A kosher pizzeria and two other Jewish-owned businesses were broken into on Shabbos, Shevi’i Shel Pesach. While law enforcement says the crimes appear financially motivated, local leaders are sounding the alarm on growing threats facing Jews in Toronto and across Canada.
My Zaidy’s Pizza, a beloved Thornhill establishment founded by the grandfather of Deputy Conservative Leader Melissa Lantsman, was among the businesses targeted. Lantsman, whose riding includes a large Jewish population, called the break-in “a blatant attempt to intimidate and target our community,” noting that the crimes took place on Pesach.
“Today, this country is unrecognizable,” she wrote on social media.
York Regional Police acknowledged similarities between the three break-ins and believe they were committed by a single suspect seeking cash. They said there was no evidence of hate-motivated vandalism.
Still, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca described the incidents as acts of intimidation and called for immediate federal and provincial action to support local efforts.
The break-ins follow a disturbing trend: B’nai Brith Canada reported over 6,200 antisemitic incidents in 2024, a 7.4% increase from the year prior.
Lantsman has pledged a Conservative government would impose tougher penalties for antisemitic crimes and deport foreign offenders.
The incidents come just a week before the April 28 federal byelection, with public safety and antisemitism front and center.
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for some reason Kristallnacht comes to mind… (may be just a overreaction)
Shua1,
Yes it is an absolute overreaction.
The Canadian govt, while they may be inept & misguided, is not encouraging these acts. In truth they’re embarrassed by them & are trying to figure out how to stop them. There are no orders for law enforcement & fire departments to allow damage to Jewish property while protecting Non-Jewish property.
During Kristallnacht 30,000 Jews were arrested by the GOVERNMENT. I don’t see Canadian law enforcement rounding up Jews simply for being Jews.
This is what the Trudeau/Carney Liberal Party starnds for: legitimizing Antisemitism & Intimidation. They even freeze bank accounts of people they dislike. Canadian populace is the dumbest on earth to turn on a dime by the rhetoric stirred up by Trudeau & now Carney.
1. They fell for it against againsts the Truckers eventhough they were standing up for all Canadian citizens basic freedoms.
2. Now they fell for it against the Americans eventhough all they asked for basic reciprocal fair trade including from the Canadian dairy monopoly controlled by the Nielsen + Seputo cartel that only enrich a few.
Although kind & polite, their general population is simply too dumb & gullible to have their own country.