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10:00 A.M.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal
Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops

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5:30 P.M.
Canada Council Readings
"The Prodigal Tongue" with author Mark Abley

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8:00 P.M.
Yiddish Café
Itsik Manger's "Megille"

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning
Part I - Jewish Beginnings in Christian Europe

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2:00 P.M.
Movie Presentation in Yiddish with English subtitles
“God, Man, and Devil"

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7:30 P.M.
Jewish Genealogical Society
"Cultural Clues to Family History" with David M. Kleiman

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning with Ira Robinson
Part I - A Hasidic Rabbi in Poland, 1859-1913

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning
Part II - The Church and the Jews Prior to 1096

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19h30
Conférence
« Judaïsme et islam, convergences et divergences »

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning with Ira Robinson
Part II - A Polish Rabbi in Canada, 1913-1935

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning
Part III - The Crusades and the Jews

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning with Moshe Szyf
"Songs of the Haggadah”

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7:00 P.M.
Montreal film premiere in Hebrew with English subtitles
“The Champagne Spy "

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"Conversations" - A Jewish Women's Literary Circle
CANCELLED

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7:30 P.M.
Legacy for Learning with Ira Robinson
Part III - Kabbalist, Scientist, and Storyteller

Description of Events

SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 FROM  10:00 A.M. TO NOON

AND ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAYS: APRIL 5, MAY 3, AND JUNE 7

The popular Sunday Morning Family Tree workshops (formerly Scholar-in-Residence) are an opportunity for beginners to get ‘one-on-one’ help with family history questions. Jewish family history does not have to be a mystery. We all leave a paper trail that can unravel the story of our families for many generations, across the ocean and into the smallest of ‘shtetls’– Join with other Montrealers in the fascinating quest for your roots.

Visit the JGS website at www.jgs-montreal.org. For further information, please call: Stanley Diamond, President (514) 484-0100; Merle Kastner, Programming (514) 735-4739; Jerry Zell, Membership (514) 486-2171.

Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

Admission: Free

Info: JGS of Montreal Hotline (514) 484-0969

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Canada Council Readings with Wine Reception
"The Prodigal Tongue" with author Mark Abley

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009 AT 5:30 P.M.

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Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

Admission: Free

Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017

Books and autographs available.

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Yiddish Café

Encore presentation of Itsik Manger's Megille

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009 AT 8:00 P.M.

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Grover Auditorium at the YM-YWHA
5480 Westbury Avenue
$5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members

Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006

Refreshments

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Legacy for Learning Series in co-operation with Shaare Zion Congregation present:

“Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza”

WEDNESDAYS, MARCH 11, 18, 25 AND MONDAY, APRIL 6 &
WEDNESDAYS APRIL 22 AND 29, 2009 AT 7:30 P.M.

Legacy for Learning Series in co-operation with Shaare Zion Congregation present:

“Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza”

Each videotaped lecture will be moderated by a prominent scholar from the Montreal academic community.

March 11:                      Jewish Beginnings in Christian Europe

                                    Moderator: Professor Ira Robinson, Concordia University

March 18:                      The Church and the Jews Prior to 1096

                                    Moderator: Rabbi Lionel Moses, Shaare Zion Congregation

March 25:                      The Crusades and the Jews

Moderator: Professor Gershon Hundert, McGill University

April 6:                          Patterns of Jewish Culture – Rabbinic Learning

Moderator: tba

April 22:                        Patterns of Jewish Culture – Kabbalah

Moderator: Rabbi Michael Witman, Adath Israel Poale Zedek

April 29:                        The Medieval Jewish-Christian Debate

Moderator: Rabbi Lionel Moses, Shaare Zion Congregation

Subsidized by a generous grant from the Philip and Dora Grossman Endowment Fund at Shaare Zion Congregation and the Helen Bassel Endowment Fund of the JPL.

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Shaare Zion Congregation, 5575 Cote St. Luc Road

Full semester: $36 JPL & Shaare Zion members/students, $54 non-members

3 Lectures of your choice: $20 JPL & Shaare Zion members/students, $35 non-members

Info (514) 481-7727 ext. 226

Melissa@shaarezion.org

Registration required

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Movie Presentation in Yiddish with English subtitles, 100 minutes

“God, Man and Devil” (USA, 1938)

SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009 AT 2:00 P.M.

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Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

$5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members

Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006

Refreshments

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal
"Cultural Clues to Family History" with David M. Kleiman.

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009 AT 7:30 P.M.

Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

Admission: Free, donation requested

Info: JGS of Montreal

Hotline (514) 484-0969

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Legacy for Learning presents a three-part lecture series with Professor Ira Robinson

“A Kabbalist in Montreal: The Life and Times of Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg”
Three-part lecture series

TUESDAYS, MARCH 17, 24, & 31, 2009 FROM 7:30 TO 9:00 P.M.

Lecture 1 - March 17                  A Hasidic Rabbi in Poland, 1859-1913

Lecture 2 - March 24                  A Polish Rabbi in Canada, 1913-1935

Lecture 3 - March 31                  Kabbalist, Scientist, and Storyteller

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Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

$25 JPL members/students, $40 non-members

Registration required. Please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017

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Conférence

« Judaïsme et islam, convergences et divergences »

LUNDI 23 MARS 2009 À 19 H 30

Bibliothèque publique juive, 5151, chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine (Métro Côte Ste-Catherine)

5$ membres/étudiants, 10$ autres

Info : (514) 345-2617, poste 3017

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Legacy for Learning presents a lecture with Professor Moshe Szyf

"Songs of the Haggadah”

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009 AT 7:30 P.M.

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Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

$5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members

Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3042

Refreshments

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Montreal film premiere in Hebrew with English subtitles, 90 min.

“The Champagne Spy” (2007 Israel, Germany), directed by Nadav Schirman

SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2009 AT 7:00 P.M.

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Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine

$10 JPL members/students, $15 non-members

Info (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017

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"Conversations"
A Jewish Women's Literary Circle
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2009, 1:00 TO 3:00 P.M. OR 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.
CANCELLED

In co-operation with the Hadassah Brandeis Institute.

“Conversations” is a book group featuring live interaction with authors.
During the coming year, three books will be discussed in intimate gatherings at local homes, in either afternoon or evening sessions. Each will provide an opportunity for participants to explore, through thought and feeling, who we are as Jewish women.
Co-sponsored by the Helen Bassel Endowment Fund of the JPL.

Monday, March 30, 2009 – 1 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m.
"American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise" with Shulamit Reinharz

Monday, June 1, 2009 – 1 to 3 p.m. or 7 to 9 p.m.
"An Island Called Home" with Ruth Behar

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