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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT – Introduction to Yiddish
DESCRIPTION:Please note that there are no more spots available in Yiddish classes for the winter semester. \nBy popular demand\, the Museum of Jewish Montreal is excited to announce another semester of Yiddish classes! Led by instructors Eli Benedict and Zoë Belk\, this 12-week introductory course will be focused on Yiddish language\, as well as literature and song. It’s the perfect opportunity to ease your way into Yiddish culture and learning. \nClasses will take place at the Museum of Jewish Montreal on Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm and will run from February 12 to April 30. The total cost per person is $255. There are a limited number of reduced-price spaces available\, so please contact us if this applies to you. Participants of all ages and levels of experience are welcome. The class has limited capacity\, so be sure to sign up quickly! Click here to reserve your spot. \nPresented in partnership with the Jewish Public Library. \nAbout Our Teachers \nEli Benedict is a scholar\, artist\, and activist for Yiddish. He grew up in a Hasidic community in Israel and studied in yeshivas and kollels. Today\, Eli serves as the CEO of “Yung Yidish\,” the Yiddish Museum in Tel Aviv. He also serves as the program director and recruitment at the League for Yiddish. He is part of a research team at UCL (university College London) that studies Hasidic Yiddish and Ashkenazi Hebrew. Eli’s research interests include Ashkenazi culture\, Hasidic culture\, Yiddish\, and Jewish dance. He is a folklore stage artist\, a singer\, dancer\, and teacher of traditional performing arts. \nZoë Belk is a researcher\, editor and translator living on the South Shore of Montreal. She has taught Yiddish at McGill University and a number of summer schools. Her research focuses on Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish and developments in Yiddish in the last 70 years. A linguist by training and an expert in plain language communication\, she is passionate about bringing Yiddish to a wider audience. \nAccessibility: Please note that our building is not currently accessible to visitors with limited mobility. Classes will take place on the second floor\, which is only accessible by stairs.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/introduction-to-yiddish-2/
LOCATION:Musée du Montréal juif | Museum of Jewish Montreal\, 5220 St. Laurent blvd.\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T 1S1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:VERNISSAGE | Shtetl in the Sun
DESCRIPTION:On February 20\, please join us for the vernissage of Shtetl in the Sun\, our winter exhibition featuring the vibrant works of Andy Sweet and Jonah Strub. \nShtetl in the Sun\, on loan from the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU\, lovingly captures the ferocious strangeness of South Beach\, Miami through the eyes of Andy Sweet\, one of the most dynamic young American photographers of the late 1970s. Photographed between 1977 and 1980\, Sweet’s work showcases a distinct aesthetic and cultural moment in South Beach. \nOn view in Canada for the first time\, the Museum of Jewish Montreal has put Shtetl in the Sun in conversation with the tongue-in-cheek sculptures of Canadian contemporary ceramicist Jonah Strub. Irreverent\, extravagant\, and kitsch\, Strub’s figures appear to be taken straight from the candy-coloured scenes caught on film by Sweet. Together\, the works highlight an emblematic and instantly recognizable North American Jewish phenomenon and figure – the Snowbird – whose vibrancy resonates across time\, regions\, and generations. \nAdmission is free. Complimentary refreshments will be available\, and our bar (payable by card only) will be open with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage options. Click here to reserve your spot in advance.  \nClick here to learn more about the exhibition. \nAccessibility: Our building is not currently accessible to visitors with limited mobility. This exhibition takes place on the second and third floors of our building\, which are accessible via stairwell only. \nThis exhibition is presented with objects on loan from the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. Shtetl in the Sun: Andy Sweet’s South Beach 1977-1980 is a project of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU and the family of Andy Sweet.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/vernissage-shtetl-in-the-sun/
LOCATION:Musée du Montréal juif | Museum of Jewish Montreal\, 5220 St. Laurent blvd.\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T 1S1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Braiding Identities: A Lecture and Creative Workshop for Queer and Trans Jews
DESCRIPTION:For many queer Jews\, navigating their gender and sexual identities alongside their family and cultural heritage can be complex. Led by naveed L. salek nejad\, one of the Museum of Jewish Montreal’s microgrant recipients\, this community-arts workshop is an opportunity for queer and trans Jews to write biographically about their intersecting identities. \nAs part of their microgrant\, naveed analyzed interviews with survivors of ‘March 1968’ with a queer lens to understand forms of Jewish national belonging beyond the national/foreigner binary? March 1968 refers to the expulsion of fifteen thousand Poles of Jewish origin by the Polish communist government under the pretext of domestic political unrest. While the historical context of naveed’s project is unique\, the workshop is designed to be inclusive and accessible to queer and trans Jews from across the Montreal community. \nOn February 27th\, the workshop will begin with a lecture on naveed’s research on “Polish-Jewish Nationality as Queer?”\, which inspired this project. Through the art of paper braiding\, participants will then reflect on their personal and family experiences through writing\, guided by prompts and opportunities for sharing. At the end of the workshop\, participants will have the opportunity to take home their paper braids\, which can serve as mementos\, decorations or bookmarks. \nAdmission is free. Due to limited capacity\, pre-registration is required for all who wish to attend. Click here to reserve your spot. \nnaveed L. salek nejad (they/them/elle) is an artist-writer and cultural mediator. Having grown up by the sea\, notions of fluidity and the ‘littoral’ help naveed to move beyond the binaries of diaspora/home\, here/there\, and cis/trans. Aiming to consider their own role in caring for their communities\, naveed draws from anti-oppression pedagogies and feminist care theory in both their creative and educational practice. naveed holds a BA cum laude in Liberal Arts from University College Maastricht (2020) and an MA from Concordia University’s Individualized Program (2024). As part of their graduate studies in curatorial studies\, naveed was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Research on Social Memory in Warsaw\, reviewing how coloniality is reproduced and sometimes also challenged in Polish museums. Born to a Polish mother and Irâni father in Germany\, they reside in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and maintain professional ties to Berlin and Warsaw. \nAccessibility: Please note that the upper levels of our building are not currently accessible to visitors with limited mobility. This workshop will take place on the ground floor. Our main entrance is accessible from the street via ramp. \nPhoto Credit: Eheversprechen von Felice Schragenheim and Elisabeth Wust\, Berlin 29. Juni 1943\, Papier\, Tinte\, Lippenstift\, 26\,15 × 19\,9 cm (geschlossen); Jüdisches Museum Berlin\, Inv.-Nr. 2006/37/87\, Schenkung von Elisabeth Wust\, Foto: Roman März. \nThis event is a part of the Museum of Jewish Montreal’s 2025 Microgrant Program for Creative or Cultural Exploration\, made possible with support by the Azrieli Foundation\, the Betty Averbach Foundation\, and CANVAS.
URL:https://museemontrealjuif.ca/event/braiding-identities-a-lecture-and-creative-workshop-for-queer-and-trans-jews/
LOCATION:Musée du Montréal juif | Museum of Jewish Montreal\, 5220 St. Laurent blvd.\, Montréal\, Québec\, H2T 1S1\, Canada
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