Joe Roberts, at The Blogs

Jul 25, 2023, 6:32 AM

The shocking anti-Zionism of Jewish institutions

Today, streets and railroad stations across Israel are filled with righteous anger. Brave Zionists face arrest, police water cannons, and the scorching sun of the Middle East in a final act of desperate determination to save their fledgling democracy...

Mar 15, 2023, 10:32 PM

Israel is on fire, where are Canadian Jews?

Israel is on fire. The election of an extremist, hard-right governing coalition has led to a flurry of proposed legislative and policy changes that will lead to the gutting of Israeli democracy. Violence in the occupied Palestinian Territories is...

Jan 28, 2023, 1:20 PM

The resignation of an ambassador and the politics of choice

It's not often that the resignation of an ambassador makes headlines, but the public announcement at the close of Shabbat that Dr. Ronen Hoffman was resigning from his post as Israeli Ambassador to Canada has sent shockwaves through the...

Jan 19, 2023, 5:53 AM

Why are Canadian supporters of Israel holding a vigil for Israeli democracy?

Israel's new governing coalition has sparked a wave of protests by Israelis and deep concern among Jewish Canadians. This is not a time for silence, it is a time to make our voices heard — the threats to democracy...

Dec 28, 2022, 8:00 PM

Canadian Jews won’t stay silent over Israeli extremism

What do we do as Jews when we mourn? We say the words of the Mourners Kaddish, praying for peace for all peoples. Today, as Israel ushers in the most extreme government in its history, that peace could not...

Jun 3, 2021, 6:35 PM

What will be the future for my son, a Jew of color?

It’s been a tumultuous year for my family. Among COVID fear and lockdown, in a point of brightness, our beautiful son was born. He came into this world quite a ways ahead of his intended due date, spending six...

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Joe Roberts is veteran political strategist in both the US and Canada, Board Chair of JSpaceCanada, the leading voice of progressive Canadian Jewry, and Chair of Meretz Canada. He leads the Centre for Canadian Progress, a progressive public policy think tank focused on advancing Canadian society. Roberts spent 10 years in executive positions in the Jewish Federation system and calls Cobourg, Ontario home. He has completed studies at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Harvard Kennedy School.

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