If Not Leonard

Musée du Montréal juif | Museum of Jewish Montreal 5220 St. Laurent blvd., Montréal

Though Leonard Cohen is easily Montreal's most recognized Jewish representative at home and abroad, who could grace Montreal's buildings, stamps, and daydreams instead of the Plateau poet? Perhaps Samy Elmaghribi, the father of Jewish Moroccan music? Or Maimie Pinzer, the radical turn-of-the-century Montreal activist, sex worker, and writer? Or how about Léa Roback, a pioneer...