Our 360 includes coverage of Federation CJA's virtual 2020 Annual General Meeting, the election of Canada's first Black and Jewish party leader, an Emirati and Israeli musical collaboration for peace and more. Shabbat Shalom!

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Source: Federation CJA

Pandemic has Federation pivoting on priorities, AGM hears
The Canadian Jewish Record covers the highlights from our first-ever virtual Annual General Meeting.

Source: Canadian Jewish Record

Israel and Jordan sign historic airspace agreement
The deal allows flights crossing over one country to also fly over the other.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Jewish student seriously injured in attack outside synagogue in Hamburg, Germany
According to a police report, a 29-year-old man dressed in military garb hit the Jewish student, who was wearing a kippah, over the head with a folding spade shovel as he was on his way to celebrate Sukkot.

Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Annamie Paul becomes first Black and Jewish Canadian party leader
The Toronto attorney made history when she was elected head of Canada's federal Green Party on Saturday.

Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jewish scientist shares Nobel for finding hepatitis C, helping to save millions
Harvey J. Alter, with Charles M. Rice and Michael Houghton, jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease worldwide.

Source: Times of Israel

Two MPs tackle online antisemitism [article in French]
The new international task force includes legislators from Australia, Israel, the United Kingdom, the US and Canada, including Montreal's Liberal Anthony Housefather and Winnipeg's Conservative Marty Morantz.

Source: La Presse

Louise Glück, Jewish poet of classical themes, wins the Nobel Prize
The Swedish Academy praised the 77-year-old poet (whose collections include The Wild Iris, Meadowlands, and October), citing "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

Source: Forward

9 Frugal Jewish dishes from around the world  
Try these delicious recipes – like kashkarikas, knishes and albondigas – that showcase Jewish frugal inventiveness from communities around the world.

Source: The Nosher

Source: i24 News

Duet for peace: A musical collaboration [video in French]

Enjoy this upbeat song featuring an Emirati and Israeli singer!

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Federation CJA 360 is a news aggregate, offering readers a variety of articles and opinion pieces on topics of concern to the Jewish community and presented in a concise, convenient platform. The opinions expressed by contributors shared in Federation CJA 360 do not necessarily reflect the policies or the positions of Federation CJA, its staff or its Board of Directors.

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For over one hundred years, Federation CJA has been at the heart of the organized Jewish community in Montreal. In partnership with a vast network of agencies and organizations locally, nationally and internationally, Federation CJA builds and sustains this community by providing leadership and by supporting the delivery of services and programs to care for the vulnerable and those in need, to ensure a bright Jewish future, to represent communal interests and to positively affect issues in the wider society.