anti-Semitism in Canada

Anti-Semitic drawings found at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton, Ontaio in October 2019 (Beth Jacob Facebook)

October 8, 2019, 8:14 pm

Canadian synagogue targeted with swastikas and anti-Jewish symbols

Security footage shows 4 teens drawing chalk images near building in Hamilton; police hate crimes unit investigating

By JTA

Former Liberal Party candidate Hassan Guillet (Courtesy of B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)

September 2, 2019, 5:00 am

Ex-imam barred from Canadian elections over alleged anti-Semitic comments

Liberal Party of Canada nixes Hassan Guillet after B’nai Brith unearths past statements suggesting Zionists control US politics

By David Lazarus

James Sears, editor of Your Ward News, James Sears, seen in October 2018. (Toronto Star via Getty Images via JTA)

August 23, 2019, 8:41 pm

Canadian editor sentenced to prison for promoting Holocaust denial, rape

Jewish groups hail one-year sentence handed down to James Sears, say it shows ‘attempts to spread hate in Canadian society will not be tolerated’

By David Lazarus

Vered and Erez Ben Sa’adon in a vineyard of Tura Winery, which they founded in 2003 in the West Bank settlement of Rechelim (courtesy Tura Winery)

August 13, 2019, 10:41 pm

Settlers defiant after Canadian court rules their vineyards aren’t in Israel

‘My grandmother was forced to label herself with a yellow patch. I will never label myself,’ one West Bank winemaker fumes, though the government has been apathetic

By Raphael Ahren

The Edmonton Journal apologized after Jewish organizations complained that this editorial cartoon, published in July 2019, was anti-Semitic. (Malcolm Mayes/ Edmonton Journal/ via JTA)

August 12, 2019, 9:24 pm

Canadian paper apologizes for cartoon seen as anti-Semitic

Edmonton Journal caricature depicted hacker with black beard and large nose as perpetrator of banking data breach

By JTA and TOI staff

Toronto skyline in 2008. (John Vetterli via WikiCommons)

August 5, 2019, 1:33 pm

Police suspect hate crime after Jewish boys assaulted in Toronto

Incident comes just under a week after a Jewish man wearing a kippah was attacked by a taxi driver in Montreal

By TOI staff and JTA

Jewish man is assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal, Canada, July 28, 2019 (Screengrab via Facebook)

August 2, 2019, 4:46 pm

Montreal taxi driver beats Jewish man, yells ‘won’t move for any f***ing Jews’

B’nai Brith Canada says attack on driver is ‘shocking anti-Semitic hate crime, in which someone could have been gravely injured or even killed’

By JTA

A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)

July 23, 2019, 1:13 pm

Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hold steady despite drop in hate crimes

Government statistics show Jews remain most frequently targeted minority group

By TOI staff and JTA

July 1, 2019, 6:24 am

Canadian candidate removed for tweets accusing Israel of committing genocide

Rana Zaman, a candidate to represent New Democratic Party in Nova Scotia, said Gaza was the new Auschwitz and Israel aimed to kill more than 6 million Palestinians

By JTA

Illustrative: the skyline of Montreal, Canada, June 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

April 30, 2019, 5:27 am

Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hit record number for 3rd straight year

‘New normal’ sees Canadian Jews targeted over 2,000 times in 2018, although vast majority of attacks are online harassment

By David Lazarus

BerMax Caffé and Bistro in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Google Street View screenshot)

April 25, 2019, 2:59 pm

Canadian police say ‘anti-Semitic attack’ on cafe was staged

Owners of BerMax coffee shop in Winnipeg charged with public mischief after restaurant was vandalized; police investigating previous attacks at eatery

By Marcy Oster

Kippahs and keffiyehs for sale in the Old City of Jerusalem (iStock)

April 12, 2019, 11:47 pm

Jewish Canadian mayor: Ban on wearing religious symbols like ethnic cleansing

Justin Trudeau asks William Steinberg to apologize for remarks on proposed Quebec bill that would affect public workers; many see effort targeting hijab

By David Lazarus

The word "Jew" is seen spray-painted in the parking lot of the BerMax Caffe and Bistro in Winnipeg, Canada. (Screen capture: CTV News Winnipeg)

February 5, 2019, 7:57 pm

Kosher eatery in Canada hit with anti-Semitic graffiti for second time in weeks

‘Jew’ spray-painted on windows and in parking lot of BerMax Caffe and Bistro; police reportedly investigating vandalism as a hate crime

By Marcy Oster

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada condemns the BDS movement during a town hall meeting at Brock University in St. Catherines,Ontario. January 15, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)

January 17, 2019, 6:30 pm

Trudeau blasts BDS movement as anti-Semitic

Canadian premier says boycott group targets Jewish students, demonizes Israel; some things ‘aren’t acceptable, not because of foreign policy, but because of Canadian values’

By TOI staff

The Toronto skyline, 2015. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

November 14, 2018, 3:28 pm

Attack on Jewish teens in Toronto investigated as hate crime

Police say group made derogatory comments about the boys’ religion before punching and kicking two of them

By JTA