Montreal synagogue arsonist claims plot was driven by addiction, not antisemitism

 Montreal synagogue arsonist claims plot was driven by addiction, not antisemitism

20-year-old man who pleaded guilty to firebombing a Montreal synagogue faces sentencing, claiming drug dependency – not hatred – motivated the hired attack.

At a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, a 20-year-old man who admitted to firebombing
the Congregation Beth Tikvah synagogue and striking a nearby Jewish community building in Dollard-des-Ormeaux asser…