Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, later the world-famous modernist Canadian poet Irving Layton, was born in 1912 in a small town in Romania. His family moved the next year to the heart of the Jewish neighbourhood in downtown Montreal. In 1926, Layton entered Baron Byng High School, where his life was transformed…
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Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, later the world-famous modernist Canadian poet Irving Layton, was born in 1912 in a small town in Romania. His family moved the next year to the heart of the Jewish neighbourhood in downtown Montreal. In 1926, Layton entered Baron Byng High School, where his life was transformed…
Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, later the world-famous modernist Canadian poet Irving Layton, was born in 1912 in a small town in Romania. His family moved the next year to the heart of the Jewish neighbourhood in downtown Montreal. In 1926, Layton entered Baron Byng High School, where his life was transformed…
Montreal Jewry is heralded for two culinary contributions: smoked meat and bagels. Popular bread amongst Eastern European Jews since the sixteenth century, immigrants brought “beygels” to North America when they emigrated. Symbolizing the eternal cycle of life, bagels reflect the resilience of the early years of the largely immigrant-based Montreal…
The 1920s through the 1940s were the peak years for Montreal’s Zionist youth movements. The non-partisan stance of Young Judaea and its emphasis on Jewish culture had broad appeal for young Jews from established families, while the more left-leaning Habonim and Hashomer Hatzair were popular among East European “downtowner” families….
The 1920s through the 1940s were the peak years for Montreal’s Zionist youth movements. The non-partisan stance of Young Judaea and its emphasis on Jewish culture had broad appeal for young Jews from established families, while the more left-leaning Habonim and Hashomer Hatzair were popular among East European “downtowner” families….
The 1920s through the 1940s were the peak years for Montreal’s Zionist youth movements. The non-partisan stance of Young Judaea and its emphasis on Jewish culture had broad appeal for young Jews from established families, while the more left-leaning Habonim and Hashomer Hatzair were popular among East European “downtowner” families….
The 1920s through the 1940s were the peak years for Montreal’s Zionist youth movements. The non-partisan stance of Young Judaea and its emphasis on Jewish culture had broad appeal for young Jews from established families, while the more left-leaning Habonim and Hashomer Hatzair were popular among East European “downtowner” families….
The 1920s through the 1940s were the peak years for Montreal’s Zionist youth movements. The non-partisan stance of Young Judaea and its emphasis on Jewish culture had broad appeal for young Jews from established families, while the more left-leaning Habonim and Hashomer Hatzair were popular among East European “downtowner” families….
Yiddish poet and salon host, Ida Maze (occasionally spelled Maza or Massey) was born in a small town near Minsk, in present-day Belarus, in 1898. Her family moved to New York in 1907, and then the next year to Montreal. Maze began writing Yiddish poetry and essays, and became involved…