Toronto seems to be the capital of anti-Semitism in Canada

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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow professes herself perplexed as to the motivation behind a petty, mean, cowardly thief stealing sacred scrolls from the doors of Jewish seniors.

Is Chow so arrogant that she fails to recognize it is because of her, and politicians like her, that this kind of antisemitic criminality happens?

It is monumental hypocrisy on Chow’s part to drape herself in the Palestinian flag, kneel to the anti-Israel activists, permit protest and pandemonium on behalf of those committed to an anti-Israel/antisemitic agenda and then innocently wonder where all this Jew hatred comes from.

Last weekend, about 20 mezuzahs were forcibly taken off the doorways of homes belonging to elderly Jewish residents in community housing in Toronto’s North York neighbourhood.

Mezuzahs (meaning doorposts) are small containers within which are sacred scrolls that begin with a Jewish foundational prayer, the Shema.

It is a despicable thing for a thief, or thieves, to have ripped them from the doors, but it is just one more assault on the Jewish community since Israel was savagely and inhumanely attacked on October 7, 2023.

Chow’s response : “This is an outrageous and vile act of antisemitism. This is a public supportive housing building for seniors. They deserve to live in peace without fear of being targeted for being Jewish. I will be reaching out to (TSHC) leadership to investigate how this could happen.”

She’s right that this act is outrageous and vile and that seniors deserve to live in peace. But her reaching out to the TSHC (presumably the Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation) to find out how “this could happen” is expedient disingenuousness.

Toronto has been a cesspool of antisemitism for two years and Chow’s hollow words in that time have done nothing to clean things up.

The targeting of Jews accounted for 40 per cent of all hate crimes in Toronto in 2024, according to a police report this year, with incidents occurring on public streets, transit, as well as businesses and educational facilities.    unquote

For the full article,

Michael Higgins: In Olivia Chow's Toronto, Jew hatred is relentless

[Shady]

We import new citizens exclusively from the Middle East and India, so it's not really a surprise unfortunately.   Most of the settle in Toronto.

[suds]

Unlike the federal government, Toronto doesn't have a seat at the UN or has any good reason to be involved in international affairs. The Mayor's job is to run the city and uphold the best interests of all those living there. A mayor isn't required to have an opinion on the war in Palestine or to take sides. But if certain groups are feeling threatened (such as the Jewish community in this case), then it's time for action. Just my opinion.

[John Stone]

16 hours ago, suds said:

Unlike the federal government, Toronto doesn't have a seat at the UN or has any good reason to be involved in international affairs. The Mayor's job is to run the city and uphold the best interests of all those living there. A mayor isn't required to have an opinion on the war in Palestine or to take sides. But if certain groups are feeling threatened (such as the Jewish community in this case), then it's time for action. Just my opinion.

She sounds ambitious - strategically it might be a good move. - depends on diaspora support. 

[blackbird]

Toronto woman says Uber driver refused to take her home after she spoke Hebrew

[suds]

On 12/11/2025 at 6:40 AM, John Stone said:

She sounds ambitious - strategically it might be a good move. - depends on diaspora support. 

This is what I would refer to as being one of the uglier sides of politics. Putting one's own best interests ahead of everything else.

[John Stone]

7 minutes ago, suds said:

This is what I would refer to as being one of the uglier sides of politics. Putting one's own best interests ahead of everything else.

................ hmmmmm, political hacks  are elected by good people who do not vote?  

[ironstone]

More news from Toronto: Three men accused of hunting women and Jews on Toronto streets as part of hate plot

A 26-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged with ISIS-linked terrorism offences and two other men are charged for alleged hate-motivated extremism targeting women and members of the Jewish community.

The federal terrorism investigation and related probes by Toronto police and Peel police follow violent incidents of armed men trying to abduct women from the street, one in May and two in June.

 Waleed Khan,  Osman Azizov, 18, Fahad Sadaat, 19.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/three-men-charged-allegedly-hunting-165058484.html