HOLOCAUST EDUCATION WEEK - OPENING NIGHT PROGRAM, TONIGHT

TORONTO, Nov. 1 /CNW/ - UJA Federation's 30^th Annual Holocaust Education Week (HEW) begins TONIGHT and ends on November 9 with events throughout the GTA and Ontario. HEW, organized by the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, is the world's largest Holocaust education event, with over 140 educational and cultural programs.

Tonight's opening night program will feature Steven D. Smith, founder of the UK Holocaust Centre and one of the world's leading advocates of Holocaust Education and genocide prevention, together with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter. Smith and Gutter will share their remarkable story of an amazing close friendship that developed as Smith gradually released Gutter's Holocausts memories.

WHAT:

• Holocaust Education Week Opening Night Program "THE VOID: IN SEARCH OF MEMORY LOST"

WHO:

• Steven D. Smith, world renowned leading advocate of Holocaust education and genocide
• Pinchas Gutter, Holocaust survivor

WHEN:   

• TONIGHT, Monday November 1, 2010
  
• Event: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

WHERE:  

• Adath Israel Congregation
• 37 Southbourne Ave, Toronto (north of Wilson Ave, West of Bathurst St).

The full schedule of Holocaust Education Week programs is available at www.holocausteducationweek.com. 

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For further information:

Media Contact:

Leigh Brown, Public and Media Relations
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto 
Phone: [phone], email: [email protected]