Sunshine or rain, Sunday or in the middle of the week, Montreal always holds a Lag BaOmer Parade with much fanfare. The Chabad community in Montreal, one of the only cities in the world which organizes a grand Lag BaOmer Parade whether its Sunday or in the middle of the week, celebrates the yahrzeit of the Rashbi • Photographed by Yosef Yitzchok Doron • Photos

Sunshine or rain, Sunday or in the middle of the week, Montreal always holds a Lag BaOmer Parade with much fanfare. The Chabad community in Montreal, one of the only cities in the world which organizes a grand Lag BaOmer Parade whether its Sunday or in the middle of the week, celebrates the yahrzeit of the Rashbi • Full Story, Photos

Orthodox Jews in Quebec have called on the authorities in the Canadian province to end COVID-19 restrictions on houses of worship, insisting that the closure of synagogues was forcing the community to “make an untenable choice between the exercise of their fundamental rights and respect for the law.” • Full Story

The Anash community of Montreal, Canada gathered Motzei Shabbos Parshas Noach to mark 80 years since the founding of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in the city at the instruction of the Frierdiker Rebbe in 5702 • Photos

“I am eternally grateful to Chabad,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was quoted as saying in an Arutz Sheva article published in February. “Thanks to Chabad of Montreal, my father, of blessed memory, and my mother and all of us became connected to Judaism” • Full Story