Editing Yiddish (section)

=== Canada ===

[[Montreal]] had, and to some extent still has, one of the most thriving Yiddish communities in North America. Yiddish was Montreal's third language (after French and English) for the entire first half of the twentieth century. {{lang|yi-Latn|Der [[Keneder Adler]]}} (''The Canadian Eagle'', founded by [[Hirsch Wolofsky]]), Montreal's daily Yiddish newspaper, appeared from 1907 to 1988.<ref>CHRISTOPHER DEWOLF, "A peek inside Yiddish Montreal", ''Spacing Montreal'', February 23, 2008.[http://spacing.ca/montreal/2008/02/23/a-peek-inside-montreals-yiddish-universe/]</ref> The [[Monument-National]] was the center of Yiddish theater from 1896 until the construction of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts (now the [[Segal Centre for Performing Arts]]), inaugurated on September 24, 1967, where the established resident theater, the [[Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre]], remains the only permanent Yiddish theatre in North America. The theatre group also tours Canada, US, Israel, and Europe.<ref>Carol Roach, "Yiddish Theater in Montreal", ''Examiner'', May 14, 2012.[[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2023/05#examiner.com|www.examiner.com/article/jewish-theater-montreal]]; "The emergence of Yiddish theater in Montreal", "Examiner", May 14, 2012 [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2023/05#examiner.com|www.examiner.com/article/the-emergence-of-yiddish-theater-montreal]]</ref>

Even though Yiddish has receded, it is the immediate ancestral language of Montrealers like [[Mordecai Richler]] and [[Leonard Cohen]], as well as former interim city mayor [[Michael Applebaum]]. Besides Yiddish-speaking activists, it remains today the native everyday language of 15,000 Montreal Hasidim.