The Museum of Jewish Montreal invites artists and collectives to submit their proposed exhibition projects for the Museum’s 2019-2020 exhibition series inside/out Deadline: February 10, 2019 at 11:59pm (Montreal time/Eastern Time Zone) Application Guidelines About the theme: Inside/Out The 2019/2020 arts programming theme at the Museum of Jewish Montreal broadly takes as...
In conjunction with our exhibit The Ocean Between Us, the Museum and our partners Next Dorand Moishe House will be holding a storytelling event centred around the theme of long distance.
This Nuit Blanche, join us for an evening of live performance and an immersive art experience playing with cultural identity, visual language, and communication.
oin us and KlezKanada on Sunday March 10 to try our delicious brunch menu, hear some amazing live music, and catch up with your friends and family! Brunch will be held in three seatings, from 10:00-11:30 AM, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, and 1:00-2:30 PM. For reservations, please call 514-840-9300 or email [email protected]. We will have a very limited...
The whole family is invited to a Purim-themed afternoon of stories and fun celebrating empowerment, difference, and having pride in who you want to be, featuring amazing local LGBTQ+ storytellers, creators, advocates, and performers!
90s tunes, awkward dancing and polaroids with your BFFs can only mean one thing, a bar/bar mitzvah! On Sunday April 7th relive your own Jewish coming of age (or experience it for the first time) by joining us for a nostalgic 90s bar/bat mitzvah themed brunch! Special guest DJ Robay...
Job Title: Research Fellow Location: Montreal, QC Start Date: Monday May 13, 2019 Compensation: $13/hour Commitment: 32 hours/week Application Due: April 7, 2019 The Museum of Jewish Montreal—a not-for-profit organization that explores and shares the diverse histories and experiences of Montreal’s Jewish community—is seeking qualified students to join our team...
Start date: Monday, May 13th 2019 Salary: $13/hour Application deadline: April 7, 2019 Passionate about Montreal’s food culture? Become a Museum of Jewish Montreal Food Fellow! We are looking for motivated, food-loving individuals to lead our Beyond the Bagel food tours at the Museum. Beginning on May 13th and running...
The story goes that when Moses' pleas unmoved a very surly Pharaoh, Egypt was hit with 10 (pretty creative and largely gross) plagues. Leave the Hagaddah at home, bring your Locust-Off, and join The Wandering Chew and the Museum of Jewish Montreal (boils and all) for a fun filled...
From a sex-positive Biblical period, through a Christian and Greek-influenced medieval ambivalence about sex, to a modern engagement in identity politics, Jews and Judaism have had a lot to say about sex and gender. This seminar is designed to trace the history of Jewish sexual attitudes and behaviours across...
A very special Thank you to Yuula benivolski, to all the participants from The Ocean Between Us, and especially to Alice Lehrer, Rose Simon-Shwartz, Perla Muyal, Vivian Silver, Gladys Mooalem, Sonia Zylberberg, Gigi Bitton, Lisette Shashoua, Georgette Bensimon, Sami Sourani for sharing their experiences at Samovar Stories! Discover the...
Please join us for the Montreal book launch of The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After the Holocaust on Monday April 29, 7:30PM at École Bancroft School, 4563 rue St-Urbain. We have invited community members to perform dramatic readings from the narratives in the book. The Montreal Shtetl: Making Home After...
Join us, Blue Metropolis, and local author and academic Ariela Freedmanfor a fascinating live interview and book signing with Orly Castel-Bloom, author of An Egyptian Novel. About An Egyptian Novel: A three-time recipient of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Award, Orly Castel-Bloom fuses fact and fiction in this unconventional telling of her family’s story: their migration...
Join us and Blue Metropolis for a live interview and book signing with peace-builder and memoirist Yousef Bashir, author of The Words of My Father. About The Words of My Father: Palestinian Khalil Bashir was a committed pacifist, even after his 15 year old son Yousef was shot by an Israeli...
Join us and YidLife Crisis for a celebratory night of food, history, and shtick at the highly anticipated premiere of their hit documentary film, CHEWDAISM: A Taste of Montreal. Telling the story of the last 100 years of Jewish Montreal through six meals in one carbohydrational day, CHEWDAISMhas already played at...
Why not treat your mother to a scrumptious brunch with live klezmer music this Mother's Day? Join us and KlezKanadaon Sunday May 12 to try our delicious brunch menu, hear some amazing live music, and spend time with your family! Brunch will be held in three seatings, from 10:00-11:30 AM,...
The Musée du Montréal juif - Museum of Jewish Montreal and The Wandering Chew are excited to announce the third event of our new storytelling series, “Recettes et Récits / Stories of Sustenance.” Embracing the deep connections between food and storytelling, and highlighting at each event a different topic related...
The Museum of Jewish Montreal is thrilled to announce this year’s muralist Miss Lanouch! For the second year in a row the Museum is participating in the summer mural festivities happening all along the Main. The Museum has invited emerging artist MissLanouch to paint "Mother’s Love", a mural that speaks...
