The Jewish community in Côte Saint-Luc is devastated after they found the Sepharade Kol Yehouda synagogue vandalized, Global News reported.
The break-in at the small Montreal synagogue is being called an outrageous display of anti-Semitism and one of the worst incidents in Canada in recent years by B’nai Brith Canada, a Jewish rights advocacy group.
Torah scrolls were found on the floor and other religious items were stuffed in the toilets at the Congregation Sepharde Kol Yehuda in Côte Saint-Luc, according to B’nai Brith’s’ CEO, Michael Mostyn, Global News reported.
“To desecrate the most sacred object we have in the Jewish faith is outrageous,” Mostyn told Global News.
It is not clear when the incident happened. The synagogue had been closed because of the pandemic but according to the organization, a congregant had gone into the place of worship to collect some items before Shavuos.
Hashem Yerachem !!!!