Jews participated this year for the first time in the French Canadian nationalist festival, St. John the Baptist Day, joining in the traditional parade by special invitation of the Society St. Jean Baptiste, which sponsors the annual event.
A delegation representing the Cercle Juif de Langue Francaise, a Jewish French-language cultural and social group, was well received by the thousands of onlookers as their car proceeded in the line of floats.
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