Laureate : Based on a Private Member's Bill , was published by the Porcupine's Quill. He co-authored his third book, The Passage Through Parliament to Establish Holocaust Memorial Day, in Canada in 2004. His fourth book, Suicide Bombings: Parliament Speaks, is the parliamentary history of Bill 215, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (Suicide Bombing) and was published in 2012. He is currently working on a collection of his speeches on politics and public affairs and of tributes to his contemporaries. Personal life Grafstein is married to Carole (née Sniderman), a community activist, a volunteer leader, a leading fundraiser for cancer research across Canada, and a member of the Order of Canada. They have two sons: Laurence and Michael. Laurence was a Rhodes Scholar and president of the Oxford Union and is now a New York investment banker married to Rebecca (née Weatherhead) from Winnipeg, a member of the Ontario and New York Bars. They have three sons (Daniel, Edward, and Isaac) and now reside in New York City. See also List of Ontario senators References External links Liberal Senate Forum TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN SENATOR JERAHMIEL 'JERRY' GRAFSTEIN ON THE RETIREMENT OF SENATOR JERAHMIEL ‘JERRY’ GRAFSTEIN OF CANADA 1935 births Canadian political consultants Canadian political fundraisers Canadian senators from Ontario Canadian television executives Jewish Canadian politicians Lawyers in Ontario Liberal Party of Canada senators Living people Politicians from London, Ontario University of Toronto alumni University of Western Ontario alumni Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Canadian King's Counsel 21st-century Canadian politicians