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| The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008, FROM 10:00 A.M. TO NOON And on the following Sunday: 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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The Michael Lauter Memorial Fund of the JPL presents (More than a) book launch of “Jews and Power” - An evening with Ruth Wisse
Taking in everything from the kingdom of David to the Oslo accords, Ruth Wisse, an eminent professor of comparative literature at Harvard, offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. This deeply provocative book is certain to stir debate both inside and outside the Jewish world. Wisse's narrative offers a compelling argument that is rich with history and bristling with contemporary urgency. Introduced by Harold Waller, Professor of Political Science, McGill University. Books and autographs available. Sponsored by the Michael Lauter Memorial Fund of he JPL.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine $5 JPL members/students, $10 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017 Reception to follow
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| The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal Lecture Meeting with Gary Frohlich “Our Heritage and Our Health” - Facts about Genetic Conditions among the Ashkenazim TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008 AT 7:30 P.M.
Shaare Zion Congreagation 5575 Cote St. Luc Road Admission: Free Info: JGS of Montreal Hotline (514) 484-0969 |
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| The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal Lecture Meeting with Jill Culiner “Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers (Wayfarers)” Monday, May 12, 2008 AT 7:30 P.M.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Admission: Free Info: JGS of Montreal Hotline (514) 484-0969
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The Jewish Public Library’s Annual Fundraiser Honouring Rosalind & Morris Goodman and Family Featuring Rick Mercer TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008 AT 8:00 P.M.
The JPL is proud to honour the entire Goodman family for their great work in the Montreal community. Rick Mercer of CBC Television’s The Rick Mercer Report, will be featured. Be prepared to laugh and be proud to have supported the JPL at its Annual Fundraiser. Sponsorships available.
Impérial - Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber Salle Lucie et André Chagnon 1432 Bleury St. General Ticket: $150* (incl. dessert reception) Patron Ticket: $250* (incl. the above, valet parking and a pre-event cocktail reception) * Assigned seats. Buy your ticket now. Info and reservation: (514) 345-2627 ext: 3042
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An Evening in Honour of Sholem Aleichem To respect Sholem Aleichem’s final wishes, a group of talented Montrealers offers a program of stories and songs in Yiddish and English. Introductions in English. Sponsored by Shelley Solomon and the Holtzman Endowment.
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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Movie Presentation in Hebrew with English subtitles, 50 minutes “Now I’m Free” (2006) by Gadi Kviatek SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008, Brunch 11:00 – 11:45 A.M., Movie presentation 11:45 A.M.
A director arrives at a Seniors Club for elderly women (65-80) in order to establish a theatre group. The women originally from Middle Eastern countries (Morocco, Iraq, Yemen and Iran) were forced into marriage at a young age (12-16 years) to older men. They spent their entire lives suppressed by patriarchal dominant societies and lacked the benefit of an education. The film documents the actual process these women undergo during their primary experience with theatre which allows them for the first time in their life to reveal details about their lives which expose elements of suffering and injustice. The film also follows the director's experience, a man young enough to be their son who comes from an entirely different cultural and social background which creates at first a block in their communication. It also deals with the empowerment of women, exposing their intimate disappearing world and salutes a group of women who always felt marginal and discover they are capable of achieving more, since now they are free. Introduced by Lea Fima, Lecturer, Dept. of Jewish Studies, McGill University. A discussion will follow. Co-sponsored by Ha Bait Ha Israeli.
The Leanor and Alvin Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the Saidye 5170 ch. de la Côte Ste-Catherine $10 JPL members/students, $15 non-members Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017
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Launch of the 25th Annual First Fruits Anthology First Fruits Gala WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008 AT 7:00 P.M.
First Fruits, the annual anthology of creative writing in four languages, art and musical performance by high school students in Montreal and vicinity, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in May 2008. First Fruits began as a modest effort to encourage the creativity of Jewish students in day schools, but soon branched out to include a variety of public and independent schools – both anglophone and francophone – representing the entire spectrum of Montreal's diverse linguistic and cultural communities. First Fruits has remained faithful to its mission to encourage our young creators' excellence and artistic freedom in their poems, stories, essays and editorial writing. Early First Fruits "graduates" are now contributing to Canada's artistic, scholarly and publishing worlds. The JPL invites everyone to celebrate this milestone anniversary with us. Guest Speakers Nancy Marrelli and Simon Dardick, the co-publishers of Véhicule Press, will talk about their work as publishers; namely, to elucidate on the behind the scene work as an editor/publisher, and all the mysteries and miracles of transferring a manuscript into a published book. Véhicule Press publishes poetry, fiction, translations, and social history. Since 1973 it has published quality writing by Canadian authors, with a commitment to publishing first-time authors—a third of its list. Sponsored by the Professors Peter and Ellen Jacobs Endowment, the N.E. Mendelson Endowment Fund, and the Clarence Fink Memorial Music Scholarship.
Jewish Public Library 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Admission: Free Info: (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017 Reception
The First Fruits Anthology will be on sale for $15 per copy. Prior to May 28, copies may be purchased at a special price of 3 books for $35. |
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