By David L. Bernstein, David Steinberg and Sam Goldstein

These are tough times for Canadian Jews. In 2023, the last full year for which we have survey data, nearly 5,800 antisemitic incidents were reported — or 16 per day — a 110 per cent increase over the previous year. With the extremism and violence we’ve witnessed this past year on college campuses, on city streets and even in suburban neighbourhoods, we should expect those numbers to be even higher in 2024.