Discussion of “antisemitism” in Toronto highlights Jewish communal power not oppression. It’s a justification for a lawless genocidal supremacist state.
At a recent debate on “antisemitism” in Canada’s largest city mayoral candidate Brad Bradford declared, “Toronto is now in the race for being one of the most antisemitic cities in the world. That’s not a just a Jewish problem, that’s a Toronto problem. If we don’t have safety and security for all of our people… if the city is not safe, then the city is not free.”
Leaving aside the “free” and “safe” gobbledygook, the starting premise is an inversion of reality. The Jewish community is the best-off ethnic/religious community in Canada’s largest city. A Jewish person in Toronto is more likely to earn above the median income, own a home, have a university degree, sit on a corporate board, or be a billionaire. They are less likely to be incarcerated, have their children taken from them or die young.
Hate crimes is the only widely used indicator of discrimination in which the Jewish community fairs poorly. While the genocide lobby exaggerates the scope of the problem, Jews are substantially overrepresented as victims of hate crimes. But, not compared to Muslims who have been killed in hate crimes and over the past three years there have been more violent acts committed against Palestinians/supporters than the other way around (in March 2004 Ilan-Reuben Abramov discharged a nail gun while yelling “Every Palestinian will die”; in November 2005 Athena Niggenaber drove a tractor through a Palestine rally on the sidewalk; in August Liberal MP Salma Zahid had several cars in her driveway set ablaze.)
Jews are overrepresented when it comes to hate crimes and that should be denounced. At the same time any serious discussion of antisemitism must recognize that the Jewish community fares better (often significantly so) than other groups on the other indicators commonly employed to identify status/oppression. And rather than a response to disenfranchisement, the “antisemitism” discussion is a manifestation of Jewish (Zionist) power in Toronto. The debate was hosted by the Jewish Lawyers of Canada, which was created two years ago to promote Israel, and the moderator was ardent ‘liberal’ Jewish supremacist Jesse Brown.
While no mayoral debate on Islamophobia or anti-Blackness is on the agenda, the media bashed Mayor Olivia Chow for not participating in the ‘antisemitism’ debate. This reflects Jewish (Zionist) power in Toronto.
To take but one concrete example. United Jewish Appeal Greater Toronto raises more than any other Toronto focused charity. Despite Jews representing below 4% of the GTA population, it’s a Jewish, not a Protestant or Catholic or Muslim or secular charity that is the biggest fundraiser.
Over the years UJA has distributed billions of dollars to schools, camps, synagogues and community centres promoting genocidal Jewish supremacy. A major recipient of their largesse is TanenbaumChat, which is the largest private high school in Canada. With 1,500 students, it holds “IDF days” and took students to a barbecue for soldiers on an Israeli military base in 2025.
The Toronto Jewish community may be the best placed of any in the world. Describing it as “the envy of the UJA federation world,” Alan Dershowitz told UJA’s 2014 Toronto Major Gifts dinner: “You must never be ashamed to use your power and strength. Never be afraid that people will say, ‘You’re too strong and powerful.’ Jews need power and strength. Without this strength — economically, morally, militarily — we can’t have peace.” But UJA-Toronto isn’t seeking “peace.” Rather, they’re working to strengthen a Sparta-like, Jewish-supremacist state in the Middle East.
In June, UJA Toronto organized a “Walk with Israel” in which it says 60,000 participated and $670,000 was raised for Israel. Incredibly, multiple MPs and the chief of the Toronto police attended the genocide walk. Additionally, a massive police presence was mobilized to intimidate and arrest anti-genocide protesters.
Three years into untold horrors across the west Asian region, the march was apparently even larger than New York city’s Israel Parade. No city outside Israel brings out genocidaires like Toronto!
In reality, the debate about ‘antisemitism’ in Toronto was an anti-Palestinian hate fest.
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