Dispatches: Montreal synagogues weigh whether to require proof of vaccinations to attend services
While larger synagogues grappled with the issue of requiring worshippers to be vaccinated, in July two small congregations that share a building in suburban Laval declared in no uncertain terms that anyone entering would have to be fully vaccinated. Issie Baum, president of Young Israel of Chomedey, which rents space from Congregation Shaar Shalom, said […]
Swastikas scrawled on these two election signs in Montreal denounced by multiple leaders
Liberal MPs Rachel Bendayan and Anthony Housefather.
Hasidic communities in Montreal are intensifying the COVID vaccination drive
But leaders refute rumours of a greater resistance.
Canada successfully sent one Birthright Israel trip in summer 2021. The next was cancelled
“This has obviously been a very long, dry spell for all of our travellers.”
Pandemic funding should have been considered for private schools, court hears
The Toronto Cheder is one of three schools named in the lawsuit.
A yeshiva in Toronto is suing Ontario for federal COVID funds
Toronto Cheder joins two other independent schools in the suit.
Order shuttering Toronto schools lifted, religious services resume
A yeshiva had launched a court case arguing the Charter rights of students were breached.
Quebec Jewish sleepaway camps are reopening this summer
Camps will become a protected bubble to minimize COVID transmission.
Summer camps get green light in some provinces (but remain shuttered in others)
“We’re going to have an incredible summer.”
Pandemic has led synagogues to rethink how they do things
“People had nothing to do in lockdown, so they were more than happy to listen to a rabbi talk.”
