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Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds.

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Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: muliple media

Fonds No.: I0006

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 194…

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: muliple media

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 1948, Audio interview with Dora Lithwick, 1974; Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick, 2007; photographs.

Fonds No.: I0006

Storage Location: A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes

History / Biographical: Abraham Lithwick (b. 1897 Ritziv, Russia - d. 1953 Ottawa) and Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897 Rovno, Ukraine - d. January 30, 1980 Ottawa) arrived in Ottawa on July 8, 1921. They were among the large group of immigrants that fled Russia and its programs in the early 1920's. They operated, Lithwick's, a wholesale and retail store in the Byward Market for 12 years. In 1937, the entire family left Ottawa for Melbourne, Australia where Dora’s father, brothers and uncles had immigrated. Because of an epidemic of infantile paralysis, they returned to Ottawa 15 weeks after their initial departure. Another reason was the unexpected aspect that the Lithwicks would be starting again as immigrants in Australia and learning a new set of rules and regulations for business. Upon their return, Abraham Lithwick turned to real estate and became more involved in the Jewish community. He died in 1953 after a short illness. Shortly after, Dora Lithwick began working toward establishing a home for elderly Jewish people. In 1963, the sod was turned for Hillel Lodge on Wurtemburg Street. Dora Lithwick was a founder and first President of the Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged. In 1975, she was instrumental in having a religious chapel added to the home and it carried the name Abraham and Dora Lithwick Beth Midrash.

Notes: 1. Dora’s father in Australia was working in real estate. 2. Interview with Dora Lithwick gives an excellent overview of shop life during the depression in Ottawa.

Related Material: Related material in Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds, Barry Lithwick speech, and a frequently reproduced photograph of Dora and Abraham Lithwick standing in front of their By Ward Market store in the Hugo Levendel fonds.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Abraham and Dora Lithwick in front of Lithwick's grocery store at 34 Byward Market Square.

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Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0006; OJA 2-036

Date: [193-?]

1 image

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [193-?]

Fonds No.: I0006

Item No.: OJA 2-036

Storage Location: G.3.4

Creator: Hugo Levendel Parisienne Photographers

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Abraham Lithwick in Rovno, Poland.

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Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0006; OJA 1-417

Date: 1918

1 image

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1918

Fonds No.: I0006

Item No.: OJA 1-417

Acquisition Source: Sari Lithwick Green

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Annual Banquet Programmes - Bialystoker Centre (Toronto)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17534

Collection: Bialystoker Centre of Montreal Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Fonds No.: 1238; 00016

Collection: Bialystoker Centre of Montreal Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Fonds No.: 1238

File No.: 00016

Storage Location: JPL; 6-4E; Ctn.002

Subjects: Displaced persons; Holocaust; Bialystok (Poland); Bialystoker Center of Montreal; Bialystoker Center of Toronto

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Audio interview of Mrs. Dora Lithwick by grandson Kalman Green (Sarah Lithwick's son.)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106838

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Fonds No.: I0006

Date: April 1974

Scope and Content: Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business …

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Scope and Content: Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business in the market and explained that they were worn out by 1937. They decided to sell the business and move to Australia to be with her father and brothers and start a new life. However, life for a newcomer was more difficult than they imagined and after just one month they decided to return to Ottawa where they began investing in real estate. The recording ends with a story of how they purchased a property on Bank Street using a pedlar as an agent during the depression.

Responsibility: Kalman Green

Date: April 1974

Fonds No.: I0006

Creator: Kalman Green

Notes: 1. Two tapes (Sides A - D) 2. Duration: Approximately 2 hours 3. Location: Various fonds box.

Name Access: Kalman Green

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick

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Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes

Fonds No.: I0006

Date: January 13, 2007

Collection: Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 2 cassette tapes

Responsibility: Interviewed by Stanley Lithwick

Date: January 13, 2007

Fonds No.: I0006

Name Access: Stanley Lithwick

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Bialystoker Centre of Montreal

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Collection: Bialystoker Centre of Montreal Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 0.5m textual material

Fonds No.: 1238

Scope and Content: Consists of financial and administrative records as well as correspondence sent and received by the organization.

Collection: Bialystoker Centre of Montreal Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 0.5m textual material

Scope and Content: Consists of financial and administrative records as well as correspondence sent and received by the organization.

Fonds No.: 1238

Storage Location: JPL

History / Biographical: The Centre was officially established in January 1944, the Women's Committee was established in the spring of the same year. Membership consisted of 300 people. The aim of the Centre was to provide help to Bialystok survivors of the War. Contacted through newspapers in Europe the survivors wrote to the Centre, identifying themselves as Bialystokers. Every letter was answered and packages of food, clothes, and money were sent back to them. Money was raised either through membership dues or by private donations. Teas, raffles, souvenir albums were also organized as fundraisers. The Centre cooperated with other relief agencies in Montreal, especially the Federation of Polish Jews. It also maintained contact with Bialystoker Centers around the world. The Centre's most active years were from 1945 to 1955. It was never officially disbanded. As of 1986, members were still receiving letters.