Toronto police have launched an investigation after “disgusting” notes with anti-Semitic messages were left on doors at a condominium in the city, residents say.“It’s absolutely disgusting,” a resident of the building at 233 Beecroft Rd. in North York said. “In my 15-plus years I’ve lived here, I’ve never had to lock my door . . . but I’ll be locking the door tonight.”Photos shared with the Star show a small note bearing the phrase “no Jews” above a swastika written in red ink. Mezuzahs, bearing scripture from Torah and hung on doorposts, were vandalized or stolen, residents confirmed.Helen Chaiton, who has lived in the building for 18 years, said her rabbi had visited Sunday afternoon to replace her mezuzah that was “completely vandalized.” Hours later, in the evening, her new mezuzah had been stolen with an “obscene message” left at her front door.“At the foot of my door was the F-word, and a swastika,” she said. “I am staying strong. I come from a family of Holocaust survivors.” Chaiton said that on Sunday evening, she heard chiseling outside her door, and several knocks. “Anti-Semitism has no place in Toronto. Our Jewish residents should not have to face hatred on their doorsteps,” Mayor John Tory said in a statement on Monday. “These acts, and the people who carry them out, do not represent Toronto or Torontonians,” the mayor continued.Police confirmed that the Hate Crime Unit was investigating several other incidents over the past few weeks that were “motivated by hate.”“We know these incidents — either rooted in Islamophobia or anti-Semitism — have a profound effect on the entire community and not just those immediate victims,” they said in a statement.They also said that TPS did not see any noticeable increase in the number of hate-motivated incide ...
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