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Joshua Wapp

Oral history interview with Joshua Wapp who was born in Ontario, 1969. His parents are both American but left for Canada due to politics. He works as a Cartoonist.

Marvin Weintraub

Oral history interview with Marvin Weintraub who was born in Poland in 1924. His father moved the entire family in 1930 to Toronto. Marvin studied chemistry and biology at the University of Toronto, doing a Master's and a PhD in botany/plant physiology and ecology. Got a job as a Virologist for the government in Eastern Canada.

Marvin Weintraub

Oral history interview with Marvin Weintraub who was born in Poland in 1924; done in preparation of Betty Nitkin writing an article for the Scribe on the beginnings of the Jewish Studies Program at UBC.

Rita and Marvin Weintraub

Number: CA JMABC A.1971.001-20.16-10
Name: Rita and Marvin Weintraub
Interviewer: Alisa Lazear
Date: June 29th, 2016
Place: Jewish Public Library
Project: The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia Oral History Project

Summary:
00:00: The interviewer Alisa Lazear introduces herself and the guests Rita and Marvin Weintraub. She then asks the Weintraubs to describe the beginnings of the Jewish Public Library.
00:39: The Weintraubs describe how the library was planned for when the centre was renovated. Rita was responsible for the library being started.
2:59: Rita had also started a library in St. Catherines, Ontario where she and Marvin had previously lived. She was involved with the finding and training of all the volunteers that worked in the libraries she started.
8:05: The workers in the library were mostly volunteers from the various women’s groups that Rita was a part of.
9:44: Marvin describes the contributions and donations of the Isaac and Sophie Waldman. The Weintraubs are looking through an album or book while being interviewed. Marvin recounts the story Sophie Waldman told him of her survival in Warsaw under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
15:05: Rita and Sophie Waldman had lunch together one day during which Rita convinced Sophie to finance the library in the JCC.
17:46: Rita has two Masters degrees, one in Library Science and the other in Sociology. Rita recalls that she had an opportunity to go abroad and complete a PhD but she chose to stay and marry Marvin.
20:01: The Weintraubs recall some others who were supporters of the library such as Rabbi Wosk, Evelyn and Leon Kahn.
22:16: They come across photos of the first librarian, Eric Pelam.
23:13: The speakers discuss their thoughts on what the future of libraries will be.
25:09: End of interview.

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.

Janna Ginsberg

Interview with Janna Ginsberg. Interviewed by Debby Freiman for The Scribe, 2018. Janna talks about her family's history and her experiences growing up with Jewish food. She describes her background in horticulture and talks extensively about her catering business and restaurant, Janna's Select Catering and Tudor Rose. Janna reflects on the food scene in Victoria over the years.

Susan Mendelson

Interview with Susan Mendelson. Interviewed by Debby Freiman for The Scribe, 2018. Susan talks about her family's history, her upbringing in Toronto, and her first baking ventures in Vancouver. She became a regular on CBC Radio before eventually opening her own catering company, Lazy Gourmet. Susan talks extensively about her experiences in the business.

Stephen Greenham

Interview with Stephen Greenham. Interviewed by Alysa Routtenberg for The Scribe, 2018. Stephen is the co-owner of Sweet Obsession alongside his business partner Lorne Tyczenski. He talks about how the two of them ended up opening Sweet Obsession and how their shop has grown since. Stephen also discusses the role Lorne's Judaism has played in the business.

Yosef Wosk

Interview with Yosef Wosk, interviewed by Carol Herbert. Yosef speaks about his family’s history in Ukraine and Russia and how pogroms and anti-Semitism led to their immigration to Vancouver, Canada. Yosef discusses his father’s beginnings in Vancouver and the growth of the Wosk business as peddlers in the furniture business, primarily in South Granville. He talks about his upbringing and relationship to his family and their immense presence in both the Jewish and business community. He speaks about his lengthy education at numerous secular institutions and rabbinic schooling at two Yeshivas and with scholars in North America and Israel. Yosef discusses his career as a rabbi in North America and his directing of interdisciplinary programs at Simon Fraser University.

Jack Huberman

Interview with Jack Huberman for On The Record: The BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project in collaboration with JQT Vancouver. Interviewed by Carmel Tanaka via remote Zoom video call. Jack (he/him) is a gay Jewish man born in Calgary, Alberta. Jack talks about his family’s origins in Poland and his parents’ livelihoods as grocers and property owners upon immigrating to Canada. Jack shares he realized he was gay very late in life, and how little dialogue about being queer and Jewish at the time made him reluctant to ‘come out’ within his Jewish community in Vancouver. He discusses the writing and mentorship of Rabbi Gil Steinlauf as a catalyst for understanding his sexuality within a Jewish context, though shares how ‘coming out’ did not make him feel welcomed across all parts of his Jewish community, including his own congregation. Jack talks about his desire to foster a greater awareness and acceptance for queer Jews. He discusses his experiences through school, including how he eventually became lawyer, and volunteering throughout the Jewish community in Vancouver. Jack closes by talking about his immediate family, including his husband, children, and grandchildren, and the importance of treating others equally and maintaining good relationships with those around you.

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