Dr. Michael Kalin was presented with an award of recognition recently by Chabad on Call, Chabad’s global medical organization, for his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chabad on Call hosted
With the latest COVID-19 variant moving at a rapid pace, members of the Montreal Jewish Community are stepping forward to help those facing significant challenges.
Jewish National Fund Canada will present an exclusive conversation with Dr. Robert Satloff on Mon. Nov. 15 (7:30 pm) entitled “My Search for Arabs Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust.”
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By any measure, Ben Sperer was a tour de force: Just a few weeks after celebrating his 100th birthday at a virtual birthday party on zoom, the noted storyteller and self-taught historian succumbed to a brief illness and passed away on April 26 in Montreal.
Born in 1921 in Istanbul, Sperer is known as an intellectual tour de force, speaking seven languages and living a fascinating life that spanned continents, centuries and a panoply of world events.
From translating in World War II for a British Foreign office meeting between King George, then-Princess Elizabeth and the Turkish brass, to delivering a 2-hour virtual lecture at McGillâs Community for Lifelong Learning at age 99, Sperer made a profound mark.