Hasidic Montreal Walking Tour (FR)

Join us for a fascinating glimpse into Montreal’s Hasidic community through Outremont and Mile End.

Formerly the home to the vast majority of Montreal’s Jews in the first part of the twentieth century, today, the leafy neighbourhood hosts dozens of Hasidic groups and their synagogues. Led by Steven Lapidus, this tour will illuminate Montreal’s Hasidic history through a tour of its institutions.

This tour is offered in French on July 9 and August 6, and in English on July 17 and August 13. 

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Steven Lapidus, PhD is a Montreal-based scholar of the history of Orthodox Judaism, with a focus on North American Hasidism. A former co-curator at the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, he has published articles and book chapters in both English and French on Canadian Jewish history and the Hasidic experience in Canada. As a long-time resident of Mile-End, his current professional engagements involve working with the borough of Outremont on improving communal relations.

Point of Departure: We will meet at at the Mordecai Richler Library at 5:30pm and will conclude in front of the Mordecai Richler Library (5434 Avenue du Parc) at approximately 7:00pm.

Weather Policy: In the event of light rain, the tour will go on as scheduled. If there is a strong warning of heavy rain and/or thunderstorms, the tour will be postponed. All registrants will have the option to attend the rescheduled tour.