A 200-year-old Torah that was once used by synagogues in Saskatchewan and Quebec finds a final resting place—at a museum in Winnipeg
A sefer Torah believed to have been written in Central Europe 230 years ago has been given a final resting place in a Winnipeg museum after its most recent users in the Montreal area gratefully returned the scroll to the Prairies after three decades. The Torah had been given to the now defunct South Shore […]
The South Shore Jewish Community in suburban Montreal closes due to aging, dwindling membership
The organization that brought together the small Jewish population on the South Shore of the Montreal suburbs for nearly three decades is disbanding, a casualty of not only the pandemic but an inability to attract younger people. The board of directors of the South Shore Jewish Community (SSJC), founded in 1994 and which at its […]
