Dr. Sydney Wise - 29 Sep. 2003

Name

Dr. Sydney Wise

Number

OH 278

Subject

Business

Immigrants--Canada

Physicians

Interview Date

29 Sep. 2003

Quantity

1

Interviewer

Ellen Scheinberg

Total Running Time

Side 1: 46 min.

Side 2: 30 min.

Conservation

Digital copy made April 11, 2011.

Use Restrictions

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

Biography

Dr. Sydney Wise was a Toronto physician and a long-time volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives. Sydney was married to Mimi Wise, who had been an active member of Hadassah-WIZO for most of her life. Sydney's father, Anshel Wise, opened a cigar store on Dundas Street, which later turned into a steamship agency called A. Wise Travel Bureau. The latter helped bring immigrants over from Europe.

Material Format

sound recording

Name Access

Wise, Anshel

Wise, Sydney

Scheinberg, Ellen

Original Format

Audio cassette

Copy Format

Digital file

Source

Oral Histories

In this portion of the interview, Syd describes his father Anshel Wise’s cigar store and travel business, which opened in the Ward in 1918. Anshel was one of the first steamship agents in Toronto.

In this portion of the interview, Sydney describes his entry into medical school at the University of Toronto. He outlines some of the challenges encountered by Jewish medical students in their search for internship positions.