We were honoured to present the second annual Tom Weisz Memorial Award for Holocaust Education and Jewish Advocacy to Michael Levitt. As we reflect on Yom HaShoah, we are reminded that remembrance cannot remain solely about the past. It is about recognizing how we have been shaped as a people because of our history and how that has impacted who we have become and how we choose to show up in the world moving forward.

Holocaust Education Week is ultimately about more than remembrance. It is about ensuring that the lessons of the past continue to inform how individuals and communities respond to hatred, discrimination, and injustice today. We are grateful to the educators, speakers, partners, and participants who made this week possible, and to everyone who took the time to engage with this important work.

Our first official event following the opening was the community’s annual Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration. Victoria Mancinelli and Yoni Berrous were the keynote speakers followed by the exclusive Hamilton premiere of Irena’s Vows, a powerful film based on the true story of Irena Gut.

Canadian Jewish News Feature Article by Ralph Benmergui (full story can be read on the CJN website) May 3, 2024 Ralph Benmergui at the opening of Margaret's Legacy on May 2, 2024. It’s a sunny and warm Thursday downtown in my city, where sandwiched between a paint store and the brick-and-mortar home of a sports app on Main Street is a place called JHamilton. The Hamilton Jewish Federation hasn’t always lived here, though. And like much in this community, it’s had its share of

Set to open in May 2024 at the Hamilton Jewish Federation, the Margaret’s Legacy Holocaust Learning & Jewish Advocacy Centre will be opening its new Museum: a dynamic, evolving hub for education, dialogue, and engagement featuring the story of Margaret and Arthur Weisz, many of Hamilton’s Holocaust survivors and rotating exhibits of interest.

This three-day gathering brought together an extraordinary cross-section of voices: educators, students, policymakers, scholars, and community members, united by a shared recognition: antisemitism is not a relic of the past. It is unfortunately a present and evolving reality that demands us to respond.

Day (Toronto, On): International speaker at the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal National Policy Conference For Holocaust Education. Click here for details. Evening (Hamilton, On): Hamilton Jewish Federation & Margaret's Legacy event at the Art Gallery of Hamilton to Support Hamilton's Holocaust Education programs, March of the Living 2020 scholarships & Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program scholarships. TO RESERVE SEATS OR FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: e-