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Cantor Moshe Kraus fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112978
- Collection
- Cantor Moshe Kraus fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- electronic record
- Physical Description
- 2 digital record
- Fonds No.
- I0310
- Date
- 2023
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of two digital recordings of Cantor Moshe Kraus' funeral in Ottawa and Israel.
- Collection
- Cantor Moshe Kraus fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- electronic record
- Physical Description
- 2 digital record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of two digital recordings of Cantor Moshe Kraus' funeral in Ottawa and Israel.
- Date
- 2023
- Fonds No.
- I0310
- History / Biographical
- Cantor Moshe Kraus was born August 15th, 1923, in Uzhhorord, a Czechoslovakian border town, now part of Ukraine. He was the eldest of nine children born to Myer and Henya Kraus. He and his family were Hasidic Jews. At the age of 8, his beautiful singing voice was discovered and he began singing at Shabbat services and giving concerts. He eventually went on to receive professional training at the Vienna Conservatory. He was there in November 1938 during Kristallnacht. At 18, Kraus was hired as the chief cantor of Sighet, a Hungarian town with five synagogues. As cantor, he led the community in prayer and song at every Jewish event. A young man named Elie Wiesel sang in his choir; the two would become lifelong friends. In 1942, at the age of 19, he became the chief cantor of Budapest, Hungary. In 1943, Kraus was deported to work in Bor labour camp, at a Serbian copper mine. He was there for nine months before being sent to a coal mining camp in southwestern Poland, Katowice. From there, he was shipped to Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany wheer he became prisoner A855. Kraus sang to lift people’s spirits and performed for his fellow prisoners, including those in the women’s barracks. Kraus was so weak that he couldn’t get out of bed by the time British forces liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945. He weighed just 35 kilograms. The last thing he remembers is a British soldier picking him up, and shouting, ‘Victory! Victory!” He woke up in hospital. After he recovered, Kraus went to work for a Jewish relief organization, then returned to Bucharest in search of his family. There he learned that his father, mother and five of his siblings had all been murdered by the Nazis. Despondent, Kraus moved to British-controlled Palestine and joined the Israeli army, where he learned to assemble and disassemble tanks. He was later asked to become the IDF’s first chief cantor. Kraus spoke six languages, Kraus and his wife moved to Ottawa in 1975, when he was hired as cantor at Congregation Beth Shalom. He retired as a full-time cantor in 1980, but continued to give concerts and was a regular feature at National Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies and other special events. Cantor Moshe Kraus passed away at home on Monday, May 29, 2023 after a brief illness.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
MS St. Louis
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112212
- Collection
- MS St. Louis
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- item
- Fonds No.
- E0016
- Date
- November 2018
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one folder containing a metal pin commemorating the MS St. Louis (November 7, 2018) and an invitation to a live broadcast of the government’s statement of apology for the MS St. Louis incident, written in French and English
- Collection
- MS St. Louis
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- item
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one folder containing a metal pin commemorating the MS St. Louis (November 7, 2018) and an invitation to a live broadcast of the government’s statement of apology for the MS St. Louis incident, written in French and English
- Date
- November 2018
- Fonds No.
- E0016
- History / Biographical
- The MS St. Louis was a German diesel-powered transatlantic liner which was used as a luxury cruise ship for the Hamburg-America Line which regularly sailed from Hamburg to Halifax and New York. In 1939, the MS St. Louis was carrying over 900 German Jewish refugees when it was refused entry in Cuba, the United States and Canada and forced to return to Europe. The ship departed from Hamburg on May 13th, 1939, captained by Gustav Schroder. Most of the 937 passengers were Jewish, and were in possession of what they believed to be legal landing permits for Cuba which they planned to use temporarily before obtaining American visas. In reality, Cuban immigration official Benitez Gonzalez had used his position to sell illegitimate landing permits, which were nullified by the pro-fascist Cuban government amid rising anti-Semitism in Cuba while the MS St. Louis while completing its transatlantic crossing. When the ship arrived in Havana on May 27, 1939, it was not permitted to dock, and was eventually asked to leave Cuban waters with most of the passengers still on board. Captain Schroder, determined not to return his passengers to Germany, sailed around the coast of Florida in hopes that U.S. authorities would permit the refugees entry but instead the ship was trailed by the coast guard and not permitted to approach the shore. Despite appeals from sympathetic American citizens and organizations President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s government refused to allow the refugees to land, citing existing immigration guidelines. Halifax was the last port of asylum available in North America, and while Captain Schroder made no appeals directly to the Canadian government, as the ship’s plight became more widely known within Canada efforts were made to convince Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s government to allow them into the country. Leaders of the Canadian Jewish community made appeals to the government, and a group of 27 prominent Canadian citizens in Toronto led by clergyman and historian George Wrong signed a petition requesting that Prime Minister King provide sanctuary to the refugees. His government’s decision was that the refugees did not qualify as admissible immigrants under Canada’s immigration law, and on June 7th, 1939 Captain Schroder was forced to sail back to Europe where the passengers were dispersed to France, to Belgium, the Netherlands and England. Of the St. Louis passengers who returned to continental Europe, 254 of them died during the Holocaust. Economic hardship caused by the Great Depression as well as anti-Semitism from within Canada had caused Canada to further restrict its already restrictive immigration policies in the 1930s, which prioritized immigrants based on race, ethnicity, occupation and class and was biased against Jewish refugees. As a result, Canada allowed only 5000 Jewish refugees to settle in Canada between 1933 and 1948. Canada’s refusal of the MS St. Louis became a symbol for the country’s record of refusing Jewish refugees during the Second World War. On November 7th, 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered an apology for the federal government’s decision to deny entry to the MS St. Louis, and for the government’s antisemitic policies that denied entry to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. The apology also acknowledged the continuing existence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial in the twenty-first century. Some of the surviving passengers from the ship were present in the House of Commons during the apology, as was Nimrod Barkan, Israel’s ambassador to Canada.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Isaac and Mara Muzikansky fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107557
- Collection
- Isaac and Mara Muzikansky fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Audio-video recording, textual
- Fonds No.
- I0109
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: Isaac's remarks for OJHS and CBTO event - March 17 2015; Mara's remarks for OJHS and CBTO event - March 17 2015; References for "Isaac Muzikansky: From Russia to Ottawa" presentation; 10 photographs (digital) taken by Issie Scarowsky at the event - March 17, 2015; also in OJHS …
- Collection
- Isaac and Mara Muzikansky fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Audio-video recording, textual
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: Isaac's remarks for OJHS and CBTO event - March 17 2015; Mara's remarks for OJHS and CBTO event - March 17 2015; References for "Isaac Muzikansky: From Russia to Ottawa" presentation; 10 photographs (digital) taken by Issie Scarowsky at the event - March 17, 2015; also in OJHS fonds, DVD recording of the lecture "Isaac Muzikansky: From Russia to Ottawa" presented for the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society (OJHS) and congregation Beit Tikva of Ottawa (CBTO), on Tuesday March 17, 2015 - stored in multimedia box;
- Fonds No.
- I0109
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- See documents entitled Isaac and Mara's remarks respectively.
- Custodial History
- Isaac and Mara Muzikansky, Ottawa Jewish Historical Society
- Notes
- References for "Isaac Muzikansky: From Russia to Ottawa" presentation: Isaac’s website: www.isaacmuzikansky.com Links to Wikipedia page regarding the history of Jews in Russia and the four waves of immigration from Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia and http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~gstudies/russia/lessons/backgd.htm Links to articles re: 1964 public demonstration in front of the Central Synagogue in Moscow: http://www.jta.org/1964/10/02/jewish-holidays/simchat-torah-shemini-atzeret/moscow-jews-celebrate-simchat-torah-in-public-demonstration http://www.jta.org/1965/10/20/jewish-holidays/simchat-torah-shemini-atzeret/moscow-jews-celebrate-simchat-torah-thousands-dance-outside-synagogue Link to Elie Wiesel’s book “The Jews of Silence”, describing in details the situation of Jews in the former Soviet Union, including the Simchat Torah celebrations in Moscow in 1960’s: http://www.kissin.dk/wiesel.html Link to Wikipedia page regarding Kishinev pogroms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishinev_pogrom The Status of the Jews in the Soviet Union (passports, nationality): http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/23494/moshe-decter/the-status-of-the-jews-in-the-soviet-union Link to Stalin, Jews, Doctors’ Plot, Purim: http://unitedwithisrael.org/soviet-jews-saved-from-stalins-genocidal-plans-on-purim/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctors'_plot Link to Wikipedia page regarding the Jackson – Vanik amendment, which allowed the Jews of Soviet Union to emigrate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%E2%80%93Vanik_amendment
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jesse Levine fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107552
- Collection
- Jesse Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Fonds No.
- I0122
- Date
- August 6, 2013
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: One Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Levine passes his home test" by Pat Hickey, August 6, 2013.
- Collection
- Jesse Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: One Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Levine passes his home test" by Pat Hickey, August 6, 2013.
- Date
- August 6, 2013
- Fonds No.
- I0122
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Jesse Levine (born October 15, 1987) is an American-Canadian professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of World No. 69 on October 1, 2012. Levine represented the United States from 2007 to 2012, but has represented Canada since 2013. As a 13-year-old, in 2001 Levine won the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals singles championship, and as a 15-year-old he won the USTA boys' 16s doubles championship with his doubles partner. As a 17-year-old, he won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with his doubles partner. Playing one year of No. 1 singles as a freshman for the University of Florida in 2007, he lost only one match, finishing his career with a 24–1 record. Levine was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa's Centrepointe neighborhood. Levine's father Nathan had played tennis for Penn State. Levine attended Hillel Academy of Ottawa. Off the court Levine keeps kosher at home, and he plays with a Star of David on his chain. He can read and write Hebrew. Levine, along with Dudi Sela, Shahar Pe'er, Sharon Fichman, and Camila Giorgi is one of a number of young Jewish tennis players who are highly ranked. "I have a lot of contact with the Israeli players, like Ram, Erlich, Sela, and Levy. They sometimes ask me when I will play for Israel in the Davis Cup", he said. He also appreciates the Jewish fans who cheer for him. At one tournament, they cheered and shouted out encouragement such as: "Come on, man, your opponent hasn't even had his bar mitzvah yet!" As a youth, Levine took tennis lessons at the Ottawa Athletic Club. He and his family moved to Florida in the US when he was 13 years old, because his younger brother Daniel suffers from ulcerative colitis and the year-round warm weather was much better for him. Levine currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. He said in 2009 that he at that point considered himself "100% American", saying that if he were to play Davis Cup, it would be for the US.
- Notes
- 1. File is located in the Individual Collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107551
- Collection
- Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Fonds No.
- I0057
- Date
- August 3, 2013
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Ottawa fertility doctor loses Order of Canada" by Andrea Hill, August 3, 2013.
- Collection
- Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Ottawa fertility doctor loses Order of Canada" by Andrea Hill, August 3, 2013.
- Date
- August 3, 2013
- Fonds No.
- I0057
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin is a Canadian gynaecologist and medical professor who was appointed into the Order of Canada in 1997 for having a “profound impact on both the biological and psycho-social aspects of women’s reproductive health.” He was removed from the Order on July 5, 2013. Barwin was born in South Africa. He attended Queen’s University in Northern Ireland to complete his Medical Degree, graduating in 1965. Though director of the High Risk Pregnancy Clinic and co-director of the Ottawa General Hospital's fertility clinic, Barwin left in 1984 because he was not a certified gynaecologist in Canada. He would then establish his own clinic, though still licenced as a general physician. He was the Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Ottawa. He was also one of the founding members of Fertility Self-Help Group (ISSG), which later became the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada. He also founded Canadians for Choice and has been President since 2004. In addition, he was the President of the Canadian Fertility Society, the Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada and Planned Parenthood Ottawa. Despite practicing artificial insemination since 1973, he admitted to professional misconduct after four women were artificially inseminated with the wrong sperm. This would leave the offsprings unwilling ignorant of their male parentage which leaves crucial gaps in their genetic medical history. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario panel revoked his licence to practice for two months and was ruled to cover the $3,650 cost of the disciplinary proceedings. A review of the incidences could find no “evident” reasons for the error.
- Notes
- File is located in the Individual Collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jack Shapiro fonds.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107519
- Collection
- Jack Shapiro fonds.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Fonds No.
- I0114
- Date
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one newsletter of the Lisgar Alumni Association - Volume 28, Issue 1, Spring 2013;
- Collection
- Jack Shapiro fonds.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one newsletter of the Lisgar Alumni Association - Volume 28, Issue 1, Spring 2013;
- Date
- 2013
- Fonds No.
- I0114
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Jack Shapiro grew up in Lowertown and graduated from High School in 1962. In 1967 he married his wife Carol Sue. He completed a masters degree in education in 1981. Highlights of his teaching career include: acting as Vice Principal of Lisgar High School, 1987; promotion to the position of Principal of Continuing Education (Academic) in the Ottawa Board of Education, 1987; appointment to the position of principal of Rideau High School on St. Laurent Blvd, 1991-1992; principal of Lisgar until his retirement - 1994-1998; principal of The Ottawa Torah Institute after his retirement. Jack was active in Jewish community life, serving as a governors and one of the presidents of The Beth Shalom congregation, 1983; serving as organizational nominees for Beth Shalom -1984, 1985, 1989; league arbitrator, umpire, and pitcher in The Men’s Jewish softball league and other softball leagues – 1984. Additionally, he was the chairman of the Gala Cantorial Concert, 1991.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jory Steinberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107550
- Collection
- Jory Steinberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Fonds No.
- I0125
- Date
- July 21, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: One Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Rocking to Michael Jackson's beat" by Peter Robb, July 21, 2012.
- Collection
- Jory Steinberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: One Ottawa Citizen newspaper article "Rocking to Michael Jackson's beat" by Peter Robb, July 21, 2012.
- Date
- July 21, 2012
- Fonds No.
- I0125
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Born in Ottawa, Ontario Jory Steinberg began singing at the age of 10. At the age of 10 she was cast in the lead roll of Young Cosette in the Canadian stage production of "Les Miserables" (Royal Alexandra Theatre/Toronto, and the National Arts Centre/Ottawa). As a child, she began a long list of television voiceovers for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Additionally, she has voiced many characters for Disney and Cinar. Jory quickly developed a reputation for delivering consistent performances that aroused audiences. She made appearances in numerable national football, baseball, and hockey games. She was chosen to be the "Canadian Youth Ambassador to Canada" where she performed for Queen Elizabeth II and was personally asked by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to escort the Queen on Canada's 125th Birthday Celebration. By age 14, Jory was writing her own songs and by 16, she had moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of a recording career. Jory has written and recorded with some of the industry's most prolific songwriters and producers. Randy Jackson, Jorgen Eloffson, Dan Hill, Adam Messinger, Jeff Pescetto and David Foster just to name a few. Among her most successful projects was a single for the Sony motion picture soundtrack "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Jory's soulful melodies and engaging lyrics have become two of her songwriting trademarks. They are a natural extension of her growth and self expression. Jory has been involved with several different charities over the years such as Variety Club, Salvation Army, and The Boys and Girls Clubs. Jory has developed a great interest in Autism research. After having had a personal experience with an autistic person where her singing voice touched the person's life "enough to make a change", she continues to explore that part of her range with apparently has a healing effect. Recently, Jory was featured in the movie "Flicka 2", singing her song "Save Yourself which will be featured on her upcoming album. More recently, Jory was featured as a lead/background vocalist on the TOTO 2010 European tour. Jory plays the guitar, piano, and violin and in her spare time can usually be found listening to music and creating it. Link to personal website: www.jorysmusic.com
- Notes
- 1. File is located in the Individual Collections area of the vault.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
David A. Golden fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107532
- Collection
- David A. Golden fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records, 1 newspaper clipping
- Fonds No.
- I0047
- Date
- 2012
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: A newspaper clipping: Brown, Dave. (2012, September 12). Telesat's success due to its Golden start. The Ottawa Citizen, p. B1, cont. B2.
- Collection
- David A. Golden fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records, 1 newspaper clipping
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: A newspaper clipping: Brown, Dave. (2012, September 12). Telesat's success due to its Golden start. The Ottawa Citizen, p. B1, cont. B2.
- Date
- 2012
- Fonds No.
- I0047
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- David A. Golden (b.1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) lived much of his life in Ottawa and died in Victoria, British Columbia, on July 20 2012, at the age of 92. He was a lawyer and the first president of Telesat - a company which has been a leader in satellite communications since the birth of the industry. In 1972, the first Canadian satellite, Anik A1, was launched and became the first commercially operated domestic satellite in geostationary orbit. David Golden was the first person to make a telephone call from Ottawa to the far North - an area of the nation previously not serviceable by the microwave towers used by telephone companies up to that time. In 1980, Golden became chairman of the board of Telesat. At the beginning of World War II, Golden was planning to move to England as a Rhodes Scholar, but he instead joined the Canadian Army and spent much of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese. Postwar, he returned to Ottawa, joined the public service, and three years later was named the deputy minister of Defense Production. He left this post shortly after the controversial cancellation of the Avro Arrow project. He became chair of the Parliamentary Centre for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and served as chairman of the board for Carleton University and in 1969 began his career in satellite development. Golden was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and received honorary doctorates from Carleton University and the University of Manitoba. He was the guest of honor at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa in 2010, and received the John H. Chapman Award from the Canadian Space Program for his contributions to that field.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Interview with Sylvia Bronsther (nee Nathanson)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107578
- Collection
- Sylvia and Bert Bronsther Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Fonds No.
- I0229
- Date
- November 3, 2011
- Scope and Content
- Sylvia discusses Jewish history of Lowertown with Laurie Dougherty.
- Collection
- Sylvia and Bert Bronsther Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Scope and Content
- Sylvia discusses Jewish history of Lowertown with Laurie Dougherty.
- Date
- November 3, 2011
- Fonds No.
- I0229
- Storage Location
- Multimedia Box 1 under Individuals and Organizations
- History / Biographical
- Sylvia Nathanson (Bronsther) was the first Jewish female baby to be born at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on January 2, 1925. Bert Bronsther was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 23, 1925. He moved to Montreal with his mother when he was 11. It was his involvement with AZA that led him to Ottawa, where he went on a blind date, and met his future wife Sylvia Nathanson. While Bert was serving oversees during World War II, as a corporal and in the army service corps, Sylvia would send him cigarettes from Ottawa. He sold them on the black market and bought her a diamond in Amsterdam. He mailed her the diamond hidden in a pillow with $100 to have it set, which she did at Birks. Bert was discharged from the army on June 6, 1946 and they were married at Adath Jeshuran Synagogue on June 20, 1946. After the war, Bert worked at Molson Brewery and then held a clerk position with National Defense. He left the government to work in the business of Sylvia’s father, Sam’s Pawn Shop at 41 William Street. Bert, with Sylvia’s brother, eventually took over the business. Sylvia and Bert have two children, Phil and Carol Ann (Cowitz), both live in Ottawa. Sylvia is a member of the Sinai Chapter of Hadassah Wizo and an active member of AJA50+. Bert Bronsther died on December 12, 2010.
- Notes
- 1. Duration: 50:28 minutes
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Cantor Max Sternthal fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113282
- Collection
- Cantor Max Sternthal fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- I0311
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a black binder of research from when Max was building his website; 2 CDs of 'Songs and Stories of Our People, 2012; 1 CD of Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust; and 1 CD of Songs and Stories from the Shtetl.
- Collection
- Cantor Max Sternthal fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a black binder of research from when Max was building his website; 2 CDs of 'Songs and Stories of Our People, 2012; 1 CD of Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust; and 1 CD of Songs and Stories from the Shtetl.
- Fonds No.
- I0311
- Storage Location
- A.1.2. - Individual Boxes
- Creator
- Max Sternthal
- History / Biographical
- Cantor Max Sternthal was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1926. His father occasionally served as a cantor. Growing up in Montreal, Max served as a volunteer cantor at the Jr. Congegation of the Y.M.H.S. He also sang in synagogue choirs. By the 1960s, Max was living in Ottawa and was a volunteer cantor at Temple Israel which he and his wife were a part of founding. In 2002, Max attended a meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society and got the idea to tell the history of his family and pay tribute to his father's family who perished in the Hollocaust. He decided to tell these stories through songs and sang many from his youth. For the next five years he performed these songs in concert form for Jewish seniors groups. During one of these performances, a survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto told him he needed to be performing for the youth who knew little or nothing about the events of the Holocaust. This changed the way Max performed and began altering his performances to appeal to younger audiences.
- Acquisition Source
- Cantor Max Strenthal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Kerzner Family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101217
- Collection
- Kerzner Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- DVD, name tag, newspaper clipping and a t-shirt
- Fonds No.
- I0137
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: DVD, recording of the Kerzner Family Reunion; Ethel Kerzner's family reunion name tag; 1 newspaper clipping regarding the Kerzner family reunion; 1 Kerzner family reunion t-shirt; 1 small trophy, earned at the Jewish Community Centre Day Camp, c.1965 DVD, My name is Ethel Kerzn…
- Collection
- Kerzner Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- DVD, name tag, newspaper clipping and a t-shirt
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: DVD, recording of the Kerzner Family Reunion; Ethel Kerzner's family reunion name tag; 1 newspaper clipping regarding the Kerzner family reunion; 1 Kerzner family reunion t-shirt; 1 small trophy, earned at the Jewish Community Centre Day Camp, c.1965 DVD, My name is Ethel Kerzner, holoccaust survivor testimony, recorded January 25, 2015.
- Date
- 2006
- Fonds No.
- I0137
- Storage Location
- vault
- History / Biographical
- The Kerzner Family fond consits primarily of items pertaining to the Kerzner family Reunion organized by Linda Kerzner for her mother-in-law Ethel Kerzner. Twenty-nine Argentinian family members flew to Ottawa for the July 27-August 5, 2006 event. The reunion was well organized and extremely successful.
- Notes
- 1. Family reunion items donated by Linda Kerzner, 2006. 2. A Linda Hochberg cup earned at the Jewish Community Centre Day Camp, c.1965. 3. My name is Ethel Kerzner DVD was donated by Linda Kerzner, 2015.
- Related Material
- Related material in the Jewish Community Centre fonds includes Linda Hochberg’s 5 Day Camp crests and a copy of The Sound of Music presentation.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Minto fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101318
- Collection
- Minto fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 book; textual records
- Fonds No.
- B0011
- Date
- 2005 - 2011
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a book entitled "Minto: A tradition of Family Values: The First Fifty Years" by Wayne Skene, 2005; an article from the Ottawa Business Journal from November 29, 2010 entitled "Minto expands Florida footprint"; an article from the Ottawa Citizen from July 2, 2011 entitled "A hint o…
- Collection
- Minto fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 book; textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a book entitled "Minto: A tradition of Family Values: The First Fifty Years" by Wayne Skene, 2005; an article from the Ottawa Business Journal from November 29, 2010 entitled "Minto expands Florida footprint"; an article from the Ottawa Citizen from July 2, 2011 entitled "A hint of the past in a new future," which discusses the update and reinvention of Minto homes in the Bayshore area of Ottawa; a flyer for "The Emperor of Atlantis" a one act opera that was written by Viktor Ullman, with a libretto by Petr Kien, in the Theresienstadt concentration camp around 1943. The opera was sponsored by Minto in October, year unknown.
- Date
- 2005 - 2011
- Fonds No.
- B0011
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- The foundations of The Minto Group were laid in 1955 when four Ottawa brothers, Louis, Gilbert, Irving, and Lorry Greenberg, joined together to start a family owned real estate construction company called Mercury Homes. Before long, the sons of Roger and Rose Greenberg began building homes on different sites concurrently. To speed up the construction process, they developed an assembly line approach that was visionary for the times. Before long, the brothers had purchased their own mill, becoming the first builders in the Ottawa region to produce their own woodwork. In 1957, the company name was changed to Minto. Within three years, Minto was starting construction on seven quality houses a day with a 72-day completion schedulel; an unmatched standard for the time. Always a leader in design and construction excellence, Minto received the first of a long list of honours in 1962, when it won both national and regional awards in the Canadian Housing Design Council competition. By 1965, Minto had built more than 5,000 homes in Ottawa and was well on its way to becoming the region’s largest private landlord. In 1969, Minto introduced a new form of home ownership to Canada, the condominium, and built the first of many high-rise condominium projects in the Ottawa area. In the late 1970’s, Minto diversified its holdings and took a tremendous leap forward by expanding into Florida, where the company built almost 17,000 single family homes, condominiums, and rental units in Broward and Palm Beach counties. By 1986, Minto established a toe-hold in Toronto with the construction of Optima on the Park, a luxury condominium project in Scarborough. Two year later, Minto completed a second project, Minto Plaza, in Toronto's downtown, and was well on its way to becoming a leading area developer with an expanded portfolio of single family homes and high-rise projects. Meanwhile in downtown Ottawa, Minto transformed an empty parking lot into Minto Place; a city block size development consisting of two office towers, a 417 unit suite hotel and a two-level retail concourse. Minto Suite Hotel was a huge success and recipient of a CAA/AAA Four Diamond Rating. During this time, Minto made its first foray into green building, developing the prototype Innova House to showcase state-of-the-art technologies such as solar-generated electricity. The project eventually led to new and innovative approaches in construction so that by the mid 1990’s Minto was one of Canada’s largest home builders to offer R-2000 homes. Five decades after building its first home, Minto has grown into an integrated real estate development, construction and management company with operations in Ottawa, Toronto and Florida. To date, The Minto Group has built more than 67,000 new homes, manages more than 15,000 residential rental homes and apartments, and carries a commercial portfolio of more than 2.5 million square feet of office, retail and industrial space.
- Related Material
- Greenberg Family fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Justice Stanley Kershman fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101210
- Collection
- Justice Stanley Kershman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 files, 1 textile artifact
- Fonds No.
- I0132
- Date
- 2004 - 2010
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three files related to the career of Justice Stanley J. Kershman from bankruptcy lawyer to his appointment in 2007 to the Ontario Supreme Court: - First file consists of news clippings related to his career. - Second file consists of business material (brochures, letterhead, promo…
- Collection
- Justice Stanley Kershman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 files, 1 textile artifact
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three files related to the career of Justice Stanley J. Kershman from bankruptcy lawyer to his appointment in 2007 to the Ontario Supreme Court: - First file consists of news clippings related to his career. - Second file consists of business material (brochures, letterhead, promotional material for publications, a copy of Put Your Dept on a Diet, etc.) - Third file consists of material prepared for Justice Kershman's swearing in ceremony, March 27, 2007 including his acceptance speech. Judicial robe worn by Justice Kershman are also included in this fonds.
- Date
- 2004 - 2010
- Fonds No.
- I0132
- Storage Location
- Robes in OS Mixed Box 4
- History / Biographical
- Stanley Kershman was born in 1952 and raised in Ottawa. He is the son of Sylvia Kershman and the late Harry Kershman. He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Law School (1975) and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978. Kershman has been referred to as “the media star of the local bar”, referring to his many appearances in the media as an expert on bankruptcy and insolvency. In February 1997, Kershman received a wooden plaque in appreciation of his outstanding presentation to the Credit Association of Ottawa. He published a popular consumer book entitled Put Your Debt On A Diet in 2004. On March 27, 2007, Kershman was sworn in at the Ottawa Courthouse as the 304th current sitting judge for the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario.
- Custodial History
- Records and robe donated in 2007 and 2010 by Stanley Kershman.
- Notes
- 1. Robes dry cleaned in 2007. 2. Biographical material taken from Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article entitled “Renowned bankruptcy lawyer appointed judge, April 30, 2007. 3. Biographical material related to Kershman's early years is in Kershman Family fonds. 4. The Law Society of Upper Canada presented Stanley Kirshman with a plaque in recognition of his valuable contribution to Legal Eduation in Ottawa (undated). 5. Stanley Kirshman is a member The Credit Association of Ottawa. 6. In February 2005, the Soloway Jewish Community Centre awarded Stanley Kirshman for his dedicated service as a Board member. 7. Common Ground (law practice) was a member in good standing of the Ottawa Executives' Association (information taken from undated plaque).
- Related Material
- Related material in Sylvia and Harry Kershman family fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Tarantour family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101288
- Collection
- Tarantour family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 books
- Fonds No.
- I0232
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two volumes of “Our family tree: the descendants of Charles Tarantour and Esther Constantine and Sarah Steinhauer”, compiled by Selma Tarantour.
- Collection
- Tarantour family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 books
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two volumes of “Our family tree: the descendants of Charles Tarantour and Esther Constantine and Sarah Steinhauer”, compiled by Selma Tarantour.
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Fonds No.
- I0232
- History / Biographical
- Charles and Esther Tarantour and their five children emigrated to Canada in 1907 and settled in Montreal. One of the sons, Maurice, took over his brother’s retail business of mens and ladies clothing in Maniwaki in 1928. “The store grew with the town, and Maurice sold dresses, suits, shoes, coats, hats, etc. to the farmers and townspeople.” Maurice married Sylvia Nozik of Cleveland, Ohio and had five children. “The family lived in Maniwaki for several years, then moved to Ottawa for better heritage and educational opportunities.”
- Notes
- 1. Information taken from V. 2 of “Our family tree”.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Carleton University College of the Humanities Jewish Studies Program fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101350
- Collection
- Carleton University College of the Humanities Jewish Studies Program fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of textual records and 25 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- E0002
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of e-mails organizing the project, consent forms, transcripts of taped interviews, essays and 25 oral history audio cassette recordings with the following individuals: Ages, Sam. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 11, 2003; Bellman, Mitchell. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not sp…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of textual records and 25 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of e-mails organizing the project, consent forms, transcripts of taped interviews, essays and 25 oral history audio cassette recordings with the following individuals: Ages, Sam. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 11, 2003; Bellman, Mitchell. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Berman, Shirley. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, February 25, 2003 & April 8, 2003 (two recordings); Bronstein, Doris. Interviewed by Heather Crawford, March 26, 2003; Dolansky, Dr. Bernard. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 3, 2003 & March 14, 2003 (two recordings); Engel, Cynthia. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 10, 2003; Farber, Barbara. Interviewed by Heather Crawford, February 20, 2003; Fine, Rabbi Arnold. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, February 25, 2003 & April 2, 2003 (two recordings); Freedman, Aviva. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Gould, Jeff. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, April 16, 2003 (two recordings); Greenberg, Lynda. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 26, 2003; Greenberg, Stephen. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 5, 2003 & April 3, 2003; Levitz, Gerald. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 4, 2003 & March 25, 2003 (two recordings); Molot, Dr. Maureen. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 28, 2003; Schneiderman, Stephen. Interviewed by Jonathan Goldman, March 10, 2003; Swedlove, Casey. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Tavel, Sunny. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, April 13, 2003 (two recordings); Vered, Arnie. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 7, 2003; Zagerman, Norman. Interviewed by Jonathan Goldman, February 6, 2003.
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Fonds No.
- E0002
- Storage Location
- A.2.3
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish Studies Program at Carleton University’s College of the Humanities was a course which documented the history of the Ottawa Jewish community as seen through the eyes of its leaders. Interviews were conducted by students, primarily with Past Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa. The Jewish Studies Program, taught by Professor Eugene Rothman and teaching assistant Jane Shkolnik, worked in conjunction with the Vaad Ha’Ir and the Ottawa Jewish Archives. Carleton University students conducted research at the archives.
- Acquisition Source
- Jane Shkolnik.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Vera Gara fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101175
- Collection
- Vera Gara fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Fonds No.
- I0238
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.
- Collection
- Vera Gara fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0238
- History / Biographical
- Vera (nee Pick) Gara (b. May 1, 1933, Vienna, Austria) is the only child of Hungarian parents Irma and Moric Pick. Vera’s parents both worked in a salami factory in Vienna owned by her father. The Pick family fled Austria in 1938 or 1939, after Vera’s father was arrested on false charges of fraud, and moved into Vera’s grandmother’s bungalow apartment in Szeged, Hungary. The family owned a radio which they used to secretly listen to English news broadcasts from London. In an interview with Carleton University in 2016, Vera recalled her father instructing her to tell anyone who asked that they were listening to music on the radio. After the German invasion of Hungary in March 1944, the more than 4000 Jews living in Szeged were confined to a ghetto. The Pecks’ bungalow, which was already inside the confines of the ghetto, became home to 17 people while a wooden wall was built outside their windows. Vera’s family were eventually forced to relocate to the small farming village of Loitzendorf by cattle car and truck, where the adults were forced to work cutting down trees in the forest. While in Loitzendorf, the Picks were helped by a local family whose young daughter secretly brought them food in the middle of the night. Vera and her family were then sent to another work camp at a stone quarry in Spitz an der Donau, Austria, in September of 1944. They stayed there only a few weeks before they were again forced to travel by cattle car to Bergen-Belsen, where they arrived on the 8th of December 1944 after a 9km walk from Hanover. Vera’s father passed away while the family was at Bergen-Belsen. Vera was eventually moved to Theresienstadt in March 1945, and was liberated in May or June of 1945. Following the end of the Second World War, Vera completed her high school education in Szeged, then moved to Vienna where she briefly attended language school. Sponsored by family friends, she moved to London, England and obtained her nursing qualifications at the West Middlesex Hospital (1954-1957). In 1959 Vera married George Gara (b. March 11, 1932, Budapest - d. July 15, 2022, Ottawa). George was also a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. In January of 1970, George obtained a job as an electrical engineer with Bell Northern Research (Nortel), and he and Vera immigrated to Ottawa. Vera and George have two children; Judith Bosloy and Susan Markovitz. While living in Ottawa, Vera continued to work as a nurse while participating in and chairing volunteer activities, committees and events. She became the Financial Secretary of B’nai B’rith Women Ottawa chapter 421 in 1972, and was president from 1977 to 1982. As part of her activities with B’nai B’rith Vera hosted council meetings and events out of her home on Island Park Drive, and she has been an active member of the Ottawa Carleton Committee League for Human Rights (OCCLHR) since its inception. Vera has also been active in the Ottawa Vaad, where she chaired the Holocaust Rememberance Committee from approximately 1984-1992. As part of this committee, she hosted events to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony. From the late 1990s to 2000s, Vera was Agudath Israel’s adult education co-chair. In addition to her committee work, Vera has also spoken at many schools in Ottawa and elsewhere about her experiences in the Holocaust, and of the dangers of racism and hatred. She has volunteered at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus since 1977, and has been an active member of the Jewish Christian Dialogue Group and Na’amat since 1983. Vera Gara has been a key figure in the efforts to recognize and honour Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish ambassador who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews near the end of the Second World War. Vera chaired the Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration Committee starting in 1982, which worked with the Minto Corporation to have a street named after Wallenberg in a new housing development. After hearing of these efforts, Nepean City Council also contacted the committee, and decided to name a park after Wallenberg. As a representative of the Raoul Wallenberg International Movement for Humanity in Ottawa, Vera was awarded as a Member, First Class, of the Royal Order of the Polar Star, a high honour bestowed by the King of Sweden for Vera’s extensive work towards human rights activities, especially those related to Raoul Wallenberg and his legacy. Vera organized multiple events to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg and his legacy, and she was the chairman of the Ottawa Raoul Wallenberg Lending Hand Award Committee from 1999 to 2002. Vera travelled to Israel to attend the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in 1981. Prior to this she had been involved in a number of efforts to rebuild Israel. She also travelled to Budapest to represent Canada at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Holocaust memorial in July 1988. In 2000, Vera was one of several Holocaust survivors living in Ottawa who were honoured for their contributions to Canada with a ceremony and dinner. The Memory of All That, a book written in 1982 by Ruth Latta, includes a chapter on Vera Gara.
- Related Material
- Shoah (Holocaust) Documentation on Survivors and Children of Survivors from the Ottawa area, unpublished, 1995 and an Oral History interview, November 20, 2000.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101238
- Collection
- Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 File
- Fonds No.
- I0221
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical information, reprints of Diversity and a vernissage invitation and program for the 9th annual Open Studio for Enriched Bread Artists.
- Collection
- Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 File
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical information, reprints of Diversity and a vernissage invitation and program for the 9th annual Open Studio for Enriched Bread Artists.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0221
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Sheryl Luxenburg was born in Montreal and moved to Ottawa in 1978. Sheryl is a realistic painter, combing a 20 year career in clinical psychology and an in-depth study in the visual arts. She maintains a studio with the Enriched Bread Artists, 951 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa and has exhibited in their Open House for the past three years. The 2001 exhibit included Diversity, a 60 x 72 inches millennium mural, acrylic on canvas. The work will hang permanently in Ottawa’s Soloway Jewish Community Centre.
- Notes
- 1. Material collected by Dawn Logan on October 28th at the Enriched Bread Artists Open House.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Dave Smith fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101278
- Collection
- Dave Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Fonds No.
- I0046
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
- Collection
- Dave Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0046
- History / Biographical
- Dave Smith, an Ottawa native who owns a restaurant and three delicatessen/catering operations, is also a well-known businessman, artist and humanitarian. Dave Smith was born in Ottawa in 1934 and raised in Lowertown, the youngest of 13 children in a close-knit Jewish family. His father, a shoemaker, had emigrated from Russia with his young bride to begin a new life in Canada. From employment with A & P meat department for several years, Dave Smith moved into the deli and catering business. He began his charitable work in the 1960s and he devotes his time to more than 20 charitable organizations, including the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Operation Go Home, Ottawa Ballet, Scouts Canada and the Easter Seal Society. He has received the Order of Canada, and is best known for his work with a clinic for drug and alcohol rehabilitation for teenagers. He was instrumental in raising 1 million dollars to buy and renovate the Bronson Avenue addiction centre which is named in his honour.
- Related Material
- Related material in Biographical Files.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101174
- Collection
- AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondenc…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondence 2002 - 2003; Fundraising; Financial Reports 2001 - Grant Applications; OJF agreement; Position Paper on relationship with OCSCO; Position Paper on relationship with SJCC; Position Paper on relationship with OJF; Application for Charitable Status; Housing Project 2001-2004 (some files restricted); Program Guides 2000 - 2017; Verse Tribute to founders of AJA 50+; AJA 50+ Celebrating 10 years DVD (from gala May 2011); Logo; Transportation; Brochures and Flyers News Clippings; Newsletter 2000 - 2009; Box 3: Series: Creative Connections Creative Connections; Creative Connections Steering Committee 2002 - Creative Connections Programs 2002 - Creative Connections Financial - 2002 - (financial records restricted for 25 years from date of creation) Box 4: Series: Housing Project Housing Project 2005 (Overview); Minutes: Ad-Hoc Housing and Steering Committees: 2004 - 2005, 2006 - 2007; Reports: to AJA 50+ Housing report to AGM, May 31, 2004; City of Ottawa, July 2005; JFSA, September 15, 2005; Kehilla Housing Program, August 16, 2005; B'nai B'rith, Montreal, August 24, 2005; Federation/AJA 50+ Housing Committee, November 8, 2005 - March 2007; Drafts Preceding 2005 Housing report; Originals of Housing Report 2005 Final Copy; Correspondence: Emails July 2005 - March 3, 2007; Handwritten notes; AJA 50+ Survey Fall 2001; Projected Membership Levels 2011 and 2021; Housing Background: Studies and Documents; Ottawa Seniors: Demographics and Census; Ottawa Housing Partnership; Multi-Faith Housing Initiative 2006; City of Ottawa training Sessions on Affordable Housing, 2005, and Consultations, 2007; Ottawa Affordable Housing Unit, 2005; Background: Housing, City of Ottawa; Senior Services: Province of Ontario; Canadian Mortgages and Housing Corporation; News Clippings and Articles, 2005 - 2006; Notes on various Retirement Homes; Folders: Baycrest, Toronto; B'nai B'rith, Montreal; Circle of Care (Habayit Shelanu), Toronto; Hillel Lodge, Ottawa; Kehilla Housing Initiative, Toronto Series: Loose Photographs: AJA 50 + Creative Connections - There are almost twenty photographs of various Creative Connections events. [4-742] - Home of Miriam Leviton (?), June 24, 2003. AJA 50+ Aboriginal Experience - Fall, 2002 - [4-743] AJA 50+ Bird watching - June 22, 2003 - [4-744]. People are identified on verso of photographs AJA 50+ - Registration Day - SJCC - Adrienne Pakandel-Powell - September 3, 2002 - [4-745] AJA 50+ Current Events - Fall, 2004 - Individuals are named on the back of the photograph - [4-746]. AJA 50+ Airport Tour - June 27, 2004 - Front sitting: Sol Gunner. First Row: Estelle Gunner, Deanna Silverman, Irma Choen, Sylvia Bronsther. Second Row: Sonja Kosten, Flo Morgan, Dod Bronstein, Bunny Cogan, Ann Bernick. Back Row: Ron Kesten, Bev Feinstein, Allan Rackow (?), Ed Cohen, Sherwin Lyman, Phylllis Rackow, Estelle Melzer, Bert Bronsther, Paula Polisuk, Amnon Paher. Far Back: Saul Silverman, Joel Morgan, Ken Mozersky - [7-747]. AJA 50+ VIP Brunch - Fall 2002 - [4-748] AJA 50+ Herb Garder Tour - Old Almonte Road - August 20, 2002 - [4-749]. AJA 50+ Experimental Farm Tour - [4-750]. AJA 50+ Shavuot Cheesecake Bake-off - Adrienne Paknadel-Powell, Brenda Wolf, R. Leviton - [4-751] AJA 50+ Purim Party 2004 - A small stack of photos - Left to Right: Bess Rosenberg, Sylvia Bronsther, Lea Kalin, Pearl Greenberg - [4-752]. AJA 50+ - On Display - A large assortment of photos of arts and crafts display - [4-753] AJA 50+ Passover Seminar - Ruth Levinson, Sandy Bennett, Fran Ross - March 27, 2001 - [4-754] AJA 50+ Jews in Music - Front Row: Gordon Spergel, Ernie Brodo, Yvonne Mar, Jack Berman. Back Row: Sherwin Lyman, Roslyn Frankl, Shirley Winer, Al Winer, Ed Cohen, Irma Cohen, Sarah Klein, Ruth Karp, Arthur Max - May, 2004. AJA 50+ Who Want's to be a Billionaire? - Laurence Wall as MC - November 15, 2003 - [4-756] AJA 50+ Gatineau Preservation Centre tour - Diane Tannenbaum, Ruth Nadler, Sheela Morin, Si Morin (behind), Florence Antecol, Eleanor Bocian, Estelle Gunner, Anne Huss, Rhode Zaitlin, Bernie Zaitlin. AJA 50+ All That Jazz - Sol Gunner and Friends at the SJCC - August 11, 2005 - [4-758] AJA 50+ Golf Group - Front Row: Phyllis Rackow, Cecily Bergman, Lana Cviensky-Fodoor. Second Row: Etta Karp, Elaine Wolfish, Henry Bloom, Joan Bloom, Rhoda Blevis, Al Malomet, Lou Levy. Third Row: Audrey Levy, Harry Liner. Back Row: Ruth Karp, John Miller, Ros Raskin, Lee Raskin, unidentified, Diana Malomet, Bert Blevis - September, 2003 - [4-759] AJA 50+ Strawberry Social - Gloria Goldberg, Albert and Shirley Winer, Ann Bernite (?), June Davis (?) - June 2003 - [4-760] AJA 50+ Annual General Meetings - Various images - [4-762] AJA 50+ Registration Day - Japanese Tea Ceremony - [4-763] AJA 50+ Passover Cooking Demo - At Estelle Gunner's home. Sandy Bennett, Bev Grostein, Miriam Bloom Rabinovitch, Estelle Weiss - [4-764]. AJA 50+ Chanukkah Party - At Central Park Lodge. Sol Gunner on violin, Fuzzy Teitelbaum on mic - [4-765]. AJA 50+ United Jewish Appeal Walk-a-thon - Ken Kavanat, Rhoda Blevis, Bert Blevis, Ruth Levitan, Ron Levitan, Estelle Gunner, Ben Feinstein - [4-766]. A CD of digital images from various events from 2001 to 2009. The images are from events listed above - [4-767].
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Storage Location
- C.4.1
- History / Biographical
- AJA 50 + began in the year 2000 as an independent organization designed to enhance the quality of life for Ottawa's Jewish adults age fifty years or older. Objectives include creating an atmosphere which encourages a positive attitude towards aging; promoting independence and superior quality of life for Jewish adults; providing social, recreational, educational and health-related programming; advocating for services, and coordinating volunteers in the planning and rendering of programs. The organization is designed to be non-profit and members pay a small membership fee. The first chairperson was Ruth Levitan with an Executive Committee that included Bert Blevis, Cecily Bregman, Estelle Gunner and Teena Hendelman. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors elected from their membership. The 2015-2016 Board is made up of: President: Margo Rose Past President: Arnold Finkelstien 1st Vice-President: Sopgie Kohn Kaminsky 2nd Vice-President: Maurice Klein Finance Chair: Doug Kalman Treasurer: Steve Rauch Program Co-Chair: Michael Allen Program Co-Chair: Cynthia Powell Hospitality Chair: Sheila Senman Membership Chair: Dan Sigler Secretary: Dena Spevak Communications Chair: Fred Tabachnick Fundraising Chair: Richard Zuker The AJA 50+ has several working committees including: program, finance, volunteers, membership, and publicity.
- Custodial History
- Estelle Gunner, Ruth Levitan, Ozzie Silverman.
- Notes
- 1. Board and Executive minutes, financial records, draft by-laws donated by Estelle Gunner, February 28, 2005. 2. Other material donated by Ruth Levitan, November 2006. 3. Board and Executive minutes, 2003-2006, Program Guides, 2000-2008, Newsletters donated by Estelle Gunner, winter 2007. 4. Estelle re-organized files to integrate donation from immediate past - secretary in July 2009. 5. Ozzie Silverman donated Housing Study material found in Box 4 in September 2010. 6. Restrictions agreed upon by LD and Estelle Gunner February 2011. 7. DVD produced for 10th Anniversary Gala can be played on library computer. 8. In regards to the loose photographs of AJA activites, there are approximately 75 and only one photo from each event has been scanned as a representative.
- Access Restrictions
- Executive Minute files resctricted for 5 years from date of creation.
- Housing files are resctricted for 25 years.
- Financial records are restricted for 25 years.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Lawrence Greenberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101194
- Collection
- Lawrence Greenberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Fonds No.
- I0143
- Date
- 1999
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by Cable 6, the new RO with some material from the Ottawa Jewish Archives for a news clip.
- Collection
- Lawrence Greenberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by Cable 6, the new RO with some material from the Ottawa Jewish Archives for a news clip.
- Date
- 1999
- Fonds No.
- I0143
- History / Biographical
- Lawrence Greenberg (b. July 21, 1945, Ottawa, d. December 12, 1999, Ottawa) was the oldest of two sons born to Helen and Louis Greenberg. His father Louis was one of the founders of the Minto Group real estate company in 1955. Lawrence grew up in Ottawa, and attended Woodroffe High School and Lisgar Collegiate. Lawrence was the eldest of the Greenberg family cousins of his generation. He was described by his friends, family and colleagues as a straightforward and personable man who loved to argue, had a deep sense of responsibility to his community, and a need to make sure every detail was correct. He made important contributions to multiple community organizations, and was part of the executive team of the Ottawa Jewish Community Council for over 10 years. Lawrence and Lynda (nee Rubin) Greenberg were married on June 1st, 1969 in Montreal, and the couple had two children, Lee and Hayley. Lawrence joined Minto in 1972, and worked at the company in a senior management capacity until his death in 1999. He worked in the residential side of the business, and was heavily involved in the design process, as he had a skill for looking at building plans and visualizing what the finished house would look like. Towards the end of his career, Lawrence began working on a part-time basis in a primarily advisory position, after his wife Lynda recovered from breast cancer and the couple bought a house in Perth, Ontario. Lynda worked in Ottawa as a jeweler, and worked out of her own studio until 1988, when she opened Gallery Lynda Greenberg at 13 Murray Street. Her connections to Ottawa’s art world as a jeweler allowed her to see the potential need for an art gallery in the city exhibiting the work of Canadian artists. The gallery featured art pieces made from glass and clay, jewelry, and small pieces of furniture, with frequent exhibitions dedicated to specific Canadian artists. Both Lawrence and Lynda were involved in community organizing within the Ottawa Jewish community. Lynda was treasurer and co-chair of the celebration cabinet of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation, and she was also involved in a number of mission trips through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to remote communities in Europe. In 2001, she applied for a position with the JDC working with the elderly in the Jewish community of Casablanca, Morocco During the 1980s, Lawrence served as Jewish Community Centre Director, member of the board of trustees for the Jewish Community Council, President of the Ottawa Jewish Community Campus and Jewish Community Campus Chairman, and Honourary Secretary of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa. Lawrence was involved in the planning of Project Renewal in 1986, a building project based in four neighbourhoods in Netanya, Israel, and co-chaired the annual UJA Mission to Israel with Lynda in 1989. Lawrence continued to work for the Jewish Community Council in the 1990s. He served first as second vice-president, then first vice-president of the Jewish Community Council from 1991-1995. He was elected president of the Jewish Community Council in 1995, and served in this position until 1997. During his time as president, Lawrence’s projects included the building of a new Hillel Lodge, the construction of the new Broadview Community Campus, for which his skills with building plans and design became useful, and advocating for a number of fundraising initiatives. Lawrence continued to work as a member of the Planning and Priorities Committee after his term as President, and attended the official opening of the Ottawa Jewish Community Archives in 1998. Lawrence Greenberg died on Sunday, December 12, 1999 at age 54 in a car accident on Highway 7 just outside of Carleton Place which took the lives of two other people. Lynda Greenberg was also injured in the crash. His funeral was attended by hundreds of members of the Ottawa Jewish community, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray, Mayor Jim Watson, Israeli Ambassador David Sultan, and other prominent political figures. Lawrence and his uncle Lawrence “Lorry” Greenberg, with whom he shared a name, both posthumously received the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service award for 2000, “in recognition of the unwavering commitment demonstrated to the Ottawa Jewish community during their lifetime.” Lynda Greenberg created an endowment fund in 2001 in Lawrence’s honor to fund the Lawrence Greenberg Young Leadership Development Award, which provides financial compensation to the winners of the Freiman Family Young Leadership Award to enable them to attend the annual General Assembly meetings of the United Jewish Communities.
- Notes
- 1. Additional material in Biographical files. 2. For additional information see also; Greenberg Family fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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