Special Event: Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 2pm
During an era when millions of Jews fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe, the Titanic sailed on her maiden voyage. At the time, she was the largest and most luxurious ship ever built and many of her 2,200 passengers were Jewish. At 23:40, April 14, (28th of Nissan 5672) the Titanic swiped an iceberg and sank within two and a half hours. Most of her passengers lost their lives. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst and well known maritime disasters of the 20th century. The entire world mourned the Titanic. The grief was universal and shared by people of many nations and religions.
Eli Moskowitz’s book, now translated into English, focuses on the lives and deaths of the Jewish passengers who sailed on the Titanic. It covers various Jewish aspects of the voyage and of the sinking. Aspects, such as keeping kosher, the Agunotdilemma and Jewish burial. The book outlines the life story of the passengers and the effect the disaster made on world Jewry. This book is the result of a long research on the subject, including an attempt to compose a unique and complete list of all the Jews who sailed on the Titanic, and identifying many of them who were previously unknown.
Eli Moskowitz was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He has a B.Ed in Education and an M.A. in Jewish History. He is an educator by profession and a Titanic researcher in his spare time. He has been fascinated by the Titanic for decades. The Jews of the Titanic, originally written in Hebrew, is his first book. Eli will be visiting Halifax as he has been invited to launch his book at a conference hosted by the Titanic International Society and the Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada.
Eli’s presentation is co-sponsored by our colleagues at the Atlantic Jewish Council. Copies of his book will be available at the event and Eli will be happy to autograph them.
For additional information:
Richard MacMichael
902-424-8897
richard.macmichael@novascotia.ca