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Two Questions with Pinchas Blitt

Posted on December 18, 2022 (August 8, 2023) by Gregory McCormick

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!

Posted on November 16, 2022 (December 1, 2022) by Gregory McCormick

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)

Posted on November 10, 2022 (August 8, 2023) by Gregory McCormick

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!

Posted on November 9, 2022 (July 24, 2024) by Gregory McCormick

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!

Posted on October 7, 2022 (August 8, 2023) by Gregory McCormick

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

Posted on August 25, 2022 (August 25, 2022) by Gregory McCormick

______________________________________________ Jewish Public Library – Board of Directors 2022-2023 Biographies | Bibliothèque publique juive – les Biographies de Membres de Conseil d’administration et Comité […]

New August JPL Book Alert: Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Posted on August 12, 2022 (August 12, 2022) by Gregory McCormick

_____________________________________________ Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors An addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple’s […]