Revital Yakin Krakovsky The Blogs Revital Yakin Krakovsky Follow The BlogsMy BlogAbout MeApply for a Blog The writing was on the wall, and it was written in blood on October 7 May 22, 2025, 3:52 PM Facebook Twitter email Print 0 Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Emergency personnel work at the site where two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) Emergency personnel work at the site where two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) October 7, 2023, is the moment when Jewish blood was left abandoned in Israel and around the world. Since that terrible day, Jews across the globe have lived under a tangible and continuous threat—physical, ideological, and institutional. The horrific murder of employees at the Israeli embassy in Washington is not an isolated incident but part of a coordinated campaign to harm and murder Jews. The writing was on the wall—and it was written in blood. The wave of antisemitism that erupted since that day has spiraled out of control and become normalized. “Globalize the Intifada” is not merely an extreme slogan—it is an explicit call to murder Jews. Universities, which are supposed to be spaces for free thought and tolerance, have become breeding grounds for anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, and anti-Western indoctrination. For over two decades, forces of radical Islam have infiltrated the West—not with tanks, but with fanatic ideology, funded with billions of dollars from Qatar—the nerve center of the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar is not a “complex” state. It is a state that hosts, funds, and exports terror. It provides Hamas with diplomatic, logistical, and media backing—including operating Al Jazeera—but that is just the tip of the iceberg. As revealed by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), Qatar, the largest donor to academia in America, has invested hundreds of billions of dollars in leading American universities over the past three decades—massive donations that are mostly opaque to the public and that have turned institutions of higher learning into arenas of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, and anti-Western ideological penetration. Jewish students are attacked, faculty members enable the attacks, university presidents tolerate them, and professors who express support for Israel are marginalized—hatred spills into the streets, synagogues, workplaces, and media. The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) recently published data showing that in 2024, 6,326 antisemitic incidents were reported—around 17 attacks against Jews every day. Of these, 40% occurred in the United States. Since October 7, Jews around the world are removing kippot, hiding Stars of David, and avoiding Jewish events—not out of caution but out of fear. Since the rise of the Nazis, there has not been such a dangerous time for Jews in the West. But this did not happen by chance. This is not an emotional wave. This is a strategy. What we are witnessing in the aftermath of October 7 is not a “wave of antisemitism”—it is a global antisemitic system with funding, messaging, alliances, and influence infrastructure. Just as terrorists were ideologically and financially empowered to murder and burn Jews in southern Israel, so too are the arms of that ideology operating in London, Paris, New York, Toronto and Washington DC. Despite the dramatic rise in antisemitism around the world, the response of the free world has been weak. Except for the Trump administration, which has begun to take initial strong steps against campus antisemitism by denying significant federal funding to universities that do not act against it, European capitals remain tolerant and silent. Education remains key. Every year, Holocaust survivors come to the March of the Living to remind the younger generation what happens when people stay silent—and what the consequences are of hatred that is ignored or tolerated. History has taught—and the present warns.
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AntisemitismCanada In 2026, Tulsa And Panama Are Courting Canadian Jews As Antisemitism Redefines The Cost Of Staying As antisemitism reaches unprecedented levels across Canada, Jewish families and professionals are quietly reassessing their futures, and some are being actively courted elsewhere. Ron East By: Ron East December 31, 2025 SHARE A growing number of Canadian Jews are exploring relocation options A growing number of Canadian Jews are exploring relocation options as antisemitism intensifies and confidence in public protection erodes. (Image: Illustration.) TORONTO — For generations, Canada sold itself as a country where Jews could thrive without constantly looking over their shoulders. That assumption no longer holds for a growing number of Canadian Jews, particularly in the aftermath of October 7 and the months that followed. What has changed is not only the number of antisemitic incidents. It is the atmosphere. Public hostility has been normalized. Jewish schools, synagogues, and community centres operate under permanent security protocols. Anti-Jewish intimidation is increasingly framed as political expression. Enforcement is inconsistent. Accountability is rare. When Jewish life requires constant risk assessment, mobility stops being a luxury. It becomes a rational act of self-preservation. That reality helps explain why, in 2026, two very different destinations, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Panama, are appearing with growing frequency in serious conversations among Canadian Jews who have the means and flexibility to move. This is not a panic migration. It is a strategic recalculation. Canada’s new warning lights Jewish Canadians represent a small fraction of the population, yet account for a vastly disproportionate share of reported hate crimes. This is not a perception problem. It is a documented pattern. More troubling than the statistics themselves is the message many Jews hear in response: concern, sympathy, and context, but little deterrence. Protests that spill into harassment are tolerated. Jewish institutions are targeted repeatedly. Antisemitism disguised as antizionism is parsed endlessly rather than confronted directly. The result is a slow erosion of confidence in the state’s willingness or ability to enforce equal protection. When a community moves from assuming it belongs to hoping nothing happens today, the social contract has already been fractured. It is within this context that Tulsa and Panama are not merely attracting attention but actively courting. Lech Le’Tulsa and intentional Jewish welcome Tulsa is not presenting itself as a refuge city. It is presenting itself as a place that wants Jewish life to grow. In 2026, that effort has taken concrete form through Lech Le’Tulsa, a Jewish-focused relocation initiative designed to attract Jewish families, professionals, and entrepreneurs to the Tulsa area. The program combines relocation assistance with intentional community building and access to Jewish infrastructure. The name is deliberate. Lech Lecha, the biblical call to go forth and build a future, is not branding by accident. It speaks directly to a Jewish historical instinct that understands movement not as retreat, but as agency. Lech Le’Tulsa offers what many Canadian Jews increasingly feel is missing at home: A clear signal that Jewish presence is welcomed, not merely accommodated Immediate access to synagogues, schools, and Jewish communal life A civic environment where Jewish identity is not treated as a liability The financial incentives matter, but the social architecture matters more. Tulsa is offering a landing ramp. It is saying, we are prepared for you to arrive. That clarity stands in stark contrast to the ambiguity Canadian Jews experience when their safety concerns are acknowledged but endlessly deferred. Panama and the appeal of optionality Panama represents a different but equally rational response to insecurity. For Canadian Jews with international mobility, Panama offers residency pathways tied to investment, business activity, or long-term economic contribution. It also offers something increasingly valuable: optionality. Panama has an established Jewish community, a comparatively lower cost of living, and an immigration framework that openly courts skilled and capital-carrying residents. For some, it is a permanent relocation. For others, it is a second base, a contingency plan, or a future passport pathway. What matters is not the destination itself, but the logic behind the choice. When Jews seek second options, they are not rejecting diaspora life. They are applying historical lessons. Jewish continuity has always depended on redundancy, resilience, and the ability to move before crisis becomes catastrophe. The Zionist lens Canadians prefer to ignore Zionism does not deny the legitimacy of diaspora life. It insists that Jews must never be dependent on the goodwill of others for safety or equality. That lesson was written in blood long before the modern State of Israel existed. Israel institutionalized it at a national level. Individual Jews apply it on a personal level. When Canadian Jews explore Tulsa or Panama, they are not abandoning Canada in anger. They are responding rationally to warning signs. They are building leverage. They are ensuring their children have options. This is what Zionist consciousness looks like outside Israel. It is quiet, pragmatic, and unsentimental. An indictment Canada should take seriously Tulsa and Panama are not superior societies. They are intentional ones. Tulsa is saying, we want contributors, and we are prepared to integrate them. Panama is saying, we want residents and investment, and we have clear legal pathways. Canada, too often, is saying something else entirely: we are sorry you feel unsafe, but the politics are complicated. A serious country does not treat antisemitism as a public relations challenge. It treats it as a threat to civic order. That requires enforcement, deterrence, and moral clarity, including the willingness to name antisemitism even when it hides behind fashionable political language. Until that happens, Canada should not be surprised when Jews quietly explore exit ramps. The bottom line In 2026, the fact that Tulsa and Panama can plausibly court Canadian Jews is not an oddity. It is a warning. When antisemitism reaches levels that fundamentally alter how Jews calculate their futures, movement becomes strategy. History teaches Jews to act before apologies arrive too late. Canada still has time to reverse this trajectory. But time matters. And Jews, having learned this lesson repeatedly, are no longer inclined to wait.
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