Jewish students at York University are expressing concern after finding graffiti near campus advocating violence against Jews, CP24 reports. Speaking with CP24, one of the York students said he discovered the hateful message on a garage while out on a daily walk Wednesday.
“I was just very caught off guard. I go quite often around these parts, same walk almost every day,” York student Robert Leitner said. “It just kind of was there that one time and really took me aback. It’s not something you normally see at this part near campus.”
The graffiti contained an antisemitic caricature and encouraged people to “shoot a Jew in the head.”
Leitner, who described himself as not being “super religious,” said the message nonetheless “just kind of all hits you.”
“This is what these people boil us down to. Just some graffiti, a very hateful message on a wall threatening our lives.” He said he was taken aback, but not shocked, as he’s encountered antisemitism “directly to my face” not far from campus before.
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