Early Tuesday, antisemitic vandals hit Kehillat Shaarei Torah, a synagogue in Toronto’s north end, for the 10th time in just over a year and a half.

Police officers responded to reports of smashed windows, finding four shattered panes. Rabbi Joe Kanofsky said the community is shaken but determined not to be silenced.

“It’s very important to acknowledge nobody in our synagogue was hurt. This took place off hours when the building was not occupied,” he said.

Kanofsky described how the synagogue had already taken steps to protect itself, installing a steel fence and locked gate last year after previous attacks. Federal funding through the Canada Community Security Program has helped the temple add barriers and a CCTV system.

He emphasized that the synagogue’s response will be to double do

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