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Paul Yanover - 31 Oct. 2007
- Name
- Paul Yanover
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 31 Oct. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Paul Yanover
- Number
- OH 331
- Subject
- Belleville
- Family history
- Jewish education
- Rabbi Baab
- bar mitzvah
- Interview Date
- 31 Oct. 2007
- Quantity
- 1 mini DV; 1 archival DVD; 1 reference DVD:
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 45 mins
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Paul Yanover's grandfather Yanover came over from Russia in the early 1900s and was a rum runner. His grandparents kept a hen house, where a shohet came to slaughter chickens. Paul's parents were Mr. and Mrs Ben. Yanover of Belleville, and each one had a clothing store. His father's was Esquire for men, and his mother's store was for children.
- Paul grew up in Bellville, but limited opportunities led him, at the age of nineteen, to leave town to seek education and employment in Toronto.
- In December 1962, Paul married Barbara Edelist, an elementary school teacher and later real estate agent. Paul is a chartered accountant and a real estate broker in Toronto. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.
- A chance meeting for Paul led to the planning of a major fiftieth anniversary event for the building of the Victoria Road synagogue of the Sons of Jacob Congregation in Belleville in June 2005. He and Brenda Goldstein (née Black) were the Toronto reunion chairs.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories