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Miriam Home and Services was established in 1962, originally known as Miriam Home for the Exceptional, out of a need to provide resources and services for young people with intellectual disabilities from the Montréal Jewish community.

Since its inception, the organization has had a rich history in serving the communities of Greater Montréal, offering rehabilitative, social, community, work and residential services to children and adults with intellectual and neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Source: https://www.centremiriam.ca/en/about-us/a-portrait-of-our-organisation/history/

Peretz Miransky, born in Vilna, was a Yiddish poet and fable-writer.

Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films.

The Minski family escaped Poland and forced labour under the Soviet Union after World War II. They settled in Sweden, where Osher Minski worked in a garment factory in Uppsala. Osher was a skilled tailor and his wife, Bella Feldenstein, was a seamstress. Osher and Bella eventually emigrated to Montreal.