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- "Afterword" Collection 1
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- A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews. 1
- A. L. Florence fonds 6
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Art Silver and Faye Zivian with Sid Shapiro holding Lora Fonberg.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105956
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-12
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [195-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-12
- Notes
- Each couple eventually married.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Camp B'nai B'rith.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104898
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-07
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1940
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-07
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Notes
- Campers names unknown.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Dressed up for a Purim masquerade outside Zivian house at 17 Sunset Blvd.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105964
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-21
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1934
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-21
- Creator
- unknown
- Notes
- L-R: Faye Zivian (age 15), Helen Zivian (age 11) and Mark Zivian (age 4).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Ethel Leiken, Janet Steinman, Ethel Leiken and Shirley Evenchick at Queen's University.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105963
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-20
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-20
- Creator
- unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Faye Bigman.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105957
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-13
- Date
- 1925
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1925
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-13
- Notes
- Faye Bigman was a contemporary of Lillian Gould and Isaac Zivian's sister. She was the first Jewish school teacher to be hired by the Ottawa Public School Board.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Gerry Scale (Bernstein) and Helen Zivian (Levine) at the Tel Aviv Tennis Club.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105005
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-10
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1944
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-10
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Gerry Scale (Bernstein), Max Lieff and Helen Zivian (Levine) at the Tel Aviv Tennis Club.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105955
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-11
- Date
- August 1944
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- August 1944
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-11
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Girl Guides at camp in Fitzroy.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105960
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-16
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1937
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-16
- Creator
- unknown
- Notes
- Back row from left: Ethel Leiken, Helen Zivian, unknown, Libby Leiken, unknown (behind). Front row: unknown, unknown.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Glebe Collegiate Upper School Basketball Champs 1941-42.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105965
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-22
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1942
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-22
- Creator
- unknown
- Notes
- Photograph includes Margaret Moffat , Janet Young, Ruth Sinclair, Helen Zivian Levine (back row middle), Jean Lawson.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group of Brownies.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102879
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-01
- Date
- 1938
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1938
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-01
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Notes
- L-R: Front row; Evelyn (Sobcuff) Lieff, Brownie Leader Helen Zivian (Levine), and Sheila (Weriner) Shinman. Second Row; Stella (Gandel) Torontow, Lily (Greenberg) Penso, Goldie (Leikin) Spieler and Dorothy (English) Shaefer. Third row; Ray (Gass) Epstein, Minnie (Sandler) Greenberg, Lillian (Tavel) Philipp, Shirley (Grafman) Barrett, Freda (Polowin) Brill.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Guy and Dolls theatre production.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104900
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-08
- Date
- 1939
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1939
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-08
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Notes
- L-R: Top Row; Esther Rafal (Ages), Helen (Zivian) Levine, Goldie Gennis. Middle row; Manny Lightstone, Ethel Leikin (Kesler), Irene Baslaw. Bottom row; Tammy Pollock (Berezin) , Sara Ritter (Kelman), Sylvia Fonberg (Rosenes).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Helen (Zivian) Levine.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105003
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-09
- Date
- [198-?]
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- [198-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-09
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Helen Zivian (Levine) and Janet Steinman (Dworkin).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102693
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-02
- Date
- 1945
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1945
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Helen Zivian Levine fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101229
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file; b&w photographs; cook book, book
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Date
- 1935 - 2006
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of several B&W photographs (including Camp B'nai B'rith and Girl Guide Camp in Fitzroy). Textual documents include news clippings; 1941-42 Schedule of the Zivian Bowling League; 1938 Program for a Chanukah Celebration held in the Talmud Torah Hall; 1942 Ottawa Hebrew Sunday School gr…
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file; b&w photographs; cook book, book
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of several B&W photographs (including Camp B'nai B'rith and Girl Guide Camp in Fitzroy). Textual documents include news clippings; 1941-42 Schedule of the Zivian Bowling League; 1938 Program for a Chanukah Celebration held in the Talmud Torah Hall; 1942 Ottawa Hebrew Sunday School graduation program held at Adath Jeshurun synagogue; Naomi Cook Book from Toronto dated 1934 which belonged to Rebecca Zivian; handwritten letter from Isaac Zivian's father dated May 14, 1932; typewritten letter written to a relative living in Detroit about family history in Zelva, Poland and family life in Ottawa; a speech given by Rebecca Zivian about Jewish Sunday school to the Cornwall Jewish Community (war time); 20 page typed memorandum (copy) written by Isaac Zivian which details harassment and anti-Semitism he encountered in his position as purchasing agent for the R.C.M.P.
- Date
- 1935 - 2006
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Helen Zivian Levine was born on October 23, 1923 in Ottawa, the second child of Rebecca and Isaac Zivian. She attended Mutchmor, Glashan and Glebe schools in Ottawa. The Zivian family originally lived in Sandy Hill and later moved to the Glebe. While growing up in the Glebe, Helen often wished that she lived in Lowertown where there was a greater sense of community. Her father, Isaac Zivian, worked as a purchasing agent for the R.C.M.P. for many years. Rebecca Zivian briefly attended Glebe Collegiate and then went to St. Patrick’s College when it opened up enrollment to women and offered part-time studies during the war. Over a period of ten years while raising three children, Rebecca obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree. Rebecca Zivian was also an "informal community organizer". She developed the first Ottawa Jewish Girl Guide troop (13th Girl Guide Company and Brownies), and started a Jewish women’s bowling league. In the mid-1930's she also founded the Ottawa Hebrew Sunday School which provided her own and other children with an alternative Jewish education, as she felt that the regular Talmud Torah which was three nights a week was simply too much. The Zivians were exceptional people in that Isaac held a high-level civil service position and Rebecca obtained post-secondary education while raising a family in the 1940's. The Zivians left Ottawa after Isaac retired from the Civil service to join his brother in Detroit. He spent one year in Toronto learning the steel business before leaving for the US during which time, Helen lived with her parents. After high school, Helen left Ottawa to attend Queen’s University in Kingston. There she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the same time as friends Carolyn Berlin, Janet Steinman and Shirley Evenchick. She completed her studies at the University of Toronto where she earned her Diploma in Social Work (equivalent of MSW). While in Toronto, Helen met Gilbert Levine (b.1924 - d. 2009) at a "welcome home from the war" party. Gilbert was studying Sociology at the University of Toronto. Helen and Gilbert were married in 1947. After graduation Gilbert found work as a researcher and eventually was hired as Research Director at the Ottawa headquarters of the National Union of Public Employees, the only non-clerical employee of the organization at the time. In 1956 Helen and Gilbert moved to Ottawa and lived in a small apartment on Tilbury Ave. Eventually, they were able to purchase a car and move to a house on Woodward Ave. near Kirkwood. Gilbert soon became a well-established figure in the Canadian Labour Movement and a central figure in the 1963 merger that established the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Gilbert maintained his position as Research Director and pioneered methods of labour research that made CUPE the envy of Canadian unions. A firm believer in the democratization of research and accessibility of information, Gilbert spearheaded initiatives that eventually produced The Standard Agreement of CUPE (now the Collective Agreement Information System). Gilbert's work allowed him to be a vocal member of the Canadian Labour Movement, and became actively involved in the political scene. During the 1960s, Gilbert was a leading figure in the movement for an independent Canadian Labour Movement and a notable figure in the NDP Waffle Caucus. He remained an active advocate for social justice and labour rights until his death in 2009. Helen was a social worker with the Ottawa Children's Aid Society in the 1960's. She was then hired by Carleton University’s School of Social Work where she taught a women's studies course and became a pioneer in the field until her retirement in 1988. In 1989 she received the Governor General’s Award in commemoration of the Person’s Case for advancing the equality of women in Canada. In 2006, Helen co-wrote a book with Oonagh Berry entitled, "Between Friends: A Year In Letters." Helen and Gilbert had two children, Ruthie (Tamara) (m. Larry Katz) and Karen (m. Michael Enright). Tamara, is an adult educator and literary activist who began her career teaching workplace literacy and later worked in education at the Canadian Labour Congress. In 2012 she authored "But Hope is Longer: Navigating the Country of Breast Cancer.) She lives in Ottawa.
- Notes
- 1. Photographs donated in the 1990's and 2011 by Helen Zivian Levine. News clippings transferred to fonds from subject files. 2. Letters, photographs and programs donated by Helen Zivian Levine in March 2011 via Mrs. Sylvia Kershman. 3. Original memorandum from Isaac Zivian returned to Mrs. Levine after copying. 4. Quotes taken from Ottawa Jewish Bulletin articles and interview with Mrs. Levine by Archivist Laurie Dougherty. 5. Isaac and Rebecca Zivian are buried in Detroit. 6. Helen Zivian Levine's papers are deposited in the Women's Archives at the University of Ottawa. 7. Gilbert Levine's records are part of the Canadian Union of Public Employee fonds held at Library and Archives Canada.
- Related Material
- See Ottawa Vaad Ha'ir minutes September 20, 1939 for mention of Mrs. Zivian's activities with the Sunday school. See Gilbert Levine subject file.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Helen Zivian Levine's Royal Canadian Air Force Identification card.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105992
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-25
- Date
- 1942
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1942
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-25
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Zivian Levine
- Notes
- Helen was a civilian member who worked as a clerk.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Helen Zivian (Levine) with friends at Queen's University, known as Ottawa "freshettes."
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104894
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-03
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-03
- Storage Location
- Oversized Photograph Box 2
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Notes
- Back to front in photo: Janet Steinman (Dworkin), Helen Zivian (Levine) and Shirley Evenchick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Isaac Zinman (second from right) with RCMP colleagues.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105959
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-15
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-15
- Creator
- unknown
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Isaac Zivian, father of Mrs. Helen Zivian Levine.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105990
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-24
- Date
- [194-?]
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [194-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-24
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Zivian Levine
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Janet Steinman, Helen Zivian, Ethel Leiken and [Sonia Lazear] at Queen's University.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105962
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-19
- Date
- 1943
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1943
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-19
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jean Cooper with daughter Marjorie Cooper.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104897
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0095; OJA 1-827-06
- Date
- 1924
- Collection
- Helen Zivian Levine fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1924
- Fonds No.
- I0095
- Item No.
- OJA 1-827-06
- Acquisition Source
- Helen Levine
- Notes
- L-R: Faye Zivian, Laurence Sugarman, Phil Sugarman. Marjorie Cooper and Jean Cooper.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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