Yom HaShoah Commemoration Meet the Author event: No Jews Live Here

Guest speaker: John Lorinc

In honour of Holocaust Remembrance Day, journalist and author John Lorinc discusses his new memoir No Jews Live Here. Learn about the complicated Hungarian Jewish history, four generations of his family’s journey – from pre-war Budapest, through the Holocaust, to post-war Toronto – the 1956 Revolution, and exodus from a country that is still unable to rid itself of its antisemitic demons. Following John’s illustrated presentation there will be book sales and signings. Join us in-person, on Zoom simulcast, or register to receive the recording.

Presented in partnership with the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards and the Toronto Public Library as part of its Jewish Heritage series.

John Lorinc is a journalist and editor. He writes regularly about cities, climate, and planning for a range of media, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, and Spacing Magazine, where he is senior editor. John is the author of four previous books, including The New City (Penguin, 2006) and Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias (Coach House, 2022), which won the Writer’s Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy and the Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award. He has also contributed to, co-edited, or project managed every volume of Coach House’s uTOpia series, including The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood and House Divided: How the Missing Middle Can Solve Toronto’s Affordability Crisis. John lives with his wife, Victoria Foote, and their labrador retriever, Nora, in Toronto. They have two sons, Jacob and Sammy. Away from his laptop, John is an enthusiastic but untalented hockey player and once (but never again) co-produced a musical cabaret about local history. We are very pleased to welcome John to our JCC this spring!

Celebrating its tenth year, the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards recognizes the finest books with Jewish themes and subjects by Canadian authors in a variety of genres. It enriches and promotes Canadian Jewish writing and culture, enabling us to better understand our collective past, our shared present, and the world of the future. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards does more than reward winning authors with a cash prize and a moment in the spotlight. It builds pride, not only in the individuals being honoured, but in the creative achievements that reflect Jewish themes and ideas. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, including the Irving Abella Award, are judged by an independent jury, who select winners in the categories of fiction, biography/memoir, poetry, history, Jewish Thought and Culture, Yiddish, scholarship, Holocaust, and books for children and youth, as well as two special awards. For more information, please visit www.cjlawards.ca