For 30 years, the March of the Living has engaged, impacted and changed the lives of more than 12,000 Canadian participants. From high school students, to young adults, to older adults and the remarkable survivor educators, the March of the Living has provided a powerful life-changing experi…
I grew up in Ottawa, the youngest of four, and the only girl. My parents, Moses and Jennie Monson z”l, raised us to esteem tzedakah and helping others. Passionate about Israel, they were involved with early Zionism. We attended shul every week and our home was suffused with love for Israe…
I was named after my maternal grandfather, Henry Korenblum z’l. After surviving the Holocaust, Henry Korenblum z’l came to Toronto where he met and married my bubie, Zelda. He was only 61 years old when he died in 1985. Perpetuating my grandfather’s name means a lot to our family.
I w…
Sam and I both grew up in Moldova. He was from a small shtetl near the Romanian border called Edinets, and I was raised in Belts, where we first met when I was only 19 years old and Sam was 23. We married soon after and had our son, Michael, and five years later, our daughter Irine. We were…
My life started with loving and caring parents, Nadzia and Zalman Salmanowicz z”l from Belchatov, Poland. In 1939, they escaped to Russia as refugees and finally made a temporary home in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, my birthplace. After the War, we returned to Belchatov to find family but trag…
