Toronto’s Jewish community is coming together to mourn and is calling for allyship as it marks one year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel that triggered a war that is still raging on.
Maureen Leshem speaks with CP24 on Oct. 7, 2024, one year after a major terrorist attack on Israel. Her cousin, Romi Gonen, was kidnapped from the Nova festival by Hamas and is still being held hostage.
“It’s incredibly difficult to reconcile that a year has already passed,” Toronto resident Maureen Leshem told CP24 Breakfast. Leshem’s cousin, Romi Gonen, was abducted from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7 and is still being held hostage in Gaza. “I’m still at the anger stage, I think, or the disbelief,” Shavit told CP24. “Carmel was supposed to be home on several occasions, several deals that were broken or did not happen.”“We thought not if she’s coming home but when she’s coming home,” Shavit said. “And then suddenly, it was just chopped. That’s what killed us the most, is the way it happened.”
The war has triggered waves of protest around the world that have sometimes targeted Jewish businesses, community spaces, schools and places of worship in the GTA. According to Toronto police, hate crimes are up 40 per cent compared to this time last year with a total of 350 occurrences so far in 2024. The greatest increase, according to police, has been hate crimes against the Jewish community .
More than 150 Jewish community groups are expected to take part in the vigil to commemorate the Oct. 7 anniversary Monday. “We still have more than 100 hostages, including family members of Canadians who are in Gaza being held by Hamas,” she said. “This is a situation that still continues now, and so we need to not just remember those who have been lost, but think now about how we all can work together to bring the hostages home and to make sure that Jews around the world can live in safety.
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An event was held in Ottawa to honour the victims on the anniversary of the worst attack against Jewish people since the Holocaust.The Ottawa Police Service is investigating after a body was found along a road in Barrhaven. Emergency crews responded to a report of a deceased person at approximately 10:15 a.m. Monday in the 3100 block of Greenbank Road, at Strandherd Drive.
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