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In the city where more than 60 percent of the 37,000 Canadian Sephardis live,more than 200 people turned out to mark the occasion, with representatives of Federation CJA, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Sephardi Voices and the Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec (CSUQ) gathering on Nov. 28—two days before the date officially designated by the Israeli government as Yom HaPlitim
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December 02, 2024
Canadian Jews have had enough. Enough with the words. Enough with the good sentiments. Enough with our schools being shot at. Enough with Hitler salutes and talk of ‘Final Solution’. Enough with riots in our streets. Enough with the yells of ‘death to the Jews’, as we heard in front of a Jewish school in Montreal. Enough with the demonstrations in and around Jewish neighborhoods, simply to intimidate the Jewish community. Enough with our people being told to be more discreet in order not to enflame the situation’, simply because they are visible Jews. Enough with our houses of worship being picketed by extremists and haters. Enough with having to go to court to get injunctions to protect our institutions, our schools, our community centers and our synagogues.
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November 27, 2024

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