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20 Years Later ...
20 Years Later ...
1977, director: Jacques Bensimon
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> Jewish people | North Africa | Montreal | Quebecois | Identity | Cultural differences | Customs and traditions | Religion | Languages | Leadership | Psychological aspects
A Jewish leader from Morocco now living in Montreal explains that he and other members of the francophone Jewish community need to maintain a strong Jewish identity. He believes that attachment to familiar values helps immigrants feel secure in meeting the challenges of the new milieu. The development of this identity should be understood as a basis for participation in the larger society.
Moroccan independence from France, and Arab nationalism encouraged by Israel's existence as a state, forced many North African Jews to emigrate. This film is about the Moroccan Jews who have come to Québec since 1956. It explodes the myth of Jewish unity, showing the Moroccans caught between the Ashkenazy Jews, English-speaking and long established, and the French-speaking Québécois. The film asks whether the Sephardic Jew can be Jewish and Québécois at the same time.




