Amidst the uproar over the dinner which a number of religious groups - the Mennonites, the Quakers, the Council on American-Islamic Relations among them - held with the Iranian President (dubbed by some protesters as the “feast with the beast”), it’s important to remember that other Christian denominations were deeply troubled by the event.
Continue reading ‘Not Everyone’s Breaking Bread with Ahmadinejad’
Canada’s Carpenters’ Union has just passed a motion at its annual conference condemning boycotts of Israel.
What makes something antisemitic? When is it appropriate to call someone antisemitic? Terry Glavin offers some cogent thoughts on these and related matters in his consideration of the Canadian Green Party’s decision to drop John Shavluk - a “crank” - as a candidate.
Continue reading ‘Terry Glavin: Crackpotism or Antisemitism?’
In 1975, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, one of the leading postwar film directors and writers in Germany, wrote a play entitled “Garbage, the City and Death.” Set in a desolate urban landscape of prostitutes and seedy nightclubs, the play cemented Fassbinder’s infamy largely because of the inclusion of a character named “The Rich Jew.”
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