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Speaker: Rabbi Lawrence Englander
Prince of Healers (2021) is our speaker’s recently published debut historical novel centred on the life and
times of Moses Maimonides. Our speaker will read passages from his book and discuss how his research
into one of the greatest Jewish thinkers of all time inspired him to delve into fiction to reveal Maimonides’
courage in the face of challenge and betrayal.
Rabbi Lawrence A. Englander is the founding rabbi of Solel Congregation, Mississauga, serving since
1973 until his retirement in 2014, where he is now Rabbi Emeritus. In addition, he is Adjunct Rabbi at
Temple Sinai in Toronto. In 2005, he was honoured for his community work when he was appointed a
member of the Order of Canada.

Workshop 3- "Marketing Your Legacy Initiative"

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Speaker: Sonia Halpern
Sponsors: The Gal Pals – Eight Friends
This presentation will investigate the Jewish identity of Lucian Freud (1922-2011), arguably the most
successful British painter of the 20 th Century; German-born, his family immigrated to Britain in 1933, with
the increasing power of the Nazis. (Within a few years, Lucian’s famous grandfather, Sigmund Freud,
would follow). Although Freud’s art does not convey overtly Jewish motifs or themes, one can argue that
his uneasy existence as a Jewish youth in pre-war Germany and as a Jewish immigrant in London informed
his unconventional professional and personal choices.
Sonia Halpern is an Art Historian and a multi award-winning professor at Western University. She has
published academic articles, two collections of poetry, and a book of original music compositions, Sonia has appeared in many local theatrical productions and is a regular contributor to Jewish educationalprograms in London.

Speaker: Stephen Borys
Beginning in the 1990s, international pressure began building to resolve the issue of Nazi-looted assets,
including artworks. In 1998, 44 nations, including Canada, endorsed the Washington Principles, a
document that called upon nations to develop legal and regulatory means to address the issue, and upon
museums to identify Nazi-looted artworks and restore them to their Jewish owners. This presentation will
discuss the emotional and legal implications of this important work.
Dr. Stephen Borys is the director and CEO of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and holds an adjunct professorship
at the University of Winnipeg. He previously held curatorial posts in the US and at the National Gallery of
Canada in Ottawa. Dr. Borys holds an Executive MBA and a Ph.D. in Art History from McGill University.

The event is free but registration by November 4 is required.
The program will be approximately 1.5 hours. The address for the Stratford Perth Museum is:
4275 Huron St, Stratford, ON N5A 6S6

This program is appropriate for middle school and secondary school students as well as adults.

Speaker: Joe Gilbert
Sponsor: Lisa Klinger
The great Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich endured the stresses imposed by Stalin. He was
sometimes shunned, but at other times regarded as “a hero.” During anti-Semitic purges, he supported
Jewish colleagues and incorporated Jewish themes into his music, for example, in his Symphony No.13,
Babi Yar, which commemorates this WWII atrocity in words and music. This talk will describe how he
survived Stalin’s and Khrushchev’s brutal dictatorships.
Dr. Joseph Gilbert is a retired physician, researcher, research administrator, and hospital executive. As a
lifelong fan of classical music, he has in recent years concentrated on studying the interface of Judaism and
Jewish subjects with opera, music, and history. He has lectured on these subjects in Toronto, Montreal,
Ottawa, Florida, and London, Ontario. His lecture topics include The Music and Legacy of Felix
Mendelssohn; French Opera and Anti-Semitism; The Dybbuk and The Golem; The Portrayal of Jews in
Opera; Jewish Folk Tales that Have Become Operas; Entartete Musik – Degenerate Music; Salamone
Rossi and Jewish Music in the Italian Renaissance; The Shtetl: The Real, The Fictitious, and the Nostalgic;
and The Shtetl and Hasidism.