Patience required as yeshiva relocates to portables
There’s an old rabbinic saying that goes like this: “To be patient is sometimes better than to have much wealth.” Well, parents of children at Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah have certainly been asked to be patient recently, as the school year kicked off with their kids studying in various locations near the school, but not in […]
Places of worship referendum to be held in Outremont
MONTREAL — A referendum will be held on a controversial ban on new places of worship in Outremont following the results of a public registry opened by the borough on Sept. 8. The minimum of 367 signatures was recorded for Bernard Avenue, but only four signatures were recorded for Laurier Avenue, well short of the […]
Orthodoxy grapples with role of women
Is there any hope to bridge the Orthodox divide when it comes to the role of women?
Orthodox grassroots organization reaches hundreds
NextJen, a two-year-old networking group for Orthodox young professionals is reaching hundreds in the Toronto area
Registry opens on places of worship ban in Montreal borough
The Montreal borough of Outremont is holding public registries Sept. 8 in connection with a controversial bylaw that would prohibit the establishment of new places of worship on Bernard and Laurier avenues. Under Quebec law, registries determine if there is enough support to hold a referendum on whether a zoning change will be implemented. The […]
Youth protection drops inquiry into Montreal chassidic school
Quebec’s Youth Protection Department (YPD) has closed the file on a Montreal chassidic educational institution that was the focus of a dramatic police intervention in June after finding insufficient evidence of negligence of its students. The Vizhnitz community, which runs the boys’ religious school on Park Avenue, near Beaubien Street, says the report it received […]
Haredi newspaper finds ‘modest’ way to show photo of Hillary Clinton
A haredi Orthodox newspaper that bans photographs of women on its pages earned praise and scorn for publishing a photograph of Hillary Clinton — or at least her arm.
Israeli lawmaker looks to stop $2.6M allocation for non-Orthodox mikvahs
Knesset committee approved funding to build mikvahs for use by non-Orthodox Jewish movements in Israel.
In possible first, Orthodox synagogue elects all-female board
At their annual meeting on June 26, the Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Lyndhurst, Ohio elected five women to their board
Official: police visit to Montreal chassidic school about protection only
The appearance of youth protection workers, accompanied by police, at a chassidic educational institution on June 1 was not connected to any investigation by the Quebec education ministry, an official says
