- Name
- David Cohen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Jun. 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- David Cohen
- Number
- OH 73
- Subject
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 22 Jun. 1977
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Mark Verman
- Total Running Time
- 39.45 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003
- Copied to digital file in January 2015
- Sound inaudible
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- David's parents, Sam and Clara Cohen, were amongst the first Jewish settlers of Port Colborne. David's father was born in Lithuania and came to Port Colborne via England and South Africa. After his arrival in Port Colborne in 1914, Sam opened a scrap business. David was born in Port Colborne and likely had his bar mitzvah in the late 1920s at the Agudath Achim Synagogue. David recalls Jewish settlers of Port Colborne including the Sam Kassirer family, the Dwors, and his in-laws who arrived in 1918. At its peak thirty-two Jewish families lived in Port Colborne.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 73 - Cohen\OH73_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 56
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a photocopy of the 1952 self-survey of the Jewish community of Port Colborne, Ontario. Several self-surveys were conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1298
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1298
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1914]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Dwor family in Port Colborne, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Mordechai, Bill, Dora (m. Balshin), Ben, Bella (née Ehrman) and Richard.
- Notes
- Acquired on June 19, 1976.
- Name Access
- Balshin, Dora
- Dwor, Bella
- Dwor, Ben
- Dwor, Bill
- Dwor, Dora
- Dwor family
- Dwor, Mordechai
- Dwor, Richard
- Ehrman, Bella
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1299
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1299
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Mordechai and Richard Dwor standing on the porch at 104 Catherine Street in Port Colborne, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Dwor, Richard
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1300
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1300
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of men and women in Port Colborne, Ontario.
Identified in this photograph are:
Back row, left to right: Sam Cohen, Richard Dwor, Bill Dwor, Ben Dwor, Reuben Balshin.
Middle row, left to right: Clara Cohen, Fega Jacobs, Mordechai Dwor, Bella Dwor, Dora Dwor.
Front row, left to right: David Cohen, Dorothy Cohen, Murray Balshin.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1445
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1445
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Kassirer family may have been the first Jews in Port Colborne.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of a view of Port Colborne, looking towards Lake Erie. On the left is a sign for Kassirer's Clothing.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-7-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1457
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1457
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Purim party in Port Colborne, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large group dressed in various costumes.
- Subjects
- Costume
- Parties
- Purim
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 778
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 778
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Sam Rudolph from Port Colborne, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired June 1976.
- This photograph appears to have been cut from a larger photo which most likely measured 21 x 26 cm.
- Name Access
- Rudolph, Sam
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
