Manitoba, Canada – Kosher Restaurant In Canada Hit With Anti-Semitic Vandalism For 2nd Time In Several Weeks

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    Manitoba, Canada – A kosher Italian restaurant in Winnipeg in central Canada was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti for the second time in several weeks.

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    The word “Jew” was spray-painted on the windows and in the parking lot of the BerMax Caffe and Bistro. The Orthodox Jewish owners of the restaurant, which serves both Italian and Middle Eastern dishes, reported the vandalism to police on Friday morning, according to the Canadian Broadcast Corporation.

    Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on the restaurant building a few weeks ago, and there have been a several acts of vandalism since the restaurant opened in 2014, including egging, breaking and entering, and a smashed window, according to the CBC.

    The new vandalism is being investigated by police as a hate crime, according to the report.

    “Our family came to Canada to be part of the unique Canadian society, where we can practice our Jewish tradition as we did for thousands of years, and bring our share to the general community as well as bring our contribution to Canadian society,” Maxim Berent, owner of the café, wrote in an email to the CBC.


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    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    5 years ago

    These are the descendants of ukrainian immigrants who could not enter the US because of Nazis collabora

    Oyvayder
    Oyvayder
    5 years ago

    THIS RESTAURANT IS NOT KOSHER!!!!
    They decided to go treif recently
    http://www.jewishpostandnews.ca/local/2697-bermax-caffe-goes-non-kosher