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CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM
briNgiNg The riMoNiM hoMe: a persoNal resTiTuTioN JourNeyFeaturing hannah lessing Wednesday, November, :00 pMTemple sinaipresented by the sarah and Chaim Neuberger holocaust education Centre, uJa Federation of greater Toronto
CLOSING NIGHT PROGRAM
presented by the sarah and Chaim Neuberger holocaust education Centre,
Cover: Finials image courtesy of Hannah Lessing. Above: Image courtesy of USC Shoah Foundation.
The FuTure oF MeMory
Visit the Neuberger to experience the only Canadian installation of New Dimensions in Testimony, featuring Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter. Engage in a virtual conversation and discover the future of interactive Holocaust survivor narratives. Available through January 2017.
Visit holocaustcentre.com/Museum/NDT or contact our office at 416-631-5689 or neuberger@ujafed.org for more information.
Closing Night Programme
March on the Colours Jewish War Veterans of Canada
O Canada Cantor Charles Osborne, Temple Sinai
Greetings Dara Solomon, Interim Director, Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
Remarks on Kristallnacht Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg, Temple Sinai
Candle Lighting in Honour of the 78th Anniversary of Kristallnacht Milton Berger, Esther Fairbloom, Eddy Fisch, Edith Grosman, Shary Fine, Andrew Mayer Holocaust Survivors Readings: Dori Ekstein, 2016 HEW Co-Chair
Es Brent (It is Burning) by Mordechai Gebirtig, Yiddish poem/song written in response to the pogrom of Przytyk, March 9, 1936 Cantor Charles Osbourne
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. Carson Phillips, Managing Director, Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre
Bringing the Rimonim Home: A Personal Restitution Journey Hannah Lessing
Closing Remarks Lisa Richman, 2016 HEW Co-Chair
Hatikvah Cantor Charles Osbourne
March off the Colours Jewish War Veterans of Canada
ClosiNg NighT oF holoCausT eDuCaTioN Week is geNerously Co-spoNsoreD by apoTex FouNDaTioN, hoNey & barry sherMaN; by eleaNor & MarTiN MaxWell, iN MeMory oF his sisTers, JosephiNe aND erNa Meisels, Who DieD iN The holoCausT; aND by sCoTiabaNk baThursT & shepparD braNCh.
biographies
hannah lessing is Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism, as well as the Fund for the Restoration of the Jewish Cemeteries in Austria. The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism awards a symbolic payment to persons of Austrian origin who were persecuted by the National Socialist Regime during the Second World War. She is responsible for the administrative and organizational management of the three funds, which carry out their work in remembrance of the victims. She is co-head of the Austrian delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and a highly sought after international speaker. Last year, she curated an exhibition of her father’s photography at the Jewish Museum Vienna.
Milton berger was born in Munkács, in the former Czechoslovakia, in 1925. In 1944, Milton was forced into the ghetto and then deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Milton’s entire family perished, with the exception of his brother who fought with the Czech underground. Milton was liberated in Hanover, Germany, where he continued to live until he immigrated to Canada in 1949.
esther Fairbloom was born in the ghetto in Tarnopol, Poland, likely in 1941. When the Nazis began deporting Jews from the ghetto, her sister hid on a farm. Her mother asked the Mother Superior of the Catholic orphanage to hide six-month-old Esther. After the war, Esther learned that her parents had been killed. At the age of five, she was reunited with and adopted by an aunt and uncle. She immigrated to Canada ten years later.
shary Marmor Fine was born in Bistrica, Romania in 1927. She was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in early 1944, transferred to Plaszow labour camp, and later sent back to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Soon after, she was deported to the Stuttgart area in Germany for slave labour. Shary survived a death march through the Alps and was liberated by the US Army on April 29, 1945. She immigrated to Canada in 1948.
edward Fisch was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1933. In 1942, his father was conscripted into the slave labour battalion in Hungary; his mother was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in the spring of 1944. Together with his younger brother, he survived in Swiss protected houses, and then in the Budapest ghetto until liberation in January 1945. Edward’s mother survived but his father was murdered by the Arrow Cross. Edward immigrated to Canada in 1948.
edith grosman (née Edita Friedman) was born in Humenné, in eastern Slovakia, in 1924. In 1942, Edith was on one of the first transports from her area to Auschwitz-Birkenau and from there survived camps in Germany including a death march to Ravensbrück. On May 3, 1945, she was liberated by the Soviet Red Army. Edith returned to her home and reunited with her family, except her sister, who had perished. Following the war, Edith moved to Prague and in 1968 to Israel. She immigrated to Canada in 1981 to join her son.
andrew (endre) Mayer was born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1931. In June 1944, Andrew was deported from Debrecen to Oberlaa on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria, to a work camp consisting of about 120 Hungarian Jews. He was 13 years old at the time. Andrew was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in April 1944. Orphaned, Andrew was sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress and immigrated to Canada in 1948.
We graTeFully aCkNoWleDge our DoNors aND spoNsors
The Elizabeth & Tony Comper Foundation
publiCaTioN spoNsor
Judy & Larry Tanenbaum and Family
opeNiNg & ClosiNg NighT spoNsors
Myra & Joel York
Apotex Honey & Barry Sherman
CoNsular spoNsors
Austrian Cultural Forum
Austrian Embassy Ottawa
Consulate General of France in Toronto
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Toronto
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto
Consulate General of Romania in Toronto
Consulate General of the United States, Toronto, Canada
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
sTuDeNT syMposiuM spoNsors
May & Fred Karp and Family
highlighT eVeNT spoNsors
Fran & Ed Sonshine
sCholar-iN-resiDeNCe spoNsors
Cohen Family Charitable Trust
keyNoTe spoNsors
Tammy & Jerry Balitsky
The Brown and Lindenberg Families
Gail & Stanley Debow
The Sam & Gitta Ganz Family Foundation
The Glick & Glicksman Families
The Greenbaum Family
Dorothy & Pinchas Gutter
Robin & Eran Hayeems
Donna & Richard Holbrook
Joy Kaufman, Eric, Lindsay and Loren Cohen
Janice & Howard Langer
Naomi Rifkind Mansell & David Mansell
Eleanor & Martin Maxwell with Scotia Bank, Bathurst/Sheppard Branch
Joyce & Aaron Rifkind
The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation
Rhonda Silverstone & Nathan Rapoport
Sally & Mark Zigler
surViVor TesTiMoNy spoNsors
Anonymous
Helena & Jeffrey Axler, Feiga Glazer, Gerry Glazer & Lilliane Perez-Glazer
Cansew Inc.
Circle of Care
DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation of Toronto
Marina & Jon Geist
Ernest & Barbara Goldenberg
Endowment Fund
Liddy Beck & Steven Gottesman and Rina & Irving Gottesman
Stephen Greenberg
Roslyn & Ralph Halbert
Edna & David Magder
Maybird Investments Ltd.
Julia & Henry Koschitzky
Leboff Family Charitable Foundation
Bonnie & Larry Moncik and Eleanor & George Getzler
Yigal Rifkind
preseNTiNg spoNsors
leaD spoNsors MeDia spoNsors
Malka & Harry Rosenbaum
Carole & Jay Sterling
Helen Stollar
Reesa & Avrom Sud
Nancy & Philip Turk
Jeff and Annalee Wagman, Echelon Wealth Partners
Glenda & Alan Wainer
Wendy & Richard Wengle
Ernie Weiss Memorial Fund
“iN The sChools” spoNsors
Pamela & Paul Austin
Deborah Berlach & Ron Csillag
Erika Biro
The Abraham Bleeman Foundation
Jack Chisvin
Crowe Soberman LLP
Anita Ekstein and Family
Shelley & Steven Ekstein and Nili & Paul Ekstein
Dori & Ari Ekstein
Sylvia & Edward Fisch
The Frankel Family Foundation
The Lillian and Norman Glowinsky Family Foundation
GRA Charitable Trust
Lucille & David Griff
Sheri Griffiths, BMO Bank of Montreal Commercial Banking
Susan Weltman & Seymour Hershenfeld
Jewish War Veterans of Canada
Lily & Daniel Kim
Perri-Anne & Charles Magerman
Ellen & Shawn Marr
Annette Metz-Pivnick & Richard Pivnick
Danny Pivnick
The Rash Family
Doris & Rammy Rochman
Lorraine & Alan Sandler
Judy & Les Scheininger
Anne & Jeff Schwartz
Aida & Avron Seetner
Mary Seldon & Family
Stacey Shein & Mayer Pearl
Frieda & Leslie Sherman
The Nathan & Lily Silver Family Foundation
Guido Smit
Martha Sud
Celine Szoges
Van Rijk Jewellers Inc.
Nita Wexler & Hartley Hershenhorn
“2g” syMposiuM spoNsors
lead sponsors
Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants
Marilyn & Stephen Sinclair
speaker sponsors
Ruth Ekstein & Alan Lechem, Lillian & Rick Ekstein, Stella & Peter Ekstein
Sherry Glied & Richard Briffault, Tammy Glied & Robert Beliak, Michelle Glied Goldstein & Allan Goldstein
The Gottdenker Family Trust
Larry & Frieda Torkin and Family
Rochelle Reichert & Henry Wolfond
Workshop sponsors
Tammy & Jerry Balitsky
The Blankenstein Family Foundation
Marlene Brickman
Edell Family Foundation
Marika & Bill Glied
Susan & Jack Kahn
Felicia & David Posluns, Barry & Nelly Zagdanski, Ian & Sara Zagdanski
Lisa Richman & Steven Kelman
supporters
Hilda & Jerry Cohen
Ari & Dori Ekstein & Family
Esther & Albert Michaels
Faye Minuk
Sarah & Morris Perlis
Annette Sacks
Hinda & Alan Silber
Charlotte & Ken Tessis with Gail & Aubrey Appel
Dorothy Tessis and Family
Ulmer Charitable Foundation
We graTeFully aCkNoWleDge our VoluNTeers
2016 holocaust education Week Co-Chairs
Dori Ekstein Lily Kim Lisa Richman
holocaust survivor speakers
Amek A. Adler Claire Baum George Berman Hedy Bohm Felicia Carmelly Howard Chandler Judy Cohen Irene Csillag Anne Eidlitz Alexander Eisen Max Eisen
Sally Eisner Anita Ekstein Esther Fairbloom Shary Marmor Fine Edward Fisch George Fox Miriam Frankel John Freund Gerda Frieberg Rosalind Goldenberg Edith Gelbard Bill Glied Mel Goldberg Mendel Good Elly Gotz Pinchas Gutter Denise Hans Magda Hilf Lou (Leizer) Hoffer Jerry Kapelus Howard & Nancy Kleinberg Chava Kwinta Mark Lane Manny Langer Joe Leinburd Nathan Leipciger Faigie Libman Rose Lipszyc Judy Lysy Martin Maxwell Eva Meisels Leslie Meisels Andy Reti Sally Rosen Vera Schiff Faye Schulman Helen Schwartz George Scott Leonard Vis Lenka Weksberg Gershon Willinger Helen Yermus Roman Ziegler
liaisons & Volunteers
Steven Albin Gail Avinoam Goldie Babarci Ken Bernknopf Claire Braseliten Robert Buckler Karen Budahazy
Felicia Carmelly Honey Carr Sharon Chodirker Eric Cohen Sally Dale Jennifer Daly Howard Driman Ellen Gardner Sandra Gitlin Marilyn Goldberg Nicole Greenwood Hartley Hershenhorn Karen Igra Eileen Jadd Sheri Kagan Stephanie Kirsh Kendra Knoll Joy Kohn Eliane Labendz Karen Lasky Susan Lehner Arla Litwin Roz Lofsky Shely Mann Martin Maxwell Annette Metz-Pivnick Naomi Parness Jodi Porepa Hilary Rabie Andy Reti Joyce Rifkind Doris Rochman Rammy Rochman Jillian Rodak Julia Rowan Barbara Rusch Annette Sacks Mary Schneider Julie Silver Joan Shapero Rita Slapack Guido Smit Celine Szoges Kitty Tepperman Alan Wainer Jennifer Walsh Nita Wexler Rhonda Wolf
special Thanks
Shoy Pictures
Neuberger holocaust education Centre
Chair Shael Rosenbaum
immediate past Chair Marilyn Sinclair
interim Director Dara Solomon
Managing Director Carson Phillips, Ph.D.
Manager of operations Mary Siklos
Manager, public programs Rachel Libman
education associate Michelle Fishman
program assistant Kit Cadesky
librarian Anna Skorupsky
administrative assistant Iris Glesinger Lichtinshtein
gedenkdiener Lorenz Glettler
We regret any errors or omissions due to printing deadlines.
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Holocaust Education Week 2–9 November 2016
Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre UJA Federation of Greater Toronto Sherman Campus, 4600 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M2R 3V2 416–631–5689 neuberger@ujafed.org www.holocausteducationweek.com
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sarah aND ChaiM Neuberger holoCausT eDuCaTioN CeNTre, uJa FeDeraTioN oF greaTer ToroNTo
Through its museum and programs, the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre generates knowledge and understanding about the Holocaust and serves as a forum for dialogue about civil society for present and future generations. Holocaust Education Week is the Neuberger’s annual signature event, with more than 100 multi-disciplinary events across the Greater Toronto Area and surrounding region.
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