Montreal

Montreal opposition party moves forward with motion to cut ties with Israel

Proponents of the measure have defended the text as consistent with the city's values. Conversely, the motion has faced opposition from community leaders and advocacy groups. 

 Members of Montreal's Jewish community demonstrate in support of Israel in Montreal, February 23, 2004
Former Montreal anti-racism commissioner Bochra Manai.

Former Montreal anti-racism commissioner sues CIJA over alleged Hitler comparison

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Canada after dark: A city-break guide to Toronto, Niagara Falls and Montreal

Outside of Nöam, kosher Montreal restaurant, which was targeted in a suspected arson attack, August 2, 2026.

Montreal police open hate crime investigation into suspected arson at kosher restaurant


IJV representative: Annexation is 'death knell' to prospect of just peace

A wide range of Montrealers plan to demonstrate against the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Settlement of Elon Moreh, near Nablus, West Bank, June 11, 2020

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.

Montreal City Hall

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."

Montreal skyline 370

Jewish groups ‘disappointed’ with Montreal rejection of IHRA

The Montreal municipal council was expected to vote on a motion calling on the city to adopt IHRA on Monday.

Montreal City Hall

Secret Hitler board game removed from 3 Montreal stores

It remains available on Amazon, which calls it a “fast-paced game of deception and betrayal” with “beautiful wooden components” and “Hidden roles and secret envelopes for five to ten players.”

The board game Secret Hitler.

The cantor who collaborated with Leonard Cohen

Cohen’s father and great grandfather both served as president the Orthodox synagogue which Zelermyer affectionately refers to as “The Shaar.”

Leonard Cohen

After measles outbreak, 350 Hasidic children in Montreal get vaccinated

After five cases of the diseases emerged in the Tosh community in Boisbriand, the public health authority set up two temporary clinics in the area.

MONTREAL COMBINES modern and old-world styles.

Montreal synagogues receive federal funding to improve security facilities

The grants were provided under the government’s Security Infrastructure Program (SIP).

MONTREAL COMBINES modern and old-world styles.

MADA Montreal: Putting community first

The Montreal MADA community center not only tends to people who come to the center, but also reaches out to more isolated Jewish communities.

MADA Montreal