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...
Passover is right around the corner and we've heard from many of you that matzah is hard to find. Great news! We're going back to our roots and making matzah at home - just like the Israelites did in Egypt - albeit with electricity and running water. After our hugely...
Join the Museum of Jewish Montreal and Carla Friend, founder of Tkiya (NY), for a participatory afternoon of Passover songs, movement, and play! This virtual event is perfect for kids aged 0-6. Sing and dance along as Carla and her puppet friends take us on a musical journey through the story of Passover, from...
🌊Why is this night different from all other nights? Because it’s our 3rd annual Passover Trivia Night🌊 (*No Passover Knowledge Required!) Join us from your new favourite bar - your living room! - for a new spin on a good old fashioned pub quiz night.💡 The Museum of Jewish...
The whole family is invited to Maggie Winston’s (of Lost & Found Puppet Co.) storytime puppet show and play along! Cozy up as Maggie’s puppet Bubbe tells the beloved children’s story “Something for Nothing” by Phoebe Gilman and other fun stories! This event is open to parents and children of...
Join us and Cinema Moderne for a free live stream of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein! Directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder, this cult classic follows the grandson of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein, as he inherits the family estate in Transylvania and resumes the peculiar experiments once conducted...
Since traveling is out of the question right now - even around the corner to our favorite middle eastern restaurants - we’re giving you the next best option: a free virtual falafel making workshop with Leah Koenig! Leah is a cookbook author and writer whose work and recipes have appeared...
Klezmer brunch is back! We know how much everyone loves our monthly klezmer brunches, so we've partnered with KlezKanada to bring you an online version on Sunday, May 3rd from 11am-12pm EDT on Zoom. We'll be starting out with a short cooking demo by Kat Romanow, the Director of Food...
We're thrilled to be collaborating with artist Julie Gladstone once again for a special talisman-making workshop! Join us this full moon to learn how to make and activate your very own talisman using objects in your own home! Julie will be leading participants in making talismans (amulets against the...
In celebration of Lag B'Omer, a time for picnics and spending time outdoors, the Wandering Chew will show you how to make bourekas through a virtual workshops. Bourekas are a perfect dish for a picnic, even if it happens on your living room floor! More details about the cooking class...
As social distancing transforms what it means to interact with art, the Museum of Jewish Montreal is thrilled to announce its new Digital Diasporas Series, an exciting new platform connecting our local community with the practices and new ideas of contemporary artists from across the globe. Much as a diaspora describes the...
The whole family is invited to join Maggie Winston (of Lost & Found Puppet Co. ) and her puppet friend Léo as they tell the children’s story “The Art Lesson: A Shavuot Story” by Allison Marks and Wayne Marks and other fun stories! Recommended for children aged 2-10. How to...
In celebration of Shavuot, join the Wandering Chew in a virtual baking class and learn how to make one of the very best sweet dairy treats: rugelach! More details to come soon.
The Museum of Jewish Montreal is thrilled to bring you Plantbaby studio’s “How not to kill your houseplants” workshop! If you didn’t get a chance to see our exhibition “Snapshots from the Garden of Eden” by Dina Goldstein you are in luck! This workshop will begin with a brief...
Join us Sunday, June 14th at 11 AM EDT for some arts and crafts fun and story time with Maggie Winston of Lost & Found Puppet Co. and her puppet friend Léo the artist! Maggie and Léo will be telling the stories: “The Art Lesson: A Shavuot Story” by Allison...
We are so thrilled to present the June edition of our new Digital Diasporas series featuring multi-disciplinary artist Sara Erenthal! Sara Erenthal is a Brooklyn-based, self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist whose work focuses on themes of displacement, survival, and liberation. Sara has been incredibly active throughout the pandemic in creating impactful street-art on...
We are thrilled to present the July edition of our new Digital Diasporas series featuring Artists 4 Long Term Care! Artists 4 Long-Term Care (A4LTC) is a social action initiative co-founded by Kitra Cahana and Isadora Kosofsky that uses art and storytelling to raise awareness of the crisis facing residents...
We are thrilled to announce the August edition of our Digital Diasporas series with invited international multidisciplinary artists Sophia Hirsch and Johannes Mundinger! Sophia and Johannes were originally invited by the Museum of Jewish Montreal to exhibit a newly created gallery installation Public Intimacy from May 2020 - August 2020,...
Tired of staying in for dinner and a movie? We've got you covered! On September 9th, 2020, the Museum of Jewish Montreal is inviting you to our first ever Date Night Tours! Join us with your partner or BFF for a cozy evening tour ending with a picnic in the...
Join us for the reading & launch of SCHMUTZ, a new chapbook of queered Yiddish folklore by Jess Goldman. In these days of pyjama-clad monotony, we'd like to invite you all to get fabulous and dress up as your favourite folkloric demon, or perhaps a demon of your own invention!...
