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Canadian Conservative rabbi (1920–2024)
Erwin SchildCM
TitleRabbi, Senior Rabbi
Personal life
Born(1920-03-09)March 9, 1920
Cologne, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
DiedJanuary 6, 2024(2024-01-06) (aged 103)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationConservative

Erwin Schild CM (March 9, 1920 – January 6, 2024) was a German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.

Biography

Born in Cologne, Germany, a Holocaust survivor of the Dachau concentration camp, 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.

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". In 2000, he was awarded the Officer's Cross (Offizierkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Schild died on January 6, 2024, at the age of 103 in Toronto.

References

  1. "Rabbi Erwin Schild engages in interfaith dialogue". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  2. "Our History". Adath Israel Congregation. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04.
  3. Order of Canada citation
  4. "AWARDS TO CANADIANS". Canada Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  5. "Holocaust-Überlebender und Osnabrücker Ehrendoktor Rabbiner Erwin Schild gestorben" (in German). 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  6. "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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