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Wilfred & Phyllis Solomon

Oral history interview with Wilfred - born in 1929 in New York - & Phyllis - born in 1929 in Massachusetts - Solomon. Wilfred was a chaplain in the United States Air Force and than a rabbi in Spokane. His wife Phyllis worked developing the Jewish Film Festival.

Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Pope John Paul II at the Vatican

Photograph depicts Pope John Paul II and Rabbi Arthur Schneier shaking hands.
Extensive title caption: "In his capacity as president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Rabbi Arthur Schneier had a private audience at the Vatican recently with Pope John Paul II at which they had a "warm and candid" exchange of views on such major issues as religious freedom, interreligious cooperation, international relations and human rights.

The Foundation is an interfaith organization working on behalf of religious freedom throughout the world. Rabbi Schneier is also chairman of the Wolrd Jewish Congress, American Section and spiritual leader of Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. 2/84."

On verso: April 2/87. Sept. 10/87. Received: Feb 21, 1984. B & W print.

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.

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