Alexandre Look of Montreal was killed during the Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival
A Montreal man was killed in the Hamas attack in Israel, his family has confirmed. Alexandre Look, 33, a resident of Côte St. Luc, was attending the Supernova outdoor music festival on Oct. 7 near the Gaza border when Hamas terrorists opened fire, killing at least 260 people. His parents Raquel and Alain Look, posted […]
Canadians across the country rallied in support of Israel after ‘vile, horrific’ attacks by Hamas terrorists
Toronto’s mayor was greeted with a loud and prolonged chorus of boos.
Historic struggle of Montreal queer Jews is the subject of a new zine called ‘Not Going Anywhere’
Younger generations may find it hard to believe that less than 50 years ago LGBTQ Jews in Montreal were denied space at the Jewish community centre—and even the most liberal congregation waffled on giving them a platform. That relatively recent period is illuminated in a new zine entitled Not Going Anywhere: History and Continuity in […]
Obituary: Yehouda Chaki, 84, expressed both joy and pain in his vibrant paintings
The creative force was so strong in Montreal artist Yehouda Chaki that he did not allow a degenerative illness to stop him from painting the brilliantly coloured, large-scale scenes inspired by nature that were his signature. Even in recent years, as Parkinson’s robbed him of his ability to walk and even talk, Chaki was determined […]
Jewish refugees from Ukraine have been slowly rebuilding their lives in Montreal
Coming home from her shift at a dollar store, physically exhausted, Vlada Bronz wondered whether she had made the right decision in settling in Montreal and not staying in Romania where she had fled soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trained as a lawyer and an experienced teacher of English as a second language, Bronz […]
A judge in Montreal decides three months of jail time is less than this Jew-hater deserves—and he found the apology ‘opportunistic’
A Quebec judge said the three-month jail term for a Montreal man convicted of promoting hatred against Jews online recommended by the prosecution and the defense is too lenient. Quebec Court Justice Manlio Del Negro said at the sentencing hearing for Gabriel Sohier Chaput on July 12 that he is not convinced of the sincerity […]
Montreal’s Segal Centre for the Performing Arts plans a $6.5 million facelift to woo audiences back to the theatre
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts will undergo a major renovation with support from the federal and Quebec governments totaling nearly $6.1 million. Ottawa is contributing the lion’s share: $4.4 million with the announcement by Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather that the government is adding over $4.2 million to the $233,500 previously given to the […]
What happens when an Emirati entrepreneur connects with a Montreal educator to teach about the Holocaust and fight antisemitism
Images of an American neo-Nazi in a T-shirt emblazoned with 6MWE, code for “six million wasn’t enough,” convinced a businessman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that he must do something to counter rising global antisemitism. Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori created the first and only Holocaust exhibition in the Arab world, undaunted by widespread skepticism. […]
Jewish organizations say the one-year probation sentence for a Montreal youth who burned Israeli flags doesn’t reflect the ‘magnitude’ of the crime
A Jewish group says the sentence handed down to the teenager who stole and burned Israeli flags outside a Jewish elementary school last month should have reflected the hateful motivation it believes was behind the act. The boy, reportedly age 16, was put on probation for one year with conditions after pleading guilty to arson […]
Montreal Jews to air concerns for Israel’s democracy in rally outside consulate on May 5
In what may be a first, pro-Israel members of the Montreal Jewish community will be taking their concerns for the country’s democracy to the streets, protesting the Netanyahu government’s contentious judicial reform plan. A noontime “gathering,” as it is billed, is scheduled for May 5 outside the Israeli consulate in Westmount Square. The action is […]
