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Boris Chenkis

Oral history interview with Boris Chenkis in preparation for the 2015 Scribe on Jewish clothiers. Boris’ parents were born in Chernovke, Ukraine. Boris was born in Belarus in 1952. His family moved to Canada in 1959, when he was 7 years old. His Father was an x-ray technician and got a job in Nanaimo. His mother was a cook. They loved in Nanaimo until 1967 when they moved to Vancouver so his mother could open a clothing store. He talks about going to camp Miriam and Habonim. He went to Israel during his gap year on a Habonim program then went to UBC. In 1984, he opened After Five, a clothing store, with his wife. He talks about running the store and fashion.

Nancy Halpern

Oral interview with Nancy Halpern. Interviewed by Samantha Stokell for SLAIS Oral History class.

Nancy's father's family moved to Vancouver in 1906, when her father Norman Brown was less than six months old. She has stories of her own life in the Vancouver Jewish community and those of her grandparents and parents. She was involved in drama and theatre in the Vancouver and Spokane, WA areas, and worked as a librarian in Vancouver. She was also involved in creating the West Vancouver Jewish Community Association.

Nancy mentions her cousin's daughter, Barbara Liskov (née Huberman) from the States, a professor at MIT who was the first woman to graduate in Computer Science in the U.S., and who is a winner of the Turing Award.

Irma Schneider

Oral history interview with Irma Schneider, interviewed by Cindy Rozen. Irma speaks on her family’s history as well as her early life and adolescence in East London, South Africa. Irma also discusses her childhood education in a Catholic convent and her experience with camp and Habonim. When she was married, she lived in Cape Town, where her children were also born, and in 1980, she immigrated to Vancouver, Canada. She details her family’s and her own experience with immigrating to Canada and speaks about her marriage and her children’s families.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts three unknown boys sitting in a tent which is built on a wooden platform. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts four unknown boys with a young Irving Snider (far right) posing for the camera with their arms around each other's shoulders. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.
Note: colour adjusted on jpg.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts two young boys posing in front of a tent. The boy on the right is possibly Irving Snider. "'Y' Camp" is written at the bottom.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts a large group of unknown boys posing on a rock. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts a field with five tents in the background. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts an unknown young boy lying on his stomach on grass reading a book. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.
Note: colour adjusted on jpg.

"Y" Camp

B&W print depicts an unknown young boy wearing a sailors hat posing beside a tent. "'Y' Camp" is written on the bottom of the image.

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