Jew-hatred of a virulence we have not seen since 1945 is breaking out all over.
“Canadian cyclist disinvited as speaker at women’s event because of past IDF service,” by Jennifer Lovy, Times of Israel, February 16, 2024:
JTA — Leah Goldstein seemed like a natural fit to be the keynote speaker at an International Women’s Day event in Ontario, Canada, next month. A Canadian cyclist, she made history as the first woman to win a grueling 3,000-mile bike race across the United States.
But in January, five months after accepting the invitation, Goldstein was told she was no longer invited to speak.
The cause, the event organizers said, was “a small but growing and extremely vocal group” that took issue with Goldstein’s service three decades ago in the Israeli army.
“Our focus at INSPIRE has been and will always be to create safe spaces to honor, share, and celebrate the remarkable stories of women and non-binary individuals,” the women’s empowerment group said in a statement. “In recognition of the current situation and the sensitivity of the conflict in the Middle East, the Board of INSPIRE will be changing our keynote speaker.”
The revoked invitation comes amid widespread turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war, including in local communities far from the Middle East. The war broke out following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, which saw 1,200 people killed, mostly civilians, and 253 kidnapped….
Goldstein is a frequent motivational speaker who shares how mental strength helped her overcome injury, discrimination and bullying throughout her experiences in sports and in Israel, where she says she was both the first female elite commando instructor in the IDF and an Israeli undercover police officer.
Goldstein told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that she had planned to stick with her usual message for the March 8 event.
“I am zero political when I speak,” she said by phone from her home in Vernon, British Columbia. “Honestly, there is nothing political about my presentation. I just talk about the crap that I went through and the crap that most women go through, and they still do, and how I handled it.”
But pro-Palestinian activists took issue with her biography after her keynote slot was announced. Heather Doughty, INSPIRE’s founder, told JTA that Goldstein’s critics had targeted other speakers associated with the event, which is expected to draw about 100 participants, as a way to press for her exclusion.
“We are equally upset,” Doughty told JTA. “We’re just this tiny little not-for-profit that is trying to do a nice thing, and we were literally attacked. We had speakers [from INSPIRE] verbally attacked. They went to do their grocery shopping, and people came up and were attacking them.”
Doughty said Goldstein’s critics “were demanding to know what Leah’s position was” on the Israel-Hamas war and that INSPIRE sought to get answers for them. After the group did not receive an immediate response, it rescinded the invitation to speak….
David Fahey says
Who are the anonymous cowards that INSPIRE so cravenly surrendered to? If they can confront invited speakers in the grocery store, then these antisemitic terrorist supporters should be equally confronted everywhere they go. Do unto others… !!
Pray Hard says
Although I’m not Jewish, I’m thinking about getting a t-shirt with a big Star of David on it then go to Costco, you know, just for fun.
From The Other Side of Town says
“First they came for the Jews”.
Keith O says
And dopey humans keep forgetting the past!
carpediadem says
No they don’t. They love re-enacting it. They’re bullies.
carpediadem says
There’s no linear progression here. They ‘come for” everybody.
WPM says
In Islam women are treated not much better then farm animals or objects own by men. This women from the article over came a lot and wants to inspire other females in sports and the work place .She served in the military and I am sure that served her well in sports and the work place .In Islam women should not be seen or heard ,keep under covers in the home and willing to take beatings from their husbands if they are truly good Moslems. Who cares what Islam or the terrorist’s supporters of Hamas think.
SC says
Frankly the whole event had become worthless word wide because of comunist and moslem apologists. It is the same as Black history month which is intended to rub racism into the faces of none blacks. The nobel prizes going to worthless shit moslems like bidens puppet master.
I feel sad for what is coming because the world is soon going to see right through this cult of world control by division and those that preach it shall die on the alter of it whoever they pretend to be. Our eyes shall be opened and our swords guided by higher powers than mere mortals.
bagsgroove says
Time to outlaw these bullies that think they own the world.
Kenneth Johnson says
The woman won a very grueling race. Then she wore the uniform of her country. Then, instead of laurels, she is embarrased. We xshould al bew embrrased for”Inspire”There wsas a time when effoirt and success wsas looked up to. What ever has happened to our country. KEN
Major Tom says
Real women should boycott the event!
brenrod says
The government of canada supports and funds these antisemitic orgs and events.
Scotsman48 says
muslims around the World are laughing in the faces of Western men and women as they can see an attack of anybody speaking against their religion is a danger to their shallow faith and even this brave Lady is not speaking about anybodies religion however the muslims still feel threatened because she is Jewish and that alone should show everybody what cowards these Far Left muslim morons and their Useful Idiot Generation of Western youth really are.
islamism is the new nazism.