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Jewish man wearing kippah assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal

(JTA) – A Jewish man wearing a yarmulke was assaulted by a taxi driver in Montreal. The taxi driver was blocking the door to an underground garage at a condo building Sunday, July 28 in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal. When the driver of a car honked to signal that he should move away from the door, the taxi driver apparently noted the other driver’s kippah and shouted, “I won’t move for any f***ing Jews!” He also threatened to kill the other driver. The victim then attempted to photograph the taxi number in order to file a complaint, at which point the driver exited his car and punched the Jewish man repeatedly and shouted antisemitic slurs until a parking supervisor intervened. The victim’s phone also was smashed. The victim required attention at a local hospital. Much of the incident was captured on a security camera. “This is a shocking antisemitic hate crime, in which someone could have been gravely injured or even killed,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada.

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