eblasts

In May and June of this year, Habonim said goodbye to three members who left a significant impact on the wider community, and whose stories were also covered in the Canadian Jewish News. Please see links below.      

Eli Rubenstein

Neil Finkelstein, distinguished lawyer, who clerked for Bora Laskin, appeared before the Supreme Court some 30 times, and successfully prosecuted Canadian Holocaust Deniers in the 1990s.
http://www.cjnews.com/news/Canada/remembering-legal-legend-neil-finkelstein 

Read his eulogy here

Karen Liberman, Executive Director - ‎Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

http://www.cjnews.com/news/Canada/karen-liberman-remembered-as-a-beacon-and-a-role-model 

Janis Roth, Executive Director of JIAS (Jewish Immigrant Aid Service)

http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/remembering-janis-roth-a-blessing-for-so-many 

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/the-world-was-infinitely-better-thanks-to-you-refugee-advocate-janis-roth-dies-of-cancer