An antisemitism conference this week at Queens Park ended on a hopeful, resolute note with Ontario Premier Doug Ford pledging to support the Jewish community. There is so much at stake here not just for Canadian Jewry, but for all Canadians. Most haven’t noticed the incredible threat to the Judeo-Christian values that have grounded our nation in freedom and democracy for 158 years.
In a few days, we will be paying homage to Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) when in 1938 Nazis burned down hundreds of synagogues across Europe. We do this in the shadow of rising antisemitism.
Just this week, four windows were smashed at Kehillat Shaarie Torah in Toronto for the 10th time. And if this wasn’t enough, an Israeli speaker at an off-campus Toronto Metropolitan University event was injur

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