UPDATE: Graffiti Found on Jewish School Building in Montreal; Artist Says He Meant No Harm [PHOTOS]

Police in Outremont, Montreal, were investigating disturbing graffiti on a Jewish school on Monday morning.

Chaverim Shomrim of Montreal-Tosh received a phone call reporting the incident on Monday morning, and immediately contacted police.

The graffiti was found on the Belzer High School, located on Laurier street between Park and Jeanne-Mance. It appears to have been painted on Motzei Shabbos. It reads “one scythe fits all”. A “scythe” is a knife.

Police were reviewing security cameras to try and gain information on the suspect(s).

Initial fears were the message was anti-Semitic in nature. However, based on comments left on an Instagram account linked to the suspect, see screenshots below) it appears that may not have been the motivation.

(Chaim Shapiro – YWN)

8 Responses

  1. Is Halloween celebrated in Canada? I don’t know, but this looks more like a Halloween-themed drawing than any type of threat. Is there some other reason that this is being considered a threat?

    an Israeli Yid

  2. The guy has an Instagram page, shouldnโ€™t take long to find him.

    But since he specializes in gory art, I donโ€™t know if theyโ€™ll be able to get him for hate charges here. Heโ€™s trying to be the opposite of Banksy, with art that offends across the board.

  3. aIY: itโ€™s perceived as threat because this defaced a Jewish school building about a week after Pittsburgh.

    Itโ€™s definitely vandalism so I am in no way condoning this, but he can easily claim that it was misinterpreted, that his message really is that hate and violence donโ€™t necessarily discriminate, and we should call it out no matter who the victim is.

  4. It was done on a school whose students are visibly Jewish and chasidic. Everyone in Outremont knows of the chasidim; they number 5,000 and are often in the news.

    To suggest that it is not a hate crime is a reach. OTOH, the outcome of a trial is anybody’s guess.

  5. Stuart- The messages clearly show he had no clue. He articulated that he had no clue what he had done. I also reached out to him personally after seeing the above, and it’s clear he had zero ill intent. Nice guy actually.

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