Canadian Town’s Jewish Community Revitalized
Rabbi Sholom Galperin lights a Chanukah menorah made out of Lego building blocks at the Devonshire Mall in Windsor, Ontario.
In the shadow of a skyline dominated by the General Motors Renaissance Center across the narrow Detroit River, the small, public University of Windsor draws close to 15,000 students from locations throughout Canada to the quiet and unassuming city of Windsor. Located on the border, it occupies a swath of Ontario locals point out is the only part of Canada that lies south of the United States and was once a source of prohibition-busting smugglers and black market liquor.
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