Toronto, Canada - Controversy Over Signs In Jewish Community

Toronto, Canada - Driving along Bathurst, between Finch and Drewry, motorists can't help but notice the billboard featuring the face of a battered woman whose blackened eyes are closed with shame. The woman is Jewish and the billboard is meant to send a clear message that no community or culture is exempt from the horrors of domestic abuse. "There is a Jewish woman you know being abused," it says across the poster.

Battery against women is always a touchy subject but campaign organizers said they knew the Jewish community would be particularly sensitive about it.

There has been a backlash from some members of the Jewish community.
Krowitz, the executive director of the non-profit group, has received emails from people putting down the campaign over concern it could spark anti-Semitic responses from other communities.