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Rhetoric turned to violence: Incendiary device thrown at Vancouver synagogue doors
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https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-804499
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Law enforcement is reportedly still investigating the incident and has increased patrols around local Vancouver Jewish institutions.
“We extend our steadfast support to the families and staff of Congregation Schara Tzedeck,” Congregation Schara Tzedeck senior Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt, congregation president Jonathon Leipsic, Federation Board Chair Lana Marks Pulve, Federation Chief Executive Office Ezra Shanken, and Federation Security Advisory Committee chair Jason Murray said in a joint statement.
"Antisemitic rhetoric has reached a feverish pitch in our city and region recently, and it has always been our concern that the next step would be violence.
B’nai Brith Canada British Columbia regional manager Aron Csaplaros said on social media that his organization was in touch with law enforcement and would work to ensure the perpetrator is brought to justice.
The arson attack comes after a Montreal Jewish school, located in a synagogue, was hit by gunfire on Monday night but did not result in casualties.
Only two days prior, two men opened fire on a Jewish girls’ school in North York, a Toronto suburb, causing no injuries but leaving bullet holes in the building.
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