2–9 November The Future of Memory

curated programs
featured EXHIBIT
Eternal Light
In Jewish tradition, the death of a loved one is commemorated by the lighting of a yahrzeit candle,
often with a prayer which begins with a passage from Proverbs, “. . . the lamp of the Eternal is the soul
of humanity . . .” For most Jews who perished in the Holocaust and so many who died before, there are
no surviving family members to observe these rituals. And so it falls to future generations. For a visual
interpretation of the theme Future of Memory, Neuberger HEW commissioned St. Catharines-based
artist Amy Friend. Exploring the notion of light, as she has done previously in her Dare Alla Luce series,
Friend used archival photographs of European Jewry before the Shoah to create a poignant and eternal
tribute to life, love, and loss.
HEW Featured Visual Artist Amy Friend is Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at Brock University and a multimedia artist who
exhibits and publishes her work internationally. She has been selected as a top 50 photographer by Critical Mass International
Photography Competition for three years running and a Time Inc. Top Magazine Cover Pick for 2015. Amy Friend is represented
by C3 Arts.
Curated by Mira Goldfarb. Archival images courtesy of Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.
Generously co-sponsored by Sally & Mark Zigler in honour of their parents, Fanny & Bernard Dov Laufer and Etty & Salo Zigler.
2–30 November
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Neuberger Holocaust Education Week 15