[Craic] Article from 2013 - CANADIAN JEWRY NEEDS A PETER BEINART

[David Walsh]

-       a good article to remember

CANADIAN JEWRY NEEDS A PETER BEINART
https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/canadian-jewry-needs-peter-beinart
by Rabbi Dow Marmur
The Harper government is at present one of the world's most ardent supporters of Israel's political leaders. Canadian Jews have every reason to be pleased when movers and shakers in their country show understanding for Zionism and its achievements.
But this has also deepened divisions within our community: it has encouraged many of its hawks to assume unwarranted authority, expressing at times outrageous views in the guise of Israeli and Canadian patriotism. To hold contrary opinions is to run the risk of being labelled a self-haring Jew, or worse.
Mercifully, some members of our community continue to speak and think critically along the same lines as many Israelis who are part of the mainstream and have proven records of yeoman service to the state, as well as commitment to Judaism, far beyond their critics here.



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