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  MONTREAL -- Long-time B'nai Brith Quebec regional director and spokesperson for the Jewish community in the province Harvey Levine has died. The Jewish service organization announced Saturday that Levine died in the morning after battling cancer. “Harvey was passionate in his love for the Jewish community and for Israel,” said B'nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn in a news release. “For decades, during the Chanukah holiday, Harvey was always so proud to lead a group of volunteers, including the teenagers who represent the next generation, to the hospital – going room to room an...

Article content Threats against Montreal’s Jewish community, including online posts threatening attacks on neighbourhoods with significant Jewish populations, are being taken “extremely seriously” by community leaders and by Montreal police. The Montreal police department is “well aware of the threats now circulating against the Jewish community,” the SPVM said Thursday in a statement. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Threats to Montreal's Jewish community being taken "extremely seriously" Back to video A joint statement by the Jewis...

An initial Justice Department analysis concluded Quebec can go ahead with the changes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Tuesday. But experts disagree, saying constitutional tweaks to language use require a parliamentary green light. They also warn against treating the pair of provisions as symbolic baubles on an unchanged Charter of Rights and Freedoms, highlighting potential legal implications from the Constitution on down. Federal parties that run candidates across the country are handling with care the question of Quebec's language and identity as they look to avoid stirring up...

Montreal-area mayor calls on municipal leaders to condemn recent antisemitic acts by The Canadian Press Last Updated May 20, 2021 at 3:14 pm EDT MONTREAL — The mayor of a Montreal suburb is calling for other municipal leaders to denounce antisemitism after several recent anti-Jewish incidents in the region. Mitchell Brownstein, mayor of Côte-Saint-Luc, which has a large Jewish community, says he met with Montreal police today. He says police told him they believe the threat of anti-Jewish attacks is low but are ready to protect residents. Brownstein says people in his community are worried...

The mayor of a Montreal suburb is calling for other municipal leaders to denounce anti-Semitism after several recent anti-Jewish incidents in the region.