My name at birth was Sigmund Silber. I was born in 1935, the youngest of three children. My parents, Israel and Bronya Silber z”l, were hardworking farmers in Poland. After the Germans invaded in 1941, my family was detained in the Jewish ghetto, forced to wear yellow stars and armbands.
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As told by their daughters Sharyn, Wendy & Andrea
Our family story is one of close loving family relationships, Jewish pride, and strong community engagement.
After a whirlwind romance in Winnipeg, our parents married in 1956 and relocated to our dad’s hometown of Vegreville, Alberta.
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We proudly represent the third generation of our family to be inscribed into the Book of Life. The participation of those before us undoubtedly inspired us to join their ranks and to model to our own three children—Raizy, Elijah and David, the importance of tzedakah. Although our children …
As told by their daughter Deborah Bojman
I write this story in memory of my parents, Sam and Bella Bojman z”l.
My parents exemplified what it means to survive and thrive even amidst unspeakable difficult times.
Born in Poland, they were young adults when WW2 broke out. Within the atroci…
I grew up in Montreal in a traditional Jewish home often redolent with the scent of the honey cakes my mother would bake to raise funds for the MS Society and UJA. On Saturday mornings we went to synagogue with my father, and a JNF tzedakah box graced our Shabbat table next to silver candle …
