A plan for combatting racism in Montreal is criticized for not addressing rising antisemitism
Montreal city hall unveiled its updated roadmap to combat racism and racial profiling on Oct. 29. But instead of kudos for their accomplishments thus far, they got an earful. Criticism came from members of the Jewish community—which has long contended Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration has been tone-deaf to realities since Oct. 7, 2023. The joint […]
Montreal school board elections have a new relevance to the Jewish community in 2024
Reports of discrimination and antisemitism in schools and sensitivities over the political situation in the Middle East have revived the Jewish community’s interest in English school board elections in Montreal, which will be held Sunday. On the island of Montreal, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB)—the province’s largest with more than 35,000 youth and adult […]
Torah cover honouring fallen IDF soldier leads to ‘supernatural’ series of encounters in Montreal
Elkana Cohen and Rabbi Zolly Claman with the Torah cover honouring Eitan Nae.
Montrealers say limits are needed for boisterous Friday evening demonstrations against Israel
There’s a way for everyone within earshot to know when Shabbat has arrived in the west side of downtown Montreal. Chants begin almost every Friday evening as the crowd—varying from dozens to hundreds—heads westward slowly and loudly along Saint-Catherine Street towards Westmount Square, the sprawling commercial, office and residential block that houses the Israeli Consulate, […]
Université de Montréal lecturer who told a group of Jewish students at Concordia to go back to Poland is arrested in France
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. The former Université de Montréal lecturer who participated in a fracas inside Concordia University last Nov. 8, and was recorded calling Jewish women “whores” and told Jewish students to “Go back to Poland,” has been arrested in […]
The family of 86-year-old Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour spoke at a recent Sunday rally in Montreal
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. Batya Mansour can’t remember what she spoke about with her father Shlomo on Oct. 5, 2023, at his home in Kibbutz Kissufim. “We were going to see him again in a few days. It was a regular […]
A new Montreal police report shows Jewish people have become the most-targeted for hate crimes
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. Jewish people are the single most targeted group for hate crimes and by a wide margin, especially after Oct. 7, according to the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). “It’s no surprise to […]
Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver communities gathered on this Oct. 7 to mourn and remember
A recap with reports from some of the cities where the anniversary was marked.
Aaron Lansky, founder of the Yiddish Book Center, pays tribute to his Montreal roots
If you’re on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., a five-minute walk will take you to a rare sight: a museum-bookstore-library known for playing a significant role in the preservation of Yiddish culture. Funnily enough, the Yiddish Book Center has Canadian roots, thanks to its founder and CEO Aaron Lansky, who recently announced […]
Canadian students remember the six murdered Israeli hostages with campus vigils
Jewish students across Canada organized vigils to commemorate the six Israeli hostages who were murdered in Gaza last week. The Israeli Defence Forces announced Sept. 1 that the bodies of six hostages, who had been abducted on Oct. 7 during Hamas attacks on Israel, were discovered in a tunnel in Gaza. Anastasia Zorchinsky, a […]
