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Abraham Kert Family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101216

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 file, 10 photographs : b&w

Fonds No.: I0008

Date: 1977 - 1978

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 file, 10 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.

Date: 1977 - 1978

Fonds No.: I0008

Storage Location: A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes

History / Biographical: Abraham Kert arrived in Canada in 1885 from Lithuania. He landed in Montreal and worked as a farmer and fur trader in Lancaster, Ontario, and in various locations in Quebec including Lachute, Harrington Lake (near Thurso), and in Buckingham where there were five other Jewish families. Around 1900, he moved his family to Ottawa “for the social possibilities for his daughters." Abraham Kert married twice and had two families. In Ottawa, Abraham was involved in peddling and in selling jewelry. He was an active member of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation and for many years he maintained the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery on Bank Street.

Notes: Abraham Kert’s birth date is problematic. He was likely born sometime between 1847 and 1856. (The 1901 census indicated is age as 45 years, giving him a birth date of 1856. His headstone in the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery gives his age as 97, with a death year of 1944, indicating his birth year would be 1847.)

Related Material: 1. Betsy (Elizabeth) Kert wedding invitation, 1901 in Samuel Caplan fonds. 2. Betsy (Elizabeth) Benwick was interviewed by Shirley Berman, 1972, see OJHS fonds.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn301

Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Fonds No.: P0201

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially receive…

1 document 2 images

Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially received and scanned by Tatiana Jour in the context of her Russian Jewish Archives Project. It was noted at the time of the donation to the Archives that further materials on UNRAA (postwar aid to refugees) and Na'amat could be donated by the Borods at a later date. Added in 2007: Materials in prose, poetry and song pertaining to the history of Pioneer Woman Na'amat and Revivim, composed by Layah Surchin Borod. Binder of publicity clippings and ephemera of Na'amat. Binder of songs. Binder of Layah's memoirs, in verse, 1923-1960. Shaare Tzedek synagogue bulletins with material written by Layah or about Sam. Biography of Sam Borod written by Layah, including pre-war and wartime experiences. 4 cassette tapes of Revivim events. 2 original 1940s portrait photos, one each of Layah and Sam, Sam's portrait autographed to Layah. Small WWII Jewish serviceman's calendar and notebook, both with addresses as well as Japanese phrases.

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Fonds No.: P0201

History / Biographical: Born in 1914, Sam Boroditsky of Montreal (the name was later changed to Borod) was a veteran of the European front in WWII. He was a paratrooper in Italy and the Aleutian Islands during WWII, earning many Canadian service decorations. He later worked in UNRAA, helping refugees overseas. His wife Laya (Surchin) Borod, born in 1922, was the daughter of Chaya Surchin, an early Zionist activist in Montreal. Layah was the first national executive director of Naamat Pioneer Women Canada and was the editor of their magazine. She was also the only Canadian president of the Pioneer Women Na'amat of America. Laya Borod worked in the office of CJC during the war, rising to office manager at age 19. She was active in Na'amat until her death in 2006. Sam Borod died in Montreal on May 8, 2012.

Custodial History: The collection was donated by Sam Borod on May 26, 2005. The Borod collection came to CJCNA after Sam Borod approached Tatiana Jour at the Jewish Veteran's talk given by Jour. Addition 2007 was donated by Sam Borod on April 12, 2007.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P05/08, P07/11.General note: Historical materials pertaining to women's involvement in Zionist organization, women's personal history, literary creations, also wartime experiences of a Canadian paratrooper.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

Documents

P0201-SamBorod-diary-WWII-allpages

Images

Children of Sarah Rosenstein

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106281

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0008; OJA 1-108

Date: 1918

1 image

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1918

Fonds No.: I0008

Item No.: OJA 1-108

Notes: Inscription in ink on verso of photograph read: "Children of Aunt Sarah Rosenstein. Ethel Buster and Joe Rosenstein - boy - dressed as a girl, regardless of curls and dress. Wanted to keep."