Saturday, November 4th, 2006
7:30PM
 A Time to Remember
7:30PM
Trauma in Holocaust Survivor Families: Scenes from the House on Lippincott
7:30PM
The Trial of Rezso Kasztner: Villain or Hero
7:30PM
From Tripoli to Bergen-Belsen: The Fate of Sephardi Jews of North America
8:00PM
Uprising
8:00PM
Perla and the Last of the 7 Dwarfs (FILM)
8:30PM
Watermarks (FILM)
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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7:30PM
Beach Hebrew Institute
109 Kenilworth Avenue, Toronto
Contact: 416-694-7942
A TIME TO REMEMBER
This program will commemorate the 68th anniversary
of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. On November 9
and 10, 1938, a massive coordinated attack was carried
out against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria.
Readings, live music and visuals depicting the time
that led to those fateful evenings will be presented by
members of the congregation of Beach Hebrew
Institute.
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7:30PM
National Council of Jewish Women
4700 Bathurst Street, Toronto
Contact: 416-633-5100
TRAUMA IN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FAMILIES: SCENES FROM THE HOUSE ON LIPPINCOTT
This program features scenes from the new novel
The House on Lippincott, narrated by the author
DR. BONNIE BURSTOW, and enacted by the
FRIENDLY SPIKE THEATRE BAND, under the
direction of Ruth Ruth. The story is about a family of
Auschwitz survivor parents and their three daughters.
The evening will begin with a discussion of trauma in
Holocaust survivor families and how this is depicted
in the novel. A question and answer period will follow.
Dr. Burstow is a novelist, a faculty member at OISE/
University of Toronto, a feminist therapist, and an
internationally renowned trauma specialist.
Co-sponsored by The House on Lippincott Committee.
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7:30PM
Congregation B'Nai Torah
465 Patricia Avenue, Toronto
Contact: 416-226-3700
THE TRIAL OF REZSÔ KASZTNER: VILLAIN OR HERO?
In 1944 Hungary, after the Nazi invasion, Zionist
leaders Rezsô Kasztner, Otto Komoly, and Joel
and Hansi Brand tried to end the deportations by
negotiating a "blood for wares" bargain with Adolf
Eichmann and the SS Sonderkommando. In exchange
for 10,000 trucks, one million Jews would be saved.
As a result of the Allies' understandable reluctance
to produce the necessary trucks, the deal floundered.
But these Hungarian Zionists, with help from the
Jewish Agency, the Joint Distribution Committee
and the Jewish Council in Budapest did manage to
raise a multi-million-dollar ransom of gold, jewelry,
diamonds and cash that bought thousands of Jewish
lives. To those he saved and their descendants,
Kasztner became a hero. To others, whose families
were murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Kasztner
became a villain. Accused after the War of being a
collaborator, he was at the centre of an Israeli
libel trial during the 1950s and was assassinated in
Tel Aviv by men convinced he had betrayed his
own people.
Following the screening of a segment from a film
about the Kasztner trial, ANNA PORTER, whose
family is from Hungary, will discuss her research
and will talk about her upcoming book dealing
with this very controversial aspect of the Holocaust
in Hungary.
Also participating is ANNIE SZAMOSI. She is
a Professor of Directing and Screenwriting at
Humber College and a Master's Candidate at
York University, specializing in the Holocaust in
Hungary. Ms. Szamosi is currently working on a
documentary film about Kasztner.
Co-sponsored by Andrew and Klara Lendvay, in memory of
Armin Lipkovits.
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7:30PM
Sephardic Kehila Centre
7026 Bathurst Street, Thornhill
Contact: 905-669-7654
FROM TRIPOLI TO BERGEN-BELSEN: THE FATE OF SEPHARDI JEWS OF NORTH AFRICA (FILM)
This documentary tells, for the first time, the story of
the Jewish communities of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and
Morocco during World War II. Before the War, there
were 250,000 Jews in Morocco, 120,000 in Algeria,
90,000 in Tunisia and 30,000 in Libya. It was only a
matter of time before they, too, would share the fate of
the European Jews. Through archival footage and
extensive interviews with surviving witnesses and historians,
the film describes the evidence of plans by
German and Italian occupiers to carry out the "final
solution" far from the shores of Europe.
Hebrew with
English subtitles. After the screening, RABBI AMRAM
ASSAYAG, spiritual leader of Sephardic Kehila Centre,
will moderate a discussion.
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8:00PM
Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
Runnymede United Church
432 Runnymede Road, Toronto
Contact: 416-385-3910
UPRISING
DONNA GREENBERG narrates excerpts from her ballet
performed by the BALLET ESPRESSIVO, under
her artistic direction. Uprising dramatizes the events of
the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto, the largest of the
ghettos created by the Nazis. One of the Ghetto's most
inspiring stories, which only a few survived to tell, is
that of the Jewish Fighting Organization. This determined
band of young resistance fighters refused to succumb
peacefully to the terrible future they foresaw.
Armed only with honour and smuggled and homemade
weapons, they were prepared to fight to the
death. They waged their last battle against the Nazis
for 28 days, which began on Passover, April 19, 1943.
In poignant dances and narration, Uprising dramatizes
their fighting spirit and commemorates their devotion,
courage and justice.
No charge, but an RSVP by phone or
email to info@oraynu.org or office@runnymedeunited.org
would be appreciated. (West side of Runnymede, 2 blks north
of Bloor St. Parking at Runnymede Public School. Runnymede
subway stop on the Bloor line is between Keele & Jane).
Co-sponsored by Runnymede United Church.
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 8:00PM
Shaarei Tefillah Congregation
3600 Bathurst Street, Toronto
36 Harbord Street,Toronto
Contact: 416-787-1631
PERLA AND THE LAST
OF THE 7 DWARFS (FILM)
From the horror of Auschwitz, an astonishing story
of survival has emerged after almost six decades.
The film, Perla: The Last of the Seven Dwarfs, examines
the life of a family of religious Jewish dwarfs whose
show business success in middle Europe in the late
1930s did not save them from being transported
to Auschwitz. The nine siblings became human
guinea pigs for the Nazis, enduring a succession of
agonizing and degrading experiments. Their lives
were saved by the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele who
acted not from compassion, but because he saw in
them the chance to further his research in creating
an Aryan master race. One of the sisters, Perla, who
lives in Israel, tells their story.
Discussion following the screening with filmmaker
ANDREA MYDLARZ ZELLER.
She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts
in Film and Television from
New York University's Tisch School
of the Arts. In 2003, she worked
with award-winning director
Debbie Brukman on this documentary,
narrated in English,
Hebrew, Yiddish, and Romanian with English subtitles.
She is currently completing a Masters in
Communications at the University of Washington.
Generously co-sponsored by Gayle and Alf Kwinter and family, in memory of Mila & Zalman Kwinter; and by Mildred Rosen, in memory of Michael Rosen and David Rosen.
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8:30PM
The Israeli Source
60 Doncaster Avenue, Unit 1, Thornhill
Contact: 905-482-2025
WATERMARKS (FILM)
Following the screening of the documentary Watermarks,
SYLVIA MAULTASH WARSH, author of Season of Iron
and the 2004 Edgar Award-winning book Find Me Again,
will discuss her latest book, which includes a section
on the fate of Jewish women athletes who were
prevented from participating in major competitions
during the Hitler era.
Click here for more information about Watermarks.
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