Samy Elmaghribi: “I Sing and I Pray” Podcast Launch Party

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In this special one-hour virtual event, the Museum of Jewish Montreal and theatre dybbuk team up to celebrate the release of a new episode of the podcast, The Dybbukast, which explores the life and music of Jewish Moroccan music star and Montreal-based cantor, Samy Elmaghribi (1922-2008). Born Salomon Amzallag, Samy's journey moves through a broad...

Fun with Festive Favourites: A Hanukkah Cooking Demonstration with Bob Blumer

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Click here to reserve your free ticket via JLive. In the days leading up to Hanukkah, TV personality, cookbook author, and artist Bob Blumer will show us how to prepare waffle latkes and gravlax, straight from his recent cookbook, Flavorbomb. Join us as we revisit this classic Hanukkah dish with Bob's whimsical spin! In...

Hanukkah Gelt Together: A Trivia Benefit Party

3961 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montreal QC H2W IY4 3961 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

What better way to ring in the Festival of Lights than with testing your knowledge with some trivia? Join us for our first in-person party since 2020! On the fifth night of Hanukkah, come on down to the location of the iconic Moishe’s Steakhouse, a true heritage site within the...

Pathways: A Book Launch + Shiva with Sonia Bazar

Violet Bakehouse 2009 Boulevard Decarie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dearly Beloved: Important religious texts are often buried among people, and sometimes given headstones. This book is having a shiva. On March 23, we invite you with Sonia Bazar to come pay your respects to Pathways. Pathways is a short self-published book of art and poetry. Pathways explores the physical...

Red Light Walking Tour

1111 Boulevard Saint-Laurent Montreal 1111 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Join us in welcoming back Professor Karen Herland for a special walking tour of Montreal’s historic Red Light District! Sex work, especially in its most visible forms, tends to be recognized as a problem, requiring intervention and eradication. As a major transportation hub and port city, many sectors of Montreal’s...

Eruv: Queer Installations in Jewish Space: A Book Launch and Walking Conversation

Parc Saint-Viateur 530 Avenue Querbes, Outremont, Quebec, Canada

Join us on May 17 for the launch of Eruv: Notes on Queer Installations of Jewish Space, by micrograntee and artist Iso E. Setel. The book examines the ways in which eruvin function as queer objects, dissolving distinctions between the public and the private, and reconditioning spatial relations. Eruv collages together text, photography, and...

Imagining a Queer Eruv: A Walking Conversation

Parc Saint-Viateur 530 Avenue Querbes, Outremont, Quebec, Canada

On July 12, join us for imagining a queer eruv: a walking conversation with artist and researcher Iso E. Setel. Starting at Parc St-Viateur in Outremont, this guided conversation will take us through the Mile End by way of the neighbourhood's back alleys and looping paths, ending in Champs des Possibles with...

HOUSE PARTY

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

As the great Diana Ross once said: “It’s my house, and I live here!” We're having a house party! As we come off fresh from the announcement of our future home, we want to open our doors as soon as we can. On July 14, join us for an evening that will...

A Tale of Two Bagels: Tasting Montreal and New York’s Best

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

Montreal and New York are known for their countless contributions to Jewish food and culture. Their bagels – though sometimes a point of competition between the two cities – stand out as delicious symbols for generations of Jewish migration, settlement, and imagination. A Tale of Two Bagels: Tasting Montreal and New...

The Brine Project

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

Join interdisciplinary artist Simone Lucas and the Museum of Jewish Montreal for a fish tasting session and presentation of work-in-progress. The Brine Project asks how odorous, pickled fish brine could be remediated as a multimedia video installation. While Simone was traveling in Lodz, Poland on a family heritage trip, a tour guide shared a...

Heavenly Bodies, Terrestrial Time: Exploring Astronomy in the Hebrew Calendar

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

Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of a new year, a new month, and the High Holidays- but have you ever wondered what determines these ever-changing dates? Join the Museum of Jewish Montreal to find out, with a night of festive stargazing and astronomical exploration.  Led by Plateau Astro’s Trevor Kjorlien...

Public Intimacy Opening Party

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

We are thrilled to announce our first exhibition in our new space, and what better way to celebrate it than with a party!  On October 13, join us for the opening party and vernissage of Public Intimacy featuring the work of Berlin-based artists Sophia Hirsch and Johannes Mundinger. The first...

Imagining a Queer Eruv: A Walking Conversation

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

On October 19, join us for an autumn edition of imagining a queer eruv: a walking conversation with artist and researcher Iso E. Setel. Starting at Parc St-Viateur in Outremont, this guided conversation will take us through the Mile End by way of the neighbourhood's back alleys and looping paths. Along the walk,...

ART CHORAL Romantique with Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec

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

Join the Museum of Jewish Montreal in welcoming the renowned choral group Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec for an intimate concert in our new space featuring 19th century choral music by Jewish composer Salomone Rossi. Exquisite European choral music from the 19th century is framed by two psaum settings by Rossi, who...