Programs and Activities

UNITED JEWISH PEOPLE’S ORDER 

invites you to our annual

Warsaw Ghetto Memorial

Trauma And Resistance: 

The Legacy of the Warsaw Ghetto 

In the history of Jewish resistance, few episodes stand as stark and powerful as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.  When we think of those fighters, young men and women, we picture their courage, their defiance, their decision to die fighting rather than be led to the gas chambers.   But what we rarely discuss is what happened to those who lived past the uprising and carried its weight with them.  What happens to the mind when it is subjected to such extreme brutality, when survival itself becomes an act of defiance?  And how do we, as Jews, and as inheritors of this history, understand their trauma within the framework of PTSD today?

Thursday, April 24, 2025

7:00 p.m.

Ukrainian Labour Temple

Pritchard Ave at McGregor St.

With remarks and conversation with Dr. Mark Etkin and Judy Haid

With songs presented by the North End Jewish Folk Choir

& Candle Lighting in Memory of the Six Million

Mark Etkin BA, MD, FRCPC (Psychiatry), has a long-standing focus on working with people with trauma histories, including HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco in the 90’s, medically-ill patients with significant mental health challenges, core area populations, and homeless people in Manitoba and BC.   He will discuss the complex and multiple aspects of trauma as it relates to the victims and survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto.

Judy Haid is a psychotherapist specializing in marriage and family. She has been in private practice for over 60 years and presently focuses on the connections of the mind, body and emotions to facilitate growth for change, for healing in the specialities of loss, grief and trauma. She created assertiveness training and self-esteem workshops to empower people to facilitate understanding of early wounding. Today, she specializes in resolving couples and family conflicts and teaching skills for effective communication to resolve issues. She was a pioneer in the development of collaborate law with Manitoba lawyers, mental health and financial professionals to bring greater options for separations and divorce. Therapy means changes - “Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living.

All Are Welcome

Note that the last lecture has been moved to Sunday, May 4, 10:30 a.m.

UJPO Book Club

We meet several time a year to discuss non-fiction and fiction books, documentaries or films. Want to take part? Use the Contact Form to get n touch.

North End Jewish Folk Choir before a performance on December 5, 2024 at the Ukrainian Labour Temple. George Bajer-Koulack, conductor.

North End Jewish Folk Choir

The North End Jewish Folk Choir sings songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Ladino, German and other songs. Everyone is welcome to join - no knowledge or experience in singing required - just a love of raising your voice with others! We rehearse every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. from September until May at the Ukrainian Labour Temple. Interested? Get in touch through our Contact Form.