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The Montefiore Club was a private social and business association, catering to the Jewish community, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.〔(Montefiore Club )〕 ==History== Founded in 1880, the club was originally called the "Montefiore Social and Dramatic Club",〔http://books.google.com/books?id=_cazAAAAIAAJ Mr. Sam: the life and times of Samuel Bronfman - michael R marrus〕 named for Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, the British-Jewish philanthropist. It was established by 11 people, all quite young, with ages ranging from 15 to 23,〔(The Canadian Jewish News - Montefiore Club closing doors after 130 years )〕 as a social club for young Jewish people. It held fundraising balls to help Jewish refugees, and plays that were produced to fund welfare programs for immigrants. Later renamed the "Montefoire Club", and modelled on upper class gentlemen's clubs of London, it functioned as a private social and business association,〔Taking root: the origins of the Canadian Jewish community By Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky http://books.google.com/books?id=7tMCamkUKuQC〕 catering to members of the Jewish community.〔(Birnbaum-Grobstein family database - Places - Montefiore Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada )〕 Among its members, were "well-to-do" members of the Jewish community, who were excluded from elite Anglophone clubs such as the St. James and the Mount Royal.〔 In the early 1990s, the club had more than 600 paying members.〔 In the mid-1990s, $500,000 was spent on renovations to the building. In 2005, after experiencing a decline in membership, new policies were introduced: *Annual fees were reduced *Women were admitted as full members *The dress code was relaxed *New activities were introduced including luncheon speakers and wine workshops In its final years, the building was used frequently by Concordia University, usually for social events. In the summer of 2010, after experiencing years of financial difficulties, the club closed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montefiore Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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