Erwin Schild | |
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Title | Rabbi, Senior Rabbi |
Personal | |
Born | |
Died | January 6, 2024
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 103)
Religion | Judaism |
Denomination | Conservative |
Position | Rabbi |
Synagogue | Adath Israel Congregation |
Began | 1947 |
Ended | 1989 |
Erwin Schild CM (March 9, 1920 – January 6, 2024) was a German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
Born 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]
Erwin Schild | |
---|---|
Title | Rabbi, Senior Rabbi |
Personal | |
Born | |
Died | January 6, 2024
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 103)
Religion | Judaism |
Denomination | Conservative |
Position | Rabbi |
Synagogue | Adath Israel Congregation |
Began | 1947 |
Ended | 1989 |
Erwin Schild CM (March 9, 1920 – January 6, 2024) was a German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
Born 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]