
ANOTHER KRISTALLNACHT? A Toronto Synagogue’s Window Smashed Overnight
It seems like there is no breathing space between anti-Jewish violent attacks in Canada, with multiple attacks seemingly happening every week. Just one day after the firebombing of a synagogue in Montreal, the window of a Toronto synagogue was smashed overnight in what observers are calling another Kristallnacht.
The incident took place at Mishkan Avraham, a Jewish house of worship on Bathurst Street in North York.
More ominously still, a bullseye sticker was seen on the outside of the synagogue.
“Was this location targeted by somebody leaving a roadmap for antisemites to have Jewish sites to hit?” wrote Joe Warmington, a pro-Israel opinion columnist for the Toronto Sun. “Was the bullseye put there to send a message? Was the broken glass meant to replicate a modern day Kristallnacht?”
“Perhaps we will never know,” he added. “When there have been dozens of antisemitic attacks in Toronto since Oct. 7th, there is only so many things you can dismiss before you conclude there is a crisis here.”
Police are investigating the incident that has left members of Toronto’s Jewish community concerned about safety ahead of the “Walk for Israel” event, which began Sunday morning. The vandalism occurred right near the route of the “Walk for Israel” event, which typically draws tens of thousands of participants.
“Less than a week after the Prime Minister addressed the Jewish community and spoke of the need to rectify Canada’s failing social compact and to protect Jewish Canadians, yet another synagogue in Toronto was targeted and vandalized in what is being investigated as a hate crime,” B’nai Brith Canada’s Director of Research and Advocacy Richard Robertson said Saturday.

“This incident exemplifies how the approach to combating antisemitism presently being undertaken in this country is not enough – it fails to capture the gravity of the national crisis of antisemitism,” he added.
Toronto Police labeled the incident “Mischief/Damage” on its X account.
“MISCHIEF/DAMAGE: Bathurst St & Glencairn Ave — police responded to reports of damage at a synagogue,” Toronto Police Operations reported. “A window was broken with an unknown object; damage believed to have occurred overnight; no suspect description(s) currently available; no injuries reported; Hate Crime Unit investigating.”