Harry Batshaw

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name = Harry Batshaw


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Harry Batshaw (1902–1984) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He the first Jew to be appointed to a superior court in Canada. [cite web|url=http://www.cjccc.ca/national_archives/archives/arcguideB.htm|title=Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives|work=Canadian Jewish Congress|accessdate=2008-08-01]

Born in Dubrovno, Russia, Batshaw emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1904. He graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law in 1924. After winning a scholarship, he did postgraduate work at the University of Grenoble and the Sorbonne. Returning to Montreal, he practiced law for 25 years. In 1940, he was appointed a King's Counsel. In 1950, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent appointed him to the Quebec Superior Court. He served until retiring in 1977.cite web|url=http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/getBriefed/1950/obituary.asp|title=Service held for Judge Harry Batshaw, 83|work=Canadian Human Rights Commission|accessdate=2008-08-01]

From 1931 to 1934, he was president of Canadian Young Judea, Canada's largest Zionist youth movement. From 1944 to 1950, he was head of the public relations committee of the Zionist Organization of Canada. He was president and founder of the Canadian Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle and was the Quebec Co-Chairman of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. In 1962, he was awarded the Medal of Merit by the Government of France. In 1976 he was made an honorary Fellow of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [cite web|url=http://www.archivescanada.ca/english/search/ItemDisplay.asp?sessionKey=1217617419040_206_191_57_204&l=0&v=0&lvl=1&coll=1&rt=1&itm=184996&rsn=S_WWWhaa2ReVXq&all=1&dt=AW+%22batshaw%22&spi=-|title=Harry Batshaw fonds|work=Archives Canada|accessdate=2008-08-01]

He was buried in Montreal's Shaar Hashomayim Congregation Cemetery.

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