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CONCERT featuring grandmother’s concentration camp poems makes Quebec premiere

Posted Feb 1, 2023 -City News:

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/02/01/quebec-thieves-of-dreams-concentration-camp/?fbclid=IwAR2JYsVzcdiK657OAS4XAo0IRQLDnzUf1HtU4do2RpuVeE9rY5bWpsFOs3Q

Grandmother's poems, penned in concentration camp, make beautiful music

 

"That you can create beauty in those kinds of circumstances is astonishing," said Lenka Lichtenberg, who will perform the songs in Montreal."

T'Cha Dunlevy  •  Montreal Gazette

Our Shabbat Shira concert is featured on the front page of the Montreal Gazette.

Read the full article here:

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/local-arts/grandmothers-poems-penned-in-concentration-camp-make-beautiful-music?fbclid=IwAR0gGi6dflR1E6FGH3iIP-NLTSpG19mDTQxWle8Nv-QNfaBN19tLuiGuiFM 

MONTREAL WOMAN DEFIES ODDS TO GET BAT MITZVAH AT 80 YEARS OF AGE

In Jewish tradition, the bar or bat mitzvah is a milestone coming of age ceremony.

It’s usually carried out at the age of 13 for a boy and 12 for a girl, but not always.

One Montreal woman originally from Winnipeg just defied the odds by having hers at the age of 80.

TO READ IN FULL: https://globalnews.ca/news/9020553/montreal-woman-bat-mitzvah-80/ 

FCJA COVID IMPACT REPORT

Check out Dorshei Emet mentioned on Page 39 of the Federation CJA COVID Impact Report that was mailed out!

For the full report click here: https://www.federationcja.org/en/covid-impact-report/

Inspirations newspaper:Celebrating inclusive communities-MARCH 28, 2022.

On February 24th Dorshei Emet held a program on disability awareness with Erika Tencer, Joelle Dayan, Noah Mandelker and Ian Segal.

Our program has been mentioned in an article by Randy Pinsky in the Inspirations Newspaper: Celebrating Inclusive Communities. Please click here to view:

http://www.inspirationsnews.com/inspirations/articles/jdaim-2022-hears-from-roster-of-interesting-speakers

PODCAST:WON'T YOU BE MY RABBI, AUGUST 2021.

Rabbi Boris was recently featured on a new CJN podcast, "Won't You Be My Rabbi". You can listen to the episodes here .

August 2021.

Sat, February 4 2023 13 Shevat 5783