Adult Events – Spring 2022
Sat | Jan 22 – Feb 19 | 7:30 pm
JPL’s 15th Israeli and Jewish Film Festival 2022: Movie Pass 5 weeks – 5 movies
Sat | Jan 22 | 7:30 pm
NEIGHBOURS
Kurdish, Arabic, Hebrew with English subtitles, 124 min
Sat | Jan 29 | 1:00 pm
FORGIVENESS
Hebrew with English subtitles, 104 min.
Sat | Feb 19 | 7:30 pm
PERSIAN LESSONS
German, French, Persian with English subtitles, 127 min.
Sun | Mar 6 | 1:00 pm
Rare Books Workshop with the Jacob M. Lowy Collection (LAC)
From San Paternian to St. Urbain Street: Jewish Texts, Canadian Connections
Tue | Mar 15 | 7:30 pm
The Miriam Blacher Glasrot and Joseph Glasrot Endowment Fund presents the Montreal documentary film premiere
Song Searcher: The Times and Toils of Moyshe Beregovsky
Jewish Public Library and KlezKanada Joint Statement on the Screening of Song Searcher
On Tuesday March 15th, we will be screening the film Song Searcher, a documentary on the life and work of ethnomusicologist Moyshe Beregovsky. The film tells a remarkable and all too timely story of Jewish cultural survival in Ukraine under Stalinism and before, during, and after the Second World War.
In recent days, it has come to our attention that the film’s primary financial sponsor is Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. His name appears prominently at the start and end of the film and is featured on some of the film’s promotional materials. According to many, Abramovich is one of Vladimir Putin’s closest associates, named by imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as “one of the key enablers and beneficiaries of Russian kleptocracy”. At the same time, Abramovich has used his enormous wealth to support a variety of worthwhile endeavours with some of the world’s most renowned Jewish institutions and in support of a range of Jewish cultural projects; this film is one small example of this activity.
While we recognize that much good has come from Abramovich’s philanthropic efforts, in good conscience, we feel we must acknowledge that the source of his largesse is fundamentally compromised. Especially in light of the current Russian invasion of Ukraine, in no uncertain terms we wish to distance ourselves from Abramovich and condemn his activities that enable and support Putin’s regime.
After much careful consideration, we have decided to go ahead with the screening of this film as originally planned. Beregovsky’s story is a vitally important example, especially now, of bravery, ingenuity, and endurance in the face of war, fascism, and genocide. In showing the film, we hope to honour his work and those of the filmmakers, artists, and scholars who bring his story to life.
In solidarity with Ukraine and with those who protest in Russia, let us say
Ні війні
Нет войне
No war
Pas de guerre
לא מלחמה
ניט קיין מלחמה
Jewish Public Library
KlezKanada
Montreal, QC
Sun | Mar 20 | 12:00 pm
JPL presents an online event sponsored by Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
Online tours of Jewish Rome with Micaela Pavoncello – Session 1
Thu | Mar 24 | 7:00 pm
The Montreal Jewish Public Library’s Francophone Cultural Committee presents As an online premiere in Montreal
Une jeune fille qui va bien / A Radiant Girl
Sun | Mar 27 | 2:00 pm
הספריה היהודית העממית מציגה בארוע מקוון
במימון קרן רבקה ויעקב גרוסמן
אורן ולדמן שידבר על ספרו נמר בירושלים
Wed | March 30 | 7:30 pm
Sponsored by The Ruth and David Steinburg Foundation
Why does Bach sound different from Brahms? A brief overview of music with Dr. Jaap Nico Hamburger
Sun | Apr 3 | 12:00 pm
JPL presents an online event sponsored by Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo
Online tours of Jewish Rome with Micaela Pavoncello – Session 2
Tue | Apr 5 | 7:30 pm
Sponsored by The Jonathan and Susan Wener Fund
Mikhail Iossel in conversation with Anne Lagacé Dowson: Love like Water, Love like Fire
Sun | Apr 24 | 1:00pm
“Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture” the ongoing Jewish archival project in the US and Canada.
Sun | May 1 | 10:00 am – 5:00pm
Meet your favourite YA authors online for an all-day event of readings, panels, games, Q&As, music and amazing keynotes.
MTL YA FEST
Sun | May 1 | 2:00pm
JPL presents an online event sponsored by The Anita and Rony Gabbay Foundation
Meriel Schindler in conversation with Shelley Pomerance about her novel “The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, And The Search For Truth”
Tue | May 10 | 7:00pm
The Jewish Public Library presents an online event
“Son of The Weary Foot”: Jews and First Nations in The Cultural Imagination.
Wed | May 11 | 4:00pm
The Helen Bassel Endowment of the JPL presents
Red Sea Spies with author Raffi Berg
Sun | May 15 | 1:00pm
The Jewish Public Library will launch the collection, and along with our colleagues at the Montreal Holocaust Museum, honour the life and memory of Lilly Toth. This free event is open to the public (registration required) at the Gelber Centre (5151 Cote Ste Catherine).
