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Erwin Schild Шаблон:Post-nominals (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,[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]

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