Montreal of Yesterday
Jewish Life in Montreal 1900-1923
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2014
- Category
- Jewish
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781550654189
- Publish Date
- Dec 2014
- List Price
- $11.99
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Winner of the 2001 Canadian Jewish Book Awards: Izzy and Betty Kirshenbaum Foundation Prize for Yiddish translation, Montreal of Yesterday was originally published in Yiddish in 1947. It had earlier appeared in installments in the pages of the Keneder Adler - the Canadian Eagle - Montreal's legendary Yiddish-language newspaper. For the first time, this captivating classic on Jewish immigrant life in Montreal [1900-1920] is available in English. In the 54 short chapters of Montreal of Yesterday Medres writes with charm and gentle humour about immigrant life, class divisions, the first socialists, the first Jewish bookstore, Canadian life, the press, art and business, Yiddish vaudeville, politics and citizenship, Jewish soldiers, writers, the poor, and religious observance.
About the authors
Israel Medres was a staff writer for the Keneder Adler for 25 years. His articles appeared in Yiddish papers the world over.