{"id":369462,"date":"2025-12-26T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/369462\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:27:09","slug":"mezuzahs-removed-from-doorways-of-north-york-condo-second-such-incident-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/369462\/","title":{"rendered":"Mezuzahs removed from doorways of North York condo, second such incident in a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police are investigating after three mezuzahs were stolen from a North York condo. No arrests have been made. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For the second time this month, Jewish prayer scrolls have been removed from the doorways of a residential building in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto police told CP24 that they received a radio call just before 12:30 p.m. today \u201cin response of three mezuzahs taken from three condo units\u201d in North York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mezuzahs are traditional parchment scrolls inscribed with Hebrew verses from The Torah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOfficers are investigating and the Hate Crime Unit has been notified,\u201d Const. Ashley Visser said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Visser would only say that the building in question is located near Finch Avenue East and Bayview.<\/p>\n<p>Local councillor speaking out<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">York Centre Coun. James Pasternak shared details about this latest incident in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PasternakTO\/status\/2004354583301071345\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PasternakTO\/status\/2004354583301071345\">post on X<\/a> on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Calling what occurred \u201cdisturbing,\u201d the Ward 6 representative said it occurred at a seniors\u2019 residence on Bayview Avenue on Dec. 25, saying that mezuzahs were \u201cripped\u201d from the doorways of several units in the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pasternak noted that the affected residence is home to many Jewish residents, including Holocaust survivors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis was the second such incident reported in the area within weeks, following a similar act earlier this month,\u201d he said, adding Toronto police are investigating the incident as a \u201cpotential hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pasternak went on to say that community members and residents are concerned about the impact of these targeted acts, especially on seniors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis case of mezuzahs being vandalized is another example of the hate that has infected our city, often a result of incitement from the mobs on the streets and online hate. There must be a universal condemnation of these acts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAnd there must be consequences. The chants on the streets and the feeling of lawlessness is leading Toronto to the abyss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police are investigating after three mezuzahs were stolen from a North York condo. No arrests have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-369462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}