Multiple attempted break-ins at a Toronto shul are low priority for police—as Rabbi Shmuel Neft recently found
UPDATE (8/9/22): Toronto city councillor James Pasternak confirmed a suspect has been arrested and charged—read the initial Aug. 3 story on the break-ins below. Rabbi Shmuel Neft thought the police would be more concerned by multiple attempted break-ins of a space that operates as both a shul and Jewish community centre. The director and spiritual […]
Stephen Schacter found guilty of committing sexual offences against young boys
Stephen Schacter, a former teacher at numerous Toronto Jewish day schools, has been found guilty of several sexual offences.
Four teenage yeshiva students assaulted in Toronto
Four teenage boys, all students at Yeshivas Lubavitch, were assaulted by between 10 and 12 youths, as they were walking home on Sunday evening in Toronto.
Sherman family offers $10M reward for information in the Barry and Honey murder investigation
The family of Barry and Honey Sherman is offering up to $10 million for “information leading to the apprehension and prosecution of those responsible.”
Well-known Torontonian charged with child sex assault
Phillip Kravetsky – who’s well known in Toronto’s Jewish community as a family law mediator, psychotherapist, teacher, family man and DJ – is being investigated by the Toronto Police Service on a child sexual assault complaint.
Winnipeg rabbi on the lam following sex-assault charges
A Chabad rabbi who worked for years in Winnipeg remains in hiding after police issued a warrant for his arrest on eight sex-related charges.
The power of words and the need to stop anti-Semitism
When Farber was young, his parents told him, as all parents do, that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt you.” However, words do hurt and they were wrong.
Stephen Schacter child pornography trial begins
Schacter has pleaded not guilty to one count of possessing child pornography.
More complaints alleged against man in chassidic garb
Toronto police have received two new complaints of sexual assault against a man dressed in chassidic garb.
Toronto police seek public’s assistance in hate-related Baycrest vandalism case
The Toronto Police Service is seeking assistance identifying a man involved in a hate-motivated mischief investigation.
