This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "History of the Jews in Montreal" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Part of a series on
Ethnicity in Montreal
Black Canadians
Italians
Japanese
Jews
v
t
e
Montreal's Jewish community is one of the oldest and most populous in the country, formerly first but now second to Toronto and numbering about 82,000 in Greater Montreal according to the 2021 census.[1] The community is quite diverse and is composed of many different Jewish ethnic divisions that arrived in Canada at different periods of time and under differing circumstances.
Montreal's first Jews were Sepharadi and Ashkenazi Jews who had previously settled in Britain and from there moved to Canada as far back as the 18th century. Predominant in number and cultural influence throughout much of the 20th century were the Ashkenazi Jews who arrived from Eastern Europe mostly prior to and following World War II; they settled largely along the Main and in the Mile End, a life vividly chronicled by such writers as Mordecai Richler. There is also a substantial number of French-speaking Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews, originating from former French colonies in the Middle East and North Africa. More recent arrivals include significant numbers of Russian Jews, Argentinian Jews, and French Jews as well as some Indian Jews, Ethiopian Jews and others. Close to 25% of Montreal's Jewish population have French as their mother tongue.[citation needed] Yiddish is still a living part of the Montreal language mix, particularly in the substantial Hassidic community.
Demographically smaller as a result of the exodus that came with the instability provoked by the Quebec sovereignty movement, Montreal's Jewish community has nevertheless been a leading contributor to the city's cultural landscape and is renowned for its level of charitable giving and its plethora of social service community institutions. Among these are the world-renowned Jewish Public Library of Montreal, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre and Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.
Jewish culinary contributions have also been a source of pride for Montrealers; two contributions are its smoked meat sandwiches and its distinctive style of bagels. There are many private Jewish schools in Montreal, receiving partial funding of the secular courses in their curriculum from the Quebec government (like most denominational schools in Quebec). Approximately 7,000 children attend Jewish day schools, over 50% of the total Jewish school age population, an extremely high percentage for North American cities.
The Jewish left and secular Jewish culture have flourished in Montreal, producing notable artists and public figures such as Charles Krauthammer, Mort Zuckerman, Naomi Klein, Leonard Cohen, Irving Layton and Gerald Cohen.[citation needed]
^Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2023-02-01). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
and 30 Related for: History of the Jews in Montreal information
numbers of Russian Jews, Argentinian Jews, and French Jews as well as some Indian Jews, Ethiopian Jews and others. Close to 25% ofMontreal's Jewish population...
many Jews living inthe inner cities of Toronto and Montreal to move out to the suburbs. The rural Jewish communities almost vanished as Jews living in rural...
000 in the 2001 census, having overtaken Montrealinthe 1970s. As of 2011, the Greater Toronto Area is home to 188,710 Jews. The community in Toronto...
Egyptian Jews constitute both one ofthe oldest and one ofthe youngest Jewish communities inthe world. The historic core ofthe Jewish community in Egypt...
Jewsin Philadelphia can trace their history back to Colonial America. Jews have lived in Philadelphia since the arrival of William Penn in 1682. Jewish...
along with the Iranian Jews, Afghan Jews, and the Mountain Jews, all of whom fall under the category of Mizrahi Jews. Since the dissolution ofthe Soviet...
Moroccan Jews (Arabic: اليهود المغاربة, romanized: al-Yahūd al-Maghāriba Hebrew: יהודים מרוקאים, romanized: Yehudim Maroka'im) are Jews who live in or are...
Syrian Jews, Lebanese Jews, Persian Jews, Afghan Jews, Bukharian Jews, Kurdish Jews, Mountain Jews, Georgian Jews. Some also include the North-African Sephardic...
Jews have been living in Metro Detroit since it was first founded, and have been prominent in all parts of life inthe city. The city has a rich Jewish...
Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and Bene Israel. A number of converts to Judaism make up the New Zealand Jewish community, which manifests a wide range of Jewish...
The Demographics ofMontreal concern population growth and structure for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The information is analyzed by Statistics Canada and...
non-Jews, a non-Jewish appearance, perfect command ofthe local language, determination, and luck played a major role in determining survival. Jewsin hiding...
This list of Canadian Jews includes notable Canadian Jews or Canadians of Jewish descent, arranged by field of activity. Eric Berne (1910–1970), psychiatrist...
represent the remainder of those original American Jews along with an array of other Jewish communities, including more recent Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Beta...
The Schindlerjuden, literally translated from German as "Schindler Jews", were a group of roughly 1,200 Jews saved by Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust...
between Haredi Jews and non-Jews. Haredi communities are found primarily in Israel (13.6% ofthe population), North America (12% of American Jews), and Western...
in 1930, called for the promotion of "goodwill and esteem between Jews and non-Jews" and it also called for the British government to adhere to the terms...
Polish Jews were the primary victims ofthe Nazi Germany-organized Holocaust in Poland. Throughout the German occupation of Poland, Jews were rescued...
modified "pastrami" spelling was probably introduced in imitation ofthe American English salami. Romanian Jews emigrated to New York as early as 1872. Among...
Jews from extermination during the Holocaust in World War II. There are 7,232 (as of 1 January 2022[update]) Polish men and women conferred with the honor...
Tremblay. The film tells the story of a group of actors inMontreal who perform a Passion play in a Quebec church (the film uses the grounds of Saint Joseph's...
Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books. "Jewsin Professional Basketball: 2014–15; Foreign Jews Playing in Israel"...
Global Information