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Letter from Michael Teper, President of CAEF, to Enercare Canada and Exhibition Place: Urging Cancellation of Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) Conference Due to Terrorist Ties – May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026 Mr. Nick Perreten Mr. Randy Bauslaugh President and CEO , Enercare President and Chair, Exhibition Place 7400 Birchmount Road 100 Princes’ Boulevard Markham, ON L3R 5V4 Toronto ON M6K 3C3 Dear Messrs. Perreten and Bauslaugh; RE: Muslim Association of Canada Annual Conference 2026 We are concerned about the content of the event this weekend at the Enercare Centre. Exhibition Place, being owned by the City of Toronto, must not through a lack of di

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7 days ago1 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro to the Toronto Star: Response to Ghayyur, Ramadan & Khan Article on Canadians Turned Away by Israel – May 14, 2026
Dear Editor, There are a number of reasons why Canadians are turned away from Israel's border. One- politicians who have never once called for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the implication being that they, like the Palestinians they stand behind, support the demolition of Israel. Two- these people supported the Hamas butchery and rape of Israelis, indicated by their refusal to condemn the raid. It should be noted that Hamas and Hezbollah have been designated terr

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7 days ago1 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the Editor, The Hoya Re: Georgetown’s Foreign Contracts and Expected Quid Pro Quo from Muslim Donors (ISGAP) – April 20, 2026
Dear Letter to the Editor: Muslim countries do not give billions of dollars to Georgetown and other universities without a major quid pro quo in terms of having the equivalent koranic antisemitic curriculums that they pay for in Muslim countries even if the quid pro quo is more subtle at the beginning. (" New Portal Reveals GU's Foreign Contracts. Gifts Amid Federal Scrutiny" The Hoya, 4/16/26) ISGAP documented over $13 billion in undocumented foreign funding to universit

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7 days ago1 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to Editor, Middlebury Jewish Re: Students Rename Hillel and Echo the German National Jews Who Sided with the Nazis – May 13, 2026
Dear Letter to the Editor: For the Middlebury Hillel to change its name to Jewish Association of Middlebury because it has an affinity for the people of Gaza who joyously participated -- 2200 out of 6000 koranic murderous sociopaths were Gazan civilians - in the horrors of 10/7 including the rape, murder, beheadings, disembowelments, eviscerations, cutting off breasts and slicing open vaginas of hundreds of Jewish women, girls, infants, newborns and Holocaust survivors and w

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7 days ago2 min read


Letter to Salma Zahid MP (Liberal) from YB, Toronto: Challenging UNRWA’s Hamas Ties and Canada’s $100 Million Uncontrolled Funding – May 12, 2026
Honourable MP Salma Zahid I am writing as a constituent to express my deep concern regarding your continued public support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) https://substack.com/home/post/p-197416921 The core risk is that Hamas, a designated terrorist organization responsible for severe harm and human rights violations, has credibly infiltrated and exploited UNRWA’s staff, unions, and facilities in Gaza, creating a structural vulnerability in which human

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7 days ago2 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida, to New York Times Editor on the zinophobic claim by Ben Rhodes that the Israeli government is hostile to international law, May 7, 2026
Dear Letter to the Editor: Ben Rhodes like so many Zionophobes today claims that there is " an Israeli government...hostile to international law". (" Graham Platner Went to Hell and Back. He Has A Simple Message for Democrats"). But Rhodes like every Zionophobe...Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mandami, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, etc, etc, etc... never mentions what international law that he is referring to. Zionophobes never answer that question. The reason is simple. The controlling

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May 83 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to Editor of Globe and Mail re the false claims made against Israel and "settlers' by Mark MacKinnon in an April article, May 1, 2026
Re: Settlers push for 'Greater Israel' more boldly on the borders, Hardline movements with allies in Netanyahu's cabinet - and a biblical vision for the Middle East - have designs on more than just Gaza and the West Bank, Mark MacKinnon, April 25, 2026, Globe & Mail May 1, 2026 Dear Editor, Unlike Palestinians who attack Israelis and are never brought to justice by the Palestinian Authority, indeed are financially compensated for their violent acts, and what's more grotesque,

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May 82 min read


Letter from Michael Teper,CAEF President to Director General,Charities Directorate,CRA regarding complaints filed by anti-Israel organizations against Jewish schools,pointing out the meritless claims
May 1, 2026 Sharmila Khare Director General, Charities Directorate Canada Revenue Agency Ottawa ON Delivered by email: sharmila.khare@cra-arc.gc.ca cc. Jean Francois Fortin, Acting Commissioner of National Revenue: Jean-Francois.fortin@cra-arc.gc.ca RE: Campaign Against Jewish Charitable Institutions On April 22, 2026, several groups - the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, the Ontario Palestinian Rights Association, Just Peace Advocates, and Palestinian and Jews Unit

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May 82 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro to Minister Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, re statements against antisemitism do not help when gov't itself believes the worst of Israel & enables Jew hatred
May 23, 2025 Anita Anand Foreign Minister Government of Canada Dear Minister Anand, Thank you for stating that the explosion of antisemitism in Canada is intolerable. The big question is, what is your government going to do about it, and do you have any understanding that the disposition by many in government to believe the worst in Israel enables the hatred. Respectfully yours. Larry Shapiro, Calgary, Alberta

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May 81 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to CEO Isha Khan, Canadian Museum of Human Rights, cc'd to the board of CMHR & Minister Marc Miller, on the fakery of a Nabka exhibit & consequence support for antisemitism
Dear CEO Isha Khan: For the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to plan an exhibit " Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, June 2026" disrespects the many many contemporaneous Arab journalists who repeatedly wrote that the Nakba was self inflicted : see: " The Palestinian Delusion. The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process", Robert Spencer, 2019). In fact the Nakba was self inflicted as was documented over and over by CONTEMPORANEOUS Muslim and Arab journ

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May 85 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to PM Carney pointing out that the PA still pays jailed terrorists who have killed Jews, and despite commitments to stop, has never ceased its pay to slay program
The Right Honourable Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada Dear Prime Minister Carney, The U.S. State Department as announced that it is unable to certify that the Palestinian Authority has ceased paying monthly stipends to the families of deceased terrorists and to terrorists serving jail terms. I would invite the Government of Canada to examine the evidence, and if found true, take steps to rescind its recognition of Palestine based on the moral outage associated with paying

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May 21 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to NYUNews, the student paper of NY University, regarding an article by Michael Salgarolo who fatuously shares misleading data from Hamas controlled Ministry of Health
Dear Letter to the Editor/Op Ed: Michael Salgarolo ( a Faculty Fellow as proclaimed by NYU, not a Professor. A Faculty Fellow is a limited term appointment for post doctoral researchers) can mendaciously repeat that there is "Palestinian genocide" or "genocide in Gaza" over and over; his mendacity does not make it so. ("Professor Bashes Pre Recorded Grad Speeches at Asian Affinity Celebration", Washington Square News, 4/28/26) Notwithstanding the Al- Alhi Hospital fiasco in

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May 23 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Editor, Globe & Mail re article by Eric Reguly published Apr 22, 2026 blaming Israel for destruction of Gazan universities which were military sights under Hamas
Re: Gaza's destroyed universities pivot to online teaching as they wait to rebuild, By Eric Reguly, Published April 22, 2026, Globe & Mail Dear Editor, Ercic Reguly failed to mention that Hamas stationed its military personnel in Gaza's university grounds that according to laws of war turned them into legitimate military targets. To give Israel credit, it did not attack until all the students and teachers left the premises, not an easy task because Hamas resisted the evacuati

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May 21 min read


Letter from Bill Narvey, Winnipeg, to Rev. Don James, National Director of Bridges for Peace Canada, Isha Khan, CEO, Canadian Museum of Human Rights, and MP Marc Miller
Dear Reverend Don James, Ms. Isha Khan and Minister Marc Miller; Re: A Travesty of pro-Palestinian Misinformation and Bigoted anti-Israel Lies CMHR Plans to Unveil in Its Upcoming June Exhibit Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present | CMHR I begin by forwarding herewith, Rev. Don James’ video statement to CMHR sent to you and all others noted in the CC. line yesterday, April 26th, 2026. I do so because I wholeheartedly concur with Rev. James’ video statement to CMHR r

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May 26 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to Editor, Daily Bruin, UCLA commending the University Regent for calling out the Grad Student Association for its support of BDS
Dear Letter to the Editor/Opinion: Jay Sures, University of California Regent, is to be highly commended for calling the members of the UCLA Graduate Student Association who condemned the appearance at UCLA by Omer Shem Tov who spent 505 days being brutally tortured by Hamas sociopaths "complete lunatics". Of course others would call them clones of Joseph Goebbels Brown Shirts. It is obvious to be part of the UCLA Graduate Student Association, one must genuflect to the UNREV

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May 22 min read


Letter from Bill Narvey, Winnipeg to Jewish leaders at CIJA, Bnai Brith, and the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
What Response Have Jewish Leaders Received From CMHR and/or our Federal Government to Serious Concerns and Objections Raised Against the CMHR Palestinian Nakba Exhibit, April 25, 2026 To: Belle Jarniewski – Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, Noah Shack, CEO and President of CIJA, Gustavo Zentner, Vice President of CIJA for Saskatchewan and Manitoba , Simon Wolle, CEO of B’Nai Brith Canada and Jay Harris Board Chair B’Nai Brith Canada CC: J

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May 27 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to The Guardian Editor re: article by Emma Graham-Harrison, calling Marwan Barghouti, the jailed murdering terrorist, the 'Palestine Mandela,'
Re: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti at risk in Israeli jails as he faces 'escalating abuse'. 'Palestine's Mandela' suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer says, Emma Graham-Harrison, Wed 15 Apr 2026, Guardian. April 15, 2026 Dear Editor, It is interesting that the Guardian would recognize a man to be a "Palestinian leader" who is serving 5 life terms for committing multiple homicides. Other Palestinian murderers are also

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Apr 171 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the NY Times regarding bias of Ghada Aboufattah in reporting on "rubble in Gaza," April 13, 2026
Dear Letter to the Editor: Ghada Aboulfattah drones on endlessly about effects -- rubble in Gaza, but in her myopic Zionophobic screed ignores the cause: 6000 Gazan sociopaths ( 3800 Hamas and 2200. Gazan civilian willing executioners) in a surprise genocidal attack on Israel, the 3500 year old indigenous homeland of the Jewish people, murdered, raped, beheaded, eviscerated and disemboweled 1200 Jewish men, women, children, infants and Holocaust survivors, and kidnapped 250

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Apr 172 min read


Letter to Premier Ford, Doug Downey, Attorney General, and others from Jeff S.Steinberg re weekly Anti-Israel protest at Bathurst and Sheppard in Toronto
Dear Premier Doug Ford, Hon. Doug Downey, Minister of the Attorney General Hon. Michael S. Kerzner, Minister of the Solicitor General, Councillor James Pasternak, York Centre College Re: Bathurst/Sheppard-Bathurst Manor-Demonstrations I am a long time resident of Bathurst Manor. I grew up there, raised a family there and have recently retired while still living there. I am a father of two, a regulatory lawyer (recently retired) and a Jew. My synagogue is several blocks from

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Apr 106 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida to Georgetown U's newspaper of record, The Hoya, re Professor Johnathan Brown's support for rape, April 9, 2026
Dear Letter to the Editor: Georgetown Professor Johnathan Brown responded to a post calling out Islamic rape gangs by saying: " Get Over It!". His enthusiastic approval of rape is obviously embraced by the Georgetown administration which continues to employ him and allows him to promote his rape pedagogy. Apparently at Georgetown freedom of speech includes the freedom to promote the rape of every woman at Georgetown. A poisonous pedagogy indeed. See: " Muslim Georgetown Prof

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Apr 91 min read


CAEF Letter to Brig. Gen. Theriault, Governor General Simon & Order of Canada Advisory Council to express sincerest concerns about an individual upon whom they bestowed an honour that is not deserved
April 6, 2026 BGen Marc Theriault Deputy Secretary Honours and Deputy Herald Chancellor The Canadian Chancellery 1 Sussex Drive Ottawa ON K1A 0A1 Dear Brig. General Theriault ; The Order of Canada is intended as “the cornerstone of the Canadian Honour System,” according to your own website. Honourees are those who have “enriched the lives of others and made a difference in this country.” Surely, the Order of Canada also acknowledges and celebrates the humanity, tolerance, inc

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Apr 92 min read


Letter from Lawrence Shapiro, Calgary to 3 University Rectors in Belgium regarding their awarding Francesca Albanese, the antisemitic UN Special Rapporteur, with an Honorary Doctorate
April 6, 2026 To the Rectors at the University of Antwerp, Ghent University, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) Dear Resurrectors of the Nuremberg laws, On April 2, 2026, you three honored one of the worlds leading Jews haters, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese with an honorary doctorate. This can only be seen as a punishment for Israel that Belgium loathes for its success in repelling those who would destroy it, and perhaps punishment of

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Apr 91 min read


Letter from Maura Schreier-Fleming, Texas, to the Wall Street Journal regarding biased article suggesting Israel closed down a Christian site barring people from mass
Editor: Re: Letter to Editor: WorldWatch Israel: Catholic Leaders Barred From Mass The AP demonstrates its Jew hating agenda with the misleading headline: Catholic Leaders Barred From Mass. In fact, the Israeli government closed major religious sites of all three faiths because of the threat of Iranian missiles and shrapnel raining down on Israelis. This closure included the holiest of Jewish sites, the Western Wall of the 2nd Jewish Temple. Instead, the article title shou

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Apr 61 min read


Letter from Michael Teper to Chief of Toronto Police & Councillor James Pasternak on Mar 29, 2026, expressing disappointment with police actions during the weekly anti-Israel demonstration...
...at Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. in which officers "escorted" demonstrators past Jewish residences, a synagogue and school. Where is the enforcement of legislation to keep the haters away from Jewish institutions and out of Jewish residential areas? To Chief Myron Demkiew and Councillor James Pasternak, CAEF is disappointed at the Toronto Police handling of the anti-Israel demonstrators at Bathurst and Sheppard today. TPS constables allowed the demonstrators to march past

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Apr 62 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to the Joseph Wales Studio, Margate, England, in response to their show, Let it Bring Hope. Let it be a Tale
March 24, 2026 Joseph Wales Studios, Margate, England, Dear Joseph Wales Studio, Your show, "Let It Bring Hope. Let it be a Tale" - Drawings Against Genocide by Mathew Collings - organized by " Art for Free Palestine" attempts to implicate Israel and the Jews in the carrying out of a genocide on the Gazan people. I won't go into the reason why this accusation is bogus, I mean you need bodies and mass graves. none of which exist to have a genocide, but let the Palestinians ha

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Mar 271 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the NY Daily News in response to Steven Davies' "Zinophobic rant", March 25, 2026
Dear Editor, Steven Davies' Zionophobic rant against the Jewish people of Israel is as myopic as someone describing the war in the Pacific and never mentioning Pearl Harbor. ("Confusing Outrage with Hate Deserves No Sympathy") Apparently, as is the case with many Jews who have internalized jew hatred, Mr Davies is psychologically unable to describe the fact that on 10/7 6000 koranic sociopaths murdered, raped, beheaded, eviscerated, disemboweled, cut off breasts and sliced op

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Mar 271 min read


Letter from Ruth Abrams & 7 others to PM Mark Carney, Premier Doug Ford, Mayor Olivia Chow & other Leaders, asking what Jews must do for protection in Canada if govt isn’t protecting the community
Dear Prime Minister Carney and Leaders of Canada, It is time to address the downward trajectory of the legal system in Canadian society when more than half of charges concerning blatant hate crimes against Jews are being summarily dropped in our courts ––– when outright, violent intimidation is granted full impunity. This situation prompts Jews to ask existential questions like: How exactly are we to protect ourselves? Should we register for gun ownership? Would you sugges

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Mar 201 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to Editor, Time magazine, addressing article by Rebecca Schneid about one million people displaced in Lebanon, March 17, 2024
Re: One Million People Displaced in Lebanon as Israel Launches Ground Assault, By Rebecca Schneid, Mar 16, 2026, Time March 17, 2026 Dear Editor, The moment Israel and the U.S. started bombing Iran, Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy embedded in Lebanon started launching rockets and drones at Israel. This despite the government of Lebanon pleading with Hezbollah to refrain from getting Lebanon into another war. But Hezbollah is controlled by Iran, and if Iran was going down, then so

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Mar 201 min read


Letter from Ruth Abrams,Sylvia Charles,Sue Fox,Dina Feigenbaum,Eva Mate Kalin,Dahlia Rusinek,Marylyne Weinrib & Sharon Wiesenfeld urging Canadian,Ontario & Toronto leaders to address rising Jew-Hatred
To Our Leaders: In this challenging and dangerous time of world crisis we respectfully ask you to address these issues- We Jews are being attacked and threatened on many fronts right now in Canada. Public and private Jewish schools and camps are not safe for Jewish children. Synagogues are being shot at. Why aren’t the media telling the full story about the perpetrators? What laws and penalties are in place to prevent further occurrences and to punish offenders? What is the l

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Mar 131 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to the Forward regarding claim by Robert Peters, an anti-Israel candidate, who complains about AIPAC derailing his campaign because he "defies Israel."
Re: AIPAC is trying to derail my House campaign because I'm a Jew who defies Israel, The group's tactics show they know that voters don't support their agenda, By Robert Peters, February 27, 2026 March 9, 20206 Dear Editor, AIPAC is an unashamedly pro-Israel lobby. One of its goals is to defeat anti-Israel candidates and support pro-Israel candidates so that Israel will continue getting support from the Federal government. AIPAC's goals are clear just like every other lobby w

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Mar 132 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida to Chapman University, March 7, 2026 re Zionophobia of Students for Justice in Palestine and their blood libels
Dear Letter to the Editor/Op Ed: The always anonymous Chapman University Students for Justice in Palestine( SJP) posits the Zionophobic* blood libel of " genocide in Palestine" as if it has anything to do with reality; it doesn't. ("Propaganda Under The Guise of ' Bridging The Gap' "). Common sense makes clear that where there is genocide there is a dramatic population DECREASE of the population subjected to genocide. A typical example occured from 1933-1945 when the German p

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Mar 83 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to the Wall Street Journal re article asking if Gavin Newsom would deny arms to Israel, March 6, 2026
Re: Would Gavin Newsom Deny Arms to Israel? He floats the idea even as our ally is fighting with us against Iran. By The Editorial Board, March 5, 2026, Wall Street Journal March 6, 2026 Dear Editor, The Progressive attitude towards Israel subscribed to by Gavin Newsom is that Israel is too aggressive and while it should be able to defend itself, weapons enabling it to go into foreign countries to put a stop to the attacks on it such as airplanes, tank ordinance, rockets and

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Mar 71 min read


CAEF letter to Chair and Governing Council at U of T
February 27, 2026 Ms Anna Kennedy, Chair Members of Governing Council University of Toronto Re: Antisemitism Action Plan for the University of Toronto Dear Ms Kennedy and Members of the U of T Governing Council; On behalf of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation, an organization that has been exposing Jew hatred since 2004, and that has brought concerns to the attention of the University of Toronto on several occasions since 2019, I am writing to advise that

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Mar 71 min read


Letter to the Jerusalem Post from Richard Sherman, Florida, February 19, 2026 on the U.N. Charter guaranteeing Jewish rights to the Land of Israel
Dear Letter to the Editor: The United Nations Security Council needs to study the U.N. Charter, and it would learn that Israel's actions concerning land purchases in Judea and Samaria are 100% consistent with international law, specifically Article 80 of the U.N. Charter, an international treaty, -- the controlling international law concerning Israel -- which supercedes any resolution of the Security Council or General Assembly that may conflict with it. ("UN Security Counci

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Feb 273 min read


Letter from Fred Phelps, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Social Work (casw-acts) in response to the petition sent by CAEF on behalf of over 12,500 people on February 17th...
...asking that CASW take an ethical position in voting down the motion at the International Federation of Social Work on February 18th that moved to expel the Israeli Union of Social Workers from the IFSW. CAEF and the co-sponsors of the petition, The Jewish Social Work Consortium, Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism and The Jewish Therapist Collective, are grateful to acknowledge the principled position taken by CASW. Dear Andria Spindel, On behalf of the CASW President,

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Feb 202 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to The New Yorker magazine, Oct 12,'25 confronting Judith Thurman's claim that Gertrude Stein didn't take antisemitism seriously & pointing out the role of antisemitic Jews
Dear Letter to the Editor: Judith Thurman myopically writes that Gertrude Stein " never seems to have taken antisemitism too seriously". ("Say It Again", The New Yorker, October 6, 2025, page 66). Huh? Gertrude Stein translated twelve speeches of the Nazi loving Petain and brought them to America trying to peddle this antisemitic drivel to American publishers -- who not surprisingly rejected them. "Not take antisemitism too seriously". Are you kidding, Judith? If Gertrude

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Feb 201 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to The New Republic, January 16, 2026 in response to an article suggesting the Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned terrorist is the key to peace
Re: PEACE TRAIN Trump's Path to a (Real) Nobel: Press Israel to Free Marwan Barghouti, A rare interview with Fadwa Barghouti, whose imprisoned husband represents the best hope for peace on the Palestinian side, by Jo-Ann Mort, Jan. 26, 2026, New Republic Feb. 16, 2026 Dear Editor, Not one Palestinian official has ever called out for peace with the Jewish state. Not one, and if they did, they would not last a week on the street as Yasser Arafat told Bill Clinton explaining why

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Feb 201 min read


Read Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to the APA in response to objections to formation of a Jewish branch, despite there being others in the Coalition of National, Racial & Ethnic Psychological...
Feb. 16, 2026 Wendi S. Williams, PhD, President of the American Psychological Association Dear Dr. Williams, It has come to my attention that the Coalition of National, Racial and Ethnic Psychological Associations have announced their opposition to the establishment of a Jewish branch because Jews have white skin and whites are the colonizers, slaveholders and in the case of Jews, slum landlords. I can assure the American Psychological Association that not a single Jewish psy

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Feb 201 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida, to President, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario re hiring of zionophobic IJV to teach about antisemitism, February 14, 2026
A Bad Decision Can Be Corrected Dear David Mastin, President of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario: I have become aware that you have made a horrendous decision to be advised about "antisemitism awareness" by Jewish Voices. Jewish Voices is a Zionophobic organization made up of Jews who have internalized Jew hatred *. You may not be aware that Jewish history is unfortunately made up of some Jews who have internalized jew hatred. Two of the most infamous Jews who i

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Feb 201 min read


CAEF Letter to University of Victoria President Re: Shutting out the Jews | University Responds
Dear University of Victoria President (Interim or permanent); Reading in the SSI news bulletin that your university has again voted NOT to register a Jewish student organization is alarming. While it may be the student body that voted, you need take a deep look in the proverbial mirror and ask, What are you doing that engenders Jew hatred? What are your faculty teaching that supports isolating and intimidating, excluding and denigrating Jewish students? You are the Adults, we

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Feb 132 min read


Open Letter to the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, February 12, 2026
The decision by the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (“ETFO”) to engage Independent Jewish Voices (“IJV”) to conduct antisemitism training for its executives is, to be blunt, a sick joke. IJV represents the Canadian Jewish community the way that Jim Jones’ People’s Temple or the Westboro Baptist Church represents Canadian Christians. They’re “independent” for a reason – no mainstream Jewish group will associate with them, as their values and organizational purpose

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Feb 132 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the Editor, Sydney Morning Herald in response to an ad placed by the Jewish Council of Australia criticizing President Herzog's visiting Australia, February 10, 2026
Dear Letters to the Editor: Desperate for a few dollars the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is complicit with the Zionophobic* Jewish Council of Australia (JCA) in publishing an "ad" criticizing President Herzog's visit to Australia; an ad filled with fictional names, names of proud Zionists who have publicly said that they never agreed to their names being used as well as the names of three concentration camp kapos. Only a Zionophobic* Advertising Dept at SMH supporting the Z

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Feb 111 min read


CAEF Letter to Worldmeters, February 4, 2026 regarding their false listing of a country of Palestine
Dear Worldmeter team, I write to take exception to your listing of "Palestine" which is not a recognized state by any standard, despite having audacious western countries declare they do or will recognize it. So, if this is true of your company, "Worldometer has been recognized as one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world." then you need correct your error. How can you be trusted

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Feb 61 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the Editor of Marlet Magazine, University of Victoria, following the despicable decision by the student body to disallow the registration of a Jewish student body, SSI
February 3, 2026 Dear Letter to the Editor/ Op Ed of the Marlet: By a 3-121 vote the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) denied the Students Supporting Israel( SSIUVIC), a university club, membership TWICE while perfunctorily approving every other student club. (" SSI Victoria Canada DENIED Registration for a Second Time") As Nobel Peace Prize winner the Rev Martin Luther King Jr said with great wisdom and prescience in Cambridge, Massachusetts in October 1967: "Wh

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Feb 43 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Editor, The Guardian, re the story on settler-only IDF units functioning as vigilante militia
Feb. 2, 2026 Dear Editor, The Palestinian resistance forces have experienced a calamity in the West Bank where attacks on Israelis have dropped from 847 in 2023, to 504 in 2024, to 57 in 2025. The drop is primarily the result of IDF counter terrorism measures. Naturally, the Palestinians, unable to bear the shame of their failures accuse the IDF units of being "vigilante militias". Palestinians can call Israel anything they want, and do, but they are no match for the IDF that

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Feb 41 min read


Letter from Larry Shapiro to Oliver Zinn, Forward Magazine, regarding his article suggesting Palestinians want peace, & two states. No evidence of this exists, historically or currently, Jan 26, 2026
Re: I'm a Zionist. I support Palestinian rights. My campus has no space for people who believe in peace, I've looked for others who eschew ideology in favor of pragmatism - and come up empty, Oliver Zinn, Jan. 24, 2026, Forward Jan. 26, 2026 Dear Oliver, The first place you want to look is in Israel that on five separate occasions presented the Palestinians with land for peace proposals that would have given them a state only to have all rejected, not one receiving a countero

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Feb 13 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the Editor, Columbia Spectator challenging the student body to answer the question: Why no encampments, demonstrations, protests against Iranian regime?
Dear Letter to the Editor: "Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000 According to Local Health Officials", Time Magazine, Kay Armin Senjoie, Roxana Saberi and Fatemeh Jamalpour, 1/25/26; " Over 36,500 Killed in Iran's Deadliest Massacre, Documents Reveal", Iran International Editorial Board, 1/25/26; "Iran May Have Slaughtered 30,000 Protesters in 48 Hour Intense Crackdown - Report", Jerusalem Post, Jacob Laznik, Miriam Sela- Eitam, 1/25/26. Yet no massive protests at Columbi

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Jan 312 min read


Letter from Ruth Abrams to Prime Minister Mark Carney questioning his decision to encourage investment from Qatar in Canada, further risking the undermining of Canadian values, January 26, 2026
Dear Prime Minister Carney, Why are we actively inviting Qatar to further infiltrate Canadian values through dubious investment strategies? Qatar, as a key financial supporter of Hamas, openly funds terrorism and allows Hamas billionaire warlords to live in luxury in Doha. In effect, Qatar, with Iran, has unleashed an unholy war in Gaza. Qatar’s open support of Hamas has already permeated Canadian life to the point that violent Jew-hatred has become normalized, and growing s

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Jan 311 min read


House of Commons Petition - Please click on the link to sign, and please share with your networks
In response set to a terrible antisemitic petition sponsored by NDP MP Heather MacPherson, CAEF initiated this petition introduced by Conservative MP Roman Baber , that addresses human rights that must include Jews . Heather MacPherson wants to target people who have served in the IDF or other defense positions in Israel, people who support and defend the Jewish homeland. The CAEF petition points out this is discriminatory. Please read, sign and share. Petition to the Gove

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Jan 292 min read


Letter from Richard Sherman to the San Diego Times Editor, January 21, 2026, regarding the cancellation of Rabbi Hanan Lieberman as a speaker at an event to honour Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Dear Letter to the Editor: The disinvitation of Rabbi Hanan Leberman of Congregation Tifereth Israel Synagogue in San Carlos to the San Diego Alliance's "People's Breakfast" in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. represents complete ignorance of and disrespect to the teachings of Dr. King. ( "Local Rabbi Disinvited From Speaking at King Breakfast Over Israel Connection".) Dr. King was a proud Zionist. Yes, Dr. King was a proud Zionist. In October 1967 in Cambridge,

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Jan 251 min read
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