Unfortunately, the “anti-Zionist” sentiment, push-back against the idea of a Jewish homeland in Israel, he expressed isn’t exactly uncommon. Instead, the massacre has, perplexingly, set off a wave of antisemitism the world over, with Canada being no exception. Here in Canada, the city of Montreal, home to a quarter of the country’s Jewish population, has been an epicentre of anti-Jewish hatred. Two Montreal-area Jewish schools were shot at overnight on Nov. 8 and a third shooting incident was reported on Sunday. While virtually every identifiable group faces some level of discrimination, antisemitism is a uniquely global and insidious form of hatred.
