Erwin Schild
Erwin Schild | |
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Position | Rabbi |
Synagogue | Adath Israel Congregation |
Began | 1947 |
Ended | 1989 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cologne, Germany | March 9, 1920
Denomination | Conservative |
Erwin Schild, CM (born March 9, 1920) is a Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
Biography
Born in Cologne, Germany, a Holocaust survivor of the Dachau concentration camp,[1] he is the author of World Through My Window (ISBN 0-9696226-0-0) and his autobiography The very narrow bridge: a memoir of an uncertain passage (ISBN 0-9696226-1-9). 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]
References
- ↑ "Rabbi Erwin Schild engages in interfaith dialogue".
- ↑ "Our History". Adath Israel Congregation.
- ↑ Order of Canada citation
- ↑ "AWARDS TO CANADIANS". Canada Gazette.