The.B’nai Brith Jewish organization says it is aghast after finding several large swastikas carved in the snow of a community ice rink in a swanky Montreal suburb..“On Tuesday evening, a member of the Jewish community visited the outdoor skating rink at Danyluk Park in the Town of Mount Royal, an on-island suburb of Montreal. Video reviewed by B’nai Brith shows at least four large swastikas on the surface of the rink,” the organization said in a release..B’nai Brith reported the incident to the hate crimes unit of the Montreal police force and notified Peter Malouf, mayor of the Town of Mount Royal..Malouf immediately launched an investigation, but the perpetrators remain unidentified..“It is alarming to see the skating rink, such a basic symbol of Canadian identity and winter fun which attracts children and families, being defiled by symbols of hatred,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada..“This repulsive act of antisemitism should be condemned by all, and we hope that the perpetrators are identified and held to account.”.Tuesday’s incident is just the latest racist outrage involving sporting facilities in Canada..In August, participants in a Toronto-area Jewish baseball league found a giant swastika drawn in the sand at a baseball diamond where they were set to play..As previously reported by B’nai Brith Canada, there was an unprecedented surge of violent antisemitic incidents in May 2021 throughout Canada, with the highest monthly total since the Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents began in 1982.
