OTTAWA — Antisemitism in Canada exploded last year as the war unfolding in Israel and Gaza was used to 'justify' the targeting of Jews in Canada, B'nai Brith said Monday as it released its latest report on antisemitism.
OTTAWA — Antisemitism in Canada exploded last year as the war unfolding in Israel and Gaza was used to"justify" the targeting of Jews in Canada, B'nai Brith said Monday as it released its latest report on antisemitism.
Based on incidents reported to B'nai Brith, including through collaborations with police, there were 5,791 documented acts of violence, harassment and vandalism aimed at Jews in 2023, more than twice the 2,769 documented incidents in 2022. "This means that on average, a Jewish Canadian was threatened or assaulted every fourth day in 2023," he said."These figures are horrifying and warrant an immediate action in response from all societal stakeholders, both governmental and non governmental."The vast majority of recorded incidents — 4,847 — took the form of online harassment. Messages included threats that"you and your family are going to die," expressing glee at the deaths caused by Hamas on Oct.
"The systemic nature of the antisemitism has forced Canadian Jews to question the continued vitality of the nation's Jewish communities," he said."For perhaps the first time there was a genuine concern that the Jewish Canadian narrative … is at risk of being subject to erasure."
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