Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Asher, Stanley, 1934-2023
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Stan Asher
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Description area
Dates of existence
1934-2023
History
Stanley Asher was born in Montreal. He was a lecturer at John Abbot College, a radio host, a documentary filmmaker and a tour guide.
He made a significant contribution to the preservation of the history of the Montreal Jewish community and to its transmission. He organized and led literary walking tours of Jewish Montreal, and co-directed with the documentarist Dov Okouneff the Montreal Jewish Memories Series. He was also responsible for the English content of the Jewish community radio Radio Shalom.
Places
Montreal