Antisemitism on rise during election campaign, Jewish human rights group says

A Jewish human rights organization says it has seen a rise in antisemitic vandalism coinciding with the federal election.

B’nai Brith Canada says the Beth Sholom Synagogue in midtown Toronto was vandalized with a swastika symbol and other graffiti.

In a similar incident earlier this week, the campaign signs of two Jewish MPs running for re-election in Montreal were defaced with swastikas.

B’nai Brith Canada says a sign drawing awareness to antisemitism in Toronto was also vandalized with antisemitic rhetoric Wednesday.

And a school in a Jewish neighbourhood in Thornhill, Ont., was hit with swastikas and other obscene graffiti on Monday.

Police in Toronto, Montreal and York Region say they are investigating the incidents.

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