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Alex Fredo: « Bonjour l’angoisse ! »
Qui est ce grand garçon chevelu et maigre comme tout ? C’est probablement la question qui a traversée chacune des dames du public du Festival Sefarad 2012 lorsqu’elles m’ont vu entrer la première fois...
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Anabelle Harari: Return to Jerusalem
The last time I lived in Jerusalem I was interning at a human rights organization for the summer. I spent my days learning Arabic, commuting in and out of the West Bank and generally wishing I was...
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ALMEMAR: Ernest Hoffman interview with writer Etgar Keret
By Ernest Hoffman – This piece first appeared on ALMEMAR.org, a Montreal based Jewish Arts Digest produced by The Blue Metropolis Foundation Etgar Keret is a best-selling Israeli writer and an...
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Jess Salomon: TOP 10 “Jewbsessions”
Former U.N war crimes lawyer and Le Mood presenter, Jess Salomon is performing at the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe Montréal / St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival starting this Friday evening, the...
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Dinner and a Conversation: Genesis
By Gabriel Couture, the Community and Social Media Coordinator for the Outreach and Engagement Department (also known as A Bit Off the Top…) at FederationCJA I was hired last summer to work as a Social...
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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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ALMEMAR: Noah Bick
This is post that first appeared on the Montreal digital publication on ALMEMAR. By Ernest Hoffman, Noah Bick is a concert promoter, deejay, and production manager who works with POP Montreal, Blue...
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SCHLEMIEL IN THEORY: An Interview with the Stand-Up Comedian David Heti
This is a guest post from Schlemiel Theory, The Place Where the Laugh Laughs at the Laugh. It was done by Matthew Menachem Feuer, creator and author of Schlemiel Theory. Samples of David Heti’s work –...
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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
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 actions. The...
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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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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...
View ArticleOlympics | Typical Bubby Worried about Gay Grandson not going to Sochi
Euuuuhh the Olympics What do we do about the Olympics? On the one hand (now bear with me, to accommodate the wealth of my Olympic anxieties I had to borrow a few hands), Russia is promoting horrible...
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The Not So Lazy Lazy Boyz | Boo Ya Pictures
Started from the Bottom From a little Jewish bubby reading celebrity tweets, to having, Ron Jeremy, possibly the most (in)famous porn-star teaching us how to play the harmonica, the Boo Ya Pictures...
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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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A Bubbie reminisces about her life in Montreal in 1937
By Sydney Warshaw, On Saturday, March 1st, as part of Nuit Blanche and in partnership with the Museum of Jewish Montreal, the Wandering Chew will be selling classic Ashkenazi foods such as knishes and...
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Food Guy Montreal Talks About The Montreal Deli
Food Guy Montreal says… “Jewish food leaves you with a warm hug at the end” Comfort food is something that all Montrealers rely for on these cold winter days, and nothing beats going to a deli for a...
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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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