Dec

7 2014

Film: A NEW LIFE ON THE LAND - JEWISH FARMERS IN CANADA

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

Soloway Jewish Community Centre 21 Nadolny Sachs Private
Ottawa, K2A 1R9

Contact Roslyn Wollock
(613)798-9818 ext. 254
rwollock@jccottawa.com
http://www.jccottawa.com

$ Cost $ 5.00

Film screening: A NEW LIFE ON THE LAND -Followed by a discussion with Montreal filmmaker Dov Okouneff.
From Western homesteaders to Czech Jewish farmers escaping Hitler, to Montreal Jews settling in Laurentian villages, to present-day organic vegetable growers in Ontario, this film visits each of their stories. See and hear stories from Wapella, Lipton, Hirsch, Ste. Sophie, New Glasgow, Hamilton region, Niagara peninsula and the Ottawa valley.

Sponsor: Soloway JCC Adult Education & Cultural Programs