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I Will Relate

JL;DR SUMMARY Guest contributor Meichen Waxer explores her ancestral connection to the Jewish community of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, through a unique art installation at the FENTSTER gallery in Toronto. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityJewish WomenCultural HeritageFamily HistoryJewish ArchivesAncestryArt InstallationKirkland LakeFentster GalleryBetty Perkus

Places mentioned

Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
"My father was born up north in Kirkland Lake, Ontario in a small but present Jewish community."
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
"traveling to Kirkland Lake and then reaching out to meet with elders, children, and grandchildren of interconnected Jewish communities of Kirkland Lake and nearby Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec."
Krugerdorf, Ontario, Canada
"Ben Tsion ben Nehima ha-Kohen (known as Benjamin Perkus) came to Krugerdorf, Canada to escape harsh persecution."
Ontario, Canada
"Today it is a 6-hour drive from Toronto but when my great-great-grandfather arrived in Canada in 1905, this journey was not simply a drive between places but a multi-day trek from the main centres of Montreal and Toronto."
Quebec, Canada
"this journey was not simply a drive between places but a multi-day trek from the main centres of Montreal and Toronto."
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada
"J. Perkus & Co. General Merchants, Cochrane, ca. 1910."
Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
"As the family grew and spread across the north, so did the store: opening locations in Cochrane, Kapuskasing, and Kirkland Lake."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"I Will Relate to You on view at FENTSTER (Toronto)."

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