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2 days ago3 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to The Lancet, re bias against Israel in all its recent reports
In reponse to an article on Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from, Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture-recapture...
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CAEF
2 days ago2 min read
Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida, to McGill Daily re genocide and other lies against Israel
Dear Letter to the Editor: Apparently the McGill Daily Editorial Board in its effort to produce fictional narratives of Palestinian Arab...
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CAEF
Jan 71 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to the Hill Times on January 6, 2025, in response to the article by Maria Wong, December 22, 2024, stating "women are essential to the peace process
Dear Editor, Maria Wong is correct to point out that women are essential to the peace process. Prior to Oct. 7, 2023, there were many...
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CAEF
Jan 61 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Editor of The Walrus, a Canadian magazine, about its biased reporting on the Israel-Hamas war
Re: How Trudeau Turned Canadian Diplomacy into a Spectator Sport, The Gaza crisis is a case study in Canada's reluctance to lead, by...
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CAEF
Jan 52 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, re his anti-Israel remarks
January 3, 2025 Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh Ara Coeli. Cathedral Road. ARMAGH BT61 7QY. Tel (028) 3752 2045. Fax (028)...
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CAEF
Jan 53 min read
CAEF letter to Ontario College of Teachers' Director of Investigations and Professional Conduct re its failure to discipline Tahir Berenjian for antisemitic postings, and pushing for stricter measures
January 2, 2025 Mr. Andy Rosenhek Director, Investigations and Professional Conduct Ontario College of Teachers 101 Bloor Street West...
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CAEF
Dec 30, 20248 min read
Benjamin Netanyahu, by Wall Street Journal: The Inside Story of Israel's Victory
The prime minister details the key decision points in the war against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. by Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street...
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CAEF
Dec 30, 20241 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro to the Editor of New York Times Re: NYT report about the IDF using AI to target Hamas combatants that under normal circumstances would expose civilians to danger
Dec. 27, 2024 Dear Editor, There is some crucial information missing from the New York Times report about the IDF using AI to target...
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CAEF
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Letter from Richard Sherman to NY Times Re: Amnesty International's Dangerous Call for the Delegitimization of Israel
Dear Letter to the Editor: Paul O'Brien, Director for Amnesty International, recently called for the delegitimization of Israel --- the...
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CAEF
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Letter from Richard Sherman to McGill U student paper, The Tribune, on the threats of BDS to Jews
Dear Letter to the Editor: Notwithstanding the credulous euphemism --- " This movement( BDS) aims to financially pressure Israel to...
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CAEF
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Letter: The Media’s Perverse Embrace of Kenneth Roth’s Antisemitism – Boulder Jewish News
Dear editor: Rarely for over a decade does a month go by without a card carrying member of the main stream media printing an op ed by...
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CAEF
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Leftist Antisemitism—a Reality Check
by Charles Cooke , Government Relations Rep, CAEF The most serious current threat to the Jewish world and our social cohesion comes...
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CAEF
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Joint statement regarding Ottawa protest
Joint Statement Condemning the December 3 ‘Jews Say No to Genocide’ Protest in Ottawa December 4, 2024 - We, the undersigned...
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CAEF
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Why American Jews and Christians lack empathy for Palestinians, a Response to article in The Forward
Dec. 2, 2024 Dear Editor, There are several reasons why Jews and Christians lack empathy for the Palestinians. One is that on eight...
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CAEF
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re Call for a Second Summit on Antisemitism
November 25, 2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Government of Canada pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Prime Minister Trudeau; Police statistics and the...
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CAEF
Nov 28, 20241 min read
Letter to Minister Justin Trudeau re Canada's position on ICC charges against Israeli politicians
Dear Mr. Trudeau, ‘This is Just Who We Are, ’ you say, giving a corrupt ICC a free ride in judging the defendants of an existential war...
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CAEF
Nov 22, 20242 min read
CAEF & AVI Letter to Historica
November 22, 2024 Mr. Anthony Wilson-Smith, President and CEO, Historica Canada & Board of Directors 10 Adelaide Street East, Suite 400...
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CAEF
Nov 22, 20242 min read
CAEF appreciates Mayor Sandra Masters' decision not to fly a flag of "Palestine"
November 19, 2024 Mayor Sandra Masters, City of Regina mayor@regina.ca Dear Mayor Masters; Every day we hear about acts of antisemitism...
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CAEF
Nov 22, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to PM Trudeau and Minister Joly Re: ICC warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu & former defence minister Yoav Gallant
Novembe 21, 2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign...
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CAEF
Oct 23, 20242 min read
CAEF letter to Native-Land Digital, re erroneous map of "Palestine"
Dear Friends of Native Land Digital, I write to you at the above address as your website indicates this is for the use of "indigenous"...
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CAEF
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Letter to Editor, Globe and Mail re Diana Buttu's claim of an International Failure is the failure; she fails to call Hamas a terrorist organization
Re: An International Failure Diana Buttu October 12, 2024 It is unconscionable that the Globe and Mail publishes opinions that support...
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CAEF
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Letter by Doris Epstein to the Globe and Mail regarding Diana Buttu’s anti-Israel false claims
Dear Editor, Arab Canadian lawyer, Diana Buttu, a representative of the PLO, who lives in Haifa, claims an Israeli genocide and fails...
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CAEF
Oct 11, 20241 min read
A Win in Pursuit of Justice for Jews
The Ontario College of Teachers in regards revoked Fernanda Caranfa's teaching license and imposed costs of $10,000 at a hearing held...
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CAEF
Oct 7, 20246 min read
October 6, 2024, Resilience & Remembrance, A Vigil for Peace & Perseverance
One Free World International, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Israeli Consulate, Leaders & Israel’s Allies It is an honour...
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CAEF
Sep 30, 20241 min read
Letter to Minister of Education Jill Dunlop from Judy Schwartz, past Outreach chair, Holocaust education, Hamilton
Dear Ms. Dunlop, Ontario is looking more like Nazi Germany than I ever would have believed possible. Jewish children forced to wear...
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CAEF
Sep 30, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to Secretary General Guterres re: bias at the UN exhibit on terrorism
September 27, 2024 His Excellency Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations 405 East 42nd Street...
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CAEF
Sep 26, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to Premier Ford and Minister Dunlop, Sept 26, 2024
Premier Doug Ford Minister Jill Dunlop Government of Ontario premier@ontario.ca jill.dunlop@ontario.ca Dear Premier Ford and Minister...
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CAEF
Sep 26, 20243 min read
CAEF expresses concerns about the positions expressed by Ms Amira Elghawaby
September 20, 2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Re: Ms. Amira...
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CAEF
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Letter to the Prime Minister in response to Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia's failing to acknowledge Oct 7 and pushing a Muslim agenda in Quebec
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur Cabinet de la ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur 1035, rue de la Chevrotière 16e étage Québec...
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CAEF
Sep 26, 20243 min read
The UN’s new Durban resolution is reinforcing racism - opinion
Surprisingly, Hamas’ October 7 massacre against Israel and the increased antisemitism that has followed the attacks are not mentioned in...
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CAEF
Sep 19, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to Secretary General Gutteres Re: UN Display Calls Attention to Terrorism and Ignores Israel
September 14, 2024 Secretary- General Antonio Guterres United Nations Headquarters New York, NY Dear Secretary-General Guterres; I am...
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CAEF
Sep 12, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to Minister of Education Jill Dunlop congratulating on her new position, inviting her to a vital symposium, & requesting her consideration on a number of matters that address antisemitism
August 27, 2024 Hon. Jill Dunlop Minister of Education Government of Ontario Jill.Dunlop@pc.ola.org Dear Minister Dunlop; I am writing on...
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CAEF
Sep 3, 20241 min read
Letter from Doris Epstein, Toronto to the National Post re Gaza immigrants and Canada’s failure to fulfill pledge to Yezidis
Re: Few Canadians have faith in screening of Gaza refugees: poll August 29, 2024 Dear Editor; Despite the shocking failure of our...
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CAEF
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to Ottawa Citizen about antisemitism of the Capital Pride Parade
Re: Jewish Federation of Ottawa pulls out of Capital Pride parade following pro-Palestinian statement, Story by Staff Reporter, Aug. 14,...
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CAEF
Aug 19, 20243 min read
CAEF brief to Toronto Police Services Board responding to consultation on police service in regards to policing rallies and protests
August 18, 2024 Toronto Police Service Board 40 College Street Toronto, ON Canada M5G 2J3 The Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation...
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CAEF
Aug 19, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to Minister of National Revenue and Canada Revenue Agency Re: JNF and Ne’eman Foundation Tax Exempt Status Revocation
August 18, 2024 Ms. Marie-Claude Bibeau Minister of National Revenue and Canada Revenue Agency marie-claude.bibeau@parl.gc.ca Regarding:...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Larry Shapiro writes to the Hill Times about their distortion on describing the War
Re: World is holding its breath over events unfolding in the Middle East, Michael Harris, Aug. 5, 2024, Hill Times August 9, 2024 Dear...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Letter from Richard Sherman to the New York Times calling out anti-Zionism as denying Zionism is denying Judaism
Dear Editor, Voicer Nick Smith refuses to acknowledge that Zionism is 3500 years old--not 76 years old. ("Can't Last"). Judaism is...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Letter from Richard Sherman to the New Yorker, calling out the base lies and denial of sexual violence of Hamas on October 7th by a journalist they chose to publish
Dear Editor, The New Yorker must condemn Masha Gessen and his column, What We know About the Weaponization of Sexual Violence on...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20242 min read
Letter to the New York Times from Richard Sherman addressing criticism of Israel for striking out leaders of Islamist terrorism and perpetrators of October 7 massacre
Dear Editor: The euphemistically described "schoolyard compound " by the New York Times' Hamas sychophants -- Raja Abdulrahim, Victoria...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20241 min read
CAEF Letter to Dominic Leblanc Re: Make glorifying terrorism a criminal offence
Dear Mr. Leblanc, It is imperative, and can no longer be denied, that federal legislation and action is needed to quell the rising tide...
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CAEF
Aug 12, 20242 min read
CAEF Letter to participants of Solidarity Against Hate event
Thank you for agreeing to attend the Solidarity Against Hate evening to provide words of support. However, we don’t need words; we need...
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CAEF
Aug 11, 20244 min read
Reflection from Israel by Shalom Pollack
Not a week passes in Israel without another shocking, unexplainable news item. I am not referring to the threat of a massive multi front...
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CAEF
Aug 11, 20245 min read
Open Letter Concerning Turkiye to The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Canada
UNITED AGAINST HATE CANADA BY E-MAIL August 7, 2024 The Honourable Melanie Joly Minister of Foreign Affairs Government of Canada House of...
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CAEF
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Letter from Sydell Waxman, Toronto, to Deputy Leader, CPC, Melissa Lantsman, cc MP Garnett Genius, MP Anthony Housefather and City Councilor James Pasternak
Dear Melissa Lantsman, Anthony Housefather and James Pasternak; What can be done about this horrific violation of Israel's equal rights...
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CAEF
Jul 28, 20241 min read
CAEF thanks Mayor Steven Del Duca and Council
Dear Mayor Del Duca and Vaughan City Council, On behalf of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), I write to express our...
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CAEF
Jul 28, 20241 min read
Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Washington Post re insensitive article about hostage family
Re: These parents of a U.S. hostage in Gaza took their story to the RNC, By Joanna Slater, July 18, 2024, Washington Post July 20, 2024...
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CAEF
Jul 28, 20241 min read
CAEF Letter to President Rob Gordon, University of Windsor re UWindsor agreement with on-campus protesters regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict
July 21, 2024 President Rob Gordon University of Windsor president@uwindsor.ca Dear President Rob Gordon; I am writing on behalf of the...
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CAEF
Jul 25, 20243 min read
Sign Petition Calling for an End to Antisemitism in Social Work Education
Everyone Take action! Read letter below, then sign and circulate this petition. To: Dr. Halaevalu Fonongava’inga Ofahengaue Vakalahi,...
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CAEF
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Letter to Montreal Gazette from Larry Shapiro, Calgary in response to article quoting “pro-Palestinian movement leaders.”
Re: Movement 'will not end with the encampments,' pro-Palestinian protester says, Jason Magder, Katelyn Thomas, René Bruemmer, Harry...
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