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Jewish Ceremonial and Religious Artifacts

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44230
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Art ; Ht:37.5 cm x W:9.3 cm : French
Fonds No.
SH-01; 511
Date
1724
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Art ; Ht:37.5 cm x W:9.3 cm : French
Other Title Information
Engraving
Date
1724
Fonds No.
SH-01
Item No.
511
Creator
Artist: Bernard Picart
Physical Condition
Very good
Notes
Probably image #10 from volume I, no. 4 in a collection by the artist. Studies of "lulav," "etrog," "shofar," "mezuzzah," "matzah," hanging Shabbat lamp, "tallit." Descriptions of objects in French in legend under images.
Places
Unknown
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
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Office de Sim'hat Torah (rite Portugais)

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Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Art ; Ht:16 cm x W:21.1 cm : French
Fonds No.
SH-01; 510
Date
1725
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Art ; Ht:16 cm x W:21.1 cm : French
Other Title Information
Engraving
Date
1725
Fonds No.
SH-01
Item No.
510
Creator
Artist: Bernard Picart
Physical Condition
Excellent
Notes
"Dessiné d'après nature et gravé par B. Picart - Office de Sim'hat Torah (rite Portugais)."
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

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

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90315
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 6,6 cm
Date
1789-1875
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 7,7 cm x W: 6,6 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1789-1875
Physical Condition
Good
Language
German
Notes
b&w photo of a photo. The picture of Frau Fanny Werner is inside an oval frame. This photo shows her within that original photo and its frame.
Accession No.
1990.104.06
Name Access
Gross, Theresa
Places
Kremsier, Czech Republic, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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PHOTOGRAPHS

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn543
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 300 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0220; E
Date
[1800-1998].
Scope and Content
This series comprises the diverse photographs from each of the above series. It includes Abraham Joseph family photos from the 1800s as well as some photos taken by Martin Wolff during his forestry work in Quebec prior to World War I.
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 300 photographs.
Scope and Content
This series comprises the diverse photographs from each of the above series. It includes Abraham Joseph family photos from the 1800s as well as some photos taken by Martin Wolff during his forestry work in Quebec prior to World War I.
Date
[1800-1998].
Fonds No.
P0220
Series No.
E
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Milton Shaffer fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111222
Collection
Milton Shaffer fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
textual material; 312 photograph : b&w & col.
Fonds No.
I0301
Date
1800 - 2011
Scope and Content
Box 1 File I: Family History Records The Family History series contains paper documents pertaining to the family history of Milton Shaffer. It consists of five hand-drawn family trees, letters, family timelines, genealogy records, a Bar Mitzvah invite for Milton Shaffer, and a family coat of arms.…
Collection
Milton Shaffer fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
textual material; 312 photograph : b&w & col.
Scope and Content
Box 1 File I: Family History Records The Family History series contains paper documents pertaining to the family history of Milton Shaffer. It consists of five hand-drawn family trees, letters, family timelines, genealogy records, a Bar Mitzvah invite for Milton Shaffer, and a family coat of arms. It was chosen to break the Family History Series down into 3 subseries which are: Family Trees & Timelines, Correspondence and Misc. Records. File II: 70th Anniversary The 70th Anniversary Series contains documents and photographs pertaining to the 70th wedding anniversary of Mr. Milton Shaffer and Mrs. Sarah (Fine) Shaffer. Series consists of one speech, 4 photographs, 2 negatives, a card from the Britannia Yacht Club and Three congratulatory letters from the governor general of Canada, the Prime Minister of Canada, and Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England. File III: Shaffer’s Ltd. The Shaffer’s Ltd. series contains documents and photographs pertaining to the store Shaffer’s Ltd. It consists of receipts, photographs, office expense reports, sales records, letters, telegrams, advertisements, anniversary acknowledgments, store closing letters, and board member lists. The series is broken down into three subseries: The store, Shaffer’s 50th Anniversary 1961, and Shaffer’s retailing. File 4: Housing Records The Housing Records series contains documents pertaining to two of Milton Shaffer’s properties. It consists of notes, letters, lawyer bills, land bills, land sale documents, neighbourhood watch notes, and a thank you card. The series is broken down into two subseries: Killeen Ave series, and Northwest One apartment series. File 5: Correspondence The Correspondence series contains letters to and from Milton Shaffer. It consists of letters from Brian Mulroney, Carl Baltare, Bob Rae, Mayor Bourque, Marlene Catterall, David Kimmel, Lynn Villeneuve, Ruth Wildgen, Marion Seymour, Joe Feller, Canadian Museum of Civilization, and the PC Party. File 6: Army service, Second World War The Army Service, Second World War series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s service during the Second World War. It consists of one Department of Labour certificate of Medical Exam (1944), a letter regarding failure to appear at a parade, photocopies of Milton Shaffer’s service records and a certificate of enrollment in the Volunteer Worker of Civil Defence (1943). File 7: Scouts The Scouts series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s time as a Scout leader in Ottawa. It consists of a Patrol leader’s pocket record for Ottawa 39th beavers, Milton Shaffer’s assistant scoutmaster card, letters, a Camp B’nai Brith reunion invitation and ticket, the history of Troop 39, Boy Scouts association application charters, and a Scouts shofar award. File 8: Wartime Prices and Trade Board The Wartime Prices and Trade Board series consists of 16 letters between 1944 and 1945 pertaining to Milton’s Correspondence with the WPTB regarding a company that was dealing in illegal trade. File 9: Joe Feller Store The Joe Feller Store series consists of sales memos, letters to staff, price sheets, and sales sheets. File 10: Simpson-Sears Ltd. The Simpson-Sears Ltd. series consists of records pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s time working for Simpson-Sears Ltd. It contains 1 Ottawa Sears catalogue, two retirement letters, a retirement bulletin, and a retirement card. File 11: Lisgar Collegiate Alumni Association The Lisgar Collegiate series contains documents pertaining to Milton Shaffer’s schooling. It consists of seven school examination reports (report cards) and a certificate of admission. File 12: Memorabilia/Emphemera The memorabilia series contains cards and certificates relating to Milton's life.It includes a Shaffer's Ltd. hanger, a stereoscope with slides of the store, an Expo 67 booklet, a photo album, and a medal. File 13: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem This series contains updates on all the students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who received scholarships from Abraham's Endowment fund.
Date
1800 - 2011
Fonds No.
I0301
Storage Location
C.3.2
Creator
Milton Shaffer
History / Biographical
Milton Shaffer was born October 8, 1916 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was the son of American-born Abraham Shaffer and Mary Baslaw (original family name was Boguslawsky), who was born in Poltava, Ukraine and immigrated to New York around 1890. He had two brothers, Irving and Harold, who were born in New York, and an older sister, Beatrice and a younger brother, Sheldon, both of whom were born in Ottawa. The Shaffers moved to Ottawa around 1911; Abraham’s parents, Samuel and Mary, nee Katz, were already established there. Abraham and Mary established The Ottawa Bargain Store at 147 Rideau. The family lived above the store until they moved into a home on Marlborough Avenue in Sandy Hill. They continued to operate Shaffer’s Ltd. at the Rideau Street location until 1966. Milton attended York Street School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute. He was active in the Boy Scouts movement and Camp B’nai Brith, and co-founded a chapter of AZA. He and Sarah Fine, younger daughter of Leon and Rachel Feller Fine, had been ‘sweethearts’ since childhood. They married on September 11, 1938 in Montreal. They had three daughters: Ingrid Shaffer Robinson Shapiro (born 1941); Marilyn Shaffer Kimmel (born 1943); Wendy Shaffer Green (born 1945). Milton joined the family business upon graduation from Lisgar and continued there until the business closed some 30 years later. During the Second World War, he volunteered with the Civil Defense Corp and was involved in efforts to control wartime profiteering. Milton was an enthusiastic person willing to share his ideas with anyone who would listen. He was active in the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society, the Lisgar Collegiate Alumni Association, and the Britannia Yacht Club, where he and Sarah sailed and had an active social life. Sarah died in Ottawa in 2012; Milton died in 2015, three months short of his 99th birthday. They were survived by their daughters, 6 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
Acquisition Source
David Kimmel
Access Restrictions
1 sealed manila envelope with restricted access until July 15, 2065.
Related Material
Shaffers Ltd. fonds B0021
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Berthold Werner, Cilli Ellinger Werner and Samuel Werner

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90312
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 7,5 cm
Date
1815-1916
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 7,5 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1815-1916
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
b&w reproduction outlined in green, portrait middle aged women and a man with white mustache, wearing dark clothes.
Accession No.
1990.104.03
Name Access
Gross, Theresa
Places
Kremsier, Czech Republic, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION

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

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44256
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.4 cm x W:6.4 cm
Fonds No.
SH-01; 548
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.4 cm x W:6.4 cm
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Fonds No.
SH-01
Item No.
548
Creator
Photographer: Carl and Alfred Jochner (probable)
Physical Condition
Very good
Notes
Portrait of man posing. Reverse, "Carl & Alfred Jochner, Augsburg."
Places
Augsburg, Germany, Germany
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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Portrait

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44257
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.4 cm x W:6.4 cm
Fonds No.
SH-01; 549
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.4 cm x W:6.4 cm
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Fonds No.
SH-01
Item No.
549
Creator
Photographer: A. Frölich - Nörolingen (probable)
Physical Condition
Very good
Notes
Portrait of a man; " A. Frölich - Nörolingen." Handwritten on back, "M's grandfather."
Places
Germany
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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Portrait

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44258
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.2 cm x W:6.6 cm
Fonds No.
SH-01; 550
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : b&w ; Ht:10.2 cm x W:6.6 cm
Date
[ca. 1850-1900]
Fonds No.
SH-01
Item No.
550
Creator
Photographer: P.S. Cramer (probable)
Physical Condition
Very good
Notes
Portrait of a woman; "P.S. Cramer - Nürnberg."
Places
Nuremberg, Germany , Germany
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
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ELKIN, Rosetta : Additions

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn546
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0220; H
Date
[1850 - copies] - [2003].
Scope and Content
This series includes an autobiography written by Rosetta Elkin in draft form, typed, of approximately 45 pages, with some accompanying original documents. The donor has an additional folder of original documents pertaining to this manuscript. There is a fragile scrapbook format binder and associate…
Collection
THE JOSEPH AND WOLFF FAMILY COLLECTION
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 photographs.
Scope and Content
This series includes an autobiography written by Rosetta Elkin in draft form, typed, of approximately 45 pages, with some accompanying original documents. The donor has an additional folder of original documents pertaining to this manuscript. There is a fragile scrapbook format binder and associated loose correspondence and clippings pertaining to the Israel Emergency Campaign of 1967-1968. Additional documents attest to Rosetta's leadership roles in Women's Federation campaigns, the Shaar Hashomayim synagogue sisterhood, and Canadian Jewish Congress, including thank you letters from prominent Jewish Canadians. 6 photographs of Rosetta Elkin and family members. Laser photoceopy of an old Joseph family document from the 1890s. Donated Dec. 2009: Draft chapters of the book by Annette Wolff about Abraham Joseph diary (see Series A) and portions of Abraham Joseph's diary, photocopied (these appear to be duplicates of pages in earlier donations, described in Series A.) Also 3 or 4 small books about Sephardic history as it pertains to the Joseph family
Date
[1850 - copies] - [2003].
Fonds No.
P0220
Series No.
H
History / Biographical
Rosetta Elkin was a community leader in many areas of the Montreal Jewish community. She has been involved in women's groups, synagogue groups, community fundraising, and language issues
Custodial History
This portion of the fonds was donated by Rosetta Elkin, via her son-in-law Stephen Lipper, on Dec. 9, 2009, and January 28, 2010. The accession code for both portions is P10/04
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P10/04.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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SPANIER family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn249
Collection
SPANIER family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.9 metres of textual records. - 292 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0143
Date
c.1851-2022.
Scope and Content
Photos and family documents pre- and post-Nazi regime. Information concerning founding of German-Jewish refugee congregation - Hartford, Connecticut. Letter signed in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt asking for funds for war orphans. Personal history of Spanier family written by Albert Spanier prior to hi…
Collection
SPANIER family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.9 metres of textual records. - 292 photographs.
Scope and Content
Photos and family documents pre- and post-Nazi regime. Information concerning founding of German-Jewish refugee congregation - Hartford, Connecticut. Letter signed in 1947 by Eleanor Roosevelt asking for funds for war orphans. Personal history of Spanier family written by Albert Spanier prior to his death in November of 1996. German-language newspaper published on May 12, 1939, in Paris listing Spanier members as non-citizens of Germany - "ausburgerrungsliste." Material on internment camps for German Jews in Canada 1941-1944 (Montreal Standard clipping), photocopies from Netherlands embassy about refused entry at port of Poole, also list of names from family prayer book. Addition 2004: 165 photos, colour and black and white, of Spanier family including Germany, including a housefront/ storefront boarded after Kristalnacht, also family in USA and Canada and Beverly Spanier teaching career and friends. Also 1 cm. Beverly career documents. Addition 2009: Macdonald College Faculty of Education McGill University Class of 1969 history booklet written by B. Spanier for the 40th Reunion. List of volunteer work of B. Spanier. Addition 2010: 80th birthday biographical tribute to Miriam Roland. Additions 2011-2022: McGill University Class of '67 Arts and Science 45th Reunion Booklet, compiled by and edited by B. Spanier. Obituary of B. Spanier's second cousin, John Winston Spanier. Newspaper clippings from 2013-2021 concerning the patient advocacy work and activities of B. Spanier, including during the COVID-19 pandemic and upon her receiving the D'Arcy-McGee National Assembly Citizenship Medal in 2021. B. Spanier autobiography 'Reflections on my Life' April 1, 2014 (91 pp. approx. 95 images; also includes digital copy). Material relating to B. Spanier's 69th and 70th birthdays. Booklets written by B. Spanier including 'Tears, Suffering and the Helping Hand' 2016 (20 pp. incl. 11 images of original art by B. Spanier) and 'A Patient's View of Covid-19 From Inside a Quebec Chronic-Care Facility' April 3, 2021, (22 pp, 8 images incl. of original art by B. Spanier). 75th birthday biographical tribute to Lloyd Brereton (2022) and 70th birthday biographical tribute to Panaiota Zaphiratos (2022).
Date
c.1851-2022.
Fonds No.
P0143
History / Biographical
Beverly Spanier was born in 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from McGill University in Honors Economics and Political Science in 1967. She was a high school teacher in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 to 1997, and was involved with religious programming at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. Beverly is a long-time patient-rights advocate and has been outspoken on behalf of patients in long-term and chronic care during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially at Maimonides Geriatric Centre. In 2021, she was honoured by MNA David Birnbaum for her activism and received the D'Arcy-McGee National Assembly Citizenship Medal. Family members highlighted in the collection are her brother, the late Allen Spanier, formerly a McGill professor of medicine, surgeon, researcher, and Director of Intensive Care Unit at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, and her late father Albert, formerly a businessman in textiles and a synagogue leader. Albert Spanier was born on January 4, 1914 in Enger, Germany and was one of four children born to Amalia and Adolph. Albert, Gertrude, Irwin and Werner were raised in Enger in the largest home in the town. In 1938 the family fled Nazi Germany to scatter abroad and eventually reunite in Hartford, Connecticut where they were all members of Tikvoh Chadoshah Synagogue. Albert Spanier died on November 17, 1995 while living in West Hartford Connecticut. Dr. Allen Spanier died on April 27th, 1999 in Montreal at the age of 52. Allen and Beverly's mother Sybil, the first wife of Albert, passed away in Cape Cod, Massachusetts in July 8th 2002.
Custodial History
Part of this collection was transferred from the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, at the request of the donor, Beverly Spanier. Several additions to the collection were made after the initial transfer in 1994.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P94/10 +adds. P98/03+adds. P14/05+adds. P15/17+adds. P16/08+adds.General note :Mostly originals, incl. photographs.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Quebec Parliament/Fire. Photo of print from the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Source: Archives Nationales du Québec

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16496
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
CJC0001; P; PC 01-01-040A
Date
1854
Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
File
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1854
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Series No.
P
File No.
PC 01-01-040A
Creator
Archives Nationales du Québec
Subjects
Quebec City
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Photograph showing a silver Yad (pointer). Legible date of donation on the Yad is 6th Sabbath 5616.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn46756
Collection
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Fonds No.
SP-01; G; SP-01-G-34-5; 2 (135)
Date
[ca. 1856]
Collection
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1856]
Fonds No.
SP-01
Series No.
G
File No.
SP-01-G-34-5
Item No.
2 (135)
Notes
Black and white. Detail re donation is etched on the Yad but not legible in the photo.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
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CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78466
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
10.65 metres of textual records. - Env. 7 photographs.
Fonds No.
I0106
Date
1858-2015.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the equivalent of 32 banker's boxes of textual records, although most of contents are oversize. Includes: Bound books of minutes, (1858-1990), Annual reports (1955-1990), membership and seating books (1918-1985?), cemetery books, rentals books, various committee and schoo…
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
10.65 metres of textual records. - Env. 7 photographs.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the equivalent of 32 banker's boxes of textual records, although most of contents are oversize. Includes: Bound books of minutes, (1858-1990), Annual reports (1955-1990), membership and seating books (1918-1985?), cemetery books, rentals books, various committee and school ledgers, other ledgers and financial records and synagogue Bulletins (bound and unbound.) In addition to the administrative documentation there is a wealth of nominative information about congregation members which could be of genealogical and sociological interest. There are numerous books and files of Minutes, including: Board of Trustees minutes 1955-1960; Board Minutes 1960-1995; Executive minutes, 1920, 1946-1951, 1969-1976, and 1979-2009; "ACM" 1974-1983; Woman's auxiliary youth minutes, 1952-1956; and Youth committee minutes 1952-1956.A large part of the fonds consists of Membership and Holiday Seating Plan books, dating from 1918-1980 (some of the years are written as Hebrew dates.) These books usually include names, addresses, seat numbers, their cost, and remarks. Some years contain separate sections, such as membership without seats, cemetary plot sales, school membership, and assembly hall seat membership bookings. Some books include loose papers containing information on bookings gains and losses, overcrowding, concessions granted, correspondence for seat renewals and requests. The Cemetery records include Plans (maps) of the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery plots in 2 long black books that record spaces allotted to individuals from 1902-1989. The Cemetery books duplicate much of the same content, but vary in handwritten notes and years covered; one finishes in the 1970s, the other in the 1990s. There is also a folder of cemetery titles (1910-1972). Five wide brown books contain cemetery plans for part of Shaar Hashoymayim Cemetery, dated January 15, 1954. Four of are nearly duplicates, with minor variations. The other varies more and features "S"s in the plots.There is also a ledger without its cover recording memorial observances by family members 1930s-1969?, which includes death dates and Hebrew names. There is documentation on Hall Rentals by the Men's Association, along with their minutes, some correspondence, event programs, other miscellany. and 7 photographs (1949-1955). Other Rental records in the collection list the event type, name of booker, number of guests, costs and remarks. Documents for rentals rates and holiday restrictions are also contained in these books (1966-1977 and 1986-1990).Also: Hebrew Sunday School records, including lists of students and teachers, class attendance reports, student discipline and daily weather reports, 1946-1957; and Hebrew Young Ladies Sewing Society, minutes of meetings, 1917-1927. Synagogue bulletins are present in a near complete series from 1928-2010, with the exception of vols. XI-XII for 1937-1939.There are various financial ledgers dating from 1911-1982, among them Cashbook 1911-1918; School ledger 1938-1946; Financial ledger 1950-1955.Added in June 2013: Printed legal documents for a name change for the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and the incorporation of the B'nai Jacob synagogue (both 1890), and the incorporation of the Temple Emanu-El (1883), old news clippings about the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and Jewish Montreal, original letters from Moses Montefiore in London, England, payment booklet for the Shomrim Laboker congregation printed in 1905 and used between 1908-1937, 3 original prints of Rabbi Abraham de Sola's booklet Behemoth Hatevoth (1853), and various ephemeral documents pertaining to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, including an invitation to the cornerstone laying of their Stanley Street building, two order of Service handouts, and a notice of a Masonic meeting. All the documents received in this group are in very fragile condition.
Date
1858-2015.
Fonds No.
I0106
History / Biographical
In 1846, members of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue and other Montreal Jews decided that they wanted Ashkenazi synagogue services. They therefore formed the Corporation of English, German and Polish Jews which was modelled on a British synagogue. The congregation rented space, then constructed its first building on St. Constant Street. In 1875, the congregation almost amalgamated with the Spanish and Portuguese to form one large synagogue in the west end of the city, but this was not successful. After several other moves, and the adoption of the name Shaar Hashomayim in 1917, land was purchased in 1920 in Westmount and the new building completed in 1922. A school was added after the Second World War, and the building was expanded in 1967. Though Orthodox by charter, the congregation is Conservative. It is the second oldest synagogue in Canada, and the oldest Ashkenazi one.
Custodial History
The initial donation was made in 2012 by the Administrative Director of the congregation, during a time of renovations to the vault where the papers and ledgers had been stored. In June 2013 five centimetres of old documents formerly from the Shaar Hashomayim Museum were donated by the volunteer in charge of the museum and archives collection. These items were de-accessioned from the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum at the discretion of the museum personnel because they refer to other synagogues.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P12/ 14, P13/11.Associated material: Shaar Hashomayim synagogue files accumulated in the CJC collection, series ZH.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Portrait, baby Claire Vineberg (nee Echenberg), Montreal

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn88109
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : 10.5 x 15.5 cm; b&w.
025659
Date
[1958-1918]
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : 10.5 x 15.5 cm; b&w.
Date
[1958-1918]
Item No.
025659
Storage Location
PC
Notes
Wife of Ross Vineberg
Subjects
Portraiture
Portrait
Children
Echenberg Family
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn268
Collection
DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.
Fonds No.
P0164
Date
1860?-1922.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriag…
Collection
DE SOLA, Clarence and Meldola
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records. - 6 other fixed images.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of: 6 daguerrotypes of Abraham and Mrs. Esther (Joseph) de Sola and Meldola, Clarence as children; diaries of Clarence de Sola 1873-1875, 1879, 1880, 1904, 1919 (microfilmed at NAC in the 1970s); a scrapbook with photos, clippings, hair of Mrs. de Sola; original birth and marriage documents, memorabilia including war medals of Mrs. Maude de Sola; file of correspondence 1870-1920, including 3 envelopes addressed to Rev. A. de Sola (1870-1873), a letter from "Mummy" in Cleveland (1901), a letter from Clarence to his aunts (1901), 3 letters from Clarence to his wife, (1914 and 1920, with envelopes), and one letter to son Rafael, 1914. The three letters dated August 1914 are written from Montreal and make reference to the outbreak of WWI.
Date
1860?-1922.
Fonds No.
P0164
History / Biographical
Born in Montreal on August 15, 1858, Clarence de Sola was the third son of the renowned Victorian rabbi Rev. Alexander Abraham de Sola of the Shearith Israel synagogue of Montreal. He married Belle Maud Goldsmith of Cleveland in 1901. He was a contractor and served in the consular service as well as a leader of the social and communal life of Canadian Jewry, a founder and long-time president of the Federation Societies of Canada; and the author of numerous articles on Jewish history. He died in May 1920. His father Abraham de Sola was the first Jewish professor to teach Hebrew at McGill University, was rabbi of the Shearith Israel, Montreal's oldest congregation from 1848 until his death. Meldola gained widespread recognition as the cantor at the Shearith Israel.
Custodial History
The documents are on permanent loan from Ms. Gillian Mosely, in May 1998 (The documents were placed on permanent loan in May, 1998). These items belonged to Lady Jessica Mellor, who had the diaries microfilmed for the National Archives of Canada. Gillian Mosely, her niece, took care of her and received these items upon her death.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P98/01.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0164ClarencedeSolaletterOutbreakWWI-Aug1914

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Moses Bilsky as a young man.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101779
Collection
Bilsky family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0037; OJA 1-167
Date
1860
Collection
Bilsky family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
1860
Fonds No.
I0037
Item No.
OJA 1-167
Storage Location
vault
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Samuel Werner with son, Dorothea Werner with daughter

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90310
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Date
1861
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 13,7 cm
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1861
Creator
Sonntag, Wilhelm
Physical Condition
Excellent
Language
German
Notes
This b&w photograph displays two images side by side: Left: Dorothea Werner with 2 year old daughter, Lina (Karoline). Right: Samuel Werner with 3 year old son. Edmund Werner.
Accession No.
1990.104.01
Name Access
Gross, Theresa
Places
Kremsier, Czech Republic, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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