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Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101236
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- muliple media
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 194…
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- muliple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 1948, Audio interview with Dora Lithwick, 1974; Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick, 2007; photographs.
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Lithwick (b. 1897 Ritziv, Russia - d. 1953 Ottawa) and Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897 Rovno, Ukraine - d. January 30, 1980 Ottawa) arrived in Ottawa on July 8, 1921. They were among the large group of immigrants that fled Russia and its programs in the early 1920's. They operated, Lithwick's, a wholesale and retail store in the Byward Market for 12 years. In 1937, the entire family left Ottawa for Melbourne, Australia where Dora’s father, brothers and uncles had immigrated. Because of an epidemic of infantile paralysis, they returned to Ottawa 15 weeks after their initial departure. Another reason was the unexpected aspect that the Lithwicks would be starting again as immigrants in Australia and learning a new set of rules and regulations for business. Upon their return, Abraham Lithwick turned to real estate and became more involved in the Jewish community. He died in 1953 after a short illness. Shortly after, Dora Lithwick began working toward establishing a home for elderly Jewish people. In 1963, the sod was turned for Hillel Lodge on Wurtemburg Street. Dora Lithwick was a founder and first President of the Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged. In 1975, she was instrumental in having a religious chapel added to the home and it carried the name Abraham and Dora Lithwick Beth Midrash.
- Notes
- 1. Dora’s father in Australia was working in real estate. 2. Interview with Dora Lithwick gives an excellent overview of shop life during the depression in Ottawa.
- Related Material
- Related material in Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds, Barry Lithwick speech, and a frequently reproduced photograph of Dora and Abraham Lithwick standing in front of their By Ward Market store in the Hugo Levendel fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Abraham and Dora Lithwick in front of Lithwick's grocery store at 34 Byward Market Square.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102247
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 2-036
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 2-036
- Storage Location
- G.3.4
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham Caplin fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101145
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual material, objects
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: a photocopied letter from Rabbi Fyne, July 18, 1924; a hand coloured certificate of condolence when Abraham Caplin died in July, 1924 signed by S. Spevak (President) and A. Sugarman (Vice-President) (see 1-1007); and four shoichet knives. The shoichet knives (butchers knives) we…
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual material, objects
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of: a photocopied letter from Rabbi Fyne, July 18, 1924; a hand coloured certificate of condolence when Abraham Caplin died in July, 1924 signed by S. Spevak (President) and A. Sugarman (Vice-President) (see 1-1007); and four shoichet knives. The shoichet knives (butchers knives) were owned by Abraham Caplin. Two have stamps from New Jersey, a third was made in Germany, and the fourth is unmarked. Three also have what seems to be early Bakelite handles - the earliest type of commercial plastic. This would put the date of their manufacture at any time after 1907. The handle from Germany however is made of ivory and is stamped with the name G. Gruenwald / Konigsberg. Gruenwald specialized in making ritual knives like circumcision blades and other slaughterer's tools. These knives were likely made between 1850 and 1915. Allan has memories of his grandfather sharpening the knives using a whetstone, again and again, until they were sharper than a razor blade. "He would run his fingernail down the length of the blade looking for any chips, and if there were, back to the stone."
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Caplin (b. unknown - d. 1926) arrived in Ottawa in 1889 from Russia. He came with his wife, Doris (Pullan), daughter Bessie Caplin (b. 1888- d. 1951) and sons Louis Caplin and Manny Caplin. Abraham was a cantor but was unable to make a living as a cantor in Ottawa as the Jewish community was simply too small - only around 25 to 30 people. In the late 1890's or early 1900's, he became a shochet, as well as a secondhand goods merchant. The family has a small home and shop located at 479 Wellington (See Ottawa's 1907 City Directory). The family eventually moved to 367 Besserer which was much closer to the slaughterhouse, which at the time was located in a park that located at the corner of Charlotte and Laurier Avenue. Allan Maser, Abraham's grandson, recalled "it was on the very edge of the town at that time. Beyond that was Eastview (now Vanier) and then fields and fields." Abraham was a founder and strong supporter of Agudath Achim, Ottawa's second congregation, and was mourned deeply by the entire community when he passed away in 1926. Abraham's son Louis Caplin married Alice Adler and lived in Toronto. Son Manny moved first to Detroit, then settled in Los Angeles. Daughter Bessie married Rabbi Max Maser (b. 1886- d. 1953) sometime between 1906 and 1911. Bessie met Rabbi Maser when he was invited to perform High Holiday services for Agudath Achim and stayed at the family's home. Rabbi Maser subsequently became the Assistant Cantor of Congregation Agudath Achim and would serve the congregation between 1924 and 1954. The couple had nine sons, seven of whom served overseas in World War II, and a daughter.
- Acquisition Source
- Allan Maser.
- Notes
- 1. Biographical information provided by Allan Maser and by the Honourable Abraham H. Lieff, 2001. 2. The Caplan surname is usually spelled with “a,” however, Abraham Caplin’s headstone in the Bank Street cemetery is spelled with an “i”. Allan Maser suggested (July, 2014) that the change in spelling likely occurred during the immigration process.
- Related Material
- Related material in Hy Maser fonds, Biographical files under Maser Family.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Abraham Lithwick in Rovno, Poland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103022
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-417
- Date
- 1918
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1918
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-417
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31785
- Collection
- Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5cm of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1107
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
- Collection
- Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
- Fonds No.
- 1107
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Fragile documents handwritten on low-quality paper
- Language
- Yiddish
- Hebrew
- English
- German
- Name Access
- Dubitsky, Abraham Shmuel
- Dubitsky, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Audio interview of Mrs. Dora Lithwick by grandson Kalman Green (Sarah Lithwick's son.)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106838
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Date
- April 1974
- Scope and Content
- Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business …
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business in the market and explained that they were worn out by 1937. They decided to sell the business and move to Australia to be with her father and brothers and start a new life. However, life for a newcomer was more difficult than they imagined and after just one month they decided to return to Ottawa where they began investing in real estate. The recording ends with a story of how they purchased a property on Bank Street using a pedlar as an agent during the depression.
- Responsibility
- Kalman Green
- Date
- April 1974
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Creator
- Kalman Green
- Notes
- 1. Two tapes (Sides A - D) 2. Duration: Approximately 2 hours 3. Location: Various fonds box.
- Name Access
- Kalman Green
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106788
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 cassette tapes
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Date
- January 13, 2007
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 cassette tapes
- Responsibility
- Interviewed by Stanley Lithwick
- Date
- January 13, 2007
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Name Access
- Stanley Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Certificate of condolence upon Abraham Caplin's death.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106231
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0007; OJA 1-1007
- Date
- 1924
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 1924
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1007
- Storage Location
- OS Mixed Box 7
- Notes
- Signed by S. Spevak and A. Sugerman of Agudath Achim synagogue.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Family of Shammai Lithwick and Hinda Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106273
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-418
- Date
- [192-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [192-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-418
- Acquisition Source
- Rose Lithwick
- Notes
- L-R: Standing; Irving Lithwick, Reva (Riva) Lithwick, Arnold Lithwick, Lova Lithwick. Seated: Shammai Lithwick (b. December 29, 1875 Izaslav, Russia - d. January 4, 1964 Ottawa), Hinda Lithwick (d. October 20, 1879 Rovno, Ukraine - d. unknown), Shammai and Hinda were married in 1903 in Rovno. Photograph was taken in Leningrad in the mid 1920's.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Four schoichet knives owned by Abraham Caplin.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107499
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Fonds No.
- I0007; OJA 1-1201
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Collection
- Abraham Caplin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 4 butcher knives
- Date
- [between 1850 and 1915]
- Fonds No.
- I0007
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1201
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Guests and family at the bar mitzvah of Norton (Naftali Hertz) Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106276
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-424
- Date
- 1950
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1950
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-424
- Acquisition Source
- Rose Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Lithwick family portrait.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103024
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-410
- Date
- 1912
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-410
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Notes
- L-R: Shifka, Abraham Lithwick, Shaul Isaac Litvak (seated) and Necha Lithwick. (Shaul Isaac and Necha Lithwick are the parents of Abraham Lithwick and the grandparents of Sari Lithwick Green.)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
The Lithwick Family seated on a park bench.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103021
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-415
- Date
- July 8, 1937
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- July 8, 1937
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-415
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Notes
- Seated L-R: Mrs. Ballon, Sari (Lithwick) Green, Dora Lithwick and Abraham Lithwick. Children are Sid Lithwick, Harold and Norman. Couple standing are unidentified.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Manya and Max Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103379
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-413
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-413
- History / Biographical
- Moshe Zalman Lithwick (Max) and Manya Greenberg were married in Moscow, Russia, in 1915. This may be their wedding photograph.
- Acquisition Source
- Irwin Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Moshe and Faige Blair with their family in Chelm, Poland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105119
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-436
- Date
- 1925
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1925
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-436
- Acquisition Source
- Ellen Lithwick
- Notes
- L-R: Faige Blair, Ellen (Chiah) Blair, Sam (Simche) Blair, Hanna Blair, Chanah Blair, Moshe Blair. (All members of the family, except for Sam and Ellen (Mrs. Irving Lithwick), perished in the Holocaust.)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Ester Bayla Lerner.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106274
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-420
- Date
- [190-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [190-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-420
- Acquisition Source
- Barry Lithwick
- Notes
- Mother of Shammai Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Naftali Hertz Litvak (also Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106277
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-425
- Date
- [189-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [189-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-425
- Acquisition Source
- Barry and Rose Lithwick
- Notes
- Father of Shammai Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Wedding portait of Arnold and Rose Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105516
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-422
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1937
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-422
- Notes
- Photgraph was taken in Montreal. Arnold and Rose were the parents of Vicki, Harvey and Barry Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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