Jewish institutions receive bomb threats
Bomb threats have been emailed to Jewish institutions across Canada, with synagogues, community centres and hospitals all reporting them. Police have checked several Montreal addresses and found nothing so far.
bob 16:39 on 2024-08-21 Permalink
This seems to be some kind of weird bomb threat spam.
An almost identical threat was sent to Jewish institutions in New York City last May. But there was a spate of threats across India several times in the last year, including yesterday, using similar language (the one in India yesterday used the exact phrase “You will all end up in a pool of blood, none of you deserve to keep living.”). Those went to hospitals, malls, courts, airports, various businesses, museums, colleges – nothing Jewish. There seems to be enough to link these events within the emails, like identical language, similar language, same “group” claiming responsibility, sent from the same email address, etc.
Ephraim 19:12 on 2024-08-21 Permalink
Pure anti-semitism. I’m still waiting to hear Imams, Priests, Reverends and Ministers all condemning this…. do you hear crickets? I hear crickets.
Kate 09:42 on 2024-08-22 Permalink
To be fair, we don’t usually get public statements from most religious leaders on anything. Politicians have tweeted their formal outrage, though – at a quick glance, Trudeau, Freeland, Bendayan, Craig Sauvé, have spoken up. Not seeing anything from Poilievre.
It’s a political matter, not a religious one, and if bob is correct, this may be some gang of Russian shit‑stirrers and not anyone with a real agenda.
Ephraim 10:31 on 2024-08-22 Permalink
@Kate – See, for me, none of this will change until the other religious leaders start to condemn attacks based on religious beliefs. Judaism isn’t Israel, Mosques aren’t Iran or Terrorists, Churches aren’t the Mafia, etc. We need to show that people can have faith without being state actors.
Kate 16:42 on 2024-08-22 Permalink
There was a time when we would’ve cared what a bishop said about this, but now? Would anyone even report on it, if the archbishop of Montreal issued a statement?
dhomas 08:45 on 2024-08-23 Permalink
After the Quebec mosque shooting in 2017, there were many reports of interfaith responses to it.
Examples:
Anglicans:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-muslims-anglicans-faith-grief-1.4507155
https://anglicanjournal.com/christian-leaders-express-solidarity-with-muslims-following-quebec-attack/
Jews:
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-mosque-shooting-interfaith-groups-to-form-rings-of-peace-at-canadian-mosques
jeather 10:03 on 2024-08-23 Permalink
That was an actual shooting, not a bunch of apparently fake bomb threats. I don’t intend to minimize the latter, but let’s be realistic about the difference. (In high school and Cegep there were so many fake bomb threats.)
dhomas 16:17 on 2024-08-23 Permalink
@jeather: I almost wrote those exact words. But I don’t want to minimize the fear these communities feel when these threats are made. You are, however, correct. In one case, it’s words; in the other it’s acts.
jeather 16:41 on 2024-08-23 Permalink
I’m Jewish, for the record.