“Working with a Russian-Jewish artist, Yuula Benivolski, the JCF Grassroots Grant made it possible for our Museum to link her personal family story from the former Soviet Union, to the experiences of Jewish immigrants to Montreal from Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Hungary, Russia and around the world. The end result was a truly community-driven project: Dozens and dozens of portraits on our walls expressing the diversity of Jewish life and stories here in Montreal, all shared for our audiences of young members of the Jewish community as well as broader Québec society. Thousands of visitors were able to learn about our community’s diversity through art and storytelling.”

– Zev Moses, Museum of Jewish Montreal