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Joshua Levy and his great-great-grandfather, Boris Kaplan. (Joshua Levy)

The Legendary Boris Kaplan

Oral History

Sherbrooke and Avenue Parc Lafontaine

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Description

A rare recording of Boris Kaplan, a Russian immigrant who arrived in Montreal in the early 1900s without a penny to his name and eventually went on to build the Bagg Street Shul--the oldest operating synagogue in Canada. Listen to Boris' legendary story of hard work, dedication and even romance.

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