Sunday, June 4, 2006, 10:00 a.m. to noon
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal
Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops

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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Monday, June 5, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Book Discussion at the JPL with Kathy Diamond
"Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace" by Masha Gessen

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: Free for members, $5 for non-members.
For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3019.

In this family memoir, journalist Masha Gessen peels back layers of secrecy to tell the story of her two beloved grandmothers - one, a Polish-born rebel from Bialystok, and the other, a Russian intellectual- who met and became best friends in Moscow after the war. She follows them through Stalin's purges, the Holocaust, the rise of Zionism, and the fall of communism, as they help each other navigate a dangerous line between conscience and compromise.

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Thursday, June 15, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Yiddish Café
"An Evening of Yiddish Song and Poetry"

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: $7 JPL members, $10 others.
For information, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3006.
Sponsored by the Augenfeld Family Endowment.

Join us for the last Yiddish Café of the season.

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Monday, June 19, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal
Three Case Studies

Gelber Conference Centre, 1 Cummings Square
Admission: Free
For information, please call the JGS of Montreal Hotline at (514) 484-0969 at anytime.

Three members of the JGS will each present their success stories, genealogy trips or starts in genealogical research.

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