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Washington Post
2 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
D.C.-area police promise more patrols at synagogues after Boulder attack
Fairfax County police, responding to Sunday's attack on a Jewish gathering in Boulder, Colorado, said they will increase patrols around synagogues and other places of worship, and D.C. and Montgomery County police said they would continue an already heightened response to a recent act of apparent antisemitic violence in the District.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Paris probes antisemitic vandalism targeting synagogues and a Holocaust memorial
PARIS — Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. The vandalism, discovered early Saturday morning, targeted the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant in the city's historic Marais district, as well as a third synagogue in the 20th arrondissement (district). An open can of paint was reportedly found nearby, while French media said surveillance footage from the Holocaust Memorial showed an individual dressed in black spraying paint overnight.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
Holocaust memorial and three synagogues in Paris sprayed with green paint
Five Jewish institutions were sprayed with green paint in Paris overnight and an investigation has been opened, a police source said on Saturday. Police found the paint damage early on Saturday on the Shoah Memorial, which is the Holocaust museum in Paris, three synagogues and a restaurant in the historic Jewish neighbourhood of Le Marais, the source said. Interior minister Bruno Retailleau said on X that he was disgusted by these 'despicable acts targeting the Jewish community'. It was not yet known who committed the damage, or why. The Interior Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on details of the incidents. READ MORE France has seen a rise in hate crimes. Last year police recorded an 11 per cent rise in racist, xenophobic or antireligious crimes, according to official data published in March. The figures did not break down the attacks on different religions. - Reuters (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2025
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Several Paris Jewish institutions sprayed with green paint
PARIS (Reuters) -Five Jewish institutions were sprayed with green paint in Paris overnight and an investigation has been opened, a police source said on Saturday. Police found the paint damage early on Saturday on the Shoah Memorial, which is the Holocaust museum in Paris, three synagogues and a restaurant in the historic Jewish neighbourhood of Le Marais, the source said. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on X that he was disgusted by these "despicable acts targetting the Jewish community". It was not yet known who committed the damage, or why. The Interior Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on details of the incidents. France has seen a rise in hate crimes: last year police recorded an 11% rise in racist, xenophobic or antireligious crimes, according to official data published in March. The figures did not break down the attacks on different religions.
National Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Chris Selley: No municipal bylaw will calm the anti-Israel rabble
On Thursday Toronto city council passed a bylaw allowing schools, daycares and places of worship to apply for a 50-metre 'bubble zone' in which protesting would be prohibited. The impetus, obviously, is the anti-Israel protesters who have been targeting synagogues since Oct. 7, 2003. They and their supporters naturally complained bitterly about this new bylaw — a violation of the Charter, they said confidently. (Typically, council voted down a motion that would have made public the legal advice it had received on the matter.) Article content Article content Article content That said, it seems doubtful any of the synagogue protesters are much worried about this development. Several have proven themselves perfectly willing to be arrested for their cause (though Crown prosecutors have often been uninterested in pursuing charges). The idea they would defer to Toronto's bylaw officers is risible. Article content Article content The idea Toronto bylaw officers would even wade into this is somewhat dubious, frankly, though council approved funding for 12 new officers. 'Toronto bylaw officer' is not a byword for 'robust, consistent and judicious enforcement.' In an extraordinary illustration of who really runs City Hall, in January, Toronto's executive director of licensing and standards announced to council's budget committee that he was thenceforth refusing to have bylaw officers deal with unlicensed marijuana retailers. 'These officers do not have arrest powers and are not permitted or trained to use force while carrying out enforcement activities,' Carleton Grant, who remains in his position, told the committee. 'This makes the enforcement of unlicensed cannabis dispensaries challenging and presents health and safety risks to officers.' Article content Article content And wading into a baying mob demanding global intifada 40 metres in front of a bubble-zoned synagogue is … what, exactly? A fun day out? Article content Article content But Jewish Canadians have freedom of association as well, not to mention freedom of worship. On its face, a 50-metre no-go zone seems reasonable. If it's unreasonable, then the Criminal Code is also unreasonable — perhaps even more so. Section 176 reads as follows: 'Everyone who wilfully disturbs or interrupts an assemblage of persons met for religious worship or for a moral, social or benevolent purpose is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.'
