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"Update: Toronto Artist's Contract Ended due to View on Israel"

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Blogger Gabby said...

Hey Leah, I'm glad you brought this up. I'm also gonna go out on a very short limb and say this is a bad move for the Koffler. Especially since they receive funding from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Art - all organizations that stipulate that their recipients cannot discriminate against their participants (although I guess they offered to still fund the project in order to get around this problem?).

Also, Kim Simon and Reena Katz have started their own website for the project, where they've also posted a joint statement in response to the Koffler, at http://www.eachhand.org.

May 12, 2009 at 7:29 AM

Blogger Leah Sandals said...

Thanks Gabby! I had wondered about the charitable status of the Koffler too, as I assume that would not permit discrimination on the basis of political views either. But the funding sources makes total sense.

May 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM

Blogger Leah Sandals said...

Or, in other words, I was kind of like, "is this unethical as well as stupid?" but wasn't sure how to figure for certain. The funding you've cited answers the question.

May 12, 2009 at 11:59 AM

Anonymous L.M. said...

The Koffler's response is unique in that they are not with holding the funding or cancelling the show. You can't accuse them of censorship in this case.

Of course, in 'disowning' the show they presented the artist with a weird opportunity to discuss the issue in a broader context. Though the show isn't even about her political views.(the comment sections on both of those links are fascinating)

May 12, 2009 at 1:29 PM

Blogger Gabby said...

I think that by not withholding the funds, the Koffler is just practicing slander/libel, against the artist in particular, rather than censorship. Though the controversy is having the strange effect of making a lot of people in the art world aware of the project who might not have otherwise been interested.

May 12, 2009 at 2:38 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Reena, and all the rest of you who are anti - zionist, are you aware that the Jews have been in exile for over 2000 years? Now they have a a tiny piece of land. Let the Jewish people live in peace without the threat of being pushed into the Mediterranean Sea by the Palestinians (aka the Arab World).
Oh, by the way, what about all those Jewish people that have been tortured and kicked out of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, not to mention the Jewish people who were tortured in Europe for centuries. Some Jewish people who survived the second world war, also still have keys to their ancestral homes and are not demanding the right to return.
Oh and another thing, how come the Arabs have kept their brothers in refugee camps for 60 years and not allowed them to settle in the neighbouring Arab lands?
What does Canada do with their refugees? They are not in camps.
Let the Jewish people live in peace in Israel

May 12, 2009 at 6:20 PM

Blogger Leah Sandals said...

Er, yeah -- I should check out the comment sections of those other sites, LM, thanks for the suggestion. Though I fear they may be full of such "helpful" info as offered to us by anonymous here.

Anon, just because Jewish people rock doesn't mean they should throw stones/missiles/bombs at people who aren't Jewish. Or in other words, two wrongs don't make a right.

May 12, 2009 at 7:45 PM

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