OTTAWA — NDP Leader Avi Lewis said he is not holding all Jews accountable for Israel’s policies in Gaza, after some Liberal MPs called comments he made in a social media post irresponsible and “despicable.”
Lewis posted late Sunday that he would be marking the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, by reflecting on geopolitics.
Tonight Yom Kippur begins, the most sombre moment of the Jewish calendar. It’s a time of atonement – a time to grieve those who have been lost, a time to acknowledge and take responsibility for harms we have caused, individually and collectively. For Jewish people, the personal…
— Avi Lewis (@avilewis) September 21, 2026
