Toronto synagogue Kehillat Shaarei Torah was vandalized for the second time in less than a month—police released a photo of a suspect
UPDATE (5/18/24): Toronto Police Service released the blurry image of a male in a blue hooded jacket, black pants and back shoes related to this hate-motivated mischief investigation at Kehillat Shaarei Torah. Irwin Beron dropped everything and rushed to his synagogue, Kehillat Shaarei Torah (KST), when he learned that the north Toronto shul had been […]
Montreal’s historic Bagg Street Shul defaced with antisemitic graffiti
Members of the Montreal police hate crimes unit were expected to meet today (March 29) with officials of the historic Bagg Street Shul after it was defaced with Nazi symbols. Michael Kaplan, the century-old synagogue’s president, said the vandalism occurred sometime over the weekend. He described it as the first such incident of its kind […]
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 […]
Côte St. Luc is encouraging home-based shuls to move into commercial properties
Côte St. Luc has taken what it describes as the first step in addressing the growing number of places of worship operating in homes in strictly residential zones. The city council unanimously adopted the first draft of a bylaw amendment that would allow religious groups to set up in certain buildings located in zones now […]
Beth Tikvah and Beth David: Light gets shed on a merger of two Toronto synagogues
Two long-established Toronto synagogues have been tightlipped about plans to merge, but a recent email to members of the shuls provides some details. The merger is between Beth Tikvah Synagogue at 3080 Bayview Ave. and Beth David Congregation at 55 Yeomans Rd. Both synagogues are Conservative and egalitarian. An amalgamation of the houses of worship […]
