Your daily spiel for Monday, Feb. 6

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Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.

Twitter’s been abuzz with reactions to the protective ‘rings of peace’ formed around mosques in the GTA as well as other demonstrations of solidarity with the Muslim community in  Montreal after a Jan. 29 mosque attack in Quebec City.

Commuters on a Manhattan subway Saturday night worked together to clean, using hand sanitizer and tissues, anti-Semitic graffiti drawn in permanent marker on the car’s maps, advertisements and windows.

“Do you NEVER consider that the actions of the Israeli government are contributing towards this rise?” – This was written by suspended British lawmaker Jenny Tonge in response to a report released last week showing that anti-Semitic incidents in Britain rose by 36 per cent last year, compared to 2015.

Hours after a Gaza rocket attack on southern Israel, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters in London that he’s directed Israel to respond with force to every missile attack. 

A historic catch made by Jewish New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LI last night was claimed as a victory by various figures, including a Hollywood rabbi and a noted white supremacist.