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Aviva Ravel Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44689
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.3m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Scope and Content
- Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, transl…
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.3m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, translated, and produced by Aviva Ravel. Series 2 includes textual records of professional correspondence , which detail Avival Ravel's large body of work. The files are arranged following the original order. Files also include newspaper clippings, and promotional material. Series 3 includes textual records of notebooks in Yiddish.
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Bay 5
- Creator
- Aviva Ravel
- Physical Condition
- Good to excellent
- History / Biographical
- Author of more than 25 plays, numerous short stories, and works of non-fiction, Dr. Aviva Ravel's works concentrates heavily on Jewish life throughout the world and, more specifically, in Montreal. Her works have been featured on the CBC, Kol Isreal, and at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Two of her plays were also adapted into film. Born in Montreal, Dr. Ravel holds a Ph.D in Canadian Theatre from McGill University, an M.A from the Université de Montréal, and a B.A from Concordia University. She taught English, drama, and Canadian literature at all three of these universities, including the Royal Military College. Dr. Ravel's work as an educator was not reserved only to college and university; she also taught regularly as an elementary teacher in Montreal as well as on a kibbutz in Israel. Since 1984 Aviva Ravel has been Artistic Director of Cameo Productions. She is also founder and director of the popular Performance Playreading Ensemble of the Cote St. Luc Library that has presented over 150 plays, both classical and modern, in the theatre auditorium. Dr. Ravel is the recipient of many awards including the Women Write for Theatre Award, J.I. Segal Award, Women's Press Club Award for Humour, Québec Drama Festival Award, Women's Federation Honoree for Contribution to Montreal Theatre, and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Québec Award. Recently, she was honoured by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Italian
- Acquisition Source
- Aviva Ravel
- Custodial History
- Aviva Ravel
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Contains copyright material. Consult JPL Archives for more information.
- Accession No.
- 12-002
- Name Access
- Ravel, Aviva
- Subjects
- Ravel, Aviva.
- Playwriting
- Plays
- Theatre
- Theatrical Productions.
- Writers, Yiddish
- Writing - Fiction
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library 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…
- 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
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