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Dear “Christian”: Your treatment of Jews is decidedly unchristian.

How a civilization built upon Jewish scripture has learned to avert its eyes while Jews once again walk in fear

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Freedom To Offend
Jul 01, 2026
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Dear “Christian”,

The alarm bells should already be ringing in the churches.

Not metaphorically. Literally, morally, spiritually, civilizationally ringing.

Across Canada, antisemitic incidents have exploded to record levels. Jewish schools in Toronto have been shot at repeatedly. The Old Avenue restaurant has been shot up twice. The owner has a child. Must the owner be afraid to bring her child to work?

Synagogues now conceal event locations until the very last moment because they fear attacks. A recent Tafsik-sponsored conference looking at the dangers of Anti Zionism had to wait till the last day to announce a location, and even then, protesters showed up.

Jewish children require armed security to attend school. Police reports and Jewish organizations alike describe an atmosphere of escalating intimidation, vandalism, threats, harassment, and violence.

Jews remain the single most targeted religious minority for hate crimes in Toronto and across much of Canada. Elderly Jews once again gl…

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