A 38-year-old man is in police custody after an attempted arson early Friday morning, June 5, at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Westmount, Que. According to Montreal police, a 911 call was received at 12:15 a.m. reporting an individual attempting to start... See more
When Sarah Fogg posts on the Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM) social media accounts about her grandfather Marek, who came to Canada in 1948, one of approximately 40,000 Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives in this country, she’s met with a torrent o... See more
When Wendy Rapps first stepped into Congregation Shaare Zion (today Shaare Zion Beth-El), it was for High Holidays, and she was more likely carried in, still in diapers. Today, the 68-year-old chairs the synagogue’s 100th anniversary gala, which on May 27... See more
Condemnations and outrage have been pouring in, and the Montreal Police hate crime unit is investigating after an anti-Israel group in Montreal marched downtown on Sunday May 24, with an effigy of a kippah-wearing man hanging from a noose. “The group Mont... See more
It dropped like a bomb. “Effective immediately, Benny & fils has had its MK Kosher certification revoked due to violations of our kashrut standards,” reads a May 6 notice posted on various social media platforms by Montreal’s largest kosher certifying... See more
