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- "Afterword" Collection 1
- A. Rhinewine Fonds 1
- ABER, Ita 1
- ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION 1
- AMBER, Phyllis 1
- Abe Hochberg fonds 1
- Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds 1
- Abraham Kert Family fonds 1
- Abraham Revutsky Collection 3
- Abraham Rother Fonds 1
- Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds 1
- Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds 1
41st annual meeting. June 16, 1952.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89677
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1394; 1; 00063
- Date
- 1952
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1952
- Fonds No.
- 1394
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00063
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Hebrew Free Loan
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
50th anniversary dinner.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89676
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1394; 1; 00062
- Date
- 1961
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 1961
- Fonds No.
- 1394
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00062
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Hebrew Free Loan
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101249
- Collection
- Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file, 2 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0002
- Date
- ca. 1971
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; an advertisement for Rideau Plumbing and Heating; and 2 photographs.
- Collection
- Abe and Bertha Palmer family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file, 2 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of news clippings; an advertisement for Rideau Plumbing and Heating; and 2 photographs.
- Date
- ca. 1971
- Fonds No.
- I0002
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abe Palmer, son of Moshe and Rose Palmer, was born at Billings Bridge, Ottawa. When he was ten or eleven, the family moved to Ottawa and he attended Rideau Street Public School. Bertha Palmer was born in Navazibkoff, White Russia and came to Ottawa in 1927 as a young woman of 16 or 17 years of age with her senior matriculations and a fine singing voice. SHe was sponsored by her uncle Louis Leiken who had come to Ottawa in 1910 with her father, Joseph Leiken. Bertha Palmer became the first UJA Women's Division chair in 1972. Abe Palmer was a successful businessman. Early in his business life he had a partnership with his cousin Abraham Held, in a business called Rideau Plumbing and Heating Limited. Then he established a wholesale plumbing and heating business called Palmer’s Plumbing and Heating Supply Limited. He sold this business in the 1960's to a Calgary firm called Westburn Industries Ltd. He was a “mover and shaker” in that industry and was the Plumbing Division Chairman of the Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating. The Palmers were always active and highly respected in the Ottawa Jewish community and were among the founders of the Ottawa Modern Jewish School. Abe served two terms as chairman of Israel Bonds in the late 1960's and was President of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa from 1970-1972.
- Notes
- 1. Family information from the Palmer’s daughter, Sunny Tavel, July, 2006. Her Uncle Louis and her grandfather Joseph Leiken came to Canada in 1910. Joseph died in 1914 and is buried in Ottawa. Bertha came with her sister-in-law Zena Leiken, and two nieces, Libby Katz of Ottawa and Ethel Kesler of Montreal. Zena, Libby and Ethel were sponsored by Harry Leiken. When Bertha arrived in Ottawa, she lived with her Uncle Louis.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Abe Hochberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101200
- Collection
- Abe Hochberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
- Fonds No.
- I0004
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
- Collection
- Abe Hochberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Fonds No.
- I0004
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes 1 box in OS
- History / Biographical
- Abe Hochberg (b. 1928- d. 2005) was the son of Yetta (b. 1896- d. 1977) and Nathan Hochberg (b. 1896-d. 1933). The Hochebergs immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1928, and first stopped in Montreal before settling permanently in Ottawa. Five years after their arrival, Nathan Hochberg passed away suddenly, leaving Abe along with his mother, and siblings Hy Hochberg (b. 1923- d. 1985) and Rose (m. Harry Goldberg) to fend for themselves and to tend the family's small lunch counter on Nicholas Street. As a teenager in the 1940's Abe became involved with the 39th Jewish Scout Troop (later renamed the 39th Henry Hank Torontow Scout Troop). Too young to enlist in World War II, He amassed 300 War Hours and more Proficiency Badges than any other of his fellow scouts. From the scouts he joined the Macabee Air Cadet Squadron. And later in the 1940's became a Scout Leader. In 1954, Abe took on the role of Director of the Sunday morning services for the Hanoar Breakfast Club. Abe was first employed by Joe Feller where he first got his start in the tailoring business. Abe went on to open his own men's tailoring shop named Gentleman's Fine Apparel, which was located at 204 Rideau Street.
- Acquisition Source
- 1. Boy Scout Shirt donated by Linda Kerzner, 2006. 2. Garment bag and newspaper clipping donated by Sharon Edelson, 2009.
- Related Material
- See Hy Hochberg fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
ABER, Ita
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285
- Collection
- ABER, Ita
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- object
- moving images
- sound recording
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- P0184
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-2015.
- Scope and Content
- Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…
- Collection
- ABER, Ita
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- object
- moving images
- sound recording
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-2015.
- Fonds No.
- P0184
- History / Biographical
- Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).
- Custodial History
- This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75252
- Collection
- Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.04m of textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1166
- Date
- 1923 and 1965
- Scope and Content
- Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.
- Collection
- Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.04m of textual record
- Scope and Content
- Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds contains material regarding the personal and professional lives of Ginda and Abraham Rosenblatt. The fonds consists of four series: correspondence, writing of Abraham Rosenblatt, official docuements and ephemera.
- Date
- 1923 and 1965
- Fonds No.
- 1166
- Storage Location
- JPL-A
- History / Biographical
- Ginda (born. 1891) and Abraham Rosenblatt immigrated from Lipcani, Bessaabia to Toronto in the late 1920's, then moving to Montreal in approximately 1940. Both were social workers affliated with Baron de Hirsch Institute, though Ginda was also a doctor and Abraham is presented as an adminstrator of the People's Library in Briceni, Moldova (also know as Brichon). Inlcuded within the fonds are some of Abraham Rosenblatt's published articles which appear to largely be published anonymously or under the pen name A. Besarbier.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Custodial History
- The material of the Abraham and Ginda Rosenblatt Fonds was donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives in April 1985 by Dr. Ginda Rosenblatt.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Kert Family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101216
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file, 10 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0008
- Date
- 1977 - 1978
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.
- Collection
- Abraham Kert Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 file, 10 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photocopied biographical information, 10 photographs : b&w.
- Date
- 1977 - 1978
- Fonds No.
- I0008
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Kert arrived in Canada in 1885 from Lithuania. He landed in Montreal and worked as a farmer and fur trader in Lancaster, Ontario, and in various locations in Quebec including Lachute, Harrington Lake (near Thurso), and in Buckingham where there were five other Jewish families. Around 1900, he moved his family to Ottawa “for the social possibilities for his daughters." Abraham Kert married twice and had two families. In Ottawa, Abraham was involved in peddling and in selling jewelry. He was an active member of the Adath Jeshurun Congregation and for many years he maintained the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery on Bank Street.
- Notes
- Abraham Kert’s birth date is problematic. He was likely born sometime between 1847 and 1856. (The 1901 census indicated is age as 45 years, giving him a birth date of 1856. His headstone in the Ottawa Jewish Cemetery gives his age as 97, with a death year of 1944, indicating his birth year would be 1847.)
- Related Material
- 1. Betsy (Elizabeth) Kert wedding invitation, 1901 in Samuel Caplan fonds. 2. Betsy (Elizabeth) Benwick was interviewed by Shirley Berman, 1972, see OJHS fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Abraham Revutsky Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn80247
- Collection
- Abraham Revutsky Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1362
- Date
- 1998
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes the incomplete typescript of the translation of of Abraham Revutsky's "Wrenching Times in the Ukraine: Memoirs of a Jewish Minister" (originally publised in 1924), correspondence from Sam Revutsky, translator, to Eiran Harris and a photocopy of the original Yiddish text.
- Collection
- Abraham Revutsky Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes the incomplete typescript of the translation of of Abraham Revutsky's "Wrenching Times in the Ukraine: Memoirs of a Jewish Minister" (originally publised in 1924), correspondence from Sam Revutsky, translator, to Eiran Harris and a photocopy of the original Yiddish text.
- Date
- 1998
- Fonds No.
- 1362
- Storage Location
- 1-2G
- Creator
- Sam Revutsky
- Moishe Kantorowitz
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Name Access
- Revutsky, Sam
- Kantorowitz, Moishe
- Subjects
- Ukraine -- History
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Rother Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93274
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Date
- 1940-1960
- Scope and Content
- Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.
- Collection
- Abraham Rother Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.33 m. of textual records and graphic material.
- Scope and Content
- Three files of textual records including newspaper clippings, certificates of achievement, synagogue programs, and biographia, as well as scrapbook pages, two dozen family photographs, and two dozen photographs taken by Gerry Sternberg during Operation Magic Carpet.
- Date
- 1940-1960
- Fonds No.
- 1397
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- History / Biographical
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother lived in Westmount, later moving to Peel st. Their children included, Abraham (Abe), Mortimer S. (d. Jan. 7, 1993), Helen, and Sam. Harry, Abe, and Sam were all involved in the garment industry, and all held positions at the Wartime Prices and Trades Board during WWII: Harry was appointed Administrator of the Women’s Coats and Suits Division in 1942. At the same time, Sam was also appointed Director of the Women’s, Misses’, and Children’s Wear Administration. It is noted in the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue bulletin of the same year that in 1944 Harry was honored at a testimonial dinner held by representatives of the women’s clothing trade for his work as Administrator. A year later, in 1945 Abe was appointed to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board as Deputy Administrator of Women’s, Misses, and Children’s wear. Lieut. Mortimer S. Rother married Martha Pesner (d. Jan 24, 1993) on Dec. 16th 1945 at the Mount Royal Hotel. Their marriage took place shortly after his return from war. Mortimer was gravely injured (photos show him with a sling) and newspapers referred to his return as triumphant. Their children were Frances and Philip Levin and Jeffrey Rother. Helen Rother, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rother, married Arthur Mortimer Marion on Jan. 19th 1937, at the Shaar Hashomayim. Abe Rother worked at Falomar Manufacturers Limited, 4530 Clark St. Montreal. He travelled extensively, his trips include: -A 1945 hunting trip to Lac Des Mauves, QC -A 1947 a hunting trip and western tour of B.C -A 1953 15 day cruise to Norwegian Fjords and Northern Cape -A 1956 tour of the world (San Fransico, Honolulu, Tokyo, Odawara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nikki, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Calcutta, Banaras, New Delhi, Agra, Karachi, Rome, etc.)
- Language
- English
- Accession No.
- 18-016
- Name Access
- Rother, Abe.
- Subjects
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31785
- Collection
- Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5cm of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1107
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
- Collection
- Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files containing Hebrew and Yiddish writings and correspondence of Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Dubitsky. File 1 is labelled "Writings, 1928-1939" and File 2 is labelled "Varia, 1928-1939." A hand-written English item list is included in the fonds.
- Fonds No.
- 1107
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Fragile documents handwritten on low-quality paper
- Language
- Yiddish
- Hebrew
- English
- German
- Name Access
- Dubitsky, Abraham Shmuel
- Dubitsky, Samuel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn3
- Collection
- ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.125 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0001
- Date
- 1935-1987.
- Scope and Content
- Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (19…
- Collection
- ADATH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.125 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Minutes (1971). Documents about the sale of the building (1976). Agreement with Young Israel. Arbitration hearings documents. Correspondence. Notes. Report to Canadian Jewish Congress and other related documents (1977-1979). Financial reports (1947, 1957, 1966, 1968-1979). Money raised and owed (1963). Members lists (1957). Outremont documents (1974-1978). Building recommendations (1977). Press releases. Correspondence (1935-1936, 1944, 1978-1979). Bulletins (1941-1944, 1947, 1952-1972, 1978). School statistics (Canadian Jewish Congress 1948). Graduation booklet (1948). Dedication/ anniversary booklets (1947, 1965, 1980). Fundraising information (1953-1957). Model Seder report (1977). Proposed architectural plans (not used. c.1938). Flyers. Invitations. Clippings (1939-1940, 1944-1956, 1966, 1981, 1986-1987). Added in 2022: Charter and By-Laws booklet for Young Israel Congregation and Community Centre of Outremont, 1953, including congregational history, building photographs, and names of contributors to the Building Fund. The booklet is accompanied by a letter from its donor Phyllis Robinson describing her family's involvement with the synagogue.
- Date
- 1935-1987.
- Fonds No.
- I0001
- History / Biographical
- The Adath Israel Congregation first met in a rented hall in 1930. In 1936, land was bought in Outremont; in 1938 the synagogue was incorporated; by 1940 the building was completed. The Adath Israel, an Orthodox synagogue, also ran the first congregational day school in Canada in the synagogue building; a school was built in 1947. A Hebrew high school, the Adath Israel Academy, was begun in 1952, also with its own building. It was later called Hebrew Academy, and both schools amalgamated with Young Israel Synagogue's schools in 1965. The Adath Israel has its own cemetery. It also ran an afternoon school and developed a separate Sephardi service (Adat Yisrael S'faradi). Eventually, due to the shifting Jewish population, the Outremont buildings were sold and the congregation moved to a newly built synagogue in Hampstead in 1980. The Adath Israel had one of the first "contemporary" synagogue designs and was the first large, new synagogue built in the post-Depression era in Montreal.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P22/12 (re: 1953 By-Laws).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89982
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Adele Druckman was born in Dorna Candrenilor near Vatra-Dornia, Romania, in 1894. At eighteen years old, she attended a school called Jaures-Zeugnis in the town of Chernovitz. In 1938, at 44, she was married to Isaac Kinsbrunner, a businessman in Chernovitz, which was under control of the Nazis. As Jews, they had to wear a yellow star and carry an identity card. After the Germans were defeated, the Soviets took over. Most of their family was gone, and they struggled to start again. Finally, in 1949 they decided to leave and emigrate to Paris. Adele packed her monogrammed linen, and hid her diamond engagement ring as well as an unmounted diamond. Isaac's cousin had moved to Canada in 1913, so they went to the Canadian Legation in Paris for permission to immigrate. They were required to leave by January 1950, and so booked passage on the Samaria to arrive in Halifax on February 9, 1950. They were met by Isaac's cousin, Sydney Brown, ne Kinsbrunner, and his wife Jessie Cohen, who took them to Sydney's shop in Montreal at 4464 Coloniale Avenue. Unfortunately, Isaac suffered a heart attack and died, having only been in Canada for 12 days, devastating Adele. Sydney and Jessie had two sons, aged 5 and 7, who helped Adele learn English using their schoolbooks, building on the French she had learned in Paris. Sydney learned of a job as a nurse's aid at the Mount Sinai Sanitorium in Ste Agathe, a village north of Montreal, which Adele took to immediately. She was well suited to comfort the patients and enjoyed the peace of the countryside. Adele was often included in Brown family events, including Passover and Rosh Hashana, and she even undertook a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to visit Sydney's sister, Pearl. She was required to provide an explanation for her lack of a passport, but was fortunate enough to have been able to bring her birth certificate from Romania. The Brown family often visisted Ste Agathe to visit, until Adele retired at 74, after 18 years at the Sanitorium. Upon retirement, Adele returned to Montreal, where Sydney helped her find a small apartment on Cote St Luc road next to a synagogue. Sydney's sons, meanwhile, had grown up and become both doctors. They both got married in the same week, and Ida offered her engagement ring to the elder son, while the younger son was offered the unmounted diamond. (Biographical note taken from file 00001.)
- Language
- English
- Romanian
- Arrangement
- Physical order imposed by archivist.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Immigrants
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Identification cards
- Star of David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
"Afterword" Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn18004
- Collection
- "Afterword" Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.3 linear metres of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1241
- Date
- 1996-2007
- Scope and Content
- Consists of paper issues of the "Afterword"
- Collection
- "Afterword" Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.3 linear metres of textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of paper issues of the "Afterword"
- Date
- 1996-2007
- Fonds No.
- 1241
- Storage Location
- Caldwell
- History / Biographical
- Self-described as the Jewish student's national newspaper, the "Afterword" published from 1996-2007.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Dave Gordon, one of the editors of the newspaper.
- Notes
- To be transferred to Caldwell.
- Subjects
- Newspapers, Jewish
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Akiva School Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93497
- Collection
- Akiva School Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1349
- Date
- 2010-2013
- Scope and Content
- Consists of the M'Dor le Dor/Generation to Generation projects completed by the grade five students of Akiva School.
- Collection
- Akiva School Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Consists of the M'Dor le Dor/Generation to Generation projects completed by the grade five students of Akiva School.
- Date
- 2010-2013
- Fonds No.
- 1349
- Storage Location
- JPL
- 7-1F
- History / Biographical
- Akiva School is a private Montreal Jewish day school founded in 1968 by Rabbi Dr. David Hartman and a group of parents. The school's original location was at the Snowden YM-YWHA, located on the corner of Westbury and Cote Ste-Catherine. After moving from its Snowden location to the Beth El Synagogue in Town of Mount Royal, the school experienced several years of declining enrollment and budgetary restraints. In 1988, the school moved again, this time to the school building attached to the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue. A more central location, coupled with new leadership, stabilized the school and rapid growth soon followed. The school was founded on a vision of being a community that "inspires lifelong learning, religious growth, an enduring connection to the Jewish people and the State of Israel, and a commitment to making the world a better place." Akiva school offers education from kindergarten to grade six, following provincial curriculum as well as Judaic Studies (including Hebrew). A Section Francaise was added to the school to accomodate students who did not meet provincial elgibility requirements for an English school certificate. As of 2009, the school had an enrollment of 350 students.
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Custodial History
- Regular accurals transferred from Akiva School directly to the Jewish Public Library Archives.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Alex Betcherman fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101136
- Collection
- Alex Betcherman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 files
- Fonds No.
- I0012
- Date
- 1952-1995
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
- Collection
- Alex Betcherman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 files
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
- Date
- 1952-1995
- Fonds No.
- I0012
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Alex Betcherman was born in Russia in 1892, son of Fishel and Brucha (Addleman) Betcherman. The family arrived in Pembroke, Ontario in 1905 where Mrs. Betcherman had a younger brother, Michael Addleman. The Betcherman’s moved to Ottawa around 1910 in part to facilitate the Jewish education of their children. They became members of the Agudath Achim Congregation. Alex Betcherman started business as a scrap dealer. Later he opened a scrap yard in partnership with Louis Baker. Sometime in the 1920's, Alex Betcherman, along with his brothers Myer and Abe, started the firm Betcherman Iron and Steel. Their business was located in Eastview, which is now in Vanier. In the 1930's they began to manufacture brass ingots and pioneered the use of ingots in Canada. During his lifetime Alex Betcherman was among the most influential men in the city, and was affectionately deemed “the Dean of the Jewish community.” He was a great figure in Ottawa and his passing in 1977 marked the end of an era. He occupied most of the top level posts available in the Jewish community; he was President of the Jewish Community Council and Agudath Achim Congregation, a founding father of the Jewish Community Centre on Chapel Street, a founder of Camp B’nai B'rith and the Rideau View Golf and Country Club. In 1954 he was named Ottawa Citizen of the Year by B’nai B'rith and the Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoured him in 1965. He married Mollie Lena Florence, President of the Lena Florence Chapter of Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo. They had three children.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Alex Fonberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101169
- Collection
- Alex Fonberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0013
- Date
- [193-?] and 2005
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
- Collection
- Alex Fonberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record and 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 photograph : b&w of Fonberg’s Fruit and Grocery market, with Alex Fonberg and his son Ralph; and 1 newspaper clipping.
- Date
- [193-?] and 2005
- Fonds No.
- I0013
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Alex Fonberg (b. December 24, 1895- d. May 19,1976) arrived in Ottawa from near Odessa, Belarus in 1905. He was sponsored by Oscar and or Leon Petigorsky. Alex Fonberg married Ida Dworkin in Ottawa on March 12, 1917. He worked as a house painter before entering the grocery business opening his first shop on Booth Street. Seeking a better location, he bought 816 Somerset for $4,100 in March, 1929. The store was open from 9 in the morning until 9 in the evening and only hired help during the Jewish holidays. The family lived above the store with the whole family assisting in the shop's operation. Alex suffered a heart condition which prompted his retirement in 1951. At this time he sold the Somerset building for $13,000 and moved to the west end. He died of a heart attack in 1976. Alex and Ida had four children; Lora, Dina (who died as an infant), Ralph and Sylvia. When the family lived in Centretown they attended B’nai Jacob congregation, and when they moved to the west end, they attended Agudath Israel congregation.
- Notes
- 1. Photograph from a negative donated to the Ottawa Jewish Archives by Liz Kronick in 2005. 2. Information obtained from Storehouse of dreams in Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2005 and Liz Kronick’s family records. Alex Fonberg’s passport lists 1892 as a birth date. Birth date on the back of the Naturalization Certificate is illegible. Liz Kronick stated that his birth date was December 24, 1895. 3. Sylvia Fonberg (Rosenes) is Liz Kronick’s mother.
- Related Material
- See Kronick family folder in Images database for more photos.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Alice Postner Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75306
- Collection
- Alice Postner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.16m of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1339
- Date
- 1921-1967 [predominently 1950's]
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains the professional and working material of Alice Postner in her career as a music teacher and composer. It consists of texual records and music manuscripts used as teaching material; copies of her own compositions; biographical articles; correspondence; recital programmes and invit…
- Collection
- Alice Postner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.16m of textual material
- Scope and Content
- The fonds contains the professional and working material of Alice Postner in her career as a music teacher and composer. It consists of texual records and music manuscripts used as teaching material; copies of her own compositions; biographical articles; correspondence; recital programmes and invitations.
- Date
- 1921-1967 [predominently 1950's]
- Fonds No.
- 1339
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Alice Postner (Dec. 20 1905 - April 16 1967) was a Montreal pianist, composer and music teacher. Born in Montreal, she attended the Montreal Pianoforte School of Music, then MacDonald College to be trained as a teacher. While teaching, Mrs. Postner gave lessons in piano and music theory from her home. At age 35, she attended McGill for a Bachelor of Music, graduating in 1957 and went on to teach Conservatorium of Music at the University. In the late 1940's Mrs. Postner began composing her own choral music. In the 1950's her compositions were published. Alice Postner was married to Jacob Postner with whom she had a son and daughter.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- The Alice Posner Fonds was donated to the JPL-A by Harry Postner in 1991.
- Arrangement
- Material was weeded, rehoused and described in 2014. Textual material concerning various musical movements and composers was sampled.
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions may apply
- Accession No.
- 14-030
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Allan Karp fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101208
- Collection
- Allan Karp fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- textual record ; 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0015
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one reprinted photograph of Allan in his uniform and an article about Kapinsky brothers who served in WWII.
- Collection
- Allan Karp fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- textual record ; 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one reprinted photograph of Allan in his uniform and an article about Kapinsky brothers who served in WWII.
- Date
- ca. 1940
- Fonds No.
- I0015
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Allan Karp (b. 1922) was born in Ottawa, one of eight boys born to Max and Dora Karp. His parents fled Russia in 1902. Arriving at the Polish border, immigration officials changed the family name of Karpionack to Kapinsky. Max Kapinsky died prematurely so Allan and his brothers all started to work early in life. Allan attended York Street Public School and graduated from the Ottawa technical High School. He was also a member of the Maccabean Athletic Association. In 1940, he joined the air force ground crew just short of his 18th birthday. Allan was a track and field athlete in high school and continued to pursue in athletics with the Canadian air force track team participating in meets in England. While serving on the east coast of England, Germans planes came in under the clouds and machine gunned his station. A hangar roof collapsed on him and he was initially given up for dead. He survived this accident only to later be involved in an air sea rescue off the coast of Greenland where his Catalina flying boat crashed in the water and he was the only survivor. He married an English woman, Barbara Stephenson. They came to Ottawa for a few years and then returned to England and settled near Nottingham, where he first had a small shop business, and later turned to insurance.
- Notes
- 1. Information obtained from Allan Karp in a telephone conversation in the fall of 2007 for the Maccabean Athletic Association exhibit. 2. All Kapinsky boys, except Nap, changed their name to Karp as a simplification. Nap maintained the family Kapinsky name as he was heavily involved in the Ottawa Jewish community. 3. Nine sons were born to Max and Dora Kapinsky and one son died.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Alyce Baker fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101129
- Collection
- Alyce Baker fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 cook book
- Fonds No.
- I0016
- Date
- 1990
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the cook book "Always in Good Taste," a collection of recipes which were initially published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in the late 1980's.
- Collection
- Alyce Baker fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 cook book
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the cook book "Always in Good Taste," a collection of recipes which were initially published in the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin in the late 1980's.
- Date
- 1990
- Fonds No.
- I0016
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Alyce (nee Geltman) Baker was born in 1951 in Montreal, daughter of Frances and Mischa Geltman. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Sir George Williams and an Ontario teacher's certificate specializing in French language instruction from Ottawa Teacher’s College. Alyce married Allan Baker in 1973 and they have two children Michael and Lauren. Alyce first worked in education with the Ottawa Board of Education, then for Jack Edelson Catering between 1988-1990, and then worked with the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa for 13 years. She then returned to catering; first working for Creative Kosher Catering from 2003 to 2008 then for a company named Party Chic. Alyce devoted much of her time to volunteering with Jewish organizations including the National Council of Jewish Women, Women’s Campaign of United Jewish Appeal, State of Israel Bonds, the Jewish National Fund and Hadassah-Wizo. She also participated in the organization of special events including Israel’s 50th anniversary, Beth Shalom’s 50th anniversary, the walkathon and Yom HaShoah. Alyce is an excellent cook. She recalls that she learned the love of food and entertaining from her mother who was an accomplished cook and hostess. She felt it was natural that she would gravitate to catering.
- Notes
- Source of Alyce Baker's recollections are an email dated July 28, 2008.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
AMBER, Phyllis
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90031
- Collection
- AMBER, Phyllis
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- P0258
- Date
- 1970-1985.
- Scope and Content
- Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person f…
- Collection
- AMBER, Phyllis
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.08 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Two files of planning studies done by Phyllis Amber in 1984-1985 while working as a consultant for the Mount Sinai Hospital Center before their move to Montreal. One file about work as Interim Director of the Women's Division of AJCS in the late 1970s. One file about work done as the staff person for the Fait français committee of AJCS from 1970 to 1982. Includes news clippings about the committee and about ethnic leadership in Quebec as of 1982. The committee documents include minutes, programs, reports on programs, evaluation questionnaires, and other papers. Added a week later: 5 more files of studies done for the Mount Sinai Hospital, and one file about Rencontre '71 (cultural programming in French associated with the Fait Francais committee). Also Phyllis Amber's thesis written with Irene Lipper for their MSW (Master's of Social Work) from McGill Unviersity, titled "Towards an Understanding of Moroccan Jewish Family Life. (1968).
- Date
- 1970-1985.
- Fonds No.
- P0258
- History / Biographical
- A native of Montreal, Phyllis Amber obtained her B.A. from Sir George Williams University in 1966 and her Masters of Social Work (MSW) from McGill University in 1968, specializing in Community Organization and Planning. She worked as a Planning Associate for Allied Jewish Community Services (now Federation CJA) from 1968-1982, where the Planning Department studied and researched changing needs, lacks and gaps in the community to determine where services should be developed and funded. In this position she staffed various lay committees and commissions according to priorities established by the Planning Committee, among them the Fait français committee, which was created in response to the rise in Quebec nationalism starting from the Quiet Revolution of 1968 and continuing through the election of the Parti québéois in 1976. After leaving AJCS, she served as Planning Consultant to the Mount Sinai Hospital Center through the 1980s, where she developed position papers and proposals for planned new missions and programs related to the move from the Laurentians to Montreal. Phyllis Amber died on February 12, 2023
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated on Dec. 16 and 22, 2015 by Phyllis Amber.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P15/29.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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