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Don’t use publicly funded theatre for play promoting anti-Jewish hatred, mayor told |
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Written by the Jewish Tribune staff
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
TORONTO – Toronto Mayor David Miller has been asked to use his good offices to ensure that the city-funded Theatre Passe Muraille does not become a staging ground for the inflammatory drama, Seven Jewish Children.
B’nai Brith Canada has characterized this play as “blatantly propagandist” and “aimed at delegitimizing not only Israel, but its Jewish supporters worldwide.”
Seven Jewish Children is scheduled to run from May 15 to 17.
“The city of Toronto should not allow a venue that it funds to be the staging ground for a divisive play that promotes anti-Jewish hatred,” said Frank Dimant, B’nai Brith Canada’s executive vice-president. “As its name denotes, Seven Jewish Children does not even pretend to target Israel exclusively. It is clearly aimed at maligning Jews, depicting them as oppressors of Palestinians, blood-thirsty aggressors and child killers. It disturbingly inverts history, using Holocaust imagery to allege that the Jews, once the victims, are actively teaching their own children callous disregard for the suffering of others.
“We call on Mayor Miller to ensure that our tax dollars are not inadvertently being used for the promotion of a play whose thrust is antisemitic. It is unthinkable that the city would allow this communal theatre to be used as a venue for promoting hatred and discord amongst its citizens, as this play threatens to do.” |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 19 May 2009 )
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