Friday, October 27th, 2006
8:30PM
 My Personal Testimony
Saturday, October 28th, 2006
10:00AM
My Personal Testimony
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
8:45AM - 3:30PM
Inheriting the Past and Influencing the Future
9:15AM & 11:00AM
Blond China Doll
Monday, October 30th, 2006
7:30PM
Fateless (FILM)
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
12:00NOON & 8:00PM
A Jewish Writer & Journalist at War
Admission to all programs is free unless otherwise noted.
However, to ensure that the highest caliber of Holocaust programs may be perpetuated in future years, a voluntary donation of at least $3 per person per event would be appreciated. Donation boxes will be available at all events. We thank you for your generosity.
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8:30PM
Temple Har Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue, Thornhill
Contact: 905-889-2252
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Born in Amsterdam, Holocaust survivor MIKE
ENGLISHMAN lost his entire immediate family and
first wife in the camps. He survived five concentration
camps and two prisons before being liberated. In 1952,
he brought his new family to Canada. A question and
answer period will follow.
Co-sponsored by Morgan Kaufman, in honour of her Bat
Mitzvah Twinning, and in memory of her "twin" Joseph
Buytekant, who perished in the Holocaust.
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10:00AM
Temple Har Zion
Leo Baeck Day School
36 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill
Contact: 905-889-2252
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY
Holocaust survivor FAIGIE LIBMAN was born in
Kovno, Lithuania. As a young child, she and her mother
were forced to live in the Kovno Ghetto before being
transferred to the Stutthof concentration camp. In 1944,
Faigie and her mother were sent to a camp as slave
labourers. After Liberation, Faigie lived in a Displaced
Persons camp in Austria until 1948 when she came to
Canada. A question and answer period will follow.
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8:45AM - 3:30PM
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Baycrest Wagman Centre
55 Ameer Avenue, Toronto
Contact: 416-785-2500 x2271
INHERITING THE PAST AND INFLUENCING THE FUTURE
This full-day conference for children of Holocaust
survivors will feature keynote speakers, panelists and
small group discussions. Keynote speakers include:
 DR. SUSAN BENDOR, DSW, on Strong At The Broken
Places: Diverse Voices From The Second Generation.
Dr. Bendor is Associate Professor at
Wurzweiler School of Social Work,
Yeshiva University in New York. She is a
child survivor and daughter of survivors.
Sponsored by Wurzweiler School of Social
Work on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary.
SUSAN JACKSON on The Changing Face of the Family.
Ms. Jackson is the Executive Director of the newlyfounded
Latner Centre for Jewish Knowledge & Heritage
of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
ANNE BALABAN on Our Trip to Poland and the Need
To Belong; Where Do We Fit In...Where Are We Valued?
Ms. Balaban is an internationally-recognized expert in
human potential. She is the daughter of Holocaust
survivors.
Panel includes HINDY FRIEDMAN, a daughter of
survivors and BOB CZINCZ, a child survivor and a
child of a survivor. BERNIE FARBER, Chief Executive
Officer, Canadian Jewish Congress, and a child of
survivors, will serve as moderator.
For further information/registration call Brenda at Baycrest
416-785-2500 x2853. Attendance by Pre-Registration Only
($36) Deadline: October 23, 2006. Registration forms available
at www.baycrest.org or the UJA Federation Holocaust Centre of
Toronto. Lunch will be provided.
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 9:15AM & 11:00AM
St. Peter's Anglican Church, Erindale
1745 Dundas Street West, Mississauga
Contact: 905-828-2095 x50
BLOND CHINA DOLL
For Jews desperate to leave Nazi
Germany, the International Settlement in
Shanghai offered a safe haven. Although
the area was occupied by Japan,
an imperialist nation friendly toward
Germany, the influx of Jews was not
curtailed. As a result, about 22,000
Jewish refugees settled there, joining the 7,200 Sephardi
and Russian Jews already residing there. Among those
who made their way to Shanghai was three-year-old
HANNELORE HEINEMANN HEADLEY and her
parents. The title of her book refers to the colour of
her hair, unusual in China. She will bring to life a
little-known chapter in Jewish history.
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7:30PM
Cineplex Entertainment LP
Sheppard Grande Theatre
4861 Yonge Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-590-9397
FATELESS (FILM)
Based on the 2002 Nobel Prize-winner Imre Kertesz's
novel about an Hungarian Jewish boy's experiences in
Nazi concentration camps and his attempts to reconcile
himself to his experiences after the War. See page 3
for more details. Free, but pre-registration required. Contact
Sherri at srotstein@ujafed.org or call 416-398-6931 x359 to
reserve.
Generously co-sponsored by Judy and Eric Breuer, in memory of
Hungarian Jews murdered in the Holocaust. With the support
of ThinkFilms and Thornley Fallis Communications.
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12:00NOON & 8:00PM
Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue, Toronto
Contact: 416-221-3433
A JEWISH WRITER &
JOURNALIST AT WAR
When Nazi Germany invaded Russia in 1941, VASILY
GROSSMAN became a special correspondent for the
Red Star, the Red Army's newspaper. His story, from 1941
to 1945, is an epic account of a Jew under the oppression
of Stalin's Russia, witnessing the horrors of the Shoah.
A Writer at War - based on the notebooks in which
Grossman gathered raw material for his articles -
depicts the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front,
and the lives and deaths of soldiers and civilians alike.
It also includes some of the earliest reportage on the
Holocaust. Grossman was one of the first to enter
the Treblinka Nazi camp and wrote one of the most
powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
This program is part of the Lunch & Learn series; $12 will be
charged for lunch. Pre-payment required. Call 416-221-3433 x0.
PLEASE NOTE: the program will be repeated at the same location at 8:00PM with no charge.
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