Anti-Semitism in Canada
Anti-Semitism in Canada Anti-Semitism is an attitude characterized by hostility and discriminatory behaviour towards Jewish people. Anti-Semitism has a long history in Canada in fueling discrimination and unfair treatment against Jewish Canadians . Anti-Semitism in Canada was never restricted to the extremists of society. Rather, it has always been part of the mainstream, shared to varying degrees by all elements of the nation. Until the 1950s it had respectability; no one apologized for being anti-Jewish — no one asked them to. Expressions of anti-Semitism were heard in the halls of Parliament , read in the press, taught in the schools and absorbed in most churches. Ezekiel Hart Hart was elected to the legislature of Lower Canada in 1807, but was unable to take his seat because the law prescribed that an oath be taken "on the true faith of a Christian" (courtesy Canadian Jewish Congress) Early Manifestations The earliest manifestation of anti-Jewish senti...