- CA JMABC A.1971.001-19.77-02
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- May 19, 1977
Part of 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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Part of 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.
Bar Mitzvah at Louis Brier Home
Part of Jewish Western Bulletin fonds
Photograph depicts a group of people surrounding a "Happy Bar Mitzvah" sheet cake as two people cut into it.
Written on the verso: "T2097-22A. 13 Dec/81. 1 1/2 x 2 3/4. Brier Home. Dec 31/81."
Part of 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."
Bar Mitzvah certificate, January 24, 1953
Part of Fromson family fonds
Certificate of Bar Mitzvah presented by the Congregation Beth Israel to Eli Theodore [Teddy] Fromson on January 24, 1953.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral interview with Barbara Halparin. Interviewed by Catherine Bellamy for SLAIS Oral History class.
Mrs Halparin is a member of Temple Sholom and is very involved with their Hesed Community, and organisation that celebrates life cycle events, such as births, marriages, bar and bat mitzvahs, and deaths, as well as provides outreach services to those in need. She also volunteers her time with Chevrah Kadishah, a service that prepares bodies for burial in keeping with Jewish law or halacha. She was the first convert to Judaism to sit on the board of the women's Chevrah Kadishah in Vancouver. A large portion of the interview was set aside for discussing Jewish death and burial traditions and customs.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Betty Averbach who was born in Romania in 1921. Her family moved to Canada when she was 3 years old, the Council of Jewish Women met them and helped them get settled. Talks about growing up in Vancouver and the Jewish community here. Her father was a junk peddler when they first arrived. Talks about raising her family in Vancouver and her family's active relationship with the Schara Tzedeck synagogue. Speaks of the importance of the Jewish Community Centre in the life of the community when she was young, the support and confidence it generated amongst Betty and her friends.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Bill Morris who was born just outside of Moscow, Russia. The family emigrated to Canada in 1913. Bill's father was active with the Jewish Aid Society. Bill joined the Canadian army and was active during the Second World War, seeing action primarily in Italy.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral interview with Cathy Netter Bregman. Interviewed by Saguna Shankar for SLAIS Oral History class.
A priority for the interview was to record Cathy Bregman's knowledge about traditions and beliefs related to the Jewish life cycle. In particular, the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia (JMABC) specified an interest in documenting the burial and funerary practises in the community. Other topics of interest to JMABC are stories about Jewish faith-based groups, activities, events, and interconnections between community leaders.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral interview with Cheryl Kalmek. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Cheryl talks about her family's immigration to South Africa and their involvement in the Jewish community. Cheryl was particularly involved with the Jewish Women's Benevolent Society before immigrating to Vancouver.
Part of JHSBC Oral History Collection
Oral history interview with Earl Lesk on the subject of New Westminster; in preparation for 2010 exhibit on the New Westminster Jewish community. Earl was born in New Westminster in 1945 and felt disconnected from both the Vancouver Jewish community by living in New Westminster; and he felt disconnected from from non-Jewish children as he and other Jewish children had to go to Hebrew school on Thursdays, missing out on Hockey and Lacrosse, leaving him to feel ostracized.