The Plight of Canadian Jews

Montreal is home to about 90,000 Jews. Nearly 200,000 of us live in Toronto, where things aren’t any better. In December, anti-Jewish protesters started regular demonstrations on a bridge leading to Armour Heights, a neighborhood with a large Jewish community. The increasingly confrontational agitators “paraded with placards, including swastikas, photos of Hitler and other antisemitic content, set off smoke bombs, and festooned the sides of the overpass with Palestinian flags and banners… During their rallies, often held on Saturdays when many local residents walk to nearby synagogues or are at home for Shabbat, protestors used loudspeakers to bellow their incendiary chants.”