Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds

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Subject: Jewish Cemeteries of Ottawa Interviewer: N/A Date: May 9, 2001 Interview Location: Ottawa, ON Length of Time: 58:03 -Israel Shinder is introduced; he came to Canada from Romania in 1930 and served in the RCAF during World War II. he worked with his father before opening his own business. He had 4 children with his late wife. -Israel begins his talk by discussing the early history of Ottawa jewery. The earliest jewish cemetery was bought and operated by the Society of Sons of Jacob in 1886. -In 1893 the Bank Street cemetery land was purchased. This was purchased by the King Street S...

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Subject: Lynn Cohen and the Cohen Family Interviewer: N/A Date: May 26, 2010 Interview Location: Ottawa, ON Length of Time: 54:56 -Lynn is introduced by Barry Carp. He discusses the family history in Cape Breton Nova Scotia and Ottawa. -Lynn begins her lecture. -The Cohen family came to Canada in the early 1900’s. They fled the tsar and restrictive government in Lithuania. -Yeheil (?) Cohen was Lynn’s great grandfather. His 3 eldest children came to Canada and New York in 1895 and he followed them with the remaining 3 children; including Moshe Cohen, Lynn’s grandfather. -Glace Bay Cape Bret...