Upcoming Canada federal elections scheduled on Jewish holiday

Two Jewish candidates in the Canadian federal election appeared before a court to challenge the chief electoral officer’s decision to schedule the upcoming national vote on Shemini Atzeret.

A woman enters a polling station during the Burnaby South federal by-election in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, February 25, 2019.

A woman enters a polling station during the Burnaby South federal by-election in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, February 25, 2019.

(photo credit: REUTERS/BEN NELMS)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

JULY 19, 2019 05:21