The Canadian Senate has a new Jewish member, Leo Kolber, 54, a Montreal businessman. His appointment brings the total number of Jewish Senators to seven, the largest number ever in that body. Senators are appointed by the government in power. Kolber is closely associated with the Bronfman family real estate, investment and mercantile interests.
In other appointments, Maureen Forrester, the internationally famed opera singer, was named chairman of the Canada Council, a government-sponsored agency which encourages and funds artistic, literary and creative musical endeavors. Forrester, 53, converted to Judaism after she married violinist Eugene Kash.
Among those announced as recipients of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest distinction, are: Dr. Victor Goldbloom of Toronto and Montreal, a former Cabinet minister in the government of Quebec and now president of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews; Naomi Bronstein of Ottawa, founder of Heal the Children, a child rescue agency; and Albert Cohen of Winnipeg, an importer who is active in civic affairs.
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