Howard Rotberg, a retired lawyer and affordable housing developer, has established himself as a significant voice in contemporary literature through his commitment to exposing and challenging prevailing ideologies. As the founder of Mantua Books, Canada's only publishing house dedicated to conservative values and pro-Israel perspectives, Rotberg has created a platform that amplifies voices aligned with his convictions. His literary career includes four thought-provoking books that explore ideologies and their impact on the modern world, with his latest collection of essays drawing from his personal 'Second Generation' history to provide unique insights into contemporary Western challenges.
Rotberg's perspective is deeply informed by his identity as part of the 'Second Generation' - children of Holocaust survivors. His father survived the Nazi Holocaust after losing his parents and 8-year-old sister to gas chambers, enduring slavery as a laborer. Rather than focusing on trauma, Rotberg emphasizes how this legacy should motivate children of survivors to prevent future atrocities. He argues that the mission of the Second Generation involves recognizing the antisemitism currently spreading through the Islamic world, Europe, and Western universities. He contends that merely saying 'Never Again' while failing to support Jewish rights to live peacefully in their indigenous homeland of Israel represents submission to destructive forces.
In his previous works including 'Tolerism: The Ideology Revealed,' 'The Second Catastrophe,' and 'The Ideological Path to Submission,' Rotberg directly confronted Western culture wars, political correctness, wokism, postmodernism, and equity and diversity movements. These books present the argument that excessive tolerance of evil cannot be considered a moral position and that a coalition between leftist and Islamist movements, supported by media and academic institutions, has led to submission to both cultural Marxism and radical Islamism. His new collection of essays demonstrates how corrupted cultural elements endanger the fundamental foundations of Western civilization.
Through Mantua Books and his literary output, Rotberg has created a distinctive platform for conservative intellectual discourse in Canada's publishing landscape. His work represents a consistent effort to confront ideologies he perceives as threatening to just society, drawing direct connections between historical lessons from the Holocaust and contemporary political and cultural challenges. Rotberg's contributions stand as evidence of his commitment to maintaining conservative values and pro-Israel perspectives within Canadian literary and intellectual circles while addressing what he identifies as dangerous ideological trends in modern Western society.
