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Fire damage at Montreal's Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom synagogue seen on June 5, 2026, after an arson attack. (CTV youtube screenshot)
June 6, 2026, 5:34 am
Suspect arrested for arson at Montreal synagogue, amid surging antisemitism in Canada
Window smashed, minor burn damage caused to Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, which was targeted last year with swastika graffiti. ‘We are unfortunately not surprised,’ says rabbi
By ToI Staff
Figures representing National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and US President Donald Trump hang from nooses at an anti-Israel protest in Montreal, May 24, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 26, 2026, 3:06 pm
Anti-Israel protesters hang effigies of Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, Trump at Montreal rally
Canadian politicians call the display at demonstration on Sunday ‘disgusting, antisemitic and clear incitement’
By Zev Stub
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators rally on opposite sides of the street in front of the Roy Thompson Hall, where the documentary 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue' is showing, during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2025. (VALERIE MACON / AFP)
November 17, 2025, 4:08 am
Once ‘the best’ place for Jews, Canada sees rising antisemitism even after Gaza ceasefire
Attacks continue to force some in the country’s 400,000-strong Jewish community to reconsider their future, even as many believe ‘the vast majority of Canadians are good people’
By Zev Stub
A Jewish man, flanked by his daughter, is attacked and in Montreal, Canada, in a still image taken from a video filmed on August 8, 2025. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 10, 2025, 5:25 am
Montreal Police probing attack on Jewish man in front of his two children
Video circulating on social media shows assailant straddling man and beating him, before throwing his kippa into water; Carney decries ‘appalling act of violence’
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
Damage caused by a firebomb at Beth Tikvah synagogue, Montreal, December 18, 2024. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
December 19, 2024, 3:33 am
Montreal synagogue firebombed for second time since Hamas onslaught against Israel
Emeritus rabbi at Congregation Beth Tikvah says damage limited to shattered glass and the vestibule, invites non-congregants to attend Shabbat solidarity service on Saturday
By Agencies
Israel supporters observe a moment of silence as they attend a vigil outside McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on October, 7, 2024, to commemorate the victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas on Israel. (Graham Hughes / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 3:32 am
264-year-old Montreal Jewish community fears antisemitism becoming the new normal
Latest incidents further fuel heightened anxiety over crisis in Canada’s second largest city as Jews face troubling questions about their community’s future
By Robert Sarner
Anti-Israel protester Mai Abdulhadi seen giving Nazi salute at a protest in Montreal, Canada, on November 21, 2024. (Screenshot from @hillelneuer on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 25, 2024, 10:46 pm
Canadian coffee chain cuts ties with franchisee for Nazi salute at anti-Israel march
Second Cup Cafe closes two locations owned by Mai Abdullhadi, who was filmed chanting ‘Final Solution’ at a Montreal protest; coffee chain says ‘zero tolerance for hate speech’
By ToI Staff and JTA
Anti-Israel protesters burn effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at protest in Montreal, November 22, 2024. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 25, 2024, 2:30 pm
Netanyahu effigy burned at anti-Israel protest in Montreal; Trudeau condemns antisemitism
Windows smashed, cars burned, police attacked in huge protest against NATO conference, denouncing alliance’s support of Israel; Jewish group: Jewish Canadians again felt unsafe in country
By Ben Sales
Students and activists protest for an eighth day at an anti-Israel encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP)
October 6, 2024, 5:16 pm
Jewish students say anti-Israel Oct. 7 events at Montreal campuses set to celebrate Hamas
Even after McGill and Concordia take measures to stem antisemitism on campus, protest groups continue to glorify terror a year after the Hamas massacre, putting local Jews on edge
By Eliyahu Freedman
Illustrative: A Canadian police car is seen near the Rainbow Bridge border crossing into the US in Niagara Falls, Ontario, November 22, 2023. (Usman Khan/AFP)
August 22, 2024, 1:56 am
Bomb threats emailed to over 100 Jewish institutions in Canada
Jewish community leaders say threat was ‘designed to disrupt lives,’ thank law enforcement for swift response; Trudeau decries ‘blatant antisemitism’ of targeted campaign
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Jewish community center in Montreal, Canada, March 5, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2024, 9:17 pm
Pro-Palestinian mob blocks access to Montreal Holocaust Museum over pro-Israel event
Central Jewish community group denounces protest as deliberate intimidation of local Jews; police deploy in force to secure similar gathering at synagogue
By Stuart Winer
Students from North American universities listen to relatives of hostages in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on December 27, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
December 30, 2023, 1:33 pm
US students touring Israel: Campus antisemitism is palpable, violent — and inescapable
Jews from top-tier American universities describe their experiences with hatred unleashed by the war with Hamas and its galvanizing effect on their communities
By Canaan Lidor
Lights from a police car illuminate Talmud Torah Elementary School as parents pick up their children in the Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on November 9, 2023. (Illustrative photo by Mathiew LEISER / AFP)
November 12, 2023, 8:29 pm
Jewish school in Montreal is fired upon for second time in days
Police say no one was in the Yeshiva Gedola when shots were heard around 5 a.m.; no reported injuries
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Montreal police at a crime scene in Montreal, Quebec on November 13, 2020. (Andrej Ivanov / AFP)
November 10, 2023, 12:52 am
Shots fired at two Jewish schools in Montreal as antisemitism spikes in Canada
No injuries caused in attacks, which come days after a synagogue near the city was firebombed and clashes over Israel-Hamas war erupted on campus at Concordia University
By AFP and ToI Staff
The front doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeau were hit with a firebomb, November 6, 2023. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
November 8, 2023, 3:21 am
Molotov cocktails thrown at Montreal-area synagogue and Jewish center
Investigators find broken bottles, burn marks on front door of Jewish house of worship in Dollard-des-Ormeau, as antisemitism incidents spike in wake of Hamas attack on October 7
By Gabe Friedman
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