Condensed from The Canadian Jewish News, August 4, 1983 When the cucumber harvest is in, the Strub brother’s facility in Dundas, Ontario goes into their busiest season. The cucumbers are brought to the plant, unloaded, washed, sorted, packed into big barrels and vats filled with special pickling ingredients and then put into cold storage. Some…
Canadian Jews in World War II, Part I — Decorations (soon available) Pages from the book Canadian Jews in World War II, Part II — Casualties Contents & Surnames A to G (roughly) (pages vii to 29) Surnames H to R (roughly) (pages 29 to 59) Surnames R to Z (roughly) (pages 60 to 84) MORE…
Canadian Jews in World War II, Part I — Decorations (soon available) Pages from the book Canadian Jews in World War II, Part II — Casualties Contents & Surnames A to G (roughly) This Page (pages vii to 29) Surnames H to R (roughly) (pages 29 to 59) Surnames R to Z (roughly) (pages 60 to…
Pages from the book Canadian Jews in World War II, Part II — Casualties Click on pages below to enlarge; use back arrow to return to this page. Index & Surnames A to G (roughly) (pages vii to 29) Surnames H to R (roughly) (pages 29 to 59) Surnames R to Z (roughly) (pages 60 to…
Pages from the book Canadian Jews in World War II, Part II — Casualties Index & Surnames A to G (roughly) (pages vii to 29) Surnames H to R (roughly) (pages 29 to 59) This Page Surnames R to Z (roughly) (pages 60 to 84) MORE Surnames A to P (roughly) (pages 85 to 109) MORE…
From the Canadian Jewish News, October 2012 As legions of Barbra Streisand fans pay exorbitant prices (reportedly up to $500) for tickets to see her during her latest (and perhaps last) world tour — which includes a concert at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre on Oct. 23rd 2012 — it seems a fortuitous time for the…
The photo shows the opening session of the 33rd international conference on Jewish Genealogy taking place August 4 to 9 at the Park Plaza Hotel in wonderful Boston. Some 1200 delegates have assembled in the Imperial Room of this historic hotel to hear Aaron Lansky, founder of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Ma., deliver…
BOOK REVIEW: Joe Salsberg: A Life of Commitment, by Gerald Tulchinsky (University of Toronto Press, June 2013) It was said that it would take Joe Salsberg three to five hours to stroll along Spadina Avenue from College to Queen because he couldn’t venture more than a few steps without meeting someone and having a conversation. The…
From the Canadian Jewish Chronicle, September 19, 1919 ◊ Note: “In 1919, Russian Jews were caught in the middle of a civil war, and became the victims of warring Red and White Russian, Ukrainian and Polish forces, among others. Thousands of pogroms resulted in the loss of an estimated 100,000 Jewish lives. Polish troops, Petlura’s soldiers,…
Millions of Diaspora Jews owe a huge debt of gratitude to Baron Maurice de Hirsch, the Jewish magnate, banker and philanthropist who built the Orient Express railroad from Vienna to Constantinople, for assisting our Russian ancestors to reach the United States, Canada, Argentina and other hospitable shores. According to his biographer, Samuel J. Lee, Hirsch…
