Hebrew Consumer’s League (and Kosher Bread Boycott) – Richstone’s Bakery
A very public struggle within Montreal’s Jewish community, the kosher bread boycott of January 1925 grabbed headlines in the mainstream newspapers of Quebec and Ontario....
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Rabbi Simon Glazer – Residence
From the time of his arrival in Canada in 1907, this populist Orthodox rabbi cut a controversial figure in Montreal’s Jewish community. Born in 1878...
Hirsch Hershman – Library / Tobacco Shop
Born in Bukovina (part of Romania) in 1876, Hirsch Hershman immigrated to Montreal in 1902, quickly becoming a fixture of the Jewish political, cultural, and...
Lyon Cohen – Freedman Company
Lyon Cohen (1868–1937), business tycoon and community leader, was born in Poland. As a child, he moved with his family to Ontario and later to...