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Avi Benlolo: Enough words. Antisemitism is now a national emergency

Boris Johnson, Kemi Badenoch, and Jewish leaders are sounding the alarm. Canada and Britain must move from rhetoric to action

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Words. Words. Words. This week, two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, a Jewish area on the outskirts of London. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called it “sickening” and asked, “What is the useless (London Mayor) Sadiq Khan doing?” The Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Sarah, put the terror incident into perspective: “An attack on one community is an attack on us all.”

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “This is not an isolated incident. It is the latest in a spate of utterly vile attacks on the Jewish community…I’ll be bringing together criminal justice agencies to ensure we have effective and swift justice.” Jewish communities there and here in Canada are saying, enough words, enough blame. Let’s see some real action.

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