Erwin Schild

Erwin Schild (born 1920) is a Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.

Born in Cologne, Germany, a Holocaust survivor of the Dachau concentration campcite web|url=http://www.towncrieronline.ca/main/main.php?direction=viewstory&storyid=3727&rootcatid=&rootsubcatid=|title=Rabbi Erwin Schild engages in interfaith dialogue] , he is the author of "World Through My Window" (ISBN 0-9696226-0-0) and his autobiography "The very narrow bridge: a memoir of an uncertain passage" (ISBN 0-9696226-1-9). In September 1947, he became the Rabbi of Adath Israel Congregation in Toronto, Ontario and was appointed Rabbi Emeritus upon his retirement in 1989. cite web|url=http://www.adathisrael.com/about.html|title=Our History|work=Adath Israel Congregation]

In 2001, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, for "improving dialogue between the Christian and Jewish faiths, promoting harmony at home and abroad". cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=8067|title=Order of Canada citation|work=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General] In 2000, he was awarded the Officer's Cross (Offizierkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. cite web|url=http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2000/20000930/html/house-e.html|title=AWARDS TO CANADIANS|work=Canada Gazette]

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