Zelda Abramson
@zeldaabramson.bsky.social
Retired sociologist, likes to blog occasionally, co-author of The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust
"The work of remembering: the lesson of genocide we never learned"
https://zeldaabramson.substack.com/p/the-work-of-remembering-the-lesson
"The work of remembering: the lesson of genocide we never learned"
https://zeldaabramson.substack.com/p/the-work-of-remembering-the-lesson
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🇳🇱 At noon today in Rotterdam, the city’s air raid sirens sounded their monthly test: 1 min. and 26 seconds echoing across the Netherlands. Hundreds of demonstrators dressed in red timed their march across the Erasmus Bridge and back with the warning test, forming a living red line against Israel...
October 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🇳🇱 At noon today in Rotterdam, the city’s air raid sirens sounded their monthly test: 1 min. and 26 seconds echoing across the Netherlands. Hundreds of demonstrators dressed in red timed their march across the Erasmus Bridge and back with the warning test, forming a living red line against Israel...
Our government is complicity @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social
🇸🇪 Greta Thunberg addresses the media after arriving in Athens,
🇬🇷 #Greece:
🇵🇸 🍉
"I will never comprehend how humans can be so evil. That you would deliberately starve millions of people"
@thunberggreta.bsky.social
#Athens
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#FreePalestine
🇬🇷 #Greece:
🇵🇸 🍉
"I will never comprehend how humans can be so evil. That you would deliberately starve millions of people"
@thunberggreta.bsky.social
#Athens
#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#FreePalestine
October 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our government is complicity @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social
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As Lemkin knew, genocide hides in plain sight. “Genocide is so easy to commit because people don’t want to believe it until after it happens.”
Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | The Tyee
The haunting story of the refugee driven to name and prevent the greatest crimes of all.
thetyee.ca
October 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
As Lemkin knew, genocide hides in plain sight. “Genocide is so easy to commit because people don’t want to believe it until after it happens.”
Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Raphael Lemkin Coined the Word Genocide. What Would He Say Today? | @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
@mark-carney.bsky.social How can you support a plan where the Palestinians had zero involvement? What you are supporting is a complete sellout of the Palestinian people. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Carney welcomes ‘Trump’s historic new Middle East peace plan’ for Gaza
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is in support of a plan put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social How can you support a plan where the Palestinians had zero involvement? What you are supporting is a complete sellout of the Palestinian people. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Dear Bob Rae,
You don't get paid to sit and listen. You get paid to stand up for Canadian values.
During the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine you used the word genocide numerous times.
The UN has found Israel guilty of genocide.
You're our ambassador.
Why the silence?
You don't get paid to sit and listen. You get paid to stand up for Canadian values.
During the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine you used the word genocide numerous times.
The UN has found Israel guilty of genocide.
You're our ambassador.
Why the silence?
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Dear Bob Rae,
You don't get paid to sit and listen. You get paid to stand up for Canadian values.
During the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine you used the word genocide numerous times.
The UN has found Israel guilty of genocide.
You're our ambassador.
Why the silence?
You don't get paid to sit and listen. You get paid to stand up for Canadian values.
During the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine you used the word genocide numerous times.
The UN has found Israel guilty of genocide.
You're our ambassador.
Why the silence?
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Canada needs to step up, sail alongside the Flotilla to help protect the desperately needed aid headed to Gaza. Concrete actions are desperately needed. Halt the genocide Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why | David Adler
Governments have failed the people of Gaza. Now, ordinary people are taking humanitarian matters into their own hands – and putting their lives on the line
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Canada needs to step up, sail alongside the Flotilla to help protect the desperately needed aid headed to Gaza. Concrete actions are desperately needed. Halt the genocide Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
CIFTA (Canadian-Israeli Free Trade Agreement) enables Israel’s annexation of occupied Palestine, gives trade benefits to settlers, violates international law, and undermines Palestinian self-determination. It must be cancelled. Sign this letter.👇
nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
Cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement
Canada’s trade deal with Israel rewards illegal settlements. Tell Ministers Anand and Sidhi: Cancel CIFTA, cut trade ties, and uphold international law.
nwmd.social
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
CIFTA (Canadian-Israeli Free Trade Agreement) enables Israel’s annexation of occupied Palestine, gives trade benefits to settlers, violates international law, and undermines Palestinian self-determination. It must be cancelled. Sign this letter.👇
nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
"In a statement, Tennis Canada cited “safety concerns,” but who are we kidding? "
The question is, why is Team Israel allowed to participate in the Davis Cup given the genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government? Shame. #Free Palestine
The question is, why is Team Israel allowed to participate in the Davis Cup given the genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government? Shame. #Free Palestine
There’s no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players’ fee-fees
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
There's no audience at the Davis Cup in order to protect Israeli players' fee-fees - Halifax Examiner
There's a broad cowardice in our society, a refusal to use plain language to decry horrific crimes.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"In a statement, Tennis Canada cited “safety concerns,” but who are we kidding? "
The question is, why is Team Israel allowed to participate in the Davis Cup given the genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government? Shame. #Free Palestine
The question is, why is Team Israel allowed to participate in the Davis Cup given the genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government? Shame. #Free Palestine
Take a lesson from the wise women @mark-carney.bsky.social Failure to act equals complicity. Words without actions equal complicity. #FreeGaza
Gaza is being destroyed brick by brick.
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
Western leaders remain silent as families starve.
But across Canada, Grandmothers Against Genocide, a powerful grassroots movement, is standing up against the darkness.
youtu.be/T4yqJq5S3As?...
GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST GENOCIDE
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Take a lesson from the wise women @mark-carney.bsky.social Failure to act equals complicity. Words without actions equal complicity. #FreeGaza
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Former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
September 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
We are witnessing a genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government. Contact Tennis Canada and the Canadian government to "forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events." Allowing participation is complicity.
“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
August 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are witnessing a genocide in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli government. Contact Tennis Canada and the Canadian government to "forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events." Allowing participation is complicity.
Happy Father's Day to all fathers who do not get parades.
June 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Happy Father's Day to all fathers who do not get parades.
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Manuel Tapial’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been almost 24 hours since he’s been detained. His wife Baya was deported and put on a plane and is now already outside of the country.
June 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Manuel Tapial’s whereabouts are currently unknown. It’s been almost 24 hours since he’s been detained. His wife Baya was deported and put on a plane and is now already outside of the country.
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Former President of the Canadian Medical Association: #Canadasky
Canada is complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza being committed by Israel. This is why the Canadian government continues to not acknowledge that it is a genocide in Gaza.
June 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Former President of the Canadian Medical Association: #Canadasky
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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social
These young people are going to Gaza to try and stop the murder of children.
That they have to put their live on the line reflects the absolute failure of the west, the G7, Canada.
Call the Israeli embassy and warn them not to harm these children.
The world watches.
These young people are going to Gaza to try and stop the murder of children.
That they have to put their live on the line reflects the absolute failure of the west, the G7, Canada.
Call the Israeli embassy and warn them not to harm these children.
The world watches.
June 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social
These young people are going to Gaza to try and stop the murder of children.
That they have to put their live on the line reflects the absolute failure of the west, the G7, Canada.
Call the Israeli embassy and warn them not to harm these children.
The world watches.
These young people are going to Gaza to try and stop the murder of children.
That they have to put their live on the line reflects the absolute failure of the west, the G7, Canada.
Call the Israeli embassy and warn them not to harm these children.
The world watches.
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So happy to finally see French media cover my friend Zelda’s excellent book about Holocaust refugees in Montreal. The testimonials highlight the desperation of people fleeing violence & raises questions about what we consider “legitimate” refugees. So many lessons... www.lapresse.ca/societe/chro...
Montréal et les survivants de l’Holocauste
Le 8 mai 1945, l’Allemagne nazie capitulait. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, la sociologue Zelda Abramson, fille de survivants de l’Holocauste, aimerait qu’on apprenne de nos erreurs.
www.lapresse.ca
May 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So happy to finally see French media cover my friend Zelda’s excellent book about Holocaust refugees in Montreal. The testimonials highlight the desperation of people fleeing violence & raises questions about what we consider “legitimate” refugees. So many lessons... www.lapresse.ca/societe/chro...
Montréal et les survivants de l’Holocauste www.lapresse.ca/societe/chro...
Montréal et les survivants de l’Holocauste
Le 8 mai 1945, l’Allemagne nazie capitulait. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, la sociologue Zelda Abramson, fille de survivants de l’Holocauste, aimerait qu’on apprenne de nos erreurs.
www.lapresse.ca
May 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Montréal et les survivants de l’Holocauste www.lapresse.ca/societe/chro...
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Thrilled my book is out in the world!
It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.
It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.
In Cartographies of Empire, Myka Tucker-Abramson draws from an archive of more than 140 global road novels from over twenty countries, challenging dominant conceptions of the road novel as primarily concerned with American experiences and subjectivities. #ReadUP
www.sup.org/books/cartog...
www.sup.org/books/cartog...
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thrilled my book is out in the world!
It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.
It's a book about the rise & fall of US hegemony; about the road novel's trafficking in the fantasies of individual freedom and self-making that propel it; and about why we need to shatter those attachments for a more collective vision, narrative and politics.
A must read by @mykaabramson.bsky.social
In Cartographies of Empire, Myka Tucker-Abramson draws from an archive of more than 140 global road novels from over twenty countries, challenging dominant conceptions of the road novel as primarily concerned with American experiences and subjectivities. #ReadUP
www.sup.org/books/cartog...
www.sup.org/books/cartog...
March 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A must read by @mykaabramson.bsky.social
Just picked up Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by @mykaabramson.bsky.social at my local bookstore @dandq.bsky.social can’t wait to read it @stanfordpress.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just picked up Cartographies of Empire: The Road Novel & American Hegemony by @mykaabramson.bsky.social at my local bookstore @dandq.bsky.social can’t wait to read it @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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