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

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

Wed

Oct 13

Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum

is open to public free of charge.

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd

514-345-2605

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wed Oct 20

Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum

is open to public free of charge.

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd

514-345-2605

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wed Oct 27

Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum

is open to public free of charge

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd

514-345-2605

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 times as it was when it was created.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Montreal

1200 Dr. Penfield Ave.

514-849-3473

Fri Oct 29

5:00 service

6:00 dinner

Shabbat dinner

Welcome the Sabbath at Hillel House with Holocaust survivors. A unique opportunity to meet survivors in an informal setting. Open to persons of all ages and religious backgrounds.

Reservations required. Cover charge: $8

Hillel House

3460 Stanley St.

514-845-9171

Sun Oct 31

3:00 pm

Lecture: "The Memory of the Offence -- Writing and the Second World War"

Dr. Norman Ravvin

Writer, critic and teacher Norman Ravvin reads from his fiction and memoir, to convey how younger writers address the events of the war. He will frame his own work with reference to renowned authors who address the Holocaust.

Paragraph Bookstore

2220 McGill College Ave.

514-845-5811

Mon Nov 1

7:00 pm

Lecture: "Women and the Resistance"

Dr. Norma Joseph

Did women experience the Holocaust differently than men? Examining gender in the context of genocide is at times troubling and at times essential. Dr. Joseph considers the complexity of women's unique courage, responses and resourcefulness.

Concordia University

Atrium

Samuel Bronfman Building (SB Annex)

1590 Dr. Penfield Ave.

514-848-2424 ext 2065

Tue Nov 2 – Sun Nov 7

Tue-Fri

10am - 6pm

Sat&Sun 10am - 5

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.

McCord Museum

690 Sherbrooke St. West

514-398-7100

Tue Nov 2

4:00 pm

Lecture: "A Wife's Mission of Memory"

Dr. Hava Bugajer

"The noise from my memories never ceases; in its rumblings lies the essence of my life." Holocaust survivor Dr. Richard Bugajer died before these words were ever published, but his wife, Hava, has made it her life's mission to ensure his story is heard throughout the world.

Vanier College

821 Sainte-Croix Ave.

514-744-7500 ext 27152

Tue Nov 2

7:30 pm

Lecture: "A Seat in Hell: Two Docudramas About the Wannsee Conference"

Dr. Gary Evans

In 1942, Nazi officials gathered in the suburb of Wannsee to coordinate the "Final Solution." The Conference lasted only an hour and a half––but it changed the fate of Jews forever. Film expert Gary Evans contrasts two docudramas, one from Hollywood, one from Germany, both of which recreate that unspeakable day in history.

Temple Emanu-El Beth Shalom

4100 Sherbrooke St. W

514-937-3575

Wed Nov 3

5:30 pm

Lecture: "Canada's Dubious Record"

Dr. Irving Abella

When a Canadian official was asked how many Jews would be allowed into Canada after WWII, he replied: "None is too many." Renowned scholar Irving Abella explores one of the bleakest chapters in Canadian history.

Following the lecture a vin d'honneur will be offered by the Faculty of Law

McGill University

Faculty of Law, Chancellor Day Hall, Moot Court

3644 Peel St. (enter through 3660 Peel St.)

Wed Nov 3

noon

Deux enfants cachés

Simon & Cecile Jeruchim 

One and a half million Jewish children died during the Holocaust. Of those who survived, many were forced to leave their families, assume false identities, and live their lives in hiding. Discover the stories of two hidden children from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Presentation in French

Université de Sherbrooke

Agora du Carrefour de l'animation

1-800-267-8337

Wed Nov 3

8 pm

Lecture: "Churchill and the Jews"

Sir Martin Gilbert

Churchill was unusual among British leaders in accepting Jews, hating antisemitism, and understanding the appeal of Zionism. What was his reaction to the Holocaust, and did he try to help the Jews of Europe? These questions are at the heart of this presentation.

Admission: $8 for JPL members, $12 for non-members

Gelber Conference Centre

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine

514-345-2627 ext. 3017

Wed Nov 3

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum is open to public free of charge

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd

514-345-2605

Thu Nov 4

7:30 pm

My Personal Testimony

Eddie Balter was hardly 11 when he witnessed violence no child should ever see. But this was just the beginning. Of the 63 members of his family, only 4 survived the Holocaust. Hear his remarkable story of suffering and hope. Presentation in French.

St. John Brébeuf Parish

7777 George St.

LaSalle

514-366-0131

Thu

Nov 4  

7:00 pm

Film: "Hidden Heroes"

Producer/Director: Karen Pascal

The rescue of Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland is a story of unimaginable courage and faith. This evocative documentary recounts stories of Dutch Christians who risked their lives to save Jewish children.

A discussion with Dutch Holocaust survivor Ada Wynston and a reception will follow the screening.

McCord Museum

690 Sherbrooke St W

514-398-7100

Sun Nov 7

7:30 pm

Lecture:"University over the Abyss -- Spiritual Resistance in Theresienstadt, 1941-1945"

Elena Makarova

In the miserable attics and cellars of Theresienstadt, intellectual life flourished. Embark on a journey into a "virtual" university in the heart of a concentration camp, where, in the face of death, thousands of inmates infused their lives with the light of learning.

Admission: $5 JPL members, $8 non-members

Centre de Conférence Gelber

5151 Côte Ste. Catherine Rd.

514-345-2627 ext. 3017

Mon Nov 8

7:00 pm

Lecture: "Jewish Women of Ravensbrück"

Dr. Rochelle Saidel

Dr. Saidel is a world-renowned expert on Ravensbrück, the only major Nazi concentration camp for women. Drawing on over twenty years of research, she will explore women’s unique struggles for survival.

Concordia University

Hall Building, Rm 763

1455 de Maisonneuve W.

514-848-2424 ext 2065

Mon Nov 8

7:00 pm

Lecture: "Hungary's Tragedy"

Consul General of the Republic of Hungary Istvan Csejtei

The murder of Hungarian Jews, in the final phase of the war, illustrates that for the Nazis, genocide was an objective as important as military victory. Consul General Istvan Csejtei will examine the tragedy of the Holocaust in Hungary

Chevra Kadisha B’nai Jacob Beth Hazichoron Congregation

5237 Clanranald Ave.

514-488-0907

Mon Nov 8

7:00 pm

My Personal Testimony

Ann Kazimirski was born in Vladimir Volynski, Poland, and was 17 when WWII broke out. She is the sole surviving member of her family of 82 people, and one of 50 survivors from her entire town.

Montreal West Presbyterian Church

160 Ballantyne N Ave.

514-484-7913

Tue Nov 9

2:00 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.

John Abbot College, Faculty Lounge

21275 Lakeshore Rd.

Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue

514-457-6610 ext 5797

Tue Nov 9

7:30 pm

Kristallnacht Commemoration

"The Night of Broken Glass" was a government-sponsored campaign of terror unleashed against the Jews of Germany and Austria in November of 1938. A special service and candle-lighting ceremony will commemorate this ominous turning point in the history of the Holocaust.

Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation

6800 Mackle Rd.

514-487-1323