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Abraham Rother at home, 1960.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93315
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_037
- Date
- 1960
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
- Date
- 1960
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_037
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Rother at home, Montreal.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93325
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_047
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm.
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_047
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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
Abraham Rother, Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93323
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_045
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_045
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Rother on Rother Street.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93329
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_051
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm.
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_051
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point. Possibly taken in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Rother with dead African buffalo.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93327
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_049
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_049
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Rother with dead elephant.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93326
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 1397_048
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.
- Date
- [c. 1950-1960]
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Item No.
- 1397_048
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Creator
- Abraham Rother
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Photograph removed from file 00004, appear to have been kept in the same scrapbook at some point.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Batshaw Interview - I
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44651
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Large can containing 3 rolls (2 sync, 1 visual); English; 16 mm; 14 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-2
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Large can containing 3 rolls (2 sync, 1 visual); English; 16 mm; 14 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-2
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Director of Jewish Community Services Mr. Manuel Batshaw responds to numerous questions regarding the Sephardic Jewish community from North Africa and how they were received by Montreal's community and its leaders. Bensimon's questions suggest a real schism between the two communities and how they saw each other. Batshaw confides about some of the difficulties that both sides had to overcome for a better dialogue and responds to questions about the impact of Maimonides School built exclusively through Sephardic support, the francophone element as to how it effected changes at Jewish summer camps, and other related issues. Some of the sections of the visual interview are missing though the sound is in sync.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Bureaux JIAS (JIAS Offices)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44679
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 rolls (small) sync sound 16 mm.; French; 16 mm; 12:47 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-29
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 rolls (small) sync sound 16 mm.; French; 16 mm; 12:47 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-29
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Outs of footage from P-1060-27 with Jewish family at JIAS offices. In this material, other families are presented in voice-over sound with lots of images missing. In one sequence, a younger JIAS male counselor lists some of the services the new immigrants can access. They include, among others: housing information on leasing, a drop-in centre for women to help them adapt to new food, shopping, etc., summer camp for children, and information on various religious and secular public schools available for the children. There are also shots of the waiting room and other clients, a receptionist and an older and younger male counselor at work.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Casa Pedro
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44659
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-10
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-10
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- A group of 7 to 8 Moroccan Jewish men at Casa Pedro discuss the pros and cons of various aspects of their experiences in trying to integrate into Quebec society. Much joking. Some, more integrated than others, explain their firsthand accounts. They touch upon the taboo of intermarriage, the specific problems of being seen as Jews versus as Moroccans, the need to find a sense of belonging, comparisons with Ontario's Sephardic Jews who blended in with the English, and some unanswered questions about their place in Quebec, should it become independent. The sequence ends with their playing a video game and walking as a group down a street in the evening. Disappointing both in content and general comprehension, but one or two revealing details can be assumed from this collection of representative Moroccan men.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Certificates.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93276
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1397; 00002
- Date
- 1937-1993
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1937-1993
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- File No.
- 00002
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Variety of certificates issued to Abraham Rother and other family members, for achievements including ascension of the Matterhorn, A Catch and Release in the Florida Keys, a contribution to the King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund, and a crossing of the international dateline by plane.
- Subjects
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Circoncision (Circumcision)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44663
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French & Hebrew; 16 mm; 7:29 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-14
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French & Hebrew; 16 mm; 7:29 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-14
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Beautiful Moroccan chanting and Hebrew prayers of the minyan gathered for the circumcision. The baby is brought out in the customary long robe by the father and passed to the mohel, the man who will perform the procedure. As prayers continue, the camera zooms in on the tiny penis being prepared. Prayers continue without image and resume with Jacques Bensimon asking a French-Canadian woman for her impressions. Then people eating from a long table of food. Cutaway reel shows the mohel sterilizing his instruments, close-up of the baby, various guests and a bleached-blond woman, presumably the mother, feeding a baby bottle of milk to calm the child. The whole sequence is choppy. More footage of waiting guests, then leaving.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
CKAC et après (CKAC and after)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44653
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm sync & non-sync material; French; 16 mm; 12.5 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-4
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm sync & non-sync material; French; 16 mm; 12.5 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-4
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- CKAC outs -- Lison Chocron, Raphael Mergui and Mathieu Rioux of CKAC. Bits and pieces of conversations with many responses cut off. Topics include: the founding of the Jewish community in Quebec, the work of AJCS, which founded the 23 Jewish community groups, Canadian Jewish Congress, the different histories of Ashkenazi and Oriental Jews, the working class background of most Sephardic Jews in Montreal -- this by Raphael Mergui, who contradicts Ms. Chocron's opinion of who constitutes the bulk of Oriental Jews.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
CKAC et après - I (CKAC and after - I)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44670
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 A & B rolls; French; 16 mm; 40 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-1
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 A & B rolls; French; 16 mm; 40 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-1
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Lison Chocron and Raphael Mergui talk with Matthias Rioux on CKAC call-in radio show Quebec Aujourd'hui. Alternating with Ms. Chocron's fellow male activists/organizers of Sephardic origin as they critique the pros and cons of doing the show. Topics of discussion include: francophone Jews in Quebec, their failure to support Bill 22, Jewish stereotypes in Quebec presented by Rioux, minority status, marriage patterns of Sephardic Jews versus English Jews in Quebec, JIAS, Canadian Jewish Congress, and various activities and goals of francophone Jewish organizations, a short history of the first Jews to Quebec and their dilemma between Catholic and Protestant groups, social problems of adaptation and assimilation to the existing Jewish establishment and Quebec integration.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Congrès - Fédération
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44673
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large sync (A & B), 2 smaller (C), 1 small compilation 11 mm. (A & B); French; 16 mm; 22:3 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-23
- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large sync (A & B), 2 smaller (C), 1 small compilation 11 mm. (A & B); French; 16 mm; 22:3 min.
- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-23
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Most of this material is end or start marks for sync sound/camera shot during the Federation (see P-0160-21 and P-0160-22 for fuller clips of speakers). In this reel, there are glimpses of James Dahan, Raphael Mergui, Charles Delmar and re-elected president Elias Malka, who is honoured by the community and awarded a gift of thanks. Some motions are proposed and voted upon, and there still remains a sense of chaotic disagreement between various factions in the community and its speakers. In the smaller Roll 2, Elias Malka, the elected leader of Montreal's Sephardic community, and Raphael Mergui, sociologist and critic of the Jewish establishment, both give their take on the situation of Israel's Sephardim - neither position is in the final film.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Conversion – Mariage mixte (mixed marriage)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44658
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 medium-sized rolls of 16 mm sync sound; English, French, Hebrew; 16 mm; 18 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-9
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 medium-sized rolls of 16 mm sync sound; English, French, Hebrew; 16 mm; 18 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-9
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Bride-to-be Louise speaks with Rabbi Howard Joseph at the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue with regard to her upcoming marriage. Intercut with shots of her in his office. What is explained about the ceremony is then performed. The veiling of the bride after their signing of the marriage contract (ketubah), the two glasses of wine, the Hebrew ceremony, the guests being greeted by the new bride and groom. The name of the groom: Jacob Benabu.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Cours d’anglais (English course)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44681
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 large sync 16 mm. reels and small cutaway; French & Engish; 16 mm; 22:31 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-31
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 large sync 16 mm. reels and small cutaway; French & Engish; 16 mm; 22:31 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-31
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- New French Moroccan immigrants study English with teacher in a JIAS boardroom by repeating phrases and exchanging with teacher. A couple also are interviewed in the second half of the film on learning English, reactions to anti-Semitism, the Canadian Jewish experience in Montreal as seen by the two participants. An older woman watches them speak. Some segments of the interviews are missing - they talk about the Sephardic community in Montreal, JIAS, a comparison between the Quebec and Palestinian independence. Also an interview with the English teacher and her sense of the community. (Montreal Catholic School Commission pays for teachers, but JIAS also provides location and convenience for Jewish participants in the area.)
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Ecole Maimonides – avec et sans Lison (with and without Lison)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44657
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync material/large roll; French; 16 mm; 32:40 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-8
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync material/large roll; French; 16 mm; 32:40 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-8
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Lison Chocron and Sephardic children in school bus on way to Maimonides School. Shots in sequence include: arrival of children; inside a typical classroom as they sing a Hebrew song; hallways between classes; Chocron entering a classroom and talking to teacher about dietary confusion of children; the teacher teaching about Passover (Pesach); a sequence with older children learning French composition; a sequence in the lunchroom with children at tables opening their lunch boxes and eating; children in the playground with ropes, playing hopscotch, dancing in circles, and milling about in front of the school.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Fédération – Bobine (Reel) 2
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44671
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 4 reels - 2 large sync and 2 tiny reels; French; 16 mm; 24 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-21
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 4 reels - 2 large sync and 2 tiny reels; French; 16 mm; 24 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-21
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- At the 2nd Congres de la Federation Sepharade Canadienne held in Montreal June 7 to 8, 1975, several speakers vie for the opportunity to address the gathering in a heated debate that threatens to split the community into two opposing camps. Some of the speakers (recognized) include: Raphael Mergui, sociologist, who wants to present a working paper from his group on the social problems that Sephardic Jews in Israel face. Another sociologist, Michael Elbaz, also addresses the assembly, as does another Mr. Mergui, who represents a group of former Israelis and Sephardic Jews who emigrated to Canada and their concerns for families still in Israel. The discussion is passionate and a split in the community is palpable. The Israeli speaker, in a motion of solidarity with fellow Sephardic Jews in Israel, renounces his Israeli citizenship and that of his group's members before the Consulate General of Israel, who is on stage with the other invited guests and speakers. This same debate heats up again on P-0160-22 as the reports, presentations and audience reactions to the meeting heat up as well.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Fédération – Bobine (Reel) 2
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44672
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large reel A/B of C sync sound - 16 mm.; French; 16 mm; 25 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-22
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large reel A/B of C sync sound - 16 mm.; French; 16 mm; 25 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-22
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- As in P-0160-21, the second day (June 8, 1975) of the 2nd Congres de la Federation Sepharade Canadienne, the re-election of Elias Malka as its president is followed by speakers from away, such as Andre Narmounian (?). Raphael Mergui presents a series of motions to the assembly in order to draw attention to the plight of Sephardic Jews in Israel. He is subsequently warned about, and the assembly discourages him from, addressing any negative comments on Israel in public, as these may be picked up by neo-Nazi groups and others who are against the State. The other Mr. Mergui, who represents Israeli Sephardic Jewish immigrants, also confirms his allegiance to the State in an attempt to defuse concerns. A split within the community is evident, seeing how heated the debate is and how adamant both sides seem to be with regard to maintaining control over an assembly that threatens to disintegrate into chaos.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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