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Rev Michael Coren

@revmichaelcoren.bsky.social

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Priest and author. 20 books - 12 languages, 7 bestsellers. Writes for Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, The Oldie, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Premier Magazine, ipaper, The Times, Church Times, Jewish Chronicle, The Spectator. www.michaelcoren.com

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 23h

To a degree - and social media is largely a cesspool. But extremism existed long before media.

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

I should have realized. Thanks. Problem is, she has a lot of followers who believe this nonsense.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, don't follow.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, quite. The church removed Jesus from his Jewishness for 1800s years. Since the 1950s there's been a serious attempt to put matters right but now there are worrying signs of the old attitudes returning. The far right and far left, as in so many things, seem to have come together on this.

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently our grandson (4 in January) has some imaginary monster friends. Last night he suddenly said, "Monster friends don't despair! I am here and can read to you."

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

The Nazi church in Germany did so, and that Jewish Paul corrupted his teachings. Odd really, in that it was Jesus himself - Jewish, Jewish, Jewish - who said the most compassionate and peaceful things, not Paul. Denying the Jewishness of Jesus has become an issue again I'm afraid. So sad.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 1d

For God's sake don't tell Candace Owens there's a statue of a Jewish man hiding behind her!

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 2d

Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Nobel prize for Literature! Family name was changed to the more Hungarian Krasznahorkai due to anti-semitism. “Our original name was Korin, a Jewish name. With this name, he would never have survived." Those Korins and Corens .....

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 4d

Anybody know if these cardigans are still available - in adult sizes of course?

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 5d

You can support peace and justice for the Palestinians and still condemn the October 7 massacre as an obscene atrocity. Odd how so many people find this impossible. I wonder why ....

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 5d

There's a nun, a lawyer, and a cleaning lady involved.
@netflix.com anyone?

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 9d

Very good news!

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 10d

No idea what you mean but I think the kindest thing is to block you. I wish you well but I don't want a day of such tragedy to be treated thus. God bless but goodbye.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 10d

"Disappointing" to condemn the murder of Jewish people attending synagogue? Oh dear.

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 10d

Let's see who condemns and who remains silent. These people were British Jews attending their place of worship on the holiest day of the year. And if anyone mentions Gaza we know their motives. Anti-semitism existed long, long before now.

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 14d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYLU...

16th Sunday after Pentecost, and St Michael and All Angels

YouTube video by St Luke Burlington Niagara

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 15d

This Sunday at 8.15 and 10am I'll be presiding and preaching at St. Luke's, Burlington. All welcome. @canadiananglican.bsky.social @anglicanjournal.bsky.social

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 15d

Up the Spurs!

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 16d

Good God, how much history is James Norton going to distort! Is there an award?

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 16d

Journalism not dead. Thank God!

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 17d

In The Oldie again. Always such a pleasure to appear in my favourite publication.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 17d

My latest for @torontostar.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Michael Coren: A movement of pacifism was born 500 years ago. Today, we see it more as a fashion than in reality

Belief in pacifism, Christian or otherwise, is in short supply right now and the seemingly endless and ever-darker and deeper cycle of violence and hatred spins around.

www.thestar.com

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, so much racism and hatred out there .....

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Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 19d

I wasn't looking for examples of what I'd condemned but I do appreciate it. God bless.

Rev Michael Coren @revmichaelcoren.bsky.social · 19d

L'shana tova to my Jewish friends and family. To those who call themselves Christian but dislike Jews (and they're especially vocal and influential at the moment) do remember that Jesus and his closest followers all celebrated Rosh Hashanah or Feast of Trumpets.

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