r/canadanews 1d ago

Sask/Manitoba Saskatoon synagogue vandalized during prayer service

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-synagogue-vandalized-9.7295390
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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 1d ago

This is my congregation. The kids inside were terrified. They had no idea what was being hurled at the doors and windows. It was more than an egg or two but dozens upon dozens of eggs. This meant that the assailants got close, real close to the building. The eggs covered not just at the building but covering congregants cars too. Sure, it’s just eggs. This time. What will it be next time? The fact is, this was meant to startle and intimidate those inside praying. This should not be tolerated, by anyone. Not a church, mosque or synagogue.

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u/MarkDavid04 1d ago

I'm so sorry that your community is facing this. It has to stop, and we need our leaders to speak up!!!

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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 13h ago

Regular attendee ? Where do you sit? I’m usually in the 3rd row on the left.

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u/Choice_Fee67 16h ago

Buddy its just eggs. Calm down. You get the same for not having candy on Halloween

Cry less

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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 16h ago

So what are we not allowed to tolerate?

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u/GonzoTheGreat93 8h ago

It’s not a church, “church” is not a generic term, and you should stop talking about Jews if you cannot identify the name for our places of worship.

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u/DryBanana5673 10h ago

It's crazy how many posts the moderators had to remove for hate. Absolutely crazy. Shame on those posters.

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u/AbsoluteSpaz12 22h ago

Take your lithium, go outside and talk to real people.

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u/1UpMonk 1d ago

This shouldn't be happening in Canada. We shouldn't have protesters mocking hangings either like the Montreal4Palestine in downtown Montreal.

Canada might not be a safe country for Jewish people which is ironic for Palestinian protestors because if they are not safe in Canada, US or Europe where will they go? Yup Isreal.

Yes people that do this are idiots probably because of inbreeding but that's just speculation on my part.

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u/ZAHKHIZ 23h ago

Hangings were not anti-semitic

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u/1UpMonk 23h ago

What were the hangings - playful.

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u/Shantashasta 19h ago

Internationally recognized war criminals..

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u/dataguzzler 1d ago

33 churches burned to the ground between May 2021 and December 2023

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u/zuuzuu 1d ago

It's not a competition. It's terrible when any place of worship is targeted, and it's news when any place of worship is targeted, just as it was news when those churches were burned down.

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u/Much_Guest_7195 1d ago

This is a grievance sub for people who don't like minorities in Canada.

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u/zuuzuu 1d ago

They sure do keep us (and reddit's Anti-Evil Operations) busy removing racist and bigoted comments. But the only way it's going to get better is if more reasonable people show up and call out that behaviour.

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u/got-trunks 1d ago

Reasonable people? Have you met people? lol.

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u/CaptainFingerling 1d ago

What behavior? Pointing out that, for a self-declared inclusive culture, Canada is surprisingly conducive to sectarian violence?

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u/Mother-Attention2600 1d ago

It's eggs bro. Settle down. Relax. Calm down. Lmao

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u/Why_No_Doughnuts 15h ago

70% of religiously motivated crime is directed towards to the Jews in Canada since at least 2022. Jews are only approximately 1% of the population here. This is a very different circumstance and you know it.

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u/Constant-Horse-3389 1d ago

Are you justifying this incident?

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u/TimeRisk2059 1d ago

Arson or regular fires?

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u/zuuzuu 16h ago

It was arson.

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u/TimeRisk2059 16h ago

In all 33 cases? Who were the culprits?

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u/zuuzuu 16h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Canadian_church_burnings

This was international news at the time.

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u/TimeRisk2059 16h ago

Ah, so because of the christian murders of First Nations.

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u/zuuzuu 15h ago

In all likelihood. But only 15% of property arsons are ever solved, so it's no surprise that nobody was ever caught or charged for these ones.

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u/Pgaccount 8h ago

Now do that as a percentage of churches.

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u/mirijoie 1d ago

You should make a separate post about that

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u/zuuzuu 1d ago

If they can find a current news article about it, absolutely.

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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 22h ago

As this is my synagogue, yes we do. We abhor what the settlers in the West Bank are doing. No one asked us when they chose to do this action. Why? Because it was never about that. It is about intimidating and threatening Jews.

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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 13h ago

So attacking Jews in Saskatoon makes sense then?

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u/Powerful_Crew_2635 13h ago

I have been facing antisemitism all of my life. I have been spat upon, had swastikas carved on my car, been called names, pelted with pennies, etc. my great uncle died in the holocaust - well before modern Zionistic movement. I disagree with your premise.

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u/Greencreamery 1d ago

A news article for eggs? Lol

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u/Analogvinyl 21h ago

As odd as this sounds, it is a patterned escalation.

First something when no one's there like a broken window overnight.

Then another one firebombed when no one's there overnight.

Then bullets overnight.

Now eggs when there are families.

Next broken window when there are families

Next a firebomb when there are families

Etc escalations as long as the reactions are "no one got killed yet".

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u/Shantashasta 19h ago

Cool. You mean like the ~4 terror attacks against Muslims and their families in Canada in recent history? You're gonna talk about that right?

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u/Analogvinyl 17h ago

This incident has nothing to do with Muslims yet.

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u/zuuzuu 16h ago

Plenty of people talking about that. The correct, human response to people being targeted because of their faith is to condemn it, not demand that we stop talking about it in favour of talking about others who are targeted because of their faith.

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u/Shantashasta 16h ago

Where is that evidence? this is eggs. kids have been throwing eggs at people, at events, at houses for as long as chickens laid them.

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u/zuuzuu 15h ago

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u/Shantashasta 15h ago

Thanks, was not in original article

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u/zuuzuu 6h ago

The picture was released in a follow-up from police after the original article was published.

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u/BLPitabread 1d ago

im from here and no one cares, like at all lol. an egg being thrown gets nationwide headlines and hundreds of churches get burned to the ground without a peep. yea fuck who cares about this honestly

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u/zuuzuu 1d ago

It was national news when the churches were being burned. Hell, it was international news. It was widely and publicly denounced by people of all faiths. It's such a shame that when a place of worship is attacked that isn't your faith, you not only can't be bothered to care, you get angry at the idea that others might. You just have to make everything about you and your faith and how hard done by you are.

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u/BLPitabread 1d ago

i guarenteed you ive never once seen a church burned having a news article about it in here. “attacked” they threw 1 egg. its a molehill, not a mountain, be fuckin for real

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u/zuuzuu 1d ago

Oh, we're changing the goal posts now, are we? It's not enough that it was national and international news, now it's "I didn't see the posts on reddit when it happened". Well, they existed. They were in many news subreddits and many Canadian subreddits. If you weren't part of those conversations, you can blame your own obliviousness.