Daniels, who was 96, left Poland in 1939 at the age of 12, his family fleeing looming Nazism. Diamond attained international acclaim on the design side, with numerous achieve- ments in Toronto, including Holy Blossom Temple. Daniels was more the builder, the force behind the Toronto Eaton Centre and The two Jacks “changed the landscape of Toronto, literally and guratively, and leave an imprint that will last for generations.”
Toronto-Dominion Centre. The two Jacks “changed the landscape of Toronto, literally and figuratively,” recorded our obit, “and leave an imprint that will last for genera- tions.” Winnipeg-born Ben Steinberg , who died last February at 93, was a musical jack-of- all-trades: Composer, conductor, organist, and music educator. He was a fixture at Toronto’s Temple Sinai, serving as director of music beginning in 1970 and then as com- poser-in-residence starting in 1996. Steinberg’s prodigious output comprised sacred services; works for choir and/or solo- ist and organ or orchestra; a cantata; and instrumental works, including a suite for flute and string trio based on Israeli folksongs. Of Steinberg’s music, fellow composer Michael Isaacson wrote, “While conservative, prag- matic and always well-mannered, it is also gratefully mindful of its tradition in a deeply lyrical way.”
John “Jack” Daniels
Diamond, who was just shy of his 90th birthday when he died, was born in South Africa into a family from Lithuania. His grand- father was murdered in a 1917 pogrom.
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