B'nai Brith Demands Federal Action After Attacks on Toronto's Jewish Bakeries
B'nai Brith Canada called on Sunday, July 26, for federal action after attacks on two branches of a Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto, warning that the incidents reflect a national emergency rather than isolated vandalism. "The reported attacks targeting Jewish-owned bakeries in Toronto appear to be part of a relentless and escalating campaign of antisemitic intimidation that has seen Jewish schools, synagogues, community institutions, businesses and families targeted across Canada," the organization stated. It added that such attacks are "evidence of a systemic national crisis" that governments can no longer address through statements of concern and security measures issued only after another Jewish institution has been targeted.
The group pressed law enforcement and government officials to treat the incidents as direct threats to national security. "The Federal Government must establish a national task force to coordinate the response, investigate those responsible, examine any potential links to extremist or foreign-backed networks and, where the legal criteria are met, pursue the listing of those responsible as terrorist entities," the statement read. CEO Simon Wolle faulted the government's reliance on security grants over prevention. "Jewish communities have been left to fend for themselves, funding their own security and protection," Wolle said. The organization has counted 27 violent incidents against the Jewish community since January 1, 2026.
The attacks took place on the morning of Sunday, July 26. Police responded to gunfire near Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue West, where a bakery window was struck; at a second location near Bathurst and Steeles a window was broken, with no evidence that shots were fired. Toronto Duty Inspector Scott Bradbury said no injuries were reported in either case, with the police hate crime unit and gun and gang task force leading the investigation. "The question is no longer whether Canada has an antisemitism crisis," B'nai Brith stated. "The question is why our governments do not seem to have the resolve to confront it."
(INN/VFI News)
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