Mikhoel Felsenbaum – Avrom Avinu zingt a frimorgn-lid tsu Hoger English translation from Yiddish by Rivka Augenfeld Watch a video of Michael reading the poem in Yiddish here (reading starts […]
Winner: J.I. Segal Prize for Yiddish Literature
The Jewish Public Library is happy to announce that the winner of our 2022 J.I. Segal Dr. Hirsh and Dvora Rosenfeld Award for Yiddish Literature is Michael Felsenbaum for his […]
Winner: J.I. Segal Prize for Translation
The Jewish Public Library is happy to announce that the winner of our 2022 J.I. Segal Rosa and David Z”L Finestone Translation Award for a Book on a Jewish Theme […]
Three Questions with Robyn Sarah
“Anyone who has ever felt a vocation for something, pursued it, misplaced it, then tried to summon it again is apt to identify with Sarah’s story.” Ian McGillis in The […]
Two Questions with Pinchas Blitt
A Promise of Sweet Tea is a tale of a family miraculous survival from the terrors of a disintegrating society. In their village in prewar Eastern Europe, young Pinchas Blitt […]
Giving Tuesday!
Did you know that Albert Einstein’s best friend was a Montrealer? Click here to DONATE NOW as part of our Giving Tuesday campaign. […]
David Homel: Three Short Questions (with Short Answers)
Author David Homel’s memoir, Lunging into the Underbrush: A Life Lived Backward (Linda Leith Publishing, 2021) was recently short-listed for the 2022 J.I. Segal Award for the Best Quebec Book […]
We Take Care of Our Friends!
We Take Care Of Our Friends! On the evening of Wednesday, October 26 2022, we put the public back in The Jewish Public Library with our first “big” event for […]
Shelley’s Story: Contest Winners!
We are very happy to announce the two winners of our writing contest, Shelley’s Story, sponsored by JPL Youth Space. As part of the contest, the pieces by both young […]
Biographies 2022-2023
______________________________________________ Jewish Public Library – Board of Directors 2022-2023 Biographies | Bibliothèque publique juive – les Biographies de Membres de Conseil d’administration et Comité […]
