Emile

Angry, disgusted General Eisenhower during liberation of Buchenwald, today 1945--ordered that evidence of the Nazi atrocities be photographed to avoid their being doubted by later generations:

Yesterday I lost one of the most important people. My teacher, role model, & hero, Howard E. Grant passed away. He was a pillar in our community, positively influencing many far and wide. I know our world is better because he graced it. Love you dad, see you on the other side.

The City of Toronto now has its own masked IRGC convoy driving around on their roads. What a wonderful sanctuary this city must be to live in.

Vanier College’s decision to cancel its annual Holocaust memorial is a disgraceful act of capitulation. Let’s speak plainly. When a Holocaust commemoration is deemed a “security risk,” that is not a reason to cancel the event, it is proof that something has gone deeply wrong. In Montreal. In Quebec. In Canada. A ceremony to remember the murder of six million Jews should never require a risk assessment. The fact that it now does tells you everything you need to know about the state of our institutions and the failure to confront the hatred that has been allowed to grow. Instead of addressing that reality, Vanier chose the easier path: cancel the event, silence the moment, and hope the problem disappears. It won’t. We also know that a Holocaust survivor was prepared to speak. Think about that. One of the last living witnesses to history was ready to share her testimony, and an institution of higher learning decided that it was safer to cancel her than to stand behind her. Cowardice. If Vanier believes there are people on campus who pose a threat to a Holocaust memorial, then the question is not whether the event should go ahead. The question is why those individuals are there in the first place, and why they are being accommodated instead of confronted. A society that treats Holocaust remembrance as dangerous needs to start asking hard questions about who it is admitting, what values it is tolerating, and why basic standards are no longer being enforced. Cancelling this event sends a clear message: intimidation works, and Jewish history is negotiable. That is unacceptable. Vanier College must reverse this decision and proceed with the commemoration. Anything less confirms that the institution is unwilling to defend even the most basic acts of remembrance when it matters. And if that is where we are as a city, then we are facing a far more serious problem than a single cancelled event.

This is NOT Gaza. This is NOT Iran. This is Philadelphia, United States of America. In a Muslim American Society (MAS) Islamic school, young children are being taught to glorify jihad, martyrdom, and the murder of Jews. Listen to what they’re singing and reciting on stage: “Glorious steeds call us… The blood of martyrs protects us… We will chop off their heads and liberate Al-Aqsa… We will subject them to eternal torture.” One little girl proudly asks: “Will Jerusalem be a hotbed for cowards?” Another declares: “We will defend Palestine with our bodies.” MAS Philly is part of the Muslim American Society, which has 42 chapters across the US. Their official mission? “To convey Islam with utmost clarity” and build a “virtuous and just American society.” Teaching American kids to become martyrs and chop off heads is not “virtuous.” It’s grooming the next generation of jihadists, on U.S. soil. This is insane. And it’s happening right now in America. Share this. The denial has to end.

Seems like Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 🇺🇦 Lviv is burning after being hit by a Russian shahed drone. Russia’s war on God goes on.