Chabad rabbi murdered in UAE remembered by close friend with roots in Montreal
Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the United Arab Emirates last week, was a gregarious and kind person who had an infectious smile, recalled Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates, a representative body of Jews living in the UAE. Rabbi Kogan was abducted on […]
Monday morning saw the Toronto community and politicians showing support for the Chabad girls’ school struck by weekend gunfire
Mayor Olivia Chow was among those who addressed the crowd.
Tribute: Rabbi Dovid Schochet, 91, a pioneer in building Toronto’s observant community
The Jewish community in Toronto lost a towering leader when Rabbi Dovid Schochet, the president of the Toronto Rabbinical Council and the senior rabbi of the Chabad community in Toronto, passed away at the age of 91 on Jan. 28. He was born in 1932 in Basel, Switzerland, the second of 10 children, to Rabbi […]
Chabad shul in a Laurentian ski resort cannot remain in its present site now that a court appeal has been rejected
Quebec’s highest court has rejected a Hasidic organization’s demand to continue operating a synagogue at its present location in Mont Tremblant, a popular resort town in the Laurentians. The Court of Appeal found that Chabad of Mont Tremblant must abide by municipal zoning regulations and rejected its charter challenge on religious freedom and equality grounds. […]
Toronto Chabad community plans a parade of ‘mitzvah tanks’ to celebrate Passover and remember a yeshiva student
A Toronto yeshiva student who died last month in a car accident is being commemorated on April 3 by the city’s Chabad community during a lively parade of “mitzvah tanks.” The fleet of 15 decorated RVs will drive up Bathurst Street beginning at 11 a.m. to hand out matzah and pamphlets about the coming holiday […]
There’s a new Torah in Aruba—and it contains a special word courtesy of Canadians
To the sound of a fiddler playing Jewish melodies, about 80 people gathered on the north lawn of the Ritz-Carlton resort on Aruba’s Palm Beach to complete the writing of a brand new Torah—in what might’ve seemed like an unlikely place. It’s the first scroll specially commissioned for the island’s growing Chabad synagogue, established near […]
Queen’s University Chabad is facing questions over apparent lack of COVID safety measures
A Chabad emissary at Queen’s University is being criticized by another rabbi in Kingston, Ont., for holding outdoor events without masking and social distancing requirements. In a letter to university principal Patrick Deane, Beth Israel Congregation’s Rabbi Erin Polansky says the Chabad events put the health of students and the entire community at risk. Rabbi […]
Fundraisers started after tornado rips through Ontario city
Yulia Berkovich of Barrie emerged from the basement to find her car was turned upside down.
Montreal roots of Itty Ainsworth, a Canadian Surfside victim
They wanted to be closer to their seven children and many grandchildren, who live in the Miami area.
At least 65 yeshiva students returning to Israel from Crown Heights test positive for coronavirus
More than half of a group of 114 students who returned to Israel from a yeshiva near the Chabad world headquarters in New York have tested positive for coronavirus.
