🏳️🌈 Dr. Hershl Berman 🏳️🌈
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🏳️🌈 Dr. Hershl Berman 🏳️🌈
@BermanPCMD
Proud father of two wonderful children. Palliative Care Physician. I do not tolerate antisemites. Proud to be ✡️





For transparency this is the full context. Hard to see how a watermelon pin, worn in support of Palestine, could be interpreted as racism.












“You take one side completely.” I didn’t take one side completely. I’m consistent. I am against bombing civilians. I am against killing children. I am against starving people to death. I am against burning people alive in tents. I am against bombing hospitals. I am against bombing schools. I am against bombing ambulances. I am against targeting humanitarians. I am against targeting UN peacekeepers. I am against targeting journalists. I am against targeting health workers. I am against targeting first responders. I am against raping prisoners. I am against invading countries. I am against displacing millions. I am against "a whole civilization dying tonight." I am against using nuclear weapons or targeting nuclear power plants. If I criticize your side, you assume I'm on theirs. If I criticize their side, they assume I'm on yours. You are both wrong. My position is guided by principles, upholding international law, and respecting human rights rather than alignment.

B’nai Brith has released its latest “antisemitism audit.” As always, it is receiving breathless coverage from mainstream Canadian media, ostensibly because it has found a newsworthy rise in antisemitism. But does B’nai Brith ever find that antisemitism has gone down or stayed about the same? Here are headlines about most reports the group has released since it started doing so in 1982. I compiled most of these for an article I published in November 2023 critiquing the reports, titled, “The ‘Rising Antisemitism’ Narrative Is A Distraction From Genocide.” 1982: “Anti-semitism on rise, B’nai B’rith reports” 1983: “Anti-Semitism down, says B’nai Brith study” 1984: “Increase shown in number of acts of anti-Semitism” 1988: “Anti-Semitism on the rise in Canada, B’nai B’rith says” 1989: “Anti-Semitism up: Report” 1990: “Anti-Semitism keeps climbing, says B’nai Brith” 1991: “Anti-Semitism at highest level in decade, B’nai Brith reports” 1992: “Growing anti-Semitism ’disturbing,’ B’nai Brith says” 1993: “B’nai Brith report says anti-Semitism on increase” 1994: “Anti-Semites spreading hate in cyberspace says Jewish group” 1995: “Jews in Canada face more anti-semitism” 1996: “Anti-Semitic incidents declined in 1996” 1997: “Anti-Semitism falls again: But Internet grows as hotbed of hate, B’nai Brith reports” 1998: “Anti-Semitism on rise in Canada, audit finds” 1999: “Incidences of anti-Semitism up in Canada” 2000: “Anti-Semitism is on the rise: B’nai Brith” 2001: “B’nai Brith Canada reports sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents” 2002: “Anti-Semitism on the rise” 2003: “Anti-Semitic hate crimes on rise, says B’nai Brith” 2004: “B’nai Brith says anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise” 2005: “Anti-Semitism at record high” 2006: “Anti-Semitic incidents soaring, B’nai Brith says” 2007: “Anti-Semitic incidents hit record high, report finds” 2008: “Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise, B’nai Brith warns” 2009: “B’nai Brith Canada says reports of anti-Semitism at all-time high” 2010: “Anti-Semitism on rise; New report worries B’nai Brith” 2011: “B’nai Brith audit shows rise in acts of anti-Semitism” 2012: “Anti-Semitic acts on the rise, B’nai Brith says” 2013: “While a decrease is always welcome, the incidents reveal the unrelenting nature of antisemitism in Canada.” 2014: “The year 2014 saw the highest number of antisemitic incidents ever recorded by B’nai Brith” 2015: “Antisemitic Harassment on the Upswing in Canada: B’nai Brith Audit” 2016: “Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in Canada: B’nai Brith” 2017: “Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise: B’nai Brith” 2018: “Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate: B’nai Brith” 2019: “Number of anti-Semitic incidents on the rise” 2020: “Anti-Semitic acts jump 18.6% in 2020, says B’nai Brith report” 2021: “Canada Saw Record Levels Of Antisemitism In 2021, Audit Finds” 2022: “Antisemitic incidents down slightly after all-time high in 2021, B’nai Brith says” 2023: “Report warns of dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents in Canada in 2023” 2024: “Antisemitism reached ‘perilous, record-setting heights’ in 2024” 2025: “Antisemitic incidents hit another record high in 2025, B’nai Brith reports” readthemaple.com/the-rising-ant…



Tonight District 11 of @OntariosDoctors held its AGM at the Eglinton Grand Thank you to OMA President @Health_Ontario_ and CEO @kmoranONT for answering our questions @NightShiftMD gave a fascinating talk about the state of #EmergencyMedicine and Healthcare in Canada



It's my work anniversary -- 39 years and counting at The Globe and Mail. A lot has changed over those four decades, but it's still the best place to work in Canadian media. theglobeandmail.com/authors/andre-… via @globeandmail #journalism






Zionist charity in Canada subsidized by our tax dollars responds to Israel killing a Canadian citizen by saying, “Sometimes you have to make war to have peace.”

