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AARON, Elmer Oscar

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Date of Death: May 07, 1944

Place of Burial: Loiret, France

Cemetery: Orleans Main Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 23

Enlistment No.: J- 25067

Rank: Flying Officer

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Notes: Flying Officer Elmer Aaron was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the RCAF in Montreal in March 1942 and received his commission as a flying officer in October 1943 (in England). Flying Officer Aaron had completed 14 missions and had been forced to bail out of his ships twice before his last flight. He was participating in a raid on Tours in France and was about fifteen miles from his objective when his squadron was caught in a concentration of anti-aircraft fire. Four planes were seen to burst into flames, and it was later announced that nine craft of this squadron had failed to return. (Canadian Jews in World War II)

Subjects: World War II

Record Source: Canadian Jewish Military Casualties

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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ABELSON, Charles Robert

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Date of Birth: 1920

Date of Death: October 14, 1942

Place of Burial: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cemetery: Halifax Memorial

Age at Time of Death: 24

Enlistment No.: D-124550

Rank: Private

Unit: Canadian Army Dental Corps

Notes: Private Charles Abelson of Montreal, Quebec, was presumed to have died on October 14, 1942, according to an official announcement. He was aboard the S.S. Caribou, which was torpedoed and sank in Cabot Strait. He happened to be aboard the ill-fated ship because he had overstayed his leave and missed the transport on which he had been scheduled to sail. Private Abelson joined the army in Montreal on May 6, 1940.

Subjects: World War II

Record Source: Canadian Jewish Military Casualties

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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ABELSON, Lawrence Balfour

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Date of Birth: June 29, 1922

Date of Death: November 15, 1943

Place of Burial: Cheshire, England

Cemetery: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery

Age at Time of Death: 21

Enlistment No.: J-9152

Rank: Flying Officer

Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force

Notes: Flying Officer Lawrence Abelson of Ottawa, Ontario, was killed during a training flight (R.C.A.F. Casualty List No. A-730). He was awarded his Operation Wing posthumously. Flying Officer “Duke” Abelson enlisted in the Air Force on November 6, 1940, and trained at Victoriaville, Quebec, and Regina, Saskatchewan, before graduating as Observer from Mossbank, Saskatchewan, where he was awarded a gold R.C.A.F. disc for leading his class. He was stationed at Rivers, Manitoba, when he was commissioned. After serving as an instructor at Chatham, New Brunswick, and Mountain View, Ontario, Flying Officer Abelson proceeded overseas in the fall of 1942. Before being attached to the No. 418 R.C.A.F. (City of Edmonton) Mosquito Squadron, he took a wireless course in England. Honours and awards: Defence Medal; CVSM & Clasp; War Medal 1939-45; Aircrew Europe Star. (From “There I Was ... A Collection of Reminiscences by Members of the Ottawa Jewish Community Who Served in World War II,” published by the Ottawa Post Jewish War Veterans and the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society.)

Subjects: World War II

Record Source: Canadian Jewish Military Casualties

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Archival / Genealogical: Genealogy Records

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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ABER, Ita

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Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Fonds No.: P0184

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…

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Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Fonds No.: P0184

History / Biographical: Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).

Custodial History: This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.