Our Pride embraces, cares for, and protects all at-risk communities, and denounces hate

Swayed by a vocal minority who oppose the existence of Jews and the Jewish State, Pride groups have been drawn into bandwagon activism and virtue signalling.

Participants in the Capital Pride parade in Ottawa on Aug. 25. Our rallying cry is: 'No human is illegal, Black lives matter, science is real, queer and trans youth homelessness is a policy failure, and there is no Pride in antisemitism,' write Jess Burke, Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg, and Jesse Samuels.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Opinion

BY JESS BURKE, DANIEL MIKELBERG, JESSE SAMUELS

September 12, 2024

“Pride was a protest,” we’re reminded, referring to its origins as a reaction to the New York City Police Department's brutality when it raided a gay bar in Manhattan on June 28, 1969, which sparked a global liberation movement for gender and sexual diversity. Since th...

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