- CA JMABC A.1971.001-19.77-02
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- May 19, 1977
Parte de JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Abraham Myer Freedman who was born in Poland in 1910 and emigrated with his mother in 1914.
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Parte de JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Abraham Myer Freedman who was born in Poland in 1910 and emigrated with his mother in 1914.
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Oral history interview with Jack Farber who was born 1901 in Lithuania.
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Oral history interview with Reita Goldberg & her father Abe Gurevitch. Abe was a part of the Golden Age Club and was involved for fifty years in Chevra Kadisha.
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Oral History interview with Leslie Andrews. Born in 1929, Leslie grew up in a village a few miles out from London, and he speaks about what the Jewish community was like as he grew up. Leslie’s father was a tailor, and he collaborated with Leslie’s mother to start a clothing shop in London that sold waistcoats and petticoats called Andrews and Goldberg. During World War II, they moved their shop out of London to Aylesbury, and had contracts to make raincoats for the British Armed Forces. Leslie talks about the complications he had with both his secular and Jewish education in England. Leslie went to school to become a pediatric pulmonologist and proceeded to work in physical medicine. After the war ended, Leslie met his wife Iris, and became the first person in his family to come to Canada, emigrating to Vancouver in January 1962. He began working at the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Center. Leslie, Iris, and their children attended Beth Israel synagogue, and were quite active in the Jewish community in Vancouver, with Iris working as a secretary and Leslie acting as chairman for various committees at Beth Israel. He talks about how the Jewish community in Vancouver has changed since he first arrived in British Colombia.
Parte de JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Gary Averbach who was born in Vancouver in 1942 and was businessman and spent a great deal of his life working for Jewish Community Centres.
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Oral history interview with Booba Harowitz who was born in Odessa, Russia in 1917. Her family fled the Russian revolution to Canada in 1923. Talks about Haddassa meeting them when they arrived in Canada. Her father started as a peddler in Fraser Valley and Chilliwack area. She talks about her family’s relationship with the Judaism. Her daughter and two others were first in Vancouver to have Bat Mitzvah at Schara Tzedeck. Reflects on her memories of events in the early years of the Jewish community and people who were active and significant contributors to its development. Booba is a member of United Jewish Appeal.
Women being Bat Mitzvahed, Washinton D.C.
Parte de Jewish Western Bulletin fonds
Photograph depicts a group of unidentified women at a Bat Mitzvah.
Parte de Jewish Western Bulletin fonds
Photograph depicts five unidentified men.
Written on the verso: "2 cols Page 5. July 17/75. Bar-mitzvah at Lubavitch. 80."
Parte de Fromson family fonds
Photograph depicts a portrait of Teddy Fromson at his Bar Mitzvah.