Past event

Rally in Support of the Jews of France

More than 1,100 people filled the synagogue's main hall for a rally, sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Quebec Region, pledging support for French Jews facing a wave of antisemitism and voicing concern at the rise of Nazism and fascism across Europe. Frank Schlesinger, the region's chairman, presided, and Aba Beer, a Holocaust survivor and president of the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression, spoke.