Tag: Religious

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...

Hannah / Nataly

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...

Georgette Bensimon: À la recherche d’une identité juive / In search of a Jewish identity (2/2)

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: The Bagg Street Synagogue

3919 Clark Street

Michael Kaplan shares his story about growing up in Montreal and preserving the historic Bagg Street Shul community throughout the years.

Andrea Fieldman: Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom – “Everybody is Welcome!”

4100 Rue Sherbrooke

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 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...

Claudia Schecter: From Germany to Montreal, a Story of Conversion

NDG / Cote St-Luc

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...

Calvin Kalman: Ancestry and Family Memories

348 Cadieux Street (now Rue de Bullion)

Listen to Calvin Kalman talk about his ancestors, the significant legacy they left behind in Montreal, and the personal memories he holds of his grandparents....

Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat: The Pavillion of Judaism at Expo 67

Pont Cosmos

Listen to Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat, the creator and program chairman of the Pavilion of Judaism at Expo 67, discuss his experience working on the unparalleled...

Rabbi Schachar Orenstein of The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

4894 SAINT-KEVIN AVE, Montréal, QC H3W 2V2

On his mother's side, Rabbi Orenstein's family were expelled was Spain in 1492, then migrated to Turkey. He has both Sephardi and Ashkenazi roots, and...