Montreal jewish community
Canadian Jews considering immigration to US under Trump amid increasing fear of antisemitism
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, and US President Donald Trump, all Republicans, have alluded to the idea of extending refugee status to Canadian Jews who fear antisemitism.
Montreal council passes amended Middle East motion after cutting call to break Israel ties
Montreal opposition party moves forward with motion to cut ties with Israel
Video shows woman hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish family in Montreal playground dispute
Montreal’s oldest synagogue building vandalized with swastikas
“While the congregation is small, the synagogue evokes Jewish history in Montreal and the attack on it is causing dismay in the community,” Marvin Rotrand, a former city councilor said.
Montreal’s Holocaust Museum moving to $80 million site in historic Jewish quarter by 2025
The Montreal Holocaust Museum will be moving into a new $80 million site in the city’s historic Jewish quarter in Plateau Mont-Royal by 2025.
Cecile Klein, 114, was Canada’s oldest person for 7 months
Klein lived through two pandemics and two world wars, and attended education-style courses into her 100s.
Quebec shutters houses of worship due to Omicron variant
Quebec synagogues first shut down during the first thee months of the pandemic in 2020 and then again at the start of the first curfew in January, 2021.
Canadian-Jewish political candidates' posters vandalized with swastikas
In response, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that he was "disgusted and angry" at the antisemitic incidences.
Infamous Israeli lobbyist for Myanmar Junta ceases efforts; wasn't paid
Since rising to early infamy after trying to sell 3 transport US transport helicopters to Iran, Ben-Menashe moved to Canada to start his own lobbying firm, representing many controversial clients.
Canada court voids part of disputed Quebec law on religious symbols
The 2019 law prohibits many civil servants, including police officers, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs and turbans on the job.
Before the pandemic: A reminder of romantic Montreal
These days, as we’ve stopped traveling due to the pandemic, all that’s left, I’m afraid, is to look back nostalgically on memorable excursions.
Montreal Jewish school is shut down for 2 weeks over coronavirus outbreak
Since the pandemic began, Quebec province has seen about 67,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and about 5,800 deaths.
Montreal unlikely to change metro station named after antisemite
A spokesperson of Montreal's mayor suggested that its inconvenient to change the name, due to its recognition.