Howard Rotberg, a retired lawyer and affordable housing developer, has established himself as a distinctive voice in contemporary literature through his commitment to exposing and challenging prevailing ideologies. As the founder of Mantua Books, Canada's sole publishing house dedicated to conservative values and pro-Israel perspectives, Rotberg has created a platform that amplifies voices aligned with his convictions while authoring four thought-provoking books that explore ideologies and their impact on the modern world.
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 heritage should motivate Second Generation individuals to lead efforts in preventing another Holocaust. He argues that the mission requires recognizing the vile antisemitism now sweeping through the Islamic world, Europe, and Western universities, asserting that mouthing 'Never Again' while failing to support Jewish rights to live peacefully in their indigenous homeland of Israel constitutes submission to destructive forces.
In his previous works including 'Tolerism: The Ideology Revealed,' 'The Second Catastrophe,' and 'The Ideological Path to Submission,' Rotberg directly critiques Western culture wars, political correctness, wokism, postmodernism, and equity and diversity initiatives. These books present the argument that excessive tolerance of evil does not represent a moral position and that a Leftist-Islamist coalition, supported by media and academic institutions, has led to submission to both cultural Marxism and radical Islamism. His new collection of essays continues this examination, showing how corrupted culture endangers the very foundation of Western civilization while drawing from his personal Second Generation history to provide authentic perspective on contemporary challenges.
Through Mantua Books and his literary contributions, Rotberg maintains that confronting ideologies threatening just society remains imperative. His work stands as testament to intellectual discourse grounded in conservative values and the urgent need to address ideological threats that compromise Western civilization's stability and moral foundation.
