Dr. Morty Yalovsky, President of the Board of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, signs the Golden Book at Montreal City Hall in the presence of (from left) Gary Stoopler, Associate Executive Director of the CIUSSS; Lucie Tremblay, the CIUSSS’s Associate CEO; Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, Mayor of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce; Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante; and Bram Freedman, President and CEO of the JGH Foundation. Also present, but not shown in the photo, was Magda Popeanu, City Councilor for Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryOctober 2024

Hospital’s 90th-anniversary celebration climaxes with City Hall ceremony

Henry Mietkiewicz — October 11, 2024
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Signing of the Golden Book at Montreal City Hall recognizes the JGH’s outstanding contribution to the city and its people.

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On August 3, 1931, Canada’s Governor General, Lord Bessborough (centre, with shovel), turned the first sod to start construction of the JGH. Joining him at the ceremony were (from left) Hirsch Wolofsky (with cane), Editor of the Jewish Daily Eagle; A.M. Vineberg, Chairman of the Building Program; Michael Hirsch, Co-Chairman of the 1929 Building Campaign; Joseph Levinson Sr., Treasurer; Rabbi Herman Abramowitz of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim; and Allan Bronfman, Co-Chairman of the 1929 Building Campaign. (Click on this or any photo to enlarge it.)
90th anniversaryJuly 2024

Digging into the archives to celebrate the JGH’s 90th anniversary

Henry Mietkiewicz — July 3, 2024
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On August 3, 1931, ground was broken to start construction of the hospital.

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