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Deborah Lyons shares why she quit as Canada’s antisemitism envoy: ‘It was hard to get people to speak up’

JL;DR SUMMARY Deborah Lyons discusses her resignation as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, citing frustration with the lack of support from Canadian business, religious, and political leaders. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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LeadershipJewish CommunityResignationCanadaHolocaust RemembranceAllyshipCanadian PoliticsBystandersDeborah Lyons

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"When he first mentioned this to me as we were sitting having lunch in Jerusalem in April of 2022, I said, oh no, Erwin, I couldn't possibly take it on."
New Brunswick, Canada
"Canada, where jam-making is underway at her family cottage in New Brunswick."
Ontario, Canada
"Her office released a survey of some of the shocking problems faced by Jewish kids in Ontario's public schools."
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"That's what it sounded like on October 16th, 2023, in Ottawa, when Liberal cabinet ministers of the day joined Canada's Nobel Prize-nominated human rights lawyer."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"On now exclusively at ROM. Tickets at ROM.ca."
Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz comes an unprecedented exhibition about one of history's darkest moments."
Israel
"It happened just a week after the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, which led to an explosion of anti-Israel protests on the streets of Canada."
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