The Dr. Emil & Bessie Glaser Annual Memorial Lectures
Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, September 2005
Our Impact, Our Angst:
Famous Canadian Jews
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David Lewis
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I: David Lewis
Professor Adam Fuerstenberg
An unvarnished look at David Lewis, who worked for years for the CCF, and his rise to prominence in 1972 as he led the NDP to hold the balance of power in the resulting Liberal minority government. Fuerstenberg is Professor Emeritus Ryerson University, Editor of Parchment – Canada’s only journal of contemporary Canadian Jewish creating writing. |
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David Croll
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II: Senator David Croll
Senator Jerry Grafstein
An unvarnished look at David Croll, kept out of St. Laurent's government because of his Jewishness, and his rise to prominence as the first Jewish senator. |
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Mordecai Richler
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III: Mordecai Richler
Michael Posner
An unvarnished look at Mordecai Richler and his rise to prominence. "The minority man," he points out, quoting Norman Mailer, "grows up with a double-image of himself, his own and society's." Posner is an author and Globe & Mail journalist. |
READ MICHAEL POSNER ON MORDECAI RICHLER
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