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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Date: 1765-present.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.

Date: 1765-present.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

History / Biographical: Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.

Custodial History: Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.

Notes: General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

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Collection: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.

Fonds No.: I0048

Date: 1909-1990.

Scope and Content: National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (194…

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Collection: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.

Scope and Content: National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (1948-1949, 1973). Board member list (1971). Other membership lists. Pamphlets on International Council of Jewish Women. Biennial conventions (ICJW & NCJW). Minutes & information (1953-1973). Publications, flyers, invitations, seminar notes. Convention information, lecture notes and agendas. Gerontology conference notes (1968). Bulletin (1946). Magazines (1963-1973 with gaps). Programs & services materials (foster homes, Project Canada, School for Citizen Participation 1970), field service (1964-1965), workbooks, the elderly, National Theatre for Canada (1961-1963), overseas service (1954-1960), public affairs (1965-1967), leadership). Booklet on history of NCJW (1967). Material on "Canadian Women of the Century 1867-1967" (1967). Scrapbooks. Clippings (1940s-1990 and photocopies of 1909, 1912 articles). Photos, including slides of events, services, programs in Israel & Canada (1914-1975) - collection PC 3. Sound recordings of meetings and lectures (1950s-1970s).

Date: 1909-1990.

Fonds No.: I0048

History / Biographical: The National Council of Jewish Women was established in the United States in 1893, to help new Jewish immigrants. A Canadian branch began in Toronto in 1897. In Montreal the Baron de Hirsch Institute covered immigrant aid at that time, and the Montreal NCJW chapter was only founded in 1918. The International Council was formed in 1912. NCJW is dedicated to furthering human welfare in the Jewish and general community, locally, nationally, and internationally. They do and did so through scholarships, summer camps, libraries, aiding immigrants, volunteer work, pre-and post-war refugee aid, gerontology research, services to the elderly, support of the Golden Age Association, shipments of play and school materials to Israel and North Africa, lobbying for equal pay and other human rights bills, and opening a shelter for battered Jewish women. Their members across Canada and the world both fundraise and volunteer.The National office of NCJW Canada moved from Montreal to Toronto in the mid-1950s before settling in Winnipeg in the early 1990s where it remained until 2015.

Custodial History: The collection is divided into three parts: an original donation of material relating to the National office in Montreal and other locations up to 1978; National material donated in 2015 by the Winnipeg National headquarters office (1943-2009); and (see Series A) material relating to the Montreal Chapter office (1926-1999)

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4, PC 3.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn266

Collection: LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; sound recording; textual record; book

Physical Description: 165 photographs. - 678 sound elements. - 0.43 metres of textual records. - 1 other fixed image. - 1 book.

Fonds No.: P0161

Date: 1925-2016.

Scope and Content: The initial fonds consisted of a total of 250 sound cassettes containing 578 interviews as of September 1998. These were added to several times per year since 1998, and totaled 639 cassettes with 1302 interviews as of August 2014. Including the last interview done in 2016, the total number of inter…

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Collection: LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; sound recording; textual record; book

Physical Description: 165 photographs. - 678 sound elements. - 0.43 metres of textual records. - 1 other fixed image. - 1 book.

Scope and Content: The initial fonds consisted of a total of 250 sound cassettes containing 578 interviews as of September 1998. These were added to several times per year since 1998, and totaled 639 cassettes with 1302 interviews as of August 2014. Including the last interview done in 2016, the total number of interviews in the collection is 1408, on 678 cassettes. The interviews cover a vast range of Jewish, usually Canadian-Jewish subject matter, including the arts, Jewish life in communities outside Montreal and outside Canada, contemporary Montreal and world Jewish community issues, and Jews in non-mainstream circles (such as Jewish gays and lesbians, Communist party members). Each interview is approximately 20 minutes long, although many run for half an hour; adding up to over 469 hours of material. The fonds also contains background materials assembled at the time of many of the interviews, as well as photographs of former synagogue sites, another of Mr. Lutsky's areas of interest.Addition 1998: 17 cassettes containing a total of 33 interviews were added to the fonds.Addition 1999: 9 cassettes were added to the fonds.Addition 2000: 21 cassettes were added to the fonds, containing 55 interviews.Addition 2001: 22 cassettes were added to the fonds, containing 45 interviews.Addition 2002-2005: The total number of interviews as of April 2005 was 833, with approximately 2 interviews per cassette. 12 photos of Canadian synagogues.Addition 2005-2006: 26 cassette tapes containing a total of 58 interviews were added to the collection between Oct. 2005 to Oct. 2006, bringing the number of interviews to 940. Additional photos of Canadian and American synagogues and former synagogue sites were donated this year as well (appox. 30 photos, about 20 of which were Canadian).Addition 2007: 17 photos of synagogues in Ottawa and Oshawa, Ontario; Burlington, Vermont, Lithuania, and Dublin. 3 cassettes. 26 pages of photocopies (information on the Burlington synagogue and photos of other synagogues, includes San Francisco and Scotland.) 1 prayer book from Paperman's Funeral Home while still located on Cote des Neiges Blvd., containing numerous photographs.Added in 2008: 18 cassette tapes with 2 interviews per tape, for a total of 36 interviews. Also 18 photos of present and former synagogues in Montreal, Sydney N.S., Saskatchewan, and Albany, New York, as well as various documents, 1925-1990c about the Glace Bay and Sydney Jewish communities, collected by Arlene Zimmerman.Addition 2008-2009: 3 new interview tapes from Jewish Digest, 21 photos of former synagogue sites in Winnipeg and the Maritimes. Neturei Karta in Montreal, etc., February 11, 2009: 4 additional tapes, including Israel lecture moved from Federation CJA to McGill University location. 3 additional tapes donated April 1, as well as an Israel Apartheid Week poster (March 2009) in colour that was banned from the York University campus. This copy is stamped Concordia University. Produced for the group Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. Addition 2009: 16 tapes. 7 photos.Addition 2010: 18 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 5 photos.Addition 2011: 18 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 17 photos. 1 photocopied document, approximately 20 pages, titled LGBTQ Seder - Passover haggadah, Congregation Dorshei Emet. The document was for a Gay, lesbian, Transsexual and etc. seder held at Dorshei Emet synagogue, March 31, 2010.Addition 2012: 15 interview tapes from the radio show Jewish Digest. 14 photos.Addition 2013: 30 tapes and 34 photographs. 2014-2017, 39 additional tapes, 19 images, 33 cm. of documentation

Date: 1925-2016.

Fonds No.: P0161

History / Biographical: Beginning in 1987, Montreal journalist Leslie Lutsky conducted interviews for his Montreal Radio Centreville show "Jewish Digest", which was on the air weekly from 1988 to late 2016. The interviews, which Lutsky collected on a volunteer basis in locations which ranged from private homes and lecture halls to factories, and even prisons, contain information which cannot be found in written form. The collection was donated in multiple increments on a regular basis from 1998 to 2017, culminating in a corpus of over 1400 interviews.

Custodial History: Donated by Mr. Leslie Lutsky of Radio Centreville, in multiple increments.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P88/54, P97various, P99/add, P00/add, P01/add, P02/02, P02/11, P03/16, P03/16add, P05/, P06/Lutsky add, P07/06, P07/16a, P07/22, P08/03, P09/01, P09/27, P10/06, P10/06, P10/add, P11/02, P11/19, P12/02, P12/02add, and P12/23.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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ABER, Ita

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285

Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Fonds No.: P0184

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…

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Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Fonds No.: P0184

History / Biographical: Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).

Custodial History: This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

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Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Fonds No.: P0201

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially receive…

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Collection: BOROD (BORODITSKY), Sam and Layah = Canadian Jewish Servicemen Memoir and Pioneer Women Na'amat

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording; textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 0.3 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs. - 4 sound elements.

Scope and Content: Diary written while a World War II soldier, in a small notebook, also available in digital format; comprising 33 out of the approximately 127 pages of scanned materials, which also include newsclippings and photographs. CD of the digital copies of the diary and other documents, as initially received and scanned by Tatiana Jour in the context of her Russian Jewish Archives Project. It was noted at the time of the donation to the Archives that further materials on UNRAA (postwar aid to refugees) and Na'amat could be donated by the Borods at a later date. Added in 2007: Materials in prose, poetry and song pertaining to the history of Pioneer Woman Na'amat and Revivim, composed by Layah Surchin Borod. Binder of publicity clippings and ephemera of Na'amat. Binder of songs. Binder of Layah's memoirs, in verse, 1923-1960. Shaare Tzedek synagogue bulletins with material written by Layah or about Sam. Biography of Sam Borod written by Layah, including pre-war and wartime experiences. 4 cassette tapes of Revivim events. 2 original 1940s portrait photos, one each of Layah and Sam, Sam's portrait autographed to Layah. Small WWII Jewish serviceman's calendar and notebook, both with addresses as well as Japanese phrases.

Date: 1934-2006 Scancopy.

Fonds No.: P0201

History / Biographical: Born in 1914, Sam Boroditsky of Montreal (the name was later changed to Borod) was a veteran of the European front in WWII. He was a paratrooper in Italy and the Aleutian Islands during WWII, earning many Canadian service decorations. He later worked in UNRAA, helping refugees overseas. His wife Laya (Surchin) Borod, born in 1922, was the daughter of Chaya Surchin, an early Zionist activist in Montreal. Layah was the first national executive director of Naamat Pioneer Women Canada and was the editor of their magazine. She was also the only Canadian president of the Pioneer Women Na'amat of America. Laya Borod worked in the office of CJC during the war, rising to office manager at age 19. She was active in Na'amat until her death in 2006. Sam Borod died in Montreal on May 8, 2012.

Custodial History: The collection was donated by Sam Borod on May 26, 2005. The Borod collection came to CJCNA after Sam Borod approached Tatiana Jour at the Jewish Veteran's talk given by Jour. Addition 2007 was donated by Sam Borod on April 12, 2007.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P05/08, P07/11.General note: Historical materials pertaining to women's involvement in Zionist organization, women's personal history, literary creations, also wartime experiences of a Canadian paratrooper.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

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Collection: THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; object

Physical Description: 5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.

Fonds No.: P0220

Date: 1828-2005.

Scope and Content: The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large …

Collection: THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; object

Physical Description: 5.9 metres of textual records. - Env. 495 photographs. - 7 sound elements. - 3 artefacts.

Scope and Content: The collection is divided into five series. The first series contains a copy of Abraham Joseph's diary from the 18th century, transcripts of the diary by Annette Wolff, and original pre-1900 materials pertaining to Abraham Joseph and other members of his family. The second series consists in large part of correspondence between Martin Wolff and Irene Joseph Wolff, before and after their marriage, and letters to their daughters. The third series consists primarily of correspondence between the Wolff sisters. The fourth series contains correspondence from Annette Wolff to her family and friends, letters received from soldiers during World War II, and documents and memorabilia relating to her education, employment, and travels. The fifth series consists of Wolff and Joseph family photographs. The last series is composed of sound elements. It contains 7 cassette tapes, each 90 minutes in duration, of interviews of Annette Wolff by Eiran Harris

Date: 1828-2005.

Fonds No.: P0220

History / Biographical: The Joseph family was one of the earliest Jewish families to settle in Quebec. Irene Joseph (1885 1940), a writer and community worker, married Martin Wolff, (1881 1948) engineer and historian, and they had six daughters. The lives and thoughts of all these individuals are reflected in this fonds. The earliest portions of the fonds contains considerable information about the life of Abraham Joseph (1815-1886), a successful businessman involved in numerous commercial enterprises, including leadership roles in the Quebec Board of Trade and the Banque Nationale. The greater part of this portion of the fonds is connected to Abraham Joseph's diaries, which are a valuable early record of Jewish life and material culture in Quebec. Much of the material in the later series of the fonds documents the life of the Wolff family in Montreal and Quebec in the early 20th century until the late 1940s, and includes information about quotidian life and religious and social customs as practiced by a middle-class Jewish family of that era. Though observant Jews, the Wolff family members mixed with and were accepted by the larger community, making this fonds a source of information on many aspects of Canadian society as well as that of Great Britain. The fonds includes a special emphasis on the work and writings of Annette Wolff, who took on the role of family historian. The Joseph and Wolff family fonds contains material of potential interest to historians, students of Jewish life in Canada and women's studies, social scientists, psychologists, journalists, and authors.

Custodial History: The majority of this fonds was donated in increments, over a period of several years, by sisters Annette Wolff, Rosetta Wolff Elkin, and Esther Wolff Blaustein, with the greatest part of the collection coming from Annette Wolff. A small percentage of the material was donated by Rachel Wolff Esar, and a few files were deposited much earlier by Martin Wolff.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

HARRIS, Eiran

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn331

Collection: HARRIS, Eiran

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.

Fonds No.: P0231

Date: 1900-2004.

Scope and Content: Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cu…

Collection: HARRIS, Eiran

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.

Scope and Content: Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cummings by Aislin. Book STORY OF ZIONIST ORDER HABONIM, 1951. Ephemera. Souvenir medal issued by B&SS & NZ Home for the Aged. JEWISH WARSAW THAT WAS, Montreal: Warsaw Farband, 1967. Lead dreidle 3 cm. 1988: 21 photos of JGH construction 1968-1969. Matchbox: Moishe's Restaurant. Ephemera; Schiller Bros. interview on cassette, 1980. 3 Cassette tapes: interview of D. Rome by E. Harris. ITONENU magazine, Shaare Zion Academy, 1963-1964. 11 recipe books. Wedding invitations, Memory/Souvenir book of student Mildred Ellis (mother of Eric Helfield). 1990: Approx. 250 photos; subjects: candles, men with hats (seder?); in front of Chalet on Mt. Royal/Plage Laval beach/Fletcher's Field. Photos: Zionist youth camp 1950-1955; Habonim; Camp Kvutza, Que. & Lake Erie, Ont.; Habonim winter camp; Camp Massad. Photocopied clippings re Vancouver folklore. Lazarovitch Bar mitzvah photo 1935 PCAT; Margolese Bar Mitzvah invitation in form of scroll w.photo. Dr. Bloom neck-stretching machine and staff 1955, stereoscopic slides1993: 1 file photos incl. snapshots, Jack Brotman and wife, also gravestones. 1 file documents, incl. bulletins, clippings. Also approx. 12 stereoscopic slides, incl. family events (wedding?)2000: Aproximately 300 New Year's (Rosh Hashana) cards received from friends and contacts made through Jewish Public Library Director position. De-accessioned from JPL July 2000. Contain Jewish scenes, signatures. Some discarded (duplicates, not of interest).2002: 8 cookbooks, 7 of them Montreal Jewish and one non-Jewish Canadian but containing Jewish recipes typed on loose paper. From JGH Ladies Auxiliary, Hadassah, Mizrachi, Pioneer Women, Canadian Women's Press Club.2004: 8 volumes of various years added to those donated several years ago. These volumes contain recipes, household hints, lists of Montreal B'nai Brith Women members, local advertisements, and different yearly themes.2009: Four cookbooks, adding to previous collection. The Grapevine Cookbook - The Girls of the 8:10 Aerobics Class YW-YMHA and NHS of Montreal, 1996/ 101 Ways to Disguise Matzo ... a cookbook for Passover - SNAP (Snowdon Nursery Association of parents) YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre, post 2000?/ The Best of Our Kitchens, Vegetarian and Dairy Cooking - Congregation Dorshei Emet, 2004/ Kinnereth Cookbook, second edition - Hadassah Wizo-Toronto, 1993.Addition 2010: Exposition Sepharade "D'hier a demain" by Association Sepharade Francophone, 1974.Addition 2011: Passover Recipes, by Aliyah chapter , Winnipeg Hadassah. This is a 96 page spiral bound small format book containing handwritten recipes with illustrations.

Date: 1900-2004.

Fonds No.: P0231

History / Biographical: Eiran Harris was born in Tel Aviv in 1935. He has served as Archivist Emeritus with Montreal's Jewish Public Library since the early 1990s on a volunteer basis. He possesses a vast knowledge of the history of Canadian Jewry and has worked tirelessly to share that knowledge with others.

Custodial History: Donated by Mr. Eiran Harris of Jewish Public Library, on a ongoing basis.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P87/01, P87/06, P87/21, P87/27, P87/40, P87/44, P88/08, P88/10, P88/11, P88/52, P88/53, P90/05, P90/12, P90/21, P93/23, P02/10, P04/08, P09/22, P10/02 and P11/14.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

ANNETTE WOLFF : Biographical interviews

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn544

Collection: THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

Description Level: Series

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 7 sound elements.

Fonds No.: P0220; F

Date: 1999.

Scope and Content: The collection contains 7 cassette tapes, each 90 minutes in duration, of interviews of Annette Wolff by Eiran Harris. In Tape 1, Annette Wolff discusses the disposal of the De Sola papers, the destruction of David David diaries, Meldola de Sola's son's pawning of the De Sola papers, and a biograph…

Collection: THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

Description Level: Series

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 7 sound elements.

Scope and Content: The collection contains 7 cassette tapes, each 90 minutes in duration, of interviews of Annette Wolff by Eiran Harris. In Tape 1, Annette Wolff discusses the disposal of the De Sola papers, the destruction of David David diaries, Meldola de Sola's son's pawning of the De Sola papers, and a biographical narrative of the Wolff family. Tape 2 concerns home life while growing up, social activities, games, music, art, and communal work, as well as Annette Wolff's biography. In Tape 3, we learn of the Wolff family history in Montreal and of Isaac de la Penha's death. In Tape 4, Annette Wolff continues her parents' biographies and the beginning of her own biography. In Tape 5, Annettte discusses her war years in the U.K. and Canada and her secret work in the civil service. In Tape 6, Annette Wolff's biographical recollections are continued. Tape 7 records further recollections of her parents.

Date: 1999.

Fonds No.: P0220

Series No.: F

Custodial History: The collection was donated by Annette Wolff and Eiran Harris.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16328

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Fonds No.: I0037

Date: 1920-1989.

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Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Date: 1920-1989.

Fonds No.: I0037

History / Biographical: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services was established during the first Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in 1919. The need to settle Jewish post-World War I immigrants became apparent at this time, but the community organizations established in part for this purpose, such as the Baron de Hirsch Institute, were overwhelmed by the flow of Jews into Montreal and the rest of Canada. Thus JIAS, an organization devoted solely to helping immigrants, was founded. Since 1919, Jewish immigrants to Canada have depended on this organization during their period of adjustment to this country. The JIAS intervenes with the government on behalf of current and prospective immigrants, helps to locate housing and jobs, and organizes language and citizenship classes. JIAS assists new immigrants in following the proper application procedures, provides counselling, and offers a directional service to community resources. JIAS also makes submissions to the authorities on all matters affecting Jewish immigration to Canada, jointly with the Canadian Jewish Congress. The national office moved from Montreal to Toronto in the 1990s. In 2008 the Montreal office of JIAS merged with two other Jewish social service agencies under the name Agence Ometz.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4.General note: As of 2017 the total amount of textual records in the JIAS collection is 376.3 metres, of which 66.3 metres are administrative records and 310 metres are case files. 192 metres of the case files are preserved in off-site storage.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

Images

JIAS National : Jewish Immigrant Aid Services Canada

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16346

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8 metres of textual records. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Fonds No.: I0037; T

Date: 1951-2006c.

Scope and Content: The first part of this series consists of 18 boxes of records sent from the JIAS National Office in Toronto by then-Director Barbara Held. It includes minutes, studies, and other post-1984 records up to the 1990s. including some case files. The collection includes 97 CDs with audio recordings in WA…

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8 metres of textual records. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Scope and Content: The first part of this series consists of 18 boxes of records sent from the JIAS National Office in Toronto by then-Director Barbara Held. It includes minutes, studies, and other post-1984 records up to the 1990s. including some case files. The collection includes 97 CDs with audio recordings in WAV and CDA format of Board meeting minutes 2002-2006, a total of approximately 97 hours of meetings. There are 26 audio-cassette recordings of meetings and conferences from 1995-1999, adding up to approximately 32.5 hours of material, and 3 videotapes (approximately 5.5 hours), of conferences about Russian Jewish immigration and events with new immigrants Box lists were furnished with the material. Addition 2010: The second part of this series consists of 6 boxes of JIAS National and Western Region (Winnipeg) records transferred from the Ontario Jewish Archives in Toronto; 3 boxes contain Winnipeg administrative records, three have National Office materials such as correspondence, reports and newsletters. In additon, there is one oversize box containing a United Israel Appeal scrapbook from 1951. A detailed contents list was provided with the material. Addition 2014: 6 JIAS National videotapes (approximartely 9.5 hours) pertaining to the QND Evaluation Focus Group were transferred from the Jewish Public Library of Montreal in January 2014 and are housed with the videotapes from this series

Date: 1951-2006c.

Fonds No.: I0037

Series No.: T

Custodial History: The collection was donated by JIAS National, in Toronto, the first part in April and the second part in August 2009. An addition was made by the Ontario Jewish Archives on April 22, 2010

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P09/12, P09/12add, and P10/07.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

Interview with Mannie Lecker

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16771

Collection: Mannie Lecker Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette

Fonds No.: 1043; 030

Date: July 05, 2005

Scope and Content: Consists of one interview with Mannie Lecker, conducted by archivist Shannon Hodge.

Collection: Mannie Lecker Fonds

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Physical Description: 1 audiocassette

Scope and Content: Consists of one interview with Mannie Lecker, conducted by archivist Shannon Hodge.

Date: July 05, 2005

Fonds No.: 1043

File No.: 030

Storage Location: 7-3G, Box 002

Subjects: Lecker, Mannie, d. Dec. 27, 2007; Veterans, Jewish - Canada; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Audio recordings

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn30541

Collection: Sarah Fischer Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Fonds No.: 1017; 1; 00008

Date: 1918-1967

Scope and Content: Includes 19 recordings; 1 cassette, 1 vinyl record; 17 magnetic tapes. The cassette and (signed) vinyl recording feature operatic arias and Elizabethan love songs featuring Sarah Fischer.

Collection: Sarah Fischer Collection

Description Level: File

Material Type: sound recording

Scope and Content: Includes 19 recordings; 1 cassette, 1 vinyl record; 17 magnetic tapes. The cassette and (signed) vinyl recording feature operatic arias and Elizabethan love songs featuring Sarah Fischer.