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Toronto police investigating theft of 20 mezuzahs in suspected hate crime
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Toronto Police are searching for a person who stole about 20 mezuzahs from residents of an apartment building in a suspected hate-motivated theft.
A mezuzah is a rolled-up scroll of parchment that Jewish families hang on the frame of their front doors, usually in a decorative case.
The thefts reportedly took place early Sunday morning in a seniors’ building in a heavily Jewish neighborhood in North York. Police said yesterday they are asking the public for help in identifying the suspect.
Neighborhood Councilor James Pasternak calls the incident “an act of hate directed at Jewish residents.”
“There is no excuse for targeting people because they are Jewish,” he writes on X. “Toronto cannot look the other way while seniors are intimidated in their hallways.”
All of the mezuzas at 6250 Bathurst Street (TSHC) have been torn off. We have spoken with the rabbi and connected the building with 32 Division.
This is an act of hate directed at Jewish residents — seniors who deserve safety, stability, and dignity in their own homes.
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— James Pasternak (@PasternakTO) December 7, 2025
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