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 internalized Jew hatred are Gertrude Stein and Rudolf Kastner.

If you are truly serious about advising your members and the students they teach about "antisemitism awareness", there is only one person in Canada that you should be reaching out to: Andria Spindel, the Executive Director of  CAEF, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation. She can give you and your 83,000 members expert and professional advise concerning " antisemitism awareness".

If you are truly serious about wanting to teach your members and their students " antisemitism awareness", please reach out to her. Your initial choice is horrendous, but it can be corrected.

Thank you for your time.

*Zionophobia, a condition described by Professor Judea Pearl,  the Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science and Statistics and the Director of the UCLA Cognitive Systems Laboratory and Daniel Pearl's father,  as " the absolute denial of Israel's right to exist". See: " Coexistence and Other Fighting Words", Selected Writings of Judea Pearl, 2002-2025, Epilogue. The Crater of October 7, page 144.

** See: " The Jews. An Indigenous People", Historian Ben M. Freeman, page 243, (2025).

Richard Sherman,  Florida