Are Canada’s Jews at a tipping point? Most are anxious, many are fearful, and some have moved away

The October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel and a year of hard war in Gaza spill into everyday life in Canada’s neighbourhoods, often in dramatic ways

The soaring brick façade and sparce windows of Congregation Machzikei Hadas are easily mistaken for a school or a prison, its faddish 1970s architecture masking the Ottawa synagogue’s century-old roots. Inside, Rabbi Idan Scher tends a congregation of about 350 Jewish families cycling through their religious calendar and life’s unstoppable milestones.