Ellin Bessner

Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II

Double Threat contains many stories and interviews about personnel who served from Winnipeg, and from Western Canada. The book  highlights Monty Hall, David Steinberg’s brother Hymie, Saul Cherniack, Joseph Ludwig, Issie Yamron, Oscar Antel, Clifford Shnier, Yude Brownstone, Israel Freedman, Sam Sheps, David Golden, Hymie Greenberg, Abe Arbour, Jack Secter, and civilian Dr. Louis Slotin, who helped invent the atomic bombs dropped on Japan to end the war. Until now their contribution to Canadian history has never been fully known. On Remembrance Day, author Ellin Bessner tells us who these Jewish Canadians were, why they served, what their lives were like as Jews,  in Canada, in the barracks, and on the battlefield.