Overview
- Surveillance around 4:30 a.m. Friday recorded an individual spray-painting swastikas and antisemitic messages on the synagogue’s entrance, according to the congregation.
- Winnipeg Police Service said its Major Crimes Unit is investigating, officers secured the site, reviewed video and asked the public for tips; no injuries were reported.
- Maintenance crews removed paint from the windows, but pigment seeped into the marble facade and full remediation will take longer, synagogue officials said.
- The congregation held Sabbath services with a large turnout and visible interfaith support in a show of resilience, the senior rabbi said.
- National and local Jewish organizations, including CIJA and the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, condemned the act as anti-Jewish hate and urged arrests and concrete action.