1977 – 1986

Montreal’s Jewish community was extremely active in...

 
1977 – 1986

Montreal’s Jewish community was extremely active in...

 
1977 – 1986

Soviet Jews, who faced severe anti-Semitism, struggled long...

 
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1978: The problems of the aging population surge to the fore; by 1977, 1 Jew in 7 was 65 or older. In 1978, the Nathan and Maxwell Cummings Golden Age Centre is opened – one of the most modern facilities of its kind.

 
1977 – 1986

Canvassers work the phones on Super Sunday, the single...

 
1977 – 1986

Samuel Bronfman House was built as headquarters...

 
1977 – 1986

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts has become a focal...

 
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1979: The first Ethiopian Jews arrive in Montreal.

 
1977 – 1986

Quebec Premier René Lévesque (at far right) meets with...

 
1977 – 1986

Israel's Prime Minister Shimon Peres is greeted at...

 
1977 – 1986

Charles Bronfman visits his eponymous absorption center for...

 
1977 – 1986

Campaign leadership l’chaim to a successful Super Sunday...

 
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1980: Project Retention is created at Jewish Vocational Services to assist recent University graduates in finding jobs in Quebec after a survey found that employment opportunities are a critical factor in determining whether a young person remains in the province.

 
1977 – 1986

Eric Moss, Chairman of AJCS’ Computer Committee, talks to...

 
1977 – 1986

A meeting between Menachem Begin, Charles Bronfman...

 
1977 – 1986

The Cummings Centre’s first years, 1980s.

 
1977 – 1986

Hockey star Maurice Richard meets with campaign leadership...

 
1977 – 1986

Campagne sépharade prepares for the 1981 Campaign.

 
1977 – 1986

Campagne sépharade prepares for the 1981 Campaign.

 
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In 1985, Jewish Vocational Services announced its first 1,000-job year, assisting local people and émigrés to find work.

 
1977 – 1986

In 1982, Federation CJA organized a mission...

 
1977 – 1986

In 1982, Federation CJA organized a mission...

 
1977 – 1986

Children from francophone and Jewish schools learn...

 
1977 – 1986

Quebec Justice Minister Herbert Marx reviews the Combined Jewish...

 
1977 – 1986

Hundreds of volunteers from all age brackets worked...

Leadership

1975-1977 - Joe Ain
1977-1979 - Hillel Becker
1979-1981 - Irving J. Halperin
1981-1983 - Harvey H. Sigman
1983-1985 - Dodo Heppner
1985-1987 - Carl Laxer
1977 - Martin Levine
1978 - Mildred. B. Lande, C.M.
1979 - Morton Brownstein, C.M.
1980 - Sydney Glazer
1981 - Alexander Mayers
1982 - Irving Wenger
1983 - Harold Brownstein
1984 - Arthur Diamond
1985 - Boris G. Levine, C.M.
1986 - Marvin Corber, C.M.
1975 - 1978 - Faiga Fisher
1978 - 1980 - Shirley Rabinovitch
1980 - 1982 - Dorothy Greenbaum
1982 - 1984 - Rhoda Granatstein
1984 - 1986 - Ruth Ballon
1976 - 1977 - Leila Paperman
1977 - 1978 - Anne Nadler
1978 - 1979 - Marilyn Blumer
1979 - 1980 - Zelda Thow
1980 - 1981 - Esther Landsman
1981 - 1982 - Shirley Goldfarb
1982 - 1983 - Lois Lieff
1983 - 1984 - Shirley Rabinovitch
1984 - 1985 - Bernice Brownstein
1985 - 1986 - Dorothy Greenbaum
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1977 - William Dery
1978 - Ralph Benatar
1979 - Claude Chriqui
1980 - Jacob Attias
1981 - Henry Dana
1982 - David Malka
1983 - Fabienne Marelli / Bob Abitbol
1984 - Aline Malka / Joseph Ziri
1985 - Annette Oliel Amar / Joseph Assayag
1986 - Coty Benchetrit Kalfon / Émile Malka
1977 - William Gittes / Joseph Caplan
1978 - Michael Greenblatt
1979 - Boris G. Levine, C.M.
1980 - Edward Barkoff
1981 - Charles R. Bronfman, P.C., C.C.
1982 - Morley M. Cohen, C.M., C.Q. / Sheila Zittrer
1983 - Maxwell Cummings, C.M., GOQ / Nathan Cummings
1984 - Manuel G. Batshaw, C.M., CQ
1985 - Hillel Becker
1986 - Morton Brownstein, C.M.