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Experience Heritage
Jewish Public Library Archives
archives@jplmontreal.org
www.jewishpubliclibrary.org
Newspapers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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26Glossary
25Classroom Discussion
6Digital Archive Images
3Introduction to Jewish Montreal Newspapers
2Experience Heritage
EXPERIENCE HERITAGE IN YOUR CLASSROOM
Thank you very much for allowing the Jewish Public Library Archives the
opportunity to share its resources with your students.
Each kit contains a variety of copies of archival sources, including newspaper
clippings, annual reports, photographs, correspondence, commemorative
books and publicity materials. These sources are complimented, when
possible, with secondary sources from standard resources that the Library,
Archives and researchers use in studying Montreal Jewish history.
Also in each kit you will find the guide to the subject. It includes a brief
narrative, a glossary if necessary, useful information such as timelines and
suggested questions for the students to answer in their research. These
questions are merely a suggestion. We designed the questions to match the
material in the kit but they should in no way define or limit the students’ use of
the material. In general, there are ten questions provided with each kit but you
will notice that some kits have more. This allows for more than one group to
work on a topic or for the students to pick and choose those questions they
feel are important to them.
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INTRODUCTION
Newspapers of Jewish Montreal
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Canadian Jewish Times
The first Jewish paper was published in English. The Jewish Times was
founded by a number of community leaders, in 1897. Co-founders
included Samuel W. Jacobs, a lawyer and a Member of Parliament (MP),
and Lyon Cohen, an important community leader. Mr. Cohen was an
important leader in the Young Men’s Hebrew Benevolent Society (which
eventually became the Baron de Hirsch Institute) and the United Talmud
Torahs and as well, was the grandfather of Canadian poet and musician
Leonard Cohen. The first editor of the newspaper was an Irishman
named Carroll Ryan. He remained editor of the newspaper until he died
in 1910. The newspaper’s name was changed in 1909 to the Canadian
Jewish Times. In 1915, the newspaper joined with another English
Jewish newspaper, the Canadian Jewish Chronicle.
Der Keneder Adler [The Jewish Daily Eagle]
The Keneder Adler was Jewish Montreal’s daily Yiddish newspaper. It
was not the only Yiddish newspaper to be printed in Montreal but it was
the only one that lasted as long as it did. The Adler was founded by a
Polish immigrant named Hirsch Wolofsky in 1907. The newspaper was
very important to Jewish Montreal as at that time, there was a huge
immigrant population that used Yiddish as their main language. The
Adler gave them a chance to read and discuss the news of their
community, Montreal, Canada, and the world in a language that they
were comfortable in. There were so many Yiddish-speaking people in
Montreal that the government and different business used to publish
notices or advertisements in Yiddish in the newspaper. It was recognized
all over Canada as a very important newspaper since it reached so many
people in Montreal. The Adler eventually had to stop publishing as
Yiddish declined as the main language of Jewish Montreal. The
newspaper stopped printing in after 70 years of being Montreal’s Yiddish
newspaper.
INTRODUCTION
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Canadian Jewish Chronicle
In 1914, the Wolofsky family – who founded the Adler – founded another
newspaper, this time in English. The Chronicle was the “sister”
newspaper to the Yiddish Adler and provided news in English to the
Jewish community, important to those people practicing their new
language skills or to those Jews who had been here a long time and
didn’t speak or read Yiddish. The Chronicle wasn’t published daily like
the Adler, but instead bi-weekly, or every second week. Both the Adler
and the Chronicle had many important writers working on the paper. For
example, one of the editors of the Chronicle was a Jewish poet from
Montreal named A.M. Klein. He won the Governor General’s award for
poetry and is considered one of Canada’s greatest poets.
Canadian Jewish News
The Canadian Jewish News was founded in Toronto in 1960 by a man
named Meyer J. Nurenberger. In the 1970s, the Federations in Toronto
and then Montreal took over the newspaper so that both communities
could continue to have their own Jewish newspapers. The newspaper
continues to this day and is Canada’s largest and most important Jewish
publication.
Who Was Involved with the Newspapers?
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Poets, Writers, Journalists, Politicians, Artists and More!
The Keneder Adler and the Canadian Jewish Chronicle were very influential newspapers,
partly because they were newspapers for the Jewish community by the Jewish community, but
also because the people who wrote for the newspaper were so important! Many of the
journalists and editors were leaders in the community, whether by being great artists, world-
famous poets, politicians or novelists. Montreal was a very important city to Jews around the
world because of the amazing Yiddish culture here! To this day, historians study many of the
people involved with Montreal Jewish newspapers, including people like:
Reuben Brainin
Reuben Brainin was a Hebrew writer and journalist from Eastern Europe. In 1912, he came to
Montreal to be the editor of the Keneder Adler, even though he thought that Hebrew was a
more important language to write in rather than Yiddish. Brainin was not editor of the Keneder
Adler for very long and left Montreal in 1916. Before he left though, he helped to found the
Jewish Public Library in 1914 and was involved with many other organizations in the city.
J.I. Segal
J.I. Segal was a Yiddish poet and at one time, editor of the Canadian Jewish Chronicle. His
poetry is so beautiful, and often speaks about Montreal, that it continues to be studied today in
translations into English and French. The Jewish Public Library even gives out writing awards
named after him to people from all over the world – the J.I. Segal Awards!
B.G. Sack
B.G. Sack was a journalist but also wrote a history of the Jewish people in Canada called,
“History of the Jews in Canada.” The book was originally published in Yiddish in 1948 but has
been re-published in English as well. People still use that book as a good source of
information about the history of Jewish communities all over the country.
Leon Crestohl
Leon Crestohl was a Member of Parliament for the Cartier District of Montreal from 1950 until
1962. The Cartier District no longer exists in Montreal but it was made up of parts of
Outremont, Laurier and St.Jacques. Crestohl was very involved with the Montreal Jewish
community in addition to also working on the Keneder Adler.
S.W. Jacobs
S.W. Jacobs was called the “Wit of Parliament”. He sat as the Member of Parliament for the
Cartier District from 1917 until he died in 1938. He founded the Canadian Jewish Times with
Lyon Cohen in 1897 and was also involved with other Montreal Jewish organizations like the
Jewish General Hospital.
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Advertisements from the Keneder Adler and Canadian Jewish Chronicle, ca1914-1932
Newspapers of Jewish Montreal
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Editorial staff of the Keneder Adler and Canadian Jewish Chronicle, ca194?
Second row, from left: Israel Medres, A.M. Klein, Mordecai Ginsburg, J. Gallay, J.I. Segal,
Melech Ravitch, Noah Gotlib, Chana Widerman.
First row, from left: Leon Crestohl, Dr. A. Stilman, Max Wolofsky, Israel Medres, Hirsch
Wolofsky, B.G. Sack and and A. Halpern.
Newspapers of Jewish Montreal
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Yiddish reads:
Canadian Jewry Helps the War-Effort
During the Second World War Canadian Jews played a prominent role in the war-effort
including service in the Canadian Armed Forces. This photograph was taken in front of
the headquarters established by the Canadian Jewish Congress on Park Avenue in
Montreal to recruit Jewish volunteers. Included in the photograph are Phil Abbey,
Harris Cohen, OBE, Berl Schwartz, Sam Bronfman, H.M. Caiserman, Israel
Rabinovitch, Hirsch Wolofsky and Moshe Myerson, who directed the campaign.
Newspapers of Jewish Montreal
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Yiddish reads:
Two Historic Personalities Visit Montreal
This photograph was taken in 1915 when Nahum Sokolov visited Montreal for the first time.
Seated right to left: J. Yampolsky, Reuven Brainin, Carl Rosenberg.
Standing: Joseph Brainin, S. Sternklar, Hirsch Wolofsky, M. Stein.
This photograph was taken at the Keneder Adler office on Main Street near Ontario Street.
Newspapers of Jewish Montreal
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Congratulatory letters on the Keneder Adler’s Golden Jubilee, 1957
CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
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1.List the different nameplates on the newspaper(s) and the dates they
were founded.
2. Where were the newspapers published?
3. What language(s) are they in?
4. Who was the editor or editors for the newspapers?
5. Were there any other important people involved in the newspaper?
6. Who were the audience or readers of these newspapers?
7. Did other people in other places also know about these newspapers?
8. What did they think of them?
9. Why do you think these newspapers were important to Montreal?
10. Are there any interesting characteristics of the newspapers that you can
see?
11. Can you name an example of a newspaper that exists today that is like
these newspapers?
12. Compare newspaper advertisements in this education kit with
newspaper advertisements that you see today. How are they different?
How are they the same?
Glossary – Parts of a Newspaper
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Nameplate: The name of the newspaper printed in special font on the top front of
the page.
Headline: The title of the article
Editor: The person in charge of the overall lay-out and content (articles) of the
newspaper.
Deck: A smaller headline underneath the big one that gives a little more
information about the article.
Article: The main bodies of writing in a newspaper
Lead: The first few sentences of a newspaper article that should answer the 5 W’s
of the story (Who, What, When, Where, Why)
Byline: The name of the author of the article
Sidebars: Extra information about the story – sometimes more background
information – that is printed beside the article.
Cut: A photograph or illustration that is used to help tell the story in the article.
Cutline: A caption underneath a photograph or illustration explaining what it is
about.
Gutter: The space beside the crease where the pages of the newspaper folds.
Index: An alphabetical table of contents that lists the different sections of the
newspaper. Different parts of a newspaper could include:
Arts and Culture
Classifieds
Comics
Editorial
Obituary
Op-Ed (Opposite the Editorial)
Sports
Weather
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