Advertisement in the Keneder Odler for a performance by Yiddish singer Molly Picon, March 1932
The latest bulletin [December 2024] of the Société d’histoire du Plateau-Mont-Royal (our sister organization) focuses on historic, cultural and heritage aspects of people of Jewish origin living in the borough. It was guest-edited by two members of Mile End Memories. Our next activity will be a roundtable discussion by some of the contributors, including:
- Pierre Anctil, The Keneder Odler: Montreal’s Yiddish daily newspaper, 1907–1970
- Josh “Socalled” Dolgin, From hip-hop to klezmer, evolution of a Jewish musician
- Yves Desjardins, The Seigler clinic: collaboration between a Québécois civil servant and a Jewish alderman during a time of anti-Semitism
- Joshua Wolfe, Preservation of the Bagg Street shul: A priest, an atheist and a shamis walk into a synagogue…
Presentations in French
Bilingual Q&A
The special issue of the SHPMR Bulletin will be available for $5
Sunday 19 January 2025, 2 pm to 3:30 pm
Mordecai-Richler Library
5434 Park Avenue, Montréal H2V 4G7, #80 bus
Free admission, registration suggested but not required – https://forms.office.com/r/KJ4rk09Wah or call 514-872-2141