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Outrement and the Hasidim

Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 PM

Eric R. Scott, Canada (English, French, Yiddish) I 2019 I 52 min

Hasidim in the charming, affluent and largely Francophone Montreal borough of Outremont are currently 23% of Outremont’s population. The growing Hasidic presence poses a challenge to the French-speaking majority, some of whom fear they will eventually be living in a ghetto.