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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Montreal attack aftermath: 'Every single one of us is a moving target'
Description: “Let’s get the patrols put in place, let’s have it happen! Do something that’s going to address the situation. Do something that will make the community feel safer!”
That’s the message from Rabbi Saul Emanuel, executive director of Montreal’s Jewish Community Council, in the wake of a “heinous” attack on a haredi man on Aug. 8 in a public park. The incident, which was captured by a bystander on video, shows what Jewish leaders have called a “stark and painful illustration of the vulnerability Jewish Montrealers face today.”
Officials told The CJN the visibly Jewish victim, 32, was with h...