For more than two decades, the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival has been one of the largest multilingual literary events in North America. For several days each year, writers from
Although only 1% of the population, Jews victims of 14% of hate crimes, Statistics Canada reports, showing a 47% rise compared to previous year; Jewish official says alarmed by figures and calls for action
The Association of Jewish Libraries Conference 2022 included sessions on documenting Jewish history, updating Judaica collections, and a performance from Ladino singer-songwriter Sarah Aroeste.
From the troubling to the uplifting, we've all been flooded with stories and images coming out of Russia and Ukraine in the past three weeks. Many people, safely in Montreal, feel that all they can do is doomscroll or watch the news. For three Montreal-based rabbis, this simply wasn't enough. They went to Poland to help refugees fleeing Ukraine, and have now come home to share what they saw.