A restaurant in Montreal, Canada, was defaced on Wednesday with a blue marker bearing an antisemitic message.
“You (expletive) Jew,” the writing read on the outside glass of the restaurant, along with a blue Star of David.
The owner, Ilene Polansky, told outlet CityNews Montreal that she spotted the smear from outside, “looked at it and [was] horrified of what was written. And the first instinct was a shock.
“It’s the first time since I’ve been here that something in that nature, an antisemitic writing has happened,” she said.
Polansky owns Maestro SVP, a seafood restaurant at Saint Laurent Boulevard and Prince Arthur Street. She has been running it for 34 years and is planning to retire in March.
“It’s not obvious at all that I’m Jewish except for my mezuzah on the front door, but you’d have to come in and know that, have a conversation with me to know where I’m from and by background,” Polansky was quoted as saying.
“I really want to know who this person is to have a sit-down talk with him and why they wrote that,” she told CityNews.
“Why that writing, why those words, that’s what I hope that I could sit down with that person and have a chat.”
Police did not confirm whether they had a lead regarding the incident.
No arrests have been made, CityNews reported.
In November, the words “Kill the Jews” were found scrawled inside a building at Concordia University in Montreal.
The vandalism, which included the words “Allahu Akbar,” was discovered in a campus bathroom.
In October, chaos engulfed Montreal’s downtown area as anti-Israel rioters clashed with police outside both Concordia University and McGill University. Montreal police said they had been aware of planned demonstrations and had deployed units to “ensure everyone’s safety.”
