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A synagogue and a Jewish community center in Montreal were targeted by attempted firebomb attacks this week, community groups said, as tensions rise across North America in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a group that represent Jewish groups across Canada, said in a post on X that it was aware of an attempted firebombing at a center in West Island and at Congregation Beth Tikvah overnight Monday.
Another small fire ignited at the back door of the Federation CJA building across the street, a police said according to the public broadcaster. Yair Szlak, the president and CEO of Federation CJA, a coordinating body for Montreal's Jewish community which runs the community center, told a news conference Tuesday he was relieved there were no injuries but angered by the violence. 'My first gut instinct was, 'Phew, it was done at night.
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