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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Toronto synagogue vandalized for 10th time since 2024
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Vandals smashed the exterior windows of Kehillat Shaarei Torah in Toronto yesterday in what the synagogue says is the tenth time it has been attacked since April 2024.
Four or five windows were damaged in the early morning attack, local news station report.
In a video with a timestamp of 4:30 a.m., surveillance cameras show a thin young man wearing a black hooded jacket jumping up to attack the windows with what seems to be a hammer in his left hand. The suspect, who is believed to have also been involved in some of the previous attacks, has not yet been identified.
A spokesperson for the temple told CTV News Toronto that the suspect scaled a fence that was erected around the building with funding received through the federal government’s Canada Community Security Program.
One incident is random, twice is a pattern.
Ten? That’s an epidemic of hate.
That synagogue Kehillat Shaarei Torah’s been vandalized 10x is a direct failure of #Toronto’s leadership on up, it’s a repudiation of our so-called leaders at all levels—they must act or step aside. pic.twitter.com/0rVxuCWLvG
— Kevin Vuong ???????? (@KevinVuongxMP) November 4, 2025
Rabbi Joe Kanofsky tells CTV that members of the 45-year-old synagogue plan to continue their regular routine throughout the police investigation.
“The idea (of the vandalism) is to disrupt. So we had our service this morning, at seven o’clock, we had a full quorum show up, and we continue to do what we do,” he says.
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