Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a renewal of Canada’s covenant as he denounced the sharp rise in antisemitism at a synagogue in Toronto on Monday. His repeated use of the word covenant, including in the title of the speech, was an obvious biblical reference to the covenant in the Old Testament between God and the Jewish people.

Carney’s words weren’t religious. Though he did invoke the prophets, including Isaiah and Amos, his words were aimed at assuring a community under attack.

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“Antisemites in Canada have fired bullets at Jewish schools. They have thrown firebombs at synagogues and attacked community centres,” Carney told his audience at Holy Blossom Temple in the heart of Toronto’s Jewish community.

“They have targeted Jewish-owned businesses. Harassed Jewish patients at hospitals. Drove Jewish students from the common spaces on our university campuses. And desecrated our Holocaust memorials.”

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