Remembering Canada’s Hidden Heroines: the Jewish women who served in the Second World War
Journalist and author Ellin Bessner visits the CFUW Leaside-East York chapter and brings the unknown story of the Canadian women…
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Ellin hosts Holocaust Education Week: a conversation with Dori Ekstein about finding her family’s rescuers in Ukraine
Leah Posluns Theatre 4588 Bathurst Street, Toronto, CanadaIt took a war in Ukraine for Dori Ekstein of Toronto to finally find the family that saved her grandparents’…
$18
Conversation with Deborah Levison about the Holocaust, evil, trauma and resiliency
Leah Posluns Hall- Schwartz Reisman Centre 9600 Bathurst Street, Vaughan, OntarioCanadian writer Deborah Levison grew up in Toronto as the daughter of Holocaust survivors who had made new lives in…
$25 – $150
Ellin speaks for Remembrance Day 2022 to the Probus Club of Port Perry
14480 Old Simcoe Road 14480 Old Simcoe Road, Port Perry, Ontario, CanadaAs the world prepares to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the 77th anniversary of the…
The Canadians who Liberated Nazi Death Camps in WWII
"They Wanted to Save Them All": As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, Ellin makes a…
The untold story of how Canada’s wartime Jewish community helped win the Second World War
Nottawasaga Inn. 6015 ON-89, Alliston, Ontario, CanadaAs the world prepares to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 17, Canadian author and journalist Ellin Bessner says it…
Guelph’s Synagogue Beth Isaiah remembers Sgt. Harry Bockner on the 78th anniversary of his death in action in WWll
When the Canadian troops began cleaning out the remnants of Nazi Germany’s occupation forces across Holland in the spring and…
Ellin speaks at Limmud 2023
Hart House 78 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEllin brings her The CJN Daily podcast to conduct a live taping of an episode at Toronto's Limmud 2023. The…
$17.31 – $59.91
How Canada’s Jewish fighters helped win the Second World War May 3, 2023 Old Oakville Probus
Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre, 325 Reynolds St. 325 Reynolds Street, Oakville, Ontario, CanadaAs the world commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Canadian…
Launch of new display about the Jewish commandos in The Devil’s Brigade: First Special Service Force at The Military Museums, Calgary
The Military Museums Calgary 4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary, CanadaHidden Heroes: Honouring Canada's Jewish Soldiers of the Second World War For Jewish Heritage Month, The Military Museums of Calgary…