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Article: A tres Jewish City: Montreal offers a feast for the senses.(TRAVEL)
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- The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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WHEN I TELL friends that Montreal is "a very Jewish city," they give me a rather surprised look, expecting us to say "very French." Well, very French it is--or more specifically, Quebecois, to distinguish it from France--with an infectious joie de vivre that spills over into so much of life here, especially the arts, the night life and the cafes. Ah, the cafes, where you can linger over a cup of coffee and French pastries, including sweets of the kosher kind at one of Montreal's kosher eateries.
European culture first came to the island city in the St. Lawrence River in 1535 with the arrival of French explorer Jacques Cartier, the ...