On this page, we spotlight the celebration of various religious/cultural days of significance, with special focus on events hosted by McGill student groups and other groups in the Montreal area.
Yom HaShoah
Wednesday, April 23, 7:00pm: Yom Hashoah Vehagvurah with Montreal Holocaust Museum (5151 ch. de la Cote-Ste-Catherine) The commemoration will include video testimonies of survivors describing their experiences of antisemitism before the Holocaust, as well as a keynote address from the Honourable Professor Irwin Cotler. Mr. Cotler is the International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and longtime Member of Parliament, and an international human rights lawyer. Commemorative songs in Yiddish, Ladino, and Hebrew will be performed alongside traditional prayers.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 12:00-1:00pm: Shabbat Special: Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day with Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom
