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Personalia.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16418
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZB
Date
1625- .
Scope and Content
Series ZB consists of "Personalia" files and boxes compiled about individuals; mainly Jewish Canadians, as well as a few non-Jewish persons of significance to the Canadian Jewish community. The series includes files coded "Pre-1900 personalia", comprised of members of many of the early Jewish famil…
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZB consists of "Personalia" files and boxes compiled about individuals; mainly Jewish Canadians, as well as a few non-Jewish persons of significance to the Canadian Jewish community. The series includes files coded "Pre-1900 personalia", comprised of members of many of the early Jewish families in Canada, such as the Harts, the Josephs, the Davids and others.
Date
1625- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZB
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn2
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Date
1765-present.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.
Date
1765-present.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
History / Biographical
Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.
Custodial History
Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.
Notes
General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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LONDON CHRONICLE article on Montreal merchants mentions 2 Jewish names, Ezekiel Solomons and Gershon Levy

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51487
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZA 1765; ZA 1765-C20d
Date
1765
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
1765
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZA 1765
File No.
ZA 1765-C20d
Notes
Original newspaper from March 1765
Subjects
LONDON CHRONICLE article on Montreal merchants mentions 2 Jewish names, Ezekiel Solomons and Gershon Levy
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59
Collection
SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.41 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs. - 5 artefacts.
Fonds No.
I0057
Date
1770-1990.
Scope and Content
Proposals and by-laws (1778, 1826, 1838, 1844-1845, 1847, 1855, 1857, 1886, 1890, 1921). Legal documents (1887, 1916). Act of the synagogue (1890). Amalgamation documents (1874). Minutes (1770-1880, 1798, 1832, 1834, 1838-1839, 1846-1965, 1871-1904, 1908, 1922-1933, 1947, 1960). Reports (1911, 1922…
Collection
SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.41 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs. - 5 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Proposals and by-laws (1778, 1826, 1838, 1844-1845, 1847, 1855, 1857, 1886, 1890, 1921). Legal documents (1887, 1916). Act of the synagogue (1890). Amalgamation documents (1874). Minutes (1770-1880, 1798, 1832, 1834, 1838-1839, 1846-1965, 1871-1904, 1908, 1922-1933, 1947, 1960). Reports (1911, 1922, 1930). Financial documents (1836-1839, 1841, 1871, 1891, 1902, 1913-1916, 1920-1922, 1930, 1942-1943, 1945-1946). Cemetery documents (1855-1859, 1864-1865, 1871, 1900-1903, 1906, 1908-1909, 1913-1915, 1921-1922, 1941). Synagogue fees (1925). Seat prices (1920). Memberships, seats, subscriptions and seating plans (1835, 1837- 1838, 1840-1841, 1844-1845, 1847, 1850, 1855, 1873, 1876, 1888, 1894-1914, 1921-1922, 1941). Correspondence (1829, 1832-1833, 1835, 1838, 1840-1841, 1844-1847, 1851-1855, 1861, 1864, 1871-1874, 1876, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1887-1888, 1905, 1907-1908, 1912-1914, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935-1936, 1943, 1946, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1972). Registers (births, etc., 1841- 1862). Quebec Legislative Council Journal (1826, 1831). Provincial Parliament Journal (1828- 1829, 1831, 1845). Legislative Assembly Debates (1846). Bulletins (1940-1946, 1951, 1957-1959). Bevis Marks Spanish and Portuguese bulletin (London, 1920). Rabbi Frank speech (1945). Duties of Shamash (1902) and caretaker (1905). Speech, services, dedication and anniversary booklets (1916, 1918-1919, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945-1947, 1953, 1959-1960, 1963, 1970). Press releases (1922, 1927 y/e). 1838 census. Rabbinical ruling (1854). Hebrew philanthropic documents (1920-1922). Stanley Street blue print (1940) and sketch (1956). Canadian Jewish Congress school statistics and memos (1948). Student paper on synagogue (1982). Jewish Yearbook entries (1936, 1946, 1954, 1964). Chapters/articles on synagogue (1839, 1850-1851, 1903, 1925 (Sack, y), 1927, 1936, 1940, 1969, 1971, 1975). Jewish community facts (1953). Invitations, tickets, donation cards, flyers, campaign and meeting information. Synagogue stationery. Blank contract. Photocopies of pictures. Clippings (1853-1990 with gaps)
Date
1770-1990.
Fonds No.
I0057
History / Biographical
The Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue was founded in 1768 in Montreal by, among others, Simon Levy and Aaron Hart. Prominent members have included the families Joseph, Hays, David, Solomon and Wolff. As many of the original members (from England, Germany, and the American colonies) were descended from Spanish and Portuguese Jews, the Orthodox synagogue followed the Sepharadi customs. It was modelled on similar synagogues in London and New York. At first, a building was rented, and then a new one erected on Notre Dame in 1778. After several moves and buildings, the edifice at the present location on Lemieux Street was constructed in 1947. The famed Reverend Abraham de Sola and his son Meldola de Sola were rabbis of the synagogue in the 1800s. Members of the congregation founded the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society of Montreal (later the Baron de Hirsch Institute) in the 1850s. The synagogue has a cemetery and a school and was the recipient of the first two Torah scrolls ever sent to Canada. Some of its Torah cases are over 200 years old as well. The Shearith Israel is the oldest congregation in Canada.
Notes
English, Yiddish and Hebrew.Includes 5 coins from 1899-1900.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn299
Collection
EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
8 microfilms. - Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0198
Date
1770S copies-1985.
Scope and Content
Files of Evelyn Miller papers catalogued and deaccessioned by McGill University Archives including copies of Shearith Israel early minutes, Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue documents, Canadian Jewish Historical Society documents, copies of de Sola family microfilms. A. de Sola finding aid.
Collection
EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
8 microfilms. - Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Files of Evelyn Miller papers catalogued and deaccessioned by McGill University Archives including copies of Shearith Israel early minutes, Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue documents, Canadian Jewish Historical Society documents, copies of de Sola family microfilms. A. de Sola finding aid.
Date
1770S copies-1985.
Fonds No.
P0198
History / Biographical
Evelyn Miller was a member of the CJC Archives committee and a founding member of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society. She devoted much effort to collecting information about early Montreal Jewish history and documented location of archives about it. Abraham de Sola was an important figure in Victorian Montreal, from the mid 1800s until his death. He taught at McGill in addition to being spiritual leader of the Shearith Israel and prolific author on religious Jewish subjects.
Custodial History
This collection was donated by McGill University Archives and the estate of Evelyn Miller on February 1st, 2005.
Notes
P05/03, ZB.Abraham de Sola material is valuable and much requested by researchers here. This fills out our holdings, as does the synagogue material. Cross references with McGill Collections and our synagogue holdings.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Montreal synagogues.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16423
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZH
Date
1808- .
Scope and Content
Series ZH consists of material created by or about synagogues located in Montreal and nearby regions.
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZH consists of material created by or about synagogues located in Montreal and nearby regions.
Date
1808- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZH
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Periodicals.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16421
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZF
Date
1844- .
Scope and Content
Series ZF consists of periodicals, including newspapers, magazines and journals published within the Canadian Jewish community. Most of the runs of publications are not complete.
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZF consists of periodicals, including newspapers, magazines and journals published within the Canadian Jewish community. Most of the runs of publications are not complete.
Date
1844- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZF
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn156
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0048
Date
1846-1882.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, sermons, translation, McGill exams, addresses. Published articles on religious matters. The Sanatory Institutions of the Hebrews, Part I, 1861, part of which appeared in Canadian Medical Journal, vol. 1 #12, Montreal, 1852.
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, sermons, translation, McGill exams, addresses. Published articles on religious matters. The Sanatory Institutions of the Hebrews, Part I, 1861, part of which appeared in Canadian Medical Journal, vol. 1 #12, Montreal, 1852.
Date
1846-1882.
Fonds No.
P0048
History / Biographical
Born in 1825, Alexander Abraham de Sola was the rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Montreal from 1847 until his death; appointed lecturer in Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature at McGill University in 1848 and raised to professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages five years later; first Jew to be awarded the honourary degrees LL.D. from McGill University in 1858; author of numerous articles on Jewish history, religion, natural history, science. He died in 1882.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: MC 13.Related groups of records: Books in Archives Library, Shearith Israel records.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Montreal Jewish Community organizations.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16419
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZC
Date
1846- .
Scope and Content
Series ZC consists of materials compiled by CJC about Canadian Jewish organizations, mainly Montreal-based, with some national or Toronto content.
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZC consists of materials compiled by CJC about Canadian Jewish organizations, mainly Montreal-based, with some national or Toronto content.
Date
1846- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZC
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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God's Mercy & Judgment: Sermon preached on Day of Thanksgiving for the departure of cholera - manuscript.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38517
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
P0048; MC 13-001-016
Date
[ca. 1850]
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Date
[ca. 1850]
Fonds No.
P0048
File No.
MC 13-001-016
Notes
The sermon includes an excerpt from a Christian writer suggesting that the practice of Ancient Jewish Law (ablutions, personal cleanliness) spared Jewish lives during the outbreak. The date is likely to be Thursday, January 3rd, 1850.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0048-MC13-1-16-De-Sola-Thanksgiving-cl

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SPANIER family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn249
Collection
SPANIER family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.9 metres of textual records. - 292 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0143
Date
c.1851-2022.
Scope and Content
Photos and family documents pre- and post-Nazi regime. Information concerning founding of German-Jewish refugee congregation - Hartford, Connecticut. Letter signed in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt asking for funds for war orphans. Personal history of Spanier family written by Albert Spanier prior to hi…
Collection
SPANIER family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.9 metres of textual records. - 292 photographs.
Scope and Content
Photos and family documents pre- and post-Nazi regime. Information concerning founding of German-Jewish refugee congregation - Hartford, Connecticut. Letter signed in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt asking for funds for war orphans. Personal history of Spanier family written by Albert Spanier prior to his death in November of 1996. German-language newspaper published on May 12, 1939, in Paris listing Spanier members as non-citizens of Germany - "ausburgerrungsliste." Material on internment camps for German Jews in Canada 1941-1944 (Montreal Standard clipping), photocopies from Netherlands embassy about refused entry at port of Poole, also list of names from family prayer book. Addition 2004: 165 photos, colour and black and white, of Spanier family including Germany, including a housefront/ storefront boarded after Kristalnacht, also family in USA and Canada and Beverly Spanier teaching career and friends. Also 1 cm. Beverly career documents. Addition 2009: Macdonald College Faculty of Education McGill University Class of 1969 history booklet written by B. Spanier for the 40th Reunion. List of volunteer work of B. Spanier. Addition 2010: 80th birthday biographical tribute to Miriam Roland. Additions 2011-2022: McGill University Class of '67 Arts and Science 45th Reunion Booklet, compiled by and edited by B. Spanier. Obituary of B. Spanier's second cousin, John Winston Spanier. Newspaper clippings from 2013-2021 concerning the patient advocacy work and activities of B. Spanier, including during the COVID-19 pandemic and upon her receiving the D'Arcy-McGee National Assembly Citizenship Medal in 2021. B. Spanier autobiography 'Reflections on my Life' April 1, 2014 (91 pp. approx. 95 images; also includes digital copy). Material relating to B. Spanier's 69th and 70th birthdays. Booklets written by B. Spanier including 'Tears, Suffering and the Helping Hand' 2016 (20 pp. incl. 11 images of original art by B. Spanier) and 'A Patient's View of Covid-19 From Inside a Quebec Chronic-Care Facility' April 3, 2021, (22 pp, 8 images incl. of original art by B. Spanier). 75th birthday biographical tribute to Lloyd Brereton (2022) and 70th birthday biographical tribute to Panaiota Zaphiratos (2022).
Date
c.1851-2022.
Fonds No.
P0143
History / Biographical
Beverly Spanier was born in 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from McGill University in Honors Economics and Political Science in 1967. She was a high school teacher in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 to 1997, and was involved with religious programming at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. Beverly is a long-time patient-rights advocate and has been outspoken on behalf of patients in long-term and chronic care during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially at Maimonides Geriatric Centre. In 2021, she was honoured by MNA David Birnbaum for her activism and received the D'Arcy-McGee National Assembly Citizenship Medal. Family members highlighted in the collection are her brother, the late Allen Spanier, formerly a McGill professor of medicine, surgeon, researcher, and Director of Intensive Care Unit at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, and her late father Albert, formerly a businessman in textiles and a synagogue leader. Albert Spanier was born on January 4, 1914 in Enger, Germany and was one of four children born to Amalia and Adolph. Albert, Gertrude, Irwin and Werner were raised in Enger in the largest home in the town. In 1938 the family fled Nazi Germany to scatter abroad and eventually reunite in Hartford, Connecticut where they were all members of Tikvoh Chadoshah Synagogue. Albert Spanier died on November 17, 1995 while living in West Hartford Connecticut. Dr. Allen Spanier died on April 27th, 1999 in Montreal at the age of 52. Allen and Beverly's mother Sybil, the first wife of Albert, passed away in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in July 8th 2002.
Custodial History
Part of this collection was transferred from the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, at the request of the donor, Beverly Spanier. Several additions to the collection were made after the initial transfer in 1994.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P94/10 +adds. P98/03+adds. P14/05+adds. P15/17+adds. P16/08+adds.General note :Mostly originals, incl. photographs.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Quebec Parliament/Fire. Photo of print from the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Source: Archives Nationales du Québec

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16496
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
CJC0001; P; PC 01-01-040A
Date
1854
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1854
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
P
File No.
PC 01-01-040A
Creator
Archives Nationales du Québec
Subjects
Quebec City
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113336
Collection
Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.01 textual records.
Fonds No.
P0304
Date
1854-1867.
Scope and Content
Bound book containing an inventory of hardware items from 1854 followed by a handwritten journal with entries from January 1866 to June 3, 1867. On January 11, March 16 and March 28, 1866 there are mentions of 'Jews' Passover bread' and a 'Passover bakehouse', which the donor considers to be the fi…
Collection
Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.01 textual records.
Scope and Content
Bound book containing an inventory of hardware items from 1854 followed by a handwritten journal with entries from January 1866 to June 3, 1867. On January 11, March 16 and March 28, 1866 there are mentions of 'Jews' Passover bread' and a 'Passover bakehouse', which the donor considers to be the first such references in Montreal writings. In penciled notes at the beginning of the volume a more recent owner of the volume has written that Andrew Brown was a clerk at Mulholland and Baker, Hardware Merchants on 327 Lagauchetiere Street / 243 St. Paul Street, in Montreal, according to Mackay's Montreal directory of 1863-1864. There are a few additional penciled highlights and clarifications or comments within the volume. The last pages of the book include some lines recording 'Deaths in our family' and a verse from the anthem 'God Save the Queen'.
Date
1854-1867.
Fonds No.
P0304
History / Biographical
As indicated in the notes added to the book, Andrew Brown was a clerk at Mulholland and Baker, Hardware Merchants on 327 Lagauthetiere Street / 243 St. Paul Street, in Montreal, according to Mackay's Montreal directory of 1863-1864.
Custodial History
The book was donated to the Archives in November 2023 by historian Sheldon Godfrey.
Notes
Physical description: Fragile. Physical condition: Fair. Alpha-numeric designations: P23/21.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78466
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
10.65 metres of textual records. - Env. 7 photographs.
Fonds No.
I0106
Date
1858-2015.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the equivalent of 32 banker's boxes of textual records, although most of contents are oversize. Includes: Bound books of minutes, (1858-1990), Annual reports (1955-1990), membership and seating books (1918-1985?), cemetery books, rentals books, various committee and schoo…
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
10.65 metres of textual records. - Env. 7 photographs.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the equivalent of 32 banker's boxes of textual records, although most of contents are oversize. Includes: Bound books of minutes, (1858-1990), Annual reports (1955-1990), membership and seating books (1918-1985?), cemetery books, rentals books, various committee and school ledgers, other ledgers and financial records and synagogue Bulletins (bound and unbound.) In addition to the administrative documentation there is a wealth of nominative information about congregation members which could be of genealogical and sociological interest. There are numerous books and files of Minutes, including: Board of Trustees minutes 1955-1960; Board Minutes 1960-1995; Executive minutes, 1920, 1946-1951, 1969-1976, and 1979-2009; "ACM" 1974-1983; Woman's auxiliary youth minutes, 1952-1956; and Youth committee minutes 1952-1956.A large part of the fonds consists of Membership and Holiday Seating Plan books, dating from 1918-1980 (some of the years are written as Hebrew dates.) These books usually include names, addresses, seat numbers, their cost, and remarks. Some years contain separate sections, such as membership without seats, cemetary plot sales, school membership, and assembly hall seat membership bookings. Some books include loose papers containing information on bookings gains and losses, overcrowding, concessions granted, correspondence for seat renewals and requests. The Cemetery records include Plans (maps) of the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery plots in 2 long black books that record spaces allotted to individuals from 1902-1989. The Cemetery books duplicate much of the same content, but vary in handwritten notes and years covered; one finishes in the 1970s, the other in the 1990s. There is also a folder of cemetery titles (1910-1972). Five wide brown books contain cemetery plans for part of Shaar Hashoymayim Cemetery, dated January 15, 1954. Four of are nearly duplicates, with minor variations. The other varies more and features "S"s in the plots.There is also a ledger without its cover recording memorial observances by family members 1930s-1969?, which includes death dates and Hebrew names. There is documentation on Hall Rentals by the Men's Association, along with their minutes, some correspondence, event programs, other miscellany. and 7 photographs (1949-1955). Other Rental records in the collection list the event type, name of booker, number of guests, costs and remarks. Documents for rentals rates and holiday restrictions are also contained in these books (1966-1977 and 1986-1990).Also: Hebrew Sunday School records, including lists of students and teachers, class attendance reports, student discipline and daily weather reports, 1946-1957; and Hebrew Young Ladies Sewing Society, minutes of meetings, 1917-1927. Synagogue bulletins are present in a near complete series from 1928-2010, with the exception of vols. XI-XII for 1937-1939.There are various financial ledgers dating from 1911-1982, among them Cashbook 1911-1918; School ledger 1938-1946; Financial ledger 1950-1955.Added in June 2013: Printed legal documents for a name change for the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and the incorporation of the B'nai Jacob synagogue (both 1890), and the incorporation of the Temple Emanu-El (1883), old news clippings about the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and Jewish Montreal, original letters from Moses Montefiore in London, England, payment booklet for the Shomrim Laboker congregation printed in 1905 and used between 1908-1937, 3 original prints of Rabbi Abraham de Sola's booklet Behemoth Hatevoth (1853), and various ephemeral documents pertaining to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, including an invitation to the cornerstone laying of their Stanley Street building, two order of Service handouts, and a notice of a Masonic meeting. All the documents received in this group are in very fragile condition.
Date
1858-2015.
Fonds No.
I0106
History / Biographical
In 1846, members of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue and other Montreal Jews decided that they wanted Ashkenazi synagogue services. They therefore formed the Corporation of English, German and Polish Jews which was modelled on a British synagogue. The congregation rented space, then constructed its first building on St. Constant Street. In 1875, the congregation almost amalgamated with the Spanish and Portuguese to form one large synagogue in the west end of the city, but this was not successful. After several other moves, and the adoption of the name Shaar Hashomayim in 1917, land was purchased in 1920 in Westmount and the new building completed in 1922. A school was added after the Second World War, and the building was expanded in 1967. Though Orthodox by charter, the congregation is Conservative. It is the second oldest synagogue in Canada, and the oldest Ashkenazi one.
Custodial History
The initial donation was made in 2012 by the Administrative Director of the congregation, during a time of renovations to the vault where the papers and ledgers had been stored. In June 2013 five centimetres of old documents formerly from the Shaar Hashomayim Museum were donated by the volunteer in charge of the museum and archives collection. These items were de-accessioned from the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum at the discretion of the museum personnel because they refer to other synagogues.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P12/ 14, P13/11.Associated material: Shaar Hashomayim synagogue files accumulated in the CJC collection, series ZH.
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola

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Collection
DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.
Fonds No.
P0164
Date
1860?-1922.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriag…
Collection
DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriage documents, memorabilia including war medals of Mrs. Maude de Sola; file of correspondence 1870-1920, including 3 envelopes addressed to Rev. A. de Sola (1870-1873), a letter from "Mummy" in Cleveland (1901), a letter from Clarence to his aunts (1901), 3 letters from Clarence to his wife, (1914 and 1920, with envelopes), and one letter to son Rafael, 1914. The three letters dated August 1914 are written from Montreal and make reference to the outbreak of WWI.
Date
1860?-1922.
Fonds No.
P0164
History / Biographical
Born in Montreal on August 15, 1858, Clarence de Sola was the third son of the renowned Victorian rabbi Rev. Alexander Abraham de Sola of the Shearith Israel synagogue of Montreal. He married Belle Maud Goldsmith of Cleveland in 1901. He was a contractor and served in the consular service as well as a leader of the social and communal life of Canadian Jewry, a founder and long-time president of the Federation Societies of Canada; and the author of numerous articles on Jewish history. He died in May 1920. His father Abraham de Sola was the first Jewish professor to teach Hebrew at McGill University, was rabbi of the Shearith Israel, Montreal's oldest congregation from 1848 until his death. Meldola gained widespread recognition as the cantor at the Shearith Israel.
Custodial History
The documents are on permanent loan from Ms. Gillian Mosely, in May 1998 (The documents were placed on permanent loan in May, 1998). These items belonged to Lady Jessica Mellor, who had the diaries microfilmed for the National Archives of Canada. Gillian Mosely, her niece, took care of her and received these items upon her death.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P98/01.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn22
Collection
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
50 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0020
Date
1863-1988.
Scope and Content
The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
Collection
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
50 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
Date
1863-1988.
Fonds No.
I0020
History / Biographical
From a Yiddish fundraising pamphlet, circa 1934. In 1863, the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society (YMHBS), later the Baron de Hirsch Institute (BHI), was formed. It helped new immigrants, ran a school, and provided relief services to the Jewish community. Other such organizations and institutions, often in need of money, were also in existence, so in 1916 a single agency was formed to oversee all fundraising for these groups: the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. It later was renamed the Federation of Jewish Community Services (1951), then Allied Jewish Community Services (AJCS, 1965). In 1992 the name was changed to Federation CJA. Included within this social and community services agency are the Jewish Public Library, the YM-YWHA, Golden Age Association, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), and the Jewish General Hospital
Notes
MB 1.See Photo collection described on database in PCAT. One oversize box of scrapbooks stored with materials. Minutes and annual reports from National Archives of Canada collection and fragile materials from Series A are available on microfilm; reels ZE 22, ZE 23, and ZE 24.Various constituent agency records. See entries for Hebrew Old Peoples' and Sheltering Home, Maimonides Hospital, Hospital of Hope, Jewish General Hospital, Mount Sinai Sanatorium, YM-YWHA, Herzl (Dispensary/Health Services Centre/Family Practice), Montreal Hebrew Orphans' Home. See Also: Women's Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services, Industrial Removal Office.Approximately 15 m. of this collection is unprocessed. There is a finding aid and computer listings for the processed materials.
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Zionist organizations in Canada.

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Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZG
Date
1863- .
Scope and Content
Series ZG consists of materials collected from and about Canadian Zionist organizations on a national and local Montreal level. The series includes a considerable wealth of material incorporated from the Zionism and Israel files of the Jewish Canadiana collection formerly housed at the Jewish Publi…
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZG consists of materials collected from and about Canadian Zionist organizations on a national and local Montreal level. The series includes a considerable wealth of material incorporated from the Zionism and Israel files of the Jewish Canadiana collection formerly housed at the Jewish Public Library of Montreal. Organizations in this series range throughout the political spectrum and include youth groups, women's groups, summer camps, student organizations, and files about Canadians in Israel.
Date
1863- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZG
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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KASTNER, Solomon = Books and Robe.

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Collection
KASTNER, Solomon = Books and Robe.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.4 metres of textual records. - 15 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0163
Date
1865-1998.
Scope and Content
Handwritten scores by Kastner, for synagogue liturgy, arranged for a choir - mostly undated. 12 music books and scores, printed in Vienna, Poland and USA, the earliest dating to 1865 - mostly cantorial music, also one (Polish) opera score. 1 vinyl recording of S. Kastner, reading the Haftorah (addi…
Collection
KASTNER, Solomon = Books and Robe.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.4 metres of textual records. - 15 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Handwritten scores by Kastner, for synagogue liturgy, arranged for a choir - mostly undated. 12 music books and scores, printed in Vienna, Poland and USA, the earliest dating to 1865 - mostly cantorial music, also one (Polish) opera score. 1 vinyl recording of S. Kastner, reading the Haftorah (additional Bible reading of the week).Addition 1999: 14 vinyl recordings. 3 cantoral robes. 2 hats. 1 collar. Marriage register Winnipeg (1934-1937), Toronto (1947 and 1948). Various documents (Ketuba, corresp.1944-1946, copies of picture, etc...). 1 music book (1940, y).Addition 2001: One cantor's robe (black). 1 cantor's hat (black). One neckpiece (small and whote linen). Approx. 9 music books (some annotated with music) (German, English, and 3 in Yiddish). 6 musical scores (5 in English and 1 in Yiddish).
Date
1865-1998.
Fonds No.
P0163
History / Biographical
Solomon Kastner was born in Europe 1886 (circa). He received rabbinical ordination in Romania. He served as cantor of the Shaarey Zedek, in Winnipeg, while his friend Solomon Frank was Rabbi. He left for Toronto in 1945 and pursued other work until, with S. Frank's help, he obtained the position of cantor at Montreal's Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese synagogue. He had 4 children, 3 sons and a daughter. He died in Montreal in 1957.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Elizabeth Kastner, daughter of S. Kastner.
Notes
P98/06, P99/02, P01/14.German, English, Yiddish and Polish.There is an inventory done of all the books and music scores.The collection includes rare ceremonial clothing.
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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BLAUSTEIN, Esther.

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Collection
BLAUSTEIN, Esther.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0192
Date
1866-2003.
Scope and Content
1 original 1866 photo of McGill College graduates, possibly including Louis Hart. 4 colour snapshots taken recently of the synagogue in Yarmounth, NS.
Collection
BLAUSTEIN, Esther.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5 photographs.
Scope and Content
1 original 1866 photo of McGill College graduates, possibly including Louis Hart. 4 colour snapshots taken recently of the synagogue in Yarmounth, NS.
Date
1866-2003.
Fonds No.
P0192
History / Biographical
The Jewish Synagogue in Yarmouth is a wooden structure built for the Free Baptist Church in the cemetery at Arcadia. After a considerable period it was removed to Yarmouth and enlarged and improved, served the Free Baptists of the town until 1905, when, the United Baptist Church having been formed, it fell into disuse. In 1906, the Jewish community organized their Agudath Achim Society and in 1910, established their Synagogue in this former free Baptist Church.
Custodial History
The Nova Scotia photos were given to Mrs. Esther Blaustein by Doris Phillips with notes. Which she donated them to the Archives in May 2003.
Notes
P03/10.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Jewish Communities in Canada.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16420
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Fonds No.
CJC0001; ZD
Date
1867- .
Scope and Content
Series ZD consists of clippings, correspondence and other material compiled by Canadian Jewish Congress in reference to Jewish communities, both large and small, located across Canada.
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records.
Description Level
SubSeries
Scope and Content
Series ZD consists of clippings, correspondence and other material compiled by Canadian Jewish Congress in reference to Jewish communities, both large and small, located across Canada.
Date
1867- .
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
ZD
Archival / Genealogical
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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