The National Telegraph - Wyatt Claypool - June 01, 2024


University of Toronto suspends campus Rabbi for calling out anti-semitism


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419

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21

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Rabbi Jaffet talks about the threat of suspension for standing up against anti-Semitism at U of T, and why the university is now trying to get him kicked off campus for his stance on anti-Israel hate.

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00:00:00.000 So we're here at U of T, and I'm with Rabbi Jaffet, who's the chaplain here, or the rabbi at U of T.
00:00:05.360 And he was speaking at the rally for students to support them to fight anti-Semitism, the Zionism on our campus. 0.79
00:00:11.760 And there was a pretty big bombshell that the university is coming after you for standing up against anti-Semitism.
00:00:18.460 The way, I'm going to let you phrase this, but apparently there was a DEI, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion meeting,
00:00:22.660 and they wanted to add an anti-Palestinian discrimination.
00:00:25.220 You suggested they also add an anti-Israeli discrimination, and this has resulted in the threat of suspension.
00:00:32.620 So Rabbi Jaffet, can you give the people, let them know, why is the university coming after the rabbi on campus right now?
00:00:39.620 Sure. To give you a little more background, what happened was the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion decided to have
00:00:46.920 a celebration on the International Day and Racial Discrimination with a panel about anti-Palestinian hatred.
00:00:53.960 And I said, I'm very excited to come hear more about anti-Palestinian hatred. Would you please include anti-Israel hatred as well?
00:00:59.760 And the answer was a resounding no. And I asked them publicly, I asked them privately, eventually we had a meeting about it.
00:01:05.560 And they said, no, we're not doing that, we can't add it, we're not going to add it.
00:01:08.760 But they promised me, later we'll do something about anti-Israel stuff.
00:01:11.560 And I'll tell you, for the last couple months now, I've been emailing the VP, Equity, and a bunch of other people
00:01:17.560 who have told me that they would do stuff about anti-Israel hate.
00:01:20.560 And they've not only been ignoring my emails, but I just found out a few minutes ago
00:01:25.360 that they've lodged another complaint against me at the Campus Chaplains Association.
00:01:29.660 So as a campus chaplain, I'm underneath the University Campus Chaplains Association.
00:01:33.360 And now the Campus Chaplains Association is looking at suspending me from campus for unprofessional behavior.
00:01:39.360 Because I have publicly talked about the fact that the University is not including anti-Israel hate in their DEI topics.
00:01:47.160 So there you have it at U of T, when there's a mob that calls for the annihilation of the Jewish people,
00:01:53.160 that says from the water to the water, Palestine will be Arab, intifada, antifada, 0.68
00:01:58.160 and a rabbi stands up and says, can we talk about anti-Semitism?
00:02:02.160 Who does the University fight? The Jews. They don't fight anti-Semitism. It's quite a shame.
00:02:07.160 They say, me too, unless you're a Jew.