LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL By Jessie Schoenberg Anna Schoenberg with her grandchildren Lauren, Dana & Jessie In The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank wrote at age thirteen; “It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart

This Father’s Day, I hope that fathers will take time to truly reflect on the values that will one day become their legacy.

KEEPING MY MOTHER'S STORY ALIVE By Georgina Rosenberg Growing up as a child of survivors is different to say the least. I, unfortunately, spent a great deal of my early life focused on all the things that made me different from my middle-class Canadian school mates, friends and neighbors. After all, we are different. There is no denying that. How can we not be different from those that didn’t endure the Holocaust? Only now, as an adult, can I remotely understand what a grea

FOUR GENERATIONS OF INSPIRATION By Wendy Schneider Editor of The Hamilton Jewish News Jacob Goldblatt (TL), Frank Goldblatt (TR), Marvin Goldblatt (BL), Wendy Schneider (BR) My life has been significantly impacted by the values my parents and grandparents instilled in me. My family story begins in the early days of the 20th century with the arrival in Hamilton of my great-grandfather Jacob Goldblatt. Like many Eastern European Jewish immigrants of his generation, Jacob starte

HOW GRANDMOTHER MARGARET STARTED IT ALL My grandmother, Margaret, was a stoic, noble, graceful, loving, and hopeful woman who was the primary source of motivation and inspiration in my life. She modeled resilience and refused to be solely recognized for her Holocaust “victim” status. She preferred the term “survivor”. I wholeheartedly believe that “survivor” isn’t even the right identity. She didn't just “survive” the senseless hatred and violence of the Nazis, she grabbed

Snippets from Margaret & Arthur's Book From Hungary to Hamilton Before WWII, Arthur was the direct beneficiary of "Enlightenment". At the time, he did not truly understand the immense blessing it was. He was able to go to college and own land. It was easy to take that for granted when he never remembered anything different. Below is an excerpt from 'Arthur's Story' in our book "From Hungary to Hamilton". Margaret and Arthur's Memoir is full of relatable stories and history th

This week, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) facilitated their first workshop utilizing the new Journeys curriculum developed by Margaret’s Legacy. This unique opportunity was presented to one of the public schools in Vaughn, Ontario ( @YRDSB ) , as a ‘micro-history’ of the Holocaust, built around the stories of Margaret Stadler and Arthur Weisz, a young Jewish couple whose story of courage and perseverance in the face of Nazi hatred. Several hundred students gathered

Margaret’s Legacy is proud to announce an educational partnership with Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Our organizations share the belief that positive changes happen when we educate young people about the values of tolerance, empathy, and leadership. The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre has been teaching Canadian students about these values through the lens of Holocaust education for the past 25 years, and they are excited to move forward with Mar

Events & Culture | Article Published in SHE DOES THE CITY by Kortney Shapiro May 4, 2016 As I got off the phone with Danna Horwood, I felt as though I had just ended a conversation with a friend I had known for years. Danna, a Hamilton native and mother of three, has the energy of a hummingbird, and I could feel her warmth emanating through the phone. After speaking for some time, I mentioned to Danna that we share a distinct commonality that has helped shape our passion for

On May 29th, 2015 Margaret's Legacy's Executive Director, Danna Horwood, was interviewed on Hamilton's CHCH Morning Live! She spoke with Annette Hamm about how Margaret's Legacy was born and how its mission and vision continue to grow.