Brooke Goldstein, Founder of the #EndJewHatred civil rights movement (EJH), released the following statement in response to a recent article by the Winnipeg Sun detailing derogatory, misogynistic and antisemitic comments allegedly directed at her by members of the Professional Association of Residents and Interns of Manitoba (PARIM):
“Nothing shows you are a Jew-hater better than responding to complaints about antisemitism with antisemitic tropes. That conversations like the one exposed by The Sun can take place openly in a group setting speaks volumes about how deeply ingrained Jew-hatred has become in Canadian society.
“Just like casual racism or homophobia are no longer tolerated in society, we need to eradicate casual Jew-hatred by ensuring consequences for those who engage in it. It is precisely this kind of casual Jew-hatred that has radicalized our youth to support a foreign terrorist organization in its murderous ambition to commit genocide – and to march through our streets and college campus, terrorizing the Jewish community.
“Organization by organization, school by school, and city by city, we need to confront this bigotry head-on and join in support of enforcing the civil and human rights of the minority Jewish people to live without oppression and fear. We need to take our country back from radicalized racists who would destroy the rights and values we cherish.
“In our mission to end Jew-hatred in our lifetime, we are encouraged by people of good moral character, such as the person who was so troubled by the text exchange that they blew the whistle on this outrageous conduct. This gives all of us hope that whatever personal attacks may come our way, we will not allow our minority community to be further marginalized, traumatized and dehumanized by people whose hearts weigh heavy with hatred.”
In May, Dr. Gem Newman graduated medical school at the University of Manitoba, where he delivered a speech that appallingly negated Jewish identity and denied our indigeneity to our ancestral homeland. Instead, he promoted the same pro-Hamas rhetoric that has been radicalized by Canadian youth on university campuses and led to actual violence against Jews. This speech—an outrage to any person with moral integrity—prompted Dr. Matthew Bzura, the president of the PARIM, to call out Dr. Newman on social media for “inciting ethno-religious vilification and advancing a prejudiced narrative.”
#EndJewHatred activists reached out to PARIM asking them to address this issue, but instead PARIM officials took to an internal chat to target EJH Founder Brooke Goldstein with misogynism and antisemitic trope, referring to her as a “vampire” who is “out to get all our blood.”
#EndJewHatred expects PARIM to immediately disclose publicly the identity of each person who participated in this text exchange, along with a full, unredacted copy of all text messages that have anything to do with Ms. Goldstein, #EndJewHatred Jewish people or identity, Gem Newman’s speech, and subsequent actions by Dr. Bzura as well as those taken against him.
#EndJewHatred requires transparency, followed by accountability. The termination of all people who contributed to or ignored Jew-hatred is not enough. PARIM must take action, agreed upon with EJH, to implement training in antisemitism and adopt policies to prevent conduct like this from occurring ever again.
