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6 The Jewish Standard, April 2019 EYE ON MONTREAL NAMES IN THE NEWS IN OUR CITY By MIKE COHEN CHEZ BENNY IS BACK: Do you remember the kosher restaurant Chez Benny? It was a mainstay since 1991 on Queen Mary Road, owned by Benny Cohen (no relation). When it closed in 2017 it left a huge void. In mid-October 2018, a rebirth was mounted with a new name and location. Benny et Fils made its debut across the street at 4944 Queen Mary, with Fils being Benny’s 23 year old son Yaniv. When I arrived for lunch with my friends Glenn and Mitchell, we were greeted by Michael Labbé. Benny et Fils has a unique format. The menu is posted on large boards behind the cash. Customers arrive, make their order and then select a table to sit at. The manager on duty, in this case Labbé, brings the food to your table and takes your drink order. It is a neat and efficient format. Meanwhile, the chefs – on this day Benny and Yaniv- worked seamlessly to make the meals. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience, sampling the likes of hum- mus with eggs with small pieces of pita, the fried clas- sic chicken burger, impec- cable Shawarma on a baguette, dirty fries and dif- ferent kinds of falafel. (Please turn to page 11) A BLESSED PASSOVER TO OUR JEWISH FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
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E Y E O NM O N T R E A L
NAMES IN THE NEWS IN OUR CITY
By MIKE COHEN
CHEZ BENNY IS
BACK: Do you rememberthe kosher restaurant ChezBenny? It was a mainstaysince 1991 on Queen MaryRoad, owned by BennyCohen (no relation). When itclosed in 2017 it left a hugevoid. In mid-October 2018,a rebirth was mounted witha new name and location.Benny et Fils made itsdebut across the street at4944 Queen Mary, with Filsbeing Benny’s 23 year oldson Yaniv.
When I arrived forlunch with my friendsGlenn and Mitchell, we weregreeted by Michael Labbé.Benny et Fils has a uniqueformat. The menu is posted
on large boards behind thecash. Customers arrive,make their order and thenselect a table to sit at. Themanager on duty, in thiscase Labbé, brings the foodto your table and takes yourdrink order. It is a neat andefficient format. Meanwhile,the chefs – on this dayBenny and Yaniv- workedseamlessly to make themeals. We thoroughlyenjoyed the experience,sampling the likes of hum-mus with eggs with smallpieces of pita, the fried clas-sic chicken burger, impec-cable Shawarma on abaguette, dirty fries and dif-ferent kinds of falafel.
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A BLESSED PASSOVER TO OURJEWISH FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
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the 40s each of the pastthree years.
A “Great Schism”between American Jewsand Israel ? Hardly. It’sloud, passionate, and inter-esting - but it’s a small frac-ture, the size of which hasremained unchangeddespite the latest well-pub-licized quarrels.
We Join in Extending Passover Holiday
Greetings to the Jewish Community of
MONTREAL
May your Festival of Freedom celebration be
a joyous one for family and friends.
Chag KasherVe’Sameyach
ThePaperman
Family
We Extend Best Wishes for
PASSOVERto Our Jewish Friends
and Customers.May your celebrationbe a joyous occasion.
from 2% to 13% (during theperiod from 1997 to 2018).The number who care“strongly” about Israel (asopposed to just “somewhatstrongly”) has actually beenincreasing steadily over theyears. It was in the 20s in1997-2002, the 30s inalmost every year from 2003to 2015, and has reached
We Wish All OurJewish Friends and
Customers inMontreal
A Joyous PassoverCelebration
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Benny et Fils canseat 55 people. It is openSunday to Thursday from11:30 am to 10:30 pm andSaturdays after Shabbatuntil 2 am. For more infor-mation call 514.735.5858or log on tohttps://www.facebook.com/bennyetfils. You can orderfrom Uber Eats and soon aterrace will be unveiled.
ORANGETHEORY
FITNESS: When localJewish businessmanMitchell Heft invited me tocome visit his newOrangetheory Fitness stu-dio on Somerled Avenue inNDG, near Madison, I wascurious. I arrived at 7:30pm to the facility, which
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We Join in Extending Best Wishes to the Jewish Community ofMONTREAL AND THE WEST ISLAND
On the Occasion ofPASSOVER
May your Festival of Freedom celebration be a joyous one for family and friends.
previously housed a ratherlarge Russian bakery.Orangetheory is a one hour,full body workout, focusedon training endurance,strength, and power. Theyuse heart-rate based inter-val training, which burns
more calories post workoutthan traditional exercise.When wearing their exclu-sive OTbeat heart rate mon-itors, the real time results ofclients are displayed onlarge screens throughoutthe studio. Intensity is based
on the person’s individualheart rate zones, makingthe workout effective for allfitness levels. To top itoff, certified coaches likeCôte Saint-Luc’s MelanieShernofsky lead the work-out to prevent you from
at work by 5:45 am for herfirst class.
There are 1,100Orangetheory locations in19 countries. Heft and hispartner Cynthia Brunnermet at the Pointe Clairefranchise. Heft was working
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over or under training. Onthis day Melanie had arrived
out and Brunner was a(Please turn to following page)
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We Join in Extending Best Wishes to the Jewish Community on the Occasion of
PASSOVERMay your celebration be a joyous one.
We Join in Extending Best Wishes to the Jewish Community of MontrealOn the Occasion of
PASSOVERMay your celebration be a joyous occasion.
HAPPY PASSOVER TO THE COMMUNITY
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trainer, When they decidedto open their own studiothey needed to find outwhat territories were notalready occupied by otherOrangetheory franchisees.The NDG-Côte Saint-Luc-Hampstead-Montreal Westsector was available. Theysoon landed the 3,200square foot Somerled store-front and after pouring inthe necessary $750,000investment to bring thepremises up toOrangetheory standardsthey opened last fall.
Business keepsimproving, with people of allages signing on. A women’sonly class, which couldappeal to members of theultra-orthodox Jewish com-munity, may start soon.Orangetheory is gearedtoward all levels of fitness,and everyone is encouragedto go at their own pace.They recommend signing upfor a free introductory workout, then discussing anyconcerns you may haveregarding your fitness goalswith a coach before class.
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We Extend Best Wishes to the Jewish Community ofMontreal
On the Occasion ofPASSOVER
May your celebration be a joyous occasion.
The workout room has avariety of equipment,including treadmills (bikesand striders as alterna-tives), WaterRowers, andfloor equipment, includingdumbbells, benches, T R Xsuspension trainers, medi-cine balls, BOSU trainers,and Ab Dolly’s.
There are a variety ofmembership options. Justcall 514.500.5464 or log onto www.orangetheoryf i tness.ca. The address is6275 Somerled Avenue
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WEBSITE: You can checkthe News and Features sec-tion of our website for regu-lar updates on what is goingon in our community. Justgo to https://thejewish-standardmag.com. Onestory provides details onupcoming programming atthe Jewish Public Library.On June 11 one of Canada’smost renowned livingauthors, Michael Ondaatje,will be in conversationwith Joseph Rosen abouthis mesmerizing new novel,set in the decade after WorldWar II. Ondaatje’s previous
work has been awarded theprestigious Booker Prize,the GoldenMan BookerPrize, the Giller Prize, theIrish Times InternationalFiction Prize and the PrixMédicis.
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MASSAGE THERA-
PY SCHOOL: VictorSoussana and GeorgesOuaknine have introducedtheir latest feature at InterCoupe on Decarie – a mas-sage therapy school. WhileVictor, Georges and theirteam perform magic eachand every day with theirscissors and razors, themassage business is boom-ing. Victor also sells differ-ent lines of clothing. What agreat placed to be.
SAMARA IS A
JEWEL: Stephanie Znatycontinues to perform magicwith his jewelry repairs at
HAPPY PASSOVER THE COMMUNITYOF MONTREAL AND THE WEST ISLAND
THE fATHEr AnD SOn TEAM Of BEnnY AnD
YAnIv COHEn are welcoming happy customers
back to their new Benny et fils location on Queen
Mary road.
the Quartier Cavendish,next to Pharmaprix. WhileStephane spends a lot oftime at his workshop, thekiosk is in good hands withSamara Nemerof f at the
helm.Mike Cohen can be
reached at info@mikeco-
hen.ca. log on to his per-
sonal webs i te a t www.
mikecohen.ca
