Leonard Cohen: Rituals of Absence

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

  The Museum of Jewish Montreal is excited to announce the vernissage to launch our year-long exhibit series, Rituals//Fragments at the Museum on Thursday, September 28 at 7:00 PM. The inaugural exhibit, Leonard Cohen: Rituals of Absence, features photographs by Montreal-based artist Morgane CG. Her images document the impromptu memorial...

Miss Mitzvah

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

  Miss Mitzvah is an ongoing interactive installation and storytelling project which explores Bat Mitzvahs and coming-of-age rituals within a consumer-driven culture. Collecting narratives from young women in New York and Montreal through hands-on workshops and interviews, this first installation of the collection at the Museum of Jewish Montreal consists...

1001 lights

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

  Scintillements | 1001 Lights consists of individually documented Shabbat candle-lighting ceremonies playing in syncopation with each other. Forming the crux of the film’s visuals is a fluid hand gesture choreography in response to these individual ceremonies. The 15-minute piece is projected on a loop in the late afternoon and...

Nuit Blanche – Lueur dans la nuit

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

  The Museum of Jewish Montreal presents: Lueur dans la Nuit, in partnership with Nuit blanche, Festival Montréal en lumière, and Téo Taxi. For the fifth year in a row, the Museum of Jewish Montreal is taking part in Nuit Blanche – this year, the Museum is lighting up the...

Moving On

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

  An autobiographical painting series which pulls viewers into a reflective narrative that maps the artist’s story leaving her ultra-Orthodox family and community at 17 to avoid an arranged marriage, her first years in the secular world, and her process of healing and self-discovery through art-making. Moving On | Aller...

MJMxMural – Its’ Complicated by Sara Erenthal

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

  A public mural commissioned by the Museum and created by Sara Erenthal as part of 2018 Mural Festival, which draws on her personal experiences leaving her ultra -Orthodox community while simultaneously bringing a message of resilience, bravery, and female empowerment to the historically Jewish quarter of Plateau-Mont-Royal.  

Honey: Sweet Stories for the New Year

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

The Musée du Montréal juif - Museum of Jewish Montreal, The Wandering Chew, and our partners are excited to announce the second event of our new storytelling series, “Recettes et Récits / Stories of Sustenance.” Embracing the deep connections between food and storytelling, and highlighting at each event a different topic related...

Turko-Sephardic Musical Brunch!

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

In conjunction with our current exhibit, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue's 250th Anniversary Exhibit, this month we'll be accompanying our Sunday brunch with special Turko-Sephardic tunes! Come by on Sunday September 16 to try our mouth-watering brunch menu, hear some amazing music from Istanbul, and catch up with your friends...

Artist Talk: Architecture of the Ephemeral and Eternal

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

The Sukkah - Between Eternal and Ephemeral: Migrations and Temporary Structures from Germany to Bedouin Communities Join Diego Rotman (artist-in-residence and visiting professor, Queen’s University) of the Sala-manca group to discover the incredible stories behind their work and collaborative efforts creating two sukkot. A sukkah is a temporary dwelling made...

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Beginner Yiddish Classes

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

This fall we'll be offering a series of 10 beginner Yiddish classes at the Museum, led by experienced Yiddish teacher Sheila Witt! Explore this Jewish language and culture through basic vocabulary, short stories, poems, expressions, and well-known songs, and learn how to lead a simple conversation! Classes will begin on...

Dislocation Vernissage

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Dislocation is a research based pop-up art exhibition featuring the work of Jordanna Ibghy and Darren Rabinowitz. Over 500 years after their forced expulsion, the Jews of Spain continue to identify as Sephardic (Hebrew word for Spanish). Dislocation investigates the role of place in shaping the artists’ Sephardic identities. Through...

Turkish-Bulgarian Musical Brunch with Ihtimanska

4040 St. Laurent blvd (corner Duluth) 4040 St. Laurent blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Come by on Sunday October 21 to try our mouth-watering brunch menu, hear some amazing live music from Ihtimanska, and catch up with your friends and family! Brunch will be held in three seatings, from 10:00-11:30 AM, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, and 1:00-2:30 PM. For reservations, please call 514-840-9300 or email...

ZEI GEZUNT // PORTE-TOI BIEN // KEEP WELL

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

  ZEI GEZUNT // PORTE-TOI BIEN // KEEP WELL is a cross-generational collaboration between Lejb Pilanski and his grandson Sean Wainsteim that tells the story of an immigrant for whom resourcefulness and an adaptable nature were necessary means of survival. His improvised household objects -- at turns whimsical, practical, and emotional -- are displayed...