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YM-YWHA (5500 Westbury Avenue)

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Where

5500 avenue de WestburyCorrect the locationNearby on the big map
Held by
Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
Creator
Marian Pinsky
Dates
1950 (indexed as 1950)
Level
file (source: Exhibit)
Scope & content
Exclusion from clubs compelled Montreal Jews to create their own institutions in the 1900s, of which the YM-YWHA is a key example. Initially separate organizations, the Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Associations merged in 1950. A community gathering place, the Jewish ‘Y’ has existed for more than 100 years, providing recreational, cultural and educational services.…
Places
5500 Westbury Avenue, Montreal; 5500 av. Westbury, Montréal
Location
  • 5500 avenue de Westbury · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “5500 Westbury Avenue”
Subjects
Architecture
Language
English
Harvested
2026-10-17T06:33:50Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm
Original metadata as harvested (mjm)