Police shirk from their responsibility to protect live Jews

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Would Jews be safer from intimidation and harassment if they told the police that their synagogues, community centres and schools were abortion clinics? Canada is vigilant about the serene operation of the latter, and somnolent about safety at the former.

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In recent years, I have joined fellow Christian leaders expressing solidarity with our Jewish brethren facing rising antisemitism in Canada. One of the most pressing areas of concern has been the intimidation and harassment of Jews just going about their ordinary lives.

Shopify’s president, Harley Finkelstein, detailed his own experiences in these pages last week. Yet this has been well known for years, and police have been allergic to any enforcement of existing laws that might give some relief to Canadians who are simply living while Jewish.

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