ISSUES:
• Fractionalization of Jews
• Worldwide victimization of Jews
• Worldwide increase of anti-Israel rhetoric
• Worldwide increase of anti-Semitism
• Inadequate Jewish leadership response to
anti-Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric
HOW
THE JEWISH DEFENCE LEAGUE OF CANADA IS
BUILDING A TEAM TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES
Education…
· …by engaging professionals to
relate actual facts about the issues
· …to provide facts from
legitimate sources
· …to correct disinformation
· …to spread the truth
· …of rights according to the
Torah - Spiritual education
Self-Defence
· The laws of self-defence have
been given to the civilized nations of
the world by the teachings of the Torah.
· Professional physical trainers
will be engaged to teach people how to
defend themselves in any situation. We must not run from adversity
because of inexperience or fear. We must be able to stand up for our
rights and the rights of our people according to the laws of the
country.
· We will teach appropriate
response to verbal abuse.
Security
· The Jewish Defence League of
Canada will work in conjunction with
various security and policing departments to ensure the security of
Jews and Jewish Institutions
Media Monitoring
· This is a vital aspect of JDL’s
program – you can participate through
this program by keeping us informed of disinformation and negative
propaganda about Israel and the Jewish people that is being presented
to the general public. Assist us by e-mailing information to JDL at
jdl@jdl-canada.com
Protests
· We have all been witness to
anti-Israel/Jewish protests. The
vitriolic hatred is shocking. Our leaders offer little comfort to our
community in their inability to gather the Jewish Community together to
respond.
· JDL will protest publicly
whenever and wherever necessary
· JDL will urge our Jewish
Leadership to respond effectively to these
events.
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NEVER AGAIN
NEVER AGAIN WILL JEWS BE VICTIMIZED
NEVER AGAIN WILL JEWS BE SCAPEGOATS
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE STAND IDLY BY
THE SPILLING OF
JEWISH BLOOD
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE BE SILENT
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HISTORY OF THE JEWISH DEFENCE
LEAGUE OF CANADA
Rabbi Meir Kahane established The
Jewish Defence League in the late
1960’s to confront and fight anti-Semitism.
It was Rabbi Kahane who gave the
Jew some feeling of self-respect and
pride in that they had the moral right to defend themselves in any and
all situations. Today Jews are being victimized by non-Jews in all
cities of North America and many parts of Europe. Rabbi Kahane gave the
Jews the 5 Principles in which he outlined how Jews should behave. They
are:
1. Ahavat Yisroel - Love of Israel
and the Jewish People
2. Hadar – Dignity and Pride
3. Barzel – Iron/strength
4. Mishmaat – Discipline and unity
5. Bitachon – Faith in the
indestructibility of the Jewish people.
Unfortunately, Jewish Institutions
looked at Rabbi Kahane as a direct
threat to their authority and preached against him, saying that
traditionally, Jews do not bear arms. Rabbi Kahane started his
organization in the U.S.A. and several chapters grew in Canada.
The leading problem of both Canada
and the U.S.A. was the assimilation
of younger people, mainly in high schools and University campuses.
JDL’s primary target was to bring youth back into Judaism by giving
young Jews the motivation for them to practice Judaism, to gain respect
from their fellow students and to achieve equal status. JDL taught a
new generation to defend themselves.
JDL was opposed by many of the
Jewish Institutions in that we were
training young Jews to fight. JDL spent much time and effort and helped
turn many young men and women back on the path of Judaism. We are proud
to say that those young people remain on that path today.
Eventually, the JDL was worn down
from within our own community. The
leadership of JDL thought that the leadership of the Jewish
Institutions would change their ways, and would do everything in their
power to bring the young generation of Jews back to where they belong.
They did not. In fact the deterioration has escalated to where
assimilation is at an all time high and shows no signs of slowing down.
The rate of inter-marriage has never been higher. Our young people are
being victimized in high schools and on University campuses across this
country. The current Leadership of most Jewish Institutions is blinded
to the facts. Each has its own agenda and not included in this agenda
is the war that is taking place today against Jewish youth, in fact,
against Jews everywhere.
During the Israeli-Hezbollah war
in 2006 there was a demonstration
against Israel on Bloor St. in Toronto in which there were 10,000 Arab
supporters carrying Hezbollah flags and banners calling for “Death to
the Jews”. This event shook us (JDL) from our apathy and we awoke to
the realization that while we were lulled to sleep by our leader’s
lullabys, and the enemies of the Jewish people and of Israel were
growing in strength and amassing incredible funds and public opinion.
We always knew that our battle against anti-Semitism was an uphill
fight. But now it isn’t just an uphill fight, it is as if we are
looking up a cliff and our battle is to be waged up sheer walls with
the enemy on top raining down upon us every abuse known to mankind. It
seemed that this is a war that is not winnable.
The time has come for ALL JEWS to
know and understand that they, their
children and their grandchildren have become legitimate targets to be
“wiped off the face of this earth”. The time has come when Jews have to
realize that we are in a war of survival on a much grander scale than
that which the Nazi’s proposed – the annihilation of European Jewry.
Each one of us had to stand and declare himself and herself ready.
JDL’s goal today is to mobilize
all Jews and Jewish Organizations to
unify and speak with one voice – WE MUST SURVIVE – WE WILL SURVIVE.
AM ISRAEL CHAI
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in our day to day activites.
If you wish to volunteer your time please contact us at 905-666-8746