CBC journalist accosted outside Yom Kippur service and Americans are outraged: ‘Try this in Florida and you go to jail’ - National Post

An image from Neil Herland's video shows protesters outside the Meridian Arts Centre in Toronto. Photo by @NEILNews/XArticle contentA social media post by CBC National Radio News Reader Neil Herland has been widely shared, with some outraged responses from outside the country.

Herland had recounted the intimidation he faced when trying to enter a building to attend a Yom Kippur service in Toronto on Monday night, adding that he may have to leave Canada amid rising antisemitism.

“On Yom Kippur I went to a synagogue service in Toronto and was met by protesters trying to taunt and intimidate me from entering the building,” he wrote in a post on X, where he identifies himself as a journalist and a Jew.

Florida Congressman Randy Fine, a Republican, responded yesterday, noting: “Try this in Florida, and you go to prison for five years.”

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He added: “Proud to have sponsored the bill to make that happen.”

Try this in Florida, and you go to prison for five years. Proud to have sponsored the bill to make that happen. Muslim terror is not welcome here. https://t.co/ma4ayUQY4v

Meanwhile, Kyle Smith, a columnist, novelist and film critic for the Wall Street Journal, asked simply: “How did we let it get this bad for Jews?”