theatre dybbuk at MJM | The Villainy You Teach: Performance Art Piece

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

theatre dybbuk and the Museum of Jewish Montreal (MJM) proudly present the Canadian premiere of The Villainy You Teach, a performance art piece inspired by a Shakespearian text. The character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has long been a source of debate. Some have argued that his is an antisemitic...

theatre dybbuk at MJM | Heritage, History, and Humanity: A Masterclass Workshop

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

theatre dybbuk specializes in using historical narratives that intersect with considerations of identity and heritage to illuminate the forces at play in our contemporary societies. In this workshop, the artists of theatre dybbuk take participants through a process in which they gain tools to investigate their own personal and/or communal...

Léa Roback: A Life in Translation | Book Launch and Discussion

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

On November 21, please join us at the Museum of Jewish Montreal with special guests for the launch of Le roman de Léa, a novel on the life of the trailblazing Jewish activist Léa Roback (1903-2000). Roback worked and lived in French and English, moving between activist communities and cultures. On the...

Finding Home in Our Ancestors’ Stories: A Jewish Herbalism and Writing Workshop

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

How do Jews in the diaspora connect with our ancestors? It can be a process carried through practice, ritual, stories, and as Ami Weintraub tells in To the Ghosts Who are Still Living, listening and returning to land. On November 25, join us for an evening with the author as we discuss their...