Montreal

"Palestine resists, Zionism ceases to Exist," read a March 6 advertisement for a Toronto march.

CENTER FIELD: Canada’s weakening national identity and many Canadians’ polite passivity tolerates the intolerable, even as their Jewish neighbors suffer.

Rabbi Grushcow said that the hate was painful, but the "silence of our friends is disturbing."

Videos of the protest posted to TikTok showed protesters shooting off fireworks above them while waving Palestinian flags.

The Canadian government announced a national antisemitism forum after the shooting of the Toronto Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School and arson of the Montreal Beth Tikvah Synagogue.

Despair has become a part of everyday life for Jews experiencing overt hatred.

CBC cited the police as saying that one incendiary device was found at the scene. Witnesses told police that they saw a suspect fleeing the scene. 

Second Cup - a Montreal coffee chain - said it was "terminating their franchise agreement" after it found that its franchisee made "hateful remarks and gestures."

Three protesters were arrested for assaulting officers.

The protest reportedly took up all 12 floors of the main Concordia building, and "Free Gaza" was spray painted on lockers.