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11 photographs illustrating architectural details of the former Adath Jeshurun Synagogue building.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105241
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-313-01 to 11
- Date
- 2003
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : col.
- Date
- 2003
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-313-01 to 11
- Acquisition Source
- Stuart Lazear
- Notes
- Stuart Lazear took photographs 5-313-01, 5-313-02 and 5-313-03 to detail the condition of the former synagogue building in 2003 to be included in a potential future application to the City of Ottawa to attribute Heritage designation. The property was sold to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1999.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Congregation.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104152
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-293
- Date
- [after 1930]
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [after 1930]
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-293
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105240
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-313
- Date
- 2001
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-313
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101102
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 34 photographs
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Date
- 1891 - 1957
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and …
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 34 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a comprehensive record of the life of the Congregation from its earliest days including 1891-1892, 1910-1956 minutes; 1904 membership, officers, building committee; 1896 incorporation of by-laws; mortgages; deeds; celebrations of 1942 Golden Jubilee and 1952 Diamond Jubilee and 60 years of service: Our Diamond Jubilee, Congregation Adath Jeshurun, Ottawa, Canada, 1892-1952, 5652-5712, edited by Herman S. Roodman; cemetery records including 1897 deed of first Jewish cemetery at Bowesville Road, deeds, record book of burials: 1935 - 1957 (5-334-01 to 03), burial permits: 1948 -1956; 1920-1955, Cemetery plans and related correspondence - 1944; financial statements (5-335-01/02), a Dues Record Ledger from 1895-96 (5-337-01 to 03); 1950's Sisterhood minutes and invitations; Young People’s League or Jewish Young People’s League. A Rosh Hashanah prayer book with the label on the inside cover stating, "Donated by the Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - May, 1953." (5-333). A small book called, "Index of Graves", containing Yiddish (?) and English writings, ca. 193-? ( 5-336-01/02). 6 textiles: four Torah mantles (one white, three red), 1 red valence (kipporet), 1 white valence (kipporet), were donated by Harry Beck of Beit Tikvah congregation. These are believed to have been used originally in Adath Jeshurun synagogue, then at Beth Shalom and eventually were transferred to Beth Shalom West (now Beit Tikvah). These are described in the database (5-296). A large b&w photograph of the choir at Adath Jeshurun, dated 1955 or 56 (see 5-057a). Restricted access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box 1 - Series: Legal, Financial, etc. Legal - Declaration of Incorporation, two copies - 1896; Legal - Incorporation of Bylaws, five copies - 1896; Legal - Hand written copy of Charter - 1896; Legal - Constitution, positive and negative photographic reproductions - July 4, 1895; Administrative - List of congregation Members; List of congregation Officers; List of Building Committee Members for the new King Edward Synagogue, Lists authored by Rose Harris - July 25, 1904; Notice of laying of the corner stone, authored by A. Harris, Secretary of the Building Committee - July 25, 1904; Legal - Bylaws – black notebook containing hand written drafts of and amendments to of Bylaws, minutes of a Board Meeting - July 17, 1915, and expenditures and deposits sporadically throughout - 1914-1915; Official Bylaws of Congregation Adath Jeshurun, based upon those of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal - April 1, 1936; Legal - Assignment of Lease, between George Lang and David R. Burbank, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 12, 1858; Legal - Quit Claim Deed, between David R. Burbank and Patrick Kelly, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa, - July 23, 1858; Legal - Indenture of Mortgage, between Patrick Kelly and Michael Gleeson, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - November 29, 1859; Legal - Mortgage of Leasehold Premises, Martin Mahon to Archibald Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 22, 1864; Legal - Assignment of Mortgage, Archibald Keys to Mary Keys, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - February 14, 1885; Legal - Deed of Land, Francis McDougal to Martin Mahon, lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 10, 1885; Legal - Ordnance Land Sale Grant, to Martin Mahon from the minister of the interior - January 22, 1886; Legal - High Court of Justice Order, between Edward Devlin, Plaintiff, and the Mahons and McDougall party, defendants. Order states that the defendants stand debarred and fore-closed of right and title to the mortgaged premises - May 28, 1897; Legal - Agreement for Sale, Edward Devlin to Adath Ashurun (Jeshurun) - April 24, 1903. Legal - Deed of Land, Edward Devlin to Congregation of Adath Eshuroon (Jeshurun), lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - June 1, 1903; Legal - Mortgage - August 21, 1903; Financial - Cheque receipt MacCracken, Hendersn and McDougal, Barristers, acknowledging receipt of $2100 from Congregation Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) - June 1, 1903; Legal - Sherriff’s Certificates - 1885, 1895, 1903, 1911; Legal - Abstract of Title, City of Ottawa Registry Office, title records for lot number one on the east side of King Street, Ottawa - 1885-1904; Legal - Mortgage Agreements - August 5, 1904; Legal - Statutory Declaration, in the matter of Mortgage - September 13, 1904; Legal - Bond, A.J. Freiman et al to the Toronto General Trusts Corporation - April 20, 1911; Legal - Mortgage - May 10, 1911; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - June 1921; Legal - Agreement for Extension of Time, Loan 7866 - May 1926; Correspondence – various between Toronto General Trusts Corporation and Congregation Adath Jeshurun - 1935; Legal - Deed of Mortgage and Trust, to Capital Trust Corporation Limited - 21 February, 1921; Legal - Statutory Declaration of Benjamin Goldfield - November 1, 1930; Legal - Release of indenture - September 27, 1930; Addition to Synagogue - Contract with W.G. Adamson, contractor; receipts, various; correspondence, various - 1920-1921; Mortgage Fund - 19 canceled bank notes; Correspondence; List of subscribers to Mortgage Fund and amounts paid - 1929, 1931; Financial - Mortgage Fund Account Book - 1928-1929; Financial - Ottawa Taxes and Water Rates - 1911, 1921, 1926; Financial - Budgets and Financial Statements - 1920-1955; Insurance Record Book - 1916; Insurance Policies - 1930-1935; Insurance Policies - 1930-1955; Insurance Policies and correspondence - 1927-1930, 1935-1938; Insurance Policies - 1938-1945; Financial - Bank record book - 1907-1913; Financial - Bank record book - 1931-1946; Financial - Donation Record Book - 1912; Financial - Membership Accounts Book - 1910-1911; Administrative - Correspondence and Accounts - 1950-1952, 1956; Administrative - Correspondence regarding member donations - 1949-1953; Financial - Invoices - 1954; Financial - Receipts - 1954-1956; Administrative - Liquor License and Permit - 1946; BOX 2 - Series: Legal, Financial, Jewish Cemetery - various dates. Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, A - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, B - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, C - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, D, E - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, F, G - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, H, I, J, K, L - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, M, N, O, P - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, Q, R, S - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z - 1917-1939; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1917-1930; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1930-1937; Financial - Synagogue Ledger - Various Accounts - 1937-1945; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Sample Bill of Sale for Cemetery Plot - 1943; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Metcalfe Road Highway 31 - 1947; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Jewish Cemetery Land Deeds - 1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Contract for installation of a Fence - June 5, 1913; Contract for installation of a Granite Arch - September 18, 1913; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Cemetery Land Deeds of Congregation United Brethren -1940-1946; Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Deed of Land Bowesville Road Property, Gloucester - 1893-1921 Legal - Jewish Cemetery - Burial Permits - 1948-1956; Liquor License - 1949-1950; Administrative - Cemetery Record Book - 1935-1957; [incomplete] Map - Plan of Cemetery Metcalf Road Ontario Adath Jeshurun Congregation Ottawa; Related Correspondence - 1944; Administrative - List of Cemetery Accounts Outstanding - April 24, 1949; Miscellaneous forms for purchasing cemetery plots and requesting maintenance of existing cemetery plots - 1950s; BOX 3 - Series: Financial - Account Record Books and Ledgers - 1892-1941 (with gaps) Account Book - kept by J. Freedman, Yiddish - 1892-1986; Account Book - Yiddish - 1896-1901 Dues Record Book - 1900-1901; Dues Record Book - 1904-1906; Account and Receipt Book - 1912; Account Book - Seats and Donation – 1913-1915 Account Book - 1912-1916; Gabai Record - Yiddish - dates unknown; BOX 4 - Series: Minute of Meeting - 1892, 1913-1953. Minutes of first General Meeting - Translated from Yiddish by Miriam Paghis in 2000 - December 9, 1891; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting, copy of contents - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of r General Meeting - 1892; Minute Book - Minutes of General Meeting - September 17, 1913 to August 5, 1917; Minutes - Minutes of General Meeting, contains early record of Talmud Torah and King Edward Hebrew Institute - March 6, 1910 to July 8, 1913; Financial - Records of Accounts - 1910-1912; Talmud Torah - Establishment of Board of Education - 1910; *Minutes arranged by year include Regular Meetings, General Meetings, Special Meetings, Meetings of the Board of Trustees, and Various Committee Meetings* Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 17, 1917 to December 7, 1919; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 4, 1920 to August 6, 1922; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 3, 1922 to December 6, 1925; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 7, 1926 to August 10, 1930; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 7, 1930 to December 3, 1933; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - January 7, 1934 to August 18, 1935; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 15, 1935 to July 24, 1939; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - June 6, 1939 to June 11, 1942; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 1, 1942 to June 4, 1944; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - September 6, 1944 to December 16, 1945; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - February 4, 1946 to July 22, 1948; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - October 17, 1948 to June 19, 1951; Minutes - Minutes of Meeting - August 15, 1951 to August 12, 1953; Meeting Agendas - 1950-1951; Notices of Meeting of the Bylaws Committee - 1932-1935; Notices of Meetings - 1908-1909, 1918, 1923, 1935-1942, 1945, 1954-1955; BOX 5 - Series: Membership BOX 6 - Series: Administrative, Correspondence, Ephemera Correspondence - Appointment of Rev. J. Rabin as Cantor - September 8, 1929; Administrative - forms - Family Record - no date; Adath Jeshurun Congregation Balance of account template - 1918; Ephemera - Banquet Program, to celebrate the paying off of the Synagogue Mortgage, five copies - March 17, 1935; Ephemera - Program Schedule Booklet of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, five copies - March, 1942 Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “King Edward Avenue Synagogue to Celebrate Golden Jubilee” Xerox copy, original newspaper clipping is located in John Dover fonds - 1942; Guestbook - Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation - March 22, 1942; Ephemera - Invitation - Fifty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of Adath Jeshurun Congregation, transferred from Hy and Lillian Gould fonds - March 7, 1947; Ephemera - Banquet Program - Diamond Jubilee Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation Adath Jeshurun – November, 1952; Ephemera - Table Place Cards - Adath Jeshurun Congregation Diamond Jubilee - November 30, 1952; Correspondence - letters and telegrams regarding the Congregation’s Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Banquet reservation cards, 11 copies; Diamond Jubilee Banquet reply card; Diamond Jubilee Banquet ticket, no. 260 -1952; Ephemera - Invitation - First Oneg Shabbat of the Season Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation – November 28, 1952; Ephemera - Program - Testimonial Banquet Honoring Reverend Joseph Rabin upon his silver Jubilee of Service to Congregation Adath Jeshurun - March 7, 1954; Ephemera - Program and Menu for Banquet Table Setting - Sixtieth Anniversary of the Founding of Congregation, five copies – November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Invitation - Diamond Jubilee, two copies - November 30, 1952; Ephemera - Press releases, speeches and newspaper clippings - Diamond Jubilee - 1952; Ephemera - Invitations, Programs, Menus - 1935-1954; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - “Corner Stone Laid Synagogue of Adath Esheroon (Jeshurun) King Edward Avenue” Ottawa Free Press, The Evening Citizen, The Ottawa Evening Journal - July 26, 1904; Ephemera - Newspaper clippings - Various - Includes Caspar Caplan, Rabbi Freedman, L.S. Greenberg, Rabbi Margolis, Lillian Freiman - 1936-1938, 1940-1942, 1944; Ephemera - Newspaper clipping, - Various - Includes sacrilegious attack, induction of Rabbi Nathan Kollin, Young People’s League News, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, Rabbi Lifschutz - 1920s-50s; Administrative - Adath Jeshurun Sisterhood - Chanukah Dinner Party; Executive membership - 1953-1954; Symposium “Things You Would Like To Know” - January 17, 1956; Various Sisterhood Event Invitation - 1952-1956; Ephemera - High Holiday Bulletins - 1949-1953; Box 7 - Rosh Hashana prayer book, 1953 Textile Box 8 - Torah, 1938 Cemetery Plot Record Book Account Book, 1912-1915
- Date
- 1891 - 1957
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Storage Location
- A.1.3 - A.1.5
- 2 boxes in OS 6 textiles in OS Mixed Box 11
- History / Biographical
- The first official meeting of Adath Jeshrun was held on December 9, 1891 with the express purpose of establishing an orthodox congregation for the growing Jewish Community of Ottawa. Congregation Adath Jeshrun was founded in 1892 when its first president, John Dover, received the official charter. John Dover, Abraham Kranf, Morris Adler, and Michael Fine served as the first official executive committee. During the 1891 meeting it was agreed that the congregation was to be overseen by a committee of elected officials which would make up the executive committee. Executive offices included a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and three Trustees with office terms of one year. The structure of the governing body of Adath Jeshrun continued in this manner for the duration of the congregation's existence, with minor alterations, as it gained additional members. The 1914 congregation by-laws show an expansion of the governing committee. The committee grew to include a President, Vice-President, Parnass, Treasurer, and 9 trustees. The by-laws also established a number of active committees including the Education, House, Choir, Membership, Seat, and Cemetery committees. In 1929 Chevra Kadisha societies were established and additional rules of decorum were added. The by-laws subsequently recorded the religious officials who were to serve as part of the congregation. Religious officials included Rabbi, Chazan, Assistant Chazan, Shamas, and a Choir Master. Between 1890 and 1895, religious services were conducted at the homes of Moses Bilsky and John Dover, or at the homes of the leading members of the day. In 1893 a plot of land was bought on the East side of King Street for the congregation. The first Adath Jeshurun Synagogue was housed in a small building at 264 Murray Street from 1895-1904. The corner stone for the new synagogue was laid July 25, 1904 by A. Rosenthal. The congregation later moved into the King Edward Street shul, located at 375 King Edward Avenue. The Synagogue Building Committee was chaired by Archibald Freiman, then only 21 years of age. He presided over the Congregation from 1904 until 1930. Wolfe Abelson was the vice president throughout the early part of the congregation's history, serving continuously from 1905 to 1930. In 1910 the Hebrew Institute was added with the establishment of the Talmud Torah Board of Education. In 1917 it was decided that the King Edward Institute, owned by the congregation, was to be leased in order to facilitate the amalgamation of all Talmud Torah's in the area. During the first half of the twentieth century the congregation of Adath Jeshrun served as the principal orthodox congregation of the Ottawa Jewish Community. When the Diamond Jubilee was celebrated in 1952, two of the original congregation members, Jacob Freedman and Bernard Smith, were part of the festivities. Ottawa-born David Petegorsky, Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress, was the guest speaker at the anniversary banquet. In 1956, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, along with Agudath Achim Congregation, joined together to form the Beth Shalom Congregation on Chapel Street. At this time the synagogue building became the Jewish Memorial Chapel, also known as the Chevra Kadisha. The congregations first Cantor and Shochet was Reverend Jacob Mirsky who served from 1892 until 1942, followed by Reverend Joseph Rabin (1929-1956), and Reverend Harry Weissbord (1944-1956). Rabbi Simon Fyne served from 1912 to 1920, followed by Rabbi Max Mintz (1924-1926), Rabbi Dr. Julius Leikin (1927-1928), Rabbi Nathan Kollin (1929-1932) and United Synagogue Rabbis Abraham H. Freedman (1931-1636), William Margolis (1937-1938), Oscar Z. Fasman (1940-1946), Emanuel L. Lifschutz (1946-1951) and Simon L. Eckstein (1952-?). Vice-Presidents included Wolf Abelson (1910-1923, 1925-1930), Samuel Katz (1923-1925), Laz Greenberg (1930-1937), Dr. Samuel Mirksy (1937-1938), Leon Petegorsky (1938-1942), Hyman Gould (1942-1948), Samuel Caplan (1948-1952), and Isidore Stone (1952-1956). Benjamin Pearl served as Congregation Secretary from 1912 to 1948 and was succeeded by Herman Roodman. Lillian Freiman established the Adath Jeshrun Sisterhood and served as its first president from 1910 until 1929. She was succeeded by Mrs. Slone (1929-1931). Subsequent Presidents were Mrs. S. Brodie (1931-1938), Mrs. M. Pearlman (1938-1940), and Mrs. S. Lepofsky (1940-1944), Mrs. G. Caplan (1944-1947), Mrs. L. Frieman (1947-1949), Mrs. H. Gould (1949-1952), Mrs. S. Torontow (1952-1953), Mrs. R. Berke (1953-1955), and Mrs. M. Freedman (1955-1956).
- Acquisition Source
- Textiles donated by Harry Beck.
- Custodial History
- In 1973, these records were transferred to the National Archives of Canada, and returned to the Ottawa Jewish Archives in 1996.
- Notes
- 1. Adath Jeshurun does not readily translate into English. 2. After amalgamation, synagogue records were given to the Jewish Community Centre. 3. Further accrual of a photograph of attendees at the banquet for burning of the mortgage. Donated by Goldie Cantor, June 11, 2006. Program of the event located in the fonds. 4. Torah donated by John Holzman, presented to the Adath Jeshurun Congregation by Mr and Mrs William Holzman, 1938. 5. 1896 Incorporation date from Rabbi Lifschutz letter, April 20, 1951. 6. The Dues Record Book is mostly written in Yiddish with some English. The names of the debtors are written on the top along with their exact addresses, amounts owed and amounts paid. 7. Synagogue Ledger - Congregants by Surname - contains name, address, and in some cases the date the individual joined the congregation.
- Related Material
- See Subject file for Rabbi S. Fyne
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Adath Jeshurun Congregation sisterhood executive of 1953.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105417
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-070
- Date
- 1953
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1953
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-070
- Creator
- unknown
- Notes
- L-R standing; Diane Wexler, Sonia Rabin, Belle (Hirschman) Eckstein, Helen (Dworkin) Saipe, Sari (Lithwick) Green, Yetta Pearl, Marcia (Singer) Caplan, Kitty Sigler, Jean Shmelzer. Seated; Jean (Levin) Cooper, Lillian (Levine) Gould, Doris (Torontow) Adler, President Beatrice (Glickman) Freedman, and Sarah Burke. Photograph was taken in meeting room of JCC.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Picnic organized by Rabbi Max Mintz.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105239
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-312
- Date
- between 1924 and 1926
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- between 1924 and 1926
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-312
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is faded, discoloured and creased.
- Notes
- L-R standing: Jae Singer, J. Goldberg, Abe Lazarus, Sol Max, Moe Slone, unknown, Raiport, Martin Levison, (given name unknown) Dibkin, (given name unknown) Zelikovitz, Rabbi Max Mintz, (given name unknown) Glatt, (given name unknown) Baker, unknown, Hy Bessin, unknown, unknown, Abe Cohen.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Synagogue
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103761
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-220
- Date
- [before 1930]
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [before 1930]
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-220
- Storage Location
- vault
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105026
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-301
- Date
- ca. 1979
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- ca. 1979
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-301
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Sol Gunner
- Acquisition Source
- Estelle Gunner
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101103
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- textual records; framed certificate
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Date
- 1902-1956
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1928 - 1954 minutes, early mortgages, contents of 1912 cornerstone and programs for corner stone ceremony and 1913 opening ceremonies, 1930 contract for tennis court at 417 Rideau Street, 1939 - 1956 Sisterhood records, Chevra Misnayes Agudath Achim minutes and financial records,…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- textual records; framed certificate
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1928 - 1954 minutes, early mortgages, contents of 1912 cornerstone and programs for corner stone ceremony and 1913 opening ceremonies, 1930 contract for tennis court at 417 Rideau Street, 1939 - 1956 Sisterhood records, Chevra Misnayes Agudath Achim minutes and financial records, membership lists and lists of seat holders, cemetery ledger, bulletins, notices and invitations, 1928 - 1956 financial material and ledgers, 1943 - 1956 correspondence including merger correspondence between Agudath Achim and Adath Jeshurun congregations with the Jewish Community Council. Also included in this fonds is a framed certificate to commemorate the donation of 25 dollars by the "Rideau Street Ladies Synagogue"for the Erez Israel Palestine Foundation fund "Karen Hayesod" (See Photographic Database - 5-331-01). BOX 1 - Series: Legal, Administrative, Correspondence - 1902-1956 (with gaps) Ephemera - Newspaper clipping - "First Synagogue in Ottawa," The Jewish Times - August 15, 1902; Ephemera - Contents of Cornerstone Box placed June 25, 1912. Removed at demolition; Ephemera - Opening invitation - January 19, 1913; Ephemera - Stationary; Legal - Surveys and Plans - Plan of Rideau and Chapel Streets - undated; Cemetery Plan, two copies - April 2, 1940; Floor plans for proposed alterations, undated; Legal - Building Committee, Yiddish; Legal - Mortgage - October 22, 1902; Legal - Mortgages and Indentures - 1984, 1903, 1912, 1919, 1923, 1927; Legal - Deed of Land, two copies - February 3, 1902; Legal - Constitution Booklet - 1933-1934, 1944-1945; Legal - Tennis Court Contract, donated by Hon. Abraham Lieff - 1930; Administrative - Minutes - re: successors to the trustees of the Agudath Achim property - April 20, 1916; Administrative - Bulletins and Notices - 1924-1955; Administrative - Synagogue Executive - 1941-1953; Administrative - Minutes of Executive and General Meetings - 1953-1956; Correspondence - Ottawa Vaad Ha'ir - 1947-1956; Correspondence - Letters from H.H. Sugarman, Yiddish; Correspondence - General - 1946-1949; Correspondence - General - 1950-1952; Correspondence - General - 1953-1954; Correspondence - General - 1955-1956; Correspondence - Funeral Arrangements - 1948-1956; Correspondence - Letters of Thanks and Condolences - 1947-1956; Correspondence - Letters of Resignation - 1944-1955 Correspondence - Letters of Appreciation - 1951-1954; Correspondence - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - 1947-1956; Correspondence - Synagogue Suppliers - Books and Prayer Books - 1948-1953; The Jewish Chronicle, London England - 1959; Books - Daily Prayer Books, two copies; Booklet - Dedication of Beth Shalom Synagogue - 1957;Newspaper clipping - "Elect Officers of Synagogue" - September 29, 1926; BOX 2 - Series: Minute Books - 1928-1954 Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting - August 5, 1928 to March 5, 1933; Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting and Constitution and Bylaws - April 2, 1933 to August 3, 1939; Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting - August 10, 1939 to April 12, 1945; Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting - April 30, 1945 to February 6, 1949; Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting - February 9, 1949 to July 30, 1952; Minute Book - Minutes of Meeting - September 4, 1952 to August 8, 1954; Box 3 - Series: Financial, Sisterhood, Chevra Mishnayos Financial: Congregation Receipt Book Financial: Congregation Financial Ledger - 1943-1955; Financial: - Cantor Jacob Dorskind Contract Financial: - Income Tax - 1942-1952; Financial: Statements - 1943-1955; Ladies Auxiliary: activities 1939- 1952; Ladies Auxiliary: Minute Book - 1939-1952; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Correspondence - 1951-1955; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Financial Items - 1951-1954; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Testimonial dinners - 1952-1956; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Bills - 1953-1956; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Membership and Financial Record - 1948-1953; Agudath Achim Sisterhood: Financial Record - 1953-1956; Chevra Mishnayos: Minutes - 1946, 1950, 1953-1954; Chevra Mislays: Financial Records - 1945-1956; Box 4 - Series: Membership, etc. Administrative: Agreements and Seating Arrangements - 1913-1920; Applications for Membership 1947-1956; Seat Sales and Seat Holders list - 1913-1956 Membership Lists - various dates; Honour Roll List - circa 1945; Cemetery Deeds - 1907, 1948-1950; Meeting Minutes, concerning Jewish Community Cemetery - 1951-1955; Ephemera; various textual items; Yarhzeit Lists; Items wrapped separately include two financial ledgers, and one cemetery ledger.
- Date
- 1902-1956
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Storage Location
- A.1.5 - A.1.6
- 2 boxes in OS 1 framed certificate in OS
- Conservation
- 1913 invitation, donated by Inez Zelikovitz in 1999, was restored by Wanda McWilliams for display in "A Capital Experience" exhibition, Bytown Museum, Ottawa, summer 2000.
- History / Biographical
- The United Hebrew Brethren Congregation, or Agudath Achim, was the second orthodox congregation in Ottawa. Founded in 1902 by former members of Adath Jeshrun, the founding trustees of the synagogue were Abraham Kert (trader and traveller), Moses Roodman (peddler), Myer Held (peddler), Elias Pullan (merchant), Isaac Noe (carpenter), Michael Addleman (peddler), and Moses Merson (upholsterer). It is not known with certainty why former members of Adath Jeshurun split off to form their own congregation; however, some reasons have been speculated. Increased immigration at the time likely played a role in promoting the founding of a new synagogue, as the Jewish population had grown large enough to support two synagogues. Another known issue was that some men were not satisfied with the mechitza, or partition, dividing men and women in the newly built Adath Jeshurun Synagogue. A curtain was the only physical divider separating seating and some men felt it should be a solid wooden panel all around. Regardless of the precise reason, on August 13, 1902, it was announced that the founding trustees had committed the congregation to a $3000 mortgage for the purchase and conversion of a double house at 417 Rideau Street. The congregation’s first structure accommodated 75 male worshipers on the ground floor with a smaller number of seats for women available on the second floor balcony. The day prior, August 12, 1902, a cornerstone was laid by Mr. A. Rosenthal to mark the beginning of the building's conversion. By 1912 a new synagogue was planned to be built at 417 Rideau Street. The building committee consisted of J. Sugarman, H. Finkelstein, and K. Cohen. The corner stone was laid on July 1, 1912 and the new synagogue was opened on January 19, 1913. It was designed by Burgess & Coyle with a seating capacity for 400. The synagogue was later extended in 1928. Rabbi Joseph D. Berger served the Congregation from 1902 to 1927. When the Congregation joined the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa the shared Rabbis were Abraham H. Freedman, William Margolis, Oscar Z. Fasman, Emanuel Lifschutz and Simon L. Eckstein. Religious functionaries included the Reverend Louis Doctor, Cantor Jacob Dorskind, Rabbi Max Maser, Rabbi Aaron Weiss, Reverend Hyman Gertler and Reverend Jacob Y. Cement. In April 1940 the Rideau Street Shul welcomed its new Cantor, Reverend Aaron Weiss, from Breslau, Germany. The governing body of the congregation was a committee of elected officials who, after receiving a majority vote, served in their office for a period of one year. The 1933 Constitution stipulates that the committee was to include a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 15 trustees. In 1955-1956, Congregation Agudath Achim amalgamated with Congregation Adath Jeshurun to form Congregation Beth Shalom and their new synagogue on Chapel Street was dedicated in 1957. The closing service of Agudath Achim was held on August 25, 1956. Presidents of Agudath Achim: 1902-1903 Abrahm Kert 1903-1904 Elias Pullnan 1904-1910 Israel Sugarman 1910-1912, Henry Finkelman 1912-1914 Abramham Florence 1914-1916 Henry Finkelman 1916-1917 Abraham Brahinsky 1918-1919 Max Sachs 1919-1922 Abraham Florence 1923-1925 Samuel Spevak 1925-1927 Soloman Coplan 1927-1929 Abraham Florence 1930-1932 Thomas Sachs 1933-1934 Moses Doctor 1934-1936 Thomas Sachs 1936-1942 Samuel Berger 1942-1948 Michael Greenberg 1948-1950 Thomas Sachs 1950-1956 Hyman Soloway Vice Presidents of Agudath Achim: 1902-1905 Meyer Held 1905-1911 Abraham Sugarman 1911-1918 Samuel Cohen 1918-1919 Abraham Caplin 1919-1922 Moses Roodman 1922-1925 Sameul Cohen 1925-1926 Jacob Baker 1926-1929 Sameul Cohen 1929-1932 Moses Roodman 1932-1933 Selik Kronick 1933-1934 Sameul Cohen 1934-1937 Moses Roodman 1937-1939 Selik Kronick 1939-1956 Meyer Drazin Agudath Achim Sisterhood Presidents: 1913-1921 Mrs. A Florence 1921-1923 Mrs. L. Leikin 1923-1926 Mrs. M. Margosches 1926-1936 Mrs. Soloman Coplan 1936-1943 Mrs. A. Brunberg 1943-1945 Mrs. H. Soloway 1945-1950 Mrs.S. Kronick 1950-1955 Mrs. I. Beiles 1955-1956 Mrs. Morris Zbar
- Acquisition Source
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff, donated the Tennis Court contract in September 2002.
- Custodial History
- In 1973, these records were transferred to the National Archives of Canada from the Jewish Connunity Council and in 1996 were returned to the Ottawa Jewish Archives.
- Notes
- 1. The Chevra Mishnayes Agudath Achim (Rideau Street Synagogue) and the Chevra Mishnayes Adath Jeshurun amalgamated in October 1956 under one society called Chevra Mishanyes Beth Shalom. After amalgamation, synagogue records were given to the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa.
- Related Material
- Rev. Louis Doctor fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Agudath Achim Synagogue at 417 Rideau Street.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105021
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0004; OJA 5-117
- Date
- 1948
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1948
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Item No.
- OJA 5-117
- Storage Location
- vault
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is torn; inscription in ink along top of print.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Agudath Achim Synagogue with for sale sign.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102270
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0004; OJA 5-062
- Date
- January 1953
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- January 1953
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Item No.
- OJA 5-062
- Acquisition Source
- Mr. H. Shinder
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Attendees at Congregation Adath Jeshurun banquet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105938
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-071
- Date
- 1935
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1935
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-071
- Storage Location
- vault
- Related Material
- OJA 5-291
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Attendees at Congregation Adath Jeshurun banquet to celebrate the paying off of the synagogue mortgage.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103996
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-291
- Date
- March 17, 1935
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- March 17, 1935
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-291
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Goldie Cantor
- Notes
- Included are: H. Sugarman, V. Sugarman, Sol Max, Lil Max, Mr. & Mrs. Max Senior, Mr. Robinson & Mrs. Aisenberg, Mr. & Mrs. A.J. Freiman, Anne & Dave Dover, Martin Ginsberg, Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Rivers (left, front row), Mr. & Mrs. A. Lithwick, Esther Robinson, Mrs. G. Cohen, Mr. & Mrs. Goldfield, Mr. & Mrs. L. Greenberg, Rebecca Gabriel Cohen. The banquet was held at the Talmud Torah Building on Rideau Street.
- Related Material
- Program for the evening is located in the Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Board and members of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue in Ottawa with Rabbi Dr. Belkin of Yeshivah University.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105603
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-002
- Date
- 1952
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1952
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-002
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Marvin Flatt
- Notes
- L-R back row includes; H. Pleet, Max Dworkin and Sam Caplan. Middle row; Hy Hochberg, Hy Soloway, Saul Saslove, Mr. Alexandor, Louis Achbar, Sam Berger, Lawrence Freiman, Alex Betcherman, Tom Sachs, Hy Gould. Seated; Rabbi S. Burstein, Rabbi Kravetz, Rabbi Belkin, Rabbi Eckstein, Rabbi Mendel Lewittes, Rev. J. Rabin.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
The Boys Choir of the Agudath Achim Congregation.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102901
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0004; OJA 5-083
- Date
- 1928
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1928
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Item No.
- OJA 5-083
- Notes
- L-R front row: Joe Zelikovitz, Jay Greenberg, Hyman Cohen, Issie Tudover, Joseph Lieff (alto soloist), David Monson, and Morris Lieff (soprano). Second row: Ed Sadinsky, Alex Wolfe, Gilbert Shore (alto soloist), Cantor Jacob Dorskind, Izzie Greenberg, and Sam Shabinsky. Third row: Abe Zelikovitz, Irving Wolfe, Reuben Witen, and Mitchell Hyman. Fourth row: Abraham Lieff (tenor), Moses Doctor, Nathan Greenberg and Samuel Taylor. Back row; William Goldblum, Max Lieff (baritone), Frank Florence and Lazarus Cohen. Missing from the photograph is Hy Wasserman (soprano soloist). The Leiff brothers also performed as a quartet.
- Cantor Dorskind married an Ottawa girl, a Finkelstein, and settled in Alberta. His was paralyzed on his left side.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Cemetery plot record book
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106191
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-334-01
- Date
- [19-]
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Date
- [19-]
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-334-01
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Choir at Adath Jeshurun.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106152
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-057-01
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Scope and Content
- L-R: David Torontow, Meyer Wexler, Werner Bauer, Chaim Gerlitz, Reverand Joseph Rabin, Shaya Sager, Howard Karp, Norman Shoichet and Bernard Shinder.
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w
- Scope and Content
- L-R: David Torontow, Meyer Wexler, Werner Bauer, Chaim Gerlitz, Reverand Joseph Rabin, Shaya Sager, Howard Karp, Norman Shoichet and Bernard Shinder.
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-057-01
- Storage Location
- Oversize Mixed Box 12
- Creator
- Marvin Flatt
- Acquisition Source
- Ann Lazear
- Access Restrictions
- The photograph can only be displayed with permission from Ann Lazear who would prefer that the painting of the image be used before the photograph.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Dues Record Ledger
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106194
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-337-01
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Date
- 1895-1896
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-337-01
- Physical Condition
- Book is soiled overall, leather half binding is worn though still supple. covers are separating from textblock, pages are yellowed and creased.
- Conservation
- 1. Conservation treatment needed.
- Notes
- The book is mainly written in Yiddish with some English.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Eretz Israel Palestine Foundation Fund certificate issued for Karen Hayesod, recognizing a donation of $25.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106016
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation = United Brethren Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Fonds No.
- C0004; OJA 5-331-01
- Date
- 1924
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Date
- 1924
- Fonds No.
- C0004
- Item No.
- OJA 5-331-01
- Notes
- 5-331-02 shows detail of the seal located on recto.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Exterior view of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102274
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- C0001; OJA 5-014
- Date
- [after 1930]
- Collection
- Adath Jeshurun Congregation Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [after 1930]
- Fonds No.
- C0001
- Item No.
- OJA 5-014
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Hugo Levendel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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