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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.

Avraham Feigelstock

Interview with Rabbi Avraham Feigelstock. Interviewed by Gary Averbach for The Scribe, 2018. Rabbi Avraham talks about the founding and operation of Kosher Check (formerly BC Kosher), on which he serves as supervising rabbi.

Eppy Rappaport

Interview with Efrem (Eppy) Rappaport. Interviewed by Debby Freiman for The Scribe, 2018. Eppy talks about the foods he ate growing up, and how he came to own the original Omnitsky Kosher in Winnipeg before opening more stores in Vancouver. He compares the Jewish and non-Jewish clientele in Vancouver to Winnipeg and discusses the difficulties of operating a kosher deli.

Stan Shear

Interview with Stan Shear. Interviewed by Michelle Mina. Stan talks about his family's history and Jewish heritage, and compares life in Canada to South Africa. Now a retired electrical engineer, Stan frequently contributes to the Vancouver Jewish community through his music.

Rabbi Dan Moscowitz

Interview with Rabbi Dan Moscowitz. Interviewed by April Thompson for the Feeding Community podcast. Senior Rabbi Mosocwitz of Temple Sholom talks about the foods he ate growing up, and food diversity in Vancouver in comparison to other North American cities.

Rabbi Carey Brown

Interview with Rabbi Carey Brown. Interviewed by April Thompson for the Feeding Community podcast. Rabbi Brown of Temple Sholom talks about the Jewish community in Vancouver, and the differences in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine across North American cities.

Larry Krangle

Oral history interview with Larry Krangle who was born in Toronto, 1926. He helped develop Shaar Harim, the North Shore Jewish Congregation.

Minnie (Toban) Toft

Oral history interview with Minnie (Toban) Toft who was born in Lithuania, like her brothers Harry and Dave (See Related Materials) though she was born in 1910. She emigrated with the family to Vancouver in 1911 as her father had been there since 1910. Minnie worked at her brothers' shoe store for a number of years and has volunteered at Schara Tzedeck office.

Rabbi Victor Reinstein

Oral history interview with Rabbi Victor Reinstein who was born in Boston, 1950. His wife Sue is a journalist. Moved from Maine to Victoria in 1982.

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