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41st annual meeting. June 16, 1952.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89677
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records.
Fonds No.
1394; 1; 00063
Date
1952
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records.
Date
1952
Fonds No.
1394
Series No.
1
File No.
00063
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Hebrew Free Loan
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
English
Subjects
Hebrew Free Loan Association (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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50th anniversary dinner.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89676
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records.
Fonds No.
1394; 1; 00062
Date
1961
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual records.
Date
1961
Fonds No.
1394
Series No.
1
File No.
00062
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Hebrew Free Loan
Physical Condition
Poor
Language
English
Subjects
Hebrew Free Loan Association (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101249
Collection
Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 2 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0002
Date
ca. 1971
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings; an advertisement for Rideau Plumbing and Heating; and 2 photographs.
Collection
Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 2 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings; an advertisement for Rideau Plumbing and Heating; and 2 photographs.
Date
ca. 1971
Fonds No.
I0002
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Abe Palmer, son of Moshe and Rose Palmer, was born at Billings Bridge, Ottawa. When he was ten or eleven, the family moved to Ottawa and he attended Rideau Street Public School. Bertha Palmer was born in Navazibkoff, White Russia and came to Ottawa in 1927 as a young woman of 16 or 17 years of age with her senior matriculations and a fine singing voice. SHe was sponsored by her uncle Louis Leiken who had come to Ottawa in 1910 with her father, Joseph Leiken. Bertha Palmer became the first UJA Women's Division chair in 1972. Abe Palmer was a successful businessman. Early in his business life he had a partnership with his cousin Abraham Held, in a business called Rideau Plumbing and Heating Limited. Then he established a wholesale plumbing and heating business called Palmer’s Plumbing and Heating Supply Limited. He sold this business in the 1960's to a Calgary firm called Westburn Industries Ltd. He was a “mover and shaker” in that industry and was the Plumbing Division Chairman of the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating. The Palmers were always active and highly respected in the Ottawa Jewish community and were among the founders of the Ottawa Modern Jewish School. Abe served two terms as chairman of Israel Bonds in the late 1960's and was President of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa from 1970-1972.
Notes
1. Family information from the Palmer’s daughter, Sunny Tavel, July, 2006. Her Uncle Louis and her grandfather Joseph Leiken came to Canada in 1910. Joseph died in 1914 and is buried in Ottawa. Bertha came with her sister-in-law Zena Leiken, and two nieces, Libby Katz of Ottawa and Ethel Kesler of Montreal. Zena, Libby and Ethel were sponsored by Harry Leiken. When Bertha arrived in Ottawa, she lived with her Uncle Louis.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Abe Hochberg fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101200
Collection
Abe Hochberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
Fonds No.
I0004
Date
[ca. 1940]
Scope and Content
Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
Collection
Abe Hochberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
object
Physical Description
1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
Scope and Content
Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
Date
[ca. 1940]
Fonds No.
I0004
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes 1 box in OS
History / Biographical
Abe Hochberg (b. 1928- d. 2005) was the son of Yetta (b. 1896- d. 1977) and Nathan Hochberg (b. 1896-d. 1933). The Hochebergs immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1928, and first stopped in Montreal before settling permanently in Ottawa. Five years after their arrival, Nathan Hochberg passed away suddenly, leaving Abe along with his mother, and siblings Hy Hochberg (b. 1923- d. 1985) and Rose (m. Harry Goldberg) to fend for themselves and to tend the family's small lunch counter on Nicholas Street. As a teenager in the 1940's Abe became involved with the 39th Jewish Scout Troop (later renamed the 39th Henry Hank Torontow Scout Troop). Too young to enlist in World War II, He amassed 300 War Hours and more Proficiency Badges than any other of his fellow scouts. From the scouts he joined the Macabee Air Cadet Squadron. And later in the 1940's became a Scout Leader. In 1954, Abe took on the role of Director of the Sunday morning services for the Hanoar Breakfast Club. Abe was first employed by Joe Feller where he first got his start in the tailoring business. Abe went on to open his own men's tailoring shop named Gentleman's Fine Apparel, which was located at 204 Rideau Street.
Acquisition Source
1. Boy Scout Shirt donated by Linda Kerzner, 2006. 2. Garment bag and newspaper clipping donated by Sharon Edelson, 2009.
Related Material
See Hy Hochberg fonds
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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ABER, Ita

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285
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…
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.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75252
Collection
Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.04m of textual record
Fonds No.
1166
Date
1923 and 1965
Scope and Content
Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.
Collection
Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.04m of textual record
Scope and Content
Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.
Date
1923 and 1965
Fonds No.
1166
Storage Location
JPL-A
History / Biographical
Ginda (born. 1891) and Abraham Rosenblatt immigrated from Lipcani, Bessaabia to Toronto in the late 1920's, then moving to Montreal in approximately 1940. Both were social workers affliated with Baron de Hirsch Institute, though Ginda was also a doctor and Abraham is presented as an adminstrator of the People's Library in Briceni, Moldova (also know as Brichon). Inlcuded within the fonds are some of Abraham Rosenblatt's published articles which appear to largely be published anonymously or under the pen name A. Besarbier.
Language
Yiddish
English
Custodial History
The material of the Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives in April 1985 by Dr. Ginda Rosenblatt.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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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
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Abraham Revutsky Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn80247
Collection
Abraham Revutsky Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2 files of textual material
Fonds No.
1362
Date
1998
Scope and Content
Fonds includes the incomplete typescript of the translation of of Abraham Revutsky's "Wrenching Times in the Ukraine: Memoirs of a Jewish Minister" (originally publised in 1924), correspondence from Sam Revutsky, translator, to Eiran Harris and a photocopy of the original Yiddish text.
Collection
Abraham Revutsky Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2 files of textual material
Scope and Content
Fonds includes the incomplete typescript of the translation of of Abraham Revutsky's "Wrenching Times in the Ukraine: Memoirs of a Jewish Minister" (originally publised in 1924), correspondence from Sam Revutsky, translator, to Eiran Harris and a photocopy of the original Yiddish text.
Date
1998
Fonds No.
1362
Storage Location
1-2G
Creator
Sam Revutsky
Moishe Kantorowitz
Language
English
Yiddish
Name Access
Revutsky, Sam
Kantorowitz, Moishe
Subjects
Ukraine -- History
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Abraham Rother Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93274
Collection
Abraham Rother Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.
Fonds No.
1397
Date
1940-1960
Scope and Content
Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.
Collection
Abraham Rother Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.
Scope and Content
Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.
Date
1940-1960
Fonds No.
1397
Storage Location
JPL Stacks
History / Biographical
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother lived in Westmount, later moving to Peel st. Their children included, Abraham (Abe), Mortimer S. (d. Jan. 7, 1993), Helen, and Sam. Harry, Abe, and Sam were all involved in the garment industry, and all held positions at the Wartime Prices and Trades Board during WWII: Harry was appointed Administrator of the Women’s Coats and Suits Division in 1942. At the same time, Sam was also appointed Director of the Women’s, Misses’, and Children’s Wear Administration. It is noted in the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue bulletin of the same year that in 1944 Harry was honored at a testimonial dinner held by representatives of the women’s clothing trade for his work as Administrator. A year later, in 1945 Abe was appointed to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board as Deputy Administrator of Women’s, Misses, and Children’s wear. Lieut. Mortimer S. Rother married Martha Pesner (d. Jan 24, 1993) on Dec. 16th 1945 at the Mount Royal Hotel. Their marriage took place shortly after his return from war. Mortimer was gravely injured (photos show him with a sling) and newspapers referred to his return as triumphant. Their children were Frances and Philip Levin and Jeffrey Rother. Helen Rother, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother, married Arthur Mortimer Marion on Jan. 19th 1937, at the Shaar Hashomayim. Abe Rother worked at Falomar Manufacturers Limited, 4530 Clark St. Montreal. He travelled extensively, his trips include: -A 1945 hunting trip to Lac Des Mauves, QC -A 1947 a hunting trip and western tour of B.C -A 1953 15 day cruise to Norwegian Fjords and Northern Cape -A 1956 tour of the world (San Fransico, Honolulu, Tokyo, Odawara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nikki, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Calcutta, Banaras, New Delhi, Agra, Karachi, Rome, etc.)
Language
English
Accession No.
18-016
Name Access
Rother, Abe.
Subjects
Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31785
Collection
Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
5cm of textual records
Fonds No.
1107
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
Collection
Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
5cm of textual records
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
Fonds No.
1107
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Fragile documents handwritten on low-quality paper
Language
Yiddish
Hebrew
English
German
Name Access
Dubitsky, Abraham Shmuel
Dubitsky, Samuel
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn3
Collection
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.125 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0001
Date
1935-1987.
Scope and Content
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (19…
Collection
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.125 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (1963). Members lists (1957). Outremont documents (1974-1978). Building recommendations (1977). Press releases. Correspondence (1935-1936, 1944, 1978-1979). Bulletins (1941-1944, 1947, 1952-1972, 1978). School statistics (Canadian Jewish Congress 1948). Graduation booklet (1948). Dedication/ anniversary booklets (1947, 1965, 1980). Fundraising information (1953-1957). Model Seder report (1977). Proposed architectural plans (not used. c.1938). Flyers. Invitations. Clippings (1939-1940, 1944-1956, 1966, 1981, 1986-1987). Added in 2022: Charter and By-Laws booklet for Young Israel Congregation and Community Centre of Outremont, 1953, including congregational history, building photographs, and names of contributors to the Building Fund. The booklet is accompanied by a letter from its donor Phyllis Robinson describing her family's involvement with the synagogue.
Date
1935-1987.
Fonds No.
I0001
History / Biographical
The Adath Israel Congregation first met in a rented hall in 1930. In 1936, land was bought in Outremont; in 1938 the synagogue was incorporated; by 1940 the building was completed. The Adath Israel, an Orthodox synagogue, also ran the first congregational day school in Canada in the synagogue building; a school was built in 1947. A Hebrew high school, the Adath Israel Academy, was begun in 1952, also with its own building. It was later called Hebrew Academy, and both schools amalgamated with Young Israel Synagogue's schools in 1965. The Adath Israel has its own cemetery. It also ran an afternoon school and developed a separate Sephardi service (Adat Yisrael S'faradi). Eventually, due to the shifting Jewish population, the Outremont buildings were sold and the congregation moved to a newly built synagogue in Hampstead in 1980. The Adath Israel had one of the first "contemporary" synagogue designs and was the first large, new synagogue built in the post-Depression era in Montreal.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P22/12 (re: 1953 By-Laws).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89982
Collection
Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
artefact
Physical Description
0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
Fonds No.
1416
Date
1921-1968
Scope and Content
Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
Collection
Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
artefact
Physical Description
0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
Scope and Content
Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
Date
1921-1968
Fonds No.
1416
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Adele Druckman was born in Dorna Candrenilor near Vatra-Dornia, Romania, in 1894. At eighteen years old, she attended a school called Jaures-Zeugnis in the town of Chernovitz. In 1938, at 44, she was married to Isaac Kinsbrunner, a businessman in Chernovitz, which was under control of the Nazis. As Jews, they had to wear a yellow star and carry an identity card. After the Germans were defeated, the Soviets took over. Most of their family was gone, and they struggled to start again. Finally, in 1949 they decided to leave and emigrate to Paris. Adele packed her monogrammed linen, and hid her diamond engagement ring as well as an unmounted diamond. Isaac's cousin had moved to Canada in 1913, so they went to the Canadian Legation in Paris for permission to immigrate. They were required to leave by January 1950, and so booked passage on the Samaria to arrive in Halifax on February 9, 1950. They were met by Isaac's cousin, Sydney Brown, ne Kinsbrunner, and his wife Jessie Cohen, who took them to Sydney's shop in Montreal at 4464 Coloniale Avenue. Unfortunately, Isaac suffered a heart attack and died, having only been in Canada for 12 days, devastating Adele. Sydney and Jessie had two sons, aged 5 and 7, who helped Adele learn English using their schoolbooks, building on the French she had learned in Paris. Sydney learned of a job as a nurse's aid at the Mount Sinai Sanitorium in Ste Agathe, a village north of Montreal, which Adele took to immediately. She was well suited to comfort the patients and enjoyed the peace of the countryside. Adele was often included in Brown family events, including Passover and Rosh Hashana, and she even undertook a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to visit Sydney's sister, Pearl. She was required to provide an explanation for her lack of a passport, but was fortunate enough to have been able to bring her birth certificate from Romania. The Brown family often visisted Ste Agathe to visit, until Adele retired at 74, after 18 years at the Sanitorium. Upon retirement, Adele returned to Montreal, where Sydney helped her find a small apartment on Cote St Luc road next to a synagogue. Sydney's sons, meanwhile, had grown up and become both doctors. They both got married in the same week, and Ida offered her engagement ring to the elder son, while the younger son was offered the unmounted diamond. (Biographical note taken from file 00001.)
Language
English
Romanian
Arrangement
Physical order imposed by archivist.
Accession No.
19-005
Subjects
Romania -- Jews.
Immigrants
Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
Identification cards
Star of David
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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"Afterword" Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn18004
Collection
"Afterword" Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.3 linear metres of textual material
Fonds No.
1241
Date
1996-2007
Scope and Content
Consists of paper issues of the "Afterword"
Collection
"Afterword" Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.3 linear metres of textual material
Scope and Content
Consists of paper issues of the "Afterword"
Date
1996-2007
Fonds No.
1241
Storage Location
Caldwell
History / Biographical
Self-described as the Jewish student's national newspaper, the "Afterword" published from 1996-2007.
Custodial History
Donated by Dave Gordon, one of the editors of the newspaper.
Notes
To be transferred to Caldwell.
Subjects
Newspapers, Jewish
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Akiva School Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93497
Collection
Akiva School Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1349
Date
2010-2013
Scope and Content
Consists of the M'Dor le Dor/Generation to Generation projects completed by the grade five students of Akiva School.
Collection
Akiva School Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Scope and Content
Consists of the M'Dor le Dor/Generation to Generation projects completed by the grade five students of Akiva School.
Date
2010-2013
Fonds No.
1349
Storage Location
JPL
7-1F
History / Biographical
Akiva School is a private Montreal Jewish day school founded in 1968 by Rabbi Dr. David Hartman and a group of parents. The school's original location was at the Snowden YM-YWHA, located on the corner of Westbury and Cote Ste-Catherine. After moving from its Snowden location to the Beth El Synagogue in Town of Mount Royal, the school experienced several years of declining enrollment and budgetary restraints. In 1988, the school moved again, this time to the school building attached to the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue. A more central location, coupled with new leadership, stabilized the school and rapid growth soon followed. The school was founded on a vision of being a community that "inspires lifelong learning, religious growth, an enduring connection to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, and a commitment to making the world a better place." Akiva school offers education from kindergarten to grade six, following provincial curriculum as well as Judaic Studies (including Hebrew). A Section Francaise was added to the school to accomodate students who did not meet provincial elgibility requirements for an English school certificate. As of 2009, the school had an enrollment of 350 students.
Language
English
Hebrew
Custodial History
Regular accurals transferred from Akiva School directly to the Jewish Public Library Archives.
Subjects
Akiva School (Montreal, Quebec)
Education - Jews
Education, Elementary
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Alex Betcherman fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101136
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
7 files
Fonds No.
I0012
Date
1952-1995
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
7 files
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
Date
1952-1995
Fonds No.
I0012
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Alex Betcherman was born in Russia in 1892, son of Fishel and Brucha (Addleman) Betcherman. The family arrived in Pembroke, Ontario in 1905 where Mrs. Betcherman had a younger brother, Michael Addleman. The Betcherman’s moved to Ottawa around 1910 in part to facilitate the Jewish education of their children. They became members of the Agudath Achim Congregation. Alex Betcherman started business as a scrap dealer. Later he opened a scrap yard in partnership with Louis Baker. Sometime in the 1920's, Alex Betcherman, along with his brothers Myer and Abe, started the firm Betcherman Iron and Steel. Their business was located in Eastview, which is now in Vanier. In the 1930's they began to manufacture brass ingots and pioneered the use of ingots in Canada. During his lifetime Alex Betcherman was among the most influential men in the city, and was affectionately deemed “the Dean of the Jewish community.” He was a great figure in Ottawa and his passing in 1977 marked the end of an era. He occupied most of the top level posts available in the Jewish community; he was President of the Jewish Community Council and Agudath Achim Congregation, a founding father of the Jewish Community Centre on Chapel Street, a founder of Camp B’nai B'rith and the Rideau View Golf and Country Club. In 1954 he was named Ottawa Citizen of the Year by B’nai B'rith and the Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoured him in 1965. He married Mollie Lena Florence, President of the Lena Florence Chapter of Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo. They had three children.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Alex Fonberg fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101169
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0013
Date
[193-?] and 2005
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
Collection
Alex Fonberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
Date
[193-?] and 2005
Fonds No.
I0013
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Alex Fonberg (b. December 24, 1895- d. May 19,1976) arrived in Ottawa from near Odessa, Belarus in 1905. He was sponsored by Oscar and or Leon Petigorsky. Alex Fonberg married Ida Dworkin in Ottawa on March 12, 1917. He worked as a house painter before entering the grocery business opening his first shop on Booth Street. Seeking a better location, he bought 816 Somerset for $4,100 in March, 1929. The store was open from 9 in the morning until 9 in the evening and only hired help during the Jewish holidays. The family lived above the store with the whole family assisting in the shop's operation. Alex suffered a heart condition which prompted his retirement in 1951. At this time he sold the Somerset building for $13,000 and moved to the west end. He died of a heart attack in 1976. Alex and Ida had four children; Lora, Dina (who died as an infant), Ralph and Sylvia. When the family lived in Centretown they attended B’nai Jacob congregation, and when they moved to the west end, they attended Agudath Israel congregation.
Notes
1. Photograph from a negative donated to the Ottawa Jewish Archives by Liz Kronick in 2005. 2. Information obtained from Storehouse of dreams in Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2005 and Liz Kronick’s family records. Alex Fonberg’s passport lists 1892 as a birth date. Birth date on the back of the Naturalization Certificate is illegible. Liz Kronick stated that his birth date was December 24, 1895. 3. Sylvia Fonberg (Rosenes) is Liz Kronick’s mother.
Related Material
See Kronick family folder in Images database for more photos.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Alice Postner Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75306
Collection
Alice Postner Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16m of textual material
Fonds No.
1339
Date
1921-1967 [predominently 1950's]
Scope and Content
The fonds contains the professional and working material of Alice Postner in her career as a music teacher and composer. It consists of texual records and music manuscripts used as teaching material; copies of her own compositions; biographical articles; correspondence; recital programmes and invit…
Collection
Alice Postner Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16m of textual material
Scope and Content
The fonds contains the professional and working material of Alice Postner in her career as a music teacher and composer. It consists of texual records and music manuscripts used as teaching material; copies of her own compositions; biographical articles; correspondence; recital programmes and invitations.
Date
1921-1967 [predominently 1950's]
Fonds No.
1339
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Alice Postner (Dec. 20 1905 - April 16 1967) was a Montreal pianist, composer and music teacher. Born in Montreal, she attended the Montreal Pianoforte School of Music, then MacDonald College to be trained as a teacher. While teaching, Mrs. Postner gave lessons in piano and music theory from her home. At age 35, she attended McGill for a Bachelor of Music, graduating in 1957 and went on to teach Conservatorium of Music at the University. In the late 1940's Mrs. Postner began composing her own choral music. In the 1950's her compositions were published. Alice Postner was married to Jacob Postner with whom she had a son and daughter.
Language
English
Custodial History
The Alice Posner Fonds was donated to the JPL-A by Harry Postner in 1991.
Arrangement
Material was weeded, rehoused and described in 2014. Textual material concerning various musical movements and composers was sampled.
Access Restrictions
Some privacy restrictions may apply
Accession No.
14-030
Subjects
Postner, Alice
Music.
McGill University (Montreal, Quebec) - Alumni and alumnae
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Allan Karp fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101208
Collection
Allan Karp fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual record ; 1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0015
Date
ca. 1940
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one reprinted photograph of Allan in his uniform and an article about Kapinsky brothers who served in WWII.
Collection
Allan Karp fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual record ; 1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one reprinted photograph of Allan in his uniform and an article about Kapinsky brothers who served in WWII.
Date
ca. 1940
Fonds No.
I0015
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Allan Karp (b. 1922) was born in Ottawa, one of eight boys born to Max and Dora Karp. His parents fled Russia in 1902. Arriving at the Polish border, immigration officials changed the family name of Karpionack to Kapinsky. Max Kapinsky died prematurely so Allan and his brothers all started to work early in life. Allan attended York Street Public School and graduated from the Ottawa technical High School. He was also a member of the Maccabean Athletic Association. In 1940, he joined the air force ground crew just short of his 18th birthday. Allan was a track and field athlete in high school and continued to pursue in athletics with the Canadian air force track team participating in meets in England. While serving on the east coast of England, Germans planes came in under the clouds and machine gunned his station. A hangar roof collapsed on him and he was initially given up for dead. He survived this accident only to later be involved in an air sea rescue off the coast of Greenland where his Catalina flying boat crashed in the water and he was the only survivor. He married an English woman, Barbara Stephenson. They came to Ottawa for a few years and then returned to England and settled near Nottingham, where he first had a small shop business, and later turned to insurance.
Notes
1. Information obtained from Allan Karp in a telephone conversation in the fall of 2007 for the Maccabean Athletic Association exhibit. 2. All Kapinsky boys, except Nap, changed their name to Karp as a simplification. Nap maintained the family Kapinsky name as he was heavily involved in the Ottawa Jewish community. 3. Nine sons were born to Max and Dora Kapinsky and one son died.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Alyce Baker fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101129
Collection
Alyce Baker fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 cook book
Fonds No.
I0016
Date
1990
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the cook book "Always in Good Taste," a collection of recipes which were initially published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in the late 1980's.
Collection
Alyce Baker fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 cook book
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the cook book "Always in Good Taste," a collection of recipes which were initially published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in the late 1980's.
Date
1990
Fonds No.
I0016
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Alyce (nee Geltman) Baker was born in 1951 in Montreal, daughter of Frances and Mischa Geltman. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sir George Williams and an Ontario teacher's certificate specializing in French language instruction from Ottawa Teacher’s College. Alyce married Allan Baker in 1973 and they have two children Michael and Lauren. Alyce first worked in education with the Ottawa Board of Education, then for Jack Edelson Catering between 1988-1990, and then worked with the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa for 13 years. She then returned to catering; first working for Creative Kosher Catering from 2003 to 2008 then for a company named Party Chic. Alyce devoted much of her time to volunteering with Jewish organizations including the National Council of Jewish Women, Women’s Campaign of United Jewish Appeal, State of Israel Bonds, the Jewish National Fund and Hadassah-Wizo. She also participated in the organization of special events including Israel’s 50th anniversary, Beth Shalom’s 50th anniversary, the walkathon and Yom HaShoah. Alyce is an excellent cook. She recalls that she learned the love of food and entertaining from her mother who was an accomplished cook and hostess. She felt it was natural that she would gravitate to catering.
Notes
Source of Alyce Baker's recollections are an email dated July 28, 2008.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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AMBER, Phyllis

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90031
Collection
AMBER, Phyllis
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0258
Date
1970-1985.
Scope and Content
Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person f…
Collection
AMBER, Phyllis
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person for the Fait français committee of AJCS from 1970 to 1982. Includes news clippings about the committee and about ethnic leadership in Quebec as of 1982. The committee documents include minutes, programs, reports on programs, evaluation questionnaires, and other papers. Added a week later: 5 more files of studies done for the Mount Sinai Hospital, and one file about Rencontre '71 (cultural programming in French associated with the Fait Francais committee). Also Phyllis Amber's thesis written with Irene Lipper for their MSW (Master's of Social Work) from McGill Unviersity, titled "Towards an Understanding of Moroccan Jewish Family Life. (1968).
Date
1970-1985.
Fonds No.
P0258
History / Biographical
A native of Montreal, Phyllis Amber obtained her B.A. from Sir George Williams University in 1966 and her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from McGill University in 1968, specializing in Community Organization and Planning. She worked as a Planning Associate for Allied Jewish Community Services (now Federation CJA) from 1968-1982, where the Planning Department studied and researched changing needs, lacks and gaps in the community to determine where services should be developed and funded. In this position she staffed various lay committees and commissions according to priorities established by the Planning Committee, among them the Fait français committee, which was created in response to the rise in Quebec nationalism starting from the Quiet Revolution of 1968 and continuing through the election of the Parti québéois in 1976. After leaving AJCS, she served as Planning Consultant to the Mount Sinai Hospital Center through the 1980s, where she developed position papers and proposals for planned new missions and programs related to the move from the Laurentians to Montreal. Phyllis Amber died on February 12, 2023
Custodial History
The collection was donated on Dec. 16 and 22, 2015 by Phyllis Amber.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P15/29.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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