Friday, March 15

LORE

Cate Shortland’s acclaimed feature film Lore, about the daughter of a Nazi official who, with her siblings, is helped by a Jewish refugee as the German front collapses, begins a run at Cinéma du Parc, in German and English with English subtitles. 514-281-1900, or visit www.cinemaduparc.com.

MTL BB FOOD BASKETS

Today till March 20, Montreal B’nai Brith Food Baskets’ Passover Food Project continues packing and delivering baskets and needs drivers, packers. 514-744-6457.

KABBALAT SHABBAT

The B’nai Or Montreal Community Shul, the city’s only “Jewish Renewal” congregation, invites all to a Kabbalat Shabbat service, 7:30 p.m., YM-YWHA Ben Weider JCC. The event is also a “Bring-a-Can Shabbat” for the NDG food depot and part of a March 15-17 “Gun Violence Prevention Shabbat” across North America. Email Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, [email protected].

NUTRITION LABEL READING

A representative from McGill University’s department of dietetics speaks at Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, 10 a.m. Joyce, 514-342-1234, ext. 7318.

SHABBAT MURDER MYSTERY

Federation CJA West Island holds a “red-soaked Shabbat dinner, where friends are foes and only the sharpest sleuths survive,” 7:30-10 p.m., 96 Roger Pilon, Dollard des Ormeaux. Albinna Abitan, 514-624-5005, ext. 221.

Saturday, March 16

BETH ORA CASINO

Congregation Beth Ora stages a “Panopoly Casino Night” and Chinese auction, 8:30 p.m. Rachel Lee Cohen, 514-748-6559.

PASSOVER NOVEL

Sonia Zylberberg, author of, The Orange on the Seder Plate, discusses her novel with host Leslie Lutsky on Jewish Digest, 8:30 a.m. on Radio Centre-Ville, 102.3 FM.

Sunday, March 17

ISRAELI-ARAB AUTHOR

The Jewish Public Library hosts Israeli-Arab journalist, author and TV personality Sayed Kashua, 7 p.m. for a Hebrew-language evening devoted to his appreciation of Hebrew and Jewish-Arab relations. An episode of the satirical sitcom he created, Arab Labour, will also be screened. The next evening, March 18 at 7 p.m., Kashua, a columnist for Ha’aretz, speaks in English, about his award-winning novel Second Person Singular. Sponsored by the Mervin and Avriel Butovsky Memorial Lecture. Both events require reservations, but the March 18 one is free. 514-345-6416.

IRAQI JEWISH TABOO

Washington lawyer and filmmaker Carole Basri, of Iraqi-Jewish descent, speaks on “The Taboo of the History of the Jews of Iraq,” 10 a.m., Spanish & Portuguese synagogue, sponsored by its sisterhood and hosted by sisterhood president Rena Buenavida and Iraqi community leader Alain Murad. Free. 514-737-3695.

TEMPLE W. SUGARING OFF

Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom organizes a Temple West Sugaring Off party, 10 a.m.-noon at the Cap-Saint-Jacques nature park ecological farm, 183 Chemin du Cap-Saint-Jacques in Pierrefonds. Includes a carriage ride to the sugar shack, taffy in the snow, and animal farm. RSVP, Rosie, 514-937-3575, ext. 213, or email [email protected].

Monday, March 18

RABBI HARTMAN MEMORIAL

Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem synagogue and the Akiva School invite the community to an 8 p.m. event in memory of scholar Rabbi David Hartman, who founded both institutions. He died last month in Israel. 514-489-3841.

START REGISTERING!

Spring registration gets underway today, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 12:30 p.m. Friday, for Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors’ (CJCS) vast array of programs, courses and activities, with CJCS offering $20 “exclusive membership” for spring and summer. More at 514-342-1234, ext. 7209.

Tuesday, March 19

OUR YIDDISH CULTURE

Chantal Ringuet, director of the project, Voix Yiddish de Montréal, speaks about the city’s Yiddish cultural heritage as part of the public component of the Université de  Montréal’s academic program on the “culture et expérience juive au Québec,” 4-5:15 p.m., Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, Room 3036, 2375 Cote St. Catherine Rd.

SOUND OF MUSIC

The classic film The Sound of Music is screened for Beth Ora Seniors, 1:30 p.m. at the shul. 514-342-1234, ext. 7318.

Wed., March 20

MEETINGS WITH BOOKS

A one-day McGill University Library symposium for scholars and librarians devoted to the “21st century library” and in tribute to the late McGill professor, Raymond Klibansky, begins 9:30 a.m. at the Faculty Club ballroom, 3450 McTavish St. Klibansky died in 2005 and bequeathed more than 7,000 works to McGill that are on exhibit until August at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Reserve, 514-398-4681.

EUTHANASIA & END OF LIFE

“When Should Human Life Be Allowed to End, or Be Ended?” is the topic addressed by Congregation Beth-El’s Rabbi Allan Nadler in his series on Jewish Ethical Perspectives on Matter of Life and Death, 8 p.m.  514-738-4766.

JOHN HIRSCH’S LIFE, TIMES

Fraidie Martz reads from her book A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch, at the Jewish Public Library’s Canada council Reading with Wine reception, 5:30 p.m. at the JPL. Registration required, 514-345-6416.

…Et Cetera…

THE GATEKEEPERS

The Oscar-nominated Israeli documentary The Gatekeepers, continues its run at the Cinéma du Parc. Call 514-281-1900.

BALL HOCKEY TOURNEY

The Jewish National Fund of Montreal stages its second annual ball hockey tournament benefiting Israeli kids with special needs, March 24, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Le Rinque, 5832 Cote de Liesse Rd. Co-chaired by Ian Weinstein and Paul Graif, the event involves eight teams. Grand prize is a box at the Bell Centre for a Habs game. 514-934-0313, www.jnfballhockey.com.

BLOOD CLOT PREVENTION

Jewish General Hospital is reporting an often “perfect or near perfect” record in preventing potentially life threatening venous thromboembolisms (VTE) in patients. The JGH was among the first in Canada in determining clot risk. Last year, the hospital joined Sanofi Canada in creating an excellence centre to provide leadership and guidance to other institutions in preventing VTEs, the third-most-common condition (after heart attacks and strokes) burdening the entire health care system.

KIDS LIBRARY REGISTERING

Register now for Norman Berman Children’s Library preschool programs, such as Rhythm, Rhyme and Story Time, Mother Goose and Music, Music and Movement, and Shabbat and Me, 514-345-2627, exts. 3012, 3398.

PRE-PESACH SHABBATON

The Chevra holds a pre-Passover Shabbaton March 22 that includes dinner. Reserve with Iona, 514-482-3366.