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Jewish travelers crossing the Canada-U.S. border with arba minim this Sukkos should find border officials well prepared following an unprecedented joint briefing organized by the Jewish Community Council of Montreal.

This week marks the yahrtzeit of Rav Dov Yehuda Schochet zt”l, a remarkable talmid chacham whose life stretched from the great yeshivos of prewar Lithuania to Basel, The Hague — and ultimately Toronto.A distinguished talmid of the roshei yeshiva of Telz, Rav Schochet later served as a rav in Basel through the Holocaust years and, after the war, became Chief Rabbi of The Hague and its surrounding district, where he helped rebuild Jewish life and established a yeshiva for survivors.In the early 1950s, he moved with his wife and ten children to Toronto, largely to provide them with a stronger Torah education.Here, his story took an unexpected turn. Although he had been promised a position befitting his stature, it did not end up materializing.Thus, the former European chief rabbi found himself teaching children at Toronto’s Associated Hebrew Day Schools. When prestigious opportunities later became available, he reportedly chose to remain...

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A massive 25-ton mikveh discovered in Kiryat Gat has provided archaeologists with evidence of a Jewish community that was previously unknown to researchers.