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As antisemitic attacks mount, Canadian Jews ask whether they still belong

Summarizing Haley Cohen in Jewish Insider · Published Monday, April 6, 2026
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JL;DR SUMMARY Canadian Jews are facing an escalating wave of antisemitic violence, marked by recent synagogue and restaurant attacks, sparking fear and concerns for their safety. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Legislation  Jewish Institutions  Canada  Jewish Safety  Antisemitic Attacks  Toronto  Community Response  Religious Freedom  Police Action  Bill C 9 

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Theres a real sense and I dont want to overstate it but that the Jewish community in Toronto has felt under siege since [the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel], Rabbi Debra Landsberg, who leads Temple Emanu-El, a Reform synagogue in Torontos North York district, told Jewish Insider."
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"While nearly half of Canadian Jews reside in Toronto which is home to about 150 Jewish institutions the problem extends beyond Canadas largest city. In Ottawa, the countrys capital, a Jewish grandmother was stabbed in August while shopping at a kosher supermarket."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"In 2024, Jews in Montreal were granted an injunction to prohibit the spate of anti-Israel protests, which included chants of death to the Jews in Arabic outside of a school, occurring within 50 meters of dozens of Jewish institutions."
British Columbia, Canada
"A group of Jewish teachers in British Columbia filed a human rights complaint against their own union, accusing the BC Teachers Federation of excluding, harassing and silencing its Jewish members."
Israel
"The real sense and I dont want to overstate it but that the Jewish community in Toronto has felt under siege since [the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel], Rabbi Debra Landsberg, who leads Temple Emanu-El, a Reform synagogue in Torontos North York district, told Jewish Insider."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Cotler warned that theres a ticking bomb here in Canada for what will be the Bondi massacre occurring in Canada, a reference to the December 2025 mass shooting at a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, that killed 15 people."

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