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Montreal police investigating after effigy of a kippah-wearing man hanging from a noose displayed at a protest
20+ hour, 24+ min ago (635+ words) Condemnations and outrage have been pouring in, and the Montreal Police hate crime unit is investigating after an anti-Israel group in Montreal marched downtown on Sunday May 24, with an effigy of a kippah-wearing man hanging from a noose. Germany's consul-general…...
Casper Bloom, 90, a lawyer and activist who was passionate about Quebec and minority rights
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (925+ words) Founder of the English rights group Alliance Quebec, he spent decades correcting the deeply flawed English version of Quebec's Civil Code....
Is there a future for Jewish life in secularist Quebec?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (284+ words) The Canadian Jewish News Is there a future for Jewish life in secularist Quebec? This month, the province of Quebec passed Bill 9, a law that bans employees at publicly subsidized daycares from wearing religious symbols'including kippot, tzitzit, hijabs, turbans, and…...
B'nai Brith pressing Quebec hard to act on surging antisemitism, while warning secularism bill could strip away religious rights
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (801+ words) B'nai Brith Canada is calling on Quebec City to act on antisemitism, which "is appearing in classrooms, on campuses, online, in the media, and in our streets. It has advanced from hateful rhetoric and vandalism to violent criminal acts," noted…...
While the Supreme Court deliberates on Quebec's secularism law, Jewish schools and hospitals wait
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (701+ words) For four days last month, with lawyers representing some 84 appellants, respondents and intervenors, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments concerning Quebec's controversial Bill 21, adopted in 2019, which prohibited certain public officials from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. The…...
Quebec newspaper La Presse alleges that schools that host former IDF soldiers violate funding rules
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (792+ words) A pair of La Presse articles (Conferences to defend Israel) published Feb. 26 describing current or former IDF soldiers speaking at local Jewish schools about their experiences, are being framed as possible breaches of education funding rules and the province's secularism…...
Doorstep Postings: Separation anxiety for Alberta and Quebec
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (735+ words) The Canadian Jewish News Doorstep Postings: Separation anxiety for Alberta and Quebec What a difference a month makes. Remember just a few short weeks ago when we were willing to fight off invading Americans with our garden tools and snow…...
New Quebec secularism bill goes beyond previous law and impacts Jewish schools
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (940+ words) Bill 9, An Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Qu'bec, is the third secularism project released by the current provincial government and the second this year. Quebec subsidies equal about 60 per cent of what public schools receive for regular students,…...