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


From café au lait to bagels in Montreal’s Mile End

The neighborhood is peopled by a diverse mix, and when the weather warms up people spill into its leafy streets, which become everyone’s common backyard.

St.-Viateur Bakery in Mile End is known for Montreal’s unique bagels.

Kosher-for-Passover beer? Maybe for next year

When Bryan Meadan was diagnosed with celiac disease, he did what any beer-lover would do: He started to brew his own gluten-free beer.

Meadan at the Mivshelet Ha’am shared brewing facility where he brews his gluten-free Buckwheat Malt Ale.