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Mar 7, 2019 Museum, Canada, Montreal

Montreal Holocaust Museum Names New Director

Canadian Jewish News reports that Daniel Amar, the former executive director of the Communauté sépharade unifiée du Québec, has been appointed the new director of the Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM).

He succeeds Alice Herscovitch, who retired as the MHM’s executive director after 11 years.

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