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FSWC Recent Events and Activities

SAVE THESE DATES!
  Exciting upcoming events with Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
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Senator Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski
 Are delighted to present
 

       An Honourary Luncheon for
Mrs. Laureen Harper

September 16, 2011 12 noon - 2 p.m.
 

Location: TBA

 

Mrs. Laureen Harper

 

Keynote speaker at the Luncheon will be bestselling author, former Dutch parliamentarian, human rights activist and world renowned speaker
Aayan Hirsi Ali.

Aayan Hirsi Ali

 

For registration and information contact FSWC Program Developer Tracey Zohar at 416.864.9735 x 40 or

tzohar@fswc.ca

 

FREEDOM DAY
With L. Gen. Romeo Dallaire 
 
September 20, 2011
12 noon - 1.30 p.m.

 

Join FSWC leadership and more than 1000 students from across the GTA as we celebrate the life and legacy of Simon Wiesenthal at the first annual FREEDOM DAY celebration at
Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto. 
Spend an incredible afternoon with our keynote speaker, Canadian author and Senator, Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire and emcee  RIck Campanelli of ET Canada as they highlight the Canadian values of Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights.

 Freedom Day Flyer
 

For information and registration contact Education Director Melissa Mikel at 416.864.9735 x 24 or visit

 

 

 

 

   

 

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 12
HOURS OF POWER
Mission to Washington

September 22, 2011

 

Register now to join a small, select  group of FSWC donors as we fly to Washington, the power headquarters of the western world, to meet with political leaders, receive briefings from influential advisors and learn first hand about the issues that affect Canada and the world.

Featured speakers include columnist washington

Charles Krauthammer from the Washington Post, Dr. Alia Bouran, Jordanian Ambassador to the US, Gary Doer, Canadian Ambassador to the US, Steve Emerson, Executive Director, The Investigate Project on Terrorism, and Ilan Berman, VP Policy, American Foreign Policy Coucil.  

 

For registration and information contact FSWC Relationship Coordinator Macey Markowitz at 416.864.9735 x 29 or

mmarkowitz@fswc.ca

 

Lawyers4Wiesenthal Presents!

WINE TASTING WITH TONY ASPLER

"The Wine Guy"

October 4, 2011 7.30 pm

Location TBA

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Join FSWC wine lovers at a unique wine tasting event with Canada's wine guru Tony Aspler, host of a weekly wine program on 680 NEWS and author of 16 books on wine and food.

 

For registration and information contact FSWC Relationship Coordinator Macey Markowitz at 416.864.9735 x 29 or mmarkowitz@fswc.ca

 
Doctors4Wiesenthal Presents!
PRECIOUS LIFE

Free Documentary Film Screening For The Medical Community

October 26, 2011  7.30 pm
Varsity Theatre Manulife Centre, Toronto

 

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies Proudly Invites You to an Exclusive Screening of the documentary film Precious Life with special guest Dr. Raz Somech, head of Pediatric immunology at Sheba's Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital in Israel.

 

Precious Life documents the struggles and consequences of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother brought together to save her son, who suffers from an incurable genetic disease. Each must face their most profound biases and navigate external pressures as they act to save an innocent life.

 

For registration and information contact FSWC Relationship Coordinator Macey Markowitz at 416.864.9735 x 29 or

mmarkowitz@fswc.ca

 

                

In memory of Kristallnacht

 Lawyers4Wiesenthal Presents

KAREL DE BEER
Chair, Task Force for International Cooperation on the Holocaust  

November 1, 2011 
12 noon - 1.30 p.m.
Offices of Heenan Blaikie, Toronto

How can communities around the world confront the resurgent  antisemitism that becomes more apparent with each passing year? In commemoration of the 73rd anniversary of the November 1938  Kristallnacht - the Night of the Broken Glass, Mr. De Beer will discuss how the International Task Force on the Holocaust plans to address this issue.

 

For registration and information contact FSWC Relationship Coordinator Macey Markowitz at 416.864.9735 x 29 or

mmarkowitz@fswc.ca

12/1/10
FIRST NIGHT of Chanukah
Michael Ross speaker
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
A celebration and donor appreciation evening.
Join us for a Grand Dessert Buffett and Candle Lighting
From 1988 until 2001, Michael Ross was an undercover agent, a spy, in the Mossad, Israel's feared and respected external intelligence Agency.
RSVP REQUIRED
11/16/10
Gil Troy Speaker
Lawyers4Wiesenthal - Hosted by Steven Kelman
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Aird & Berlis
Doctors4Wiesenthal - Hosted by Drs Andrew & Rose Braude
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University McGill in Montreal and a Visiting Scholar affiliated with the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington. Troy has written several books including Why I Am a Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today.
11/11/10
Remembrance Day at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
11/10/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Luncheon
David Frum Speaker
12:00pm – 2:00pm
The King Edward Hotel
David Frum is a former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency. His editorial columns have appeared in a variety of Canadian and American magazines and newspapers.
RSVP REQUIRED
11/8/10
Holocaust Education Week
Film screening : I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal”
Sheppard Grande Theatre
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor who lost 89 family members, helped track down over 1,100 Nazi war criminals and spent six decades fighting antisemitism and prejudice against all people. Watching the early efforts of the US government to prosecute Nazi war criminals he realized, "There is no freedom without justice," and initially decided to dedicate a few years to that quest. A few years turned into the rest of his life. Narrated by Nicole Kidman

RSVP REQUIRED
11/4/10
Holocaust Education Week
Photo Memories of an Allied Soldier
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Herb Goldstein to facilitate
RSVP REQUIRED
11/2/10
Holocaust Education Week
The Art of Survival
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
Panel of Survivors - Max Eisen, Bill Glied and Vera Schiff speaking
RSVP REQUIRED
10/25/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Canadians for Israel’s Legal Rights presents: Facts about Israel’s Rights
RSVP REQUIRED
10/18/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Shlomit Kriger’s book launch: Marking Humanity
Author Shlomit Kriger will discuss her book "Marking Humanity" and will be joined by survivors: Simcha Simchovitch, George Scott and Renate Krakauer.
RSVP REQUIRED
10/16/10
Film Screening – Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Sheppard Grande Theater
8:30pm – 9:30pm (VIP Cocktail reception)
9:30pm – Film screening
Narrated by Ben Kingsley, two time Academy Award ™ winning Moriah Films' latest production, Walking With Destiny highlights Churchill's years in the political wilderness, his early opposition to Hitler, and how his legacy continues to be relevant in the 21st century.
RSVP REQUIRED
10/12/10
Lawyers4Wiesenthal – Eli Hertz speaker. Hosted by Steven Kelman
Aird & Berlis
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Among his many activities, Eli Hertz is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for CAMERA, The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America.
10/4/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Film Screening – Defiance
RSVP REQUIRED
9/27/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Screening of Spirit of Hope 2010 video
A Discussion with Elie Wiesel and Salman Rushdie moderated by The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney.
RSVP REQUIRED
9/21/10
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Marina Nemat’s book launch: After Tehran
A story of courage and recovery, After Tehran chronicles Nemat's confrontation with her past, and how ultimately she emerges from the emotional ravages of posttraumatic stress.
RSVP REQUIRED
9/13/10
Rosh Hashana at Queen’s Park
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Chair: Ron Frisch
9/7/10
Lawyers4Wiesenthal – Hosted by Avi Greenspoon
Goodmans LLP
2:00pm – 4:00pm
City Playhouse, Vaughan
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Speaker – Reza Kahlili – author of “A Time to Betray. The Astonishing Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran
03/03/10
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01/22/09

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6/22/08

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5/29/08
Spirit of Hope Benefit 2008

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5/29/08

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4/29/08

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5/24/08
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5/7/08


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