Ellin speaks for Remembrance Day at Temple Har Zion, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018 in Thornhill, Ontario
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Ellin brings the story of Canada’s Jewish fighters to Learning Unlimited, Woodstock, Nov. 7, 2018
Unifor Hall 126 Beale Street, Woodstock, Ontario, CanadaAn auditorium full of retired learners. A home cooked lunch. Plus Ellin Bessner's lively talk on the untold stories of…
Remembrance Day talk with Ellin Bessner at the Richmond Hill Legion Branch #375 @ 7 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 8, 2018
Richmond Hill Legion 233 Centre Street East, Richmond Hill, Ontario, CanadaRichmond Hill author and journalist ELLIN BESSNER will discuss her new book, “DOUBLE THREAT: CANADIAN JEWS, THE MILITARY, AND WORLD…
Ellin speaks at Adath Israel Synagogue on Saturday Nov. 10 about the 165 members who served
Adath Israel Congregation 37 Southbourne Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAdath Israel Congregation in Toronto welcomes author and journalist Ellin Bessner whose new book "Double Threat" tells why Canada should…
Ellin delivers Nov. 11 Remembrance Day address at Tarbut: Winnipeg Jewish Book Fair
Rady Jewish Community Centre 123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaGrave of Samuel Jacob Donen, Ghana. Brother of Norman Donen, Winnipeg. (Photo courtesy Maylene Ludwig) Winnipeg's tiny wartime Jewish community…
Ellin brings “Double Threat” to the Port Hope Public Library on Queen Street on Monday Nov. 12 @ 7 p.m.
Port Hope Public Library 31 Queen Street, Port Hope, Ontario, CanadaDid you know that the late Port Hope literary icon, Farley Mowat had shrapnel plucked out of his behind by…
Ellin brings ‘Double Threat’ to the East York Rotary Club monthly meeting Nov. 15, 2018
Watt's Restaurant 30 Eglinton Square, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin Ellin at the East York Rotary's breakfast club, held at Watt's Restaurant, in Toronto. During this Remembrance month, hear…
Ellin speaks for Remembrance Week at Bathurst Clark Library in Vaughan Nov. 18
Bathurst Clark Resource Centre 900 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill, OntarioHow Canada's Jewish community honours those 17,000 Canadian Jewish men and women who served in WWII and also those 450,…
Jewish Canadian WWII military veterans and PTSD: Ellin speaks at the Survivor Series for the Military Family Resource Centre in Toronto
Military Family Resource Centre 5 Yukon Lane, Toronto, Ontario, Canada(Courtesy Thomas Markowitz) During Remembrance Month, much attention gets paid to the veterans of Canada's military, and their service to…
How Canada’s Jewish Women in Uniform helped defeat Hitler and win WWII: Ellin speaks to the NCJW International Branch in Toronto Nov 20, 2018
Esther Thorley, shown here in her Canadian Women's Army Corps uniform. (Ellin Bessner photo) Although the Second World War…