Prominent rabbi and his new employer sued by his former synagogue in Toronto
Ellin Bessner
April 11, 2025
The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
The voice of Jewish Canada since 1960.
TORONTO — For as long as she can remember, the holiest day of the Jewish year has held special significance for Helen Drazek Wajs. On the eve of Yom Kippur in 1942, her father, Samuel Drazek, survived a terrifying incident in wartime Poland.
It happened on his way to the Warsaw Ghetto factory where he and his wife Manya worked as slave labourers. Drazek was certain he would be killed when a German officer arrested him and led him to a roundup massacre.
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