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From Gaza to Judaism: Dor Shachar to Share Extraordinary Story in Montreal
A man who grew up in Gaza surrounded by hatred of Jews, escaped to Israel at 13 and eventually converted to Judaism will share his remarkable story with Montreal audiences on Thursday, October 22.…
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Montreal Jewish Museum Receives $3.2 Million for Mile End Renovation
The Montreal Jewish Museum will receive more than $3.2 million from Ottawa to renovate its building at 5220 St. Laurent Boulevard, creating space for exhibitions, cultural events, workshops and a café. Outremont MP Rachel…
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Sidney Zoltak, Holocaust Survivor and Lifelong Guardian of Jewish Memory, Dies at 95
Sidney Zoltak, a Montreal Holocaust survivor, author and longtime advocate for Holocaust education who spent much of his life ensuring that future generations would never forget the destruction of European Jewry, died peacefully at…
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The Letters Survived. The Yiddish Didn’t. Then Came AI
At a family reunion in California in 2013, Felicita Trueblood was handed a binder containing about 50 pages of old letters. They had been written between 1927 and 1934 by her great grandfather, Rabbi…
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Faceoff: Aleph Meat and JCC Go To The Tribunal
Aleph Meats says its KSR certified meat is being kept out of Montreal grocery stores, catering businesses and event venues because those establishments operate under MK certification. The Jewish Community Council of Montreal says…
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Rabbi Leigh Lerner Dies
Rabbi Leigh Lerner, who led Montreal’s Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom for more than two decades and remained a prominent figure in Montreal Jewish life long after leaving the pulpit, has died. Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom announced…
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Trump Shares Call for U.S. Immigration Pathway as Canadian Jews Explore Leaving Canada
President Donald Trump on Sunday drew attention to a growing effort to create a special legal pathway for Canadian Jews seeking to relocate to the United States, sharing a report about the proposal on…
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Aleph Meats Takes MK to Competition Tribunal, Alleging It Is Being Shut Out of Montreal Kosher Market
A fight over kosher meat, certification and who gets to sell what in Montreal is about to move out of the community and into the legal system. Aleph Meats says it intends to file…
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Quebec Orders Belz To Shut Down Schools
Quebec has ordered three campuses of Montreal’s École communautaire Belz to close, potentially leaving 582 boys without their school when classes are scheduled to resume at the end of August. The decision, dated June…
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Kosher Restaurant Nöam Burns as Montreal’s Religious Communities Come Under Attack
Montreal’s religious communities came under attack early Saturday after a popular kosher restaurant was destroyed by fire and a mosque in the same area was targeted by an arsonist. Nöam Restaurant on Décarie Boulevard…