Montreal – Tensions Between Outremont and Hassidic Community Put Parades Hold

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    A still from the confrontation between Celine Forget and members of the Hasidic community on March 8.Montreal – Parades and processions are on hold in the Montreal borough of Outremont.

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    Its city council says it has decided to play it safe for fear public events escalate tensions.

    Every year during its Easter service the Russian Orthodox Church walks out of the chapel in a procession to parade around the block.

    This year however, for the first time ever, this procession may not happen in Outremont.

    On Monday night, Outremont’s city council passed a moratorium banning all processions and parades until June 1, 2012.

    Marie Cinq-Mars, the borough’s mayor insists the council had no choice.

    Two weeks ago, city councillor Céline Forget, known for past confrontations with the Hassidic community, was the target of invectives by a group of Hassidic Jews who accused her of trying to intimidate them.

    The councillor criticizes the borough for not enforcing bylaws that she believes are being flouted by the Hassidic community.

    It’s these kinds of tensions that some Outremont residents say are being inflamed by an over-zealous minority in the city council.

    “It does seem a little bit drastic as a reaction,” says Outremont resident Nicholas Beattie. “If the city wants time to look at outdoor festivals that’s fine but it seem like they are impacting everybody negatively.”


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    Sam23
    Sam23
    11 years ago

    So i guess no more hachnasas sefer torah as well.

    shredready
    shredready
    11 years ago

    not sure what the connection is.

    however as a good neighbor, if they are, the Hassidic Community should lobby that the easter parade should be permitted

    monboy20
    monboy20
    11 years ago

    At last the Goyim will also feel the Hatred and Trouble this מכשפה is putting the whole community through, maybe next time she runs for city they will dump her hopefully!!

    thatslife
    thatslife
    11 years ago

    i agree with numbe 2. we have to show the goyisha neighbors that we do not want this discrimination for anyone! this easter parade is a tradition going on for years and i dont see how they are allowed to stop it. isnt it against democracy??

    me-myself-my-shadow-and-I
    me-myself-my-shadow-and-I
    11 years ago

    sorry all you N’Yawkers living in the land of the free. Canadians don’t have a bill of rights protecting them. and in Quebec the situation is a lot worse. instead of a bill of rights, the minority Quebecers enjoy a term called “reasonable accommodation”. so in essence, a Jew is “entitled” to live his life as he wishes only as long as his lifestyle doesn’t bother the true Quebecer.

    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    11 years ago

    Canadians have a Constitution.

    Tzi_Bar_David
    Tzi_Bar_David
    11 years ago

    Sounds as if this woman is against everyone who is not French Canadian. She’s not an anti-Semite, she’s a xenophobe.

    ALLAN
    ALLAN
    11 years ago

    Just spoke to a friend in Mississagua Ontario in response to reading this article. Citizens of Canada have “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms “. It is my feeling that gentiles should be supported by the Jewish community to have their parade continue. Decent people of all religions should do their best to get rid of this horrible woman.

    frater
    frater
    11 years ago

    There is a Polish church on St-Viateur in Montreal in an area where many Orthodox Jews live. They sometimes organized outside parades for various religious occasions and I attended some of them. I don’t know whether they still do and whether they are affected by the ban, but I’m very touched by the comments by all of you who want to defend the Russian parade. Thanks.