UJA to beef up security after spike of anti-Semitic incidents [Video]

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is beefing up security in the Jewish community in the wake of disturbing numbers showing a five-fold spike in anti-Semitic incidents in the month of May.

In an impassioned online address on May 27, UJA president and CEO Adam Minsky noted that between January and April this year, his organization received 10 to 12 reports a month of anti-Semitic incidents in the Greater Toronto Area.

In May, during the Israel-Gaza conflict, it received at least 50, a total that does not include unreported incidents.

“There is a clear correlation between anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism in Canada,” states a four-page summary of the incidents prepared by UJA Security, an arm of Federation launched two years ago.

The report samples incidents of harassment, graffiti, vandalism, physical assault, suspicious phone calls, letters and emails, suspicious behaviour by persons on foot or by vehicle, all just between May 13 …