a task it was. Coming from nazi dictatorships, and Soviet gulags they understood the true meaning of freedom and that elections meant everything. 

I worked the election yesterday as I have been doing for the past 20 years or so. It was a long 16 hours that I'll never get back. The riding I worked at was loaded with immigrants, who like my parents, made sure to get out to vote. It's fairly easy to do so these days so there is no excuse not to. 

When Carney was asked to clarify whether he thinks Israel is committing a genocide against the arabs in Gaza he said: 'That's why Canada has an arms embargo against Israel!'

He never denounced Trudeau's declaration that he would have Bibi arrested for war crimes if he ever put a foot on Canadian soil.

Carney reminds me of the nefarious Mr. Burns (from the animated Simpson's TV show) who owns the mismanaged nuclear plant that Homer Simpson works at. 

Do you see a resemblance?

In short, Canadians are like little children who suffer with ADHD who get distracted so easily. I am very scared for my grandchildren's future in a country who's government and citizens, hate us. Carney got a minority government, meaning that Poilievre's Conservatives could manage to oust them before their term is up. That's hard to predict right now. 

As the polls showed that the NDP (far left party) was showing poorly, I knew we were in trouble. Because when the NDP is strong, they take votes away from the Liberal party as their policies often align. In Canada's history, the only time we've had a Conservative PM was when the NDP was strong. As much as I despise the NDP and their antisemitic leader (former leader because I think he's stepping down after this nasty defeat), Singh, we need them around to siphon away votes from the Liberals.

The future does not look bright. Carney refuses to build gas and oil pipelines or refineries across Canada. The red tape for mining is insane. Carney sees no problems. Just addressing these 2 big issues alone could help turn our economy around. But as a WEF pawn, Carney wants us to become a welfare state, totally dependant on the government. He is just like Trudeau (in fact he was one of many who was running our country behind the scene) but worse because he's smarter than Trudeau who honestly was pretty dumb. His plan is more of the same. More taxes, exponential deficit growth, more inflation, more Muslim immigration, more hateful, in your face demonstrations, more antisemitism, poorer health care and record low education. He mostly said nothing (like Trudeau did) but used bigger words. Any actual policies he recently made on his election tour were stolen from Poilievre. He spent most of his life outside Canada and getting rich for it. He doesn't give a damn about Canada yet Canadians voted for him.  We get what we deserve. 

The Jewish Community in Toronto is in Trouble and Doesn't Even Know It

When does a community realize that its days are numbered? 

When hate crimes are committed against it more than any other group? Nope.

When the mainstream media either ignores the hate crimes, does not report them or plainly denies them? Nope.

When some politicians are against them? Nope.

When the local police force are against them? YES!

That's exactly what's happening in Toronto to my Jewish community and most of us don't even know it's happening!

I urge you to watch this fantastic video clip from the Toronto Sun where they define the very serious problem that's going on in Toronto. It features 2 journalists (not Jewish) who have the courage to tell the truth in public about what the hell is going on with our Toronto Police Service (TPS): Please watch!

Official TPS video of 2 Muslim cops talking about citizens 'reverting' to Islam after Oct 7

If you clicked on the link above and watched Warren Kinsella and Brian Lilly make their respective cases that our police in Toronto can't be trusted to protect us (Jews or anyone sympathetic to our cause), then you also watched the 2 videos put out by the police that both threaten us and promote Islamists. 

I knew there was a problem with our police soon after the now infamous Oct 7, 2023 when I incredulously witnessed anti-Israel/anti-Jewish protests taking place all over Toronto (and the world for that matter) with no consequences. 

In my own mostly Jewish, quiet and safe residential neighbourhood, the pro-Hamas (aka known falsely as pro-Palestinian) folks descended here en mass from their homes in Brampton, Mississauga and other far off neighbourhoods to intimidate us, disrupt traffic and disturb the peace. Who did the cops arrest? A middle aged Jewish mother! But not before they put out an all points bulletin about this 'dangerous woman' guilty of threatening to kill a nice pro-Hamas demonstrator with her very own finger. Her photo was displayed on our local TV news for a week or so before she was finally charged and arrested! I don't recall seeing that kind of TV advertising, when looking for a real dangerous criminal, ever! I can imagine the huge effort in time and money spent by our local Toronto police in hunting her down like a dog. At the very same location (near where I live) the cops were passing on coffee and donuts to the pro-Hamas crowd. I knew then (back in 2023) that the cops here were NOT on our side. They had become the enemy. Certainly we could not rely on them to protect us from the many very real, dangerous Islamists that inhabit our city and country. I blogged about that specific demonstration: 

We Can't Guarantee Your Safety

Our police along with our Mayor and other politicians have made it crystal clear where they stand. And it's not with us. It's against us. 

If you watched the videos of the 2 Muslim cops produced by our TPS and approved by our chief of police Demkiw you should be both disgusted and worried.  Disgusted because in one video they are boasting about the # of 'reverts' to Islam that occurred after the most vile pogrom since the Holocaust. In so doing they were celebrating that event! (Muslims believe that everyone was born Muslim so even non-Muslims revert back to Islam). Worried because in the other video they are threatening us, for calling the 'pro-Palestinian' demonstrators pro-Hamas, with a hate crime!

I have attended what could be the longest ongoing demonstration in the world which takes place every Sunday just 5 minutes from where I live in a Toronto Jewish neighbourhood. It started on the Sunday following Oct 7, 2023 and will not end until all of the Israeli hostages are freed. We are on one side of the street while the pro-Hamasniks are on the other side. There is always a police presence there along with barriers dividing our 2 sides. A while back their side brought a sofa to the side of the street and had a man dressed up like the now dead (Baruch Hashem) Hamas leader, Sinwar, sitting in it holding a stick. Just like he looked like when the IDF finally found him and put an end to him. If this doesn't scream out that they are pro-Hamas, then I don't know what else would. Of course the cops did nothing. Despite Hamas being recognized as a terrorist entity in Canada (supporting them is illegal), no hate crime charges were even considered. Instead, Ezra Levant, a Jewish journalist who lives in the area, who wanted to cross the street and take a photo of Sinwar's look a like, was arrested!

                                Pro-Hamas demonstrator in my neighbourhood dressed as Sinwar

As Warren Kinsella, rightly pointed out about the 2 Toronto Police sanctioned videos, the Toronto Police Service was exposed for their downright anti-Jewish, pro-Islamist bias. I am in no way implying that Toronto's entire police force have this bias. But I am absolutely implying that their chief of police does. He's proved it time and again at least since Oct 7, 2023 if not before. The ongoing intimidating, chaotic, hate inciting and sometimes violent demonstrations that continue unabated for years, well before that date, committed by one group of people (radical Islamists), prove it. The multi-year attacks on Jewish students and staff on every campus of every university and other schools in the GTA, prove it. The mostly non-responsive police have ignored hundreds of illegal encampments on both private and public property and have gotten away with it - usually under the guise of free speech. An argument usually led by Left leaning university presidents who have been bought by decades of payoffs by wealthy Arab oil states and Iran. 

It's one thing for our small Jewish population to have to deal with our  very sick education system or political leaders who hate us -our recently retired PM accused Israel of committing a genocide in Gaza and promised to arrest the leader of the one and only democratic state in the Middle East, PM Bibi Netanyahu. Our new unelected PM, from the same Liberal party has not revoked those comments.

But it's a totally different thing to have to rely on our local Toronto Police to protect us. Never mind the tariff wars with the US. Focus on your personal safety, the safety of your children and your grandchildren. This is what's most important. 

My eyes got opened widely back in May 2021 when I witnessed ten's of thousands of pro-Hamas demonstrators take over downtown Toronto. This was in the height of Covid when there were strict rules in place for being in public. No more than 8 people were allowed to be together and there were distancing rules (people must be 6 feet apart). The cops did next to nothing as did our political leaders and our media. But somehow the pro-Hamas demonstrators  got clean away with even without a warning. A friend of mine almost lost his eye at that event. A day that sent shivers down my spine. I blogged about it here: Violent Demonstration Comes to Toronto

Don't be fooled by reports from the police about arrests of pro-Hamas demonstrators. I can assure you that for the most part, these nasty people are quickly released. That we don't hear about. Unless we replace our Chief of Police and others who are in charge, our days are numbered!

My Letter to President Trump on his Tariff war with Canada

Dear President Trump,

I am probably your biggest fan in Canada and have been since the 1980's when you were one of the very few astute Americans who recognized the very real threat posed by China. 

I was and continue to be the one person in the room (any and all rooms) to defend you against most of the citizens in Toronto (a very left leaning city).  As a son of Jewish Holocaust survivors I am a proud, unapologetic Jewish activist. Although it doesn't pay very well (lol) I do it with zeal. Your profound support for Israel, my Jewish homeland that is constantly under existential attacks from so many, as well as your constant defence of Jewish citizens in the US is beyond heart warming.  I can't even put it in words! Thank You from the bottom of my heart!

In fact I am in total agreement with almost all of your policies. I am thrilled that you refuse to send another dollar to Ukraine for example. Again I was the lone voice in Canada back in 2022 when I questioned 'Why do we idolize Zelensky and Ukraine?'. I saw a danger when both the Left and Right jumped on the Ukraine train and convinced most of the world that we must support Ukraine and corrupt Zelensky who has amassed a fortune, at all costs while risking a nuclear WWIII with Russia. 

My country has been run by one of the dumbest, compromised, arrogant leaders in the entire western world. As you know, like Zelensky he is another WEF puppet. He has managed to help ruin our great country. I can assure you that he is hell bent on destroying our relationship with your great nation. That is the best chance the liberals have to win in our next federal election. To call you out as a crazy man who needs to be deposed. They already have attack ads against Poilievre who is our best bet as our next leader from the Conservative party where they portray him as your lackey in much the same way that Democrats portray you as a lackey to Putin. 

I would bet that your tariff war on Canada will help elect Mark Carney, as the next Liberal PM of Canada. Like Trudeau, he is another WEF puppet. But unlike Trudeau he has some smarts and therefore is much more dangerous. I certainly understand completely why you want to impose tariffs on us and although I'm far from an expert on tariffs, I urge you to weigh in having to live with yet another vile, corrupt, socialist leader of your neighbour to the north. 

Believe me, I totally understand that you want to punish Trudeau for his hateful and disrespectful public display towards you as the leader of the free world. He does need to be punished. A prison sentence is much more appropriate. 

Instead I sincerely hope that you offer to negotiate with Mr. Poilievre. He is a wise, fair, intelligent man who acknowledges our failures as Canadians. There is no question that we have let you down. We must pay our fare share towards NATO, NORAD, border security and trade dealings with you including unfair tariffs and government subsidies. As one of the world's best businessmen, I have no doubt that the two of you can work out a fair deal that will benefit both countries. Our country's resources are worth trillions of dollars (oil, gas, electric power, precious metals, diamonds, uranium, lithium and other minerals, potash, lumber, fish and the most fresh water in the world, to name just a few). No less important is our large footprint in the world which alone serves to help protect the US from nefarious foreign attackers. Together with like minded leaders we can form a very effective alliance while continuing to share common values. 

In so doing, you would help all of us (Canadians and Americans) to defeat Carney and the dangerous Liberal party. You helped saved Americans from a terrible administration, perhaps the worst in US history. You did it because you cared about American citizens. I beg of you to likewise help us. We need help to remove the yoke of the Liberal government in Canada.

Sincerely,

Leon Kushner

Toronto, Canada

I urge you all to contact the Whitehouse as I did by using their website: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

 

Finally a World Leader Puts Zelensky in Place!

I was thrilled to watch President Trump and VP Vance give it to Zelensky in public, on TV, at the white house! If you haven't yet watched it, check it out here. Zelensky was invited to the White house to sign a deal that would give the US rites to Ukraine's precious metals and minerals in order to help repay the US for the billions of dollars of aid that they gave to Ukraine since the war began as well as to start peace negotiations with Russia.  

But instead, pig headed, arrogant Zelensky tried to lecture Trump on how he should continue to help fund Ukraine and how evil Putin is. Trump and Vance would have none of it. 

In my very first blog about the war in Ukraine, titled ‘Why are so many Idolizing Zelensky and Ukraine?’ (with 55,000 views so far) I gave an overview of both Ukraine's past and her current status. Back in March of 2022, early in the war, almost the entire world had taken the simple narrative: Russia & Putin bad, Ukraine and Zelensky good. Most of my Jewish friends and cousins held the same view. They scolded me for my post and looked at me as some sort of lackey for Putin. It was a rare moment when both the right and left, Liberals and Conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, Labour and Likud were united on their view of the war. They idolized Zelensky and Ukraine. I felt it was a very dangerous time in the world when we could all be mesmerized by the MSM to follow a certain world view and lulled into a potential nuclear world war three. 

I mentioned how corrupt the government of Ukraine is. It’s no doubt the largest money launderer in the world today. Of course I also mentioned how it has more neo nazis than any other state. 

Trump echoed what I said in that blog post (except for the nazi part). It’s not worth risking WW3 over Ukraine!

Biden, Trudeau and other leftist state leaders all spoiled Zelensky. They honoured him, blessed him and idolized him as some sort of war hero just because he wears the green uniform (he’s never seen battle). They easily ignored his corruption (he has and continues to amass a fortune with estates all over the world and plenty of cocaine too— because they too are all corrupt. 

Our lame duck PM Trudeau just threw some more millions into Zelensky’s pocket. Many Canadians don’t know that Canada is home to the world’s third largest population of Ukrainians behind Ukraine and Russia. So of course he want’s to attract 1.4 million votes from them. 

Biden and other state leaders take orders from the WEF and George Soros as well as from their military / industrial complex who all profit as long as these countries continue to buy large swaths of weapons from them and then give them to Ukraine. 

As it's often the case, follow the money, if you want to really understand what's going on geopolitically. 

To be honest, I was somewhat concerned about Trump's position on Ukraine at the start of the war. He was mostly silent and when he did speak about it, he was taking it lightly and even joked about it. I don't think that he really understood what was going on over there. He certainly doesn't know the history of Ukraine (he's not a historian and never claimed to be one). Even now he failed to call out the overt corruption of the Zelensky administration or the neo nazi influence over there, publicly as yet. But now he made it crystal clear where his administration stands with Ukraine and Zelensky. He is not former president Biden or any other leftist state leader. Zelensky is so used to getting his way. No longer. I look forward to Trump orchestrating a peace deal without Zelensky. I also look forward to the Ukrainians hanging Zelensky in the public square when this is all over. He needs to be replaced asap!

I'm also very thrilled that the truth about Ukraine and Zelensky has finally permeated the main stream media. I see far fewer Ukrainian flags being displayed in my city of Toronto. We are not there yet but hopefully we are finally (albeit incrementally) stepping back from a potential WWIII with Russia. 

While the Left looks at what happened in the Oval Office as a despicable way of dealing with a state leader, I look at this as a very 'the truth will set you free' moment in time. 

G-d Bless President Trump and VP Vance!

Make the World Safe Again!

Some Great Charities Worth Donating To

By now many of you know me as that opinionated, unapologetic, Jewish activist. The son of Holocaust survivors. In fact I attribute my activism to my mother who was also a strong minded, Jewish activist in her own right. At a young age she taught me about antisemitism and even communism. In simple lessons that even a child could understand. The beauty of the minds of children is that they lack guile. At a young age they have no bias and demand simple and straight forward answers. I'm not saying that they can't be fooled or brainwashed, they obviously can. But at a young age, schooled by the right people they can have important concepts, instilled into them that can last for life. 

The Holocaust was and remains a constant life long history lesson. A brutal one that so far has not been lost on me. I have managed to ignore the many distractions that are thrown at all of us, constantly and incessantly. I continue to study it even now (hint: I'm no longer a spring chicken/rooster). So when I hear about Holocaust survivors who are still with us today and living in poverty in my own city (Toronto), I get angry. Very angry. 

How can this be that in 2025 in this wealthy, democratic, western metropolis, Jews who miraculously survived the worst nightmare on earth, are suffering now? They need a place to live, food, medicine, care, attention and love. The Holocaust that took six million Jews from us and tortured millions of other survivors should always remain in our minds. That being the case, the welfare of any survivors living today also needs to be pushed to the highest priority. It's a blight on us all for allowing even one survivor to live in poverty today and being isolated from society. 

So here's the good news. In Toronto, there is a Canadian designated charity (ie. if you donate to them, you will get a legitimate tax receipt) called:

Jewish Family and Child Service

By the name, you can tell that they do all sorts family related work including: looking into child & women abuse, adoption, camps, financial aid, mental health counselling, hospice and on and on. Please checkout their website on the above link. 

One of the very important services that caught my attention was Holocaust Survivor Emergency Funding. I met one of the staff who told me the following facts:

1. There are close to 4000 Survivors living in the GTA (greater Toronto area) of which 1/4 of them are living in poverty

2. They receive assistance through community agencies including JF&CS.

3. JF&CS helps over 900 survivors with emergency medical and dental needs not covered by OHIP - including hearing aids, glasses, incontinent supplies and more  

4. They also provide gift cards to our Survivor clients which offers them the freedom to purchase what they need.

5. All of their services are carried out through the lens of dignity ensuring they can live their final days with the greatest amount of comfort and dignity.

Please consider donated to them and/or volunteering for them. 

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Another long time, favourite charities of mine is One Family Fund.

A dear friend of mine, Toby Rosner,  is the Canadian director so I know quite a lot about it. One Family specializes in helping Israeli victims of terror. After Oct 7, 2023, their  services are in great demand. The help they offer comes in various ways. I urge you to check out their website in the link above and consider a tax deductible donation. 

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My daughter, Melanie Kushner works for another fabulous charity called Save A Child's Heart. 

They have a team of doctors and other medical professionals (mostly Israelis) who operate mostly on third world children who are in dire need of cardiac surgery. Nothing will make you feel better than knowing that you helped to save a child. Please consider donating to this wonderful, life giving, charity.