The Student Affairs Liaison for Jewish Students is here to support and accompany the diversity of Jewish students at McGill to help them thrive.
Rachel Hatcher, Student Affairs Liaison for Jewish Students
Email: rachel.hatcher [at] mcgill.ca (rachel[dot]hatcher[at]mcgill[dot]ca)
The role of the Student Affairs Liaison for Jewish Students is to answer your questions about McGill resources and listen to your concerns. She will help you identify McGill and community resources that are suited to your particular situation. The Student Affairs Liaison can point you toward Jewish student groups you can connect with or toward educational opportunities, for example if you want to learn more about Jewish Montreal.
Every January, the Student Affairs Liaison for Jewish Students works to organize an event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Opportunities to learn
Jewish Heritage Month (https://www.canada.ca/fr/bibliotheque-archives/organisation/mises-a-jou…)
Jewish Public Library (https://jewishpubliclibrary.org/)
Juifs d’ici (https://www.juifsdici.ca/en/)
Montreal Holocaust Museum (https://museeholocauste.ca/en/)
Museum of Jewish Montreal (https://museemontrealjuif.ca/)
Sephardic Jews in Montreal (https://lvsmagazine.com/2019/04/la-communaute-sepharade-de-montreal-a-un-tournant/)
Jewish Food and Culture in Montreal (https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/jewish-food-and-culture)
Jewish Neighborhoods in Montreal (https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language-literature-culture/wexler-oral-history-project-films-features-news/features/jewish)
Communities and places of worship
Consult MORSL’s lists of communities of worship and place of worship (https://www.mcgill.ca/morsl/connect/spiritual-community-and-worship;
https://www.mcgill.ca/morsl/files/morsl/religious_places_of_worship_list_complete_2023-24.pdf).
Kosher options
Students in residence at the downtown campus may purchase a Kosher meal plan (https://www.mcgill.ca/foodservices/mealplans/residential/kosher-meal-plan).
Students can also use their OneCard or another form of payment at:
Le Plezl, located at 3429 Peel in the basement of Chabad House.
For a list of Kosher options around Montreal, see the McGill Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (MOSRL) web page, "Religious practice on and around campus." Kosher options are listed in the "Jewish services and prayer space" tab (https://www.mcgill.ca/morsl/equity-inclusion/religious-practice).
Upcoming events
Nu Magazine
Nu Magazine is the first Jewish campus magazine in Canada. It is dedicated to Jewish culture with a focus on Montreal. Based at McGill University, Nu publish weekly on the arts, cuisine, philosophy, history and religion.
Public Lecture : “More Than Friends: Muslim-Jewish Intimacy in Algerian Music”
Music is a major site for remembering the Jewish presence in Algeria, and in many ways works against dominant discourses of Muslim-Jewish conflict and Jewish outsider status. But digging deeper uncovers multiple ways to read Muslim-Jewish intimacy around music, some of which edge into rivalry, hierarchy, and difference. This talk by Jonathan Glasser weighs these multiple interpretations, drawing on historical archives and contemporary memory in Algeria and in France.
Healing Together: Empowering Jewish or Israeli Students and Navigating Trauma
This online workshop series is being offered by McGill Student Wellness Hub Counsellors to provide Jewish or Israeli students with a safe, supportive environment to explore and process the ongoing impact of intergenerational trauma.
A touch of history: A.M.Klein
Celebrated poet A. M. Klein, winner of the Governor General's Award in poetry in 1948 for The Rocking Chair and Other Poems, guides us through Montreal and its iconic spaces from the top of Mont Royal to the tabletops of Ben’s Deli. Watch as we celebrate just a few of the many McGill literati who have been inspired by the unique texture of our city.
