TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after multiple mezuzahs were stolen outside Jewish homes for the second time this month.
Officers were called just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Day to a condo building in the Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue area, where police said mezuzahs had been taken from three units.
A mezuzah is a parchment inscribed with scripture that many Jewish people affix to the doorpost of their home.
Const. Cindy Chung said in a statement that the Toronto police hate crime unit has been notified.
Earlier this month, police in the city asked for the public’s help in another suspected hate-motivated theft investigation after around 20 mezuzahs were stolen from a Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation apartment building at Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West.
Police said they were called to that building on Dec. 7.
“For the second time in a month, seniors and Holocaust survivors in Toronto have been victims of another brazen antisemitic act, with mezuzahs torn down from their doorways,” said the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in a social media post.
“Law enforcement and governments at all levels must act with urgency to protect Canadians and ensure accountability for offenders.”
B’nai Brith Canada said the latest theft is “yet another incident of antisemitic hate in Toronto.”
“The increasing frequency of such disgusting acts speaks to the normalization of antisemitism in our society,” the organization said.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 26, 2025.
Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press
