Toronto police investigating after second incident of mezuzahs stolen – Toronto

Toronto police are investigating after a number of mezuzahs had been stolen outdoors Jewish properties for the second time this month.

Officers had been known as simply earlier than 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Day to a condominium constructing within the Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue space, the place they are saying mezuzahs had been taken from three models.

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A mezuzah is a parchment inscribed with scripture that many Jewish individuals affix to the doorpost of their dwelling.

Const. Cindy Chung says in a press release that the Toronto police hate crime unit has been notified.

Earlier this month, police within the metropolis requested for the general public’s assist in one other suspected hate-motivated theft investigation after round 20 mezuzahs had been stolen from an house constructing at Bathurst Avenue and Steeles Avenue West.

B’nai Brith Canada calls it “yet one more incident of antisemitic hate in Toronto.”