Helga Schleeh and Marilyn Bronstein will be leading a voice improv and chanting workshop to celebrate Shabbat, the day of holiness and rest.
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Mostly when you think of ‘Jewish Food’ you think gefilte fish (what is actually in those guys anyways?) and matzoh balls. Come learn about the untapped world of Sephardic Jewish cooking, with dishes from the Jews of Turkey, Rhodes, and Tunisia.
Ben Katchor launches his first book in more than ten years. The Cardboard Valise is a graphic novel as travelogue; a canvas of semi-surrealism; and a poetic, whimsical, beguiling work of dazzling imagination. This Saturday at Drawn and Quarterly.
Concordia University presents a three day conference on the role of memory and history in constructing Jewish identity. Including sessions such as “Cursing God and the Struggle for Jewish Identity in Medieval Jewish Thought”. Click for more info.
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David Sedaris, author of Me Talk Pretty and other very funny memoirs, comes to Place des Arts for one night in Montreal.
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The Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival. June 13-22. Incredible plays, films, music and academic conferences with speakers and performers from around the world all here in Montreal for this unique festival.
“The Medium is the Matzo” is a one-of-a-kind mashup of art, music, technology, and matzo that brings the ancient Passover holiday to life for audiences of every persuasion and any age.
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Tagged Medium is the Matzo, Melissa Shiff, passover, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, seder
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This past December, over 80 people gathered in an art gallery in Montreal’s Mile End for SNIP: a live panel discussion on the subject of circumcision. This multi-media event asked: What happens when a rabbi, an anthropologist and an artist …
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Tagged circumcision, Joseph Levy, Mark Fishman, Melissa Shiff, Micahel Wex, mohel, religion
