Yiddish Cafe, Montreal, Canada, 21 May 2009
Yiddish Café presents An Evening in Honour of Sholem Aleichem on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. To respect Sholem Aleichem’s final wishes, a group of talented Montrealers offers a program of stories and songs in Yiddish and English, in a café-style setting. Refreshments served. At the Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal. Sponsored by the Chana Gonshor and Etta Michtom Miransky Endowments. Cost $5 for JPL members and students, $10 others. Call 514-345-2627 ext. 3006 or 514-345-6416 for tickets and information.
The Jewish Public Library, founded in Montreal in 1914, is committed to encouraging and promoting the Yiddish language, culture and literature, by collecting and preserving Yiddish materials, and by presenting a variety of cultural events.