Bestselling Author The Night Sparrow (Canada) July 1, US, HarperCollins & DAUGHTERS OF THE OCCUPATION HarperCollins linktr.ee/shellysanders

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If you’re in the Bay Area, this Sunday, May 3, join me at @magnes Jewish Arts & Bookfest! I’m on a panel at noon with two extraordinary authors, @Susan_BK @ZeevaBukai We’ll be talking about how we mine our history to find stories and ourselves.
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BREAKING: Termination of UNRWA Gaza employees raises serious questions about Canada's continued support for the agency. The participation of UNRWA employees in the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust has been extensively documented. Despite UNRWA's refusal to fully acknowledge this reality, the decision to terminate 70 of its staff members in Gaza speaks for itself and should be a wake-up call for the Government of Canada: Canadian taxpayer dollars should never fund organizations linked to terror, incitement, or antisemitism. Public funds should only be provided to organizations that uphold Canadian values and international human rights standards. UNRWA fails that test. That is why, in 2024, Canadian families of October 7 victims and CIJA launched a legal challenge to the federal government's decision to restore funding to UNRWA. We will continue to hold the government accountable.
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On June 11, the Commissioner-General ad interim of UNRWA, Christian Saunders, took the decision to terminate the employment of 70 UNRWA staff members in Gaza with immediate effect. The decision was taken further to an assessment of the safety and security of UNRWA operations in Gaza. Read the full statement: unrwa.org/newsroom/official-…
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“Zionism is not colonialism. Zionism is self-determination. The indigenous people of Israel achieved what Indigenous peoples around the world have sought: self-governance in their ancestral homeland.” Harry LaForme, first indigenous person appointed to appellate court in Canada.
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NP View: Alghabra's appointment an insult to Jewish-Canadians. The former minister has a history of tacitly supporting Islamist terror groups sworn to the murder of Jews nationalpost.com/opinion/np-…
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“Anti-Zionism is a libel-driven hate movement that incites violence and the targeting, exclusion, and marginalization of Jews in the diaspora and has as its ultimate goal wiping Israel off the face of Mother Earth and the death of all beings within it.” -Harry LaForme nationalpost.com/opinion/har…
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Hugely concerning after seeing how she’s gutted #60minutes
CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report trib.al/5NN3tcd
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No, you @AnitaAnandMP are deeply concerned about any conflict that involves Israel, yet you are noticeably silent when it comes to conflicts within Canada, especially when Jews are targeted.
Canada is deeply concerned by the resumption of conflict between Iran and Israel. We call on both parties to exercise maximum restraint, de-escalate tensions, and ensure that civilians are protected. A return to dialogue to advance a diplomatic solution is essential to resolving this conflict and to advancing lasting peace, regional stability, and indeed global security.
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Synagogues are firebombed so often in Canada, it's easy to glaze over the details. But let's slow down a moment. Last week in Montreal, the shul that was hit: •Has a pro-peace, pro-Palestine, LGBTQ Rabbi •Hosted a Muslim Awareness Shabbat to memorialize QC mosque shooting
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You don’t have to read between the lines to know Alghabra’s intentions with this letter. He doesn’t have to worry about nuanced writing or what Canadian Jews will think. Because he’s on the combat antisemitism council organised by @MarkJCarney
Mr Alghabra has been tapped by Carney to solve what he said is a "crisis of antisemitism." Below is Mr Alghabra's letter condemning the annual UJA Toronto Walk With Israel event. This isn't it public relations mistake. It's a public relations strategy. @MarkJCarney @UJAFederation
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A must-read!
Look what just turned up. The US paperback of The World. In all its glory With a new conclusion @AAKnopf @wnbooks @orionbooks
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Shabbat Shalom.
Zalman Kleinman Shabbat
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Opening Night @tjffgrams with friend Christine! Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie This film, directed by @stevenpressman opened me inside out with music that was seeped into my childhood.Jerry Gray & the Travellers sung This Land is Your Land’
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This is 2026 and a hotel is blatantly refusing to take Jews. If you don’t think this is alarming, you are part of the problem.
“Jews are not allowed to stay with us” Israelis who tried to book a room at a hotel in Bavaria through travel app Booking were shocked to receive a blatanly antisemitic message. Following a complaint they filed, the hotel was removed from the platform. German authorities have launched an investigation into the incident. Banning Jews from your establishment isn’t about politics. It’s pure hate.
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Carney’s mostly antisemitic council to combat antisemitism reveals Carney’s true thoughts on the Jewish population.
Carney has unveiled a new council to combat antisemitism in Canada. The lineup includes a former Liberal minister who is a Muslim, a DEI executive who is also Muslim, a progressive lawyer interested in social justice issues who represented pro-Palestinian encampment activists, an LGBT activist, and an Olympic speed skater. Only one member is Jewish: Senator Marc Gold, has a long public record in Jewish communal and pro-Israel advocacy. Seems like expertise in antisemitism was considered optional. If the goal was to reassure Jewish Canadians, this is a bizarre way to go about it. pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
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Dr. Emmanuel Moss, the chief of cardiac surgery at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, is resigning and moving to the United States amid rising antisemitism 🇨🇦 He is one of the only cardiac doctors performing robotic heart surgeries in Quebec. Why is Quebec choosing to protect hateful antisemites over heart surgeons who save people's lives?
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Can’t wait to read this!
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attend.opl.on.ca/event/15562… Join me June 12! Give your family the legacy of information and stories about the people who came before them. I honed my ancestral research skills while writing #daughtersoftheoccupation my #bestselling novel inspired by the discovery of my own roots.
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One of my favorite books.
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” #OTD in 1967 Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece of magical realism, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', was published. Read more: bit.ly/2MWeIFm
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Gazan children at a funeral of a Hamas commander: "We tell our Zionist enemy: the dead commander will replace other commanders. The shahid will replace 1000 shahids." This is what they are taught - to praise terrorists and become one themselves.

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