Hello Ms Spivak,
I am writing because I wanted to let you know about the local shul, Shaarey Zedek, and their participation in a Canadian campaign to coincide with the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week. They will be saying Kaddish for the Jewish servicemen from Winnipeg (there were 13) who were killed in France and are buried in cemeteries across Normandy, as a result of their service in the Second World War.
Bill Weissman was my contact there.
I attach a list of their names, hometowns, and brief bios. You can find more on the Kaddish For DDay Facebook page, on the blog, and in the Canadian Jewish News which ran a front page story on this today.
Would you consider covering this story, in honour of the Winnipeggers who gave their lives to help liberate Europe from the Nazis?
Feel free to use the information, or don't hesitate to contact me for further details.
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Ellin Bessner
Founder, Kaddish for D-Day
ebessner@gmail.com
ebessner@centennialcollege.ca
Israel Freedman, Yude Brownstone , David Charles Cramer (son of Oscar and Becky Cramer, of Winnipeg, he was 23.), Harry Segal (Son of Charles and Sarah Segal, he was married), Abram H. Arbour (Son of Nathan and Etta Arbour; husband of Clarice May Arbour, of Newhaven, Sussex, England. Had one daughter.), Louis H. Blatt (Blattin), Lawrence Cohen (Son of Isaac and Anne Cohen, of Winnipeg, Manitoba), William Harvey Dubinsky (Son of Son of Shiyah Dubinsky, and of Reva Dubinsky), Harry L. Marantz (Son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Marantz. He was a doctor.), Mortimer Samuel Max Sucharov (Son of Harry and Sophie Sucharov), Louis Paul (Son of Mr and Mrs Isaac/Irving and Sarah Paul), Joseph Shore (Son of Abraham and Rebecca Shore), Morris Marvin Soronow (Son of Max and Riva Soronow, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.)