Hasidic

• Driver identified in November baby carriage hit-and-run: Montreal police

  Police have identified an 87-year-old in connection with a hit-and-run in Outremont in November when a motorist hit a baby stroller with a baby inside before fleeing the scene.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2022
  
• Quebec’s Council of Hasidic Jews takes government to court over limits on religious gatherings

  The Hasidic community is seeking to have the rules modified "to allow members of our communities to be able to pray in a safe environment."

  Canada

  Jan 28, 2021
  
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• Montreal police intervene on illegal gatherings, ramp up presence in Outremont and Plateau areas

  Police say patrols have been stepped up in the areas after officers were called to disperse several gatherings at places of worship, including synagogues, on Friday and Saturday.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2021
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• Montreal police break up three large religious gatherings in Outremont in under 24 hours

  Police say all three gatherings were held at places of worship and involved over 10 people, the limit for indoor religious gatherings.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2021
• Coronavirus: Quebec premier orders all synagogues to close amid COVID-19 concerns

  For members that are used to attending synagogue to pray three times a day, the closures are affecting the whole community.

  Features

  Mar 19, 2020
• Lawyer for Quebec couple urges court to act against ultra-Orthodox Hasidic schools

  The lawyer for a Quebec couple who left their ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community north of Montreal is telling a courtroom that Jewish schools operating there are illegal and leave no time for secular education.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2020
• Head of home-schooling association tells trial Jewish education rigorous but only for boys

  The head of a Jewish home-schooling association is telling a Montreal courtroom that the rigorous Talmudic education offered by the Hasidic community prepares a child for any possible career.

  Education

  Feb 17, 2020
• Former student of Hasidic school tells trial she was exempted from secular studies at age 13

  Clara Wasserstein, a former member of the ultra-Orthodox Tash community north of Montreal, says the focus of girls' education in the community was to prepare them to be wives and to raise Jewish children.

  Education

  Feb 12, 2020
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• Quebec knew about illegal Hasidic religious schools for decades, trial hears

  A witness has testified at a civil trial that the Quebec government knew for decades Hasidic Jewish children were not receiving a legal secular education.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2020
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• Ex-Hasidic couple taking Quebec government to court over religious school education

  The couple are not seeking damages but want a declaratory judgment against the province and the Boisbriand Hasidic schools declaring they have violated the Quebec Education Act.

  Education

  Feb 10, 2020