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The 3rd Canadian Hadassah Convention at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105753
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-910a
Date
January 9, 1924
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
January 9, 1924
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-910a
Storage Location
Oversize Mixed Box 13
Creator
Panoramic Camera Co.
Physical Condition
Some creases and scratches, photograph was previously rolled, attempts have been made to flatten it
Acquisition Source
Betsy Rigal
Notes
1. This is a large, long photograph therefore it has been scanned in three portions. 2. The archives has two copies of this photograph. 3. Mrs. Lillian Freiman was present at this convention. She is in the front row (5th from the right) and can be seen in OJA 1-910c.
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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The 3rd Canadian Hadassah Convention at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105930
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
B&W; Glossy
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-910c
Date
January 9, 1924
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
B&W; Glossy
Date
January 9, 1924
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-910c
Storage Location
Oversize Mixed Box 13
Creator
Panoramic Camera Co.
Physical Condition
Some creases and scratches, photograph was previously rolled, attempts have been made to flatten it
Acquisition Source
Betsy Rigal
Notes
1. This is a large, long photograph therefore it has been scanned in three portions. 2. The archives has two copies of this photograph. 3. Stored in cardboard folder with artifacts. 4. Mrs. Lillian Freiman is in the front row, 5th from the right.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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4 proofs of photographs taken at the 25th wedding anniversary of Audrey and Lawrence Freiman.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105118
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-457
Date
April 5, 1959
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
April 5, 1959
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-457
Creator
Newton
Physical Condition
Small creases and a small rip in photo
Notes
1. Negative number is 1573. 2. Refer to City of Ottawa Archives. 3. Copyright stamp by photographer on reverse of photo. 4. Lawrence Freiman was the son of Archibald and Lillian Freiman and Audrey was his wife. 5. Top right includes Rabbi Bender of Montreal (possible relative), Audrey Freiman, Lawrence Freiman, Bert Loeb, Blanche Loeb and unknown gentleman
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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The 6th Annual Hadassah Convention.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105755
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-911a
Date
September 7, 1930
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
September 7, 1930
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-911a
Physical Condition
Faded with some creases and small tears, attempts have been made to flatten this photograph as it was previously rolled
Acquisition Source
Betsy Rigal
Notes
Photograph was taken at Meech Lake, Quebec, at the Freiman summer residence. Mrs. Lillian Freiman was present at this convention. She is in the middle row next to a woman holding bouquet of flowers. (photograph is scanned in 4 sections.)
Archival / Genealogical
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Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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The 6th Annual Hadassah Convention.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105931
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Sepia; Glossy
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-911d
Date
September 7, 1930
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Sepia; Glossy
Date
September 7, 1930
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-911d
Physical Condition
Faded with some creases and small tears, attempts have been made to flatten this photograph as it was previously rolled
Acquisition Source
Betsy Rigal
Notes
1. This is a long, large photograph and has been scanned in 4 parts. 2. Panoramic is stored in custom folder in the special collections area of the vault. 3. Photograph was taken at Meech Lake, Quebec at the Freiman summer residence. Mrs. Lillian Freiman was present at this convention. She is in the middle row next to woman holding bouquet of flowers.
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Ottawa Jewish Archives
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The 6th Annual Hadassah Convention. Photograph was taken at Meech Lake, Quebec at the Freiman summer residence. Mrs. Lillian Freiman was present at this convention. She is in the middle row next to woman holding bouquet of flowers.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105765
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
sepia; Glossy
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-911c
Date
September 7, 1930
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
sepia; Glossy
Date
September 7, 1930
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-911c
Physical Condition
Faded with some creases and small tears, attempts have been made to flatten this photograph as it was previously rolled
Acquisition Source
Betsy Rigal
Notes
1. This is a long, large photograph and has been scanned in 4 parts. 2. Panoramic is stored in custom folder in the special collections area of the vault.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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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
Creator
Stuart Lazear, Coordinator of Heritage Services, City of Ottawa
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.
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Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Ottawa Jewish Archives
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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
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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
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A. J. and Lillian Freiman with Lucy and Eva Bilsky.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105811
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
electronic record
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-925
Date
[ca. 1903]
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
electronic record
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
[ca. 1903]
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-925
Storage Location
vault
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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An exquisitely decorated document presented to Archibald and Lillian Freiman upon their founding of the Ottawa Talmud Torah School.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106149
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Colour
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-977-02
Date
1924
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Colour
Date
1924
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-977-02
Physical Condition
1. A great deal of dark staining along the right hand edge of the piece.
Notes
1. The document is stored in Oversized Documents Box 3.
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Ottawa Jewish Archives
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An exquisitely decorated parchment document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman on their silver wedding anniversary by the Ukranian War Orphans.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106148
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Colour
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-977-01
Date
1928
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Colour
Date
1928
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-977-01
Physical Condition
1. A great deal of dark staining along the right hand edge of the piece.
Notes
1. The document is stored in Oversized Douments Box 3.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101173
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
9 boxes, multiple media
Fonds No.
I0021
Date
1903 - 1996
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings, commemorative booklets and programs for Lillian, Archibald and their son, Lawrence Freiman; Book, Lillian and Archibald Freiman: Biographies by Bernard Figler, 1962; Book, Don’t Fall off the rocking horse: an autobiography by Lawrence Freiman, 1978; Several books f…
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
9 boxes, multiple media
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings, commemorative booklets and programs for Lillian, Archibald and their son, Lawrence Freiman; Book, Lillian and Archibald Freiman: Biographies by Bernard Figler, 1962; Book, Don’t Fall off the rocking horse: an autobiography by Lawrence Freiman, 1978; Several books from Bernard Alexandor's library (husbabd of Dorothy Freiman) and presentation books to Lillian and Archibald Freiman; 7 Lillian Freiman scrapbooks, family photographs, 1 Jewish National Fund certificate (See 1-942), 1923 Canadian Zionist National Executive Certificate to Jewish National Fund (see 1-963). Another Jewish National Fund Certificate issued in commemoration of Archibald's and Lillian's silver wedding anniversary in 1928 (see 4-715). Box 1 - File 1 - 18th Zionist Convention: Contains newspaper advertisements for the convention held in Ottawa- 1922 - File 2 - 18th Zionist Convention: News clippings regarding the convention held in Ottawa July 1-4, 1922 - File 3 - Newspaper Clippings from a Scrapbook: Violence in Palestine, etc - 1922, 1930-1931; - File 4 - Correspondence from Scrapbooks: A handwritten letter to a Marcus Sperber from A.J Freiman (he signs as "Archie"), a letter from the South African Zionsit Federation to A.J Freiman, a letter from Marcus Sperber to A.J Freiman - 1940; - File 5 - A File of Obituaries for Lillian Freiman: Newspaper clippings - 1940; - File 6 – AJ and Lillian Memorial Tributes: A two page memorial speech by Paulina Freiman outlining some of Lillian Freiman's works, Two speeches by Rabbi Oscar Fasman - one discussing Lillian's life and work and unveiling a stained glass window in her memory - March 4, 1942, and one discussing Adath Jeshurun and the strength of its congregation over the years - March 22, 1942, a copy of the Lillian Freiman memorial edition of the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - November 13, 1940, a tribute booklet to Lillian from Hadassah; - File 7 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for A. J. Freiman; - File 8- News clippings: Various clippings, A "Helping Hand Fund Campaign" certificate - 1919; - File 9- Descendants of Lillian and A.J. Freiman: A small Bilsky family tree, Newspaper articles on Margo Roston's (nee Margo Freiman) marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, correspondence from the Canadian Jewish Congress to the Archives Committee in Ottawa regarding material on the Freiman's - 1974, A computer printout of a photo of Jennifer Rigal (Jennifer Marcus) and Ruth Alexandor at Nahalal, Israel (un-scanned), A newspaper article on the wedding of Betsy Alexandor to Wynne Rigal - 1961, Various other correspondence; - File 10 - News clippings: A file of different memorial material for Lillian Freiman; - File 11 - News clippings: Margo Roston. She wrote a column for the Ottawa Citizen. One article is about her marriage to Gordon Roston - 1961, and the other is an article she wrote on growing up in Freiman's Department store run by her father, Lawrence Freiman - 1995; - File 12 - Lawrence Freiman Articles - assorted newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements; - File 13 - Freiman Silver Wedding Anniversary Programs and Painting Reproduction, Two Small Mounted Photos of Lillian and A. J. - 1928; - File 14 - Lillian Freiman 50th Birthday: Two programs - 1935, A hand-written letter from Lillian Freiman to Mr. Goldman of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa conveying thanks for the well-wishes on her 50th birthday. Witten from her Meach Lake stationary; - File 15 - A File of Photocopied Articles on Lillian Freiman: Includes her induction into the Legion - 1934, Memorial articles and her work with the Ukrainian Orphans; - File 16 - The Freiman Family Home: A small file of information on the Patee / Freiman House at 149 Somerset Street, compiled by Hagit Hadaya; - File 17- Two Yiddish Essays with Translations - One on Lillian - 1929, One on A. J. Freiman and Lillian giving history and discussing their works - 1984; - File 18 - News clippings: Obituaries for Audrey Freiman (wife of Lawrence Freiman), An article on Eleanor Freiman (daughter of Lawrence and Audrey) - 2005, An article on the dedication of Lawrence Freiman Lane, Memorial articles for Lawrence Freiman, A media release for the opening of the Freiman Mall - 1983, An article about Lawrence Freiman discussing the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - 1979, An article on the marriage of Paula Freiman (Paula Freiman Luxenberg) and Leon Root - 1961, and more; - File 19 - A.J. and Ruth Freiman (this is a descendent of the original A.J.) Visit: A very nice booklet produced by Ruppin Academic Centre in Israel on the Freiman Family - 2008; - File 20 - Correspondence from Lillian to Lawrence Bilsky: Photocopies - 1937; - File 21 - Miscellaneous Folder: Program for Negev Dinner in honor of Lawrence Freiman - 1964; - File 22 - Various: A poppy from the poppy campaign - 1989, An A. J. Freiman Ltd. price sticker, An A. J. Freiman receipt noting the purchase of candy boxes for Moses Loeb - 1921, A Freiman Department Store receipt - 1943; Box 2 - Correspondence of Lillian Freiman (Document in box outlines specifics of correspondence) - File 1: 1916 - 1926 - File 2: January - April 1927 - File 3: May - July 1927 - File 4: August - September 1927 - File 5: October - December 1927 - Fiel 6: January - April 1928 - File 7: May - December 1928 - File 8: January - April 1929 - File 9: May - July 1929 - File 10: August - December 1929 - File 11: January - September 1930 - File 12: October - December 1930 - File 13: January - March 1931 - File 14: April - August 1931 - File 15: September - December 1931 - File 16: January - March 1932 - File 17: April - December 1932 - File 18: 1933 - File 19: 1934 - File 20: 1935 Box 3 - File 1: Minutes: Ottawa Hebrew Benevolent Society - File 2: Hadassah - File 3: Poppy Day certificate and clippings - File 4: Invitations - File 5: Hadassah Correspondence - File 6: OBE Correspondence - File 7: Mrs. Dorothy Alexandor - File 8: Telegrams and news clippings regarding marriage of Freimans - File 9: Mrs. Freiman 50th Birthday - File 10: King's Silver Jubilee, May 1935 - File 11: Associated Country Women of the World Conference, (Dorothy Alexandor) June 1936 - File 12: Lillian Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 13: AJ Freiman - Private Correspondence - File 14: Mrs. Q. Luxemberg - Private Correspondence - File 15: AJ Freiman Sionist Convention Speeches 1927, 1930, 1937 - File 16: Avraham Menadem Ussishkin 1863 - 1941 - File 17: Scapbook of press clippings of the death of Moses Bilsky, 1923 - File 18: Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) - File 19: Mrs. Freiman 50th birthday telegrams - File 20: Misc. news clippings - File 21: Lillian and AJ Freiman passports - File 22: Correspondence re. Lillian Freiman's 50th Birthday - File 23: Telegrams to Mrs. Freiman on being created an OBE - File 24: Letters of condolences to D. Alexandor, 1940 - File 25: Programs and clippings re. Zionism - File 26: Misc. documents re. the death of Lillian Freiman - File 27: Misc. documents Box 4 - Correspondence and condolences - File 1: Correspondence - Letters of condolences for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 2: Lists of Floral Tributes for AJ Freiman, 1944 - File 3: Correspondence - Letters of condolences to Freiman family - File 4: Cards and letters of condolences, 1944 - File 5: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 - File 6: Letters of condolences to Mrs. Queenie Luxemburg, 1944 cont'd - File 7: Ephemera - Calling cards - File 8: Telegrams (156), June 5, 1944 - File 9: Telegrams (103), June 6, 1944 - File 10: Telegrams (41), June 7 - 26, 1944 - File 11: Telegrams (66), June 4 & 5, 1944 - File 12: Tags from floral arrangements for MR. AJ Freiman's funeral Box 5 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of 1 poem written after Lilliam Freiman's death; a 50th birthday tribute book to Lillian Freiman from the Hadassah-WIZO; a Freiman's Department Store bag; a Freiman's Department store box. Box 6 - Candian Legion Beret This box contains a single beret given to Lillian Freiman by Frank Potts, the Executive Secretary for the Royal Canadian Legion. There is an accompanying letter which states that the style of beret was made specifically for Ottawa servicemen in honour of a visit from the King of England. Frank wanted to send one to Lillian because he didn't "know of a better and more deserving soldier" than Lillian - 1939. OS Box 1 - Misc. Ephemera Box consists of a Lillian Freiman printing plate; 4 souvenir booklets (Silver anniversary President of Adath Jeshurun, Silver Wedding, Memory of AJ Freiman, and AJ Freiman inaugural Chair); a 1931 "The Jewish Who's Who" book with Lillia Freiman; "The Widening Sphere: Women in Canada 1870-1940" book; a framed notice from the King of England to AJ Freiman; a framed caricature of Lillian Freiman on a Palestine Relief ship. OS Box 2 - Jewish War Orphans Box consists of an Exerpt from "The Jew in Canada, 1926" on the Jewish War Orphans Committee; the photograph album from Lillian Freiman's trip to the Ukraine to bring home Jewish orphans 1920-1921. OS Box 3 - Scrapbooks Box consists of one photogrpahic scrapbook covering a visit to Kupat Cholim at Patach Tikvah (hospital) in Tel-Aviv, Palestine and one scrapbook presented to Lillian Freiman on the occasion of her 50th Birthday by the Candian Hadassah Girls Agricultural School at Nahalal (Tel-Aviv, Israel, June 1935). OS Box 4 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of Lillian Freiman OBE in memoriam press clippings. OS Box 5 - Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Jews and Zionism. OS Box 6 - Zionism Scrapbook Box consists of one scrapbook of newsclippings on Zionism. 1 B&W photograph, several books (books are now in long term storage). In 2009, Anna Bilsky (great niece of L. Freiman) donated two photocopied letters written to her father Lawrence Bilsky by Lillian Freiman in 1937 while he was away at University in Kingston. The originals remain with donor. Also present is a large bound book presented to Lillian Freiman in 1935, in commemoration of her 50th birthday and stored in a custom-made, carved wooden box with the Hebrew letters "lamed" and "fey" (for Lillian Freiman) set within a Magen David (Star of David) in the centre. The book's every page is hand painted with water colour and contains the handwritten names of almost every member of Hadassah groups within Canada. Some names are the person's own signature while others are written out for them. There even includes pages with the signatures of children. The book is organized into provinces (moving from East to West) with the towns and cities in alphabetical order. See detail photos within the Photographic Database at 1-944-01 to 08. One framed set of five B&W photographs/post cards. From left to right: Dr. Max Nordau, Eliezer Ben Yehudah, Sir Herbert Samuel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Theodore Herzl (see 1-957). A large framed document given to Mrs. Freiman on the occasion of the King bestowing the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) upon her, a thank you from the ex-servicemen staying within the Legion Shelter on Wellington St., Ottawa, and signed by those men - 1934 (see 1-971). A certificate on parchment declaring Archibald a Grand Masters Mason - 1904 (see 1-975). Mason's certificate is stored in Oversized Documents Box 1 in the vault. A Jewish National Fund certificate given on the occasion of the marriage between Dorothy Freiman and Bernard Alexandor (see 1-976). Panoramic of the 6th Annual Hadassah Convention - Ottawa, Sept 7, 1930 - Held at Meech Lake, Quebec (see 1-911a to d). An exquisitely decorated parchment document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman on their silver wedding anniversary by the Ukrainian War Orphans - 1928 (see 1-977-01). A decorated document presented to Mr. and Mrs. Freiman upon their founding of the Ottawa Talmud Torah school and signed by its president - 1924 (see 1-977-02). A zinc (?) token from A. J. Freiman's Department Store, given out on the occasion of their 22nd birthday sale - 1922; *De-accessioned Items from Library and Archives: MG 28, V.16* 1. Montreal Yiddish newspaper - "The Eagle" - June, 1912 (see 1-980-01/02). 2. Hand-written letters, one in Hebrew and three in English, possibly pertaining to the building of Adath Jeshurun Synagogue - July 4, 1895. Letters are very faded and difficult to read, could use transcription as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-03 to 06) 3. Sheet from The Daily Eagle, Yiddish newspaper printed in Montreal -June 30, 1912 (see 1-980-07/08). 4. A sheet from "The Jewish Standard" - January 5, 1934. Contains an article on Lillian Freiman titled, "Lillian Freiman, O.B.E. - An Intimate Account of the Work of One of the Greatest Women Canada has Known," as well as an article on the back titled, "The Congress Ideal - An Analysis of the Purpose and Significance of the Canadian Jewish Congress." (see 1-980-09/10). 5. A birth certificate for an unknown individual written in possibly a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-11). 6. A marriage certificate written possibly in a mix of German and Polish - Ca. 1898 - translation needed as of September, 2011 (see 1-980-12). A full newspaper advert for Freiman's Department Store - July, 1925 Fonds also contains a trophy awarded to Lillian freiman from the board of trustees and the ladies auxiliary of the Ottawa Hebrew School, 1927
Date
1903 - 1996
Fonds No.
I0021
Storage Location
3 boxes in OS Jewish National Fund certificate, silver anniversary parchment, Talmud Torah school document, and 1925 newspaper ad located in OS Mixed box 12
History / Biographical
Lillian (Bilsky) Freiman (b. June 6, 1885, Mattawa, Ontario – d. November 2, 1940, Ottawa) was the fifth of eleven children born to Pauline (Reich) and Moses Bilsky, a local merchant and community leader. At the age of eighteen, Lillian attended her first Zionist Convention in Montreal in 1903 and began what would be a life-long commitment to Zionism, philanthropy, and community involvement. Lillian Bilsky married Archibald J. Freiman on August 18, 1903 in Ottawa. Archibald Jacob (Aharon Yaacov) Frieman (b. June 6, 1880, Wirballen, Lithuania - d. June 4, 1944, Ottawa) came to Canada with his parents Harris (Hersh) and Hanna Freiman in 1893. Archie or A.J. as he was colloquially known, attended public school and Business College in Hamilton, Ontario. At the age of 19, he joined his father’s business, the Canadian House Furnishing Company of Kingston, Ontario and in 1902 they moved the business to Ottawa. In 1910, A. J. Freiman & Co. was still a modest business but under his guidance it grew into one of the largest department stores in Canada. Lillian and Archie had three children: Dorothy (b. 1906 - d. 1986), Lawrence (b. 1909 - d. 1986), and Queen Esther (b. 1912 - d. 1997) and adopted a fourth child, Gladys Rozovsky, in 1921. In 1913 Lillian and Archie moved to 149 Somerset Set, which became the meeting place for many of Lillian's charitable groups. Both Lillian and A.J Freiman led remarkable lives as community and Zionist leaders. During the First World War, Lillian Freiman hosted a Red Cross Sewing Circle in her home which became the Disraeli Chapter of the Daughters of Empire. Lillian worked tirelessly throughout the war providing relief and established the Great War Veterans Association that later became the Royal Canadian Legion. In 1917, Lillian was asked by the Mayor of Ottawa to organize local relief efforts to confront the influenza epidemic which resulted in her organization of a centralized information book and continual release of progress reports to keep the public informed. In 1919, Mrs. Freiman, then President and founder of Canadian Hadassah, toured Canada on behalf of Hadassah and organized chapters in every province. Lillian Freiman remained the head of Canadian Hadassah-Wizo from 1919 until her death in 1940. One of Mrs. Freiman’s many outstanding accomplishments was the organization of the Jewish War Veterans’ Committee in 1920. Subsequently, in 1921 she went to Europe and brought over between 146 and 151 Jewish war orphans from the Ukraine. Lillian Freiman's charitable and philanthropic work continued after the war, and it is widely accepted that the first Canadian poppies were produced in her living room at 146 Somerset Street. Lillian's involvement with the National Poppy Advisory Committee and as the Chair of Ottawa's annual Poppy campaign earned her the nickname "The Poppy Lady." In Ottawa she was for many years President of the Ottawa Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Association and active in the Perley Home, the Girl Guides Association and in many other societies, both Jewish and non-sectarian. She also chaired the United Palestinian Appeal in 1934. In recognition of her work, Lillian was dubbed "the Mother of Jewish People in Canada" by the publication Women of Candia. For her welfare work for war veterans she received the rare distinction of a life membership in the Royal Canadian Legion, making her the first woman to be awarded life membership. In 1934 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) for “leadership in Jewish charitable organizations” and became the first Jewish-Canadian to receive the distinction. Like his wife Lillian, A.J. began his remarkable career as a Zionist leader during his teenage years. Commencing in the Ottawa Zionist organization, he rose to occupy a position on the World Zionist Organization’s Actions Committee. In 1919 he was elected as the Dominion Executive President of the Million Dollar Relief Campaign responsible for the organization of aid for Jews in Eastern Europe. In 1920, he was elected President of the Zionist Organization of Canada. Between 1905 and 1930, A.J. Freiman was president of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation. In 1934 he became the first President of the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir and continued in that capacity until his death in 1944. Lawrence Freiman, son of Lillian and A.J., assumed the presidency of A. J. Freiman Ltd. in 1931, and like his parents lead a very active life within Jewish Community Organizations, serving as President of the Zionist Organization of Canada from 1958 - 1962.
Notes
1. Finding aid available. 2. Scrapbooks donated by Betsy Rigal, October 1999. 3. Photograph donated by Betsy Rigal, February 2000. 4. Freiman family fonds at Library and Archives Canada MG30, A82
Access Restrictions
Scrapbooks must be handled with extreme care and no photocopying is permitted.
Related Material
Related material in Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds, Carole Anders fonds.
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Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Archibald Jacob Freiman with his grandchildren taken in Cobourg, Ontario.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105099
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0021; OJA 1-307
Date
1943
Collection
Archibald and Lillian Freiman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1943
Fonds No.
I0021
Item No.
OJA 1-307
Acquisition Source
B.M. Alexandor (digital file) February 12, 1990.
Joan Gluck (print) October 2009.
Notes
L-R: Margot Freiman (Roston), Betsy Alexandor (Rigal), Archibald Freiman, David Freiman Alexandor, Paula Luxenberg (Root).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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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
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Ottawa Jewish Archives
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