Join us and the Wandering Chew for a cooking demonstration and tasting of dishes from Sababa, one of the most exciting releases of 2019!In this new cookbook, Adeena Sussman, acclaimed chef and cookbook author, shares dishes that are inspired by the bustling stalls of her local market – Shuk HaCarmel – and the...
The Museum of Jewish Montreal's fabulous third annual Hanukkah Market is returning bigger and better than ever! Find the perfect gift (for your loved ones…or yourself), visit the PJ Library kids booth for little market visitors, sample special Hanukkah treats at Fletchers - Espace Culinaire, and get into the holiday...
The Museum of Jewish Montreal's fabulous third annual Hanukkah Market is returning bigger and better than ever! Find the perfect gift (for your loved ones…or yourself), visit the PJ Library kids booth for little market visitors, sample special Hanukkah treats at Fletchers - Espace Culinaire, and get into the holiday...
PERMANENCE: 2020-2021 Call for Exhibition Proposals Deadline: December 15, 2019 at 11:59pm *** Deadline EXTENDED: Friday, December 20, 2019 at 9:00am *** The Museum is inviting artists and collectives to submit their proposed exhibition projects for our 2020-2021 exhibition series on the theme of Permanence. Our curatorial team invites artists to propose...
Please note that the Museum of Jewish Montreal and Fletchers will be closed during the holidays, from December 23, 2019 to January 6, 2020.
Join us and KlezKanada on Sunday January 19 to try our delicious brunch menu, hear some amazing live music, and spend time with your friends and family! Music will be held in three sets, from 11:00-11:30 AM, 12:00-12:30 PM, and 1:00-1:30 PM. Special guests Yoni, Eden and Zafer will be...
Join us at the Museum of Jewish Montreal for Jonathan Rotsztain's “Self-Loving Jew” comic making workshop! In this hands-on artist-guided workshop, Rotsztain will introduce his own comic work and and other graphic narratives around identity. Following a brief discussion on Jewish religious and cultural history, participants will come together...
Join us on at the Museum of Jewish Montreal to celebrate the Montreal debut of Jonathan Rotsztain’s Patterns installation. Following our Self-Loving Jew comic making workshop with Jonathan Rotsztain, the Museum will be open to the public to meet the artist behind our newest window projection, and see some...
Travel back in time to the 1940s and 50s to visit a Yiddish institution that helped shape Jewish identity in Montreal – the Peretz Shule. Telling the story through the eyes of several students who attended the school, our new tour takes a closer look at the history of Montreal’s...
Presentation and Discussion with the Author Michael Blum Moderation: Sonja Finck Michael Blum's book Oranienstraße Ausgrabungen, Eine Verschronik tells the story of a building in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Oranienstrasse 10/11, and the life of the Baum family from the middle of the 19th century until today. Everything begins as in a fairy...
Join us and the Wandering Chew for a Tu B'Shevat celebration! Tu B'Shevat literally translates as the New Year for Trees and is often seen as a day to honour and celebrate environmentalism. Although Tu B'Shevat falls in the middle of winter in Montreal, it marks the beginning of the...
In collaboration with the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies, join us in welcoming Drs. Daniel and Irene Oore on their cross-country tour of Genocide and Improvisation: Listener and Teller. Genocide and Improvisation: Listener and Telleris an intergenerational, interdisciplinary performance-talk, created and performed by son-mother duo, Drs. Daniel Ooreand Irene...
Image: Dina Goldstein, The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge, 2017 Once upon a time… the wicked witch was Lilith, Queen of the Demons, the magical apple came from the Garden of Eden, and the first Rapunzel was Princess Keziah, daughter of King Solomon, locked in a tower...
Join us and KlezKanada in welcoming Zoë Aqua from New York for our monthly klezmer brunch! Come try our delicious brunch menu, hear some amazing live music, and spend time with your friends and family! Music will be held in three sets, from 11:00-11:30 AM, 12:00-12:30 PM, and 1:00-1:30 PM. Special...
Join in on the Bosch-annalia as we open the gates to the 🍻 Biergarten of Earthly Delights 🍻, inviting you out of the winter’s cold and into a hidden watering hole for city dwellers and every earth-crawler in-between! 🐍 For its seventh consecutive year, the Museum of Jewish Montreal...
Discover the joy of making delicious Hamantaschen with the Wandering Chew! A kaleidoscope of options awaits - we are spending the night on March 5th mixing and matching flavours of dough and fillings to make the iconic Purim pastry. We will have a variety of ingredients to play with and...
Join us for a special afternoon with internationally-acclaimed contemporary Canadian artist Dina Goldstein. Sunday, March 8th 2020 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm at the Museum of Jewish Montreal (RC01-4040 boul. St-Laurent). Dina will be speaking about her practice, inspiration, and iconic photographic series, including Gods of Suburbia, opening March...
Join us and KlezKanada in welcoming Mamaliga from Boston for our monthly klezmer brunch! Come try our delicious brunch menu, hear some amazing live music, and spend time with your friends and family! Music will be held in three sets, from 11:00-11:30 AM, 12:00-12:30 PM, and 1:00-1:30 PM. Special guests Rebecca Mac...
***This event has been postponed, we will update the event date once it has been rescheduled.*** The Museum of Jewish Montreal is thrilled to present the first event of our 2020 Microgrants Program – “Games I Don’t Want to Play” by Joseph Glaser and Michelle Soicher! “Games I Don’t Want...
Join us this spring for a series of 8 beginner or 8 intermediate 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...
