Antisemitism rose nearly 17 per cent in 2018: B’nai Brith report

Antisemitism has grown in Canada according to a Jewish advocacy group that tracked over 2,000 incidents of hate against Jewish Canadians in 2018, from reports of assault to a 13-year-old being told to “go back to the ovens.”   The 2018 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents by B’nai Brith Canada counted 2,041 incidents of antisemitism last year, showing a 16.5 per cent increase over 2017. It is the third consecutive year the organization has seen growth in antisemitism leve