Hateful Acts in Halifax Demand an Urgent Response

Halifax, NS — September 14, 2025 — This weekend, at the same time the Davis Cup was shut out to fans because of security reasons, two Halifax synagogues — Shaar Shalom and Beth Israel — as well as a building associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch of the Maritimes Rohr Family Institute, were vandalized with hateful antisemitic graffiti.

In response, Yoram Abisror, Executive Director, Atlantic Jewish Council, and Noah Shack, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, issued the following statement: 

"On the same weekend that extremists silenced fans from cheering on Team Canada, with protestors even publicly displaying the severed head of the Halifax mayor, a Halifax synagogue was defaced with hateful graffiti. 

“Whether intimidating sports fans, threatening elected officials, or targeting people at their places of worship, this is absolutely unacceptable in Canada — an assault on our core Canadian values.

"And requires an unequivocal and urgent response from police and political leaders."

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