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Beryl Wajsman: Jews must not give up hope — Canada is worth fighting for

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There is today a corrosive indulgence within the Canadian Jewish community: the indulgence of fear.

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Not fear itself. Fear is a rational response to real danger. Synagogues have been firebombed. Jewish schools have been attacked. Jewish businesses have been vandalized. Jews have been assaulted in our streets. No serious person denies that antisemitism has surged since Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel.

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The indulgence lies elsewhere. It lies in the belief that every antisemitic incident must be treated as proof that Jewish life in Canada is finished; that every family that leaves becomes evidence of a national exodus; that every viral social media clip confirms that our cities are lost forever.

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