205 exhibits found
1920-1930
Perhaps the most divisive debate in the history of Montreal’s Jewish community, the “Jewish School Question” fuelled years of negotiations, court battles and heated public...
1964-1973
(Translation to come) Samuel Godinsky (1906-2007) était un avocat juif montréalais qui s’est battu pour une représentation juive au sein de la Protestant School Board...
1934-1934
Adrien Arcand (1899-1967) was the undisputed leader of the Quebec fascist political movement, and an ardent antisemite. Fashioning himself as the “Canadian führer”, Arcand used...
1929-1931
Adrien Arcand (1899-1967) was the undisputed leader of the Quebec fascist political movement, and an ardent antisemite. Fashioning himself as the “Canadian führer”, Arcand used...
1932-1933
Adrien Arcand (1899-1967) was the undisputed leader of the Quebec fascist political movement, and an ardent antisemite. Fashioning himself as the “Canadian führer”, Arcand used...
1933-1939
“Les midinettes” were girls and young women who laboured in Montreal’s gruelling garment industry in the early twentieth century; the name, a French contraction of...
1930-1933
Adrien Arcand (1899-1967) was the undisputed leader of the Quebec fascist political movement, and an ardent antisemite. Fashioning himself as the “Canadian führer”, Arcand used...
1767-1843
Son of Aaron Hart (a founder of Montreal’s Jewish community), Ezekiel Hart was born in 1767 in Trois-Rivières and was among the first generation of...
1796-1843
Son of Aaron Hart (a founder of Montreal’s Jewish community), Ezekiel Hart was born in 1767 in Trois-Rivières and was among the first generation of...
1920-1958
Louis Rubenstein (1861–1931) was Canada’s first international figure skating champion. He was born and raised in Montreal into a family that owned Rubenstein Bros. Co....