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DESCRIPTION:Event by Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal\n\nLocation: Bir
 ks Heritage Chapel\n\n'Love your neighbour as yourself”\n\n44th Christian 
 Commemoration of the Shoah\n	Mountainside United Church\, April 23\, 2023\n
 \nThe Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal (CJDM) will hold its 44th annu
 al Christian Commemoration of the Shoah on Sunday\, April 23\, 2023 at 10:
 30 a.m. The host Congregation is Mountainside United Church. This event wi
 ll take place at Birks Heritage Chapel (3520 University Street\, Montreal 
 H3A 2A7). \n\nThe commemoration will also be live streamed. \n	(Access avai
 lable at https://www.mountainsideunited.ca/work). \n\nThis special service
  will bring together Jews\, Christians\, and others to commemorate the six
  million Jews and one million other victims of the Holocaust\, also known 
 as the Shoah (“the annihilation” in Hebrew)\, during World War II. \n\nThi
 s special service will bring together Jews\, Christians\, and others to co
 mmemorate the six million Jews and one million other victims of the Holoca
 ust\, also known as the Shoah (“the annihilation” in Hebrew)\, during Worl
 d War II.\n	\n	Co-presided by Rev. Dr. R. Douglas Throop and Rabbi Sherril G
 ilbert\, the commemoration will include a testimony by Holocaust survivor 
 Maxwell Smart. There will be also a candle lighting ceremony in remembranc
 e of all the victims of the Shoah. Hymns and music will be performed by th
 e Mountainside Choir (Carmina Franco\, Graeme Linton\, Nathaniel Stern\, L
 eah Weitzner) and by Music Director Alberto Santos. A kosher reception wil
 l follow.\n	\n	Other Christian communities in Quebec and elsewhere are invit
 ed to commemorate the Shoah during their own religious services on April 2
 3th. The CJDM has prepared for them resources which can be integrated into
  both in person or online worship. The resources are available on the webs
 ites of the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism (http://www.oikoumene.ca/).\n	\n	Y
 om Hashoah (“the Day of the Shoah”) was established in 1951 by the Knesset
 \, the Parliament of Israel. In Montreal\, the first Christian Commemorati
 on of the Shoah took place at Christ Church Cathedral in 1979. Since then\
 , different Christian churches have engaged with members of the Jewish com
 munity in a shared act of remembrance on the Sunday closest to Yom Hashoah
 . In 1999\, the National Assembly officially recognized the observance of 
 Yom Hashoah and invited Quebec citizens to share in the memories and mourn
 ing of the Jewish community and to ponder the lessons learned from the Sho
 ah.\n	\n	Founded in 1971\, the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal is comp
 osed of representatives of various sponsoring organizations\, who come tog
 ether on a regular basis in order to build and strengthen mutual understan
 ding and support between Christian and Jewish communities.\n	\n	Information
 \n	Mountainside United Church (https://www.mountainsideunited.ca/)\n	✆ (514)
  486-1165 \n\n \n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A2A7\, Birks Heritage Chapel\, 3520 Univers
 ity
SUMMARY:44th Christian Commemoration of the Shoah
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