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Little Tich

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4. While I'm all for Holocaust education, it was a good thing that the motion failed.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 10:01 PM
Dec 2016

I read the motion, and two paragraphs in the motion caught my eye:

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this week is not in dedication to Anti-Zionist propaganda;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the RSU pairs with numerous organizations, but primarily make contact with UJA Federation of Greater Toronto to collaborate with events and programs.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-sB3LHyF3xHajNDRTV3Z2wteVE

The UJA Federation of Greater Toronto seems to be an organization that is actively advocating against BDS. In fact, this looks like an attempt to introduce a pro-Israel political agenda to an issue that should be non-political. The motion would be absolutely fine without the two paragraphs, but I doubt that the motion would have been even submitted then. If it's only about the Holocaust and not Israel, why bother?

Citing Tony Kushner’s BDS ties, Toronto federation distances itself from event
Source: JTA, March 23, 2016

TORONTO (JTA) — The local Jewish federation has dissociated itself from an event taking place in May at one its beneficiary agencies, the Koffler Centre of the Arts, featuring controversial American playwright Tony Kushner.

In a March 21 statement, the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto noted, after “thoughtful consideration,” that Kushner is a member of the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace, “an organization that supports boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel.”


Read more: http://www.jta.org/2016/03/23/news-opinion/world/tony-kushners-role-in-bds-group-prompts-toronto-federation-to-disassociate-from-event

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