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Harry Oberman: Kosher Butchers and the Meat Business in Montreal

Oral History

3811 St. Laurent Blvd and 7010 St. Dominique Street

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Listen to Harry Oberman talk about his life growing up in the meat business in Montreal, with his father's family owning S. Oberman & Sons on St. Laurent Boulevard, and his mother's family originally owning Zinman Chicken Market on St. Dominique Street, near Jean Talon Market. Harry Oberman also recounts other cultural, religious, and neighbourhood memories from his childhood in the Plateau, as well as discussing his experience as one of the first Jews hired to work at Bell Canada.

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