Photograph depicts George Zukerman an internationally acclaimed Solo Bassoonist. Zuckerman came to the US during WWII where his father was a correspondent for several Yiddish newspapers. He first played with the Vancouver Symphony in 1950 on invitation from New York, where he met and married Netta Karmel, a social worker with the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau. Zukerman took up permanent residence in Vancouver in 1953.
Photograph depicts a group of men including Bert Smollan (on the right), Sanford Cohen (in the back wearing a blue shirt), and Stan Korsch (next to Bert Smollan) at a B'nai B'rith event.
Photograph depicts "Historical photo of the Second Singing Degree Team of B'nai B'rith, which was organized in 1929 and included, from left to right: Sam Hayman, S. Brail, J. B. Jaffe, Jules Ablowitz, Ben Rose and M. Goldsmith. A newly organized Singing Degree Team is scheduled to make its first appearance on Monday, January 21 when 100 new members will be officially initiated into Vancouver B'nai B'rith lodges at a dinner in the Centre auditorium." (Caption from 1963 JWB).