The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad Global Jew-Hatred and the Shingles Virus - My Keynote Address in Jerusalem (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_962)
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Feb 2, 2026 
Gad Saad, an evolutionary behavioural scientist and public intellectual, delivers a fiery keynote mixing personal history and theory. He recalls growing up Jewish in Beirut and fleeing to Canada. He uses a shingles metaphor to explain recurring Jew-hatred, probes campus and academic dynamics, and critiques self-loathing within communities. Short, personal, and provocative.
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Childhood Persecution In Beirut
- Gad Saad recounts childhood experiences of antisemitism in Beirut, including street chants of "Death to Jews" and a classmate wanting to be a "Jew killer."
- He describes his brother being pressured to stop competing and eventually leaving Lebanon before the Civil War, illustrating early threats to Jewish life there.
Emigration And Reproduced Threats
- Gad Saad describes emigrating to Montreal and later family kidnappings and threats tied to Middle East violence.
- He contrasts wearing a Star of David freely after leaving Lebanon with being advised to remove it in Montreal after October 7th for safety.
Family History Of Forced Migration
- Saad traces his family's multi-generational flight from antisemitism across Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey.
- He situates his wife's family history of escaping the Armenian genocide alongside Jewish migrations to show enduring persecution patterns.
