{"id":16890,"date":"2022-12-06T01:52:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T06:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16890"},"modified":"2022-12-06T02:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T07:45:09","slug":"we-can-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=16890","title":{"rendered":"We can do better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past few weeks, I have been increasingly disturbed by the normalization of overt antisemitism around the world. While it is easy for some to think this is occurring at the margins of society, former President Trump’s embrace of Kanye West<\/a> cannot be ignored. Nor can we brush aside the reports<\/a> of antisemites and Holocaust deniers being welcomed at a Canadian Parliamentary reception.<\/p>\n

In the early hours of the morning yesterday, I wrote a 6-part Tweet that I am reproducing here for archival purposes:<\/p>\n

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A 6- part thread: <\/p>\n

Growing up in the 60's in London Ontario, there was a quiet but pervasive hint of antisemitism in the air.<\/p>\n

I remember my Grade 7 shop teacher lubricating screws using a bar of soap with Yiddish lettering, saying it was Jewish soap, made from Jews.<\/p>\n

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— Mark Goldberg (@Mark_Goldberg) December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n