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

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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.