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Last week saw three instances of antisemitic violence in Canada: Bullets fired into two Montreal Jewish schools, and a fire bomb thrown at the Schara Tzedeck Synagogue in Vancouver. And this is amid the usual round of demonstrations and university encampments openly calling for “intifada” and the violent destruction of Israel.