globalnews.ca reports:
The front doors of a synagogue in Thornhill were smashed by a rock in broad daylight Wednesday morning.
B’nai Brith Canada said they were contacted by Rabbi Mendel Kaplan of Chabad Flamingo Synagogue, who said around 9:40 a.m., surveillance video caught a suspect throwing a rock through the glass doors on two separate occasions.
“Our cameras show a man walking by our Shul, stopping multiple times looking for rocks — and then running back twice to hatefully smash the glass doors,” Kaplan posted on his Facebook.
Later in the day, he posted two surveillance videos that clearly show a man throwing a rock at the doors, fleeing the scene and returning shortly after to throw another rock, this time much closer to the entrance.
Kaplan said he contacted York Regional Police and that their response has been “marvelous.”
“We were shocked, horrified and extremely, extremely distraught by the events of this morning,” Kaplan told reporters Wednesday. “If you watch the video, you can see there is clear premeditation. The person thinks and rethinks, and the way he tosses the stone, the malice and the hatred are really, really obvious.”
Police told Global News the incident is being investigated as vandalism for now, but that the hate crime unit has been notified.
VIDEO: The attack
VIDEO: Rabbi Kaplan speaks to the media
*Trudeau
I agree 100% with what you said but exactly the opposite as what you said, trump has no connection to the stupid refugees that prime minister Trudeau “yemachsemoi” let into canada this attack or as you call it vandalism is Trudeau falt more then trump, next time think before you speak, especially publicly, anyway I live in canada near this chabad house, there is no need for all this drama, the rabbi knows how to blow up a small stupid thing, there was not hate crim involved, this person is mentally retarded, YOU MOVE ON WITH LIFE, I a person… Read more »
You’re an absolute moron!
First what’s the connection between what happened in Canada to Trump
And second, Trump’s the best friend of the Jews and Israel
Bright light attracts a lot of flies.
When he won day one you had anarchist running around. When good prospers you get reaction from angry evil.
How the world was set up zeah leumat zeah. Trump is the best thing that has happened to Israel and this country in a long time.
Very very well spoken, a true kiddish Hashem and true Nachas to the Rebbe.
Thank you
I hope no one pays any attention to that pathetic comment.
The same people who are all inflamed against Trump are the ones who are full of semitic propaganda.
Chabad Flamingo is in a nice area. Pretty dumb person to do something like this at 9:40 in the morning. It’s vandalism by some dumb person. Hopefully they’ll arrest the guy. I feel sorry for the shul. It is awful and must feel horrible but I wouldn’t write this up as some vicious anti-Semitic attack just yet (even if the guy lobbed the brick at the shul because it was a shul).
You are absolutely insane blaming this on Trump and saying he is an antisemite. The best friend in the white house ever.
so nice to see the Rebbe video playing in the background!!!!
Watching the video, clearly, the fellow is deranged and suffering from mental health issues. Common for such an ill individual to come right back and repeat an act of psychotic rage. I do not accept that this is a hate crime. A healthy person would have hidden his face before the act and seek to escape the area immediately after doing the crime. Kop Doktar
Number 2 wake up US and Canada 2 different country’s one Prime Minister Trudo and one President Trump
What’s the connection with trump
Well said. You wisely speak for all our people. We are one. We stand with you.
trump is really doing a bad job in america. since he went to office, anti semitism went up 4.2 percent!!!!!!!!! that’s insane i think america really needs to wake up.
check him out on chabad.org. genius