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Rabbi Schild segment series
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 135; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 1984-1988
- Physical Description
- 14 audio reels (ca. 1 hr., 4 min.) : 1/4 inch
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Erwin Schild was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1920. Six weeks before his bar mitzvah, the Nazi Party took over the German government. Nevertheless he was able to finish High School and to continue his Jewish studies at the Jewish Seminary in Würzburg, in southern Germany, interrupted by the events of the Night of Broken Glass, in November 1938. At eighteen years of age, he was imprisoned and incarcerated in the Dachau Concentration Camp. After a period of detention, he was released and immigrated to Britain as a student at a Yeshiva in London. When Britain declared war with Germany, thousands of Jewish refugees from Germany were deemed security risks and interned in prison camps. Schild was among those internees – mostly male, young and not married – who were shipped to Canada to be interned as enemy aliens for the duration of the war. In February 1942, through the efforts of Rabbi Price, supported by the Canadian Jewish Congress, he was liberated to continue his studies in Toronto at the Yeshiva Torath Chaim and at the University of Toronto. After five years of study, he was ordained by the eminent scholar Rabbi Abraham Price at the Toronto Yeshiva Torath Chaim. He studied Semitic Languages and Literature at the University of Toronto and earned a B.A. degree, soon to be followed by an M.A. He married Montreal-born Laura Saxe and became the father of a son, followed by two daughters. In 1947, at 27 years of age, he was selected as the Rabbi of the First Hebrew Roumanian Congregation Adath Israel, also known as the Rumanishe Shul, which was to be his first and only position. He retired in 1989, after 42 years of service, and was offered the honourific title of Rabbi Emeritus. Throughout his life, he has been granted several awards, such as the Order of Canada, the Order of Merit Officers’ Class of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Gold Medal for Peace through Dialogue of the International Council of Christians and Jews, and the Honourary Doctorate of Philosophy of the University of Osnabrück in Germany.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of 14 audio reels containing Rabbi Schild's segment for The Jewish Hour, broadcast by CHIN Radio on Sundays. He discusses moral aspects of Jewish life, as well as the history of Zionism and news about antisemitism and the Jewish community.
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- 1988-3-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions