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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">True t’shuva: Catholic Church should make reparations to Canada’s Indigenous communities in the same manner as Germany</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span></b><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/07/31/true-tshuva-catholic-church-should-make-reparations-to-canadas-indigenous-communities-in-the-same-manner-as-germany.html"><span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">True
t’shuv<span style="color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:black;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">a: Catholic Church should make reparations to Canada’s Indigenous communities in the same manner as Germany | The Star</span></span></span></a><br>
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#686868;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I<b>n Jewish tradition, an apology is only part of the repentance process t’shuva. Germany continues to provide reparations to Holocaust survivors.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#F8F8F8"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.3pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">By <b>Bernie M. Farber</b></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.3pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Len Rudner</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:.3pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Contributors</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>From:</b> David Walsh <> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> July 31, 2022 9:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> lettertoed@thestar.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Star article - Catholic Church should make reparations <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif">Re: “</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">True
t’shuva: Catholic Church should make reparations to Canada’s Indigenous communities in the same manner as Germany”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> –
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Star July 31, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Can Bernie Farber please tell us when Israel will make reparations to the Palestinian
people for all the land that Israel has stolen in the West Bank and given to the ‘Israeli settlors’ without compensation, and for the ongoing injustices of operating as an apartheid state based on the findings of numerous UN commissions. It is important to
acknowledge the need for reparations both by the Catholic Church and by the state of Israel. Why is there a deafening silence on the latter?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">David Walsh
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