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11 photographs illustrating architectural details of the former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue building.

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Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 11 photographs : col.

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-313-01 to 11

Date: 2003

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 11 photographs : col.

Date: 2003

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-313-01 to 11

Creator: Stuart Lazear, Coordinator of Heritage Services, City of Ottawa

Acquisition Source: Stuart Lazear

Notes: Stuart Lazear took photographs 5-313-01, 5-313-02 and 5-313-03 to detail the condition of the former synagogue building in 2003 to be included in a potential future application to the City of Ottawa to attribute Heritage designation. The property was sold to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1999.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Aboriginal Experience.

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Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-743

Date: 2002

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: 2002

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-743

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Congregation.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104152

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-293

Date: [after 1930]

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [after 1930]

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-293

Storage Location: vault

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Congregation

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105240

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-313

Date: 2001

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: 2001

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-313

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101102

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: textual records, 34 photographs

Fonds No.: C0001

Date: 1891 - 1957

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and …

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: textual records, 34 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and 60 years of service: Our Diamond Jubilee, Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Ottawa, Canada, 1892-1952, 5652-5712, edited by Herman S. Roodman; cemetery records including 1897 deed of first Jewish cemetery at Bowesville Road, deeds, record book of burials: 1935 - 1957 (5-334-01 to 03), burial permits: 1948 -1956; 1920-1955, Cemetery plans and related correspondence - 1944; financial statements (5-335-01/02), a Dues Record Ledger from 1895-96 (5-337-01 to 03); 1950's Sisterhood minutes and invitations; Young People’s League or Jewish Young People’s League. A Rosh Hashanah prayer book with the label on the inside cover stating, "Donated by the Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - May, 1953." (5-333). A small book called, "Index of Graves", containing Yiddish (?) and English writings, ca. 193-? ( 5-336-01/02). 6 textiles: four Torah mantles (one white, three red), 1 red valence (kipporet), 1 white valence (kipporet), were donated by Harry Beck of Beit Tikvah congregation. These are believed to have been used originally in Adath Jeshurun synagogue, then at Beth Shalom and eventually were transferred to Beth Shalom West (now Beit Tikvah). These are described in the database (5-296). A large b&w photograph of the choir at Adath Jeshurun, dated 1955 or 56 (see 5-057a). Restricted access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 1 - Series: Legal, Financial, etc. Legal - Declaration of Incorporation, two copies - 1896; Legal - Incorporation of Bylaws, five copies - 1896; Legal - Hand written copy of Charter - 1896; Legal - Constitution, positive and negative photographic reproductions - July 4, 1895; Administrative - List of congregation Members; List of congregation Officers; List of Building Committee Members for the new King Edward Synagogue, Lists authored by Rose Harris - July 25, 1904; Notice of laying of the corner stone, authored by A. Harris, Secretary of the Building Committee - July 25, 1904; Legal - Bylaws – black notebook containing hand written drafts of and amendments to of Bylaws, minutes of a Board Meeting - July 17, 1915, and expenditures and deposits sporadically throughout - 1914-1915; Official Bylaws of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, based upon those of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal - April 1, 1936; Legal - Assignment of Lease, between George Lang and David R. Burbank, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 12, 1858; Legal - Quit Claim Deed, between David R. Burbank and Patrick Kelly, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa, - July 23, 1858; Legal - Indenture of Mortgage, between Patrick Kelly and Michael Gleeson, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - November 29, 1859; Legal - Mortgage of Leasehold Premises, Martin Mahon to Archibald Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 22, 1864; Legal - Assignment of Mortgage, Archibald Keys to Mary Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 14, 1885; Legal - Deed of Land, Francis McDougal to Martin Mahon, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 10, 1885; Legal - Ordnance Land Sale Grant, to Martin Mahon from the minister of the interior - January 22, 1886; Legal - High Court of Justice Order, between Edward Devlin, Plaintiff, and the Mahons and McDougall party, defendants. Order states that the defendants stand debarred and fore-closed of right and title to the mortgaged premises - May 28, 1897; Legal - Agreement for Sale, Edward Devlin to Adath Ashurun (Jeshurun) - April 24, 1903. Legal - Deed of Land, Edward Devlin to Congregation of Adath Eshuroon (Jeshurun), lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 1, 1903; Legal - Mortgage - August 21, 1903; Financial - Cheque receipt MacCracken, Hendersn and McDougal, Barristers, acknowledging receipt of $2100 from Congregation Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) - June 1, 1903; Legal - Sherriff’s Certificates - 1885, 1895, 1903, 1911; Legal - Abstract of Title, City of Ottawa Registry Office, title records for lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - 1885-1904; Legal - Mortgage Agreements - August 5, 1904; Legal - Statutory Declaration, in the matter of Mortgage - September 13, 1904; Legal - Bond, A.J. Freiman et al to the Toronto General Trusts Corporation - April 20, 1911; Legal - Mortgage - May 10, 1911; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - June 1921; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - May 1926; Correspondence – various between Toronto General Trusts Corporation and Congregation Adath Jeshurun - 1935; Legal - Deed of Mortgage and Trust, to Capital Trust Corporation Limited - 21 February, 1921; Legal - Statutory Declaration of Benjamin Goldfield - November 1, 1930; Legal - Release of indenture - September 27, 1930; Addition to Synagogue - Contract with W.G. Adamson, contractor; receipts, various; correspondence, various - 1920-1921; Mortgage Fund - 19 canceled bank notes; Correspondence; List of subscribers to Mortgage Fund and amounts paid - 1929, 1931; Financial - Mortgage Fund Account Book - 1928-1929; Financial - Ottawa Taxes and Water Rates - 1911, 1921, 1926; Financial - Budgets and Financial Statements - 1920-1955; Insurance Record Book - 1916; Insurance Policies - 1930-1935; Insurance Policies - 1930-1955; Insurance Policies and correspondence - 1927-1930, 1935-1938; Insurance Policies - 1938-1945; Financial - Bank record book - 1907-1913; Financial - Bank record book - 1931-1946; Financial - Donation Record Book - 1912; Financial - Membership Accounts Book - 1910-1911; Administrative - Correspondence and Accounts - 1950-1952, 1956; Administrative - Correspondence regarding member donations - 1949-1953; Financial - Invoices - 1954; Financial - Receipts - 1954-1956; Administrative - Liquor License and Permit - 1946; BOX 2 - Series: Legal, Financial, Jewish Cemetery - various dates. Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, A - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, B - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, C - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, D, E - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, F, G - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, H, I, J, K, L - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, M, N, O, P - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, Q, R, S - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1917-1930; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1930-1937; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1937-1945; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Sample Bill of Sale for Cemetery Plot - 1943; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Metcalfe Road Highway 31 - 1947; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Jewish Cemetery Land Deeds - 1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Contract for installation of a Fence - June 5, 1913; Contract for installation of a Granite Arch - September 18, 1913; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Cemetery Land Deeds of Congregation United Brethren -1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Bowesville Road Property, Gloucester - 1893-1921 Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Burial Permits - 1948-1956; Liquor License - 1949-1950; Administrative - Cemetery Record Book - 1935-1957; [incomplete] Map - Plan of Cemetery Metcalf Road Ontario Adath Jeshurun Congregation Ottawa; Related Correspondence - 1944; Administrative - List of Cemetery Accounts Outstanding - April 24, 1949; Miscellaneous forms for purchasing cemetery plots and requesting maintenance of existing cemetery plots - 1950s; BOX 3 - Series: Financial - Account Record Books and Ledgers - 1892-1941 (with gaps) Account Book - kept by J. Freedman, Yiddish - 1892-1986; Account Book - Yiddish - 1896-1901 Dues Record Book - 1900-1901; Dues Record Book - 1904-1906; Account and Receipt Book - 1912; Account Book - Seats and Donation – 1913-1915 Account Book - 1912-1916; Gabai Record - Yiddish - dates unknown; BOX 4 - Series: Minute of Meeting - 1892, 1913-1953. Minutes of first General Meeting - Translated from Yiddish by Miriam Paghis in 2000 - December 9, 1891; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting, copy of contents - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of r General Meeting - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting - September 17, 1913 to August 5, 1917; Minutes - Minutes of General Meeting, contains early record of Talmud Torah and King Edward Hebrew Institute - March 6, 1910 to July 8, 1913; Financial - Records of Accounts - 1910-1912; Talmud Torah - Establishment of Board of Education - 1910; *Minutes arranged by year include Regular Meetings, General Meetings, Special Meetings, Meetings of the Board of Trustees, and Various Committee Meetings* Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 17, 1917 to December 7, 1919; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 4, 1920 to August 6, 1922; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 3, 1922 to December 6, 1925; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 7, 1926 to August 10, 1930; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 7, 1930 to December 3, 1933; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 7, 1934 to August 18, 1935; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 15, 1935 to July 24, 1939; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - June 6, 1939 to June 11, 1942; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 1, 1942 to June 4, 1944; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 6, 1944 to December 16, 1945; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 4, 1946 to July 22, 1948; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - October 17, 1948 to June 19, 1951; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - August 15, 1951 to August 12, 1953; Meeting Agendas - 1950-1951; Notices of Meeting of the Bylaws Committee - 1932-1935; Notices of Meetings - 1908-1909, 1918, 1923, 1935-1942, 1945, 1954-1955; BOX 5 - Series: Membership BOX 6 - Series: Administrative, Correspondence, Ephemera Correspondence - Appointment of Rev. J. Rabin as Cantor - September 8, 1929; Administrative - forms - Family Record - no date; Adath Jeshurun Congregation Balance of account template - 1918; Ephemera - Banquet Program, to celebrate the paying off of the Synagogue Mortgage, five copies - March 17, 1935; Ephemera - Program Schedule Booklet of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, five copies - March, 1942 Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “King Edward Avenue Synagogue to Celebrate Golden Jubilee” Xerox copy, original newspaper clipping is located in John Dover fonds - 1942; Guestbook - Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation - March 22, 1942; Ephemera - Invitation - Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, transferred from Hy and Lillian Gould fonds - March 7, 1947; Ephemera - Banquet Program - Diamond Jubilee Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation Adath Jeshurun – November, 1952; Ephemera - Table Place Cards - Adath Jeshurun Congregation Diamond Jubilee - November 30, 1952; Correspondence - letters and telegrams regarding the Congregation’s Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Banquet reservation cards, 11 copies; Diamond Jubilee Banquet reply card; Diamond Jubilee Banquet ticket, no. 260 -1952; Ephemera - Invitation - First Oneg Shabbat of the Season Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation – November 28, 1952; Ephemera - Program - Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Joseph Rabin upon his silver Jubilee of Service to Congregation Adath Jeshurun - March 7, 1954; Ephemera - Program and Menu for Banquet Table Setting - Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation, five copies – November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Invitation - Diamond Jubilee, two copies - November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Press releases, speeches and newspaper clippings - Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Invitations, Programs, Menus - 1935-1954; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “Corner Stone Laid Synagogue of Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) King Edward Avenue” Ottawa Free Press, The Evening Citizen, The Ottawa Evening Journal - July 26, 1904; Ephemera - Newspaper clippings - Various - Includes Caspar Caplan, Rabbi Freedman, L.S. Greenberg, Rabbi Margolis, Lillian Freiman - 1936-1938, 1940-1942, 1944; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping, - Various - Includes sacrilegious attack, induction of Rabbi Nathan Kollin, Young People’s League News, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, Rabbi Lifschutz - 1920s-50s; Administrative - Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - Chanukah Dinner Party; Executive membership - 1953-1954; Symposium “Things You Would Like To Know” - January 17, 1956; Various Sisterhood Event Invitation - 1952-1956; Ephemera - High Holiday Bulletins - 1949-1953; Box 7 - Rosh Hashana prayer book, 1953 Textile Box 8 - Torah, 1938 Cemetery Plot Record Book Account Book, 1912-1915

Date: 1891 - 1957

Fonds No.: C0001

Storage Location: A.1.3 - A.1.5; 2 boxes in OS 6 textiles in OS Mixed Box 11

History / Biographical: The first official meeting of Adath Jeshrun was held on December 9, 1891 with the express purpose of establishing an orthodox congregation for the growing Jewish Community of Ottawa. Congregation Adath Jeshrun was founded in 1892 when its first president, John Dover, received the official charter. John Dover, Abraham Kranf, Morris Adler, and Michael Fine served as the first official executive committee. During the 1891 meeting it was agreed that the congregation was to be overseen by a committee of elected officials which would make up the executive committee. Executive offices included a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and three Trustees with office terms of one year. The structure of the governing body of Adath Jeshrun continued in this manner for the duration of the congregation's existence, with minor alterations, as it gained additional members. The 1914 congregation by-laws show an expansion of the governing committee. The committee grew to include a President, Vice-President, Parnass, Treasurer, and 9 trustees. The by-laws also established a number of active committees including the Education, House, Choir, Membership, Seat, and Cemetery committees. In 1929 Chevra Kadisha societies were established and additional rules of decorum were added. The by-laws subsequently recorded the religious officials who were to serve as part of the congregation. Religious officials included Rabbi, Chazan, Assistant Chazan, Shamas, and a Choir Master. Between 1890 and 1895, religious services were conducted at the homes of Moses Bilsky and John Dover, or at the homes of the leading members of the day. In 1893 a plot of land was bought on the East side of King Street for the congregation. The first Adath Jeshurun Synagogue was housed in a small building at 264 Murray Street from 1895-1904. The corner stone for the new synagogue was laid July 25, 1904 by A. Rosenthal. The congregation later moved into the King Edward Street shul, located at 375 King Edward Avenue. The Synagogue Building Committee was chaired by Archibald Freiman, then only 21 years of age. He presided over the Congregation from 1904 until 1930. Wolfe Abelson was the vice president throughout the early part of the congregation's history, serving continuously from 1905 to 1930. In 1910 the Hebrew Institute was added with the establishment of the Talmud Torah Board of Education. In 1917 it was decided that the King Edward Institute, owned by the congregation, was to be leased in order to facilitate the amalgamation of all Talmud Torah's in the area. During the first half of the twentieth century the congregation of Adath Jeshrun served as the principal orthodox congregation of the Ottawa Jewish Community. When the Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in 1952, two of the original congregation members, Jacob Freedman and Bernard Smith, were part of the festivities. Ottawa-born David Petegorsky, Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress, was the guest speaker at the anniversary banquet. In 1956, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, along with Agudath Achim Congregation, joined together to form the Beth Shalom Congregation on Chapel Street. At this time the synagogue building became the Jewish Memorial Chapel, also known as the Chevra Kadisha. The congregations first Cantor and Shochet was Reverend Jacob Mirsky who served from 1892 until 1942, followed by Reverend Joseph Rabin (1929-1956), and Reverend Harry Weissbord (1944-1956). Rabbi Simon Fyne served from 1912 to 1920, followed by Rabbi Max Mintz (1924-1926), Rabbi Dr. Julius Leikin (1927-1928), Rabbi Nathan Kollin (1929-1932) and United Synagogue Rabbis Abraham H. Freedman (1931-1636), William Margolis (1937-1938), Oscar Z. Fasman (1940-1946), Emanuel L. Lifschutz (1946-1951) and Simon L. Eckstein (1952-?). Vice-Presidents included Wolf Abelson (1910-1923, 1925-1930), Samuel Katz (1923-1925), Laz Greenberg (1930-1937), Dr. Samuel Mirksy (1937-1938), Leon Petegorsky (1938-1942), Hyman Gould (1942-1948), Samuel Caplan (1948-1952), and Isidore Stone (1952-1956). Benjamin Pearl served as Congregation Secretary from 1912 to 1948 and was succeeded by Herman Roodman. Lillian Freiman established the Adath Jeshrun Sisterhood and served as its first president from 1910 until 1929. She was succeeded by Mrs. Slone (1929-1931). Subsequent Presidents were Mrs. S. Brodie (1931-1938), Mrs. M. Pearlman (1938-1940), and Mrs. S. Lepofsky (1940-1944), Mrs. G. Caplan (1944-1947), Mrs. L. Frieman (1947-1949), Mrs. H. Gould (1949-1952), Mrs. S. Torontow (1952-1953), Mrs. R. Berke (1953-1955), and Mrs. M. Freedman (1955-1956).

Acquisition Source: Textiles donated by Harry Beck.

Custodial History: In 1973, these records were transferred to the National Archives of Canada, and returned to the Ottawa Jewish Archives in 1996.

Notes: 1. Adath Jeshurun does not readily translate into English. 2. After amalgamation, synagogue records were given to the Jewish Community Centre. 3. Further accrual of a photograph of attendees at the banquet for burning of the mortgage. Donated by Goldie Cantor, June 11, 2006. Program of the event located in the fonds. 4. Torah donated by John Holzman, presented to the Adath Jeshurun Congregation by Mr and Mrs William Holzman, 1938. 5. 1896 Incorporation date from Rabbi Lifschutz letter, April 20, 1951. 6. The Dues Record Book is mostly written in Yiddish with some English. The names of the debtors are written on the top along with their exact addresses, amounts owed and amounts paid. 7. Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname - contains name, address, and in some cases the date the individual joined the congregation.

Related Material: See Subject file for Rabbi S. Fyne

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Adath Jeshurun Congregation sisterhood executive of 1953.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105417

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-070

Date: 1953

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1953

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-070

Creator: unknown

Notes: L-R standing; Diane Wexler, Sonia Rabin, Belle (Hirschman) Eckstein, Helen (Dworkin) Saipe, Sari (Lithwick) Green, Yetta Pearl, Marcia (Singer) Caplan, Kitty Sigler, Jean Shmelzer. Seated; Jean (Levin) Cooper, Lillian (Levine) Gould, Doris (Torontow) Adler, President Beatrice (Glickman) Freedman, and Sarah Burke. Photograph was taken in meeting room of JCC.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Picnic organized by Rabbi Max Mintz.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105239

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-312

Date: between 1924 and 1926

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: between 1924 and 1926

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-312

Storage Location: vault

Physical Condition: Photograph is faded, discoloured and creased.

Notes: L-R standing: Jae Singer, J. Goldberg, Abe Lazarus, Sol Max, Moe Slone, unknown, Raiport, Martin Levison, (given name unknown) Dibkin, (given name unknown) Zelikovitz, Rabbi Max Mintz, (given name unknown) Glatt, (given name unknown) Baker, unknown, Hy Bessin, unknown, unknown, Abe Cohen.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Synagogue

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103761

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-220

Date: [before 1930]

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [before 1930]

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-220

Storage Location: vault

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105026

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: C0001; OJA 5-301

Date: ca. 1979

1 image

Collection: Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: ca. 1979

Fonds No.: C0001

Item No.: OJA 5-301

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Sol Gunner

Acquisition Source: Estelle Gunner

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

Adreinne Pakandel-Powell.

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Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-745

Date: September 3, 2002

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: September 3, 2002

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-745

Notes: SJCC - Registration Day.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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AJA 50+ Airport Tour.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106244

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-747

Date: June 27, 2004

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: June 27, 2004

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-747

Notes: L-R: 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.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

AJA 50+ All That Jazz.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106255

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-758

Date: August 11, 2005

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: August 11, 2005

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-758

Notes: Sol Gunner and Friends at the SJCC.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

AJA 50+ Annual General Meetings.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106257

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-762

Date: [200-?]

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: [200-?]

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-762

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

AJA 50+ Chanukkah Party at the Central Park Lodge.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106260

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-765

Date: November 30, 2003

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: November 30, 2003

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-765

Notes: Sol Gunner on violin, Fuzzy Teitelbaum on mic.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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AJA 50+ Experimental Farm Tour.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106247

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-750

Date: [200-?]

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: [200-?]

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-750

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

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…

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

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

AJA 50+ Gatineau Preservation Centre tour.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106254

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Fonds No.: O0002; OJA 4-757

Date: 2003

1 image

Collection: AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col.

Date: 2003

Fonds No.: O0002

Item No.: OJA 4-757

Notes: L-R: Diane Tannenbaum, Ruth Nadler, Sheela Morin, Si Morin (behind), Florence Antecol, Eleanor Bocian, Estelle Gunner, Anne Huss, Rhode Zaitlin, Bernie Zaitlin.