Kesher Talk

If, as rumors would have it, Jewish life is on the decline in Montreal, someone forgot to tell the 100,000-plus Jews who make their homes in this cosmopolitan city.

True, following the election of a separatist Quebecois government 25 years ago, the Jewish community worried that it faced economic setbacks and cultural extinction. Some 20,000 Jewish baby-boomers fled town for points west and south, knocking Montreal off its perch as Canada's Jewish capital and transforming Toronto into an economic powerhouse. But despite worries of a "brain drain" of the Jewish community's brightest and best, the Jews of Montreal have stayed committed to their tight-knit and diverse community. From the community's growing day schools to its low intermarriage rate, to the newly-built $35-million Jewish community campus, Jewish life is thriving in the cultural center of la belle province.

posted by Howard @ 6/20/2002 12:54:34 PM