Canadas Resigning Antisemitism Envoy Laments Silence of Key Voices

Canadas resigning antisemitism envoy laments silence of key voices

Deborah Lyons, who will leave post 3 months early, despondent over difficulty in getting people to ‘speak up, speak with clarity’ about surging antisemitism in the country The post Canadas resigning antisemitism envoy laments silence of key voices appeared first on Jerusalem World News.

Michael Geist: When it comes to antisemitism, the sound of silence is loud in Canada

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The Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025 - Michael Geist

Deborah Lyons, Canada’s recently retired envoy for combatting antisemitism, this week lamented that the effort to shine a light on increasing antisemitism in Canada had left her “despondent and despairing about the fact that it was hard to get people to speak up, to speak with clarity, to speak with conviction about what we were seeing happening here on Canadian soil.” Jewish communities have long known silence. My The Hub opinion piece notes tha