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Friday, January 27, 2017
On this day 鈥� International Holocaust Remembrance Day I share with you a radio interview with two CJHSD Holocaust Survivors 鈥� Howard Chandler and Martin Baranek. Unbroken Bond: A Story of Survival," tells the story of Howard Chandler and Martin Baranek, two boyhood friends from the same small Polish town of Starachowice that not... More
Friday, January 20, 2017
Please join us at Ottawa City Hall to make history and be part of what we hope will be the largest organized global Holocaust commemoration ever. We Remember takes place on Friday, Jan. 27 at Noon inside Jean Pigott Place, Ottawa City Hall. Click here for more... More
Thursday, January 12, 2017
We are pleased to share the complete project of Ottawa Holocaust Survivor Testimonies Phase I on our website. The ten half hour videos were professionally produced with the latest in technology. The recordings present a unique Ottawa base collection of Holocaust survivor testimonies. The videos detail the survivors鈥� experiences before, during,... More
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Members of the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) committee, survivors and donors gathered in the Senate Chambers of 杏吧原创 University on November 16th to celebrate the completion of the survivors鈥� testimony project. CHES launched the Ottawa survivors鈥� testimonial film with the screening of a 30-minute excerpt of the... More
Friday, September 23, 2016
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) is proud to announce the launch of a new information brochure. Please click here to view the... More
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Ottawa-born documentary director Koa Padolsky is working with the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES) to record the testimonies of local Holocaust survivors for a series of video documentaries. CHES, part of the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at 杏吧原创 University, will make the videos available on its... More
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship is pleased that following four intense days with Koa Padolsky, our director, and the incredible staff at the 杏吧原创's Media Centre Studio we completed the recording of the survivors鈥� testimony project as per schedule. The staff at the Media Centre was outstanding; highly professional, skilled... More
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87 Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education, and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust... More
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Elly Bollegraaf, 76, moved to Canada in 1951 with her family after most of her relatives were wiped out in one of the world鈥檚 worst genocides. Her father died in the notorious Sobibor concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Now, just 70 years after the end of the Second World War, new efforts are being... More
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES), which was established last November, is set to begin recording the stories of local Holocaust survivors for a new and innovative teaching tool. 鈥淪ince the 1990s, survivors have been invited to do presentations in schools and their stories have become an integral part... More
Monday, May 9, 2016
Cantor Moshe Kraus, a Holocaust survivor who helped maintain the spirit of fellow prisoners in Bergen-Belsen by singing 鈥渉appy songs鈥� and who has had a notable cantorial career spanning seven decades, has been honoured by the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem with an award created in his name. Fran Sonshine, national chair of the... More
Friday, April 22, 2016
As years pass, first-hand accounts of Holocaust survivors are disappearing. An initiative at 杏吧原创 University hopes to preserve the oral histories of Ottawa-area survivors and is looking to crowd-fund the $7,500 it needs to get the cameras rolling. Bruce Deachman reports. Judy Young-Drache was only a year old in the summer of 1944 when... More
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