Montreal jewish community

Hanged effigies of Trump, Netanyahu paraded through Montreal by anti-Israel groups

The effigies drew outrage from Canadian politicians and Jewish community groups, angered by footage of an effigy of a figure with a white kippah.

HANGING EFFIGIES of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Montreal, Canada.
Handshake between the flags of Israel and Canada

Montreal–Israel tech ties strengthen at cyber event

Jewish father attacked in Montreal Park on August 8, 2025

Montreal police arrest suspect in brutal attack on Jewish father

 Downtown Montreal as seen from Mount Royal.

Jewish man physically assaulted, kippah thrown to the ground in Montreal, police investigating


Canada court voids part of disputed Quebec law on religious symbols

The 2019 law prohibits many civil servants, including police officers, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs and turbans on the job.

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Before the pandemic: A reminder of romantic Montreal

These days, as we’ve stopped traveling due to the pandemic, all that’s left, I’m afraid, is to look back nostalgically on memorable excursions.

A COLORFUL horse-drawn carriage waits outside Montreal City Hall.

Montreal Jewish school is shut down for 2 weeks over coronavirus outbreak

Since the pandemic began, Quebec province has seen about 67,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and about 5,800 deaths.

Members of Montreal's Jewish community demonstrate in support of Israel's right to defend the security of its citizens during a protest in Montreal, February 23, 2004

Montreal unlikely to change metro station named after antisemite

A spokesperson of Montreal's mayor suggested that its inconvenient to change the name, due to its recognition.

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Jewish-majority Montreal suburb becomes first city to require masks

Meanwhile, Quebec's provincial government has stopped short of enforcing mask-wearing requirements.

MONTREAL COMBINES modern and old-world styles.

Police investigate antisemitic vandalism at Montreal synagogue

B'nai Brith Canada, a watchdog organization that monitors antisemitism in Canada, said that the incident was “one of the worst such incidents to take place in Canada in years."

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Jewish man wearing kippah assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal

Much of the incident was captured on a security camera.

A man wears a kippa.

Jewish Canadian mayor: Ban on wearing religious symbols 'ethnic cleansing'

Proposed Canadian law would ban certain public workers from wearing religious symbols; mayor says he meant “ethnic cleansing” only in a “non-violent” sense.

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William Shatner opens up about antisemitic childhood bullying

"Star Trek" actor William Shatner reveals that as a child he faced anti-Semitism in Montreal.

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Montreal imam who asked Allah to ‘destroy the Jews’ will not be prosecuted

He said that Allah will kill Jews "one by one."

Members of Montreal's Jewish community demonstrate in support of Israel's right to defend the security of its citizens during a protest in Montreal, February 23, 2004