The Museum of Jewish Montreal will be closed for regular exhibition open hours from Dec. 21, 2024 to January 15, 2025. Check our events calendar for special events and programming during this time! We will resume our exhibition open hours of 10am to 5pm, Thursday to Sunday on January 16.
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We are excited to be bringing Jewish theatre company theatre dybbuk to Montreal for a week-long residency at the Museum of Jewish Montreal. From November 14-18, the Los Angeles-based ensemble will be presenting three live performances, including the Canadian premieres of their original productions The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or…
FRONT DESK & EVENT SUPPORT STAFF Part-time: 8 – 15 hours/week $18/hour The Museum of Jewish Montreal (MJM) – an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s Jewish life and identity, share our diverse heritage, and create new cultural experiences – is seeking outgoing, bilingual front of house and event support…
Organization: The Museum of Jewish Montreal Program: Microgrants for Creative or Cultural Exploration Project Timeframe: October 2024 – June 2025 Microgrant Amount: $1250 – $1350 Project Budget + $400 Honorarium Application Deadline: Monday, September 23, 2024, 11:59pm EST The Museum of Jewish Montreal—an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s Jewish…
Organization: The Museum of Jewish Montreal Job Title: Museum Public Education Assistant Location: Montreal, QC Start Date: Monday May 13, 2024 Compensation: $18.00/hr Commitment: 25 hours/week Application Deadline: April 2, 2024 by 5pm EST The Museum of Jewish Montreal—an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s diverse Jewish life and heritage…
Organization: The Museum of Jewish Montreal Job Title: Front Desk and Program Assistant Location: Montreal, QC Start Date: Thursday May 9, 2024 Compensation: $18.00/hr Commitment: 25 hours/week Application Due: April 2, 2024 by 5pm EST The Museum of Jewish Montreal—an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s diverse Jewish life and…
Organization: The Museum of Jewish Montreal Job Title: Research Fellow Location: Montreal, QC Start Date: Monday May 13, 2024 Compensation: $18.00/hr Commitment: 35 hours/week Application Due: April 2, 2024 by 5pm EST The Museum of Jewish Montreal—an innovative place to connect with Montreal’s diverse Jewish life and heritage through new…
Weaving together themes of loss, memory, community, and urban landscapes, BACK RIVER contemplates what is forgotten, and how it can be remembered. Sonia Bazar’s body of work presented in BACK RIVER is named for Montreal’s oldest standalone Jewish burial site: the Back River Cemetery. Established in the 1880s in the…
Flashpoint: the Queer Case of the Naches and the Temple Beth Sholom By Max Holzberg In this excerpt from the forthcoming zine on the history Naches, Max Holzberg explores a flashpoint event that illustrates the queer activist group’s efforts towards acceptance by Jewish institutions in Montreal. Through archival research and…