A scholar of Orthodox Judaism, Steven Lapidus received his doctorate from Concordia University where he has taught for the last several years. His dissertation, Orthodoxy in Transition: The Vaad Ha'ir of Montreal, examined the development of the Rabbinical Council of Montreal in the mid-twentieth century. Other publications include "'Maggid of Montreal': Rabbi Hirsch Cohen on the Dilemmas of the Canadian Rabbi", "Love Thy Neighbour: Hasidic Social Relations in Quebec," and "North American Hasidim: Between Modernity and the Old World." A former co-curator of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, Steven has taught in various fields, including Canadian Jewish history, the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, and the intersection of religion and culture. His current book projects include a memoir about life in a Ukrainian shtetl in the pre-World War I era and another on Hasidism in Quebec.
Steven Lapidus
