ZELDA ABRAMSON is professor emerita (sociology) at Acadia University. As a public sociologist, she strives to combine academic research with social activism. The daughter of Holocaust survivors who settled in Montreal after the War, Zelda grew up immersed in the spoken and unspoken challenges survivors faced as they immigrated and assimilated into Canadian society. Her commitment to public sociology, and her particular interest in reconstructing overlooked stories and voices, led her to undertake this research on the lives of Jewish immigrants to Montreal after WWII.
JOHN LYNCH is a woodworker and designer with a keen interest in social history and creative writing.
Through the narratives shared in The Montreal Shtetl , Zelda and John hope to contribute to our understanding of the importance of continuing to build welcoming, and inclusive communities.
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