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According to family tradition, Aaron Etinson arrived in Montreal from Romania prior to World War I in possession of a secret recipe for smoking meats. He opened the store in 1918.
Kindergarten picture from Talmud Torah St. Laurent Kindergarten
Three generations at Auschwitz on the March of the Living
Chaim Fogelgarn & Philip Gold (my great-grandfather) at the Jewish Public Library reading Yiddish newspapers.
My late grandfather, Jack Rosenhek of Quebec City, was president of Beth Israel Ohev Sholom synagogue during Ben-Gurion’s visit to Canada in May of 1961. He presented the Israeli Prime Minister with this lamp. When my family visited Israel a few years ago on the occasion of our daughter Abby’s Bat Mitzvah, imagine our surprise when we visited the Ben-Gurion House and saw this very lamp in his guest room!