Reuben Brainin sitting with Sholem Aleichem.
Brainin was the founder of the Jewish Public Library while Aleichem was a Yiddish writer. Montréal's importance in the world of Yiddish literature was cause for a constant flow of visiting authors, poets and artists of international renown.
1914.
Source : Jewish Public Library, Historical Photographs Collection, No.PR003855.
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