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Isidore Kaplan - 3 Jun. 1975
- Name
- Isidore Kaplan
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Jun. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Isidore Kaplan
- Number
- OH 9
- OH 10
- Subject
- Business
- Communities
- Interview Date
- 3 Jun. 1975
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Sophie Milgram
- Total Running Time
- 009A: 29 minutes 009B: 41 minutes 010A: 30 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- Reduced sound quality at times.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Isidore Kaplan was born in Vilna in 1910. His father was the first Jew to settle in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Isidore's father, a successful businessman, opened a general store in 1915 and a movie theatre in 1923. The Jewish community of Kirkland Lake grew to 135 families and was able to support a synagogue, kosher butcher, and after-school cheder at its peak.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Kaplan, Isidore
- Milgram, Sophie
- Geographic Access
- Cobalt (Ont.)
- Englehart (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Krugerdorf (Ont.)
- Swastika (Ont.)
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 9, OH 10 - Kaplan\OH9_001_Log.doc
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 9, OH 10 - Kaplan\OH9_002_Log.doc
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 9, OH 10 - Kaplan\OH10_001_Log.doc
- Source
- Oral Histories
Isidore Kaplan's father was the first Jewish resident of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. In this clip, Isidore relates his father's journey in 1912 from Toronto to Kirkland Lake in northern Ontario via Engelhart and Swastika.
In this clip, Isidore Kaplan describes the decline of Kirkland Lake, Ontario