A local rabbi is speaking out after he says police asked him to leave the site of a pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Montreal, saying his presence was a provocation.
Adam Scheier, the head of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, said Sunday he was asked to move away from an area where protesters were marching downtown, for fear that his presence, as a person wearing a Jewish skullcap or kippah, could provoke violence. Neither Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante nor the Montreal police have commented on the event.
It’s an injustice, to be sure, but one can’t help feeling a sense of schadenfreude at the rabbi getting a taste of the shiny new Trudeaupia he has helped to foster.
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) November 25, 2024
