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Reut Amit

Reut Amit is a Canadian Human Rights lawyer.

Jun 1, 2024, 9:48 AM

There is an interview with a Jewish woman describing the morning after Kristallnacht. Upon waking to the destruction in the morning, all her neighbors looked so guilty and apologetic. And she thought, "If everyone is sorry, who broke the...

Jan 24, 2024, 9:46 PM

The stories of our people

My mother’s bedtime stories were about her father cowering in haystacks and holding his breath so as not to make a sound, as villagers, searching for Jews, thrust pitchforks in the hay. I remember her telling me, “Do you...

Jan 19, 2024, 1:36 PM

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How quickly they remember

Jewish-owned Toronto deli 'International Delicatessen Foods' set ablaze in suspected antisemitic arson attack, with 'Free Palestine' graffitied on the entrance. (via X, formerly Twitter)

And so we rediscover what it means to be a Jew, with innate knowledge of an antisemitism that took so little time to reawaken

About Me

Reut Amit is a Canadian Human Rights lawyer. Reut immigrated to Canada from Israel at a young age. She returned to Israel in adulthood to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Reichman University, from which she holds a Master of Arts in Government with a specialization in Diplomacy and Conflict Studies.

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