Yesterday the Free Press published an eye-opening account of the rise of anti-Semitism in Canada. It’s a lengthy story but what it describes will be recognizable to anyone who has been paying attention to the pro-Palestinian protests that have been taking place here in the US, only moreso. A report issued by the Israeli government last month said anti-Semitic incidents in Canada had gone up 670%.
Last month, a report by Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism found a 670 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in Canada since October 7, 2023, including “violent attacks such as shootings targeting Jewish institutions and arson attacks targeting schools, synagogues, and other community institutions.” There are about 40 million Canadians and roughly 350,000 of them are Jewish—representing less than 1 percent of the…
