Tag: Communal

Kitty Hoffman’s Montreal Upbringing

Kitty Hoffman recounts her upbringing in Montreal as the child of Holocaust survivors, and discusses how her Jewish and Eastern European heritage worked to shape...

Rose Simon Schwartz: Arrival in Montreal

Listen to Rose Simon Schwartz describe the euphoric freedom and sense of relief she and her family felt upon immigrating from Egypt to Montreal, as...

Nobody was interested, Nobody asked: Deena Apel-Dlusy and Max Beer

Deena and Max discuss their early lives and families, educations, and careers as educators. They also discuss how they met and began collaborating on films...

The Chiara Family: Warren, Teddy, & Sarah-Ann

Listen to the Chiara family share their stories of growing up together, including a discussion of Warren's conversion process, Teddy and Sarah-Ann's memories of their...

Interview of Gloria Goodman Hoppenheim Wolff

3445 Drummond

Listen to Gloria Goodman Hoppenheim Wolff as she discusses her childhood in Montreal; the important role of her father in her life; as well as...

Diana Fellen: A Student at Heart

Listen to Diana Fellen as she recounts her experience growing up in Montreal, from her childhood in what is now called the “Plateau” to her...

Milton Winston: Creating A Montreal Jewish Voice

Milton Winston is the founder, producer, and host of Jewish Mosaic, later renamed Chai Montreal. From 1958 to 2008 it was the Jewish community of...

Dina Krasnansky’s Loaves of Love

Town of Mount Royal

"Challah is a powerful thing," Dina Krasnansky tells us as she shares a couple of short stories about how baking has changed her and the...

Janet Bitton Reflects on Judaica, Music, and Community at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

4894 Avenue St Kevin, Montréal, QC H3W 2V2

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...

Helen Scharf: Immigrating from Poland to Montreal, Involvement in the Jewish Community, and Reflections on Life

Helen Scharf shares stories about her experiences immigrating to Montreal from Poland as a teenager in 1939, raising a family and running a fur business...