Record number of anti-Semitic incidents fuelled by online hate: B’nai Brith
OTTAWA — B’nai Brith Canada says online hatred is fuelling a rise in anti-Semitism that saw record numbers of Jewish Canadians harassed and assaulted last year.
The group released its annual audit of anti-Semitism Monday, showing 2,041 recorded incidents of hatred towards Jews in 2018, up 16 per cent compared to the year before.
This is the fifth straight annual increase, and the highest number of incidents the organization has recorded since it began tracking 1982.
“Our primary concern with the trend we are observing is that this may be indicating a new normal in terms of the propagation of anti-Semitism in Canada,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn.