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We are witnessing the beginning stages of a new Jewish exodus, not from Egypt and slavery, but from Canada’s rising antisemitism. There are the high-profile cases like bestselling author and professor Gad Saad or Dr. Emmanuel Moss, the chief heart surgeon at the Montreal Jewish General Hospital.

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For every high-profile case, there are many more quiet conversations around family dinner tables questioning whether Canada is welcoming or even safe for Jews anymore.

Saad is leaving Montreal, the city his family fled to from Lebanon in 1975. He simply doesn’t feel safe, is under constant threat and is moving with his family to Mississippi, where he will take up a role with a university there.

Dr. Moss, who grew up in Montreal and built his career there, is taking up a position in Atlanta, Ga. Writing recently in the Montreal Gazette, he said that his reasons for leaving are multi-faceted, including an incredible career opportunity. Antisemitism........

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