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#13b: Tribute to Canadian Jewry; Human Rights and the Rule of Law.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106722

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Fonds No.: I0099

Date: 2001

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Date: 2001

Fonds No.: I0099

Notes: Cassette 2/2; Tribute was held at the Rabbinical Assembly Convention; Rabbi Reuven Hammer, Manual Batshaw, Judy Feld Carr, Honourable Mr. Justice Abraham Lieff, Professor Irwin Cotler.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

58 audio cassettes containing narration by Abe Lieff.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106723

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Fonds No.: I0099

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: sound recording

Fonds No.: I0099

Storage Location: vault

Notes: Abe Lieff narrated the various volumes (1-7) of his biography, Gathering Rosebuds; information pertaining to his 100th birthday; and Hy Bloom testimonial. Some cassettes state content, others do not; Donated by Abraham Lieff via his daughter Lois Lieff, February 2006 and May 2007 (10 and 10a); These tapes are contained in two boxes that are stored with textual material in the vault.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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

Children of Sarah Rosenstein

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106281

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0008; OJA 1-108

Date: 1918

1 image

Collection: Abraham Kert Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1918

Fonds No.: I0008

Item No.: OJA 1-108

Notes: Inscription in ink on verso of photograph read: "Children of Aunt Sarah Rosenstein. Ethel Buster and Joe Rosenstein - boy - dressed as a girl, regardless of curls and dress. Wanted to keep."

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Images

DVD footage of the Hon. Mr. Abraham Lieff at Camp Ramah.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106837

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: moving images

Fonds No.: I0099

Date: 2004

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: moving images

Date: 2004

Fonds No.: I0099

Notes: Duration: 35 minutes; Lieff participates in a shabbat service and delivers a D'var Torah. He speaks to the campers about his fond memories of Camp Ramah. He tells them that the lessons he learned about ethics, at a cheder on Rideau street as a boy, prepared him to be a judge.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Eulogy of the Honourable Abraham Lieff at Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106831

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Fonds No.: I0099

Date: February 13, 2007

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Date: February 13, 2007

Fonds No.: I0099

History / Biographical: LIEFF, Honourable Abraham H. Peacefully at Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday, February 12, 2007, exactly three weeks before his 104th birthday. Dearly beloved husband of the late Sadie Lazarovitz. Cherished father and friend of Miriam Lieff (Albert Goldberg) and Lois Lieff. Dear brother and brother-in-law of Bess and the late Milton Narod, Joe and Evelyn Lieff, Dorothy and the late Max Lieff, the late Louis and Jeanne Lieff, Hy and Pearl Lieff, Morris and Pearl Lieff. Adored Papa of Stephen Cohen and Pernille Rorth, Lisa Cohen, Sharon Cohen and Eric Barker, Ellin Bessner and John Friedlan, Brenda and Kenny Adessky. He had seven precious great-grandchildren whom he treasured and who treasured him: Gillian, Jacob, Alizah, Avery, Alexander, Noah, and Evan. At Beth Tzedec Synagogue, 1700 Bathurst Street, for service on Tuesday, February 13th at 12:00 p.m. Interment Ottawa Jewish Community Cemetery, Bank Street, Agudath Israel Section, in Ottawa on Wednesday, February 14th at 12:00 p.m. Shiva Wednesday and Thursday at the Minto Place Hotel, 433 Laurier Avenue, Ottawa and from Saturday night in Montreal at Lois' home. If desired, memorial donations may be made to Camp Ramah Canada, 416-789-2193 or Jewish National Fund of Canada, 416-638-7200.

Notes: Duration: 53 minutes

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

Hon. Mr. Abraham Lieff celebrating 100 years.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106836

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 CD-ROM : col.

Fonds No.: I0099

Date: 2003

Collection: Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 CD-ROM : col.

Date: 2003

Publication: Photographer Vince Talotta of the Toronto Star gave this CD to Judge Leiff as a birthday present.

Fonds No.: I0099

Storage Location: Multimedia Box 1

Notes: CD-ROM containing 79 images from Abe Lieff's 100th Birthday Party. Location: Multi Media Box 1; He is presented with a birthday cake, photographed with two different portraits and celebrating with friends, relatives and colleagues.