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2 more Toronto-area synagogues hit with gunfire on Shabbat, raising alarm among local Jews

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026Jesse Orine

Two more Toronto synagogues were hit with gunfire on Shabbat, making three struck since last week. A shooter fired through the glass doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Thornhill neighborhood, at about 11:45 p.m. Friday. Two maintenance workers were still cleaning up from a Shabbat dinner. Just 30 […]

Ottawa police say knife attack on Jewish woman in her 70s was hate-motivated crime

August 29, 2025August 29, 2025Jesse Orine

An Ontario man has been charged with what police say appears to be a hate-motivated attack after he stabbed a Jewish woman in an Ottawa grocery store known for its large selection of kosher food. The victim, a woman in her 70s, was taken to the hospital with “serious injuries,” according to police, and was […]

Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025Jesse Orine

A year ago, Sarah Resnick had a good job and a Jewish community she liked in New York. She gave all that up to move to Winnipeg, a city where she knew nobody, in a country where she was not a citizen, in a climate whose extremes she was not used to. “Do I prefer […]

Senior employee of Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog charged for anti-Palestinian graffiti

January 28, 2025January 28, 2025Jesse Orine

An assistant director for a Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog group is facing 17 criminal charges in connection with a string of profane anti-Palestinian graffiti that included the phrase “F— Gaza.” Robert Walker, 39, remains employed by Honest Reporting Canada months after his November arrest. The organization, which is headquartered in Toronto, has not made any […]

Justin Trudeau resigns as Canadian PM, having lost confidence of much of country’s Jewish community

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025Jesse Orine

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down from his post and from his party leadership amid plummeting poll numbers and dissent from his own deputies, he announced Monday, a decision that comes as his country’s Jewish leaders have harshly criticized him for perceived failures to support Israel and stand against antisemitism. Trudeau said he […]

Toronto Jewish girls’ school targeted by gunfire for 3rd time this year

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024Jesse Orine

For the third time since May, Toronto Police are investigating evidence of gunshots fired overnight at Bais Chaya, a Jewish girls’ school. As in the previous shootings, no one was injured in the incident. Police said they were notified of the shooting at around 2:30 a.m. on Friday. The department’s Integrated Gun and Gang Task […]

Montreal synagogue firebombed for the 2nd time in just over a year

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024Jesse Orine

Assailants firebombed a synagogue in a Montreal suburb for the second time in just over a year, the latest in a series of attacks on Canadian Jewish institutions since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of Israel. As in the other recent attacks on Canadian Jewish sites, no one was injured in the incident. Mordecai Zeitz, […]

Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitism after Montreal pro-Palestinian protest where Netanyahu is burned in effigy

November 24, 2024November 25, 2024Jesse Orine

Justin Trudeau said Canada’s government would not tolerate antisemitism after a violent pro-Palestinian demonstration in Montreal where protesters burned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in effigy. The Canadian prime minister was one of several officials to condemn the protest, which opposed a NATO conference on Friday night and after which three protesters were arrested. It […]