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David Schein

Oral interview with David Schein. Interviewed by Alisa Lazear for the Feeding Community podcast. David is the founder of Vancouver's Food Stash Foundation, a food recovery charity. He talks about his organization and discusses food waste in Vancouver.

David Kaplan

Oral interview with David Kaplan. Interviewed by Bill Gruenthal. David talks about his family's involvement with the steel industry and the Jewish Botanical Gardens. Eventually settling in Vancouver, David opened a very successful R&D tax consultation firm and later on became heavily involved with the Jewish Family Services Agency. He also discusses Jewish education in South Africa.

Cheryl Kalmek

Oral interview with Cheryl Kalmek. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Cheryl talks about her family's immigration to South Africa and their involvement in the Jewish community. Cheryl was particularly involved with the Jewish Women's Benevolent Society before immigrating to Vancouver.

Sharon Posner

Interview with Sharon Posner. Interviewed by Debby Freiman for The Scribe, 2018. Sharon discusses her family history, her upbringing in Vancouver, and her involvement with B'nai Brith Girls. She talks in depth about her parents' restaurant, Oscar's.

Leah Levitt

Follow-up oral interview with Leah Levitt. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Leah talks about her extended family, education, and her involvement with B'nai Brith Girls and the National Council of Jewish Women.

Bea Goldberg

Oral interview with Bea Goldberg. Interviewed by Irene Dodeck. Bea has been involved with numerous Zionist organizations throughout her life such as Young Judaea and Canadian Hadassah-WIZO.

Roberta Beiser

Oral Interview with Roberta (Bertie) Lando Beiser. Interviewed by Irene Dodek. Interview is on the topic of Bertie's mother Edith Lando and the charitable work that she did.

Cathy Netter Bregman

Oral interview with Cathy Netter Bregman. Interviewed by Saguna Shankar for SLAIS Oral History class.

A priority for the interview was to record Cathy Bregman's knowledge about traditions and beliefs related to the Jewish life cycle. In particular, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia (JMABC) specified an interest in documenting the burial and funerary practises in the community. Other topics of interest to JMABC are stories about Jewish faith-based groups, activities, events, and interconnections between community leaders.

Fay Riback

Oral history interview with Fay Riback. Fay Riback knows it takes volunteers to get things done in a community. From participating in activities at her children's schools, to commitments at Temple Sholom, to volunteering with Hadassah-WIZO, Fay Riback has spent 50 years in Vancouver giving back. For Fay, it doesn't matter what you do as long as you do something.

Fay was heavily involved with Hadassah-WIZO in Vancouver. She worked directly with the Hadassah bazaar and the Hadassah golf tournaments. She was also the Hadassah national vice-president. Today she is very involved with Temple Sholom and helps her husband (Bud Riback) run his monthly seniors group at Temple Sholom. Fay is an excellent baker!

Bud and Fay were very instrumental in organizing the support for the Vietnamese boat family who were sponsored by Temple Sholom.

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