Rakel and Sarah: Cultivating Judaism Across Generations
Through the diverging experiences of Rakel and her daughter Sarah, we explore how Judaism is cultivated across generations. This oral history was conducted as part...
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Through the diverging experiences of Rakel and her daughter Sarah, we explore how Judaism is cultivated across generations. This oral history was conducted as part...
Andrea Fieldman was born in 1939 and grew up in Montreal’s Lakeshore area, where life was marked by ten-party phone lines and the occasional run-in...
Janet Bitton serves as the President of the Sisterhood of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, and for many years taught English as a...
Born a Christian in post-war Germany in 1948, Claudia shares how her love story in Bali brought her to Montreal and led her to convert...
Follow Hannah/Nataly as she journeys through the streets of the Mile End, organizes with Lea Roback and makes discoveries about her hidden Jewish grandmother and...
Récit de la vie de Georgette Bensimon, arrivée à Montréal en 1958 parmi les premiers immigrants juifs marocains. Ceci est la deuxième partie d'une histoire...
Michael Kaplan shares his story about growing up in Montreal and preserving the historic Bagg Street Shul community throughout the years.
An interview with Carmela Aigen talking about her husband, Rabbi Ron Aigen, who led Montreal’s Reconstructionist Synagogue, Congregation Dorshei Emet, since 1976 and passed away...
Rabbi Orenstein speaks about his efforts for and adventures in repairing the environment, and his thoughts on links between Jews and First Nations peoples. He...
Listen to Rena Gornitsky talk about her family's legacy and significant contribution to Montreal's Jewish community. Covering the founding of the Yavna B'nai Parnass Synagogue...