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Program

itemSeptember 16, 1979

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Program
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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates
September 16, 1979 (indexed as 1979)
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Program : Paper : Printed : ink : grey ; Ht: 8,75 in. x W: 4 in.
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2 sided. Program of official opening ceremony of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre. One sides is printed with program and the other side with the names of committe members. Guest speaker was Emil Fackenheim Narrative: Committee is composed of Steven Cummings (chairman), Aaron Ain, Aba Beer, Steven Birnbaum, Joanne Cummings, Susanne Cummings, Faigie Edelstein, Anna Kallee, Penny Kolb, Julie Nattel, Isaac Pïasetski, Helen Silberstein, Joel Simms, Nancy Simms, Paul Trepman, Robert Vineberg, Lawrence Yelin, Lou Zablow, Randi Zittrer, Robert Zittrer C.. also named are Janet Blatter (Curator), Eliasoph and Berkowitz Architects, Guest speaker Emil Ludwig Fackenheim (1916-2003) was a Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi. He was born in Halle, Germany and was arrested during the 1938 November pogroms (known as Kristallnacht). He was intenrned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until he escaped with his younger brother Wolfgang to Great Britain. Fackenheim was sent to Canada in 1940 as an "enemy alien" and interned at an internment camp near Sherbrooke, Quebec. After his release he served ad intermim Rabbi in Hamilton, Ontario (1943-1948). He received a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto with a dissertation on Medieval Arabic Philosophy (1945) and became Professor of Philosophy (1948–1984). He emigrated to Israel in 1984.
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CeremonyDocumentInaugurationJewish CommunityMemorialMusicPortraitPrintedProgrammeSchoolSingingSpeechStudentTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY4 p.m. Sunday, September 16th, 1979Oh CanadaOpening Remarks...Hillel BeckerPresident, AJCSConception to Realization...Stephen CummingsChairman Centre CommitteeRemembering...Aba BeerChairmanCanadian Jewish CongressNational Holocaust CommitteeReadings by Jewish Day School studentsGuest Speaker...Emil Fackenheim, Ph.D.Singing of Partisan Anthem led by Jewish Day School studentsHatikvahFollowing the ceremony, you are cordially invited to tour the Holocaust Memorial Centre.cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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