In this clip, Tobie Taback discusses the helplessness faced by the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society in bringing immigrants out of Europe during the period of Canada's strict no immigration policy.
In this clip, Tobie Taback discusses the activities of Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS) employees during the years 1937–1939, the obstacles they faced vis-à-vis immigrant applications and the "parcels to Russia and Poland" aid program run by JIAS.
Music in the Bush
Making Cheese
What was planned as just a short trip...
Watching What you Say in South Africa
A Triangle of Hope
A Packed Suitcase by the Door
A Charmed Existence
A Mandate for the Whole Country
The Inevitability of Leaving
Toronto Fashion
A Very Loose Jewish Background
Welcome to Canada
Two South Africas
Sport as an Equalizer
Jewish Day School
Raising Jewish Children
Food and South African Identity
The Kensington of Johannesburg
Maybe Canada?
Immigrants Sponsoring Immigrants
Kiss the Ground
Loneliness
Basic Human Needs
Two Very Distinct Lives
Braiding challah with my mother
Montreal was Hostile
On Survivors
Receiving the Order of Canada
Overcrowding in Black Hospitals
What We Left Behind
An Icon at the Club
Political Activism
The Place I Call Home
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In this clip, Blanche Haber describes taking boarders into her mother’s and her own home at 112 Parliament Street.
In this clip, Blanche Haber fondly remembers the warm relationship that developed between her family and the Manischewitz family. She explains that Joe Manischewitz boarded at her family’s home while his family built a matzah factory in Toronto.
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Immigration Tribulations
Who Has Left Over Matzah Balls?
The First Midnight Store
Not the Way to Live
Afrikaners Dominated Politics
Leaving your Heart in South Africa
In this clip, Anne Edell shares memories of summer vacations.
In this clip, I. S. Edell discusses the antisemitism encountered by Jewish graduates in the field of education in Ontario in the 1930s.
Israel, the Opportunity for New Beginnings
An Indoor Life