Canadian Jewish Schools And Shuls Doxxed By Anti-Israel Website

An anti-Israel website that began by identifying Canadian citizens who served in the IDF has escalated its effort by publishing a list of Jewish schools, shuls, and camps in the Greater Toronto Area tied to those individuals, the Combat Antisemitism Movement reported Wednesday.

The project, “GTA to IDF,” was created by Davide Mastracci, who launched the Find IDF Soldiers database in February. That database names 206 Canadians who served in the IDF, and his new site expands the effort by mapping the institutions they attended. Mastracci says he used only public information and claims he is not seeking to prompt harassment, though the practical implications have sparked serious concern.

Mastracci limited the new list to GTA institutions connected to at least four people in his original database, resulting in seven schools, shuls, and summer camps being posted. He has previously argued that Canadian lone soldiers often come from GTA neighborhoods with sizable Jewish populations and describe their upbringing as Zionist, prompting him to focus solely on that region.

Jewish community leaders across Canada immediately criticized the project, noting how frequently Jewish institutions face attacks. “Jewish institutions and communities in Canada have been shot at, firebombed, their windows smashed, marked with Nazi imagery, and subjected to sustained vandalism and intimidation,” said Austin Parcels, Manager of Research and Advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada, in comments to The Jerusalem Post.

He said portraying Jewish schools, shuls, and community centers as suspicious because of ties to Israel is “inciting and dangerous,” warning that such a list can become a ready-made target sheet for those looking to cause harm. “These are Jewish organizations,” Parcels said. “Treating that basic fact as if it reveals something hidden or corrupt is an attempt to manufacture suspicion around Jewish identity itself.”

The project emerges at a time when Canadian Jewish institutions are facing shootings, attempted arson, vandalism, and rising intimidation, raising fears that publicizing a directory of Jewish spaces linked to IDF service hands bad actors exactly the information they seek.