Abrabanel: Musings on the Jewish condition

Canadian politics continue to produce silly Jewish stories. According to CTV.ca, some Canadians are distraught at receiving Rosh Hashanah cards from the Conservative Party.

While the Conservatives have said most Jews don’t mind getting the cards, Montreal native Sonia Zylberberg said she was “stunned” when she received one in the mail.

“I looked at it, and then I was offended and I sort of wanted to throw it out,” she told CTV Montreal’s Rob Lurie on Wednesday, adding she isn’t sure how Harper knows she’s Jewish.

It turns out the party doesn’t know she’s Jewish. They’re guessing.

While Karla Kaminsky, who lives in Montreal, wasn’t offended by the Rosh Hashanah card she recently got in the mail, she was a little surprised — after all, she’s not even Jewish.

“My reaction when I first got this was, ‘He’s a little late for New Years,’ and then when I realized he meant Jewish New Year, I though[t,] ‘Oh, he thinks I’m Jewish.”

Lord, may we all have the problems of these worried Canadians.