Quebec Language Law Could Push Young Jews to Leave Quebec, B'nai Brith Says

Quebec Language Law Could Push Young Jews to Leave Quebec, B'nai Brith Says
B'nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, April 29, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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A prominent Jewish organization is speaking out against Quebec’s new language law, saying it will make it harder to recruit rabbis and could push Jewish people to leave the province.

B’nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn says he’s concerned that many Jewish immigrants, including elderly people from Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, will no longer be able to access services in English.