Ellin Bessner

Why the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting sounds so familiar - Ellin Bessner Following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, not many people know about the historic Canadian anti-semitism against the Jewish community of Quebec City, but it is in my book "Double Threat" about the ...

2/2 80years later, since Oct. 7, approx.12 🇨🇦 synagogues 🕍 have been attacked–some repeatedly. It wasn't about Israel in 1944. It was antisemitism. It isn't about Israel now, either. It is Jew hatred. I wrote about Quebec 1944 after the Tree of Life shul was attacked. ellinbessner.com/2018/10/why-...

Why the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting sounds so familiar - Ellin Bessner Following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, not many people know about the historic Canadian anti-semitism against the Jewish community of Quebec City, but it is in my book "Double Threat" about the ...

1/2 The #Melbourne #Australia synagogue firebombing reminds me of 1944 Quebec City: long before there was a State of Israel, the newly-built Beth Israel synagogue was firebombed, on the eve of its ribbon-cutting ceremony. My great-uncle is the photo.