Attacks on Montreal Jewish Areas; Shuls Damaged

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montrealAnti-Semitic vandals in Quebec went on a rampage Sunday and targeted four shuls and a school, causing thousands of dollars in damage. The assault on Jewish properties “was not an isolated affair,” according to Rabbi Reuven Poupko, chairman of the local Jewish Community Security Coordinating Committee. The crimes were “an organized and systematic attack on Jewish institutional life,” he told the Montreal Gazette. “These are not just crimes against buildings. They’re crimes against a community.”

Rabbi Poupko said that the Jewish community would not be intimidated and that Jewish life in the city will continue on a regular basis.

Vandals threw rocks and broke windows at the shuls and the Yavne Academy. Montreal police are investigating the rampage, which was carried out despite surveillance cameras that have been installed at several Jewish buildings.

Windows have been smashed in the recent past, and a swastika was smeared on a synagogue last year.

Quebec has a long history of anti-Semitism. Montreal is overwhelming French-speaking, and the Anglo population has been dwindling over the past three decades, especially since the “separatist” movement grew more than 30 years ago.

Read more at Arutz Sheva.

{Arutz Sheva/Matzav.com}


2 COMMENTS

  1. the story neglected to say how the PQ brought in plane loads of Arabs from french speaking countries to increase the french speaking numbers in Quebec.

  2. It was interesting to note this morning how this story was featured in all the english media but totally ignored by the websites of: La Presse, Journal de Montreal, Le Devoir, and Rue Frontenac. They had more important matters to worry about.

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