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CA JMABC A.1971.001-20.01-23
Stuk
March 13, 2001

Oral history interview with Daniel Ezekiel who was born in Manila. His family is split between Ashkenazi and Sephardic. Daniel talks about his family history and how they ended up in Manila. Daniel speaks 4 languages, his father speaks 5, and his mother 8. In the 1970s political change in Manila caused everyone who could to leave. His family moved to Vancouver. He went to medical school at the University of Toronto. He compares North American Jews to Jews in the Philippines. He went to Israel with a youth group in 1980 and still visits ever couple of years.

Busy street with many cars and people

CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-55-L.19173
Stuk
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds

Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts a busy street with many cars and people.

Man holding a sign that reads: "wanted housegirl"

CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-55-L.19175
Stuk
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds

Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts a man holding a sign that reads: "wanted housegirl", in a store selling cloth situated in an indoor market.

Indoor market

CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-55-L.19176
Stuk
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds

Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts an indoor market.

Building called the "Central Market Cooked Food Section"

CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-55-L.19177
Stuk
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds

Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts a building called the "Central Market Cooked Food Section".

Cemetery with a Jewish gravestone inscribed: "Jethro and Cohen", among others with crosses

CA JMABC A.1995.003-001-55-L.19178
Stuk
[ca. 1960]

Part of Dr. Irving and Phyliss Snider fonds

Colour Ektachrome 35mm slide depicts a cemetery with white gravestones including one Jewish gravestone, inscribed: "Jethro and Cohen", among others with crosses.