Congrès de l'ACJS

Online
May 29-31, 2022 | du 29 au 31 mai 2022
All times EDT
Please note the fifteen-minute gaps between sessions. This is meant to give you a short break to
refresh or prepare for the following session, but we will keep the session open for anyone who
would like to “schmooze” and get to know one another.
SUNDAY, MAY 29 | DIMANCHE LE 29 MAI
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Welcome and Session 1: Literature
Jonathan Slater (SUNY Plattsburgh), Naïm Kattan and the Canadian Comet
Simone Grossman (Bar Ilan University), Déchirement et perdition chez les jeunes filles hassidiques dans Yiosh !
de Magali Sauves
Hadassah Danit O’Reilly (Independent), Considering Jews as the Target of Christian Antisemitism Confirmed in
the Christie Pits Graphic Novel
1:45 – 2:45 PM: Session 2: Songs
Miranda Crowdus (Concordia University), The Musical Tastes of Jewish Montrealers: Preferences and Practices
during the Pandemic
Mariana Dobreva (University of Toronto), Songs of the Plague
3:00 – 4:30 PM: Session 3: Antisemitism and Holocaust Commemoration
Sean Remz (Concordia University), The Hungarian Martyrs Synagogue and its Sisterhood: a locus of Holocaust
commemoration avant la lettre
jason chalmers (Concordia University), Decolonising the Montreal Holocaust Museum
Megan Hollinger (University of Ottawa), Combating Antisemitism in Contemporary Canada: Lessons Learned
and Future Directions
4:30 – 5:00 PM: Break/Open Schmooze Session
5:00 – 6:30 PM: Session 4: Roundtable on Canadian Jewish Studies and Australian Jewish Studies
Chair: David Koffman (York University)
Mort Weinfeld (Social Science) Adina Bankier-Karp (Social Science)
Yolande Cohen (Sephardi History) David Graham (Demographics)
Dara Solomon (Museums, Holocaust Edu) Breann Fallon (Museums, Holocaust Education)
6:30 – 8:15 PM: Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award Presentation to
Michael Brown, followed by:
“The Backwards March”: an Interactive Evening with KlezKanada
Hosted by Hernan Tesler-Mabé, with Avia Moore and guests