He started the week in Hamas' tunnels. Now he's enjoying the sun and the sea. Shabbat Shalom x

…“No Jews allowed”. What has become of the UK where blatant antisemitism has become the norm?” Emily Damari Two years after Emily was taken hostage from her home & held in terror hell by genocidal Hamas savages, who infiltrated Israel in a barbaric premeditated attack on

What Did I Expect? WHITE, my debut novel is 1. 🥳open.substack.com/pub/avivarubin… #substack #substackwriter #WHITEtheNovel #AvivaRubin #BooksThatMatter #AntiRacismReads #AmReading #JewishVoices #CanadianLit #WritingCommunity #DebutNovel #Torontoauthor #Torontowriter

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When Hamas death squads invaded Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, they set Meny Godard's house on fire. He was murdered outside and his body snatched into Gaza. His wife Ayelet hid in the bushes and was also murdered. Today, after 769 days, his body was returned. 3 hostages remain.

Sixteen hundred years ago, St. Augustine was credited with saying, “He who sings, prays twice.” Today, scientific research shows that he who sings, performs, or listens to music also enriches and strengthens his brain, according to Catholic neuroscientist Kathlyn Gan. Not only

Such an honour to be featured on this podcast New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) - Thanks so much to GPGottlieb for having me, and for featuring new literature.

This is an unprecedented assault on Canadian religious freedom and must be stopped. Everyone, of all political stripe must get behind this. It's what makes Canada, Canada. If you care about freedom, you will organize against this.

Bill Clinton: “Palestinians were offered a state on the entire West Bank and east Jerusalem as its capital. Israel accepted, but Palestinians refused. They did not care about a homeland for the Palestinians. All they wanted was to kill Israelis" This must be shared every day.

The Christmas tree reminds us of the tree planted in the centre of Eden and the tree of the Cross. The decorating of the Christmas tree offers an opportunity for family prayer. #ChristmasTree

Now more than ever, we stand with the Jewish community in Australia. 🇦🇺✡️

Australia's Jewish community was founded largely by Holocaust survivors, who literally went to the end of the earth to find safety. Yesterday Holocaust survivor Alexander Kleytman, 87, was murdered in an antisemitic terror attack in Sydney. He was killed shielding his wife.

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Hamas called the female Israeli hostages “sabaya”—sex slaves. Now captivity survivor Roni Gonen opens up about her abuse at the hands of the Hamas Rapist Regime. Never apologize for calling it that.

"I haven’t posted in a while. It’s not that I don’t know what to say, but rather that I don’t know what not to say – bombarded as we all are with myriad calamities that demand reactions and responses from shaking our heads in distress to sobbing on our knees. Again." #empathy

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Our Jewish friends are not okay. Please read this important personal reflection by Aviva Rubin, Author I hope it is widely read and stirs up understanding and empathy. avivarubinauthor.substack.com/p/the-end-of-t… #NeverAgain

Statement on Bill C-218: No “MAiD” for Mental Illness