Montreal Jewish community won’t let itself be terrorized, school spokesman says
MONTREAL — Students at a Montreal Jewish school were back in class today after their school building was hit by gunfire over the weekend for the second time in three days.
School spokesman Lionel Perez says that while parents are worried about the violence directed at the school, the Jewish community won’t allow itself to be terrorized.
Police said Sunday they responded to an early-morning call about gunshots fired at the Yeshiva Gedola school, in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, and arrived to find bullet casings on the ground.
It’s the latest in a series of crimes since the start of the Israel-Hamas war that have left Montreal’s Jewish community on edge, including previous shootings at Yeshiva Gedola and at another nearby school, as well as firebombs that caused minor damage to a synagogue and a Federation CJA office last week.