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A heavy rock smashed a window at Pizza Pita, a kosher restaurant in Montreal, early on Monday morning, on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
B’nai Brith Canada said it was in touch with the owners and local police and urged investigators to consider a possible hate motive.
The organization also voiced concern about recurring vandalism against Jewish-owned businesses in Montreal and noted that the incident took place on Kristallnach’s 88th anniversary. The pogrom took place on November 9–10, 1938, when Nazis attacked Jewish homes, synagogues, and businesses.
Last week, two deliberate fires struck Mimimelon, a kosher bakery in Ville Saint-Laurent, within about 25 hours. The first, late on November 2, was put out before it could spread through the premises. The second broke out early on November 4 and destroyed the business, five days before the Pizza Pita incident.
The Montreal police’s hate crime unit and arson squad were investigating the Mimimelon fires. No link has been confirmed between those fires and Monday’s damage.
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