As Canada marks its annual Jewish Heritage Month this May, the country’s Jewish community has reason to feel at once grateful and uneasy. This ambivalence reflects what is, in many ways, a tale of two realities, evoking Charles Dickens’ famous line: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” To be sure, democratic Canada, with its multiculturalism and embracing of minorities, is arguably one of the best countries in which to live as a Jew. Not for nothing, it’s home to one of the few Jewish communities outside Israel growing in number. Canada’s 400,000 Jews represent...