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Beryl P. Wajsman: A Jewish restaurant has burned. It is not time to succumb to the industry of fear

The arson attack on Nöam kosher restaurant is a serious crime. But it does not deserve an immediate verdict before investigators have completed their work.

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Montreal — There is a debilitating temptation within the Jewish community today to assume that every crime involving a Jewish institution must automatically be an act of antisemitism.

Beryl P. Wajsman: A Jewish restaurant has burned. It is not time to succumb to the industry of fear Back to video

The temptation is understandable. After almost two years of escalating hatred, firebombings, shootings, vandalism, intimidation and open calls for violence against Jews, no one can be faulted for being alert. Vigilance is not only justified — it is necessary.

But vigilance is not the same as reflex.

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