From the Archives: Body builders

Canada’s first all-Jewish weight-lifting club with coach Bill Gryfe, Toronto, 1936. Back row, from left,:  Nat Crystal, Moe Stolberg, Sam Milstone, Harry Moscoe, Juda Lapidus, Isadore Keshen and Dave Brown. Second row: Sol Kline, Joe Sklar, Isadore Bass, Berney Rosen, Murray Krugel and Bill Gryfe. Third row: Ben Pinkus, Isadore Crystal, Joe Goodman, Hye Marks, Sam Cooper, Nat Feldbaum and Sam Ginsberg. Seated front row with barbells: Jack Handler and Abe Ginsberg.

Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 61, series 2-2, file 138.

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