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Holocaust Educational Series
2004
| Tue Oct 12 |
7:30 pm |
Lecture:
"The Shtetl"
Dr.
Yaffa Eliach
Dr. Eliach's research has taken her from family
attics on six continents to archives no scholar
had seen since the start of the Cold War. Confronted
with the near total disappearance of the world
of the Shtetl, she vividly recreates the truth
of a people, a place and a culture. |
Beth Zion Congregation
5740 Hudson Ave
514-489-8411 |
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Wed Oct 13 |
4:00 pm |
Film: "À Toi
Pour Toujours"
Director: Helene
Klodawsky; Producer: Ina Fichman
Even amid suffering and destruction, love remains
invincible. This Holocaust documentary tells
the true stories of Jewish women and men who
found love and life in the face of veritable
death sentences.
French version. |
Université de Sherbrooke
Agora
du Carrefour de l'animation
1-800-267-8337 |
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Wed
Oct 13 |
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Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum
is open to public
free of charge. |
5151 Côte Ste. Catherine
Rd
514-345-2605 |
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Oct 15-
Oct 28 |
Mon-Thu
9am-8pm
Fri&Sun 10am-4pm |
Art Exhibition: "Despair
& Hope: Life in Terezin through Children's
Eyes"
A total
of 15,000 children passed through the Terezin
Concentration Camp; fewer than 100 survived.
In this exhibition, presented for the first
time in
Montreal, we see
the pictures drawn by these young inmates. A testament to their courage and optimism, their hopes
and fears. |
Cummings House
5151 Côte Ste. Catherine
Rd
514-345-2605
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Sun Oct 17 |
10:00
am |
Lecture: "Love, Loss and Memories: Ripples
of the Holocaust"
Dr. Loren Lerner
Dr. Lerner examines
the extraordinary range of contemporary responses
to the Holocaust from Canadian artists. |
Temple Emanu-El Beth
Shalom
4100 Sherbrooke St
W
514-937-3575
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Sun Oct 17 |
6-7 pm |
My Personal Testimony
Ted Bolgar's eyewitness
account about the tragic fate of Hungarian Jews
adds a human dimension to an inhuman story.
He talks about how he managed to survive a ghetto,
an extermination camp, and a death march. |
Radio Show
CJAD 800 AM |
|
Oct 17 -Nov 9 |
Mon-Thu 9am- 4pm
Fri 7:45 pm |
Photography Exhibition: "About Auschwitz"
Judith Lermer Crawley
In 2002,
Montreal photographer and daughter of survivors
Judith Lermer Crawley visited the Holocaust’s
most infamous extermination camp. Thirty black-and-white photographs
capture the complexity of her artistic encounter. |
Temple Emanu-El Beth
Shalom
4100 Sherbrooke St
W
514-937-3575
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Mon Oct 18 |
7:00 pm |
Lecture: "Echoes
from the Abyss"
Dr. David Pariser
Dr. Pariser explores
children's drawings from the Holocaust's concentration
camps. The drawings demonstrate that even at the brink of the abyss,
human beings take refuge and delight in the
exercise of imaginative and narrative power. |
Gelber Conference
Centre
5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd
514-345-2605
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| Tue Oct 19 |
7:30 pm |
Film: "Au Revoir Les Enfants"
Director:
Louis Malle
In occupied
France, Jews had to hide to stay alive. When
several new students arrive at his Catholic
school, Julien Quinton becomes fast friends
with Jean Bonnet. However when Julien learns
his new friend is Jewish, he makes a mistake
that changes their fates forever.
French version.
Discussion with a Holocaust survivor will follow. |
Maison de la Culture
Côte-des-Neiges
5290 Côte -des-Neiges
Rd
514-872-6889 |
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Wed Oct 20 |
11:30 am |
Lecture: "The Holocaust, Fascism & Quebec"
Dr. Esther Delisle
Dr. Delisle, one of Canada's most controversial
historians, is an expert on fascism in Quebec.
Join her for an examination of her radical research
findings, and a screening of the critically
acclaimed documentary film based upon her work. |
Dawson College
3040 Sherbrooke St
W
514-931-8731 ext1473 |
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Wed Oct 20 |
7:00 pm |
Lecture: "Rethinking Women and the
Holocaust"
Dr. Karin Doerr
Dr. Doerr will provide an overview of recent studies
on women and the Holocaust. She will highlight
themes in this new research and suggest future
trends. |
The Simone
de Beauvoir Institute
2170
Bishop St., Room MU 101
514-848-2424 ext 2373 |
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Wed Oct 20 |
7:30 pm |
Film: "Dans les Bras Étrangers"
Director: M. J. Harris
Just prior to World
War II, an extraordinary rescue operation aided
the youngest victims of Nazi terror. This Academy
Award-winning film documents the British mission
that saved nearly 10,000 Jewish children in
the months before the outbreak of the War.
French version.
Discussion will follow. |
Maison de la Culture
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
3755, Botrel St.
514-872-2157 |
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Wed Oct 20 |
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Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum
is open to public
free of charge. |
5151 Côte Ste. Catherine
Rd
514-345-2605 |
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Thu Oct 21 |
7:00 pm |
Lecture: "La Shoah dans le monde sépharade"
Dr. Joseph Lévy
Dr. Lévy describes
the effects of the Holocaust on the Sephardic
world. How did this dark chapter in history
influence the literary, philosophical, and artistic
creations of Jews in the Middle East and North
Africa?
Presentation in French. |
Congregation Sépharade
Or Hahayim
5700 Einstein
514-489-1301 |
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Fri Oct 22 |
Sabbath services |
"About Auschwitz"
Judith
Lermer Crawley
Montreal photographer
Judith Lermer Crawley discusses her emotional
and artistic journey to Auschwitz, a destination
her parents narrowly evaded during the Holocaust. |
Temple Emanu-El Beth
Shalom
4100 Sherbrooke St
W
514-937-3575 |
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Sun Oct 24 |
3:00 pm |
Survivants des génocides
For centuries, the
world has witnessed the genocidal mass murder
of innocent people. Two survivors-one from the
Holocaust, one from Rwanda-share their tragic
eyewitness accounts.
Presentation in French. |
Victoria Hall
4626 Sherbrooke St
W
514-989-5226 |
| Sun Oct 24 |
6:30 pm |
My Personal Testimony
During the war, Olga
Sher prayed for a miracle. Share her remarkable
reflections about the strength of the human spirit, and the lifesaving power of
compassion |
Snowdon Baptist Church
5275 Earnscliff Ave.
514-486-9860 |
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Mon Oct 25 |
1:30 pm |
Film: "Let
Memory Speak"
Written, Directed and Produced by Batia Bettman
An award-winning documentary based on diaries, writings
and testimonies of child survivors.
Following the screening, educator and
film-maker Batia Bettman will lead a discussion. |
Creative Social Centre
Chevra Kadisha B’nai
Jacob Beth Hazichoron Congregation
5237 Clanranald Ave.
514-488-0907 |
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Mon Oct 25 |
7:30 pm |
Lecture:
"My Life as a Yiddish Writer"
Chava Rosenfarb
Holocaust Survivor
Chava Rosenfarb is arguably the greatest living
Yiddish writer. Her work goes beyond bearing
witness to the Holocaust –– it explores the
complexity of creating art while in the thrall
of evil. Tickets: $3 for JPL members, $5 for
non-members. |
Centre de Conférence
Gelber
5151 Ch. de la Côte
Ste. Catherine
514-345-2605
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| Mon Oct 25 |
7:00
pm |
Lecture: "Women & the Holocaust - Reflections
of a Survivor"
Judy Cohen
Holocaust
survivor Judy Cohen explores the symbiotic relationship
between her personal story of survival, and
the historical, gender-specific experiences
of women during the Holocaust. |
McGill University
Leacock Building, Room 232
855 Sherbrooke W
514-398-3911 |
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Tue Oct 26 |
10:00 am |
Film: "Undying Love"
Director: Helene Klodawsky, Producer: Ina Fichman
Even
amid suffering and destruction, love remains
indomitable. This Holocaust documentary tells
the true stories of Jewish women and men who
found love and life in the face of veritable
death sentences. |
Auditorium
Cummings Centre for
Seniors
5700 Westbury
342-1234 ext. 7222 |
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Tue Oct 26 |
7:30 pm |
Lecture and Slide Presentation: "Art & the
Holocaust"
Rita Briansky
Explore
the art of an era that defies imagination and
artistic representation. Montreal artist Rita
Briansky will share her insights about a period
of annihilation and creation. |
Reginald P. Dawson
Library
1967, Graham blvd.
514-734-2967 |
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Wed Oct 27 |
7:00 pm |
Film: "Undying Love"
Director: Helene Klodawsky; Producer: Ina Fichman
Even amid suffering
and destruction, love remains invincible. This
Holocaust documentary tells the true stories
of Jewish women and men who found love in the
face of veritable death sentences.
Producer Ina Fichman will be present for a discussion
following the film. |
McGill University
Thompson House
3650 McTavish St.
514-398-3756
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Wed Oct 27 |
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Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum
is open to public
free of charge |
5151 Côte Ste. Catherine
Rd
514-345-2605 |
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Thu Oct 28 |
7:00 pm |
Film: "The Conformist"
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
One man's
compulsive obsession to belong fuels his attraction
to totalitarianism. A film as relevant for our
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