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Hate crime unit investigating thefts of Jewish prayer scrolls from North York supportive housing building

Toronto police are investigating the theft of about 20 mezuzahs, or Jewish prayer scrolls, reported stolen from the doorways of apartments in a North York building, as a possible hate crime.

On Sunday morning at around 10:30 a.m., Toronto police received a call for a theft in the Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West area, according to a news release Monday morning.

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