“It was really important to see the love, the support and the solidarity of Jewish people in Canada,” Ohad Lapidot, whose daughter Tiferet was murdered at the Supernova music festival, told JNS.
The delay was attributed to a "deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers," which was later mentioned during the rally as an act of antisemitism by bus drivers refusing to transport the attendees.
"Probably everyone here has someone they know in Israel," said Randi Elkind of Toronto, gesturing to the crowd of thousands. "What's really important is that we need to stand together as a Jewish people."
Thousands of Canadians packed a snowy Parliament Hill on Dec. 4 to support the Jewish people and Israel and call out rising antisemitism and hate directed at Canadian Jewish communities.