{"id":91316,"date":"2026-01-25T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=91316"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:29:12","slug":"canadian-teen-charged-with-antisemitic-hate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/canadian-teen-charged-with-antisemitic-hate-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian teen charged with antisemitic hate campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013 Canadian police have charged a 14-year-old with making a series of antisemitic phone calls to Jewish institutions in the Toronto area, authorities said last week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46092\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46092\" class=\"wp-image-46092 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46092\" class=\"wp-image-46092 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/canada.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-46092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Canada flag flies in the wind on July 25, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>York Regional Police&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yrp.ca\/en\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?newsId=4db779e3-7ce5-4668-8c43-9d8dce52c59a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on Jan. 22 that the youth targeted synagogues, community centers and Jewish schools across Toronto and neighboring York Region in November. Officers arrested him on Jan. 21 after searching his Newmarket home, where they said they found a quantity of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic drug.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect faces 10 counts each of mischief involving religious property and indecent communication, along with possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Jim MacSween condemned the incidents as \u201cappalling,\u201d saying hate \u201chas no place in York Region.\u201d The investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>The case comes amid a broader spike in antisemitic incidents in the Toronto area since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, with Jewish institutions and individuals reporting a rise in threats, vandalism and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>A number of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/canada-jewish-seniors-shocked-after-mezuzahs-pried-off-doorways\/\">mezuzahs<\/a>&nbsp;were torn from the doorways of Jewish seniors\u2019 homes in an apartment building in North York, Toronto, on Dec. 6, 2025. The Toronto Police Service&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/toronto-police-arrest-five-over-forced-entry-at-jewish-event\/\">arrested<\/a>&nbsp;five people on Nov. 5, 2025 for forcible entry at a Jewish event at Toronto Metropolitan University. A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/third-shooting-in-months-at-toronto-jewish-school\/\">shooting<\/a>&nbsp;at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School took place on Dec. 20, 2024, marking the third time that shots were fired at the Chabad girls\u2019 school in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Primary and secondary schools in Ontario, Canada,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ontario-schools-have-long-ignored-mishandled-jew-hatred-government-study-suggests\/\">failed&nbsp;<\/a>to investigate 49% of antisemitic incidents reported to school officials, and more than 40% of Jew-hatred instances involved Holocaust denial or glorifying Nazis, according to a government-commissioned&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/services\/canada-holocaust\/antisemitism\/antisemitism-ontario-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a>&nbsp;on Jew-hatred in K-12 schools in the province dated July 14, 2025.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Canadian%20teen%20charged%20with%20antisemitic%20hate%20campaign\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93256,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316\/revisions\/93256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}