The Toronto Police Service is investigating a suspected hate crime after mezuzahs were removed from the doors of apartments in North York on Thursday, The Canadian Jewish News reported.

A mezuzah is a rolled-up scroll of parchment with sacred texts that Jewish families hang on the frame of their front doors, usually in a decorative case.

According to the report, mezuzahs were removed from three doors, all on the same floor of a residential apartment complex. One of the mezuzahs, which belonged to a Holocaust survivor, was found discarded on the floor, it added.

The complex is home to many Jewish residents and is one kilometer away from a synagogue that was the target of several antisemitic attacks in 2024, the report said.

The incident came after some 20 mezuzahs were stolen from........

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