Jerusalem Post/Diaspora/AntisemitismQuebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather called on the fire to be investigated as an antisemitic hate crime in a post on X/Twitter.Follow us on GoogleOutside of Nöam, kosher Montreal restaurant, which was targeted in a suspected arson attack, August 2, 2026.(photo credit: Screenshot/X/@AHousefather)ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAMAUGUST 2, 2026 09:19Montreal police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a kosher restaurant in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough (CDN-NDG) that occured on Saturday morning, CBC News reported over the weekend.CBC, citing Montreal Police Service (SPVM) Spokesperson Raphael Bergeron, said that the two-alarm fire broke out at around 3:15 a.m. at the Nöam restaurant on Montreal's Décarie Boulevard.Bergeron added that preliminary investigations show evidence of an individual being present at the start of the fire, while a video seen by CBC appeared to show a "man in a white T-shirt and dark pants seemingly starting a fire and running away."No one was injured in the fire, according to CBC, though the building itself suffered considerable damage.Community calls for fire to be investigated as hate crimeHoward Szalavetz, the owner of the building, told CBC he "find[s] it hard to believe it wasn't antisemitism."Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather called on the fire to be investigated as an antisemitic hate crime in a post to X/Twitter.Absolutely disgusted to see what appears to be an arson attack on a local kosher restaurant overnight," Housefather wrote in his post. "This attack on a Jewish-owned business must be investigated as a hate crime & those involved in this criminal act must be caught & prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."Follow us on Google