In an interview in 2008 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his fears that “anti-Israeli sentiment, [is] really just a thinly disguised veil for good old-fashioned anti-Semitism, which I think is completely unacceptable.”  On November 8, 2010 Mr. Harper delivered a speech in Ottawa, Ontario at a conference on combating antisemitism.  His views are a refreshing change in a world that idly stands by as anti-Israel and antisemitic comments are regularly hurled. In the speech, the Prime Minister reminded his audience that   Remembering the Holocaust is not merely an act of historical recognition. It must also be an understanding and an undertaking. An understanding that the same threats exist today. And an undertaking of a solemn responsibility to fight those threats. Jews today in many parts of the world and many different settings are increasingly subjected to vandalism, threats, slurs, and just plain, old-fashioned lies. Let me...(Read Full Post)