Montreal jewish community

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

Quebec Province Premier Christine Fréchette condemned the attack as an act that has “no place” in Canadian society and stated that she was “deeply shaken” by the shooting.

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.
Handshake between the flags of Israel and Canada

Montreal City motion calling for suspension of ties with Israel postponed till August

HANGING EFFIGIES of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in Montreal, Canada.

Hanged effigies of Trump, Netanyahu paraded through Montreal by anti-Israel groups

Handshake between the flags of Israel and Canada

Montreal–Israel tech ties strengthen at cyber event


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.

 PAUL HIRSCHSON

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.

Montreal’s Holocaust Museum moving to $80 million site in historic Jewish quarter by 2025

The Montreal Holocaust Museum will be moving into a new $80 million site in the city’s historic Jewish quarter in Plateau Mont-Royal by 2025.

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

Cecile Klein, 114, was Canada’s oldest person for 7 months

Klein lived through two pandemics and two world wars, and attended education-style courses into her 100s.

MONTREAL COMBINES modern and old-world styles.

Quebec shutters houses of worship due to Omicron variant

Quebec synagogues first shut down during the first thee months of the pandemic in 2020 and then again at the start of the first curfew in January, 2021.

Police maintain a security cordon after media reports of a hostage incident at the offices of gaming software developer Ubisoft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 13, 2020.