A Statement from the Reform Rabbis of Canada and the Reform Jewish Community of Canada on the Firebombing of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal
This morning, Canadians awoke to the news that another Jewish institution had been attacked. Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal, a historic Reform synagogue and spiritual home to generations of Jews, was targeted in what has been reported as a firebombing.
We are grateful that, at this time, no injuries have been reported. But we must be clear: an attack on a synagogue is an attack on the Jewish people. It is an attack on religious freedom. It is an attack on the promise of Canada itself.
This was not an isolated incident. It follows months and years of escalating violence, threats, vandalism, intimidation, and antisemitic hatred directed at Jewish Canadians and Jewish institutions across this country. Jewish schools have been shot at. Synagogues have been vandalized and firebombed. Jewish-owned businesses have been targeted. Jewish students have been harassed and excluded. Jewish families have been forced to ask whether it is safe to send their children to school, attend services, wear a kippah, display a mezuzah, or be visibly Jewish in public.
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