Edith Zukor z”l
Jean Quint Memorial Award
Lovingly known as Granny and Imma by her children and grandchildren, Edith Zukor was a proud Jewish woman and a devoted Emunah member whose life reflected deep faith, resilience, and love. Edith was a person of exceptional beauty — both within and without — radiating warmth, grace, and kindness to everyone around her.
She grew up in a warm, religious home in the small Hungarian town of Miskolc, surrounded by family and tradition. As a teenager, when the Nazis invaded, Edith and her brothers showed remarkable courage — surviving by posing as Christians and moving from place to place until the war ended. It took extraordinary strength to rebuild her life after the unimaginable loss of her mother, little brother, and sister — and of Leslie’s mother, father, and sister, who were all murdered in the Holocaust.
After the war, she married the love of her life, Leslie, and together they began a new chapter in Israel before eventually settling in Côte Saint-Luc. Family was always at the center of Edith’s world. She and Leslie raised three children and took immense pride in their close relationships with each of their thirteen grandchildren. She was blessed to see her family grow and continue to flourish, ultimately including forty-one great-grandchildren — a legacy of love and faith that lives on even with those she did not have the chance to meet.
Edith’s faith was her foundation. She was deeply involved with Emunah Women for decades, took great pride in supporting Neve Michael Children’s Village, and carried with her an unwavering connection to Hashem and to the values of Torah that guided her life.
Her memory, her strength, and her example continue to inspire all who were blessed to know and love her.
She grew up in a warm, religious home in the small Hungarian town of Miskolc, surrounded by family and tradition. As a teenager, when the Nazis invaded, Edith and her brothers showed remarkable courage — surviving by posing as Christians and moving from place to place until the war ended. It took extraordinary strength to rebuild her life after the unimaginable loss of her mother, little brother, and sister — and of Leslie’s mother, father, and sister, who were all murdered in the Holocaust.
After the war, she married the love of her life, Leslie, and together they began a new chapter in Israel before eventually settling in Côte Saint-Luc. Family was always at the center of Edith’s world. She and Leslie raised three children and took immense pride in their close relationships with each of their thirteen grandchildren. She was blessed to see her family grow and continue to flourish, ultimately including forty-one great-grandchildren — a legacy of love and faith that lives on even with those she did not have the chance to meet.
Edith’s faith was her foundation. She was deeply involved with Emunah Women for decades, took great pride in supporting Neve Michael Children’s Village, and carried with her an unwavering connection to Hashem and to the values of Torah that guided her life.
Her memory, her strength, and her example continue to inspire all who were blessed to know and love her.