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Montreal’s Senior Jewish Politician Marvin Rotrand Ponders What’s Next

Quebec Confidential July 9, 2017 MONTREAL – Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has done a lot of things Montreal’s Jewish community is grateful for, including a moving mission to Israel and helping launch B’nai Brith’s annual Yom HaShoah ceremony at City Hall. However, his dismissal of a high-ranking and long-serving Jewish city councillor from a prestigious post is not […]

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Over 100 Quebecers En Route to Israel for 20th Annual Maccabiah Games

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June 30, 2017 MONTREAL – With the 20th Maccabiah Games set to kick off next Thursday at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, more than 100 Quebecers are set to join a Canadian delegation of 600-plus athletes and staff from seven provinces. Held every four years, the Games is the third-largest sporting event in the world, after the

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Noted Jewish Community Members Recognized with D’Arcy-McGee Citizenship Medals

Community, Opinions, Quebec /

Quebec Confidential June 23, 2017 When David Birnbaum became the Quebec Member of the National Assembly for the riding of D’Arcy-McGee, he was excited to learn that he had the privilege to bestow medals to other members of the community. D’Arcy-McGee encompasses the mainly Jewish suburbs of Côte Saint-Luc, Hampstead and parts of NDG. Under

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A Tale of Two Cities for B’nai Brith Quebec: Côte Saint-Luc and Lachute

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For officials from B’nai Brith Canada’s Quebec office, this past week truly represented a tale of two cities: Côte Saint-Luc and Lachute. Côte Saint-Luc, of course, is very dear to the heart of B’nai Brith members. Full disclosure: I have lived in this community most of my life and have served as a member of

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Quebec’s Only Jewish MNA Rises to Occasion on Premier’s Mission to Israel

Opinions, Quebec /

June 2, 2017 David Birnbaum became an elected official in the spring of 2014 when he was tapped by then Quebec Liberal Party leader Philippe Couillard to succeed Lawrence Bergman as the candidate and ultimately the Member of the National Assembly for D’Arcy McGee. I always used to call Bergman the de facto Minister of

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Bar Mitzvah Boys Reunite After 70 Years – With the Same Rabbi at the Pulpit

Community, Quebec /

Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat is one of the most prominent rabbinical figures in the history of Canadian Jewry. It was 70 years ago, upon his arrival as the spiritual leader of Shaar Hashomayim Congregation in the Montreal island suburb of Westmount, that he presided over the first series of Bar Mitzvah ceremonies. A bond was immediately

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A Historic Mission to Israel for Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard

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Quebec Confidential May 19, 2017 MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard ventured into the heart of Quebec’s Jewish community last week to speak to an overflowing crowd at the City of Côte Saint-Luc Men’s Club. This visit came on the eve of a historic trade mission the Premier will lead from May 19 to 24 to

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Montrealers Rise to the Occasion Once Again to Celebrate Israel

Community, Opinions, Quebec /

MONTREAL – Fourteen years ago Montreal businessman, philanthropist and B’nai Brith Canada supporter Amos Sochaczevski felt that the city’s annual Israel rally needed an adrenaline shot. Federation CJA had moved the event from downtown to the suburbs and, as such, it lacked the kind of appeal he felt it deserved. Sochacevski proceeded to establish the Jewish

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Yom HaShoah Takes On New Prominence in Montreal; B’nai Brith Gets a Big Assist

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Quebec Confidential MONTREAL – I think it is safe to say that, 72 years after the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, Holocaust Remembrance Day has never been more visible in Montreal. Last week, there were two high-profile Yom HaShoah ceremonies: the community-wide commemoration at Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Congregation in Cote Saint-Luc and

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Concordia Student Union Should Apologize for Supporting ‘Passover Against Apartheid’ Event

Campus, Opinions, Quebec /

MONTREAL – Last week, I wrote about the controversial “Passover Against Apartheid” event held at Concordia University. To recap, the Concordia Student Union (CSU) partnered with the Fine Arts Student Alliance and campus group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (note the absence of any Jewish groups) to host an art exhibit and discussion session on why Passover

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