Tag: Cultural - Language and Literature

Oro Anahory Librowicz: Sephardic History, Literature, and Music in Tetouan, Morocco

Oro Anahory Librowicz delineates the history of her home city, Tetouan (Morocco), and discusses how she found herself through academic research into traditional Sephardic songs....

Joshua Levy: The Three Times I Met Leonard Cohen

Listen to Joshua Levy tell the hilarious and beautifully profound story about the three times he met Leonard Cohen. This story was recorded at the...

Ronald Finegold: Preserving Cultural History at the Jewish Public Library

Interested in the history of cultural institutions and literature? Listen to Ronald Finegold recount his work as a research and reference librarian at the Jewish...

Esplanade Avenue: The War Years, by Irwin Wolfe

"After a summer in Val David, Izzy and his family returned to Montreal aboard the same Canadian Pacific steam train which had brought them to...

Vivianne Schinasi-Silver: 42 Keys to the Second Exodus

4525 Avenue Dupuis

Listen to Vivianne M. Schinasi-Silver tell her immigration story and discuss the Sephardic women’s community in Montreal. Vivianne is a writer, teacher, feminist activist and...

Sholem Shtern: Yiddish Literature and Education in Montreal

Listen to David Shtern talk about the career, writing, and personal life of his father, the Montreal-based poet, essayist, and teacher Sholem Shtern (1906/1907–1990). Best...

Cristina “Migi” Bercovici: From Romania to Israel to Montreal

Listen to Cristina "Migi" Bercovici recount her incredible life's journey, growing up in Romania, living in Israel in the 1970s and finally settling here in...

Bracha Shiskal: Keeping the Yiddish Chain Alive, One Student at a Time

"What makes a nation? One of the things that make a nation is the language... [Yiddish] was our secret language, so to speak. It's part...

Rosa Finestone Remembers Yiddish in Montreal

4099 de l'Esplanade

When she was a young girl, Rose Finestone would go to the Yidishe Folks-Bibliotek (Jewish People's Library) on Esplanade, climb up the stairs, and listen...

Carol Katz: Zaidie and Ferdele

Listen to Carol Katz read a story from her children's book, "Zaidie and Ferdele: Memories of My Childhood". The book can be acquired on Amazon...