Mezuzahs have been ripped from the doorways of homes belonging to Jewish seniors at an apartment building in North York over the weekend. Police say the hate crime unit is investigating.

Toronto police’s 32 Division received reports on Sunday that mezuzahs — prayer scrolls that are affixed to the doorways of Jewish homes — had been taken from apartments located at a Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation (TSCH) building, at Bathurst St. and Steeles Ave, a police spokesperson told National Post.

City councillor James Pasternak said on X that the incident was “an act of hate directed at Jewish residents — seniors who deserve safety, stability, and dignity.”

“There is no excuse for targeting people because they are Jewish. Toronto cannot look the other way while seniors are intimidated in t

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