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Howard Rotberg

Howard Rotberg is the author of four books on ideologies and values. He writes periodically for New English Review, Israel National News. The National Telegraph, Frontpage Magazine, Jewish Voice of New York as well as many others. He is a retired lawyer and developer of affordable housing in renovated buildings for modest income working people, is President of Southern Ontario Affordable Housing Inc. and president of Canada’s sole conservative values and pro-Israel publishing house, Mantua Books. Howard lives in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Howard’s material appears in The Published Reporter® with his explicit permission.

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Op-Ed: Bad Times – The Flood, The Shoah, Ukraine War And Terror

Howard Rotberg May 6, 2022

Subhi Emad Subhi Abu Shqeir (L) and As’ad Yousef As’ad al-Rifa’i named as main suspects in Elad terror attack on May 5, 2022 Israel manifests a social resilience in a nation that is far from giving up or rejecting the Jewish role in…

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Op-Ed: Leadership In A Time Of Crisis: Israel And America

Howard Rotberg Apr 25, 2022

Naftali Bennett, leader of the 'New Right' party, speaks during a conference in Jerusalem, Israel on March 15, 2021. File photo: Gil Cohen Magen, Shutter Stock, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – Perhaps we have all been so focused on Covid 19…

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Op-Ed: On Leaders & War; Ideological Transformation in West After Ukraine

Howard Rotberg Mar 6, 2022

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front positions of the army in the Donetsk region. February 17, 2022. Ukraine, Donetsk. File photo: Photographer RM, Shutter Stock, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – For many years now, war…

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Op-Ed: The 10 Lessons The West Should Learn From Putin’s War On Ukraine

Howard Rotberg Mar 1, 2022

Howard Rotberg ONTARIO, CANADA – Let’s get straight to the point. Here is the list: To make sure the West is energy self-sufficient and not reliant on “bad actors” for energy supplies or anything else that is crucial. This is…

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Op-Ed: The Politicization of Sports: The Status of Boycotting

Howard Rotberg Feb 8, 2022

ONTARIO, CANADA – As the winter Olympics are now here, we know that there has been some support for actions against the Chinese hosts, due to their breaches of civil rights and international misconduct. Many nations have sent their…

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Hostage Texas Rabbi and Wife said to be Allies of the Entire Muslim Community

Howard Rotberg Jan 19, 2022

The attack on a Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, was said by the Islamist terrorist to be aimed at getting the release of anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and anti-American convicted terrorist Aisha Siddiqui who received a sentence of 86 years…

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Op-Ed: The War on our Children

Howard Rotberg Jan 5, 2022

Carl Sagan was an astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. After suffering from myelodysplasia, Sagan died of pneumonia at the age of 62, on December 20, 1996. Photo…

Entertainment

Op-Ed: The Passion Of The Antisemites; Why Is Hollywood Still Hiring Mel Gibson, Whose Passion Of…

Howard Rotberg Dec 30, 2021

Actor Mel Gibson attends the 'Blood Father' Premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 21, 2016 in Cannes, France. File photo: Denis Makarenko, Shutter Stock, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA –…

Health

Op-Ed: Fear Instead Of Courage; America Under COVID

Howard Rotberg Dec 23, 2021

“The only public health experts whom the media quote are those determined to put the most dire spin on Omicron. They stress worst-case hypothetical scenarios and dismiss actual good-case evidence.” File photo: SviatlanaLaza, Shutter Stock,…

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Op-Ed: Michelle Goldberg And Angela Merkel: Seeking A Moral Redemption In The Wrong Place

Howard Rotberg Nov 1, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel before a meeting with African leaders in Berlin. File photo: 360b, Shutter Stock, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – Taking the long view of history (as we surely must) requires us to candidly specify the…

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Op-Ed: The Associated Press’ War Of Words Against Israel

Howard Rotberg Oct 4, 2021

There is no other country that AP subjects to such obvious journalistic lies, so we can consider AP to be an anti-Semitic organization. File photo: ShutterStock.com, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – Associated Press (AP) is at it again.…

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Op-Ed: Totally Tolerating The Taliban: Naïve Tolerism In The Face Of Islamism

Howard Rotberg Sep 9, 2021

Toleration of evil is not a Jewish value. And we can look back to the 1967 War, to see how ideological tolerism led to a key mistake by a top Israeli General. “Lest they pray”; police escort Jews on Temple Mount. Photo…

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Op-Ed: The Olympics In Political Context: From The Murder of Israelis To “Taking The Knee”

Howard Rotberg Jul 25, 2021

Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200 m race at the 1968 Summer Olympics; both wear Olympic Project for Human Rights badges. Peter Norman (silver…

Op-Ed: The Palestinianization Of Children’s Books – Spreading The Evil Culture

Howard Rotberg Jul 6, 2021

We are in a war for the hearts and minds of children. Part One: American Antisemitic Anti-Israel Children’s Book Authors There are many studies of how the education system and the universities are brainwashing students to hate…

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Op-Ed: The Re-Settlement By The Indigenous Jews Of Israel

Howard Rotberg Jun 27, 2021

Archaeology and recorded history, including the Torah, evidence Jewish indigenous status. You cannot settle your own land or occupy your own land, and those who use those words do so to deny all history and law in the service of…

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Op-Ed: Indigenous Natives and Canadian Settler-Occupiers

Howard Rotberg Jun 24, 2021

ONTARIO, CANADA – Oxford Languages defines “native” as a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not. I am a retired lawyer and historian. Words are my stock in…

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Op-Ed: Victimism – Another Bad Ideology

Howard Rotberg May 25, 2021

ONTARIO, CANADA – Girard sees victimism as a somewhat intentional method of gaining power. But victimism can also refer to the ideology of blaming, consciously or unconsciously, one’s misfortunes on somebody else’s misdeeds. In that…

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Op-ed: Tolerating Iran’s Genocidal Aims – For How Long?

Howard Rotberg May 14, 2021

It Will Be Up To Israeli Generals And Politicians To Decide If Response To Rockets And Control Of Arab Rioters Preclude Another Front. Offensive Missiles of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran - September 9, 2019.…

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Op-Ed: Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue: The Crisis For American And French Justice

Howard Rotberg May 4, 2021

France and the USA - two countries struggling with moral and cultural relativism and how justice is to be interpreted in the age of critical race theory and the emphasis on principles of “equity” rather than “equality” before the Law. …

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Op-Ed: America’s Tolerance Of Violent BLM Rioters

Howard Rotberg Apr 29, 2021

BLM is a loosely run organization with little or no transparency or information about how it spends its money. It was apparently founded by three Black women, one of whom now owns four nice properties, the latest acquisition being a $1.4…

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Op-Ed: Why Do We Respect Evil?

Howard Rotberg Apr 15, 2021

ONTARIO, CANADA – “Respect”, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is defined as a “feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” Hillary Clinton, whose chief aide, Huma…

Education

Op-Ed: School Board Gets Taught A Lesson By An 18 Year Old Muslim Activist

Howard Rotberg Mar 26, 2021

The report says Ahona Mehdi, 18 years old, was, at times, silenced and singled out by members of the HWDSB. The report also states trustees made racist comments about Black and Muslim people and did not understand the concept of equity and…

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Op-Ed: The Problem With Mainstream Media: Is The Stream Being Poisoned?

Howard Rotberg Feb 7, 2021

The mainstream stream has dried up, another result of cultural relativism, political correctness and cancel culture. Photo credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – I understand the concern of many in traditional newspaper…

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Op-Ed: We’re Seeing The Beginning of a War On “Political Extremists” And “Domestic…

Howard Rotberg Feb 5, 2021

Conservative from the far right movement, Proud Boys, and Boogaloo join for a Back the Blue rally in support of Law Enforcement. Portland, Oregon/United States-August 22, 2020. Editorial credit: Robert P. Alvarez / Shutterstock.com,…

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Op-Ed: The Revenge Factor In America’s Crisis – Pelosi And Others

Howard Rotberg Jan 21, 2021

Nancy Pelosi signs article of impeachment against Trump. Washington, DC, January 13, 2021. Editorial credit: vasilis asvestas / Shutterstock.com, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – There is little doubt that America is in crisis. Part of that…

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Op-Ed: From Cancel Culture To Political Exterminationism

Howard Rotberg Jan 12, 2021

Cancel culture closes minds. Cancel culture causes formerly fair media that provided a diversity of opinions, to become shills in the widest sense for totalitarian control of what was once constitutionally-protected freedom of expression.…

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Op-Ed: The Washington Protest And Its Context; Unlike The Summer Riots, Protests By Young Thugs,…

Howard Rotberg Jan 7, 2021

Pro-Trump supporters did what people do when they believe their government has abandoned them – they went to Washington to protest. No Senator or Congressman or police officer was hurt but one woman, a 14 years military veteran, who was…

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Op-Ed: I Am Part of the New Rude

Howard Rotberg Dec 21, 2020

The search for freedom, I am sorry to say, is secondary these days to the demand for equality. People don't want to hear what George Orwell wrote: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Photo credit…

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Op-Ed: Journalistic Onus of Proof And Standard of Proof: Truth-telling In Our Culture War

Howard Rotberg Nov 16, 2020

For example, the media often states that concerns about election fraud are without evidence, but there is plenty of evidence – it is just that the media source doesn’t care to discuss the evidence. Photo credit: Howard Rotberg at New…

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Op-Ed: War Memorials: Do Nazi Or Islamist Soldiers Qualify? The Relevance Of Context

Howard Rotberg Nov 10, 2020

A woman in front of Wall of names at Memorial center, Potočari, a Village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. File photo, credit ShutterStock.com, licensed. ONTARIO, CANADA – In our war memorials and our remembrance holidays, whom do we honor…

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