B’nai Brith to bubbies and zadies: Anti-Semitism is everywhere! (Give us money)

Actualité québécoise 2011

Dear lord, is it that time of year again — when B’nai Brith gives us its predictable catalog of horrors purporting to show Canada to be a frothing sea of Jew-hatred? Apparently, it is.
When I wrote on the subject last year, I noted that even other Jewish groups “are tired of B’nai Brith peddling old Fiddler on the Roof stereotypes of the Jews as an endlessly persecuted minority, always one step away from the next pogrom.”
What’s B’nai Brith’s motive for all its cynical scaremongering? As I argued in 2010, “Older Jews with dark historical memories become terrified, and the donations to B’nai Brith come rolling in.” And sure enough, the front page of B’nai Brith’s web site this morning bore these words: “With the number of antisemitic incidents increasing almost five-fold in the last decade, and a virtual explosion of internet hate fueling such anti-Jewish activity, the work of B’nai Brith Canada is more important than ever. Make your donation now.”
The wonderful reality is that Canada is probably the least anti-Semitic nation on the face of the earth — despite the appearance of a few stray ugly comments, internet postings and acts of vandalism. It’s sad that some NGOs feel the need to manipulate fading fears as a fundraising tactic.
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National Post
jkay@nationalpost.com

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