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Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

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Collection
Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
sound recording
moving images
Physical Description
Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.
Fonds No.
CJC0001
Date
1765-present.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…
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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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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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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CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM - Synagogue administrative records

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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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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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WISEMAN, Leah bas Alchanan : Yiddish Poetry

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn297
Collection
WISEMAN, Leah bas Alchanan : Yiddish Poetry
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.09 metres of textual records. - 4 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0196
Date
1884-2017.
Scope and Content
McGill hardcover notebook filled with handwritten Yiddish poems and stories. Three-ring binder of looseleaf photocopies of poems with translations opposite for most of them; also table of contents. The unpublished poetry on mainly Jewish themes, in Yiddish, with translations. Themes are of a typica…
Collection
WISEMAN, Leah bas Alchanan : Yiddish Poetry
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 0.09 metres of textual records. - 4 photographs.
Scope and Content
McGill hardcover notebook filled with handwritten Yiddish poems and stories. Three-ring binder of looseleaf photocopies of poems with translations opposite for most of them; also table of contents. The unpublished poetry on mainly Jewish themes, in Yiddish, with translations. Themes are of a typical Jewish women of her time: World War II, poverty, the Holocaust, aging, Israel, her children. Also one portrait photograph of the poet (copy of 1920 original taken circa 1920). Added in August 2017: Six small groups of family history documents consisting of, in the donor's words: 1) Five laminated pages of notes covering family history, 2) Three original pages of notes, including on the first page, "mention of the fact that Greenblatt enjoyed Leah's singing voice, which my mother described as being clear as a bell, and having an enormous range"; 3) A 1965 Yiddish document of around 13 notebook pages that (inserted translator's note) include a lexicon of Hebrew words and their Yiddish equivalents as well as some Yiddish phrases, interspersed with a few of Leah Bas Alchanan's autobiographical reflections; 4) Two anecdotes and a poem about Leah, written by the donor's mother (Leah's daughter); 5) One additional photocopy of a 1940 poem by Leah, with translation - original not found. and 6) two documents, (inserted translator's note) one with the dates from 1869, 1875 and 1884, (mostly in Hebrew) and the other apparently recording births (in German) for Avrom (1905), Mordecai (1906) and Leah (1910). Added in December 2017: Additional family material about ancestors and descendants, 1910-2017, information about the Alexander family surname, family trees, various birth, marriage and death certificates, and three photographs including an old studio portrait from Budapest. A brief inventory is included with the latter group of documents.
Date
1884-2017.
Fonds No.
P0196
History / Biographical
Leah (Golub) Wiseman, was born in Chernigov, Ukraine, in 1889 or 1890. She came to Canada around 1907, at the age of 17, settling in Montreal. Married to Joseph Wiseman and a mother, she was active in various Jewish organizations, especially Talmud Torah. She had a very good singing voice. Her poems, written for herself and her family and signed Leah bas Alchanan, were likely never published. She died in Montreal at age 99, in December 1990. (Biography written by her son, Sidney White).
Custodial History
The collection was donated by her grandson Herb Alexander on August 28, 2003, with additions in August and December 2017.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P03/17, P17/12.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Chaim Kruger Family Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75329
Collection
Chaim Kruger Family Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.8 linear metres
Fonds No.
1435
Date
ca. 1890-1945
Scope and Content
Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Collection
Chaim Kruger Family Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.8 linear metres
Scope and Content
Consists of educational certificates and numerous portraits of Kruger family members from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Date
ca. 1890-1945
Fonds No.
1435
Storage Location
9-4E
History / Biographical
Chaim Kruger (1875-1933), was a Talmudic scholar and contributor to the Keneder Adler newspaper. Various members of the Kruger family were involved in music in Montreal in the first half of the century as well as being high school and university educated.
Language
English
Custodial History
Transferred to the JPL Archives by members of the Kruger family.
Accession No.
14-037
Subjects
Kruger, Chaim, 1875-1933
Kruger, Irving
Kruger, Joseph
Keneder Adler
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Hedy Edelstein Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93231
Collection
Hedy Edelstein Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Poor to good.
Fonds No.
1380
Date
1890-1963
Scope and Content
0.3m of textual records and graphic material, consisting of biographical material, photographs, a first issue of LIFE magazine, correspondence, and blank postcards.
Collection
Hedy Edelstein Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
Poor to good.
Scope and Content
0.3m of textual records and graphic material, consisting of biographical material, photographs, a first issue of LIFE magazine, correspondence, and blank postcards.
Date
1890-1963
Fonds No.
1380
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Edelstein Family
History / Biographical
EDELSTEIN, Hedy (née Wintrobe) 1944 - 2018. D. Friday, April 13, 2018. Born in Edmonton Alberta, Hedy earned her BA from Vassar College and settled in Montreal after graduation. In 1974 she married Hymie Edelstein and together they built their home in Saint-Sauveur, in the Laurentians. Hymie died in 1986. In the years that followed, Hedy pursued her musical interests, training as an organist and playing the organ for churches in Sainte-Anne-du-Lac and Saint-Sauveur/Morin Heights. At the same time, she became a skilled Torah reader for Montreal's Reconstructionist Synagogue. Buried at the Dorshei Emet Reconstructionist Congregation Section, Eternal Gardens Cemetery, Beaconsfield.
Language
English
Yiddish
Hebrew
Polish
Acquisition Source
Hedy Edelstein
Custodial History
Donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Hedy Edelstein.
Accession No.
17-003
Name Access
Edelstein (nee Wintrobe), Hedy.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Roston / Rostovsky, Jacob and family

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89999
Collection
Roston / Rostovsky, Jacob and Family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual records. - 9 photographs.
Fonds No.
P0274
Date
1895-2019.
Scope and Content
Photographs and documents pertaining to Jacob Rostovsky / Roston, sometimes known as John Roston. The collection includes original family photographs as well as a few digital copies of photographs. There are several original documents pertaining to the Roston shoe and leather goods store in downtow…
Collection
Roston / Rostovsky, Jacob and Family
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
0.01 metres of textual records. - 9 photographs.
Scope and Content
Photographs and documents pertaining to Jacob Rostovsky / Roston, sometimes known as John Roston. The collection includes original family photographs as well as a few digital copies of photographs. There are several original documents pertaining to the Roston shoe and leather goods store in downtown Montreal, notably an original letter from a prospector offering mining shares in return for supplies, and several mining share certificates dated 1909. The collection also includes original immigration-related documents. The photographs include a studio portrait of Jacob and his sister Dora circa 1895, photographs of Jacob alone and with his young son, and several of his wife Rebecca Roston. The immigration documents include a 1944 paper from the USA for Rebecca, as well as her Canadian passport and Naturalization certificate. Items received in digital format include an advertisement for the Roston leather goods business, views of the street where the store was located, and genealogical information taken from ship lists, census lists, an obituary, and a tombstone.
Date
1895-2019.
Fonds No.
P0274
History / Biographical
Jacob Rostovsky arrived in Montreal in 1891, changed his name to Roston a year later and became a Canadian citizen in 1894. In a business context he sometimes used the first name John rather than Jacob. Roston was initially a cobbler and soon owned a shoe, boot and leather goods store in Montreal on Saint Catherine Street at the corner of Bleury. Having arrived with no money, he eventually became a very wealthy man. Many prospectors purchased equipment from the Roston store before heading west in search of gold. The prospectors often paid Jacob with stock certificates that they had received from mining companies. In 1892 Jacob sponsored his sixteen-year-old sister Dora and brought her to Canada, where she lived with him in Montreal until 1897. At the age of 21 Dora married Caspar Caplan and moved to live with him in Ottawa where Caplan opened a dry goods shop which would become Caplan's Department Store. In 1899, Jacob Roston married Rebecca Tannenbaum, who was born in New York City, USA in 1875. In 1923 Jacob made some poor financial investments and committed suicide so his wife and 4 children could could claim his life insurance policy and be financially secure.
Custodial History
Donated by grandson John Roston on August 21 and 28, 2019
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
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Simon Sugarman fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101416
Collection
Simon Sugarman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0223
Date
ca. 1910 predominant
Scope and Content
4 family photographs.
Collection
Simon Sugarman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
4 family photographs.
Date
ca. 1910 predominant
Fonds No.
I0223
History / Biographical
Simon Sugarman was also known as Shlomo and Shloime Sugarman. He worked as a newsagent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, possibly out of Winnipeg. Simon married to Rose Sugarman (maiden name unknown) and they had two daughters, Fanny Sugarman and Rose Sugarman. Fanny Sugarman married Jack Salter in 1918 at Adath Jeshurun Synagogue on King Edward Avenue in Ottawa.
Notes
1. Photographs were donated by Muriel Sugarman. 2. Muriel Sugarman, d. December 2, 1994.
Related Material
Within the records of the Chevra Kadisha is a single page in Yiddish outlining information on reburials, dated June 26, 1956. The Chevra Kadisha exhumed a total of 11 people and reburied them within the Adath Jeshurun section of the Metcalfe Road Cemetery. Six are named, among them are Rosie Sugarman, 8 years 6 months.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Goldfield family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101182
Collection
Goldfield family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records, 3 photographs.
Fonds No.
I0079
Date
1899 - 1965
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of passports and immigration documents of Esther Dorsky and Archie Goldfield, photographs, including one of the Bank Street butcher shop, and one invoice of the Ottawa Kosher Catering Service, 1957. Also contained in the fonds is information from Lionel, Morley and Ben Goldfield.
Collection
Goldfield family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records, 3 photographs.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of passports and immigration documents of Esther Dorsky and Archie Goldfield, photographs, including one of the Bank Street butcher shop, and one invoice of the Ottawa Kosher Catering Service, 1957. Also contained in the fonds is information from Lionel, Morley and Ben Goldfield.
Date
1899 - 1965
Fonds No.
I0079
History / Biographical
Esther Dorsky (Dorskaya) immigrated from Russia in 1926. She was unmarried and probably came to Ottawa to join her cousin in the Evenchick family who had already settled in Ottawa. Archie Goldfield immigrated from Elizabetgrad, Kherson, Russia in 1899 with his parents Myer and Annie, his two brothers Ben and Charles, a sister Pearl, and his grandmother, also named Pearl Goldfield. Esther and Archie were married on April 1, 1928 by Rabbi Jacob Mirsky. Esther and Archie had no children. Initially, Archie opened a butcher shop with his father Myer and later went into business with his brother Charles. Esther similarly worked in her husband's shop. When the business was moved from Bank Street to the Byward market, Charles moved into the drover side of cattle while Archie continued the butcher shop and was active in the Jewish community. Charles’s sons, Morley Goldfield (m. Diane Aultschuler) and Jack Goldfield (d. October 9, 1991), worked in their uncle Archie's store on Saturdays and holidays in the 1940's. The Byward location, on Murray Street near Anglesea Square sold, among other products, hot dogs and smoked meats. They always had a stand at the annual Ottawa Exhibition. Charles’s wife Eva operated the Ottawa Kosher Catering Service until her sudden death in 1957. She was the only Jewish caterer in Ottawa for much of the time she was in business.
Acquisition Source
Morley Goldfield, through his aunt, Mrs Pearl Goldfield, 1997.
Notes
1. Ben Goldfield’s biography in the reference book, The Jew in Canada, 1926 2. Store located at 375 or 377 1/2 Murray Street. 1949 City of Ottawa Directory lists it at 377 1/2 Murray.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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LAURENTIAN JEWISH-OWNED RESORT PROJECT = ROSENTHALL, Ricci

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn96
Collection
LAURENTIAN JEWISH-OWNED RESORT PROJECT = ROSENTHALL, Ricci
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
16 photographs. - 1 textual record.
Fonds No.
I0094
Date
1900-1993.
Collection
LAURENTIAN JEWISH-OWNED RESORT PROJECT = ROSENTHALL, Ricci
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
16 photographs. - 1 textual record.
Date
1900-1993.
Fonds No.
I0094
History / Biographical
The CJC Archives Jewish summer resort collecting mission, undertaken in the early 1990s by Archives volunteer Ricci Rosenthal, contains an impressive number of rare and interesting Laurentian area photos, oral histories and memorabilia. Ricci owed her particular interest in this subject to her memories of happy times spent at the hotels, and the nostalgia she shared with many of her contemporaries, who would always say to her: "I wish there were still someplace to go."
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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E. Phillip Schachter.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48210
Collection
E. Phillip Schachter.
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 807 photographs. - 0.02 textual records. - 30 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0242
Date
1900-2006.
Scope and Content
The documents portion of the collection consists of a file of correspondence sent home from overseas by serviceman E. Phillip Schachter, in 1945, as well as his 2006 obituary, with a brief biography written by his son. There are four family photograph albums, respectively containing 310, 232, 56, a…
Collection
E. Phillip Schachter.
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Env. 807 photographs. - 0.02 textual records. - 30 artefacts.
Scope and Content
The documents portion of the collection consists of a file of correspondence sent home from overseas by serviceman E. Phillip Schachter, in 1945, as well as his 2006 obituary, with a brief biography written by his son. There are four family photograph albums, respectively containing 310, 232, 56, and 209 photographs, as well as a few clippings, ephemeral items, cards, notes, and lists. The album chronologically span the years 1900-1954, with the two earliest albums respectively documenting the families of Phillip Schachter's father and mother, Harry Aaron Schachter and Ada Ethel Haid, and the subsequent one covering the early years of Phillip Schachter's parents' life together. These earlier albums include pictures in uniform from the first World War. The last album includes images from Phillip Schachter's service in the World War II and his own marriage and family after the war. The locations of the subjects in the albums are primarily of Winnipeg and St. Andrews, Manitoba, the prairies of Saskatchewan (Readlyn Sask, about 1920), New York and California. The artifacts portion of the collection is comprised of a small wooden box holding pins, buttons and other small memorabilia (26 items), as well as a set of military dog-tags and 3 shoulder patch insignia badges
Date
1900-2006.
Fonds No.
P0242
History / Biographical
E. Phillip Schachter was born on September 22, 1922 in Winnipeg. After obtaining a commerce degree in 1943 he volunteered for the Canadian army, and was sent overseas in January 1945, eight months before the end of WWII. After the war he took over the family business. In 1947, Philip married Lee Nitikman and they had four children (Harry, Seema, Miral and Saul). In time, he opened a clothing store and started a mail-order business selling western wear across Canada. In 1965, he went back to school to become a lawyer. He loved his second career as a lawyer and highly-regarded Crown prosecutor in Manitoba. Philip Schachter passed away on October 21, 2006
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Harry Schachter, son of E. Phillip Schachter
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0242-Schachter-Londonletter1945

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ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98447
Collection
ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 26 photographs. - Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Fonds No.
P0283
Date
1900-1960s.
Scope and Content
Immigration documents, correspondence and life documents.1 Latvian passport, 1923. 27 black and white photos. 2 colour photos. 2 fragile certificates, 1991-1912. 2 fragile notebooks. 1 book Royal Threads by Judith Rosen and edited by Helen Iranyi, 2013.
Collection
ELIASOPH family : Riga Latvia and Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
object
Physical Description
Env. 26 photographs. - Env. 0.03 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
Scope and Content
Immigration documents, correspondence and life documents.1 Latvian passport, 1923. 27 black and white photos. 2 colour photos. 2 fragile certificates, 1991-1912. 2 fragile notebooks. 1 book Royal Threads by Judith Rosen and edited by Helen Iranyi, 2013.
Date
1900-1960s.
Fonds No.
P0283
History / Biographical
Moishe Eliasoph emigrated from Riga, Latvia in the 1910s and became a prominent Rabbi in Quebec City. His sister Sophie had a store in Bilderingshof, near Riga, along the coast in Latvia. After she became a widow, she immigrated to Canada in 1924. Their brother Leopold remained behind in Latvia where he died in WWII, along with his wife Glasha and their three sons David, Misha, and Boris. Sophie married Phillip David Rosengarten (in Riga) in 1896. He died in Riga in 1919. They were the parents of William, who was the grandfather of the donor of this collection.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Sean Rosengarten on February 24, 2020
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P20/04.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101150
Collection
Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 5 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0214
Date
1900-1959
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the ketubbahs of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin, April 9, 1900, and Frank Fried and Lillian Cohen - 1927 (1-1011); engagement agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin,1900; news clippings of marriage of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried; obituaries of Samuel Cohen, 1959 and his wife Id…
Collection
Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 5 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the ketubbahs of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin, April 9, 1900, and Frank Fried and Lillian Cohen - 1927 (1-1011); engagement agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin,1900; news clippings of marriage of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried; obituaries of Samuel Cohen, 1959 and his wife Ida,1957; Ottawa Hebrew Sunday School certificate of Phyllis Fried; Certificate from Jerusalem to Samuel Cohen, 1912
Date
1900-1959
Fonds No.
I0214
Storage Location
Individuals Boxes
Ketubah and Jerusalem Certificate in Oversized Mixed Box 7
History / Biographical
Samuel Cohen (b. 1874, Kovna, Lithuania - d. 1959, Ottawa) married Ida Berezin (b. 1876- d. 1957) in Russia ten immigrated to Ottawa ca. 1905 with their first daughter Lillian (b. April 12, 1904, Russia - d. July 16, 1979, Ottawa). They later had two more daughters, Doris and Rose, and two sons Arthur and Irving. Samuel Cohen founded the Ottawa Kosher Meat Market sometime between 1905 and 1910. His first shop was at 349 Cumberland Street, then in the Byward Market Square, and subsequently at 81A Clarence Street. He had several business partners over the years, including Joe Roodman, Max Uditsky, a Smolkin and Misha Zbar. Samuel’s daughters Rose, Doris, and Lillian did his bookkeeping. Samuel made weekly trips to local farms and his wife often accompany him. He would be up at four o’clock to drive to the farm suppliers and bring the cattle and chickens to the abattoir on Riverside Drive. He retired in 1948. Misha Zbar and his son, Benjamin continued the Kosher Meat Market business until Misha and his wife immigrated to Israel. Benjamin Zbar then became a partner of United Kosher Meat & Deli. Samuel performed the duties of mishgaich for Beth Shalom Synagogue when it first opened in 1956 - 1957. Samuel's daughter Lillian Cohen married Frank Fried in 1927. Frank Fried’s father owned a General Store in North Bay and had sent Frank to Ottawa to buy furs at Davidson’s where he met Lillian who was working as a bookkeeper. They lived in North Bay where their daughter Phyllis (Fried) Rackow was born. The General Store was lost in 1929 and the Fried's moved to Ottawa where Frank worked in security at Freiman’s Department store. In 1937 Frank moved to Toronto and worked in a wholesale vegetable business until his premature death in 1939. Lillian and Phyllis returned to Ottawa and lived with her grandparents, Samuel and Ida Cohen. Sons Arthur and Irving helped from time to time in the meat business but never worked there permanently. Arthur went into the furrier business and Irving became a salesman and later the manager of a men's wear store. Daughter Rose went to Lisgar Collegiate and followed in her sister's footsteps working as a bookkeeper for Davidsons Furs. Rose married Louis Abramowitz, and after his death she married Maxwell Kalman. Rose and Louis operated Harper’s Dress Shop at 101 Bank Street across from the Capital Theatre and then moved to Rideau Street.
Acquisition Source
Donated by Phyllis Rackow
Notes
1. The shops in the 100 block of Bank included (Jake) Dover's Mens Wear, Zena and Maurice Goldberg's furrier store. 2. Ketubah of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried is in Aramaic, and was translated by Miriam Paghis, December, 2001. 3. Marriage agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin translated by Cheryl Jaffee, August 28, 2002. 4. There was no competition among butchers because of the Kosher aspect of meat business. It was a hard but good living. 5. The Goldfields and Samuel Cohen were the first Jewish butchers. 6. Other Jewish furriers besides Davidson's (Mrs. Davidson was a daugther of Moses Bilsky) were the Caplans, Morris Goldberg at Chateau Furs, and Dave Futerel.
Related Material
Related material in Ottawa Vaad Hakashruth fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn109489
Collection
Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 5 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0214
Date
1900-1959
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the ketubbahs of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin, April 9, 1900, and Frank Fried and Lillian Cohen - 1927 (1-1011); engagement agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin,1900; news clippings of marriage of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried; prayer book from a 1948 wedding, obituaries of S…
Collection
Samuel Cohen - Frank Fried - Phyllis Rackow Family fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 file, 5 photographs : b&w
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the ketubbahs of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin, April 9, 1900, and Frank Fried and Lillian Cohen - 1927 (1-1011); engagement agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin,1900; news clippings of marriage of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried; prayer book from a 1948 wedding, obituaries of Samuel Cohen, 1959 and his wife Ida,1957; Ottawa Hebrew Sunday School certificate of Phyllis Fried; Certificate from Jerusalem to Samuel Cohen, 1912
Date
1900-1959
Fonds No.
I0214
Storage Location
Individuals Boxes
Ketubah and Jerusalem Certificate in Oversized Mixed Box 7
History / Biographical
Samuel Cohen (b. 1874, Kovna, Lithuania - d. 1959, Ottawa) married Ida Berezin (b. 1876- d. 1957) in Russia ten immigrated to Ottawa ca. 1905 with their first daughter Lillian (b. April 12, 1904, Russia - d. July 16, 1979, Ottawa). They later had two more daughters, Doris and Rose, and two sons Arthur and Irving. Samuel Cohen founded the Ottawa Kosher Meat Market sometime between 1905 and 1910. His first shop was at 349 Cumberland Street, then in the Byward Market Square, and subsequently at 81A Clarence Street. He had several business partners over the years, including Joe Roodman, Max Uditsky, a Smolkin and Misha Zbar. Samuel’s daughters Rose, Doris, and Lillian did his bookkeeping. Samuel made weekly trips to local farms and his wife often accompany him. He would be up at four o’clock to drive to the farm suppliers and bring the cattle and chickens to the abattoir on Riverside Drive. He retired in 1948. Misha Zbar and his son, Benjamin continued the Kosher Meat Market business until Misha and his wife immigrated to Israel. Benjamin Zbar then became a partner of United Kosher Meat & Deli. Samuel performed the duties of mishgaich for Beth Shalom Synagogue when it first opened in 1956 - 1957. Samuel's daughter Lillian Cohen married Frank Fried in 1927. Frank Fried’s father owned a General Store in North Bay and had sent Frank to Ottawa to buy furs at Davidson’s where he met Lillian who was working as a bookkeeper. They lived in North Bay where their daughter Phyllis (Fried) Rackow was born. The General Store was lost in 1929 and the Fried's moved to Ottawa where Frank worked in security at Freiman’s Department store. In 1937 Frank moved to Toronto and worked in a wholesale vegetable business until his premature death in 1939. Lillian and Phyllis returned to Ottawa and lived with her grandparents, Samuel and Ida Cohen. Sons Arthur and Irving helped from time to time in the meat business but never worked there permanently. Arthur went into the furrier business and Irving became a salesman and later the manager of a men's wear store. Daughter Rose went to Lisgar Collegiate and followed in her sister's footsteps working as a bookkeeper for Davidsons Furs. Rose married Louis Abramowitz, and after his death she married Maxwell Kalman. Rose and Louis operated Harper’s Dress Shop at 101 Bank Street across from the Capital Theatre and then moved to Rideau Street.
Acquisition Source
Donated by Phyllis Rackow
Notes
1. The shops in the 100 block of Bank included (Jake) Dover's Mens Wear, Zena and Maurice Goldberg's furrier store. 2. Ketubah of Lillian Cohen and Frank Fried is in Aramaic, and was translated by Miriam Paghis, December, 2001. 3. Marriage agreement of Samuel Cohen and Ida Berezin translated by Cheryl Jaffee, August 28, 2002. 4. There was no competition among butchers because of the Kosher aspect of meat business. It was a hard but good living. 5. The Goldfields and Samuel Cohen were the first Jewish butchers. 6. Other Jewish furriers besides Davidson's (Mrs. Davidson was a daugther of Moses Bilsky) were the Caplans, Morris Goldberg at Chateau Furs, and Dave Futerel.
Related Material
Related material in Ottawa Vaad Hakashruth fonds.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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J. Harry Edelberg Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31786
Collection
J. Harry Edelberg Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
6cm of textual records; 10 photographs
Fonds No.
1109
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of four files containing correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, books and other ephemera of J. Harry Edelberg. Box includes one loose page of family information, circa 199-?/200-?.
Collection
J. Harry Edelberg Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
6cm of textual records; 10 photographs
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of four files containing correspondence, photographs, pamphlets, books and other ephemera of J. Harry Edelberg. Box includes one loose page of family information, circa 199-?/200-?.
Fonds No.
1109
Storage Location
JPL
Physical Condition
Books and pamphlets in collection are printed on low-quality paper and are falling apart
Conservation
One photograph is rolled, two others are attached to cardboard. Other photographs and pamphlets placed in individual sleeves
Language
Yiddish
Russian
English
Name Access
Edelberg, J. Harry
Subjects
Edelberg, J. Harry
Military Personnel -- Canada.
Choirs
Shaar Hashomayim Congregation -- Montreal (Quebec).
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Graphic Materials Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn71339
Collection
Graphic Materials Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Fonds No.
1297
Date
1904-2010
Scope and Content
Consists of posters and other graphic materials such as fliers, broadsides and signs announcing or advertising various events, campaigns and programmes within the Jewish community, primarily of Jewish Montreal.
Collection
Graphic Materials Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Scope and Content
Consists of posters and other graphic materials such as fliers, broadsides and signs announcing or advertising various events, campaigns and programmes within the Jewish community, primarily of Jewish Montreal.
Date
1904-2010
Fonds No.
1297
Storage Location
O/S Drawers
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78472
Collection
POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
moving images
object
Physical Description
Env. 330 photographs. - Env. 0.15 metres of textual records. - 1 film. - 2 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0250
Date
1907- [ca. 2015].
Scope and Content
Family and business related documents pertaining to Maurice Pollack and his sons (especially his son Samuel), and pertaining to Samuel's wife Nettye's parents, Lazurus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette, Quebec. The non-oversized materials consist of: 1 souvenir book of Montefiore Club of Montreal, 1…
Collection
POLLACK, Maurice and family, Quebec City
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
graphic material
textual record
moving images
object
Physical Description
Env. 330 photographs. - Env. 0.15 metres of textual records. - 1 film. - 2 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Family and business related documents pertaining to Maurice Pollack and his sons (especially his son Samuel), and pertaining to Samuel's wife Nettye's parents, Lazurus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette, Quebec. The non-oversized materials consist of: 1 souvenir book of Montefiore Club of Montreal, 1980. News clippings and correspondence. Samuel Pollack's Canadian Army Officer's Record of Service, 1939-1943. Samuel Pollack's Canadian Army Cloth and Equipment Statement, 1943. Immigration documents of Maurice Pollack. Will of Maurice Pollack. 2 Hebrew University of Jerusalem scrapbooks, 1977. Marriage certificate of Maurice and Rivka Pollack, 1909. 1 small blue paper bag with the logo of the Pollack Store in Quebec City. 13 glass slides (black and white), of flyers for the stores. 114 colour slides (store, house, vacations). 196 print photographs (Steinberg Store, in Joliette, Steinberg family photographs from Joliette and Quebec City). Scissors and ribbon from opening of the escalator leading to the children's department (cutting was done by Stuart Pollack), March 13th, 1952. One 16 mm film, (1960). 2 USB drives of scrapbook documents and various photos, scanned for the donor, were copied and returned. Oversize items: One oversized scrapbook of approximately 25 pages with news clippings and invitations, and 3 photographs. 2 large framed photographic portraits of Rivka Pollack (one on her wedding day in 1909, one full length colourized later portrait). Mounted colour photograph (faded) with documentation, original illuminated document and two copies, re: meeting the Pope in Rome and receiving his benediction, December 1956. 2 large Jewish certificates (JNF and B'nai B'rith), 3 large certificates about Samuel Pollack (2 medical degrees and 1 military) and 4 small degree certificates (medical; for Samuel). 3 small mounted portrait photographs (black and white) of the Pollack brothers - two are military portraits.
Date
1907- [ca. 2015].
Fonds No.
P0250
History / Biographical
Maurice Pollack (January 28, 1885 - December 16, 1968) was a Canadian merchant and philanthropist. Born in Kanele, Kiev, in Ukraine, he arrived in Canada in 1902, and settled in Quebec City, where he opened a department store at the age of 20 years, in the Saint-Roch district of Québec City. M. Pollack Ltd. became one of the largest retail companies in the region and Maurice Pollack was one of Quebec's major philanthropists. In 1942 Quebec MP Louis St-Laurent asked Maurice Pollack to set up a factory to make uniforms for Quebec postal workers during wartime. All the profits from the making of these uniforms resulted in the Maurice Pollack Foundation. Maurice and Rivka (Tarantour) Pollack (born 1890) had three sons; the oldest was Samuel, born 1911, a doctor by profession, married to Nettye Steinberg, daughter of Lazarus and Sophie Steinberg of Joliette QC. Their children were Stuart and Lana; Second son Isadore (Ezekiel) was born in 1913 and became a lawyer. Charles, born 1919, first ran the store and later became a businessman in Philadelphia. They had one daughter Florence, born 1925, who married Sydney Pedvis.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Lana Harper, Maurice Pollack's granddaughter, via Pierre Anctil on May 11, 2015
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P15/07.General note: Notable Quebec City family. Includes information about the Steinberg family of Joliette, Quebec, who were also store-owners.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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