An Israeli flag flown in front of a Jewish institution should not make it a political target

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In the aftermath of last week’s antisemitic massacre at Bondi Beach in Australia, the Jewish world is engaged in a seemingly endless procession of calls to action. Action on hate speech; action on education for young people who are terminally online and primed for Jew hatred; action on heightened security outside synagogues and Jewish day schools.

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These are all urgent and necessary measures. But I am, at present, more interested in a call for inaction. Specifically, this one:

To those in Toronto and elsewhere who demonstrate in front of our schools, our synagogues, and in our residential neighbourhoods: Please stop.

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