Lawrence Witt, at The Blogs

Oct 23, 2023, 9:19 PM

The University of Denver law school has been training jurists since 1892. In September of 2004, the school was re-named the Sturm College of Law following the receipt of an important gift from the Sturm Family Foundation. Donald Sturm,...

Sep 28, 2023, 9:32 AM

Standing in Shame

There are two Canadian standing ovations that I will never forget. The first one took place on March 1st, 1996 and it lasted 16 full minutes. That ovation took place at the old Montreal Forum and it was a well-deserved...

Jul 23, 2023, 9:13 AM

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A new song at the gates of Auschwitz

Illustrative. Repairing a 300-year-old Torah scroll, letter by letter. (iStock)

A Torah scroll from Wengrow, Poland survived our darkest history, unlike most of the town's residents. Its repair and rededication honors their memory

Jul 15, 2022, 1:10 AM

The Ride of a Lifetime: A Message to Holocaust Survivors on Their Aliyah

The Jewish community of Montreal is very fortunate. Our community is and has been blessed by a large Holocaust survivor community who have enriched the lives of so many. Those of us who are privileged to know, to get to...

Apr 7, 2021, 5:38 AM

Contemplating My Vaccine Moment

I have been watching with envy as people post their vaccine moments. Some of my friends were tearful when they rolled up their sleeve. Some were relieved. Some said a Shehichiyanu and some held signs or symbols to honor...

Feb 4, 2020, 2:53 AM

In the Presence of Heroes: 48 Hours with 150 Auschwitz Survivors*

Auschwitz survivor and Brooklyn, New York resident Samuel Beller, born in Oświęcim, Poland, remembers his loved ones during the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

I have been to the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum before, typically in the spring and usually accompanying high school students on the March of the Living. During these experiences, we often focus on learning about the atrocities committed and learning about...

Jul 24, 2019, 7:38 AM

#ThxWex: A Letter of Gratitude to Abigail and Les Wexner

Dear Abigail and Les, Last week, I had the immense privilege of standing should-to-shoulder with 19 close friends under a Chuppa on the shores of Mediterranean Sea during a Siyum ceremony marking the end of my two year Wexner Heritage...

Apr 15, 2019, 9:44 PM

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Open Letter to March of the Living Educators, Leaders and Chaperones

Jewish youth from all over the world participate in the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Poland on April 11, 2018(Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

If you don't know just how transformative your educational work can be, let me tell you how the experience changed me

Aug 24, 2018, 7:33 AM

A letter to my daughter on the eve of her seminary year in Israel

Your great-grandmother would have given up everything for the privilege that you are about to undertake

About Me

Lawrence Witt is a labor, employment and human rights lawyer with the Canadian firm Miller Thomson LLP. In 2017, Lawrence was co-chair of the Montreal March of the Living Delegation comprising of 250 participants accompanied by 10 Holocaust survivors. In 2019, Lawrence received the Gertrude and Henry Plotnick Young Leadership Award from Federation CJA. Lawrence is also a graduate of the Wexner Heritage Program. In the early 1990's, Lawrence studied at Yeshivat Machon Meir in Jerusalem and he subsequently served in the IDF as a lone soldier in the Armored Corps.

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