2–9 November The Future of Memory

community programs
One of the greatest strengths of Neuberger HEW
is the city-wide participation in presenting and
attending community programs. The Neuberger is
grateful for this broad commitment to Holocaust
Education Week and is pleased to list these independent
programs on the following pages of the
HEW printed program and online guide.
The views expressed by any presenter are their
own and do not represent the views of the Sarah
and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre,
its funders, or UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
The Neuberger is proud to present the annual
Holocaust Education Week in a region with
widespread interest in and support for ongoing
Holocaust education.
Last Folio: Yuri Dojc
Time stood still in a small Jewish village in Slovakia
until nearly 10 years ago when Canadian photographer
Yuri Dojc returned. He visited a local Jewish
school which had been locked since 1943. Decaying
books on dusty shelves, the last witnesses of a
once thriving culture, are treated by Dojc like the
survivors that they each are—every one captured
as a portrait, speaking a thousand words.
Presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
EXHIBIT ON VIEW 22 October 2016–14 May 2017
Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West | Hamilton
905–527–6610 | artgalleryofhamilton.com
Gruber’s Journey
(Călătoria lui Gruber)
This 2008 Romanian film centres on Italian writer
Curzio Malaparte, a member of the Italian Fascist
Party. Fighting in Eastern Europe, Malaparte suffers
an allergic reaction and desperately seeks the
medical aid of Dr. Josef Gruber in Iaşi. During his
search for the missing Jewish doctor, he witnesses
shocking atrocities against the Jews in the city.
Co-presented by the Consulate General of
Romania in Toronto and Glendon College.
Sunday, 30 October | 2:00 PM
Glendon College
2275 Bayview Avenue | Toronto
416–585–2444
Aliyah DaDa—the Holocaust
in Romania
Aliyah DaDa (2015, directed by Oana Giurgiu) is
a Dadaist-style documentary about the Jewish
people in Romania and their several migrations to
Israel. The documentary sets out on a journey to
uncover the reality of Romanian Jews’ aliyah told
across history and in changing political times.
Co-presented by the Consulate General of
Romania in Toronto and Glendon College.
Sunday, 30 October | 5:00 PM
Glendon College
2275 Bayview Avenue | Toronto
416–585–2444
Servants of God
The Museum of Poles Saving Jews in World War II
opened in Markowa, southeastern Poland, in March
2016. Its mission is to commemorate those who
risked or lost their lives observing universal human
values under Nazi persecution in Poland. The film
Servants of God honours Josef and Wiktoria Ulma
and other Righteous Among the Nations. Screening
followed by the personal testimony of Polish Holocaust
survivor Sally Wasserman, who was rescued
by a Polish couple.
Presented by Scarboro Missions.
Tuesday, 1 November | 7:00 PM
Scarboro Missions
2685 Kingston Road | Scarborough
416–261–7135
Turkish Passport
This public screening of Turkish Passport is followed
by a conversation with a Holocaust survivor.
Diplomats posted to Turkish embassies and consulates
in several European countries actively
sought to save Turkish Jews from the devastation
of the Holocaust. Turkish Passport recounts these
acts of courage through extensive documentary
research and interviews.
Co-presented by the Intercultural Dialogue
Institute GTA and Nile Academy.
Wednesday, 2 November | 10:00 AM
Nile Academy | 5 Blue Haven Crescent
Toronto | 416–285–0115
In Conversation with a
Holocaust Survivor
Lithuanian Holocaust survivor Helen Yermus will
speak about her experiences during the Holocaust.
Helen Yermus was born in Kovno, Lithuania, in 1932.
She had to endure hardship, intimidation and fear
in the Kovno Ghetto, where her brother was taken
away and murdered. In 1944 the ghetto was liquidated,
and her father was deported to Dachau,
where he died of starvation. Helen and her mother
were taken to the Stutthof concentration camp.
Both survived the camp and immigrated to Canada
together in 1948. At this interfaith program, Helen
will speak to her experiences and lead a discussion
on the Holocaust and the benefits of interfaith
relations.
Co-presented by Shaarei-Beth El Congregation
of Oakville and St. Simon’s Anglican Church.
Wednesday, 2 November | 7:00 PM
St. Simons Anglican Church
1450 Litchfield Road | Oakville
905–849–6000 × 11
Cultural Rupture and
Restitution: The Contested
Fate of Plundered Eastern
European Jewish Libraries
and Archives
Professor Kalman Weiser, Silber Family Professor
of Modern Jewish Studies, will focus on the theft and
destruction of Jewish archives and libraries during
the Holocaust, the complications of their recovery,
reconstitution, preservation, and, ultimately, their
interpretation by generations distant from prewar
Jewish life.
Presented by Temple Emanu-El.
Thursday, 3 November | 1:30 PM
Temple Emanu-El | 120 Old Colony Road
Toronto | 416–449–3880
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