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CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44053
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds No.
SH-01
Date
[1700-2002].
Scope and Content
The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archiva…
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
Description Level
Fonds
Scope and Content
The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archival holdings are comprised of an extensive collection of photographic and textual records, including a photographic collection documenting Jewish life in Canada and Europe, and textual records of institutional and personal provenance, comprised of correspondence, synagogue bulletins and other papers, official acts, and birth and wedding certificates. The Archives houses video and audio interviews with congregation members and staff as well as recordings of public lectures. The Shaar Hashomayim Archives also houses minute books, birth, marriage, and death registers of Montreal Jewry from 1857. Researchers wishing to learn more details about the minutes and registers portions of the collection must contact the synagogue directly. The Library holdings include a Judaic rare book collection. The Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives holdings are thematically divided into four categories of information: Archives, Decorative arts, Fine Arts, and Human History. The Archives division includes Prints and drawings, Manuscripts, Films and videos, Photographs, Sound recordings, Textual records, as well as Artifacts pertaining to Canadian Jewish life. The Decorative Arts collection includes Moroccan and Ethiopian Jewish folk art, American Jewish folk art, European Jewish folk art, ceramics, porcelain, pottery, glass, metalwork, silverwork, goldwork, textiles, and tapestries. The Fine Arts collection includes oil paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestry, sculpture, watercolor, lithographs, diverse collections of Jewish artists covering a range of subjects, i.e. Holocaust, portraiture, Biblical renditions etc. The Human History collection is related to Jewish communal and religious life in Canada and includes archaeological objects, ceremonial objects, costumes and accessories, currency, furniture and furnishings, household objects and domestic technology, film, photographs, video, manuscripts, medals, memorabilia, religious and liturgical objects.
Date
[1700-2002].
Fonds No.
SH-01
History / Biographical
The Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which is the second oldest synagogue in Canada as well as the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue, was founded in Montreal in 1846 by English, German and Polish Jews. Having been members of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, they decided that they wanted to be able to attend Ashkenazi services. Thus, the congregation began its life in a rented room on St. James Street, and after several moves, it obtained land at Kensington Avenue and Côte St. Antoine in Westmount in 1920. This new synagogue was completed in 1922, and the congregation has worshipped at this location ever since. Throughout its early history, the congregation continued to have ties with the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, but in 1918 the name Congregation Shaar Hashomayim was incorporated and it in turn separated from the former. After the Second World War a school was added to the congregation and because so many families had joined the synagogue it was further expanded in 1967. Though Orthodox by charter, the congregation is Conservative.Additional historical information about the Congregation can be seen in the attached PDF document (5179K.)
Notes
General note:The items shown on this website were digitized in 2001 for the Canadian Jewish Virtual Museum and Archives project (CJVMA) funded by CHIN (The Canadian Heritage Information Network). They were previously displayed on a website located at www.cjvma.org. All the displayed items from this collection are copyright the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
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MONTREAL HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTRE

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45523
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds No.
MHMC-01
Date
[1700-2008].
Scope and Content
The MHMC acquires and preserves artefacts, documents and testimonies of Holocaust witnesses for study, reference, and presentation to the public, together with information about them. The Museum collection holds more than 9,700 items consisting of over 4,800 textual records (including 2,000 items o…
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Fonds
Scope and Content
The MHMC acquires and preserves artefacts, documents and testimonies of Holocaust witnesses for study, reference, and presentation to the public, together with information about them. The Museum collection holds more than 9,700 items consisting of over 4,800 textual records (including 2,000 items of correspondence), 3,400 graphic material items (including 3,000 photographs) and 1,500 objects related to the history of the Holocaust. Among the objects collected are personal objects, household items, ceremonial artefacts, currency and artworks created before and during the Second World War. The majority of these objects is directly linked to personal stories and therefore has a unique value. The items in collection originate from over 60 different countries and are written in 30 different languages. The collection also comprises over 3,000 hours of video interviews representing the life stories of 500 Holocaust survivors interviewed by the MHMC. Materials in the MHMC Collection illustrate and document the prewar life of communities that were persecuted by the Nazi party (National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP) regime; the crimes of the NSDAP regime and its collaborators; the world's response to the NSDAP regime and its occupation of Europe and the experience of Holocaust victims including resistance, rescue, and life in hiding. The Collection also holds items recording the experience of Holocaust survivors after Liberation, such as the postwar resettlement experience (Displaced Persons' camp), the re-emergence of Jewish life after the war and immigration of Holocaust survivors to Canada directly after the war and the pursuit of justice through war crimes trials.
Date
[1700-2008].
Fonds No.
MHMC-01
History / Biographical
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre was founded in 1979 by a group of Holocaust survivors and other members of the Montreal Jewish community. The first objects, documents and photographs which were to form the basis of the collection were donated by Holocaust survivors living in Montreal. The MHMC museum was opened in 1979 to the public in the Federation CJA building on Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road and soon reached schools and other groups with temporary exhibitions and survivor testimony. In 1991, the Centre was incorporated under federal jurisdiction. In 2001, the Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications recognized the Centre as a museum institution. In June 2003, following a period of renovations and extension, the new permanent exhibition of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum was inaugurated by Canada's Prime Minister and the Premier of Quebec. The MHMC Museum is open to the public year-round and presents over 380 artefacts in its permanent exhibition. The Museum now reaches over 15,500 visitors each year, as well as many thousands other participants through educational events and pedagogical tools. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, while sensitizing the public to the universal perils of antisemitism, racism, hate and indifference. Through its Museum, its commemorative programs and educational initiatives, the Centre promotes respect for diversity and the sanctity of human life.
Notes
General note :The Collection is documented according to the Info-Muse Network documentation system based on standards proposed by the Canadian Heritage Information Network.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
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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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SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59
Collection
SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.41 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs. - 5 artefacts.
Fonds No.
I0057
Date
1770-1990.
Scope and Content
Proposals and by-laws (1778, 1826, 1838, 1844-1845, 1847, 1855, 1857, 1886, 1890, 1921). Legal documents (1887, 1916). Act of the synagogue (1890). Amalgamation documents (1874). Minutes (1770-1880, 1798, 1832, 1834, 1838-1839, 1846-1965, 1871-1904, 1908, 1922-1933, 1947, 1960). Reports (1911, 1922…
Collection
SHEARITH ISRAEL SPANISH and PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.41 metres of textual records. - 7 photographs. - 5 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Proposals and by-laws (1778, 1826, 1838, 1844-1845, 1847, 1855, 1857, 1886, 1890, 1921). Legal documents (1887, 1916). Act of the synagogue (1890). Amalgamation documents (1874). Minutes (1770-1880, 1798, 1832, 1834, 1838-1839, 1846-1965, 1871-1904, 1908, 1922-1933, 1947, 1960). Reports (1911, 1922, 1930). Financial documents (1836-1839, 1841, 1871, 1891, 1902, 1913-1916, 1920-1922, 1930, 1942-1943, 1945-1946). Cemetery documents (1855-1859, 1864-1865, 1871, 1900-1903, 1906, 1908-1909, 1913-1915, 1921-1922, 1941). Synagogue fees (1925). Seat prices (1920). Memberships, seats, subscriptions and seating plans (1835, 1837- 1838, 1840-1841, 1844-1845, 1847, 1850, 1855, 1873, 1876, 1888, 1894-1914, 1921-1922, 1941). Correspondence (1829, 1832-1833, 1835, 1838, 1840-1841, 1844-1847, 1851-1855, 1861, 1864, 1871-1874, 1876, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1887-1888, 1905, 1907-1908, 1912-1914, 1920, 1922, 1933, 1935-1936, 1943, 1946, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1972). Registers (births, etc., 1841- 1862). Quebec Legislative Council Journal (1826, 1831). Provincial Parliament Journal (1828- 1829, 1831, 1845). Legislative Assembly Debates (1846). Bulletins (1940-1946, 1951, 1957-1959). Bevis Marks Spanish and Portuguese bulletin (London, 1920). Rabbi Frank speech (1945). Duties of Shamash (1902) and caretaker (1905). Speech, services, dedication and anniversary booklets (1916, 1918-1919, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1945-1947, 1953, 1959-1960, 1963, 1970). Press releases (1922, 1927 y/e). 1838 census. Rabbinical ruling (1854). Hebrew philanthropic documents (1920-1922). Stanley Street blue print (1940) and sketch (1956). Canadian Jewish Congress school statistics and memos (1948). Student paper on synagogue (1982). Jewish Yearbook entries (1936, 1946, 1954, 1964). Chapters/articles on synagogue (1839, 1850-1851, 1903, 1925 (Sack, y), 1927, 1936, 1940, 1969, 1971, 1975). Jewish community facts (1953). Invitations, tickets, donation cards, flyers, campaign and meeting information. Synagogue stationery. Blank contract. Photocopies of pictures. Clippings (1853-1990 with gaps)
Date
1770-1990.
Fonds No.
I0057
History / Biographical
The Shearith Israel Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue was founded in 1768 in Montreal by, among others, Simon Levy and Aaron Hart. Prominent members have included the families Joseph, Hays, David, Solomon and Wolff. As many of the original members (from England, Germany, and the American colonies) were descended from Spanish and Portuguese Jews, the Orthodox synagogue followed the Sepharadi customs. It was modelled on similar synagogues in London and New York. At first, a building was rented, and then a new one erected on Notre Dame in 1778. After several moves and buildings, the edifice at the present location on Lemieux Street was constructed in 1947. The famed Reverend Abraham de Sola and his son Meldola de Sola were rabbis of the synagogue in the 1800s. Members of the congregation founded the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society of Montreal (later the Baron de Hirsch Institute) in the 1850s. The synagogue has a cemetery and a school and was the recipient of the first two Torah scrolls ever sent to Canada. Some of its Torah cases are over 200 years old as well. The Shearith Israel is the oldest congregation in Canada.
Notes
English, Yiddish and Hebrew.Includes 5 coins from 1899-1900.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn299
Collection
EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
8 microfilms. - Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0198
Date
1770S copies-1985.
Scope and Content
Files of Evelyn Miller papers catalogued and deaccessioned by McGill University Archives including copies of Shearith Israel early minutes, Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue documents, Canadian Jewish Historical Society documents, copies of de Sola family microfilms. A. de Sola finding aid.
Collection
EVELYN MILLER AND A. DE SOLA PAPERS.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
8 microfilms. - Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Files of Evelyn Miller papers catalogued and deaccessioned by McGill University Archives including copies of Shearith Israel early minutes, Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue documents, Canadian Jewish Historical Society documents, copies of de Sola family microfilms. A. de Sola finding aid.
Date
1770S copies-1985.
Fonds No.
P0198
History / Biographical
Evelyn Miller was a member of the CJC Archives committee and a founding member of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society. She devoted much effort to collecting information about early Montreal Jewish history and documented location of archives about it. Abraham de Sola was an important figure in Victorian Montreal, from the mid 1800s until his death. He taught at McGill in addition to being spiritual leader of the Shearith Israel and prolific author on religious Jewish subjects.
Custodial History
This collection was donated by McGill University Archives and the estate of Evelyn Miller on February 1st, 2005.
Notes
P05/03, ZB.Abraham de Sola material is valuable and much requested by researchers here. This fills out our holdings, as does the synagogue material. Cross references with McGill Collections and our synagogue holdings.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45892
Collection
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 14 metres of textual records. - 149 sound elements. - Env. 440 photographs. - 1 video. - 1 film. - 2 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - Env. 3 artefacts.
Fonds No.
SP-01
Date
1791-2008.
Scope and Content
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives contains the following catalogued series of documents: Architectural Plans for the Lemieux Street building (dating from 1940 and onwards), Synagogue Bulletins and other serial publications of the synagogue (1931-2008), legal documents and membership app…
Collection
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 14 metres of textual records. - 149 sound elements. - Env. 440 photographs. - 1 video. - 1 film. - 2 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - Env. 3 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives contains the following catalogued series of documents: Architectural Plans for the Lemieux Street building (dating from 1940 and onwards), Synagogue Bulletins and other serial publications of the synagogue (1931-2008), legal documents and membership application files (mostly restricted, due to their personal name information), liturgical music scores, Sisterhood papers, general Synagogue subject files (mostly pre-1995), photographs and audiovisual materials, and an inventoried cabinet housing life cycle record books (1919-1994), minute books (1832-1970), and other bound record books. The collection also includes an unprocessed series consisting of four boxes of recent minutes (for various boards and committees, on paper and on audiocassette) and three boxes of Synagogue Administration documents. These recent, unprocessed documents almost all date from post 1995. The Synagogue Archives also houses several dozen framed photographs and framed documents. Furthermore, many of the congregation's older Jewish ceremonial objects, as well as other historic artifacts and antique books, are considered by the Synagogue to be part of the Archives' collection, although they are not housed in the Archives space. Although not described in the present catalogue, the majority of these items were described in a previous catalogue prepared in 2009 by volunteers belonging to the Sisterhood.
Date
1791-2008.
Fonds No.
SP-01
History / Biographical
The Corporation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews is the oldest Jewish institution in Montreal, in Quebec and in Canada, tracing its history back to the first Jewish settlers who began to arrive in 1760. The few families met for prayer in private homes until the Congregation was formally established in 1768. The first Synagogue building was located in Old Montreal and was the first non-Catholic house of worship built in the city. In 1838 the Congregation moved to Chenneville Street and in 1890 to a beautiful edifice on Stanley Street. Although these building were not preserved, the Congregation has carried with it many of the principal furnishings and artifacts from the early edifices. It has been housed in its fourth premises, in the Snowdon-Cotes des Neiges area of Montreal, since 1947. The Spanish-Portuguese tradition follows the rites and customs of those Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal beginning in 1492 who sought refuge in European lands. Other Sephardi (Spanish or Iberian) Jews left for Mediterranean, mostly Moslem, lands, becoming known as the Sephardi Oriental Jews. During the past fifty years many hundreds of families from these latter communities have come to Montreal and have joined the Congregation, reconnecting with their kin from whom they had been separated 500 years ago. Until the early 1960s the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue was the only Sephardi congregation in Montreal and in Canada. The Congregation today serves over 700 families who come from almost every country in the world in which Jews have ever lived. Four parallel services must be held in order to accommodate the two thousand people who wish to pray on the High Holydays. It is a multicultural community reflecting Montreal life and Canadian pluralism. Although established mainly by English speaking Jews, it has now become a bilingual community due to the arrival of numerous French-speaking families from North Africa and the Middle East. Through its attention to the present and to the past, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue demonstrates its commitment to be not only an active Jewish congregation but also an historic monument to Canadian and Quebec and Jewish life. (Adapted from a history written by Rabbi Howard S. Joseph. The full text is online at http://www.thespanish.org/about-us/.)
Custodial History
In the 1970s, recognizing the historical significance of the Congregation, the Public Archives of Canada (now Library and Archives Canada) requested that all the early documents and minute books be donated there. This was done in 1977. The Congregation presented its first Torah Scroll to the National Archives as well. The Archives collection currently housed at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue therefore consists primarily of documents dating from 1930 and later.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
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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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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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Ometz Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77770
Collection
Ometz Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2.9 linear metres textual records
Fonds No.
1074
Date
1842-1998
Scope and Content
Currently, the Ometz Collection is made up of records from the Baron de Hirsch Institute/Jewish Family Services, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and Jewish Vocation Services. Records include correspondence, minutes and memoranda, annual reports, publications, and documentation of history. Three ma…
Collection
Ometz Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
2.9 linear metres textual records
Scope and Content
Currently, the Ometz Collection is made up of records from the Baron de Hirsch Institute/Jewish Family Services, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and Jewish Vocation Services. Records include correspondence, minutes and memoranda, annual reports, publications, and documentation of history. Three major series exist under each of the historical branches of Ometz: JVS/JEM, JIAS, and JFS. Under each series, further subseries organize specific records to each former agency.
Date
1842-1998
Fonds No.
1074
History / Biographical
Ometz, the Hebrew word for courage, was chosen in 2008 as the new name for the merged services of the former Jewish Family Services (JFS), Jewish Employment Montreal (JEM), and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS). Ometz reflects the wish for those who seek the support of Ometz's services, that they find the courage to move forward with life's challenges. Ometz offers a continuum of services for the entire family. Employees include clinical social workers, employment, school and immigration consellors, mental health professionals, occupations and speech therapists, and psychologists. Hundreds of volunters also make up the work of the agency. The history of Ometz stretches over 150 years when including the foundation of the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF THE BARON DE HIRSCH INSTITUTE In 1863, the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society (YMHBS) was formed by young unmarried men with the desire to help Jews in need. The Society also allowed the young Jewish men of Montreal to get to know each other better and care for their social welfare needs. By 1882, the Society could not cope financially with the influx of immigrants arriving from Russia, most who were destitute and had no other means of support. The YMHBS appealed to Baron Maurice de Hirsch and in 1891, the new Baron de Hirsch Institute opened and was dedicated to the purpose of a "Free School for the poor children of the Jewish faith and a home for sheltering distressed immigrants and orphans. In 1900, the Baron de Hirsch enlarged its sphere and, in recognition of their namesake's generous support, obtained a new charter of incorporation under the name Baron de Hirsch Institute and Hebrew Benevolent Society of Montreal. In 1917, because of the overlapping of charitable and philanthropic work in the community, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (today's Federation CJA) was founded and began operation out of the Baron de Hirsch Institute building. The Baron de Hirsch Insitute in turn became one of the agencies of the new organization; continuing its activities with the religious school, a library, cemetery management, family welfare, legal aid and the Hebrew Court of Arbitration. In 1974, Jewish Family Services Social Service Centre (JFSSSC) was created and incorporated almost all of the programes and human resources of the Baron de Hirsch Institute. Jewish Family Services encompassed these two organizations by providing joint structure for their complementing mandates. The JFSSSC was a publicly funded agency working alongside JFS, mainly responsible for youth protection, young offenders, adoption and foster care. JFSSSC closed in 1993 due to the cessation of public funding. As a result, JFS of the Baron de Hirsch Institute became a full-service, community-based organization. JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES In 1919, the Canadian Jewish Congress was organized and in anticipation of renewed Jewish immigration after the war, established Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS). JIAS' mandate was to lobby the government on behalf of potential Jewish immigration. It acted on a national scale to facilitate the legal entry of Jews to Canada and then to help them adapt and integrate into their new home. After the war, immigration greatly increased and JIAS had to respond to new needs. Thousands of Jews were received, settled and rehabilitated, many from Displaced Persons camps. A social service committee was formed in 1947 and professional social workers were hired for the first time. Joseph Kage joined JIAS as a social worker in 1947 and remained at JIAS until his retirement in 1983. Under his leadership, JIAS' name changed from "Society" to "Services. Under his role of National Executive Director and national Executive Vice-President, Kage became an authority on issues of Canadian immigration policy and was chair of the Canadian Governmental Advisory Board on Immigrant Adjustment. JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICES (JVS) / JEWISH EMPLOYMENT MONTREAL (JEM) JVS was created in 1945, immediately after the Second World War. Initially the mandate of JVS was to offer Holocaust survivors housing and jobs. JVS also offered employment support for returning war veterans, orphans, and displaced European Jews entering Canada. The 1950s saw a focus on young people looking for first-time employment or changing careers. JVS also began to offer career counselling during this period. In 1950, a sheltered workshop for people with physical or mental health issues was created and helped many Jewish emigres who were unable to find meaningful jobs. This became was is currently the JEM Workshop. JVS continued to adapt their services based on changing immigration demographics, economic realities, and social climates. After a structural change in 2003, JVS became Jewish Employment Montreal (JEM) and continues to offer programming with this name under Ometz. In 2008, Jewish Employment Montreal, Jewish Family Services of the Baron de Hirsch Institute, and Jewish Immigrant Aid Services merged to become Ometz.
Language
English
French
Acquisition Source
Collection was created from multiple sources, including materials pulled from the Jewish Canadiana Collection of the Jewish Public Library and the offices of the former agencies themselves.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn156
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0048
Date
1846-1882.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, sermons, translation, McGill exams, addresses. Published articles on religious matters. The Sanatory Institutions of the Hebrews, Part I, 1861, part of which appeared in Canadian Medical Journal, vol. 1 #12, Montreal, 1852.
Collection
DE SOLA, Alexander Abraham
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.16 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, sermons, translation, McGill exams, addresses. Published articles on religious matters. The Sanatory Institutions of the Hebrews, Part I, 1861, part of which appeared in Canadian Medical Journal, vol. 1 #12, Montreal, 1852.
Date
1846-1882.
Fonds No.
P0048
History / Biographical
Born in 1825, Alexander Abraham de Sola was the rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Montreal from 1847 until his death; appointed lecturer in Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature at McGill University in 1848 and raised to professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages five years later; first Jew to be awarded the honourary degrees LL.D. from McGill University in 1858; author of numerous articles on Jewish history, religion, natural history, science. He died in 1882.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: MC 13.Related groups of records: Books in Archives Library, Shearith Israel records.
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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Allan Raymond Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31559
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
16 linear metres of multiple media
Fonds No.
1034
Scope and Content
Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
Collection
Allan Raymond Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Physical Description
16 linear metres of multiple media
Scope and Content
Consists of numerous series and sub-series from individuals, families, organizations and businesses from within the Jewish community of Montreal. Includes various forms of records such as correspondence, photographs, artefacts and ledgers.
Fonds No.
1034
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Allan Raymond (1922- ) was born in Lithuania and came to Montreal in 1928. He is a researcher and lecturer of Canadian Jewish history and an avid collector of Canadian Judaica. Raymond also considered himself a romantic poet. He had a successful career as an insurance broker in Montreal and during World War II served overseas with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Amongst his varied community activities he served as public relations director of the Westmount Historical Association, Montreal Jewish Historical Society, St. James Literary Society, One Parent Families Association, Parents Without Partners Association, the YMHA Chaverim Group, Avant Garde Singles Group and S-Group. Mr. Raymond conducted research for the Montreal Gazette's "Great Montreal Walks" as well as for the television documentary "Six Decades." Many of his historical documents and photographs were exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Universite de Montreal, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Shaar Hashomayim Congregation and the Jewish Public Library. He has delivered a series of illustrated lectures dealing with Canadian Judaica at the former Saidye Bronfman Centre among other institutions. This collection was accumulated by Allan Raymond over a period of thirty-five years. Most of the collection held at the Jewish Public Library was donated in 1993 and again in 1999. Mr. Raymond continues in his collecting as well as donations of material to the Jewish Public Library Archives to this day.
Language
English
Yiddish
French
Hebrew
Custodial History
Received by the Jewish Public Library by Allan Raymond in 1993 and 1999.
Arrangement
Each series arranged individual to the specific family, person, institution, business or organization. Also includes materials arranged based on format such as "artefacts."
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply due to Privacy legislation.
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply due to Copyright legislation.
Finding Aid
Original finding aid available in JPL-A.
Subjects
Abramowitz, Herman
Abramowitz, Tess (nee Bokar)
Montreal (Quebec) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Montreal (Quebec) - Street scenes
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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SHAAR HASHOMAYIM SYNAGOGUE

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn56
Collection
SHAAR HASHOMAYIM SYNAGOGUE
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.62 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0054
Date
1854-1991.
Scope and Content
By-laws. Charter and alterations (1886, 1890, 1929). Legal documents (1865 copy). Cemetery land deed (1863). Legislative Assembly Journal (1854). Quebec statutes (1902). Bill 26 information (1933). Minutes (1964, 1966, 1974). Reports (1942, 1944, 1956-1975). Members subscription lists (1885). Finan…
Collection
SHAAR HASHOMAYIM SYNAGOGUE
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.62 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
By-laws. Charter and alterations (1886, 1890, 1929). Legal documents (1865 copy). Cemetery land deed (1863). Legislative Assembly Journal (1854). Quebec statutes (1902). Bill 26 information (1933). Minutes (1964, 1966, 1974). Reports (1942, 1944, 1956-1975). Members subscription lists (1885). Financial documents (1906, 1947, 1968). Letter from congregation to British philanthropists (pre-1917). Board members (1976). World War II Congregation Shaar Hashomayim soldiers. Correspondence (1887, 1906, 1935-1978). Program booklets (1890, 1936-1970). 100th anniversary booklet (1946). Dedication scrapbook (1922). Dedication booklets (1922, 1948, 1957, 1965, 1967). Bulletins (1931-1989). Special service booklets (1897, 1899, 1947). Publications (1934, 1946, 1970, 1972). Purim play and booklet. Graduation cantata (1956). Cantata, song sheet (1941). Historical notes (1941). Press releases. Allan Bronfman Lectures information (1964, 1970, 1973). Conference proceedings (1958). School statistics (1948). Bnot Mitzvah booklets (1971, 1985). Lecture/sermon texts (1944, 1946, 1964-1965). Lecture Series book (1987). "Jews of Canada" article (1926). "The Occident" articles. Jewish Social Studies magazine (1943). Course lists (1964,1967). Calendar (1961). Archival inventory (1950s-1960s). Exhibit information (1967). Synagogue activities (1906). Women's auxiliary activities (1934). Passover recipes. Book plate. Fundraising and invitation letters. Greeting cards. Benchers (1975). Flyers, invitations and tickets. Clippings (1883, 1899, 1908 copies, 1922-1991).
Date
1854-1991.
Fonds No.
I0054
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
This collection was accumulated piecemeal from diverse sources by the Canadian Jewish Congress Congress Charities Committee National Archives. It precedes the acquisition of the official records of the Congregation in 2012, under the donor name Congregation Shaar Hashomayim - Synagogue administrative records
Notes
General note: Half originals, half copies.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Joseph Edelberg Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93121
Collection
Joseph Edelberg Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.2 linear metres of textual material
Fonds No.
1365
Date
1854-1965
Scope and Content
Consists of legal papers used by Joseph Edelberg in business as well as personal correspondence and documents reflecting Mr. Edelberg's community involvement.
Collection
Joseph Edelberg Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.2 linear metres of textual material
Scope and Content
Consists of legal papers used by Joseph Edelberg in business as well as personal correspondence and documents reflecting Mr. Edelberg's community involvement.
Date
1854-1965
Fonds No.
1365
Storage Location
JPL
Language
English
French
Yiddish
Russian
Name Access
Edelberg, Joseph
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113336
Collection
Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.01 textual records.
Fonds No.
P0304
Date
1854-1867.
Scope and Content
Bound book containing an inventory of hardware items from 1854 followed by a handwritten journal with entries from January 1866 to June 3, 1867. On January 11, March 16 and March 28, 1866 there are mentions of 'Jews' Passover bread' and a 'Passover bakehouse', which the donor considers to be the fi…
Collection
Brown, Andrew = 19th century journal referencing Passover in Montreal
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.01 textual records.
Scope and Content
Bound book containing an inventory of hardware items from 1854 followed by a handwritten journal with entries from January 1866 to June 3, 1867. On January 11, March 16 and March 28, 1866 there are mentions of 'Jews' Passover bread' and a 'Passover bakehouse', which the donor considers to be the first such references in Montreal writings. In penciled notes at the beginning of the volume a more recent owner of the volume has written that Andrew Brown was a clerk at Mulholland and Baker, Hardware Merchants on 327 Lagauchetiere Street / 243 St. Paul Street, in Montreal, according to Mackay's Montreal directory of 1863-1864. There are a few additional penciled highlights and clarifications or comments within the volume. The last pages of the book include some lines recording 'Deaths in our family' and a verse from the anthem 'God Save the Queen'.
Date
1854-1867.
Fonds No.
P0304
History / Biographical
As indicated in the notes added to the book, Andrew Brown was a clerk at Mulholland and Baker, Hardware Merchants on 327 Lagauthetiere Street / 243 St. Paul Street, in Montreal, according to Mackay's Montreal directory of 1863-1864.
Custodial History
The book was donated to the Archives in November 2023 by historian Sheldon Godfrey.
Notes
Physical description: Fragile. Physical condition: Fair. Alpha-numeric designations: P23/21.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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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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Louis Rubenstein Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38825
Collection
Louis Rubenstein Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Fonds No.
1168
Date
1859-2002
Scope and Content
Consists of one large scrapbook of Rubenstein's achievements in figure skating as well as several folders of material dealing with the establishment of the Louis Rubenstein Memorial on Parc Avenue in Montreal, Quebec.
Collection
Louis Rubenstein Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
multiple media
Scope and Content
Consists of one large scrapbook of Rubenstein's achievements in figure skating as well as several folders of material dealing with the establishment of the Louis Rubenstein Memorial on Parc Avenue in Montreal, Quebec.
Date
1859-2002
Fonds No.
1168
Storage Location
JPL
History / Biographical
Louis Rubenstein (1861-1931) is one of Canada's most legendary sports figures. In 1890, he became the first World FancySkating Champion, at a competition held in Russia, and a Canadian sports hero. However, Mr. Rubenstein aptitude for sports extended far beyond skating. He was a venerable proponent of cycling, curling, bowling, and swimming. His love of sports led him to establish the International Skating Union of America and the Amateur Skating Association of Canada. He also organized other fields of amateur sports. He became a civic leader and philanthropist, devoting his energy to underprivileged youth.
Language
English
French
Russian
Norwegian
Subjects
Rubenstein, Louis, 1861-1931
Skating
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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FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn22
Collection
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
50 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0020
Date
1863-1988.
Scope and Content
The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
Collection
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
50 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
Date
1863-1988.
Fonds No.
I0020
History / Biographical
From a Yiddish fundraising pamphlet, circa 1934. In 1863, the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society (YMHBS), later the Baron de Hirsch Institute (BHI), was formed. It helped new immigrants, ran a school, and provided relief services to the Jewish community. Other such organizations and institutions, often in need of money, were also in existence, so in 1916 a single agency was formed to oversee all fundraising for these groups: the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. It later was renamed the Federation of Jewish Community Services (1951), then Allied Jewish Community Services (AJCS, 1965). In 1992 the name was changed to Federation CJA. Included within this social and community services agency are the Jewish Public Library, the YM-YWHA, Golden Age Association, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), and the Jewish General Hospital
Notes
MB 1.See Photo collection described on database in PCAT. One oversize box of scrapbooks stored with materials. Minutes and annual reports from National Archives of Canada collection and fragile materials from Series A are available on microfilm; reels ZE 22, ZE 23, and ZE 24.Various constituent agency records. See entries for Hebrew Old Peoples' and Sheltering Home, Maimonides Hospital, Hospital of Hope, Jewish General Hospital, Mount Sinai Sanatorium, YM-YWHA, Herzl (Dispensary/Health Services Centre/Family Practice), Montreal Hebrew Orphans' Home. See Also: Women's Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services, Industrial Removal Office.Approximately 15 m. of this collection is unprocessed. There is a finding aid and computer listings for the processed materials.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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NORMAN, Morris : Documents and photos of Montreal Jewish subjects.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn322
Collection
NORMAN, Morris : Documents and photos of Montreal Jewish subjects.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 6 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0222
Date
1864-1970.
Scope and Content
Photograph of 3rd Plenary Session of CJC in Montreal, May 30- June 1, 1936. Photograph of I. Roter Fruit Store, Montreal (x2), 1920s? Photograph of (McGill?) Medicine class of 1920. Crestohl, Leon D. The Jewish School Problem in the Province of Quebec. Montreal: Eagle Publishing Co. Ltd., 1926. Sel…
Collection
NORMAN, Morris : Documents and photos of Montreal Jewish subjects.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 6 photographs.
Scope and Content
Photograph of 3rd Plenary Session of CJC in Montreal, May 30- June 1, 1936. Photograph of I. Roter Fruit Store, Montreal (x2), 1920s? Photograph of (McGill?) Medicine class of 1920. Crestohl, Leon D. The Jewish School Problem in the Province of Quebec. Montreal: Eagle Publishing Co. Ltd., 1926. Selick, Abel, ed. History of B'nai B'rith in Eastern Canada. 1964. "The Jews in Europe," a broadcast by Watson Thomson, Director of Adult Education, University of Manitoba. Over the CBC, 1943. Memoranda submitted by the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Zionist Organizations of Canada to the Canadian delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organizations at San Francisco, 1945. Summary of Activities of the National Joint Public Relations Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the B'nai Brith, 1946? YMHA of Montreal department of music program for Miss Henrietta Schumann, 1936. Advice booklet in Yiddish written by Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg, Montreal. Advice given on bakers who work on Shabbos and on baby carriages. Tribute to Israel Rabinovitch on his 60th birthday, Jewish Public Library, Montreal, 1954. Levine Bros. Sporting Goods catalogue, Montreal, 1921-1922. Reprint page of "An Act to amend the Act of Lower Canada therein mentioned, extending certain privileges to persons of the Jewish persuasion, 9th June, 1846." The Jewish Post, April 3, 1947; Sept. 22, 1949. Framed certificate presented to Mr. Harold Cummings from the Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi Women's Organization of Canada, May 1976. "A Call to Action! To the Jewish People of the World" Materials of the second Soviet Jewish anti-fascist conference held in Moscow on May 24, 1942, published by the Jewish Council for Allied Victory, Winnipeg. "The Upsilon McGillah" Feb. 1921. Pioneer Loan Syndicate booklet belonging to H.M. Caiserman, ca. 1908. 1 folder of correspondence in Hebrew and English regarding Montreal camps Kindervelt and Unzer, 1934-1935. "Otherstand," Oct. 8, 1969; Jan. 21, 1970. "The Voice of the Vaad," Nov. 1972. Published on the golden jubilee of the Vaad Ha'ir of Montreal. Montreal Bakers' Union minute book in Hebrew, 1966-1971. 50th anniversary book of the Russian Polish Hebrew Sick Benefit Association of Montreal, 1957. Congregation Chevra Tehilim (Beth Midrash) book of weddings and births (handwritten with names of brides, grooms, dates, witnesses etc?), 1925-1927. "The Emanue-El Story: Over three quarters of a century of dedicated service," 1960.
Date
1864-1970.
Fonds No.
P0222
Custodial History
The Morris Norman collection documents and photos was de-accessioned from the Ontario Jewish Archives and donated to us on April 25, 2008.
Notes
P08/11.English, Hebrew and Yiddish.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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