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Police label shooting in Belleville, Ontario, a hate-motivated attack against the Jewish community

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026Jesse Orine

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 […]

Reform synagogue in Jerusalem vandalized, congregants harassed in three incidents around Yom Kippur

September 22, 2026David Leibermann

A Reform synagogue in Jerusalem was targeted three times by unidentified individuals before and during Yom Kippur, bringing the number of hate incidents the congregation has experienced to five in just over a month. The latest incidents began Saturday evening, the day before Yom Kippur began, when plates and other breakable objects were thrown into […]