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Why a Canadian Army building is named after Lt. Mitchell Sterlin

August 17, 2020 5 Comments

Some think the young Jewish officer should have won the Victoria Cross Seventy-seven years ago this week, a McGill University…

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Close encounters with relatives of Canada’s Jewish war heroes

November 23, 2017 Leave a comment

many times, it is at the end of the evening when I experience some of the most thrilling moments of my six year long journey to uncover the war heritage of Canada’s Jewish fighters.

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Filed under: Canadian Jewish War Veteran, Clanton Park, Double Threat, J.B. Salsberg, Machzikei Hadas, martin sterlin, Mitchell sterlin, second world war, Sharona Brookman, WWll

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  1. Take a “virtual tour” of Normandy’s WW2 graveyards + “meet” Canada’s Jewish soldiers buried there

    January 29 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST
  2. Ellin speaks to Canadian Na’amat groups about the role of Jewish women in winning WWll

    February 7 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
  3. How the Jewish Community in Ottawa helped Win the Second World War: Feb. 18, 2021 Ottawa Jewish Historical Society Lecture

    February 18 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
  4. Ellin speaks to the Probus Club of South Edmonton about the city’s Hidden Heroes: How the Jewish Community helped defeat Hitler in WW2

    March 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am MDT
  5. Ellin speaks to Orillia’s Lake Country Probus on May 17 about the Liberation of Holland and the end of the Second World War

    May 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

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Ellin Bessner, Professor
Centennial College Journalism

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