ICCJ Mourns Death of its Honorary President Victor Goldbloom.
The ICCJ (International Council of Christians and Jews) announced last week the sudden passing of Dr. Victor Goldbloom, of Montreal, Canada, a former President of the ICCJ and one of its Honorary Presidents.
Victor would have turned 93 this summer and died of a heart attack on February 15th. He is survived by his wife of the past 67 years, Sheila; and their three children, four grand-children, two great-grandchildren, and his brother.
Victor was a true public servant and community leader. By profession a pediatrician, he served as the first Jewish cabinet minister in the province of Quebec, a minister of the National Assembly, and Canada’s Commissioner of Official Languages. For his pioneering work in inter-religious dialogue, he was proclaimed a Papal Knight in 2012, one of the few Jews ever to be honored in such a way.
Victor served as President of the ICCJ from 1982 to 1990. He was also active in Jewish-Muslim dialogue in Canada. Victor’s aptly named autobiography, Building Bridges, was published in 2015 by his alma mater, McGill, through the McGill-Queen’s University Press.
