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Canadian Jews in Honors List

December 27, 1976
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David Lewis, former leader of the New Democratic Party, was one of two persons named companions of the Order of Canada in the New Year’s honors list issued by the Canadian government. Two other distinguished Jewish citizens named Officers of the Order are Maxwell Cohen and Louis Applebaum.

Lewis, 67 was born in Poland and came to Canada at the age of 12. He won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford from McGill University. The son of a Bundist leader, he has been a socialist all of his life. Cohen, 66, born in Winnipeg, is a former Dean of Law at McGill University in Montreal. He has been active in Jewish and Zionist circles, particularly in public relations work on behalf of Israel. His professional field is international law.

Applebaum, 58, is a Toronto composer and conductor who has produced musical works for the National Film Board, the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespearian Festival and other cultural causes and agencies. A fourth Jewish recipient, named a Member of the Order, is Frances Adaskin of Vancouver, a pianist.

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