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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn2
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Date
1765-present.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.
Date
1765-present.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
History / Biographical
Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.
Custodial History
Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.
Notes
General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn320
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
object
Physical Description
5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0220
Date
1828-2005.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large …
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
object
Physical Description
5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large part of correspondence between Martin Wolff and Irene Joseph Wolff, before and after their marriage, and letters to their daughters. The third series consists primarily of correspondence between the Wolff sisters. The fourth series contains correspondence from Annette Wolff to her family and friends, letters received from soldiers during World War II, and documents and memorabilia relating to her education, employment, and travels. The fifth series consists of Wolff and Joseph family photographs. The last series is composed of sound elements. It contains 7 cassette tapes, each 90 minutes in duration, of interviews of Annette Wolff by Eiran Harris
Date
1828-2005.
Fonds No.
P0220
History / Biographical
The Joseph family was one of the earliest Jewish families to settle in Quebec. Irene Joseph (1885 1940), a writer and community worker, married Martin Wolff, (1881 1948) engineer and historian, and they had six daughters. The lives and thoughts of all these individuals are reflected in this fonds. The earliest portions of the fonds contains considerable information about the life of Abraham Joseph (1815-1886), a successful businessman involved in numerous commercial enterprises, including leadership roles in the Quebec Board of Trade and the Banque Nationale. The greater part of this portion of the fonds is connected to Abraham Joseph's diaries, which are a valuable early record of Jewish life and material culture in Quebec. Much of the material in the later series of the fonds documents the life of the Wolff family in Montreal and Quebec in the early 20th century until the late 1940s, and includes information about quotidian life and religious and social customs as practiced by a middle-class Jewish family of that era. Though observant Jews, the Wolff family members mixed with and were accepted by the larger community, making this fonds a source of information on many aspects of Canadian society as well as that of Great Britain. The fonds includes a special emphasis on the work and writings of Annette Wolff, who took on the role of family historian. The Joseph and Wolff family fonds contains material of potential interest to historians, students of Jewish life in Canada and women's studies, social scientists, psychologists, journalists, and authors.
Custodial History
The majority of this fonds was donated in increments, over a period of several years, by sisters Annette Wolff, Rosetta Wolff Elkin, and Esther Wolff Blaustein, with the greatest part of the collection coming from Annette Wolff. A small percentage of the material was donated by Rachel Wolff Esar, and a few files were deposited much earlier by Martin Wolff.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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HARRIS, Eiran

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn331
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0231
Date
1900-2004.
Scope and Content
Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cu…
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cummings by Aislin. Book STORY OF ZIONIST ORDER HABONIM, 1951. Ephemera. Souvenir medal issued by B&SS & NZ Home for the Aged. JEWISH WARSAW THAT WAS, Montreal: Warsaw Farband, 1967. Lead dreidle 3 cm. 1988: 21 photos of JGH construction 1968-1969. Matchbox: Moishe's Restaurant. Ephemera; Schiller Bros. interview on cassette, 1980. 3 Cassette tapes: interview of D. Rome by E. Harris. ITONENU magazine, Shaare Zion Academy, 1963-1964. 11 recipe books. Wedding invitations, Memory/Souvenir book of student Mildred Ellis (mother of Eric Helfield). 1990: Approx. 250 photos; subjects: candles, men with hats (seder?); in front of Chalet on Mt. Royal/Plage Laval beach/Fletcher's Field. Photos: Zionist youth camp 1950-1955; Habonim; Camp Kvutza, Que. & Lake Erie, Ont.; Habonim winter camp; Camp Massad. Photocopied clippings re Vancouver folklore. Lazarovitch Bar mitzvah photo 1935 PCAT; Margolese Bar Mitzvah invitation in form of scroll w.photo. Dr. Bloom neck-stretching machine and staff 1955, stereoscopic slides1993: 1 file photos incl. snapshots, Jack Brotman and wife, also gravestones. 1 file documents, incl. bulletins, clippings. Also approx. 12 stereoscopic slides, incl. family events (wedding?)2000: Aproximately 300 New Year's (Rosh Hashana) cards received from friends and contacts made through Jewish Public Library Director position. De-accessioned from JPL July 2000. Contain Jewish scenes, signatures. Some discarded (duplicates, not of interest).2002: 8 cookbooks, 7 of them Montreal Jewish and one non-Jewish Canadian but containing Jewish recipes typed on loose paper. From JGH Ladies Auxiliary, Hadassah, Mizrachi, Pioneer Women, Canadian Women's Press Club.2004: 8 volumes of various years added to those donated several years ago. These volumes contain recipes, household hints, lists of Montreal B'nai Brith Women members, local advertisements, and different yearly themes.2009: Four cookbooks, adding to previous collection. The Grapevine Cookbook - The Girls of the 8:10 Aerobics Class YW-YMHA and NHS of Montreal, 1996/ 101 Ways to Disguise Matzo ... a cookbook for Passover - SNAP (Snowdon Nursery Association of parents) YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre, post 2000?/ The Best of Our Kitchens, Vegetarian and Dairy Cooking - Congregation Dorshei Emet, 2004/ Kinnereth Cookbook, second edition - Hadassah Wizo-Toronto, 1993.Addition 2010: Exposition Sepharade "D'hier a demain" by Association Sepharade Francophone, 1974.Addition 2011: Passover Recipes, by Aliyah chapter , Winnipeg Hadassah. This is a 96 page spiral bound small format book containing handwritten recipes with illustrations.
Date
1900-2004.
Fonds No.
P0231
History / Biographical
Eiran Harris was born in Tel Aviv in 1935. He has served as Archivist Emeritus with Montreal's Jewish Public Library since the early 1990s on a volunteer basis. He possesses a vast knowledge of the history of Canadian Jewry and has worked tirelessly to share that knowledge with others.
Custodial History
Donated by Mr. Eiran Harris of Jewish Public Library, on a ongoing basis.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P87/01, P87/06, P87/21, P87/27, P87/40, P87/44, P88/08, P88/10, P88/11, P88/52, P88/53, P90/05, P90/12, P90/21, P93/23, P02/10, P04/08, P09/22, P10/02 and P11/14.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50
Collection
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.
Fonds No.
I0048
Date
1909-1990.
Scope and Content
National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (194…
Collection
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.
Scope and Content
National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (1948-1949, 1973). Board member list (1971). Other membership lists. Pamphlets on International Council of Jewish Women. Biennial conventions (ICJW & NCJW). Minutes & information (1953-1973). Publications, flyers, invitations, seminar notes. Convention information, lecture notes and agendas. Gerontology conference notes (1968). Bulletin (1946). Magazines (1963-1973 with gaps). Programs & services materials (foster homes, Project Canada, School for Citizen Participation 1970), field service (1964-1965), workbooks, the elderly, National Theatre for Canada (1961-1963), overseas service (1954-1960), public affairs (1965-1967), leadership). Booklet on history of NCJW (1967). Material on "Canadian Women of the Century 1867-1967" (1967). Scrapbooks. Clippings (1940s-1990 and photocopies of 1909, 1912 articles). Photos, including slides of events, services, programs in Israel & Canada (1914-1975) - collection PC 3. Sound recordings of meetings and lectures (1950s-1970s).
Date
1909-1990.
Fonds No.
I0048
History / Biographical
The National Council of Jewish Women was established in the United States in 1893, to help new Jewish immigrants. A Canadian branch began in Toronto in 1897. In Montreal the Baron de Hirsch Institute covered immigrant aid at that time, and the Montreal NCJW chapter was only founded in 1918. The International Council was formed in 1912. NCJW is dedicated to furthering human welfare in the Jewish and general community, locally, nationally, and internationally. They do and did so through scholarships, summer camps, libraries, aiding immigrants, volunteer work, pre-and post-war refugee aid, gerontology research, services to the elderly, support of the Golden Age Association, shipments of play and school materials to Israel and North Africa, lobbying for equal pay and other human rights bills, and opening a shelter for battered Jewish women. Their members across Canada and the world both fundraise and volunteer.The National office of NCJW Canada moved from Montreal to Toronto in the mid-1950s before settling in Winnipeg in the early 1990s where it remained until 2015.
Custodial History
The collection is divided into three parts: an original donation of material relating to the National office in Montreal and other locations up to 1978; National material donated in 2015 by the Winnipeg National headquarters office (1943-2009); and (see Series A) material relating to the Montreal Chapter office (1926-1999)
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4, PC 3.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16328
Collection
JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.
Fonds No.
I0037
Date
1920-1989.
Collection
JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.
Date
1920-1989.
Fonds No.
I0037
History / Biographical
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services was established during the first Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in 1919. The need to settle Jewish post-World War I immigrants became apparent at this time, but the community organizations established in part for this purpose, such as the Baron de Hirsch Institute, were overwhelmed by the flow of Jews into Montreal and the rest of Canada. Thus JIAS, an organization devoted solely to helping immigrants, was founded. Since 1919, Jewish immigrants to Canada have depended on this organization during their period of adjustment to this country. The JIAS intervenes with the government on behalf of current and prospective immigrants, helps to locate housing and jobs, and organizes language and citizenship classes. JIAS assists new immigrants in following the proper application procedures, provides counselling, and offers a directional service to community resources. JIAS also makes submissions to the authorities on all matters affecting Jewish immigration to Canada, jointly with the Canadian Jewish Congress. The national office moved from Montreal to Toronto in the 1990s. In 2008 the Montreal office of JIAS merged with two other Jewish social service agencies under the name Agence Ometz.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4.General note: As of 2017 the total amount of textual records in the JIAS collection is 376.3 metres, of which 66.3 metres are administrative records and 310 metres are case files. 192 metres of the case files are preserved in off-site storage.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Eili, Eili

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76697
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
1920
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
1920
Creator
Rothstein, Shloimele
Notes
Black 78 rpm record with green and gold center label
Accession No.
2012X.24.12
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Places
New York, United States of America , North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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A Chazen Del Auf Shabes / Wie Lang Noch?

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76702
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
1920
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
1920
Creator
Rothstein, Shloimele
Notes
Black 78 rpm record with green and gold center label
Accession No.
2012X.24.17
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Leolom Yehei Odom

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76705
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
July 1921
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
July 1921
Creator
Shlisky, Josef
Language
Hebrew
Notes
Maroon 78 rpm record with black and gold center label. Liturgical songs recorded by cantor Shlisky.
Accession No.
2012X.24.20
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Watch Your Step

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76691
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : maroon, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
1922
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : maroon, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
1922
Creator
Goldstein, Gus
Language
Yiddish
Notes
Maroon 78 rpm record with black and gold center label. Record is a comedy songs album.
Accession No.
2012X.24.06
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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W'chol Maaminim

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76698
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, blue, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
April 07, 1922
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, blue, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
April 07, 1922
Creator
Rosenblatt, Joseph
Language
Hebrew
Notes
Black 78 rpm record with blue and gold center label. Liturgical songs recorded by cantor Rosenblatt
Accession No.
2012X.24.13
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Places
Camden, United States of America , North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn33199
Collection
Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
Physical Description
10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organ…
Collection
Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
Physical Description
10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organization, and her husband Joseph Lang. The file contains the Polish passport of Tema Lang. Also included in the fonds is an audiocassette recording of the eulogy for Tema Lang.
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Bound minute books in poor condition
Conservation
Several rolled certificates in need of flattening
Language
Yiddish
English
French
Polish
Name Access
Lang, Tema
Lang, Joseph
Subjects
Galecian Ladies Aid Association
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101056
Collection
COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
book
Physical Description
Env. 0.885 metres of textual records. - Env. 656 photographs. - 124 other fixed images : slides. - 64 other fixed images : negative strips. - 45 discs : Floppy disk. - 28 compact discs (CD-ROM). - 25 videos : VHS. - 87 sound elements : audio cassette. - 18 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 11 videos : mini DV. - 1 book. - 2 sound elements : Digital Audio Tape.
Fonds No.
P0293
Date
[ca. 1925] -2015.
Scope and Content
La collection comprend des entretiens sonores et vidéo, des transcriptions d'entretiens avec des immigrés juifs marocains, ainsi que de la documentation, y compris des photographies, sur les Juifs au Maroc et au Québec. Les entrevues ont été réalisées par Marie Berdugo-Cohen et par la Dre Yolande C…
Collection
COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
book
Physical Description
Env. 0.885 metres of textual records. - Env. 656 photographs. - 124 other fixed images : slides. - 64 other fixed images : negative strips. - 45 discs : Floppy disk. - 28 compact discs (CD-ROM). - 25 videos : VHS. - 87 sound elements : audio cassette. - 18 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 11 videos : mini DV. - 1 book. - 2 sound elements : Digital Audio Tape.
Scope and Content
La collection comprend des entretiens sonores et vidéo, des transcriptions d'entretiens avec des immigrés juifs marocains, ainsi que de la documentation, y compris des photographies, sur les Juifs au Maroc et au Québec. Les entrevues ont été réalisées par Marie Berdugo-Cohen et par la Dre Yolande Cohen. Les documents comprennent 66 cm de transcriptions d'entretiens, dactylographiées et manuscrites, et 22,5 cm de documents supplémentaires, de publications et de documentation. La documentation comprend des lectures d'introduction sur la culture juive produites pour le projet Histoires de vie Montréal de l'Université Concordia, et un exemplaire du livre 'Juifs marocains à Montréal : Témoignage d'une immigration moderne' de Marie Berdugo-Cohen, Yolande Cohen et Joseph Lévy, (Montreal: VLB, 1987). 45 disquettes de 3,5 pouces contenant des photos et des documents qui ont été largement utilisés dans le cadre du projet 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité' (voir SE012) ont été copiées et sauvegardées dans des formats numériques lisibles avec un total de 38,5 Mo de données dans 754 fichiers. 25 cassettes vidéo VHS, 85 cassettes audio et 11 mini DV contenant des enregistrements, certains étant accompagnés d'une copie numérique sur DVD ; en tout, il y a 23 DVD d'entretiens. Il y a également 26 CD contenant des images et d'autres documents. Le livre 'Juif marocains de Montréal', basé sur de nombreux entretiens, est inclus dans la collection. La collection comprend de nombreuses images, dont 124 diapositives, 64 bandes négatives (contenant 374 images), 9 planches contact et 647 photographies imprimées. Datant des années 1920 au XXe siècle, les images consistent en des photos de famille personnelles, des originaux et des copies d'images en noir et blanc et en couleur documentant des sites importants, des traditions, des objets liturgiques, des artistes et leurs oeuvres, l'artisanat, la culture alimentaire et des personnalités éminentes, qui ont ensuite été intégrés au projet 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité'.
The collection consists of recorded audio and video interviews and transcripts of interviews with Moroccan Jewish immigrants and background documentation, including photographs, about Jewish communities in Morocco and in Quebec. The interviews were conducted by Marie Berdugo-Cohen and by Dr. Yolande Cohen. There are three clusters of recorded interviews - 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. Each cluster corresponds to specific projects. There are 66 cm of interview transcripts, both typed and handwritten, 1970s-1989. 22.5 cm of additional papers, publications, and background documentation. The documentation includes some introductory readings about Jewish culture produced for the Concordia University Montreal Life Stories project, and a copy of the book 'Juifs Marocains à Montréal: Témoignages d'une immigration moderne' by Marie Berdugo-Cohen, Yolande Cohen, and Joseph Lévy, (Montreal: VLB, 1987). 45 3.5 inch floppy disks containing photos and documents which would largely be incorporated into the project 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité' (see SE012) were copied and saved in readable digital formats with a total of 38.5 MB of data in 754 files. 25 VHS videotapes ca.1980-1999, 87 audio cassette tapes, 1980-1988, 2001. 11 Mini DVs containing recordings, with some being accompanied by a digital copy on DVD; in all there are 18 DVDs of interviews. 2 digital audio tapes. 124 slides. 64 negative strips (containing 374 images). 9 contact sheets. 647 print photographs. Dating from the 1920s through the 20th century, the images consist of personal family photos, originals and copies of black and white and colour images documenting important sites, traditions, liturgical objects, artists and their works, crafts, food culture, and prominent individuals later incorporated into the project 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges: Traditions et mordernité'.
Date
[ca. 1925] -2015.
Fonds No.
P0293
History / Biographical
Née au Maroc en 1950, Professeure Yolande Cohen est professeure d'histoire contemporaine à l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Avant d'immigrer au Québec en 1968, elle a étudié à Paris, en France. Formée à l'histoire sociale et aux mouvements sociaux contemporains, Cohen s'est attachée à illustrer les processus par lesquels des groupes traditionnellement exclus de la vie politique ont développé leur sociabilité et d'autres formes d'intervention publique. Elle a été pionnière dans l'histoire de la jeunesse, l'histoire des femmes et l'histoire des Juifs marocains. Cohen a été chargée de cours à Rimouski, au Québec, et a enseigné l'histoire à l'UQAM en 1976. Elle a participé à la fondation de Vélo Québec, du Regroupement des femmes du Québec et de Montréal écologique la même année. Mme Cohen a été la chef de file de la Coalition démocratique-Montréal écologique et s'est présentée comme leur candidate à la mairie de Montréal lors des élections de 1994. Depuis, elle a enseigné dans des universités aux États-Unis, en Europe et au Canada. Depuis février 2012, elle collabore à l'édition québécoise du HuffPost et est l'auteure d'un certain nombre d'ouvrages universitaires. Cohen est membre de la Société royale du Canada et a été nommée Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur en 2011 et Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec en 2017.
Born in Morocco in 1950, Dr. Yolande Cohen is a professor of contemporary history at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Before immigrating to Quebec in 1968, she studied in Paris, France. Trained in social history and contemporary social movements, Cohen has focused on illustrating the processes by which groups traditionally excluded from political life have developed their sociability and other forms of public intervention. She has been a pioneer in youth history, women's history, and the history of Moroccan Jews. Cohen was a lecturer in Rimouski, Quebec and taught history at UQAM in 1976 and helped to found Vélo Québec, du Regroupement des femmes du Québec et de Montréal écologique in the same year. Cohen was the leader of the Coalition Démocratique-Montréal Écologique and ran as their mayorial candidate for in Montreal's 1994 election. She has since taught at universities in the USA, Europe, and Canada. Since February of 2012, she has been a contributor to HuffPost, Quebec edition, and has authored a number of academic works. Cohen is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was awarded the Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour in 2011 and Knight of the National Order of Québec in 2017.
Custodial History
Les documents ont été donnés aux Archives par Yolande Cohen en 2022.
The materials were donated to the Archives by Yolande Cohen in 2022
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P23/01.General note: The collection contains 28 CD-ROMs and 7 3.5 inch floppy disks with conent that could not be accessed at the time of processing.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn266
Collection
LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
sound recording
textual record
book
Physical Description
165 photographs. - 678 sound elements. - 0.43 metres of textual records. - 1 other fixed image. - 1 book.
Fonds No.
P0161
Date
1925-2016.
Scope and Content
The initial fonds consisted of a total of 250 sound cassettes containing 578 interviews as of September 1998. These were added to several times per year since 1998, and totaled 639 cassettes with 1302 interviews as of August 2014. Including the last interview done in 2016, the total number of inter…
Collection
LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
sound recording
textual record
book
Physical Description
165 photographs. - 678 sound elements. - 0.43 metres of textual records. - 1 other fixed image. - 1 book.
Scope and Content
The initial fonds consisted of a total of 250 sound cassettes containing 578 interviews as of September 1998. These were added to several times per year since 1998, and totaled 639 cassettes with 1302 interviews as of August 2014. Including the last interview done in 2016, the total number of interviews in the collection is 1408, on 678 cassettes. The interviews cover a vast range of Jewish, usually Canadian-Jewish subject matter, including the arts, Jewish life in communities outside Montreal and outside Canada, contemporary Montreal and world Jewish community issues, and Jews in non-mainstream circles (such as Jewish gays and lesbians, Communist party members). Each interview is approximately 20 minutes long, although many run for half an hour; adding up to over 469 hours of material. The fonds also contains background materials assembled at the time of many of the interviews, as well as photographs of former synagogue sites, another of Mr. Lutsky's areas of interest.Addition 1998: 17 cassettes containing a total of 33 interviews were added to the fonds.Addition 1999: 9 cassettes were added to the fonds.Addition 2000: 21 cassettes were added to the fonds, containing 55 interviews.Addition 2001: 22 cassettes were added to the fonds, containing 45 interviews.Addition 2002-2005: The total number of interviews as of April 2005 was 833, with approximately 2 interviews per cassette. 12 photos of Canadian synagogues.Addition 2005-2006: 26 cassette tapes containing a total of 58 interviews were added to the collection between Oct. 2005 to Oct. 2006, bringing the number of interviews to 940. Additional photos of Canadian and American synagogues and former synagogue sites were donated this year as well (appox. 30 photos, about 20 of which were Canadian).Addition 2007: 17 photos of synagogues in Ottawa and Oshawa, Ontario; Burlington, Vermont, Lithuania, and Dublin. 3 cassettes. 26 pages of photocopies (information on the Burlington synagogue and photos of other synagogues, includes San Francisco and Scotland.) 1 prayer book from Paperman's Funeral Home while still located on Cote des Neiges Blvd., containing numerous photographs.Added in 2008: 18 cassette tapes with 2 interviews per tape, for a total of 36 interviews. Also 18 photos of present and former synagogues in Montreal, Sydney N.S., Saskatchewan, and Albany, New York, as well as various documents, 1925-1990c about the Glace Bay and Sydney Jewish communities, collected by Arlene Zimmerman.Addition 2008-2009: 3 new interview tapes from Jewish Digest, 21 photos of former synagogue sites in Winnipeg and the Maritimes. Neturei Karta in Montreal, etc., February 11, 2009: 4 additional tapes, including Israel lecture moved from Federation CJA to McGill University location. 3 additional tapes donated April 1, as well as an Israel Apartheid Week poster (March 2009) in colour that was banned from the York University campus. This copy is stamped Concordia University. Produced for the group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. Addition 2009: 16 tapes. 7 photos.Addition 2010: 18 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 5 photos.Addition 2011: 18 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 17 photos. 1 photocopied document, approximately 20 pages, titled LGBTQ Seder - Passover haggadah, Congregation Dorshei Emet. The document was for a Gay, lesbian, Transsexual and etc. seder held at Dorshei Emet synagogue, March 31, 2010.Addition 2012: 15 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 14 photos.Addition 2013: 30 tapes and 34 photographs. 2014-2017, 39 additional tapes, 19 images, 33 cm. of documentation
Date
1925-2016.
Fonds No.
P0161
History / Biographical
Beginning in 1987, Montreal journalist Leslie Lutsky conducted interviews for his Montreal Radio Centreville show "Jewish Digest", which was on the air weekly from 1988 to late 2016. The interviews, which Lutsky collected on a volunteer basis in locations which ranged from private homes and lecture halls to factories, and even prisons, contain information which cannot be found in written form. The collection was donated in multiple increments on a regular basis from 1998 to 2017, culminating in a corpus of over 1400 interviews.
Custodial History
Donated by Mr. Leslie Lutsky of Radio Centreville, in multiple increments.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P88/54, P97various, P99/add, P00/add, P01/add, P02/02, P02/11, P03/16, P03/16add, P05/, P06/Lutsky add, P07/06, P07/16a, P07/22, P08/03, P09/01, P09/27, P10/06, P10/06, P10/add, P11/02, P11/19, P12/02, P12/02add, and P12/23.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Shulamis Yelin Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72069
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
object
Physical Description
8.00 metres of textual records + ca. 125 audio cassettes + ca. 1300 photographs + other material
Fonds No.
1032
Date
1926-2000
Collection
Shulamis Yelin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
object
Physical Description
8.00 metres of textual records + ca. 125 audio cassettes + ca. 1300 photographs + other material
Date
1926-2000
Fonds No.
1032
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Shulamis Yelin was born in Montreal on April 12, 1913 to Aaron and Vichna (Dobkin) Bordodensky. Educated at Jewish Peretz Scholl, 1925-1928, Baron Byng High School, 1927-1930, MacDonald College School for Teachers, 1939-1940, Sir George Williams University, B.A., 1954-1957, and Universite de Montreal, M.A. (Cum Laude) 1961. Married Ezra Yelin, 1941. Had one daughter, Gilah. During her 35 years of teaching, she taught every grade from nursery to university, the latter at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Much of her teaching was done with gifted children. In 1968, she was named Master Teacher by the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. She contributed essays, reviews, poems, short stories and literary cirticisms to periodicals such as the Reconstructionist, Zynergy, Viewpoints, Canadian Author and Bookman, Jewish Digest, Montreal Times, Crossroads and Jewish Dialogue. Her published books include; Creative Camping in Jewish Life, 1954; The Jew In Canada 1760-1960; Seeded in Sinai, 1975; Shulamis: Stories From a Montreal Childhood, 1983; Au Soleil de Ma Nuit, 1985; Many Mirrors May Faces, 1986; Une Enfance Juive A Montreal, 1998; Where All Her Wars Are Marked, 2002. Her awards included The Bronfman Graduate Fellowship, 1957; LA Med Literary Prize, 1962; Certificate of Honour from Le Ministre Des Affaires Culturelles du Quebec, 1972; Canadian Confederation Medal, 1993. She served as Vice-President of the Canadian Authors Association, Cultural Chair for the Pioneer Women - Na'amat Organization and Judge of the J.I. Segal Literary Award. She died in Montreal on June 24, 2002.
Language
English, French, and Yiddish
Custodial History
Donated directly by Shulamis Yelin
Arrangement
Arranged by series according to material in fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Af b'ri

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76695
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Date
1926
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Phonograph record : black, green, gold ; Ht: 30 cm
Other Title Information
Sound Communication T&E
Date
1926
Creator
Hershman, Mordechay
Language
Hebrew
Notes
Black 78 rpm record with green and gold center label. Cantorial record for the holioday of Sukkot, including the tracks: Af b'ri [af bri]; Tanchum
Accession No.
2012X.24.10
Name Access
Weinstein, Stanley
Places
United States of America , North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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Programs and Events

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn109140
Collection
Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
Fonds No.
O0035; 4
Date
1929-2016
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs, and an audio recording from Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo programs and events, including workshops, auctions, sales, dinners, teas, and other benefits.
Collection
Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
sound recording
graphic material
Scope and Content
Series consists of textual records, photographs, and an audio recording from Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo programs and events, including workshops, auctions, sales, dinners, teas, and other benefits.
Date
1929-2016
Fonds No.
O0035
Series No.
4
Language
English
French
Related Material
Related material in Archibald and Lillian Freiman fonds.
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
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TYRNAUER, Gabrielle

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113304
Collection
TYRNAUER, Gabrielle
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
Physical Description
0.31 textual records. - Env. 281 photographs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Fonds No.
P0303
Date
ca. 1933-2009.
Scope and Content
The papers in the collection consist of typed and handwritten documents, including published and near print articles primarily concerning the Roma (referred to previously as "Gypsy") population of Europe and North America. Many of the articles discuss the Roma in relation to the Holocaust. There is…
Collection
TYRNAUER, Gabrielle
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
Physical Description
0.31 textual records. - Env. 281 photographs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Scope and Content
The papers in the collection consist of typed and handwritten documents, including published and near print articles primarily concerning the Roma (referred to previously as "Gypsy") population of Europe and North America. Many of the articles discuss the Roma in relation to the Holocaust. There is also some correspondence about proposed projects, publications, conferences, and refugee work, as well as a sampling of research materials and interview notes from interviews with the Roma. There is a typed copy of her 1969 PhD thesis from Cornell, approximately 400 pages, titled 'Indo-Anglian Literature and the Colonial Indian Elite.' There are 2 photo albums and a few additional photographs in envelopes and individually. The photo albums contain a mix of colour and B&W snapshots including both personal/family and research-related subjects, ranging from 1933 to the early 1980s. Locations include Europe, India, Canada, Israel, USA. The smaller of the two albums is quite fragile due to the brittle condition of the backing paper. There are approximately 8 additional photos interfiled with document folders (mostly 8x10 black and white images related to Roma research subjects and conferences attended by Tyrneaur. There is one disk containing 3 digital images.
Date
ca. 1933-2009.
Fonds No.
P0303
History / Biographical
Dr. Gabrielle (prev. Alice) Tyrnauer was born in Vienna in 1931 and was a refugee from the Nazis. She obtained her B.A. in English literature from Brooklyn College (1952), and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University (1969). Tyrnauer was a respected anthropologist who taught at several universities, including Concordia University in Montreal, and published on the Holocaust, the Roma, and prison reform. She was an advocate of refugees and asylum seekers on both sides of the U.S./Canada border. With husband Charles Stastny, she was a cofounder and Director of the Refugee Research Project at McGill. They also maintained the Frontier Institute in Alburg, Vermont. Tyrnauer was an Associate Director of Living Testimonies, a project for videotaping oral histories of Jewish and Roma Holocaust survivors. Her major research interest was concentrated on the experience of the Romani people during the Holocaust. Her published work includes "Recording the Testimonies of Sinti Holocaust Survivors" in Reflections on the Holocaust, A Festschrift for Raul Hilberg on His 75th Birthday (Burlington: Center for Holocaust Studies, 2001), and Holocaust: A Bibliography and Introductory Essay published by the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies. Tyrnauer died in April, 2012. Source: based on Montreal Gazette obituary and https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/events/holocaust03/gab_alina_bios.htmlAlternate names: Alice Gabrielle Tyrner-Stastny, A. Gabrielle Tyrner-Stastny, Gabrielle Tyrnauer,
Custodial History
The materials were donated to the Archives by Marcia Goldberg in July of 2023. Goldberg was a friend of Gabrielle Tyrnuaer.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P23/15.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn301
Collection
BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.
Fonds No.
P0201
Date
1934-2006 Scancopy.
Scope and Content
Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially receive…
Collection
BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.
Scope and Content
Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially received and scanned by Tatiana Jour in the context of her Russian Jewish Archives Project. It was noted at the time of the donation to the Archives that further materials on UNRAA (postwar aid to refugees) and Na'amat could be donated by the Borods at a later date. Added in 2007: Materials in prose, poetry and song pertaining to the history of Pioneer Woman Na'amat and Revivim, composed by Layah Surchin Borod. Binder of publicity clippings and ephemera of Na'amat. Binder of songs. Binder of Layah's memoirs, in verse, 1923-1960. Shaare Tzedek synagogue bulletins with material written by Layah or about Sam. Biography of Sam Borod written by Layah, including pre-war and wartime experiences. 4 cassette tapes of Revivim events. 2 original 1940s portrait photos, one each of Layah and Sam, Sam's portrait autographed to Layah. Small WWII Jewish serviceman's calendar and notebook, both with addresses as well as Japanese phrases.
Date
1934-2006 Scancopy.
Fonds No.
P0201
History / Biographical
Born in 1914, Sam Boroditsky of Montreal (the name was later changed to Borod) was a veteran of the European front in WWII. He was a paratrooper in Italy and the Aleutian Islands during WWII, earning many Canadian service decorations. He later worked in UNRAA, helping refugees overseas. His wife Laya (Surchin) Borod, born in 1922, was the daughter of Chaya Surchin, an early Zionist activist in Montreal. Layah was the first national executive director of Naamat Pioneer Women Canada and was the editor of their magazine. She was also the only Canadian president of the Pioneer Women Na'amat of America. Laya Borod worked in the office of CJC during the war, rising to office manager at age 19. She was active in Na'amat until her death in 2006. Sam Borod died in Montreal on May 8, 2012.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Sam Borod on May 26, 2005. The Borod collection came to CJCNA after Sam Borod approached Tatiana Jour at the Jewish Veteran's talk given by Jour. Addition 2007 was donated by Sam Borod on April 12, 2007.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P05/08, P07/11.General note: Historical materials pertaining to women's involvement in Zionist organization, women's personal history, literary creations, also wartime experiences of a Canadian paratrooper.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0201-SamBorod-diary-WWII-allpages

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BATSHAW, Justice Harry

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn88127
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
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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