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When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.

When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.

Date8/31/1984
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
Doreen MacDonald picked up a toaster from a pile of battered appliances in the Qeen St. E. Soup-to-nuts junk store run by Jack Himself Cohen. One dollar. Himself said. Does it work? Doreen asked. I don't know. Why don't you plug it in and find out? All I do is sell as is. You won't plug it in? No. Doreen paid the $1 and once again proved Himself's credo: I don't polish anything. I learned my lesson when I polished the $25 special finish off a candelabra early in business. Since then I sell everything just as it is. [Incomplete]
6/13/1972
Vice-president Terry Popowich condemns acts of vandalism and threatening calls received at his home, 'I don't think my family should be part of this'
Vice-president Terry Popowich condemns acts of vandalism and threatening calls received at his home, 'I don't think my family should be part of this'
1/15/1988
In his element: Working in the house of his immigrant grandparents or walking in Kensington Market: below: Tony Ianno says he's at home in Trinity-Spadina
In his element: Working in the house of his immigrant grandparents or walking in Kensington Market: below: Tony Ianno says he's at home in Trinity-Spadina
8/3/1988
In grim hamlet of Chodel, his paternal grandparents' birthplace, Givens tries out pump
In grim hamlet of Chodel, his paternal grandparents' birthplace, Givens tries out pump
7/29/1966
Ralph Greenstein shares a desk with his granddaughter Rebecca, 7, during Grandparents' Day at Cedarville Community School in York. The visitors were i(...)
Ralph Greenstein shares a desk with his granddaughter Rebecca, 7, during Grandparents' Day at Cedarville Community School in York. The visitors were i(...)
5/25/1988
Proud Grandparents, North York Mayor Mel Lastman and his wife, Marilyn, are feeling two times lucky after the birth of their second grandchild last wednesday
Proud Grandparents, North York Mayor Mel Lastman and his wife, Marilyn, are feeling two times lucky after the birth of their second grandchild last wednesday
1/12/1990
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
I just met a man who doesn't have a single complaint. Sik Kan Chung is 91. It took him 15 minutes to walk across the park to Woodgreen Community Centre from his place to meet me. Ten years ago it took him only 10 minutes. Another 10 years, maybe it will take half an hour, he said, laughing so hard his glasses slid down his nose. [Incomplete]
5/26/1984
Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
4/3/1984
Don't bug him: You would never consider Detroit's Kirk Gibson as easygoing, and the sign at right, hanging over his locker warns unwary passersby
Don't bug him: You would never consider Detroit's Kirk Gibson as easygoing, and the sign at right, hanging over his locker warns unwary passersby
3/24/1986
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, Mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25 years-but it is more than 50
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, Mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25 years-but it is more than 50
3/11/1971
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
We never counted them, say Ambrose Nesbitt and his wife, mary, so they don't know exactly how many foster children they have cared for in the past 25-year - but it is more than 50
8/6/1980
Manuscript letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Surrey; "My dear Smith I don't suppose you take much notice about what Cranks write"
approximately 1904