Canada and the Call. J.E.H. Macdonald. 1914. Library and Archives Canada, R11274-606. Copyright expired.
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Man tagging Canada goose, Kingsville. November 1954. Chris Lund. Credit: Library and Archives Canada. Copyright: Expired
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Special thanks to Anne Dance, Tina Adcock, Stephanie Pettigrew, Lee Blanding, and especially Lynne Marks for their help with this piece.
Content Warning/Trigger Warning: antisemitism, racism, violence
In the wake of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, I wrote a Twitter essay sharing some thoughts and feelings. To my surprise, it gained a lot of attention, and I am overwhelmed by the resulting outpouring of love and support. However, since Twitter isn’t an ideal medium for a nuanced discussion of history, I was also debating putting together a blog post. A number of individuals expressed interest in more information about the racial identity of Jews and the history of antisemitism[1]. There seems to be overwhelming support for this idea, so here we go. While I’ll be repeating a lot of what I’ve said already, if you want to see the original Twitter thread, just go here.