Thursdays, March 9, 16, 23, 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.
Legacy for Learning Series presents: "Jewish Intellectual History - 16th to 20th Centuries - Part IV" in co-operation with Shaare Zion Congregation.
Five lectures featuring Prof. David Ruderman of the University of Pennsylvania

Shaare Zion Congregation, 5575 Cote St. Luc Road
Admission: five lectures: $25 JPL and SZC members, $36 others.
Pre-register by e-mail to april.tock@shaarezion.org or by calling April Tock at (514) 481-7727, ext. 236.

March 9: Mordecai Kaplan and American Judaism
Moderated by Rabbi Ron Aigen, Congregation Dorshei Emet

March 16: Abraham Heschel - Mystic and Social Activist
Moderated by Professor Michael Oppenheim, Concordia University

March 23: Theological Responses to the Nazi Holocaust
Moderated by Professor Eric Caplan, McGill University

March 30: Feminist Jewish Theology
Moderated by Professor Norma Joseph, Concordia University

April 2: Current Trends in Jewish Thought
Moderated by Prof. David Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania

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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Sunday, April 2, 2006, 10:00 a.m. to noon
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal
Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops
And on the following Sundays: May 7 and June 4, 2006

Jewish Public Library, 1 Cummings Square
Venue to be announced.
Admission: Free
For information, please call the JGS of Montreal Hotline at (514) 484-0969 at anytime.

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.

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Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
We're off! - Shane Baker recites from the Yiddish literary repertoire
Works from Moyshe Leyb Halpern to A. J. Heshel, from Mates Olitsky to Sholem Aleichem.

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: $7 members, $10 others.
For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006.

Shane Baker, of the Congress for Jewish Culture in New York, is pleased to return to the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. An off-off-Broadway irregular, he was the foremost Fielding revivalist of the 20th Century, and has appeared across America with his recitations.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.
Talk with Wine & Cheese
"Darwin and Freud: Fact Metamorphosed into Fiction" by and with Catherine Gildiner

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: $3 members, $8 others.
For advance tickets call (514) 345-6416. For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017.

Clinical psychologist and author Catherine Gildiner will discuss philosophical and scientific connections between Darwin and how she fictionalized this relationship in her recent novel Seduction. Gildiner has also written a bestselling memoir Too close to the Falls: A Memoir.
Gildiner holds a Ph.D in psychology and is in private practice in Toronto. Introduced by Vikki Stark, M.S.W., Psychotherapist.
Books and autographs available.

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Jeudi 6 avril 2006 à 19 h 30
Conférence de Georges Azuelos, PHD, Université de Montréal et de David Haccoun, PHD, École Polytechnique de Montréal
" Albert Einstein, le scientifique, l'humaniste, le juif "

Centre de conférence Gelber, 1, carré Cummings
Frais d'admission : 3$ membres de la BJP, 5$ autres
Pour obtenir vos billets à l'avance, composez le (514) 345-6416.
Pour plus d'information composez le (514) 345-2627, poste 3017.

Il y a exactement 100 ans, Albert Einstein, jeune homme de 26 ans et simple agent du Bureau des Brevets à Berne, complètement inconnu du monde scientifique, publie quatre articles bouleversants pour la physique et la compréhension du monde qui nous entoure. Sa théorie de la relativité, en particulier, a permis de jeter un regard neuf sur les notions d'espace, de temps, de masse, d'énergie... et a contribué à mieux comprendre notre univers, de l'atome aux galaxies. Le plus grand physicien de son époque et, peut-être, de tous les temps, Einstein est aussi un humaniste et un pacifiste engagé. Victime de l'antisémitisme, il découvre sa judéité, rejoint le mouvement sioniste à ses débuts et supporte activement la création de l'État d'Israël.
La présentation propose un bref aperçu de ses découvertes scientifiques et révèle également le savant et l'homme qu'il fut.

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Sunday Walks with Stan Asher
Explore ethnic and cultural Montreal on Sunday mornings with expert guide Stan Asher, co-director of the Montreal Jewish Memories film series. Co-sponsored by Montreal's Radio Shalom, North America's first full-time Jewish radio station.

Mordecai Richler's Montreal
Sunday, April 23, 2006 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Corner St. Laurent and Laurier.
Admission: Free. For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017

Montreal's Little Italy
Sunday, April 30, 2006 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Jean Talon metro station, North exit.
Admission: Free. For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017

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Tuesdays, March 7, April 25 and May 16, 2006 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m
The Jewish Public Library in collaboration with Women's Federation CJA present a three part Lunchtime Book Review Series.

Gelber Conference Centre, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine.
Admission including lunch: $54 for the series, $20 per individual session.
To reserve your place and for further information, please call Luna at (514) 345-2645
ext. 3308.

March 7: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Reviewed by Claire Stern

What would have happened in America if Charles A. Lindbergh, an anti-Semite, had defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election? How would that have affected Jewish families everywhere, especially the Roth family living in Newark, N.J.? Philip Roth captures the uncertainties of that horrific time for Jews everywhere.

April 25: Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd
Reviewed by Elaine Shatenstein

The craving for certainty and knowledge and the nature of human aggression are explored by following the life of Hope Clearwater, who, despite her strengths and competence, has found herself "washed up" and ruminating by the seashore.

May 16: The Second Scroll (1951) by A.M. Klein
Reviewed by Glen Rotchin

Written soon after the founding of the State of Israel, the five "books" of the novel are a modern testament to the Jewish experience. The action centers on a young writer from Montreal whose search for his legendary Uncle Melech becomes a journey of revelation through Italy, Morocco, and the Holy Land.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Movie Presentation in English, 56 minutes, introduced by Harry Rasky
"Modigliani - Body and Soul" directed by Harry Rasky

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: $7 members, $12 others. Reception to follow.
For advance tickets call (514) 345-6416. For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3017.

This documentary traces the life and artistic development of one of the world's finest and most popular painters. In the course of making this film, Harry Rasky brings alive his particular understanding of the artist and the women in Modigliani's life, including his devoted mother and his key model and longtime lover, Simone Thirioux, from Quebec.
Harry Rasky will be introducing his movie. Rasky has been called a "national treasure" (the Smithsonian Institution), "the world's most acclaimed non-fiction filmmaker" (Denver International Film Festival), and a "genius filmmaker" (National Arts Club of America).

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