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- ↑ "Ontario Jewish Archives Blog: Archival Missives: October 2011". ontariojewisharchives.blogspot.ca. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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- ↑ Gladstone, Bill (October 14, 2016). "FEATURE: Archives house valuable artifacts of Canada's Jewish left". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
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