Jack Cahan Memorial Lecture at Temple Kol Ami, Thornhill
Temple Kol Ami 36 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill, Ontario, CanadaOn Remembrance Day, November 11, 2017, Ellin speaks to family and friends of the late squadron leader Jack Cahan at…
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Ellin speaks at Congregation Machzekei Hadat (Clanton Park Synagogue)
Fighting Amalek: The Untold Stories of Canada's 17,000 Jewish servicemen and women who fought Hitler in WWll.
Beit Rayim Synagogue Lunch and Learn
How Canada's Jewish servicemen and women kept their faith (or didn't) as they fought Nazism and the Axis during World…
Ellin speaks at “Meet Me in Casablanca”: a fundraiser for True Patriot Love Foundation
The Heliconian Club 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA fundraiser in support of the True Patriot Love Foundation, put on by the Centennial College Public Relations students.
Ellin speaks to the Calgary Jewish Book Festival Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m.
Calgary Jewish Community Centre 1607 90th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaEllin Bessner speaks about Canada's 17,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the Second World War.
Ellin speaks at “Ignite: Chanuka Adult Jewish Learning Night at the Prosserman JCC in Toronto
Ignite: Chanukah Adult Learning Night. Light Up Your Mind! Join us for a special adult learning event on the 4th night of Chanukah! When? Saturday, December 16, 6:30 – 10:00 Where? Prosserman JCC
Registration opens at 6:30
7:00 Candle Lighting
Special Candle lighting ceremony with Song Shul's Cantor Simon Spiro and the Toronto Festival Singers! Chanukah refreshments provided. Choose two from the featured sessions:
7:30 – 8:30 Session 1 Rabbi Howard Morrison “Not the famous story from Hebrew School – The real story of Chanukah and its lessons for today”
Ruthie Ladovsky “United Bakers: the story behind Toronto's beloved oldest Jewish restaurant"
Ellin Bessner “Fighting Amalek: the 17,000 Canadian Jews who fought Hitler in WWll”*sponsored by OJA*
Batik workshop: discover the art of fabric dye using wax and special dyes
Ceramics workshop: make your own Chanukah Judaica!
Double Threat at sea: Ellin speaks aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas
Courtesy Royal Caribbean International Guests aboard one of the world's largest cruise ships will welcome author and journalist Ellin Bessner…
Ellin speaks March 2, 2018 at the Century Plaza branch of the Broward Public Library in Deerfield Beach, Florida
Attention Canadian snowbirds and military history enthusiasts! If you live near Century Village's Deerfield community, or are within driving distance…
Ellin speaks to ‘Enlight: Passover Adult Learning Festival’ in Vaughan, Ontario on March 22, 2018 @ 8:30 p.m.
Schwartz Reisman Centre 9600 Bathurst Street, Vaughan, Ontario, CanadaAs Jews around the world prepare to observe the festival of Passover, Toronto author and journalist Ellin Bessner takes us back in time to seventy three years ago this month, during the darkest days of WWII. In her new book, "Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and WWII", Ellin tells the story of how Canadian Jewish troops brought Passover to the front lines, even as the battle raged to liberate Europe from Hitler's murderous regime.
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Ellin brings “Double Threat” to the Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, Toronto, Sunday March 25, 9:30 a.m.
Baycrest Hospital 3560 Bathurst Street Room 220, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJust one week since the publication of her new book, Ellin returns to the Royal Canadian Legion Wingate branch #256…