A Database of the Dead

Below, you will find a database of the dead. In it, you are invited to anonymously enter the names of anyone who has died. Each name entered into the database will be inscribed into a scroll which will be read from on the night of Grief. For your convenience, we have prepared an FAQ which we hope will help better acquaint you with this Database of the Dead, and answer any questions you may have.

Please note that once a name has been submitted, you will not be able to edit it. If a change is necessary, click revision, and we will do our best to assist you.

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The Name of the Dead*
First and last name.
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If the name of the dead is commonly pronounced incorrectly by native English speakers, please help us say the name as it is intended to be heard. You can consult nameshouts.com (opens in a new tab) to assist you in writing the name phonetically.
About The Dead*
This section is an opportunity to share memories about the dead, but is also intended to help visitors avoid entering names of the dead that have already been entered. For this reason, please try to describe the most characteristic attributes about the dead—family members, life accomplishments, physical descriptions, and activities for which the dead were best known when they were alive… These are the things most likely to help other visitors navigate the database. And once again, we ask that you please search the database before entering a name. Thank you.
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The Name of the Dead	Pronunciation (if you feel it would be useful)	About the Dead
John (Jack) Brown		1953 - 2020 Painter of terrific paintings, showed at Olga Korper Gallery. His scraping technique is legendary. A kind and generous person.
Sybil Goldstein	si-bell gold-steen	1954 - 2012 Sybil Goldstein was a painter, a mother and an art teacher. She was an influential member of the Toronto arts community beginning in the... Read more about Sybil Goldstein Sybil Goldstein was a painter, a mother and an art teacher. She was an influential member of the Toronto arts community beginning in the 1980's, was a co-founder of Chromazone artists collective. Read less about Sybil Goldstein
Rae Johnson		1953 - 2020 Rae Johnson was a Toronto painter, a teacher at OCADU and an influential force in the Toronto Arts Community. A founder of Chromazone... Read more about Rae Johnson Rae Johnson was a Toronto painter, a teacher at OCADU and an influential force in the Toronto Arts Community. A founder of Chromazone artists collective, exhibited by Carmen Lamana and recently by Christopher Cutts Gallery. She currently has an exhibition on at Christopher Cutts, now open for socially distancing viewing. Read less about Rae Johnson
Robert Clark		1923 - 2017 Father of Moira and Brenda Clark. Good friend of Beryl Haines. Born in England in 1923, died in Toronto, 2017.
Anne Williamson		1951 - 2017 She did her best and it was enough. She was loved. She is missed.
Eugene Lebovici	Lebovitch	1918 - 1996 My uncle
Rosa Ganz	Gants	1920 - 2014 My aunt
Israel	Segelstein	1922 - 1958 My father
Fanny (Tady) Gantz	Gants	1924 - 2014 My mother.
Sandra Sharwood	Sandra Sharwood	1935 - 2020 Ever fun Mom and someone who both struggled with amd enjoyed life.
Guy Eldar		1986 - 2005 Killed himself while serving in the IDF. He was the sweetest guy, with the clearest moral compass, and it just didn't align with this world.
Manuela		She was my sister and died from a genetic disease when she was 8 years old. She would have been 12 now.
Jutka mama	Yuttka mama	1932 - 2001 Jutka mama knew how to have a good time, despite all the grief she had to endure. She couldn't have her own children, but she made sure to... Read more about Jutka mama Jutka mama knew how to have a good time, despite all the grief she had to endure. She couldn't have her own children, but she made sure to take care of everyone around and give all the love she had to them. Everyone was always welcome in her house. Read less about Jutka mama
Phylis Wiles		1932 - 2919 Phylis was a lively woman who raised Angus beef her whole life in Northern BC. She would take us out on the filed, driving her own 4-wheeler... Read more about Phylis Wiles Phylis was a lively woman who raised Angus beef her whole life in Northern BC. She would take us out on the filed, driving her own 4-wheeler when she was 86, just a year before her passing. A lovely, giving woman who worked hard her entire life. Read less about Phylis Wiles
Herbert Safran	Sáfran	wife of Lillian, father of Linda, Alan, and Laurie; educator
Donna Storey-Langford		1956 - Mother, artist
Georgie Langford	George-ee	Mother, grandmother, wise woman
Aina Krukowski	Eye-nah	Mother, grandmother, surviver
Thadeus Krukowski	Thad-ee-us	Father, soldier in Ander's Army, scholar of language
Tom Storey		~ 1950 - 2017 Uncle, Teacher
Daisy Storey		1988 - Nanny
Mary Storey		1920 - Grandmother of 2
Ian Cohen		1951 - 1993 poet with blue eyes: passed suddenly; my first love
Elias Eliyahu Schwartz		1944 teacher, lover of books, revered by his daughter, until the last day
Rachel Hofstadter Schwartz		1944 my hardworking, pretty grandmothet who saved her daughter’s life when confronted with Dr. Mengele
Judith Schwartz Rubinstein		1920 - 2012 Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, dressmaker, baker, writer, educator, loved by many
Mordecai Rubinstein (Sr)		1942 My grandfather died peacefully in bed shortly before his family was sent to Auschwitz or labour camp
Rivka Roszi Rubinstein		1944 Rivka gave birth to twelve children; the first six died young.
Mordecai Rubinstein		1942 - 1944 second son of Ebolya and Bela
Uri Rubinstein		1939 - 1944 first son of Ebolya and Bela

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