Tag: Montreal
‘Get out of Canada’: Montreal MP targeted with antisemitic flyer
Canadian Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather of the Liberal Party condemned on Wednesday an antisemitic flyer calling him a neo-Nazi and telling him to “get out of Canada.”
Housefather tweeted a photo of the flyer...
‘Absolutely abhorrent’ vandalism of Montreal cemetery with swastikas
The photo that Jeremy Levi, the mayor of Hampstead (Québec), shared on social media shows a Jewish tombstone of a Cohen, with an illustration of two hands configured in the priestly blessing. “Forever in...
Israeli-owned Montreal restaurant targeted in hate crime
A Jewish-owned restaurant in Montreal’s Mile End neighborhood was struck by projectiles, believed to be fired from an airsoft gun.
The owner of Falafel Yoni, Yoni Amir, said his staff discovered damaged windows on Wednesday...
FSWC calls for defunding Montreal student groups in ‘Glory to Our Martyrs’ rally
Officials from the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada have written to the leaders of two Montreal schools, McGill University and Concordia University, asking them to defund student groups that are participating in...
McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy
Administrators at McGill University in Montreal are demanding that the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) take “remedial action” after the passage of a Palestine Solidarity Policy earlier this week.
Saying that the policy “calls for several...
Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities
Jewish students and community groups are decrying the passage this week of anti-Israel measures at two Montreal schools of higher education, Concordia University and McGill University.
“We strongly condemn discriminatory votes targeting Israel at Concordia...
Montreal Holocaust Museum initiates $80 million project to relocate to Jewish Quarter
The Montreal Holocaust Museum has undertaken an $80 million project to relocate into a new space in the city’s historic Jewish community.
The building on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal will feature interactive holograms of Holocaust survivors...
A second Montreal kosher bakery target of attempted arson attack
A kosher bakery in Montreal was the target of attempted arson in the predawn hours Monday, making the second such incident against a kosher establishment in the city in recent weeks.
According to news reports,...
Damage to kosher restaurant in Montreal one of multiple hate crimes in 2021
A kosher restaurant in Montreal is temporarily closed after it was vandalized on Sunday night in what is believed to be a hate crime.
According to a press release issued by B’nai Brith Canada, “On...
Canadian Jewish group criticizes Montreal mayor for not adopting IHRA definition
A major Jewish organization in Canada expressed outrage over Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s reluctance to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism following a City Council meeting on Monday.
The Centre for Israel and...