[Ha'aretz ] Rhonda Spivak - Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hit a record high in 2007, according to a recent report by the League of Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada. The group recorded 1,042 anti-Semitic incidents in Canada in 2007, up 11.4% since 2006. A 59.1% increase was noted on Canadian college and university campuses. The study showed that over the past 10 years anti-Semitic incidents have jumped 400% in Canada. Synagogues were targeted in 2007 in 22 incidents, in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Richmond, British Columbia, Hamilton and Barrie, Ontario.
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