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and original.
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From Story Studio Network.
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I'm Brian Murzky, a fourth-generation Canadian Jew who is frustrated by how anti-small
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behaviors impact the daily lives of Jews.
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Welcome to my podcast.
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This will make you uncomfortable.
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What pushed me to do this was a couple things.
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First of all, the impact on my family, particularly my grandkids at school who were seeing,
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experiencing anti-Semitism with my friends who have become anxious and worried that they're
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going to be physically assaulted.
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And equally important is, this isn't what Canada should be as a shining light country.
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And that disappoints me.
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I saw a change in how Canadians view Jews essentially after October 7th.
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And what happened was there's a conflation between Israel and Jews in Canada and blaming
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what happened in Israel on the Jews.
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But I also found that Israel, which was a victim, became the perpetrator.
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And that was part of what I consider media distorting the reality.
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You are not necessarily anti-Semitic if you're anti-Israel.
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The key point is, do you see the situation in Israel differently than what you would see
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in other countries?
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So for instance, in Ukraine and Russia, do we start becoming anti-Russian, anti-Ukrainian?
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So far, clearly we have not.
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We've not attacked the Russian community or the Ukrainian community.
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We seem to tolerate that that is a situation that happens in a different part of the world.
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Israel is the first country where Jews have a place to stay and have a major voice in the
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democratic institutions that go on.
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Went with the title of this, "We'll make you uncomfortable," because I think Canadians
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feel we're a very tolerant, fair-minded country, but the realities, particularly among the
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Jewish community, is we are not.
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We are being attacked.
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We are being denigrated.
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We're being intimidated and isolated.
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And that is a problem for me.
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This isn't the country I grew up in.
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The solution lies in leadership.
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In leadership in the media, leadership in government, leadership in education saying,
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"We are going to set up and make sure that we're balanced and fair-minded," said that both
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sides are getting a fair play.
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And in that, that should bring back the majority of Canadians to the centre where they should
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be, as opposed to falling into one side.
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That is causing a lot of the issues today.
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I'm Brian Murzky.
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If any of this makes you uncomfortable, you are in the right place.
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and original.
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From Story Studio Network.
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I'm Brian Murzky, a fourth-generation Canadian Jew who is frustrated by how anti-small
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behaviors impact the daily lives of Jews.
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Welcome to my podcast.
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This will make you uncomfortable.
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00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,360
What pushed me to do this was a couple things.
8
00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:32,520
First of all, the impact on my family, particularly my grandkids at school who were seeing,
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experiencing anti-Semitism with my friends who have become anxious and worried that they're
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going to be physically assaulted.
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And equally important is, this isn't what Canada should be as a shining light country.
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00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:52,280
And that disappoints me.
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00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:59,320
I saw a change in how Canadians view Jews essentially after October 7th.
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And what happened was there's a conflation between Israel and Jews in Canada and blaming
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what happened in Israel on the Jews.
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But I also found that Israel, which was a victim, became the perpetrator.
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And that was part of what I consider media distorting the reality.
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You are not necessarily anti-Semitic if you're anti-Israel.
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The key point is, do you see the situation in Israel differently than what you would see
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in other countries?
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So for instance, in Ukraine and Russia, do we start becoming anti-Russian, anti-Ukrainian?
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So far, clearly we have not.
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We've not attacked the Russian community or the Ukrainian community.
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We seem to tolerate that that is a situation that happens in a different part of the world.
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Israel is the first country where Jews have a place to stay and have a major voice in the
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democratic institutions that go on.
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Went with the title of this, "We'll make you uncomfortable," because I think Canadians
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feel we're a very tolerant, fair-minded country, but the realities, particularly among the
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Jewish community, is we are not.
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We are being attacked.
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We are being denigrated.
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We're being intimidated and isolated.
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And that is a problem for me.
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This isn't the country I grew up in.
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The solution lies in leadership.
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In leadership in the media, leadership in government, leadership in education saying,
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"We are going to set up and make sure that we're balanced and fair-minded," said that both
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sides are getting a fair play.
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And in that, that should bring back the majority of Canadians to the centre where they should
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be, as opposed to falling into one side.
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That is causing a lot of the issues today.
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I'm Brian Murzky.
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If any of this makes you uncomfortable, you are in the right place.
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[silence]
