3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1841+ words) Work crews affixed a row of black metal fence posts into cement around the front and along both sides of Beth Tzedec Congregation in midtown Toronto on Sept. 10, laying the foundation for a new permanent security fence at Canada’s largest…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Two candidates for mayor in Toronto’s upcoming municipal elections pitched their plans to combat antisemitism to a well-attended event at a North York synagogue that featured frequent references to the absence of Mayor Olivia Chow. Brad Bradford, a current city…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (722+ words) Montreal’s Agglomeration Council, that governs shared services and responsibilities for the city and 15 other municipalities on the island of Montreal, has adopted an unprecedented motion to promote “civil peace, public safety, and social cohesion” on its territory with a particular…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (764+ words) Montreal City Council adopted a significantly amended version of an anti-Israel motion late Aug. 24, after the motion was initially introduced in June by the Official Opposition party, Projet Montréal. In the end, the accusations of “genocide” were removed, the claim…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (275+ words) The National Library of Israel now holds all the back issues of The Canadian Jewish News, starting with the first newspaper published on Jan. 1, 1960. In this new weekly historical feature, The CJN will revisit the archives and look at the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (815+ words) Quebec’s Ministry of Education has revoked the permits of three Montreal campuses of the Belz Community School, a 42-year-old Orthodox institution, citing deficiencies ranging from unqualified teaching staff and inadequate student record-keeping to non-compliance with provincial curriculum, language issues, and…...