TORONTO – Sari Watson was too afraid to attend Yom Kippur services. Concerned by rising levels of antisemitism in Canada, she was safely at home 25 minutes away when a gunman charged at her childhood synagogue. “My internal alarm has been going off, and you begin to think about escape routes or backup plans,” said […]
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TORONTO – The shooter who opened fire on a Belleville, Ontario, synagogue Sunday evening committed an anti-Jewish hate-motivated offense, according to the city’s police chief. “This was a deliberate attack directed at members of the Jewish community during one of the holiest observances of the year,” Belleville police chief Murray Rodd said at a press […]
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TORONTO – Doug Warren, 56, was attending Kol Nidre services at the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on the eve of Yom Kippur on Sunday. Prayers were just about to begin when he heard the gunshots. “The rabbi had just started to call us into the sanctuary. We were stepping inside, and we […]
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Five Toronto police officers who said Muslims returned to the faith in the wake of the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of Israel on a podcast “made statements that were biased or inappropriate,” violating police standards, and now face a penalty, the police said [[when]]. Multiple people had complained about the March 10, 2025, episode […]
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A kosher restaurant in Montreal burned to the ground in a suspected arson as Canada continues to grapple with rising antisemitism. The restaurant, Nöam, burned overnight Friday while it was closed for Shabbat. Canadian Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree posted on X on Saturday that he was “Extremely concerned at what appears to be an […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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