Erwin Schild CM (March 9, 1920 – January 6, 2024) was a German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
Erwin Schild | |
|---|---|
| Title | Rabbi, Senior Rabbi |
| Personal | |
| Born | March 9, 1920 |
| Died | January 6, 2024 (aged 103) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Conservative |
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Adath Israel Congregation |
| Began | 1947 |
| Ended | 1989 |
Biography
editBorn in Cologne, Germany, a Holocaust survivor of the Dachau concentration camp,[1] he was the author of World Through My Window and his autobiography The very narrow bridge: a memoir of an uncertain passage. In September 1947, he became the Rabbi of Adath Israel Congregation in Toronto, Ontario and was appointed Rabbi Emeritus upon his retirement in 1989.[2]
In 2001, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, for "improving dialogue between the Christian and Jewish faiths, promoting harmony at home and abroad".[3] In 2000, he was awarded the Officer's Cross (Offizierkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]
Schild died on January 6, 2024, at the age of 103 in Toronto.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Rabbi Erwin Schild engages in interfaith dialogue". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
- ^ "Our History". Adath Israel Congregation. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "AWARDS TO CANADIANS". Canada Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ "Holocaust-Überlebender und Osnabrücker Ehrendoktor Rabbiner Erwin Schild gestorben" (in German). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ "Rabbi Erwin Schild of Toronto's Adath Israel Synagogue personally experienced nearly 104 years of Jewish history (March 9, 1920–Jan. 6, 2024)". The Canadian Jewish News. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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