REVIEW: Pierre Anctil. "Jacob-Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu"

Jessica Kirzane

doi:10.25071/1916-0925.40111

REVIEW: Pierre Anctil. "Jacob-Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu"

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Jessica Kirzane

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https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.40111

Canadian Jewish Studies Volume 27, 2019, Front cover photograph / photographie de la page couverture: Rabbi Hirschprung (centre) learning Talmud with a group of men. Clockwise from left to right: Rabbi Moshe Werner of the Chevra Tehillim synagogue; Tzudyk Mandelcorn, a community leader and beloved student of Rabbi Hirschprung’s; Rabbi Hirschprung; Rabbi Shlomo Spiro of the Young Israel of Chomedey synagogue; and Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch, who became dean of Jews’ College (now known as the London School of Jewish Studies) in London, England, and is currently rosh yeshiva and dean of the hesder yeshiva in Maalei Adumim, Israel. Montreal, 1940s. Courtesy of The Azrieli Foundation. Le Rabbin Hirschprung (au centre) qui étudie le Talmud avec un groupe d’hommes. De gauche à droite: Le Rabbin Moshe Werner de la Synagogue Chevra Tehilim; Tzudyk Mandelcorn, leader communautaire et étudiant bien-aimé du Rabbin Hirschprung; Au centre, le Rabbin Hirschprung; le Rabbin Shlomo Spiro de la synagogue Young Israel de Chomedey; finalement, le Rabbin Nachum Rabinovitch, devenu doyen du Jews’ College à Londres, en Angleterre (aujourd’hui le London School of Jewish Studies). Il occupe présentement le poste de Rosh Yeshiva et de Doyen du Hesder Yeshiva à Maale Adumim, en Israel. Montréal, années 1940. La Fondation Azrieli.

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2019-06-03

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Kirzane, J. (2019). REVIEW: Pierre Anctil. "Jacob-Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu". Canadian Jewish Studies Études Juives Canadiennes, 27. https://doi.org/10.25071/1916-0925.40111

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Vol. 27 (2019): 1944: A Moment in the Life of a Community / 1944: Un Moment dans la vie d’une communauté

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Book Reviews / Comptes rendus

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