Who today in Toronto really speaks out for Judaism?

This past Sunday, March 8th, a quagmire of politicians and elites stood front and centre, outside the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation synagogue in Toronto, all waiting to give their vowed media statements to combat antisemitism. In the back row, out of harm’s way, a lonely rabbinical member of the synagogue’s community perhaps waited patiently for an opportunity to explain first-hand to Toronto’s multicultural community what it was like as a Jew to have his place of worship attacked by gunfire.

Instead, we heard from Canada’s Public Safety Minister, Gary Anandasangaree. “I condemn this in the strongest possible terms. This is unacceptable. The forms of antisemitism we see that’s turning into violence is not the Canadian way.” What a load of codswallop!

Unfortunately, our communication today from the privileged is floundering in a sea of political self-importance, self-centred and swaggering declarations preached to the converted, which are not only communicated to death, but offend others like me.

J.J. Rousseau, the 18th century French philosopher said, “The Jews in Dispersion have not the........

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