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Leon Katz made new friends in cuba. He is raising funds to buy a bus for Havana Jews
Leon Katz made new friends in cuba. He is raising funds to buy a bus for Havana Jews

Leon Katz made new friends in cuba. He is raising funds to buy a bus for Havana Jews

Date3/21/1973
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      ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0128866F
      New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
      New home for Hedgehog: Kim Dormaar, assistant director of new Metro zoo, holds a hedgehog from Asia, one of 5,000 animals, birds, reptiles and fish which will live in the 700-acre zoo. In order to raise funds for the new zoo, Metro's six mayors and thousands of zoo supporters are today walking 15 miles in hopes of raising $500,000 towards $6 million zoo fund objective. The zoo, being built in northeastern corner of Scarborough, will open next summer.
      Beaty, Keith
      5/31/1973
      Real operator: Stroke victim Graham MacLachlan, 66, is a licensed ham radio operator but he spends most of his time raising funds for Ontario Heart Fund
      Real operator: Stroke victim Graham MacLachlan, 66, is a licensed ham radio operator but he spends most of his time raising funds for Ontario Heart Fund
      Combs, Erin
      2/6/1981
      Jews must work through their confusion and disappointment to emerge Jews dedicated to the state of Israel, Jews committed to the idea of a homeland, J(...)
      Jews must work through their confusion and disappointment to emerge Jews dedicated to the state of Israel, Jews committed to the idea of a homeland, J(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      9/26/1982
      Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)
      Raising funds the hard way. Paul Thruston, a 20-year-old Etobicoke youth who has been motorcycle-jumping cars for two years and, last year, leaped eig(...)
      Slaughter, Mike
      4/3/1977
      The Canadian Diabetic Association is raising funds to be used to teach diabetic children how to give themselves injections of life-saving insulin. Elm(...)
      The Canadian Diabetic Association is raising funds to be used to teach diabetic children how to give themselves injections of life-saving insulin. Elm(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      4/13/1972
      Traveller Mrs. Thomas Bata, She's raising funds to save Indian tigers
      Traveller Mrs. Thomas Bata, She's raising funds to save Indian tigers
      Bata Industries Ltd
      5/7/1969
      Plight of Russian Jews: Dramatizing the mistreatment of Soviet Jews, the Toronto Group of 35, an organization concerned with the problem, demonstrated yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square
      Plight of Russian Jews: Dramatizing the mistreatment of Soviet Jews, the Toronto Group of 35, an organization concerned with the problem, demonstrated yesterday at Nathan Phillips Square
      Lennon, Frank
      5/3/1976
      Super salesman: Cerebral palsy victim Harry Halpern receives a hug from friend Laura Toniutti after he was honored by the Canadian Cancer Society for his fund-raising efforts
      Super salesman: Cerebral palsy victim Harry Halpern receives a hug from friend Laura Toniutti after he was honored by the Canadian Cancer Society for his fund-raising efforts
      McConnell, Colin
      11/17/1986
      He got a platform to air his views, some Jews say but others think the need to stop hatemongers outweighs all the pain
      He got a platform to air his views, some Jews say but others think the need to stop hatemongers outweighs all the pain
      Bock, Tony
      2/14/1985
      Jews Mark High Holy Days, Rabbi Albert Pappenheim and Cantor David Greengarten assist ritual director Theodore Bloom as he sounds the shofar (bibilica(...)
      Jews Mark High Holy Days, Rabbi Albert Pappenheim and Cantor David Greengarten assist ritual director Theodore Bloom as he sounds the shofar (bibilica(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      9/29/1965
      90,000 Metro jews celebrate a new year, Standing in front of Holy Ark curtain, Rabbi Jacob Mendel Kirshenblatt, cantor of Beth Sholom Synagogue, sound(...)
      90,000 Metro jews celebrate a new year, Standing in front of Holy Ark curtain, Rabbi Jacob Mendel Kirshenblatt, cantor of Beth Sholom Synagogue, sound(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      9/29/1970
      Leon Katz. Stamps were an escape
      Leon Katz. Stamps were an escape
      Darrell, Dick
      7/17/1970