If only there were signs.
If only we could have foreseen – somehow – that the climate in Canada would become so toxic toward Jews that now, in August of 2024, more than 100 Jewish institutions would receive a bomb threat, warning that the buildings’ occupants “will all end up in a pool of blood.”
“None of you deserve to keep living,” it read.
How did we get here?
If only there were signs. Like, say, weekly protests that
regularly included antisemitic chants about sending Jews back to Europe or
celebrations of terrorist groups.
If only there was a way to know that the most extreme rhetoric expressed by participants – including those who shouted “Long live October 7″ and “October 7 is proof that we are almost free” – were not simply errant opinions.