Ellin speaks to Yiddish Vinkl on College Street October 3.
Free Times Cafe 320 College Street, TorontoMy Uncle Al, an American who lived in Pennsylvania, never talked much about his service in the Second World War,…
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Ellin speaks about ‘Jewish women in the Canadian military in WWII’ to the P.A.L. Group in Toronto
Earl Bales Community Centre 4169 Bathurst, TorontoEsther Thorley (nee Bubis) of Toronto enlisted in the Canadian Army in the Second World War after her brother Meyer…
Ellin speaks about D-Day75 anniversary at the North York Historical Society Oct. 16, 2019
North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFresh back from her voyage to Normandy, France to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Canadian author and journalist Ellin…
Ellin speaks at the Edmonton Holocaust Education Week Kristallnacht commemoration Nov. 7, 2019
Beth Shalom Synagogue 11916 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaEdmonton's Jewish community is about to mark a solemn anniversary: the 81st anniversary of "Kristallnacht", the Nazis' "Night of Broken…
Ellin speaks to the United Jewish Peoples’ Order about the soldiers from Canada’s Jewish Left who fought against Hitler in WWII
Winchevsky Centre 585 Cranbrooke Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaGrave of Muni Erlich, high profile Canadian Jewish communist leader from Montreal, killed during WWII in Normandy, in late August,…
Ellin brings ‘Double Threat’ to the Men’s Probus Club of Lindsay, Ontario for Nov. 12, 2019
Masonic Lodge Lindsay 10 Rideout Street, Lindsay, Ontario, CanadaAs the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and the 75th anniversary of the…
Ellin brings the story of Canada’s Jewish WWII fighters to Peterborough for Remembrance Day 2019
JCC Peterborough 775 Weller Street, Peterborough, Ontario, CanadaAs the world prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Canadian author and journalist Ellin Bessner…
‘A score to settle with Hitler’: Ellin brings the story of Canada’s 17,000 Jewish WWII servicemen to the Royal Canadian Military Institute
Royal Canadian Military Institute 426 University Avenue, TorontoWhen most people think about Jews and the Second World War, they think about the victims of the Holocaust. But now a new book by Canadian journalist Ellin Bessner tells the untold story of how and why more than 17,000 Canadian Jews put on a uniform and served in the war, as the liberators. And how Canada's tiny Jewish community mobilized men, money, and equipment to win the war.
Ellin speaks to Rose Reisman’s monthly lecture series ‘Rosebuds’ in Toronto, on Monday Nov. 18, 2019
Contact organizer for address Toronto, CanadaAlthough the Second World War was a man’s war, and 17,000 Canadian Jewish men served, a tiny but important group of 270 Canadian Jewish women dared to overcome their family and community’s disapproval, the lower pay, and sexual harassment, and joined the Canadian forces after 1941. That is when the government allowed women to enlist. They served in many jobs at home, and behind the front lines, overseas.
Ellin speaks to the Untold Lecture series at the Schwartz Reisman Centre Wednesday Nov. 21, 2019
Schwartz Reisman Centre 9600 Bathurst Street, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada“A Score to Settle with Hitler”: How Canada’s 17,000 Jewish fighters helped win WWII, defeat Hitler, and rescue the survivors…