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Jewish-owned grocery store in Toronto hit by suspected antisemitic arson attack
International Delicatessen Foods was hit by smashed windows, a suspicious fire and graffiti reading 'Free Palestine'
Tristin Hopper
Published Jan 03, 2024
A Jewish-owned grocery store in Toronto has become the victim of an apparent antisemitic arson attack, in what local officials are saying is further evidence of a ramp-up in “lawlessness” targeting the Jewish community.
Around 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Toronto Fire responded to smoke issuing from the rear doors of International Deli Foods, a Jewish-owned grocery store located near the campus of York University.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze quickly and without injury, but news photos from the scene showed that the fire had broken out near graffiti reading “Free Palestine.” An inspection of the building also revealed smashed windows.
Toronto police say the fire is being investigated as a suspected hate-motivated crime, while a string of Toronto officials denounced the blaze Wednesday as an attack against the city’s Jewish community.
Aside from carrying a few Israeli-made items, the store does not overtly deal in Jewish products or kosher foods. International Deli Foods brands itself as one of Toronto’s “first European delicatessen grocery stores,” and has been known to publish flyers in Russian.
But the store’s front entrance carries the initials “IDF,” the same as those used for the Israel Defense Forces. And after the fire, municipal representatives reported that the store is owned by a Jewish family of Russian origin.
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“This is a hate motivated attack on a Jewish owned business,” read a social media post by James Pasternak, city councillor for Ward 6. “This escalation of lawlessness in Toronto must come to an end.”
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The store is just south of the civic boundaries of Vaughan, Ont. On Wednesday, Vaughan mayor Steven Del Duca – a former leader of the Ontario Liberals – said in an official reaction “I have just seen the news about the horrible, anti-semitic attack at International Delicatessen Foods in Toronto.”
Del Duca added that the fire occurred amid a spate of “increasing intolerance targeting Jewish-owned businesses and predominantly Jewish neighbourhoods.”
But perhaps the most vociferous condemnation came from Roman Baber, a former Conservative leadership candidate who used to represent the riding of York Centre in the Ontario Legislative Assembly.
“Today’s fire in a Jewish-owned grocery store in York Centre is a dangerous new low in what has morphed into an out of control situation,” Baber said Wednesday, calling it “a pivotal moment in Canadian history” and implying that the law was not being applied equally in responding to anti-Jewish hate incidents.
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— With additional reporting from The Canadian Press
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/jewish-owned-grocery-store-in-toronto-hit-by-suspected-antisemitic-arson-attack
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