Sam Eskenasi, at The Blogs

Mar 11, 2025, 6:00 PM

The Canary is Long Dead: Why Antisemitism Signals Societal Collapse

Antisemitism doesn’t just foreshadow decline—it drives it. Societies that tolerate this hatred lose their grip on truth, reason, and the very foundations that sustain them. For years, people have called antisemitism “the canary in the coal mine." To me, this...

Jun 13, 2023, 7:48 AM

Why do we embrace irrationality when it comes to ‘the Jews’?

Reflecting on George Orwell’s Observations In 1945 George Orwell, one of the 20th century's most profound thinkers and author of the dystopian social science fiction novel 1984, wrote about the nature of antisemitism and its manifestations in an essay entitled...

Aug 14, 2018, 11:41 PM

There is no Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

There is no such thing as the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict because current disputes with Palestinian-Arabs cannot, and should not, be viewed in isolation. Once upon a time, there used to be this thing called the Arab-Israeli conflict. It was called so...

Oct 25, 2017, 10:50 PM

I didn’t mean Jews when I said ‘the Jews’

How the Toronto Star went out of its way to defend an Imam accused of anti-Semitism Admittedly, I don’t speak fluent Arabic. My mom used to, and my uncle still does. So did my grandmother; she was from Beirut, Lebanon....

Aug 28, 2017, 7:09 AM

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7 reasons anti-Semitism is not just an annoyance

A swastika found on a sign outside Temple Beit Torah in Colorado springs on August 4, 2017. (Screen capture/KKTV)

7 reasons to not try sorting the "serious cases” of Jew hatred from those that are mere "annoyances”

Jul 28, 2017, 9:06 AM

Fool me twice, shame on me

Politics in the Middle East are often difficult for the Western mind to grasp. It seems that most of the time everyone is behaving irrationally, with riots breaking out over what seem to us the most straightforward of issues....

Nov 29, 2016, 10:42 PM

‘We came just like the Exodus from Egypt’

It was the great Yiddish playwright Isaac Peretz who said, “A people’s memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.” From the commandment to always remember our...

Oct 30, 2016, 7:49 AM

You’re so vain, I bet you think this blog is about you

Every year, Jews in the Diaspora are ranked among the highest charity givers in the US, UK and Canada. This apparent zeal for tzedakah is not without its merits. Donations to charity support vibrant and diverse Jewish and non-Jewish...

About Me

For over two decades, Sam Eskenasi has worked to expose and counter antisemitism, challenging false narratives and ensuring that Jewish history and identity are not distorted or erased. As the co-creator of La’ad Canada’s CARE Project, he developed one of the only DEI programs that meaningfully addresses antisemitism—training police, first responders, and public service professionals across North America. A recognized media voice, Eskenasi has engaged with difficult questions and agenda-driven challenges, cutting through misinformation with historical and intellectual rigor. His work is driven by a clear mission: to safeguard Jewish identity, confront antisemitic distortions, and ensure that history is neither rewritten nor ignored. Based in the Greater Toronto Area with his wife and six children, he continues this work through education, public discourse, and direct engagement—ensuring that truth is neither silenced nor compromised.

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