Montreal Jews shaken after 4 synagogues, school vandalized

[Behind the Aegis]

Source: The Gazette


MONTREAL - Montreal’s Jewish community was reeling Sunday after four synagogues and a Jewish school were targeted by vandals in the early hours of the morning.


Beth Rambam, Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem and Beth Zion synagogues in Côte St. Luc and Dorshei Emet synagogue in Hampstead were all targeted by vandals who threw rocks at the windows of the buildings, smashing several and causing thousands of dollars in damages, said Rabbi Reuben Poupko. The Yavné Academy in Côte St. Luc was also hit.


Poupko, who serves as chairman of the Jewish Community Security Co-ordinating Committee, called the crimes “an organized and systematic attack on Jewish institutional life” and promised that the people who use the buildings on a regular basis would not be intimidated by the vandals.


“The reason it’s so troubling is that was not an isolated affair,” he said.

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[Warren DeMontague]

1. Oy Vey.

Montreal. Man.

[BlueIris]

2. Awful. nt

[slackmaster]

3. O Canada!

:argh:

[LeftishBrit]

4. Disgusting