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Noah Shack: Jewish Canadians should fight for Canada — not flee

My ancestors’ dream of Canada is worth defending

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A few weeks ago, I received a photograph of my ancestors taken in 1918, shortly after they arrived in Canada from present-day Ukraine. Three generations stare out from another world but at the same time seem so familiar — my great-grandfather in particular looks strikingly like my 11-year-old son.

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In today’s precarious times for Jews in Canada, I can’t help but reflect on their experience and what they would think of our current moment.

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Throughout their lives in Canada, they and other Jewish Canadians faced admission quotas, outright exclusion and open discrimination. Universities restricted Jewish participation. Employers refused to hire them. Entire neighbourhoods and institutions made it........

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