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Dovid Kunigis Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn71403
- Collection
- Dovid Kunigis Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.13 m textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1302
- Date
- c.1947-2000
- Scope and Content
- Consists of materials mainly related to Yiddish education in Canada including sample tests and teaching instructions, Yiddish song sheets, documentation on Yiddish schools and Camp Naivelt as well as newspaper clippings and teaching aids.
- Collection
- Dovid Kunigis Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.13 m textual records
- Scope and Content
- Consists of materials mainly related to Yiddish education in Canada including sample tests and teaching instructions, Yiddish song sheets, documentation on Yiddish schools and Camp Naivelt as well as newspaper clippings and teaching aids.
- Date
- c.1947-2000
- Fonds No.
- 1302
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Dovid Kunigis was born in Lithuania in 1923 to Aaron Kunigis and Sarah Applebaum. Throughout his life Mr. Kunigis had numerous careers: service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, a Yiddish teacher and school principal, restauranteur, taxi driver, and train conductor. Mr. Kunigis' passion however was dedicated to the preservation, education and celebration of the Yiddish language and culture.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Subjects
- Yiddish
- Jewish studies
- Education - Jews
- Education, Elementary
- Kunigis, Dovid
- Camp Naivelt (Ontario)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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