A fundraiser for a police officer injured while protecting a Belleville synagogue is nearing its $1 million goal, following the officer’s recent release from hospital after weeks of treatment and multiple surgeries.
Members of Canada’s Jewish community have set up a GoFundMe to support Const. Jeff Smith, who was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a man outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue during Yom Kippur celebrations on Sept. 20, in what police later described as a hate-motivated attack.
Smith was struck multiple times by gunfire before returning fire. A second officer, Const. Michael McCurdy, arrived less than three minutes after the shooting began and joined the exchange, helping bring the attack to an end….