Thursday, Oct. 17
SEX & CANCER
Dr. Sylvie Aubin gives a French-language talk on intimacy and cancer, 5 p.m., at Hope & Cope’s Wellness Centre, 4635 Cote Ste. Catherine Rd. Register, 514-340-3616.
YOSEF KARDUNER
Popular Israeli singer and composer Yosef Karduner, “Breslev’s sweet singer,” performs 7:30 p.m. at the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue. 514-737-3695.
ECLECTIC COLLECTION
Gerald Guttman’s 50-year eclectic art collection is on display noon-6 p.m. at the Avmor Collection art gallery, 445 rue Sainte-Hélène. Call 514-875-9799.
@CUMMINGS WEST ISLAND
Two Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors West Island events today: 1-3p.m., a “Food for Thought” talk on the effects of meat on health; and at 7:30 p.m., its book club discusses Kyung-Sook Shin’s novel Please Look After Mom, about dementia. Both at 96 Roger Pilon, Dollard des Ormeaux. Call 514-624-5005, ext. 230.
Saturday, Oct. 19
RACHEL BLUWSTEIN NIGHT
To open Jewish Book Month, the Jewish Public Library hosts a café-style evening on iconic Israeli poet Rachel Bluwstein, 8 p.m. Reserve, 514-345-6416.
SHOX VOX FOR MAROIS
Armand Naftali is among those behind the satiric Shox Vox: A Celebration of Opera, Poutine, and the Multicultural Mosaic, a response to the proposed charter of values, 7:30 p.m. at the Théâtre Rialto, 5723 Ave. du Parc, presented by the Voice Kings, 514-790-7773.
Sunday, Oct. 20
CHARTER SYMPOSIUM
A public symposium on the proposed Quebec charter of values takes place 2 p.m., Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom. Call 514-937-3575.
CALLING WESTERN UNION
Western Union CEO Christina Gold, with the Douglas Hospital’s Dr. Mimi Israel and McGill law professor Rosalie Jukier, are the Women of Distinction at an evening starting 7 p.m., Congregation Beth Ora. Call 514-748-6559.
WALLENBERG BREAKFAST
The 9:30 a.m. Shaare Zedek Men’s Club breakfast features Dr. Renée Karp speaking on Raoul Wallenberg. Call 514-484-1122.
PRE-HOLOCAUST YIDDISH
Famed Yiddishist Noah Prylucki and Yiddish’s fate on the eve of the Holocaust is discussed by renowned specialist Prof. Kalman Weiser, 2 p.m., the Jewish Public Library. Reserve at 514-345-6416.
LIBMAN HONOURED
Jewish Eldercare Centre Auxiliary honours former Equality Party leader Robert Libman at its Around the Town gala, also featuring magician/mentalist Mike D’Urzo. Shaare Zedek Congregation. Tickets, Faigie, 514-738-4500.
JEWISH & WIDOWED
A new group for the Jewish widowed has its first event 3 p.m. at Java U in Westmount. Call Susan Sitcoff, 514-744-1490
@SEGAL CENTRE
At 8 p.m. in the Studio, the Altsys Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme; 9:30 p.m., enjoy show tunes at Al’s Broadway Café with a professional pianist. Tickets, 514-739-7944.
BEREAVED MIDEAST FAMILIES
The documentary Two Sided Story, about Israeli and Palestinian families whose children have died in the conflict, will be screened 3:30 p.m. by Montreal Dialogue Group at 1395 Blvd. René Levèsque. Email, [email protected].
FAMILY FUN DAY
Hebrew Foundation School hosts a Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., geared for kids ages 2-5 with inflatables, magician Blair Marshall, music, dancing, face-painting, etc.. Call Amanda Wener, 514-684-6270, ext. 224.
MENTAL HEALTH WALK
Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors stages its annual Mental Health Walk 11 a.m. at Philips Square. Call 514-342-1234.
MOVIES & MUNCHIES
Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors West Island enjoys a 7 p.m. Movies & Munchies event at Residence Masterpiece, 15 Place de la Triade, Pointe Claire. Call 514-624-5005, ext. 230.
Monday, Oct. 21
RUTH WISSE
Montreal native and Harvard scholar Ruth Wisse discusses, “Does Jewish Humour Win Friends and Why Should it Matter?”, 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Public Library. Tickets, 514-345-6416.
ANGLO RIGHTS
Ex-MP and current YM-YWHA director Marlene Jennings speaks on anglo rights in Quebec, 1 p.m. at the Creative Social Centre, 5237 Clanranald Ave. Call 514-488-0907.
BRAIN HEALTH
Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors’ Brain Health Series presents neurologist Dr. Tiffany Chow discussing dementia, 7 p.m. at Gelber Centre. Contact Stefani Novick, 514-342-1234, ext. 7201.
RETIREMENT MONEY
Manage your retirement money, Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, 2:30-4 p.m. 514-342-1234.
Tuesday, Oct. 22
JASON KENNEY
Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney is the special guest at a evening of magic and comedy at “The Chevra” honouring Rabbi Asher Jacobson and wife Lieba and Tina and Martin Rosenthal, co-chaired by Pearl Rothenberg and Gary Polachek. Call Iona or Kathy at 514-482-3366.
YITZ GREENBERG
Modern Orthodox pluralist Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg speaks on holiness in a secular age, Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, free Tuesday Night Learning series, 8:30 p.m. 514-937-3471.
GOODMAN LECTURE
Breast Cancer: Breaking New Ground is the topic at the annual lecture at the Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre, 6:30-8 p.m. at McGill’s McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, sixth floor. Call Annette Novak, 534-398-4970, or email [email protected].
@CUMMINGS CENTRE
At 2-3:30 p.m. at Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, learn about food labelling and the brain-nutrition link. Register, 514-342-1234, ext. 7305.
ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE RISE
Congregation Beth Tikvah’s Rabbi Mark Fishman discusses the rise of anti-Semitism, 7:30 p.m., Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors West Island, 96 Roger Pilon Blvd. in Dollard des Ormeaux. Ellen Tock, 514-624-5005, ext. 230.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
LATEST NOVEL
Award-winning crime writer Howard Shrier discusses his latest novel, Miss Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Beth Zion Congregation. 514-489-8411.
INTERFAITH TALK
At 7 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Rabbi Lisa Grushcow and Laurel Snyder, author of Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes, discuss the evolution of the issue since the book was published in 2006. 514-937-3575.
…Et Cetera…
USED DEVICES NEEDED
Maimonides Geriatric Centre needs used hearing aids, batteries, phones, TVs and other devices for the hearing impaired. Nechama Surik, 514-483-2121, ext. 5333.