Pair arrested in Holocaust Remembrance Day vandalism of Canadian synagogue

[Ian David]

By Martin van den Hemel
Staff Reporter
Apr 26 2007

Two people have been arrested by the Richmond RCMP in connection with the vandalism at the Beth Tikvah Congregation and Centre on April 15.

The local synagogue, at 9711 Geal Rd., near Williams and Railway, was defaced with graffiti, including the image of a hangman, racial slurs and swastikas. The incident occurred on the morning of Holocaust Remembrance Day, and was captured on video surveillance cameras.

“We are thankful to the RCMP and the B.C. Hate Crimes Team for all of their efforts and are relieved that the perpetrators were caught,” said Mark Weintraub, chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region.

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But according to the Canadian Jewish News, synagogue Rabbi Claudio Kaiser-Blueth described the suspects as “young men” and that the captured video footage shows only one of them clearly visible, and that they appeared to be “Caucasian and 18 to 20 years old.”

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http://www.richmondreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=45&cat=23&id=971326&more=

[Donnachaidh]

1. isn't that Holocaust refuter in Canada?

I recall seeing a documentary recently about some Canadian guy (he sounded as if we was a Quebec citizen) who hired some engineer from the States to go to the death camps to disprove the gassing happened.

Wonder if these kids are members of that cult?

[Ian David]

2. Holocaust Denier Ernst Zundel is currently in jail.

His buddy, Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. was convicted in Germany, but they "forgot" to confiscate his passport, so he just got on a plane back to America.

Also, Leuchter was not an engineer. He was convicted in Massachusetts of practicing engineering without a license.

He's the "genius" who said that there was not enough Cyanide residue in the gas chambers to have been used to gas people, so it must have been used for de-lousing clothing. However, the packaging instructions for Zyclone-B clearly show that it takes MORE gas to kill lice than to kill people. Oops.


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Hate Crimes Targeting Jewish Communities on The Rise


If you thought anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial would wane in Canada after Ernst Zundel was deported to Germany two years ago, think again.

Although Zundel recently lost his last try to return to Canada, Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism are alive and thriving, according to B'nai Brith Canada.

"As the door slams finally shut on Zundel, there is much more work needed to be done to address the growing and dangerous spread of Holocaust denial."

Holocaust denial is an anti-Semitic propaganda movement that denies the established history of the Nazi regime's genocide of 6 million European Jews along with 5 million from other minority groups during World War II.

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The number of hate crimes targeting Canada's Jewish community has been growing. According to B'nai Brith Canada's 2006 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, 935 incidents in total were reported in 2006, accounting for a 12.8 per cent increase over 2005, and four times greater than ten years ago.

Rudner says Statistics Canada figures show that hate incidents directed at Jews make up 25 per cent of Canada's entire number of hate cases. "This number is big considering the small Jewish community in Canada."

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http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-4-26/54553.html