- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Number
- OH 123
- OH 124
- Subject
- Agriculture
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Communities
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Brooky Robins
- Total Running Time
- OH123_001: 30 minutes OH123_002: 31 minutes OH124_001: 46 minutes OH124_002: 44 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 Silbert was born in 1912 on a farm outside of Hamilton. His parents came from Lithuania. His father arrived in Canada in 1905, and his mother and three older siblings joined him in 1906. Morris spent his youth growing up on farms. At the age of sixteen in 1928, he and his family moved to Hamilton. In his youth, Morris was involved in several Jewish organizations, including Young Judaea, AZA, and Hashomer Hatzair. He was married in 1938. He served in the army in 1943 during the Second World War. Morris was the second vice president of the Council of Jewish Organizations. He also served on the executive board as chair of the nursery school board and participated in several committees.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Silbert, Morris
- Robins, Brooky
- Geographic Access
- Hamilton
- Wentworth
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH123_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH123_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH124_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH124_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Morris Silbert shares memories about Jewish peddlers who were welcomed on his family's farm in southern Ontario. He includes names of peddlers with descriptions of their wares and their carts.
In this clip, Morris Silbert shares memories about Jewish peddlers who were welcomed on his family
In this clip, Morris Silbert describes the restructuring of the Hamilton Jewish community as a result of the Depression in the 1930s. He explains how the Council of Jewish Organizations was formed to replace United Hebrew Association.
