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DJ Diaspora: The many faces behind Simja Dujov’s moustache
Interview by Marisa Samek Is the New Year ringing in LE MOOD nostalgia? Re-live some the magic of the festival’s closing show through this interview with the highly talented Argentine DJ and musician,...
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The Monthly Mixtape: Simja Dujov explores the idea of distance and Jewish...
By Simja Dujov Dreamer, singer, poet, writer, musician, gypsie, Argentinian, Jewish, crazy mustache, awesome dude… Thanks for contributing. Clearly defining what constitutes an identity is an arguably...
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Remembering the Holocaust through fact and fiction
By Gabriel Couture, Community manager and social media coordinator for A Bit Off the Top Monday January 27th was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s not something I pay much heed to despite...
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Gina Haraszti: New Media Artist Explores Vulnerability Through Art
picture by Anne Garrity from The Concordian I first met Gina Haraszti at NUmontreal in March of 2013, a 3 day“catalytic think tank invitation-only gathering in Montreal that brought together 30...
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Shared post from My Fashion Statements: #TentFashion: My Own Nugget of Truth
This post was written by Belinda Anidjar, a participant in TENT: Fashion Montreal 2014. She’s a fashion writer and lifestyle enthusiast with a beautiful smile and a way with words. She wrote this for...
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From Bauhaus to our House: Meeting a new Israeli Consul General
Tel Aviv-born Consul General Ziv Nevo Kulman finds common ground in Montreal’s Modernity by Marisa Samek Last Wednesday I met the new Israeli Consul General to Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces Mr....
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Sarah Gutman enters municipal politics
I met Sarah Gutman at a community event recently and discovered that she was running for Montreal municipal office in the district of Snowdon. Curious about her motivations and political interests I...
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IDENTITIES: Montreal Jews around the world: Josh Raab in Los Angeles
By Josh Raab, My Jewish history, much like my Canadian history, is a thought reflex rather than a conscious one. That is, I don’t think about it, but it flows beneath the surface of my decisions and...
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Raising a confused child…
A guest post by Efrat Shemesh Growing up in Israel I was not confused about my Jewish identity. My mom is Jewish so I am Jewish, clear and simple. I celebrated every holiday, in a ”light” way, fasted...
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ALMEMAR: The Original Kingmaker of Comedy! Andy Nulman on Chris Rock,...
By Ernest Hoffman. First published on ALMEMAR.ORG Andy Nulman is the co-founder of Montréal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival, the first (and still the biggest) comedy festival in the world. He’s...
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