Jan and Jil Shleser

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of Jan and Jil Shleser.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i1.

Subjects

Sisters

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Shleser family.

Source

Archival Descriptions