Montreal jewish community

Montreal council passes amended Middle East motion after cutting call to break Israel ties

Opponents of the initial framework argued that global geopolitics falls entirely outside the jurisdiction of a municipal government and risks inflaming community tensions.

An officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) looks on during the Canada Day Celebrations in the Old Port in Montreal, Quebec, on July 1, 2025.
 Members of Montreal's Jewish community demonstrate in support of Israel in Montreal, February 23, 2004

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

Children are seen at a playground.

Video shows woman hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish family in Montreal playground dispute

Montreal Police officers stand at the entrance to a building after a fatal shooting in which a police officer was killed in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood, Montreal police say, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22, 2026.

Canadian PM Carney ‘horrified’ by Montreal shooting near Jewish sites


Montreal synagogue targeted in second arson attack in 14 months, police investigating

CBC cited the police as saying that one incendiary device was found at the scene. Witnesses told police that they saw a suspect fleeing the scene. 

 Car of the Service de police de la Ville de Montreal (SPVM) (French for Montreal Police Service) on duty for the public protection during the covid-19 pandemic.

Montreal coffee chain terminates contract with woman videoed doing Hitler salute

Second Cup - a Montreal coffee chain - said it was "terminating their franchise agreement" after it found that its franchisee made "hateful remarks and gestures."

 Pro-Palestine protester in Montreal performs Hitler salute

Over 50,000 Quebec students join riots where calls for intifada, final solution are voiced

The protest reportedly took up all 12 floors of the main Concordia building, and "Free Gaza" was spray painted on lockers.

 Protesters hold Palestinian flags during a rally to call for a ceasefire, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 9, 2024.

Montreal police arrest man in connection with shooting at Jewish school shooting

The Yeshiva Gedolah in Montreal was the target of two shootings in November 2023, the first on November 9 and the second on November 12.

Montreal Police patrol car

‘Death to the Jews:’ Protester gives Nazi salute at Montreal ex-IDF talk

"Death to Israel, Death to Jews,” was also shouted in Arabic by a protester, according to a video posted by The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs on Tuesday.

 Masked man performs Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian protest in Montreal.

Israeli diplomat bashes Canadian Jewish org. for promoting immigration of doctors

“The government you represent failed to provide the most basic protection to its citizens, and it has lost the faith of the majority of Israelis," Dan Brotman wrote to the Israeli Consul General.

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Shots fired at Jewish school in Canada again, amid tensions over overseas conflict

This marks the third time in less than a week that a Jewish school in Montreal was hit amid heightened tensions over the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Montreal City Hall

Jewish schools in Montreal struck by gunfire

The police announced they will continue their inquiry, and revealed that a woman has been arrested in connection to violence at Concordia University.

 The front doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeau were hit with a firebomb, Nov. 6, 2023.

Montreal-area synagogue, Jewish center hit with Molotov cocktails

Montreal police said that no one was injured and the damage to the buildings was minor as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the incident.

 The front doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeau were hit with a firebomb, Nov. 6, 2023.

Montreal’s oldest synagogue building vandalized with swastikas

“While the congregation is small, the synagogue evokes Jewish history in Montreal and the attack on it is causing dismay in the community,” Marvin Rotrand, a former city councilor said.

 A view of the future site of the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Saint-Laurent boulevard.