A book by a Moncton, New Brunswick elementary school teacher alleging a conspiracy of Communists, Jews and financiers to take over the world and undermine free government, has raised a storm of controversy in that Canadian town. In the book, titled “The Web of Deceit,” the author, Malcolm Ross, blames the alleged conspiracy for everything from the Quebec separatist movement to “corrupting youth with various devices such as pornography and rock music,” The Saint John Telegraph-Journal reported.
Ross also denounces Zionism as “an ideology essentially anti-Christian” and contends that the Jews murdered by the Nazis should be counted in the thousands, not millions.
Dr. Noel Kinsella, head of the New Brunswick Commission of Human Rights, was quoted by the Telegraph-Jornal as saying that after reading the book which he described as “nonsense,” he believed it was more important to protect the author’s freedom of speech than to try to suppress the book because it might cause discrimination.
Rabbi Stanley Greenberg of Moncton told the Telegraph-Journal that he regards the book as clearly anti-Jewish and Dr. Julius Israeli, a Jewish professor from Newcastle, N.B., is seeking to have it examined in court for possible violation of laws barring hate literature.
According to the Telegraph-Journal, parents of the sixth grade children taught by Ross have not complained. Ross himself was quoted as saying that he thought the theories contained in his book should be taught in the province’s schools but that he would not teach them unless the people of New Brunswick lobbied successfully to have them included in the curriculum.
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