Halifax, Nova Scotia, has a population of about 500,000 residents, including 1,500 Jewish Haligonians who are served by three synagogues (https://tinyurl.com/4swbwutf).
According to the CBC, two synagogues, along with a centre for Jewish teaching, were vandalized overnight in Halifax. In the article that Bambi just read, you could see the disturbing swastika symbol and a senseless graffiti claiming that “Jews did 911” (https://tinyurl.com/ms9hvfx5).
Of course, the swastika or the Nazi hooked cross (“Hakenkreuz”) is unacceptable, especially that its use is meant to intimidate and instill fear within our fellow Canadian Jews. By extension, it means within all of us as Canadians.
As for the other absurd graffiti, it seems to refer to one of the common conspiracy theories about the 9/11 tragedy. Who knows? Maybe you are someone who believes the latter. Endorsing one idea is one thing (i.e., our thoughts are free, one must recall). However, using ideas stemming from a false theory (i.e., not based on facts, not testable, not falsifiable) in order to frighten others is another thing. A line has been crossed here. Sadly, in Canada, this line has been crossed several times over the past two years. It is highly worrisome.
To conclude this post, Bambi strongly denounces vandalism to places of worships and shootings in schools in other provinces, as per older posts shown below. All Canadians deserve to live without the fear of intimidation, including the Jewish community members. Indeed, both Halifax and Canada at large deserve to be free from antisemitic graffiti.
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