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| The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008, FROM 10:00 A.M. TO NOON And on the following Sundays: April 6, May 4, and June 20, 2008
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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Movie Presentation in Hebrew with English subtitles, 50 minutes “It Sounds Better in Yiddish” by Avida Livny (Israel 2004) Introduced by Rivka Augenfeld
This film, featuring comedians Dzigan and Shumacher, showcases the complex relationship in Israel among Yiddish, yiddishkeyt, and Hebrew, as well as the process of merging Yiddish and Israeli humor. Dzigan and Schumacher began their careers in Lodz in the late 1920s and with the outbreak of World War II fled to the Soviet Union, where they were imprisoned in Siberia; they subsequently immigrated to Israel in 1950. Sponsored by the Miriam Blacher Glasrot and Josef Glasrot Endowment Fund.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine $5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006 Refreshments will be served |
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A talk with the author David Solway “Living in the Valley of Shmoon”
David Solway’s most recent book of poetry is The Properties of Things. A previous volume, Reaching for Clear, won the 2007 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry awarded by the Quebec Writers’ Federation. An earlier volume, Franklin’s Passage, was awarded “Le Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal” in 2004. Appointed poet-in-residence at Concordia University for 1999-2000, he is currently an associate editor with Books in Canada.
David Solway will reflect on the nature and reception of his political treatise The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity, published in 2007 by Lester, Mason & Begg/Random House. He is now at work on a follow-up volume entitled Living in the Valley of Shmoon, and a new book of politically inspired poetry, New Wine, Old Bottles, which he will also discuss in the context of the ideological war currently being waged against the Jewish state. Introduced by Barbara Kay, National Post columnist. Books and autographs available.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine $5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017 Wine & Cheese will be served Click here to view the flyer
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Long métrage en français avec sous-titres anglais, 88 min. « Mauvaise foi » film réalisé par Roschdy Zem, avec Roschdy Zem, Cécile de France, Jean-Pierre Cassel… Prix Étoile d'Or pour premier rôle féminin en 2007 Clara est juive, Ismaël est musulman. Ils forment un couple heureux et épanoui. Lorsque Clara tombe enceinte, c'est le plus beau jour de leur vie. Tout va bien, mais… (...) Une série de situations qui, naviguant entre comédie et drame, déploie toutes les impasses et les incompréhensions qui peuvent surgir quand on essaie de s'affranchir comme individu dans une société laïque tout en restant fidèle à sa "culture" religieuse d'origine (...) Didier Péron (Libération) (...) Une comédie dynamique et intelligente, qui évite tous les clichés sur les couples mixtes. Alain Grasset (Le Parisien) Présenté par Sophie Jama, Présidente du comité francophone de la Bibliothèque publique juive.
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Movie presentation in French with English subtitles, 88 min. “Mauvaise foi” (Bad Faith), directed by Roschdy Zem WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 AT 7:30 P.M. Clara is Jewish, Ismaël is Arab. Together they’re a happy, open-hearted couple… This is a truly magnificent film that tells how Jewish-Muslim unity can thrive – and how war is not the sole inevitability – even in a world of conflict.It’s a romantic comedy with undeniable charm, and a welcome message of tolerance in an era of alienation between different communities.It’s a movie so true-to-life that you feel as if you know the main characters…and that they might know you too.Introduced by Sophie Jama, Chair, French Cultural Committee of the JPL. A discussion will follow the screening.In collaboration with l’Alliance Israélite Universelle.Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine $7 JPL members/students, $12 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017 Click here to view the flyer |
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Movie presentation in German with English subtitles, 110 min. “Before the Fall”, directed by Dennis Gansel
Set during World War II, this movie follows German teenagers who attend a napola – a special institution for gifted boys that turns them into the Nazi elite as they become ruthless servants of the Fuhrer. While exploring such broad notions as the unravelling of compassion and the corruptive nature of nationalism, this film is also a love story about two young people who just happen to be positioned at a major crossroads in global affairs. This movie received numerous Best film and Best Actor awards. Introduced by Dr. Karin Doerr, Dept. of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University. In collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Montreal. Vin d’honneur offered by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine $7 JPL members/students, $12 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017 Click here to view the flyer |
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The Hebrew Theatre Workshop of the Jewish Public Library under the chairmanship of Nitza Parry proudly presents its 7th production “Village” by Yehoshua Sobol, directed by Yael Feingold - in Hebrew with English supertitles SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008 AT 2:30 P.M. AND 7:30 P.M.
On the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, “Village” offers a look at its early history through the eyes and ears of Yossi, a naïve adolescent who never grows up. The play’s themes are both universal and specific to the Yishuv, the Jewish community living in Eretz Israel prior to the State’s founding. They are also as timely today as they were 6 decades ago: life in the shadow of a World War and the Holocaust, tradition versus secularism, and the sacrifices that the Jewish State demands of its people.
The Leanor and Alvin Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye 5170 ch. de la Côte Ste-Catherine
Matinée 2:30 p.m. $13 JPL members/students, $18 non-members
Evening 7:30 p.m. $15 JPL members/students, $20 non-members
Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017
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