As part of Jewish Book Month (Oct. 17-Nov. 18, 2010), the public is invited to the 2010 J.I. Segal Awards Gala on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Public Library, 5151 Côte Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal. Free admission. For information, call 514-345-2627 ext. 3017 or visit www.jewishpubliclibrary.org.This year 10 recipients will be awarded in the following eight categories:
Prof. David E. Fishman and Boris Sandler for the Dr. Hirsch and Dora Rosenfeld Prize for Yiddish and Hebrew Literature; Rhea Tregebov for the Shulamis Yelin Prize in English Fiction and Poetry Prize on a Jewish Theme; Jeffrey Veidlinger for the Tauben Prize in English Non-Fiction on a Jewish Theme; Maurice Chalom for the Prize in French Literature on a Jewish Theme; Moshe Dor for the Barbara Kay Prize in Translation of a Book on a Jewish Theme; Esther Trépanier and Allan Levine for the Prize in Canadian Jewish Studies; Nira Friedman for the Yaacov Zipper Prize in Education; Garry Beitel for the Michael Moskovitz Prize in Film on a Jewish Theme.