Toronto police are investigating the theft of about 20 mezuzahs, or Jewish prayer scrolls, reported stolen from the doorways of apartments in a North York building, as a possible hate crime.

On Sunday morning at around 10:30 a.m., Toronto police received a call for a theft in the Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West area, according to a news release Monday morning .

The hate crime unit is investigating the incident, police said.

James Pasternak, a city councillor for Ward 6, said the mezuzahs had been taken from 6250 Bathurst St. , or the West Don Apartments, where the city runs supportive housing .

“This is an act of hate directed at Jewish residents — seniors who deserve safety, stability, and dignity in their own homes,” he wrote in a post on X .

Mayor Olivia Chow

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