A number of years ago I interviewed Alan Green, former rabbi at Shaarey Zedek, about what made Winnipeg special for him.
Green,
who had moved here from California, quickly said one thing he appreciated about
Winnipeg was the commitment by people of faith to interfaith collaboration and
co-operation.
It
was, he said, a model for other cities in Canada about how to “love one
another, despite our differences.”
I’m
not sure we are much of a model these days. The war in Gaza has created a gulf
between Jews, Palestinians, Muslims and others—and it may take a long time to bridge it, if it ever can be done. Read
my Free Press column about it here.
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