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Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds

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

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285
Collection
ABER, Ita
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
object
moving images
sound recording
textual record
Physical Description
13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0184
Date
[ca. 1930]-2015.
Scope and Content
Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…
Collection
ABER, Ita
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
object
moving images
sound recording
textual record
Physical Description
13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.
Date
[ca. 1930]-2015.
Fonds No.
P0184
History / Biographical
Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).
Custodial History
This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Abraham Albert

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89667
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph ; b&w : 16 x 10.5 cm.
Fonds No.
1394; 1; 1394_014
Date
[c. 1960-1970]
Collection
Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph ; b&w : 16 x 10.5 cm.
Date
[c. 1960-1970]
Fonds No.
1394
Series No.
1
Item No.
1394_014
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Hebrew Free Loan
Physical Condition
Good.
Subjects
Hebrew Free Loan Association (Montreal)
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Abraham Kert Family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101216
Collection
Abraham Kert Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 10 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0008
Date
1977 - 1978
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.
Collection
Abraham Kert Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 10 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.
Date
1977 - 1978
Fonds No.
I0008
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Abraham Kert arrived in Canada in 1885 from Lithuania. He landed in Montreal and worked as a farmer and fur trader in Lancaster, Ontario, and in various locations in Quebec including Lachute, Harrington Lake (near Thurso), and in Buckingham where there were five other Jewish families. Around 1900, he moved his family to Ottawa “for the social possibilities for his daughters." Abraham Kert married twice and had two families. In Ottawa, Abraham was involved in peddling and in selling jewelry. He was an active member of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation and for many years he maintained the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery on Bank Street.
Notes
Abraham Kert’s birth date is problematic. He was likely born sometime between 1847 and 1856. (The 1901 census indicated is age as 45 years, giving him a birth date of 1856. His headstone in the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery gives his age as 97, with a death year of 1944, indicating his birth year would be 1847.)
Related Material
1. Betsy (Elizabeth) Kert wedding invitation, 1901 in Samuel Caplan fonds. 2. Betsy (Elizabeth) Benwick was interviewed by Shirley Berman, 1972, see OJHS fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Abraham Rother Fonds

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

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

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

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

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

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98539
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0290
Date
1929-2005.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relatin…
Collection
Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relating to issues at the 'Y' between 1929-1966, as well as ephemera from various sporting events from the 1920s to 1970s. In addition there are a number of documents relating to Gotlieb's involvement in Minstrel shows at the Y in the 1930s and 1940s. Added in June 2022: additional documents and photos from Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel concerning involvement in the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal as well as with regard to attendance in Montreal schools and after-school activities. The documents consist of two ephemeral items from 1944: a YMHA swimming test result and a B'nai Brith 'Showboat' notice, plus a few news clippings from the 1980s about the history of the YMHA. The 15 images are: 7 pictures of Baron Byng High school students and events donated by former student Joseph Gilbert, including two of the 1957 graduating Prom, plus a program for the Baron Byng High School reunion of 2007; 1 image 8" x 10" of a YMHA Minstrel show group probably late 1930s, including Rose Gotlieb, mother of the donor, and and two very large framed images of YMHA Minstrel performers, both including players in blackface (one large image is a duplicate of the smaller one), circa 1940. Protestant school images from Gloria Anchel Gilbert consist of one from Fairmount elementary school circa 1953 and one from Northmount High School circa 1956. There are two oversized group photos from Pripstein's Camp Mishmar in St-Adolphe de Howard, Quebec, one dated 1956 and one undated - both are damaged, cut into three sections each. There are 2 images of the Jewish People's School afternoon section, also 1956, and one of a Westmount ballet class including a 3 year old Gloria Anchel, 1948. Artifacts donated along with the collection consist of 2 trophies from the B'nai Brith Bowling Association, for Hy Anchel 1972-1973 and 1976.
Date
1929-2005.
Fonds No.
P0290
History / Biographical
Hyman Anchel (1914-1983) and Rose Gotlieb (1912-1987) were born in Montreal to immigrants from Romania and Russia. Hyman Anchel was active in B'nai Brith as the social service chairman for many years. A wrestling champion at the YMHA, Hy also was one of the three members to open the Y pool in 1929. In 1953, he 'swam' out of the Y with his children Gloria and Stanley and opened the new Snowden Y pool. Rose Gotlieb was a member of the Y Minstrels, which entertained Canada's troops during World War II. Their daughter Gloria Anchel Gilbert married Joseph Gilbert, also of Montreal in 1965 and re-located to London, Ontario. Joseph is the son of Morris Gilbert and Silvia Schwam who immigrated from Dobzyn on the Vistula, Poland in 1935 and 1930 respectively.
Custodial History
This collection was given by Gloria Anchel Gilbert, daughter of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel, in November of 2021. The additions were donated in June 2022 by Gloria Anchel Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P21/07.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Ann and Art Lazear fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101223
Collection
Ann and Art Lazear fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 box of textual records, 1 b&w photograph.
Fonds No.
I0017
Date
1983-1999
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two loose leaf binders with images and photocopies of documents relating to Ann and Art Lazear’s careers, a file on Ann Lazear’s portrait of Joe Shenkman, two spiral-bound books "Reach for the Heights" by Ann Lazear and "A teacher’s personal experience with the Canadian flag" by L…
Collection
Ann and Art Lazear fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 box of textual records, 1 b&w photograph.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two loose leaf binders with images and photocopies of documents relating to Ann and Art Lazear’s careers, a file on Ann Lazear’s portrait of Joe Shenkman, two spiral-bound books "Reach for the Heights" by Ann Lazear and "A teacher’s personal experience with the Canadian flag" by Lillian Lazear and a book entitled, "Canadian Jewish Women of Today; Who’s Who of Canadian Jewish Women” published in 1983.
Date
1983-1999
Fonds No.
I0017
History / Biographical
Ann (nee Tarantour) was born in Montreal on December 23, 1926, the daughter of Sylvia and Maurice Tarantour. She was educated at York Street Public School and Lisgar Collegiate, Ottawa. In 1949, she graduated from Carleton College, specializing in the arts. In 1948, she married Art Lazear, commercial artist and display man. Art, who was born in Minsk, Russia on November 25, 1926, came to Canada with his family at the age of 18 months. He died on October 7, 2001. After studying Display in the United States, Art Lazear worked as a commercial artist and display man in Ottawa. Together, Ann and Art held the first husband and wife Jewish Art Show in Canada at the Odeon Theatre Lounge, in March 1956. Art became known throughout the years as Ottawa’s foremost display person. Ann had a 27 year teaching career with the Ottawa Board of Education (OBE). During her long and rewarding career with the OBE, she served as president of the Ottawa Public School Women Teachers Association, president of her branch of the Ottawa Secondary School Teachers Association and president of the Arts Council. Ann retired in 1988, and went on to paint both landscapes and portraits.
Acquisition Source
Acquired from Ann Lazear, 1990, 1999, 2008.
Notes
1. Biographical information obtained from Ottawa Jewish Bulletin article dated July 22, 1988.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Anne Altman fonds

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Collection
Anne Altman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph
Fonds No.
I0020
Date
1960
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photo OJA 18-092.
Collection
Anne Altman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 1 photo OJA 18-092.
Date
1960
Fonds No.
I0020
History / Biographical
Anne “Annie” (nee Gertzenberg) Altman (b. Unknown, Toronto - d. August 16, 1975, Toronto) was an Ottawa resident, secretary of the ORT and member of the Ottawa Vaad who was a widow for much of her life. She was born in Toronto and had four sisters; Dorothy Rosen, Florence Fruchtman, Billie Gertzen, and Clara Snitman. After her marriage to Phillip Altman, Anne lived for several years in Geraldton, Ontario, before eventually moving to Ottawa, where she lived in Old Ottawa South. Anne and Phillip had one son, Dr. Edward “Eddie” Altman, who graduated with a Masters degree from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland in 1962, and eventually moved to San Jose, California. Anne was known in the Ottawa Jewish Community for her generous and kind spirit, and sense of humour. She worked as a secretary for the Ottawa Women’s ORT for over 20 years, from 1948 until at least the late 1960s. She was also a member of the Ottawa Vaad, where she worked for 25 years as a secretary and calendar coordinator, among other roles. Anne was a member of the Ruth-Eilat Chapter of Hadassah-Wizo, and she contributed to charitable causes in the Ottawa area, including the Jewish Community Centre Library. After her death in 1975, the Anne Altman Memorial Fund was established through the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation by Anne’s friends, the income from which was intended to fund initiatives that she had been passionate about during her life.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Arie van Mansum fonds

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Collection
Arie van Mansum fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
ephemera
Physical Description
21cm of textual records, 17 photographs
Fonds No.
I0022
Date
1940-2007
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. Series include Arie Van Mansum's experiences during WWII, his postwar experiences, personal accounts, correspondence, Margaretha Van Mansum, pamphlets, the Dutch Undeground movement, and Canada. Fonds also contains a framed certificate f…
Collection
Arie van Mansum fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
ephemera
Physical Description
21cm of textual records, 17 photographs
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of textual records, photographs, and ephemera. Series include Arie Van Mansum's experiences during WWII, his postwar experiences, personal accounts, correspondence, Margaretha Van Mansum, pamphlets, the Dutch Undeground movement, and Canada. Fonds also contains a framed certificate from The Jewish Community Council of Ottawa to Arie van Mansum stating the establishment of the Arie van Mansum Holocaust Education Resource Project - 1991; a framed certificate in French and Hebrew, presented to Arie van Mansum by La Commission des Justes (Commission of the Righteous) in Jerusalem - November 3, 1969; and two large photo reproductions of a Dutch document presented to Arie van Mansum - 13 November 1945.
Date
1940-2007
Fonds No.
I0022
Storage Location
1 box in OS
History / Biographical
Arie (Harry) Hendricks van Mansum was born at Utrecht, Holland, on March 5, 1920 to Gerrit and Neeltje van Mansum. As a travelling salesman, Arie had a rail pass which allowed him to travel freely after the German occupation of the Netherlands. Arie began helping Jewish refugees in the Netherlands in 1938 and in 1940 at the age of 20, he became involved in the Dutch Resistance Movement. He distributed the Dutch underground newspaper "Free Netherlands," found safe homes to hide Jews, and established an underground transportation network to move Jewish refugees. He was also involved in the distribution of food stamps and false identification cards for the Jews in hiding. In 1952 he married Doris van Diggele and the couple emigrated to Ottawa in 1958 where he started an insurance company. The couple had three children, Ria, Gerrit, and Margaret. Doris died in 1970 and Arie later remarried with Annette van Loenen. Van Mansum went on to receive awards from St. Lawrence University, Yad Vashem, and the Government of Israel. In 1969, Yad Vashem recognized Arie van Mansum as Righteous Among the Nations. He was also the subject of a biography, "A Friend Among Enemies" by Janet Keith, in 1991. He died in Ottawa in 1999.
Notes
1. Donations came through Arie van Mansum’s will, dated February 28, 1998, and Ralph P. Euverman, his son-in-law. 2. Biographical information from the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin & Review, October 25, 1991. 3. "A Friend Among Enemies" donated on Shoah evening, April, 2003 by Ralph P. Euverman. 4. Preliminary online translations for the large photo reproductions of the Dutch document indicate a "Charter offered to Arie van Mansum for persons listed here...", "...thanks for...", "...during the occupancy years."
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Arnold Greenberg fonds

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Collection
Arnold Greenberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0024
Date
ca. 1940
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a photograph of Arnold Greenberg taken during World War II in military uniform and two Maccabean group photographs (one not scanned).
Collection
Arnold Greenberg fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a photograph of Arnold Greenberg taken during World War II in military uniform and two Maccabean group photographs (one not scanned).
Date
ca. 1940
Fonds No.
I0024
History / Biographical
Arnold Greenberg is the son of Charles and Bertha (Leibovitch), born in Ottawa May 16, 1922. He was educated at Lisgar Collegiate. He was a core member of the Maccabean Athletic Association. He left school before graduating to enlist in World War II. He trained as a wireless operator and made 28 bombing missions over Germany including Stuttgart, Hamburg, Essen and Nurenburg and later over France after the Normandy invasion. He flew in a four engine, Halifax bomber, Mark III. His station was located at Skipton-on-Swale, Yorkshire. It was called the Tiger Squadron, after the Hamilton Tigers Football Team. Subsequently he became an instructor, and returned home safely in 1945. Moe Kardish was also at Skipton-on-Swale as part of the ground crew. Arnold completed his high school education by taking special courses taught by University of Toronto professors on the university Campus. It was a War Veterans school and Arnold was paid $80.00 per month. He then returned to Ottawa and married Bertha Nathanson, daughter of Harry and Annie Nathanson, in March, 1945, and began a correspondence course for a chartered accountant from Queen’s University. While he was unable to complete the course, he did began employment as an accountant with Martin K. Levinson then worked with Issie Landau for 25 years. He and Landau were bought out by Ernest & Whinney, in an amalgamation with Thorne Riddel, and finally KPMG. Arnold and Bertha (Tootsie) had three sons, Leslie, Howard and Jeffrey.
Notes
1. Arnold Greenberg, in various conversations with Dawn Logan, provided the Maccabean Association information, summer, 2007.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Aronson Family fonds

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Collection
Aronson Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual records; photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0025
Date
1911-1961
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of Aronson family photographs as well as Naturalization papers for Max Aronson, 1911; Declaration of Birth for Fanny Aronson 1929; Naturalization Certificate for Fanny Aronson, 1940; Proof of Age certificates (two copies) for Fanny Aronson, issued 1961 (1-958-01 to 06).
Collection
Aronson Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual records; photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of Aronson family photographs as well as Naturalization papers for Max Aronson, 1911; Declaration of Birth for Fanny Aronson 1929; Naturalization Certificate for Fanny Aronson, 1940; Proof of Age certificates (two copies) for Fanny Aronson, issued 1961 (1-958-01 to 06).
Date
1911-1961
Fonds No.
I0025
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Aron Aronson arrived in Ottawa with his daughter Chana, son-in-law Max, and grandchildren; Jack, Bernard, Isadore, and Fanny. They all took the name Aronson (Anna’s brother, Samuel Israel, took the name when he arrived in Canada a few years earlier). Their last name was actually Shereshevsky. Max’s original last name is unknown. They came from an area in Poland (now Belarus) and arrived in the late 1800's or early 1900's. Aron Aronson worked as a peddler, and later returned to his home in Europe where his wife, Neche Devorah, and some of his children still were. Max and his family remained in Ottawa. Max was in the fish business and acted as shamash for the Adath Jeshurun Congregation on King Edward Street. One of his five children, Harry, was born in Ottawa on May 2, 1911. Harry married Esther Raport (b. 1910- d. 1984) of Ottawa. They had one son Lester Aronson, born in 1941. Harry attended Lisgar Collegiate and then went into the delivery business, delivering department store parcels on a motorcycle. Eventually he purchased a truck and named his business "Reliable Delivery". In the 1930's he owned a BA (British American) service station at the corner of King Edward Avenue and St. Patrick Street. In partnership with Louis Aron, he began to sell automobile parts in a business called "Double A Supply". Harry was also involved in city real estate, especially apartment buildings. Harry’s brothers, Bernard and Isadore, and sister Fanny, remained single. Bernard was in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was the commanding officer at Camp Borden during World War II. Jack married and had two daughters. Harry’s son Lester graduated from Carleton University in 1964 and the University of Ottawa Law School in 1957. He was called to the bar in 1969 and maintained a general practice until 2000. Lester married Myra Slack (daughter of Lou and Stella Slack) in 1971. Two of their children also became lawyers.
Acquisition Source
Photographs donated by Myra Aronson in 2000, and Lester Aronson in 2008.
Notes
1. Family history supplied by Lester Aronson, May 2008. 2. Textual Material stored in Oversized Documents Box 4.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Barnett, Marion Bodnoff and Morrey Mintz fonds

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Collection
Barnett, Marion Bodnoff and Morrey Mintz fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
37 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0306
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 37 b&w photographs.
Collection
Barnett, Marion Bodnoff and Morrey Mintz fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
37 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 37 b&w photographs.
Fonds No.
I0306
History / Biographical
Benjamin Bodnoff Benjamin (Barnett, Baruch) Bodnoff, born in Glubokoye, Province of Vilna, Russia on June 15 1887/1888. He died in Ottawa on October 27, 1960. He was the oldest child of Isaac Joseph Bodnoff and his second wife Mary Mindlin. He was the first of his 6 siblings to come to Canada in 1906. His siblings included Sarah (Ginsburg), Sadie (Bodnoff), Esther (Ages), Ida (Ages), Millie (Shiller) and Irving Benjamin Bodnoff. He settled in Ottawa in 1908 via Montreal PQ and St John’s NB. He chose Ottawa because his half brother Abraham Bodnoff resided there. While living in Ottawa he had many occupations including baker, and ice merchant. He married Rebecca Rosenburg (b. June 1895, Russia, d. October 17 or 18, 1918 Ottawa), from Sarnia Ontario, on November 4th, 1914. Her parents were Samuel and Lena Rosenburg, both born in Russia. Benjamin opened a dry goods and clothing store in a one-story commercial building on the South West corner of Richmond Road and Main (now Churchill). After Rebecca’s death, he married Frances Adler Matis on December 6,1921. Frances (b. 1896, d. December 18, 1976) had one daughter Mary (Benwick) (b. May 8, 1918, d. July 2, 1995) who lived with her in Westboro, and another daughter Ida (Paul) (b. April 8, 1917, d. December 23, 2009) who lived in the USA. By 1927, he had expanded his store. “his emporium is the Department Store variety and he will sell you anything from an needle to an anchor. He was instrumental to a great degree in the formation of the Board of Trade” (History of Westboro 1927). By 1930 he had purchased the building where his store was located and some adjacent property tore down the original building and built a larger building with several store fronts. This building with its distinctive rounded corner still stands on the corner of Churchill and Richmond Road. From that time, until his death, bought and sold several buildings in Westboro, and Ottawa. He formed Bodmar Ltd in 1953 and continued his real estate business. Between 1919 and 1947 he had served several terms on the Westboro Board of Trade. Marion Bodnoff Mintz Was born in Ottawa on December 30, 1915 and died June 30, 1992. Her parents were Benjamin Bodnoff and Rebecca Rosenburg Bodnoff. After her mother’s death, October 18, 1918, she lived with her aunt and uncle Sadie and Samuel Bodnoff, in Ottawa, with her cousins Gertrude and Mildred Bodnoff, until her father’s remarriage to Frances in 1921 and she moved back to Westboro, with her father, Francis and her step sister Mary. Marion’s mother played the piano so Marion studied that instrument from an early age and performed in many recitals in Westboro. She attended Nepean High School, and then McGill University studying to be a Dietician. She and her cousins, Mildred Bodnoff (Mintz) and Rachel (Ritzy) Bodnoff (Gould) played tennis at the Tel Aviv Tennis Club. She won the Jess Ableson Trophy for Doubles, with Ritzy Gould, and served as Secretary of the Club in 1941. She with either Ritzy or Mildred, represented the club in doubles matches in several Citywide tournaments. After the Second World War she worked as a Civil Servant until her marriage to Morrey Mintz of Regina, Saskatchewan on August 10, 1949. She and Morrey had one daughter, Barbara Ann, who was born May 16, 1950 in the Grey Nun Hospital in Regina. Shortly thereafter the family moved from Regina to Ottawa where they stayed. Her hobbies included piano, tennis, golf, and Ma Jong. She was a member of B’nai B’rith Women and headed some committees, and Hadassah and volunteer work in the gift shop in a hospital. Morris (Morrey) Mintz Was born on Nov 8th, 1919 in Regina, Saskatchewan, and died January 1, 1985. His parents were Benjamin Mintz, and Sonia Lesk Mintz. He had 5 Siblings: Alexander Mintz, Goldie (Landa), David Mintz, Ada (Stock) and Sally (Lax). He attended Balfour Technical school and Regina Collegiate Institute. He enrolled in Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, but transferred to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a Major in Aeronautical Engineering just prior to the Start of the Second World War. During High School, he had enrolled in the Signal Corp Reserves. He enlisted in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Signal Corps in July 1940 and served overseas in Britain, Scaly, Italy, and Holland. He was wounded while in Italy. He returned to Regina after the war. His father was anxious for him to join him in the real estate business, but he was working in a tile laying business when he met Marion Bodnoff who was visiting her Cousin Mildred Mintz in Regina. After Morrey and Marion were married in Ottawa on August 10, 1949, they lived in Regina for about a year before moving back to Ottawa where they lived for the rest of their lives. While living in Ottawa, he worked at Benwick Furniture store, before going into business for himself M.Mintz Furniture at 1100 Wellington Street. In the mid 60’s he took a Real Estate Course and started in Residential Real Estate before switching to Commercial Real Estate. He worked for Bernard Karp Real Estate, and Regional Realty before starting his own firm Mordell Realty and Lewban holdings. He was a member of the Ottawa Lions Club, and was the President of the Parliament Lodge B’nai B’rith in 1972. He and Marion were one of the early members of the Rideau View Golf Club. His hobbies included Golf, curling, woodcraft and loved all sports.
Custodial History
Donated by Barbara Samuel
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Bathhouse Excavation Collection

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Collection
Bathhouse Excavation Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
0.03m of multiple media
Fonds No.
1322
Date
1977
Scope and Content
The Bathouse Excavation Collection includes correspondence, photographic images and a plan of the bathhouse excavation project. This project was supported by the Jewish Cultural Association of Montreal and the United Israel Appeal of Canada. During the months of August and September of 1977, the Di…
Collection
Bathhouse Excavation Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
0.03m of multiple media
Scope and Content
The Bathouse Excavation Collection includes correspondence, photographic images and a plan of the bathhouse excavation project. This project was supported by the Jewish Cultural Association of Montreal and the United Israel Appeal of Canada. During the months of August and September of 1977, the Division of Classical Studies of Tel-Aviv University excavated the bathhouse in the town of Hamta - Emmaus, a typical Tanaic and Amoraitic town.
Date
1977
Fonds No.
1322
Storage Location
JPL
Subjects
Israel - Buildings, structures, etc.
Jewish Cultural Assocation of Montreal
Archaeology
United Israel Appeal of Canada
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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BATSHAW, Justice Harry

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Collection
BATSHAW, Justice Harry
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 62 photographs. - Env. 0.08 metres of textual records. - 7 medals. - 1 sound element.
Fonds No.
P0257
Date
1939-2007.
Scope and Content
Documents include a scrapbook of fragile newclippings and publicity about the United Palestine Appeal of 1940-1941; two bound volumes of Canadan Zionist, vols 7 and 8 (1939-1941); two scrapbook folders of photocopies, one of congratulatory letters from when Harry Batshaw became a judge in 1950, and…
Collection
BATSHAW, Justice Harry
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 62 photographs. - Env. 0.08 metres of textual records. - 7 medals. - 1 sound element.
Scope and Content
Documents include a scrapbook of fragile newclippings and publicity about the United Palestine Appeal of 1940-1941; two bound volumes of Canadan Zionist, vols 7 and 8 (1939-1941); two scrapbook folders of photocopies, one of congratulatory letters from when Harry Batshaw became a judge in 1950, and one of newsclippings dating from this time (These photocopies are additions to the materials already at CJ Archives in Harry Batshaw's box, ZB collection). There is an album of photographs and documents about events such as the Negev dinner honouring Harry Batshaw, and other events (JNF, Allience Israelite Universelle, Harry Batshaw Foundation, etc). The dinner photos include pictures of family members who attended. A second photo album contains mostly family photos and portraits. Among the regular sized and smaller photographs, both loose and in albums, there are several portraits of Harry Batshaw taken at various times, including in judge's robes; picture of Harry with son Lewis (aged around 9), both wearing military-style uniforms, in front of their Westmount house; picture of son Lewis Batshaw on a boat at the Lord Reading Yacht Club and a small picture of him circa 1942 (aged around 8) holding a fish at the family's country home on Lake Connolly; family pictures in album including at Yacht Club and Lake Connolly. Two large photos: group photo of the Workman's Circle of Montreal, 1940 with Harry's father identified in the group; composite photo of Jewish judges in Canada at time of Canada's Centennial in 1967. Two large rolled JNF certificates, one with several Montreal signatures. One large rolled certificate from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. One of the loose documents in the family album is the marriage certificate for Harry Batshaw and Anne Tarshis, 1928. Other loose documents in the collection include ephemera from a royal visit to Canada and materials pertaining to the Allience Israelite Universelle and other topics. Objects: 1956 Negev Dinner commemorative certificate for Harry Bartshaw, with photo and map of land, wax seal, ribbon; in wooden-cover book inside a box. 7 medals for various commemorative honours, in an open box; two are of the same type in large and small versions, René Cassin Human Rights award, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Canada's 1967 Centennial. One interview of Harry Batshaw on audiocassette speaking about his brother Manny, 14 minutes 30 seconds (a digital copy was made from the tape on Feb 1, 2017.)
Date
1939-2007.
Fonds No.
P0257
History / Biographical
Born in 1902, Harry Batshaw was a lawyer and a judge. He was educated at McGill University and at the Sorbonne, appointed King's Counsel in 1940 and made a Judge of the Quebec Superior Court in 1950. He was the first Jew to be appointed to a Superior Court in Canada. He was very active in Jewish community issues: notably he was honorary vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada; secretary of the Baron de Hirsch Institute; president of Canadian Young Judea; and co­chairman of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. He helped found Amitiés culturelles Canada-Français-Israël. He died in 1984.
Custodial History
The collection was donated Sept. 9, 2016. by son Lewis Batshaw and daughter-in-law Huguette Batshaw
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P16/13, MCAT, PCAT.Associated material: See also Harry Batshaw collection P0007 (in CJC collection, series ZB).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Ben Dworkin Family fonds

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Collection
Ben Dworkin Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual material ; 36 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0028
Date
1913-2014 (1930-1945 predominant)
Scope and Content
Various photographs; a partial family tree; various newspaper clippings including editorials ("Cop Shop Talk") written by Ben Dworkin in the Ottawa Citizen; articles by Ben Dworkin published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin; obituary of Ben Dworkin; Letter from Shirley Morris about her father; untrans…
Collection
Ben Dworkin Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
textual material ; 36 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Various photographs; a partial family tree; various newspaper clippings including editorials ("Cop Shop Talk") written by Ben Dworkin in the Ottawa Citizen; articles by Ben Dworkin published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin; obituary of Ben Dworkin; Letter from Shirley Morris about her father; untranslated letters written in Hebrew (dating back to 1913) which includes a brief summary of contents.
Date
1913-2014 (1930-1945 predominant)
Fonds No.
I0028
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Abraham Dworkin was born in Russia in 1879 and died in Ottawa on April 13, 1951. He married Deborah Azmier who died June, 1922. Abraham's second wife was Fanny Saipe. Abraham and Deborah had eight children: Sarah, Ben (b. March 25, 1900 d. 1994, aged 94), Rose, Fay, Nel (also seen as Nell), Alex, Helen and Clara. Ben Dworkin was a public servant and reporter who wrote for multiple publications including the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review. He was the crime reporter for the Citizen in the late 1940's and early 1950's. The Dworkin family is best known in Ottawa for their store, Dworkin Furs, which began in 1901. Its original location was at 256 Rideau St. The store closed in 2012 due to falling sales as fur went out of fashion, and it, along with Ottawa's Burkholder Furs, was purchased by Global Fur Inc. out of Montreal. The home itself likely should have been designated a heritage building with protected status but by May, 2014 the home was the last remaining house on that stretch of Rideau Street downtown and it was demolished to make way for a modern condominium building (the City specifically stated that it no longer fit the context of the rest of the street).
Related Material
Mark Abramson fonds
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Bernard Lieff Family fonds

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Collection
Bernard Lieff family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
9 files
Fonds No.
I0032
Date
1936 - 1937, 1941
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of letters of condolence sent to Bernard Lieff and his children Bessie, Sadie & Abe, Max, Hymie and Morris on the death of Esther Malcah Lieff; obituary of Bernard Lieff published in an Ottawa newspaper, December 31, 1941 and Dr. Morris Lieff news clippings.
Collection
Bernard Lieff family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
9 files
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of letters of condolence sent to Bernard Lieff and his children Bessie, Sadie & Abe, Max, Hymie and Morris on the death of Esther Malcah Lieff; obituary of Bernard Lieff published in an Ottawa newspaper, December 31, 1941 and Dr. Morris Lieff news clippings.
Date
1936 - 1937, 1941
Fonds No.
I0032
Storage Location
vault
History / Biographical
Bernard Lieff (b. unknown - d. 1941) migrated from the shtetl of Antopol, District of Grodno, Russia in 1903. “Like thousands of others, (Bernard) stole across the border into Germany... and then travelled by steerage to America.” He made his way to Kingston, Ontario, and then settled in Ottawa by 1904. After a few years peddling, Bernard Lieff became a teacher at the Ottawa Talmud Torah and also provided private tutelage. He studied at several Yeshivas in Russia and met his wife, Esther Malcah Pomerantz (b. 1881 - d. 1936), when tutoring Esther and her two younger sisters. He and Esther married in Russia in 1902. They had seven children; Abe, Louis, Bessie, Hy, Max, Morris and Joseph. All were born in Ottawa except Abe. Bernard Lieff had at least one brother, Moshe Hersh Lifshitz, who also lived in Ottawa. Bernard and his wife and children changed their surname from Lifshitz when a Lisgar Collegiate teacher shortened Abe's surname to Lieff in 1916. Rabbi Fasman delivered the eulogy for Bernard Lieff in the same classroom of the Ottawa Talmud Torah classroom, on George Street in Ottawa, in which Bernard had taught for 35 years. Meyer Lieff, a cousin, and Moses Palmer were partners in a scrap yard at corner of Sherwood and Ottawa Streets. Meyer Lieff officiated as parnass at Adath Jeshurun.
Acquisition Source
Obituary donated by Joseph Lieff, summer 2000.
Letters of condolence donated by Joseph and Max Lieff, March 2002.
Dr. Morris Lieff articles donated by Joseph Lieff, August 26, 2002.
Notes
Biographical details and quote taken from son Abraham (Abe) Lieff's book "Gathering Rosebuds."
Related Material
Related material in Honourable Mr. Abraham Lieff fonds and Moishe Palmer fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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