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SUMMARY:CANCELLED – The Journey Home: A Poetry Reading and Workshop with Irena Klepfisz and Madelaine Caritas Longman
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event has unfortunately been CANCELLED. \nAs part of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival\, we are delighted to invite you to a reading and workshop with New York-based Jewish poet\, academic\, feminist\, and activist Irena Klepfisz alongside local author and poet Madelaine Caritas Longman. \nThe event will commence with a reading by Klepfisz from her collection of poetry\, as with her award-winning Yiddish-English bilingual poem di rayze aheym / The Journey Home. A child survivor of the Holocaust\, this poem reflects Klepfisz and her mother’s return visit to Poland in 1983 and Klepfisz’s reckoning and reclamation of a destroyed Polish Yiddish culture and language. Themes of estrangement\, diaspora\, and belonging will be explored across the poems. Interwoven throughout the readings will be a conversation with Longman\, offering guiding context and reflection for our listeners. \nFollowing the reading\, Klepfisz will lead guests through a writing workshop inspired by her poem di rayze aheym/The Journey Home which asks participants to consider the idea of “home.” This will be an opportunity to read a curated selection of related poetry gathered together by Klepfisz\, including her own work\, and engage in inspiring dialogue with a pioneer in the rediscovery of Yiddish women writers. \n$20 per person. Workshop materials provided. Due to limited capacity\, pre-registration is highly encouraged. Click here to reserve your spot. \nAbout Our Guests: \nA trailblazing lesbian poet\, child Holocaust survivor\, and political activist whose work is deeply informed by socialist values\, Irena Klepfisz is a vital and individual American voice. Irena Klepfisz taught Jewish Women’s Studies at Barnard College for 22 years. She is the author of five books of poetry including Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems\, 1971-2021 (winner of the 2023 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry; finalist for a 2023 National Jewish Book Award)\, Periods of Stress\, Keeper of Accounts\, Different Enclosures\, A Few Words in the Mother Tongue\, and a collection of essays Dreams of an Insomniac. She is one of the foremost advocates of the Yiddish language and its renaissance in the United States. Her work has appeared in Tablet Magazine\, The Manhattan Review\, The Georgia Review\, In Geveb\, Sinister Wisdom\, The Current\, and Languages of Modern Jewish Cultures. \nMadelaine Caritas Longman‘s poetry collection\, The Danger Model (McGill-Queen’s University Press\, 2019)\, won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize and was longlisted for the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in PRISM international\, The Ex-Puritan\, Vallum\, Room\, Grain\, and elsewhere. In 2025\, she was awarded the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Literature. She lives in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. \nThis program is presented in partnership with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival and KlezKanada. \nThe night prior\, on Wednesday\, April 29th\, Klepfisz will be performing her poem de rayze aheym alongside originally composed songs by Avi Fox-Rosen and klezmer fiddle virtuoso Alicia Svigals. Click here to learn more about this intimate concert organized by KlezKanada and Blue Met and to purchase your tickets.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/the-journey-home-a-poetry-reading-and-workshop-with-irena-klepfisz-and-madelaine-caritas-longman/
LOCATION:H. Fisher & Fils\, 4129 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1Y7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Yiddish II: Spring/Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:This course aims to improve students’ fluidity in written and spoken Yiddish. Using authentic texts and other media\, students will become familiar with a range of Yiddish dialects and registers while gaining a more sophisticated knowledge of its grammar. Students will learn how to understand and express more complex ideas using a broader range of vocabulary and grammatical tools. They will also learn about Yiddish culture and the lived experiences of Yiddish speakers around the world. \nThe course will be taught through a mix of direct instruction\, inquiry-based learning and immersion in the target language. Students should come to class prepared to listen\, share\, ask questions and take risks in order to gain confidence in their growing mastery of Yiddish. \nPrerequisites: A good knowledge of the alef-beys and basic knowledge of Yiddish grammar. \nCourses run weekly each Wednesday from May 6 to June 24\, from 5:45pm to 7:15pm.  \nRegistration is $220 per person. Click here to reserve your spot. \nAbout Our Teacher: \nZoë Belk is a researcher\, editor and translator living on the South Shore of Montreal. She has taught Yiddish at McGill University and a number of summer schools. Her research focuses on Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish and developments in Yiddish in the last 70 years. A linguist by training and an expert in plain language communication\, she is passionate about bringing Yiddish to a wider audience. \nAccessibility: Please note that our building is not currently accessible to visitors with limited mobility. Classes will take place on the second floor\, which is only accessible by stairs \nImage: © Feliks Gurevich / Encyclopedia Britannica
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/yiddish-ii-spring-summer-2026/
LOCATION:H. Fisher & Fils\, 4129 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1Y7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mother's Day Paper Flower Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Mother’s Day and Shavuot are just around the corner! Join us to celebrate with a paper flower crafting activity at H. Fisher & Fils. \nTo kick off the celebrations\, children and their adult companions are invited to join our staff for a themed craft activity at our current location: the old H. Fisher & Fils sewing accessories store. Children will be encouraged to create a paper flower bouquet that can serve as a Mother’s Day card\, gift\, or even a home decoration for Shavuot! \nAfter the activities\, kids and families will be invited to explore the H. Fisher shop and complete a scavenger hunt introducing them to all the different “notions” that go into costume and fashion design. \n$10 per child\, $5 per adult. All materials provided. Due to limited capacity\, advanced registration is encouraged. Reserve your spot here.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/mothers-day-paper-flower-workshop/
LOCATION:H. Fisher & Fils\, 4129 Boulevard Saint-Laurent\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2W 1Y7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Hasidic Montreal Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:On May 28\, join us for a fascinating glimpse into Montreal’s Hasidic community through Outremont and the Mile End. \nFormerly 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. \nReserve your spot here. \nPlease note that this tour will be offered in French. English tours will be added later this season. \nSteven 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. \nPoint of Departure: We will meet at the northeast corner of Waverly and Fairmount (approximate location: 5201 rue Waverly) at 5:30pm\, and will conclude at Parc Saint-Viateur. \nWeather 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.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/hasidic-montreal-walking-tour-5/
LOCATION:5201 Rue Waverly\, 5201 Rue Waverly\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2X6\, Canada
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