Jerry Kane

Jerry Kane of Toronto skyped me a short while ago and after getting caught up on news since the last time we spoke, he told me about his Yiddish column for the Canadian Jewish News. To my knowledge it's the only Yiddish column in Canada. He said it is 375-400 words and goes under the name of Yiddish Vinkl.

I mentioned that while I have contacts for The Yiddish Network in 17 major cities in Canada, I have never been able to get someone for Quebec city. He mentioned that most of the Jews remaining there are Sephardic because they are French-speaking more so than English.

I commented on his wearing shleykes (suspenders), because I also do. When it's father's day or my birthday, Debbie buys me another pair. I now have both the wide and narrow styles along with the brown, tan, and black. It is great going through the airports, for the kind she gets has plastic and not metal so they do not have to be removed when I go through the line.

Look for one of Kane's articles in a future issue of Der Bay.