Mayer Wochyniak
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The Price of Being Jewish in Montreal
There is something profoundly disturbing about having to hire a security guard for a Chanukah celebration. Or a Purim party. Or simply to attend synagogue on a Saturday morning. Yet in Montreal, we have…
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The Difference Between Jewish Fear and a Jewish Target
Monday’s attack in Côte-des-Neiges highlighted a problem the Jewish community is facing. While it is true that a Jewish man was killed during the mêlée, that fact does not automatically make the event an…
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Westbury Complex Shooting Leaves Police Officer, Jewish Community Member Dead
By Joseph Marshall Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane and Jewish community member Michael Moshe Mizrachi were killed Monday after a gunman opened fire from the Hilton Garden Inn in the Westbury complex in…
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Projet Montréal Pushes Motion to Cut Montreal’s Ties With Israel
A motion set to be debated at Montreal City Council on Monday is drawing strong reactions from both supporters and opponents after Projet Montréal announced plans to ask the city to suspend its institutional…
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It’s Time for a Jewish Pride Rally
The Jewish community has been called on again and again to rally for Israel. We have gathered outside city halls, campuses, consulates and synagogues. We have waved Israeli flags, sung Hatikvah, demanded the return…
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Jewish Security Fears Grow Ahead Of New York Israel Day Parade
A prominent Jewish activist is calling on New York Governor Kathy Hochul to deploy the National Guard for next week’s Israel Day on Fifth parade, warning that Jewish marchers and supporters of Israel could…
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OPINION: Concordia University Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Mirror.
The National Post ran a piece this week calling Concordia University a “wretched hive of antisemitic scum and villainy.” It’s a headline built to travel, and it did. People shared it, argued about it,…
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RABOUIN AND SAUVÉ SIGN PRO PALESTINIAN PACT AS LAWSUIT HITS CITY
Two Montreal politicians, Projet Montréal leader Luc Rabouin and Transition Montréal leader Craig Sauvé, have ignited outrage by signing the Pacte Anti Apartheid, a pro Palestinian pledge demanding that the city cut all institutional…
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Jewish General Hospital Brings Back Mask Mandate Amid Rise in Respiratory Illnesses
The Jewish General Hospital has reinstated a mask mandate in parts of the hospital as respiratory illnesses surge across Montreal. The decision, announced by the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal health network, comes as health officials…
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Camouflage Clad Man Once Wanted for Laval Homicide Alarms Hampstead Residents
A man wearing full camouflage gear and combat boots drew alarm in Hampstead Park this week after being identified online as Mohamed Achraf Maatoug, a man once sought by Laval police for a 2017…