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Schnitzel, a kosher restaurant in Montreal, was broken into and robbed early Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents at Jewish-owned businesses in the city.
Owner Joseph Cohen said the glass door was shattered and $700 to $800 in cash and personal receipts were taken from the eatery on Queen Mary Rd. It was the second time in the past few months that Schnitzel had been damaged, after an earlier effort to force its front window failed. No one was hurt, he said, and it stayed open.
A window at Pizza Pita in Décarie Square was smashed with a rock on Monday, the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Police have not yet established an antisemitic motive.
Two suspected arson attacks at Mimimelon, a kosher bakery in St-Laurent, are also under investigation, with the police hate crimes unit involved.
Montreal police spokesperson Mouna Sougratti confirmed that officers were investigating the break-in and said no arrests have yet been made. She said the hate crimes unit was not involved in the Schnitzel case for now, though that may change if evidence emerged.
“We are truly just devastated that this is happening to all these Jewish-owned businesses,” Cohen told The Montreal Gazette. “Really sad!”
🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11, 2026: Schnitzels, a kosher Jewish-owned bakery-restaurant, had its entrance smashed and was robbed.
Two days earlier, Pizza Pita had a window smashed. B'nai Brith Canada calls it the third Jewish-owned business targeted in seven days. pic.twitter.com/SbDMqQwxMd
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