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Morris Fishman - 12 Jul. 1977
- Name
- Morris Fishman
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 12 Jul. 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Fishman
- Number
- OH 36
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 12 Jul. 1977
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Richard Menkis
- Total Running Time
- Side 1 46 minutes Side 2 17 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Morris Fishman was born on 29 September 1916 in New Jersey. His family moved to Welland, Ontario when he was an infant. He attended elementary and high school in Welland and completed two years at the University of Toronto. He worked in a family menswear business in Welland. Morris was actively involved in the Jewish community including participation in the Anshe Yosher Congregation, the Jewish Cultural Society, and the Jacob Goldblatt B'nai Brith Lodge. He was married and had two daughters.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Fishman, Morris
- Geographic Access
- Welland (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 36 - Fishman\OH36_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 36 - Fishman\OH36_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Morris Fishman praises the efforts of the non-Jewish community in Welland, Ontario to support the building of a new synagogue following a fire that destroyed the old synagogue in 1954.
In this clip, Morris Fishman discusses the Jacob Goldblatt B’nai Brith Lodge in Welland, Ontario.