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Quebec language law could push young Jews to leave Quebec, B’nai Brith says
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By Morgan LowrieThe Canadian PressMon., June 13, 2022timer3 min. readupdateArticle was updated 1 hr agoMONTREAL – Quebec’s new language law will harm vulnerable English-speaking Jewish seniors and could cause a new exodus of young people from the province, a prominent Jewish organization said Monday. Read more » »
84-year-old surprised to find her name (and her bat mitzvah) in J. archive
Pearl Cohen was paging through J. a few weeks ago when something caught her eye. There, in an archives column on the very first Bay Area bat mitzvahs, she recognized a name — her own. “When I saw my name there, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh!’” she said. Born Pearl Ruten, Cohen was among the first cohorts of local girls to have a bat mitzvah. Read more » »
Quebec language law could push young Jews to leave Quebec, B’nai Brith says
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By The Canadian PressMon., June 13, 2022timer1 min. readMONTREAL – A prominent Jewish organization is speaking out against Quebec’s new language law, saying it will make it harder to recruit rabbis and could push Jewish people to leave the province. Read more » »
I’m neither ‘Ukrainian’ nor ‘German.’ But as a Jew in Germany who was born in Ukraine, I am trying to help. – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
FRANKFURT, Germany (JTA) — I was born in Ukraine but have never considered myself Ukrainian. My parents had immigrated to Germany, seeking political and economic stability during the chaotic time of the Soviet Union’s collapse, and I still live here, in Frankfurt. Read more » »
‘We fear a possible exodus of young Jews’ in response to Bill 96: B’nai Brith
The law is one of two — the other is Bill 21 — that discriminates against Montreal’s Jewish community, spokesperson Marvin Rotrand charges. Publishing date: Jun 13, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 1 minute read • 6 Comments A man wearing a kippah listens to Côte-St-Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein in 2019. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada exprime son opposition au projet de loi 96 controversé
Quebec National Assembly 13 juin 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada a rendu publique aujourd’hui son opposition au loi 96, une loi qu’elle considère comme préjudiciable aux intérêts de la population juive du Québec. La loi a été sanctionnée le 1er juin et est maintenant en vigueur. Les Juifs sont aujourd’hui quelque 90 000 dans la province. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Expresses Opposition to Controversial Quebec Bill 96
Quebec National Assembly June 13, 2022 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada today made public its opposition to Bill 96, a law that it sees as detrimental to the interests of Quebec’s Jewish population. Jews today number some 90,000 in the province. Jews have lived in Quebec for centuries with the first congregation being established in 1768. Read more » »
Meet the 2022 B’Nai B’rith Award nominees
BLACKSBURGBENNETT SHEALORATHLETICS: Baseball, three-year varsity player beginning as River Ridge District honorable mention catcher as a freshman. Basketball, BHS defensive player of the year. Football, letterman as a freshman. Read more » »
Queen’s Birthday Honours – the Jewish list for 2022
The percentage of women receiving awards today across Australia is 45%. Within the Jewish community, the percentage is 43%. Among those to receive their awards in the coming weeks is a Melbourne woman who will collect her partner’s. He died in August 2021 and she was awarded an OAM in January but did not receive it physically. Read more » »
Herbert I. Olarsch Obituary (1939 – 2022) The Star-Ledger
Attorney & Executive Director of Turnpike Authority We mourn the passing of Herbert Isaac Olarsch on May 30, 2022, husband of Marlene Olarsch, father of Debra & Paul Denson and Beth Olarsch, and grandfather of Benjamin and Claire Denson. He was predeceased by his parents Sylvia Olarsch & Morris Olarsch and brother I. Gerald Olarsch. Read more » »
