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AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101174
- Collection
- AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondenc…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondence 2002 - 2003; Fundraising; Financial Reports 2001 - Grant Applications; OJF agreement; Position Paper on relationship with OCSCO; Position Paper on relationship with SJCC; Position Paper on relationship with OJF; Application for Charitable Status; Housing Project 2001-2004 (some files restricted); Program Guides 2000 - 2017; Verse Tribute to founders of AJA 50+; AJA 50+ Celebrating 10 years DVD (from gala May 2011); Logo; Transportation; Brochures and Flyers News Clippings; Newsletter 2000 - 2009; Box 3: Series: Creative Connections Creative Connections; Creative Connections Steering Committee 2002 - Creative Connections Programs 2002 - Creative Connections Financial - 2002 - (financial records restricted for 25 years from date of creation) Box 4: Series: Housing Project Housing Project 2005 (Overview); Minutes: Ad-Hoc Housing and Steering Committees: 2004 - 2005, 2006 - 2007; Reports: to AJA 50+ Housing report to AGM, May 31, 2004; City of Ottawa, July 2005; JFSA, September 15, 2005; Kehilla Housing Program, August 16, 2005; B'nai B'rith, Montreal, August 24, 2005; Federation/AJA 50+ Housing Committee, November 8, 2005 - March 2007; Drafts Preceding 2005 Housing report; Originals of Housing Report 2005 Final Copy; Correspondence: Emails July 2005 - March 3, 2007; Handwritten notes; AJA 50+ Survey Fall 2001; Projected Membership Levels 2011 and 2021; Housing Background: Studies and Documents; Ottawa Seniors: Demographics and Census; Ottawa Housing Partnership; Multi-Faith Housing Initiative 2006; City of Ottawa training Sessions on Affordable Housing, 2005, and Consultations, 2007; Ottawa Affordable Housing Unit, 2005; Background: Housing, City of Ottawa; Senior Services: Province of Ontario; Canadian Mortgages and Housing Corporation; News Clippings and Articles, 2005 - 2006; Notes on various Retirement Homes; Folders: Baycrest, Toronto; B'nai B'rith, Montreal; Circle of Care (Habayit Shelanu), Toronto; Hillel Lodge, Ottawa; Kehilla Housing Initiative, Toronto Series: Loose Photographs: AJA 50 + Creative Connections - There are almost twenty photographs of various Creative Connections events. [4-742] - Home of Miriam Leviton (?), June 24, 2003. AJA 50+ Aboriginal Experience - Fall, 2002 - [4-743] AJA 50+ Bird watching - June 22, 2003 - [4-744]. People are identified on verso of photographs AJA 50+ - Registration Day - SJCC - Adrienne Pakandel-Powell - September 3, 2002 - [4-745] AJA 50+ Current Events - Fall, 2004 - Individuals are named on the back of the photograph - [4-746]. AJA 50+ Airport Tour - June 27, 2004 - Front sitting: Sol Gunner. First Row: Estelle Gunner, Deanna Silverman, Irma Choen, Sylvia Bronsther. Second Row: Sonja Kosten, Flo Morgan, Dod Bronstein, Bunny Cogan, Ann Bernick. Back Row: Ron Kesten, Bev Feinstein, Allan Rackow (?), Ed Cohen, Sherwin Lyman, Phylllis Rackow, Estelle Melzer, Bert Bronsther, Paula Polisuk, Amnon Paher. Far Back: Saul Silverman, Joel Morgan, Ken Mozersky - [7-747]. AJA 50+ VIP Brunch - Fall 2002 - [4-748] AJA 50+ Herb Garder Tour - Old Almonte Road - August 20, 2002 - [4-749]. AJA 50+ Experimental Farm Tour - [4-750]. AJA 50+ Shavuot Cheesecake Bake-off - Adrienne Paknadel-Powell, Brenda Wolf, R. Leviton - [4-751] AJA 50+ Purim Party 2004 - A small stack of photos - Left to Right: Bess Rosenberg, Sylvia Bronsther, Lea Kalin, Pearl Greenberg - [4-752]. AJA 50+ - On Display - A large assortment of photos of arts and crafts display - [4-753] AJA 50+ Passover Seminar - Ruth Levinson, Sandy Bennett, Fran Ross - March 27, 2001 - [4-754] AJA 50+ Jews in Music - Front Row: Gordon Spergel, Ernie Brodo, Yvonne Mar, Jack Berman. Back Row: Sherwin Lyman, Roslyn Frankl, Shirley Winer, Al Winer, Ed Cohen, Irma Cohen, Sarah Klein, Ruth Karp, Arthur Max - May, 2004. AJA 50+ Who Want's to be a Billionaire? - Laurence Wall as MC - November 15, 2003 - [4-756] AJA 50+ Gatineau Preservation Centre tour - Diane Tannenbaum, Ruth Nadler, Sheela Morin, Si Morin (behind), Florence Antecol, Eleanor Bocian, Estelle Gunner, Anne Huss, Rhode Zaitlin, Bernie Zaitlin. AJA 50+ All That Jazz - Sol Gunner and Friends at the SJCC - August 11, 2005 - [4-758] AJA 50+ Golf Group - Front Row: Phyllis Rackow, Cecily Bergman, Lana Cviensky-Fodoor. Second Row: Etta Karp, Elaine Wolfish, Henry Bloom, Joan Bloom, Rhoda Blevis, Al Malomet, Lou Levy. Third Row: Audrey Levy, Harry Liner. Back Row: Ruth Karp, John Miller, Ros Raskin, Lee Raskin, unidentified, Diana Malomet, Bert Blevis - September, 2003 - [4-759] AJA 50+ Strawberry Social - Gloria Goldberg, Albert and Shirley Winer, Ann Bernite (?), June Davis (?) - June 2003 - [4-760] AJA 50+ Annual General Meetings - Various images - [4-762] AJA 50+ Registration Day - Japanese Tea Ceremony - [4-763] AJA 50+ Passover Cooking Demo - At Estelle Gunner's home. Sandy Bennett, Bev Grostein, Miriam Bloom Rabinovitch, Estelle Weiss - [4-764]. AJA 50+ Chanukkah Party - At Central Park Lodge. Sol Gunner on violin, Fuzzy Teitelbaum on mic - [4-765]. AJA 50+ United Jewish Appeal Walk-a-thon - Ken Kavanat, Rhoda Blevis, Bert Blevis, Ruth Levitan, Ron Levitan, Estelle Gunner, Ben Feinstein - [4-766]. A CD of digital images from various events from 2001 to 2009. The images are from events listed above - [4-767].
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Storage Location
- C.4.1
- History / Biographical
- AJA 50 + began in the year 2000 as an independent organization designed to enhance the quality of life for Ottawa's Jewish adults age fifty years or older. Objectives include creating an atmosphere which encourages a positive attitude towards aging; promoting independence and superior quality of life for Jewish adults; providing social, recreational, educational and health-related programming; advocating for services, and coordinating volunteers in the planning and rendering of programs. The organization is designed to be non-profit and members pay a small membership fee. The first chairperson was Ruth Levitan with an Executive Committee that included Bert Blevis, Cecily Bregman, Estelle Gunner and Teena Hendelman. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors elected from their membership. The 2015-2016 Board is made up of: President: Margo Rose Past President: Arnold Finkelstien 1st Vice-President: Sopgie Kohn Kaminsky 2nd Vice-President: Maurice Klein Finance Chair: Doug Kalman Treasurer: Steve Rauch Program Co-Chair: Michael Allen Program Co-Chair: Cynthia Powell Hospitality Chair: Sheila Senman Membership Chair: Dan Sigler Secretary: Dena Spevak Communications Chair: Fred Tabachnick Fundraising Chair: Richard Zuker The AJA 50+ has several working committees including: program, finance, volunteers, membership, and publicity.
- Custodial History
- Estelle Gunner, Ruth Levitan, Ozzie Silverman.
- Notes
- 1. Board and Executive minutes, financial records, draft by-laws donated by Estelle Gunner, February 28, 2005. 2. Other material donated by Ruth Levitan, November 2006. 3. Board and Executive minutes, 2003-2006, Program Guides, 2000-2008, Newsletters donated by Estelle Gunner, winter 2007. 4. Estelle re-organized files to integrate donation from immediate past - secretary in July 2009. 5. Ozzie Silverman donated Housing Study material found in Box 4 in September 2010. 6. Restrictions agreed upon by LD and Estelle Gunner February 2011. 7. DVD produced for 10th Anniversary Gala can be played on library computer. 8. In regards to the loose photographs of AJA activites, there are approximately 75 and only one photo from each event has been scanned as a representative.
- Access Restrictions
- Executive Minute files resctricted for 5 years from date of creation.
- Housing files are resctricted for 25 years.
- Financial records are restricted for 25 years.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
S.L. Nathanson Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17196
- Collection
- S.L. Nathanson Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1149
- Scope and Content
- Consists of copies of photographs of a trip to Palestine taken by the S.L. Nathanson family in 1913 as well as a short biography of the family by Merle Kastner.
- Collection
- S.L. Nathanson Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of copies of photographs of a trip to Palestine taken by the S.L. Nathanson family in 1913 as well as a short biography of the family by Merle Kastner.
- Parallel Title
- Photographs, Palestine, 1914
- Fonds No.
- 1149
- Storage Location
- 7-5C, SC1
- Creator
- Kastner, Merle
- Language
- English
- Acquisition Source
- Merle Kastner
- Subjects
- Nathanson, S.L.
- Palestine - Jews
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101337
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 23 photographs and other material.
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Date
- 1999 - 2007
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of documents related to the published book, "THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II." It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of new…
- Collection
- Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 23 photographs and other material.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of documents related to the published book, "THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II." It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of newspaper clipping (February 28, 2000); correspondence from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (May 9, 2000), Ambassador of Israel David Sultan (May 30, 2000), and Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare (July 28, 2000); 22 typed transcripts; the book THERE I WAS...A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II, 1 colour photograph, video cassette of the Ottawa Post of the JWVC’s first annual dinner, 1991 and one audio cassette of an interview on CBC between the Jewish War Veterans and Lawrence Wall. (November 10, 2000), and an agreement to give annual money to Hillel Ottawa (August 2022). Other material includes 13 colour photographs, 1 b&w photograph, 1 audio cassette, 2 VHS video cassette, 1 CD, 1 photograph album containing approximately 250 photographs (many are identified) dating from the 1990's. One photograph from this album has been scanned into photographic database. Fonds also contains a wreath from a commemoration for Dieppe at the National War Memorial (2007). Box 2 - Photographs 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Machzikei Hadas Synagogue Dinner, Ian Snipps, Mel Goldberg, Irwin Colter, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky – May 16, 2001; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Breakfast meeting with Speakers at Agudath Israel, Newspaper Clipping, Shimon Fogel, Phil Pinkus, - October 14, 2001; 3 b/w copies of photographs, Annual Dinner, Moe Kardish, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash – May 15, 2002; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, Arnold Greenberg, Sam Ages, Morris Konick, Saul Goldfarb, Rabbi Arnold Fine, Hillard Pionick, Norman Spegel - May 15, 2002; 25 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Arnie Greenberg, Sam Ages, Ruth Beck, Norman Beck, Keith Landry, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash, Moe Kardish, Barry Davis, Cy Torontow – May 15, 2002; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 1/3, Moe Cardash, Norman Beck, Albert Winer, Ferdinand Bylelzer, Syd Schechter, Bill Bloom, Cy Torontow, Bill Kahansky, Hy Stoller, Hy Hymes, Leon Leckie, Juair Monson – November 11, 2002; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 3/3, Norman Beck, Sheila Beck, Arnie Greenberg, David Molot, George Montain, Anne Molot, Maureen Monson, Jean Monson, Jeffrey Katz, Leon lecki, Al Shapiro, Sam Ages, Hy Stoller, Phil Pinkus, Gloria Goldberg, Norman Potchin – November 11, 2002; 1 Colour Photograph, OPJWVC – May 2003; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 1/2, Alex Polowin, Barry Cohen, Bert Bronsther, Hilliard Pivnick, Phil Pinkus – May 18 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 2/2, Moe Cardash, Abe Carlofsky – May 18, 2003; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Tribute Dinner at Agudath Israel, Chich Wolfe, Paul Bender, Abe Carlofsky, - May 29, 2003; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 2 b/w copies, Remembrance Day dinner and parade – November 9, 2003 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 1, 2003; 2 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 33 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Breakfast at Machzikei Hadas, Alex Baher, Abe Carlofsky, Rita Hornstein, Paul Bender, Benita Baker, Alex Baker, Steve Baker, Ian Kagedon, Shoshona Kagedon, Sam Ages – October 26, 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Commemoration and Parade JCC, Abe Carlofsky, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Julie Tova Gamarnick, Gloria Goldberg, Aaron Kaiman – November 9, 2003; Envelope, 16 b/w copies of photographs, OPJWVC, Visit to Rideau Hall - December 13, 2003; 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque of Jewish Heroines/ Martyrs in Auschwitz, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Paul Bender – April 17, 2004; 45 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 1/3, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Irving Aaron, Norm Potechin, Hy Hymes, Paul Bender, Freda Rosenberg, Gerb Grey - April 18, 2004; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 2/3 – April 18, 2004; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 3/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Barry Cohen, Irwin Colter, – April 18, 2004; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Flag Raising Ceremony JCC, Bert Bronsther, Norman Beck, Harold Shizgal, Bill Kahansky, Hy Hymes, Barry Cohenm Albert Winer, Herb Goldenberg, Lea Steinman, Ruth Aaron - April 27, 2004; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Al Shapiro, Morton Taller, Juair Monson, Morton Baslaw, Dave Molot, Paul Bender, Edward Fitch, Terry Tobin, Ofir Gendelman, – June 23, 2004; 49 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Sam Ages, Terry Tobin, Rita Hornstein, Hy Stoller, Sam Charron, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Edward Fitch, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Freda Lithwick, Arnold Greenberg, Bertha Greenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Bert Bronsther, Abe Bookman, Harold Shizgal, Saul Goldfarb, Edna Goldfarb, Evelyn Dubisnky, Shirley Dubinsky, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Sheila Baslaw, Louis Fine, Horace Bailin, Muriel Balin, Goldie Cantor, Lottie Molot, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Phil Pinkus, Wilma Pinkus – June 23, 2004; 21 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Friedman, Freda Lithwick, Nikki Fischer, Nisa Fischer, Bruce Fischer, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldeberg, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky, Barry Cohen - October 17, 2004; 20 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 2/2, Phil Pinkus, Hy Stoller, Albert Winer, Norman Taller - October 17, 2004; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade JCC, roll 2/2 – November 7, 2004; Dubinsky, Evelyn Dubinsky, Barry Cohen, Joshua Heilman, Harold Shizgal, Paul Bender – November 7, 2004; 44 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 2/2, Elly Bollgraaf – December 13, 2004; 53 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 1/2, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Adrienne Clarkson, Paul Bender, Bluma Dieks- Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Malca Kahansky, Rose Konick, Morris Konick, Freda Lithwick, Moe Cardash, Barry Cohen, Bill Kahansky– December 13, 2004; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory of Europe Day, roll 1/3, PM Paul Martin, Barry Dansen, Paul Bender, Allan Bacon, Phil Pinkus, Malka Kahane, Bill Kahane, Irving Aaron - May 8, 2005 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 2/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Harold Shizgal – May 8, 2005; 1 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 3/3 – May 8, 2005; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Paul Bender, - June 1, 2005; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Al Abelson with Elly Bollegraaf’s poster, - July 2005; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Far East, Herb Goldenberg, Alex Polowin, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Cliff Chaddeton, Horace Baylin, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Adrienne Clarkson, Alan Baker, Claire Leger, John Rolston Saul - August 14, 2005; 29 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch roll 2/2, Elizabeth Jedwab-Stepniewiez, Henryk Jedwab, Eric and Elaine Schwartz, Freda Lithwick, Hannah Linden, Max Linden, Mallory Kardish, Harvey and Sheryl Kardish, Herb Goldenberg, Lillian and Moe Cardash – October 15, 2005; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch Roll 1/2 , Joan Bacquie, Shannon Conway, Ruth Aaron, Bozena Jedwab, Herb Goldenberg, Shirley Winer, Lilly Cardash, Kathleen Polowin - October 16, 2005; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 1/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 2/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 19 Colour Photographs, Remembrance Day at National War Museum – November 11, 2005; 60 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, organized by Yad Vashem, roll 2/2, Jack Layton, Hy Stolls, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Mrs. Rabbi Gary Kessler, Rosalie Abella, Barry Davis, Bluma Drieks, Herb Goldenberg, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Michael and Leah Abramowitz, Ambassador Alan Baker, Elly Bollegraaf, Lean and Zev Kalin, PM Stephen Harper, Barry Cohen, Harold Shizhghal, Hy Hymes, Norman Beck – April 25, 2006; 27 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, roll 1/2, Norman Potechin, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, - April 25, 2006; 10 Colour Photographs, OPWVC Yom Hashoah JCC – April 25, 2006; 46 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 1/2 – April 30, 2006; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 2/2 – April 30, 2006; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Reception hosted by Netherlands Embassy, Norm Potechin, Paddy Gratton-Bellow, William Pinkus, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Victor Rabinovitch, Korel can de Beer – May 1, 2006; 19 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 1/2 - May 5, 2006; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Joel Dimitrcis, Paul Vet, David Vet, Marion Wolfe – May 5, 2006; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch, Hy Stoller, Esther Copelinski, Norman Spengel, Jack Edelson, Morrie Konick, Emily Movn, Daniel Hepcovitch, Rabbi Zischa, Lauren Shaps, Ron Cohen, Alan Baker, Sam Ages, Gloria Goldberg, Rita Homstein, Phil Pinkus, Rose Kronick, Paddy Gratton Bellow, Rabbi Bulka – October 29, 2006; 14 Colour Photographs, Same Ages reviews the Shem Tov Awards at the SJCC – June 6, 2007; Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Michael Ettedqui, Phil Pinkus, Freda Lithwick, Robert Walker, Gedalya Rosenfeldt, Amit Gil-Bayaz, Morrie Konick, Rose Kronick, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Goldie Cantor, Moe Cardash, Irving Aaron, Herb Goldenberg, Blume Goldenberg, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Muriel Beilin, Horace Beilin, Albert Winer, Evelyn Dubinsky, Shirley Dubinsky - June 10, 2007; 27 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 2/2 – June 10, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs Disabled Israeli Veterans at JCC, roll 1/3, Emil Najar, Ruth Aaron, Gur Netzuetsky - June 5, 2007; 45 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets at Ambassador’s Residence, roll 2/3 – June 5, 2007; 34 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets, Elly Bollegraaf, Alan Baker, Dalia Balor, Hona Bronstein, Nadau Friedman, Lisa levy, Emil Najar, Guv Nedguetsky, Ruth Aaron, Assaf Ashkenazy, Joseph Haddad, Yitzhak Yotuat, Gil Rotman, Yari Fogelman, Haron Joffe, Idan Bovsky – June 5 2007 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at SJCC Archives, Alex Polowin and legion of honour certificate – August 8, 2007; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Dieppe Commemoration at Canadian War Memorial, Sam Ages, Esther Ages, Miriam Levitan, Jack Edelson, Phil Pinkus, Hoel Morgan, Blume Drieks-Goldbenberg, Herb Goldenberg – August 19, 2007; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC AGM and Brunch, Rabbi Bulka, Cantor Shaneur Birlak, Herb Goldenberg, Phil Pinkus, Leonard Stern, Rosalie Schwartz, Harold Schwartz, Naomi Schwartz, Paul Finn, Sheldon Paquin, Annette Paquin, Merle Paquin,- October 14, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC , Remembrance Day at Canadian War Memorial,Sam Ages, Rabbi Bulka, Steven Harper - November 11, 2007; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial day, roll 1/2, Rabbi Bulka – May 1, 2008; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Jack Cohen, Dalia Baks, Rabbi Bulka, Rhona Levine, Alan Baker, David Cohen, Irwin Cotler – May 1, 2008; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Spring Brunch, Miriam Levitan, Nathan Greenfield, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Sylvia Bronsther, Phil Pinkus, Malca Kahansky, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Herb Goldenberg - June 22, 2008; Envelope, 17 colour photographs, Yom Hashoah Commemoration at SJCC, Sybil Sarah Niemoeller (Baroness von Sell), Jaden Lairson, Elly Bollegraaf, David Kilgour, Zev Kalin, Lea Kalin – April 20, 2009; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Colonel Edmund Hutchinson – June, 2009; 28 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 1/2, Ethan Calof, Joshua Levitan, Alexa Wall, Ilana Hadad, Shalom Bengoquen, Ruth Aaron, Irving Aaron, Brenda Wolf, Miriam Levitan, Harold Frieman, Esther Ages, Allan Paige, Phil Pinkus, Annette Edelson, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg – August 23, 2009; 38 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 2/2, Orit Kremer, Alex Page, Terrence Whitly, Bert Bronsther, Morrie Konick, Dorothy Hymes, Esther Ages, Hy Hymes – August 23, 2009; 97 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM – August 23, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance day Ceremony, Sam Ages, Paul Bender, Philip Pinkus, Michelle Jean, Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, Stephen Harper, Evelyn Greenberg – November 11, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Ceremony, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Bulka – November 11, 2009; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Shoah Commemoration at the SJCC – April 11, 2010; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Holocaust Memorial day at the Canadian War Museum – April 12, 2010; Envelope, 14 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Atzmaut Flag Raising at SJCC, Hy Hymes, Sam Ages, Harold Shizgiol – April 20, 2010; Envelope, 43 colour photographs, AGM, Eliaz Luf, David Brown, Ilan Fellus, Phil Pinkus – October 3, 2010 Envelope, 40 colour photographs, Honour Role Unveiling at SJCC, Shirley Viner, Albert Viner, Gita Aptowitzer, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Irving Aaron, Morrie Konick, Stella Beck, Jack Berman, Sylvia Kershman, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Norman Beck, Bluma Dieks-Goldberg, Sam Ages, Evelyn Potechin, Norman Potechin, Hy Hymes, Ruth Arron, Victor Rabinovitch, Bert Brimsther, Paul Bender, Evelyn Dubinsky – November 7, 2010; Envelope, 4 colour photographs, Remembrance Day at confederation Square – November 11, 2010; Envelope, 2 colour photographs, Sol Gunner playing the violin at Yom HaShoah at SJCC – April 18, 2012; Box 3: Misc. printed Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf.
- Responsibility
- Elly Bollegraaf
- Date
- 1999 - 2007
- Fonds No.
- O0047
- Storage Location
- vault
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish War Veterans of Canada is an organization established to bring together Jewish war veterans from all past wars. The organization was founded in 1969 and at its peak included nine branches, Posts, including the Jewish War Veterans of Canada - Ottawa Post. The book "THERE I WAS..." was an initiative of the Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans in the late 1990's. Spearheaded by Freda Lithwick (first lieutenant nursing sister), the book is a collection of the reminiscences of Ottawa’s Jewish servicemen who fought in World War II. (49% of the population of Jewish men in Ottawa enlisted in military service.) The book was published with the assistance of Cy Torontow, (RCAF wing commander), Elliott Gluck (Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps), Morrie Konick (RCAF squadron leader), and Morton Baslaw (RCAF leading aircraftsman). Morton Baslaw, retired from the graphic art business, looked after design and layout. More than 50 veterans responded to an appeal for first person stories. Jack Granatstein, director and chief executive officer of the Canadian War Museum, wrote the foreword to the book.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Mel Goldberg, December 1999, except for correspondence by Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare which was donated by Sam Ages, November 2000. Sam Ages also donated a photograph album in November of 2009. Further accrual of photographs donated by Elly Bollegraaf.
- Notes
- 1. Installation Dinner donated by Inge Hoffman, February, 2001. 2. Photographs described in Inmagic. Audio Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer four. Video Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer two.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Montreal Jewish Film Festival Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38199
- Collection
- Montreal Jewish Film Festival Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1067
- Scope and Content
- Consists of promotional material, videos, DVDs, posters and additional ephemera related to the Festival.
- Collection
- Montreal Jewish Film Festival Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of promotional material, videos, DVDs, posters and additional ephemera related to the Festival.
- Fonds No.
- 1067
- Storage Location
- O/S Drawer 20
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Founded by Susan Alper, the Montreal Jewish Film Festival existed from 1995-2005. Showcasing a wide variety of cinematic creations, the Festival was an instrumental tool in community engagement and outreach.
- Language
- English
- French
- Acquisition Source
- Susan Alper
- Custodial History
- Collection deposited by Susan Alper.
- Accession No.
- 07-001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Witness to History Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60296
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 536 video recordings
- Date
- 1994-Present
- Scope and Content
- The Witness to History program consists of a growing collection of interviews (as of January 20, 2014). The collection counts 536 testimonies: 511 Holocaust survivors (A Holocaust survivor is anyone who suffered and survived persecution for racial and religious, reasons while under Nazi or Axis con…
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 536 video recordings
- Scope and Content
- The Witness to History program consists of a growing collection of interviews (as of January 20, 2014). The collection counts 536 testimonies: 511 Holocaust survivors (A Holocaust survivor is anyone who suffered and survived persecution for racial and religious, reasons while under Nazi or Axis control between 1933 and May 8, 1945; or who was forced to live in hiding; or to flee Nazi or Axis onslaught before and during World War Two in order to avoid imminent persecution.); 15 World War Two veterans; 6 Holocaust survivors who are also World War Two veterans; 1 Rescuer; 3 Others. Testimony has been taken from survivors of the ghettos, hidden children, labour camp, concentration camp and death camp prisoners, partisans, liberators, and rescuers. The records accurately reflect the personal history of each of the interviewees, and become a priceless resource for further research and teaching related to Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.
- Date
- 1994-Present
- History / Biographical
- The Witness to History project was developped by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre. The first interviews were conducted in the spring of 1994. The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre’s objective in inaugurating this programme was to record and document as many of the survivors’ histories and experiences as resources permitted. Videotaped interviews are conducted by trained interviewers with emphasis on the survivors’ Holocaust experiences as well as their pre-war lives and their often remarkable post-war efforts to reconstruct normality into their lives in Canada. The Centre’s objective is to continue the Project and provide the facility for those of the Montreal area survivors still willing to come forth and record their experiences towards the education of future generations.
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- French
- Hungarian
- Russian
- Yiddish
- Accession No.
- 2014X.02.01
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Franz Kafka Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92924
- Collection
- Franz Kafka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1445; 1
- Date
- 1994
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
- Collection
- Franz Kafka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.2m multiple media
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists of approximately 97 photographs within 18 folders as well as the corresponding panel text used in the exhibit. The collection consists of photographs of Prague, Franz Kafka, his family, his friends, books covers, and drawings.
- Date
- 1994
- Fonds No.
- 1445
- Series No.
- 1
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- History / Biographical
- The Franz Kafka collection was created to make available the series of photographs used for the March 1994 exhibit entitled "Franz Kafka and his Prague." The exhibit commemorated the seventieth anniversary of Czech writer Franz Kafka's death. The exhibit calls attention to Kafka's relationship with his native city, Prague, city of "strange men and visionaries the impatient heart of Central Europe."
- Language
- English French
- Custodial History
- The photographs were donated for the March 1994 exhibit "Franz Kafka and his Prague" by The Comenius Institute Montreal and Dr. Vlasta J. Vrana with support of the Thomas Hecht Family.
- Arrangement
- The exhibit consisted of 18 series each with a set of photographs. Each folder within the collection corresponds to the original series.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Reproduction restrictions may apply
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Images
Ottawa Torah Institute Yeshiva High School/Machon Sarah High School for Girls fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101348
- Collection
- Ottawa Torah Institute Yeshiva High School/Machon Sarah High School for Girls fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 files, 2 artifacts
- Fonds No.
- E0008
- Date
- 1993-2009
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and ephemera, including financial records, two trophies, and an illustrated youth hagaddah.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 files, 2 artifacts
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and ephemera, including financial records, two trophies, and an illustrated youth hagaddah.
- Date
- 1993-2009
- Fonds No.
- E0008
- Storage Location
- Individual Collections
- History / Biographical
- The Ottawa Torah Institute (OTI) is the Ottawa Jewish community high school for boys providing advanced studies in Tanakh, Talmud and Halakha as well as the full Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum for Grades 9 to 12. Founded in 1982, it was Ottawa’s first full-time Jewish high school. In 2001, the Fraser Institute of Canada ranked OTI as the number one high school in the Province of Ontario. The yeshiva is headed by the Israel born HaRav Eliezer Ben-Porat, shlita, who holds several rabbinical ordinations and has authored a number of Hebraic books and articles. He was a commander in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War. The assistant Judaic Principal is Rabbi Dovid Boruch Clinton. Machon Sarah High School was established in 1990, in honour of Sarah Schenirer who pioneered higher Jewish education for young women. It operates at a separate campus while sharing OTI’s teaching staff. Based on the model of the Bais Yaakov schools, the curriculum provides an in depth study of Humash, Navi, Hebrew, Jewish history, laws and customs, coupled with the Grades 9-12 curriculum of the Ontario Ministry of Education.
- Notes
- Trophies sent to Storage, 2005.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Sidney Ofner Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16718
- Collection
- Sidney Ofner Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual material ; 1 CD
- Date
- 1992-1995
- Scope and Content
- Contains the publication Sidney Ofner: A Soldier’s Story, 1942-1944, compiled by Suzan Horovitch, as well as copies of the letters written by Sidney Ofner and a CD copy of the book.
- Collection
- Sidney Ofner Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual material ; 1 CD
- Scope and Content
- Contains the publication Sidney Ofner: A Soldier’s Story, 1942-1944, compiled by Suzan Horovitch, as well as copies of the letters written by Sidney Ofner and a CD copy of the book.
- Date
- 1992-1995
- Storage Location
- 7-3C
- Creator
- Suzan Horovitch
- History / Biographical
- In 1993 Suzan Horovitch (née Green) began the task of typing out her uncle Sidney Ofner’s letters, written home to Montreal during his station in Europe in World War II. Sidney Ofner was in Italy when he was killed supporting a trench on January 15, 1944. Suzan Horovitch and her husband Art spent several years compiling into a book the letters as well as official Canadian Forces correspondence regarding Sidney. The Horovitch’s also tracked down and contacted several veterans whom had served with Sidney in order to gather all information possible on his time in the army and his death. Sidney Ofner was the only son of Alexander and Tillie Ofner, both of Montreal. Mr. Ofner ran a women’s ready-to-wear garment store, in which Sidney also worked. He was a graduate of Strathcona Academy. Sidney enlisted in the Victoria Rifles of Canada in 1942, going overseas in 1943. He was later stationed to North Africa with a reinforcement regiment and then with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy in the fall of 1943. Sidney’s sister Marjorie, mother of Leona (mentioned in the letters) and Suzan) saved all of the letters from her brother.
- Custodial History
- Transferred to the JPL-A by Suzan Horovitch
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Torah Study Group of Ottawa fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101385
- Collection
- Torah Study Group of Ottawa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3 photograph albums, 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- E0010
- Date
- 1988-2000
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of three photograph albums containing photos of meetings and retreats; membership listings; and agendas. Photograph box File 1: 1988 - 1991 File 2: 1988-1991 continuted File 3: 1988 - 1991 continuted File 4: 1992-1996 File 5:1992-1996 continuted File 6: 1992-1996 continuted File 7: …
- Collection
- Torah Study Group of Ottawa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3 photograph albums, 1 file textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of three photograph albums containing photos of meetings and retreats; membership listings; and agendas. Photograph box File 1: 1988 - 1991 File 2: 1988-1991 continuted File 3: 1988 - 1991 continuted File 4: 1992-1996 File 5:1992-1996 continuted File 6: 1992-1996 continuted File 7: 1992-1996 continuted File 8: 1997-2000 File 9: 1997-2000 continuted File 10: 1997-2000 continuted File 11: 1997-2000 continuted File 12: 1997-2000 continuted File 13: 2001-2006
- Date
- 1988-2000
- Fonds No.
- E0010
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- The Torah Study Group was founded in 1983 under the guidance of Dr. Gretl Keren Fischer and Adrienne Packnadal-Powell. Dr. Fischer was Chair of Temple Israel's Adult Education Program at the time and enlisted Adrienne's assistance. The first meeting was held at Dr. Fischer's home with Rabbi Sanford T. Marcus of Temple Israel, who contributed guidelines with his bibliography. The Torah Study Group was formed just as Rabbi Gunther Plaut's Commentaries on the Torah had been published. The group spent approximately 10 years studying his Commentaries. Study sessions were informal and while the number of members fluctuated, membership was at its largest at 18 individuals. The group met every three weeks on a Sunday evening. The group also enjoyed retreats which were divided between outdoor pursuits and Torah study. Core members included Dr. Fischer, Adrienne Packnadal-Powell, Margo Borenstein, Dorothy and Murray Browns, Pearl Greenberg, Elsa and Irwin Waldman, and Teena and Walter Hendelman. As of 2008, the Torah Study Group continued to meet.
- Acquisition Source
- Dr. Gretl Keren Fischer
- Notes
- 1. Albums separated into files and stored with photographs. 2. Membership listings and agendas stored in Individual Collections.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
ORH = Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah = Or Haneshamah fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112262
- Collection
- ORH = Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah = Or Haneshamah fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- O0090
- Date
- 1987 - 2023
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 4 boxes of materials, including organizational records, photographs, audio casettes, VHS tapes, slides, and emphemera, as well as over 1,400 digital files. Box 1: 1990 - 1995 File 1: Newsletter/Programming 1990-1992 File 2: Newsletter/Programming 1992-1993 File 3: Newsletter/Pro…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 4 boxes of materials, including organizational records, photographs, audio casettes, VHS tapes, slides, and emphemera, as well as over 1,400 digital files. Box 1: 1990 - 1995 File 1: Newsletter/Programming 1990-1992 File 2: Newsletter/Programming 1992-1993 File 3: Newsletter/Programming 1993-1994 File 4: Newsletter/Programming 1994-1995 File 5: Board Meetings 1990-1991 File 6: Board Meetings 1991-1992 File 7: Board Meetings 1992-1993 File 8: Board Meetings 1993-1994 File 9: Board Meetings 1994-1995 File 10: AGMs 1990-1993 File 11: Bat/Bar Mitzvah Group 1990-1994 File 12: Constitution & Charter File 13: Charitable Status File 14: Steering Committee Meetings 2001-2002 File 15: Social Action / Tikkun Group 1991-1992 File 16: Volunteer Recognition Awards, 1993 File 17: Torah File 18: JFO/Vaad File 19: Membership File 20: Covenant Ceremony File 21: Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations ans Havurah File 22: Annual Reports to Ottawa Jewish Bulletin File 23: Visiting Rabbis File 24: Correspondence Box 2: 1994-1999 File 1: Newsletters 1994 File 2: Newsletters 1995 File 3: Newsletters 1996 File 4: Newsletters 1997 File 5: Newsletters 1998 File 6: Newsletters 1999 File 7: AGMs 1994-1999 File 8: Executive/Steering Committee 1995 - 1999 File 9: Planning Committee 1995-1997 File 10: Jacob Sadowskii Bar mitzvah, 1997 File 11: Children's Education Programs, 1998 File 12: Mid-Year Meeting minutes 1998 File 13: Bar and Bat mitzvah guidelines, 1998/1999 File 14: Constitution, 1998 File 15: B’nai Mitzvah club, 1998/1999 File 16: Jack and Tunde wedding, 1999 File 17: Vaad Annual report, 1999 File 18: Tree Planting, 1999 File 19: Correspondence, 1997/1998 Box 3: 2000-2006 File 1: Newsletters 2000-2006 File 2: AGMs 2000-2005 File 3: Planning/Steering Committee File 4: Mid-Year Meeting 2002-2006 File 5: Correspondence 2001-2003 File 6: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Guidelines 2000 File 7: Membership File 8: Grant Proposal 2000 File 9: Discretionary Fund File 10: Role of Non-Jews in ORH 2000 File 11: Washington Holocaust Museum Trip File 12: Values File 13: Transition meetings File 14: Donation certificates File 15: Survey Results File 16: ORH Website File 17: G'milot Hasadim File 18: Admin / volunteer coodinator Box 4: Bar/Bat Mitzvah booklets, 1998 - 2019 Lauren Kronick, June 13, 1998 Rebecca Lazar, October 9, 1999 Perry Christina McCormack, May 13, 2000 Sarite Yael Harris, September 16, 2000 Rachel Elizabeth Sarah Silbert Conway, May 5, 2001 Iris Lapid, April 21, 2001 Aaron Hans Baltz, March 1, 2003 Jessica Bentley, April 26, 2003 Joshua Isaac Smugler Chisholm, May 3, 2003 Evan Nadel MacKay, May 19, 2001 Devon Elizabeth McCormack, May 24, 2003 Jonathan Moshe Avraham, June 1, 2003 Jamie Kronick, June 16, 2001 Benjamin Wolff, September 6, 2003 Conor Jacob Silbert, May 1, 2004 Keila Sarah Paul, May 22, 2004 Noah Samuel Schwartz, June 19, 2004 Maia Dorothea Siedlikowski, March 19, 2005 Benjamin Segal-Daly, May 21, 2005 Aviva Wolpert, June 4, 2005 Tegan Sarah Nadel MacKay, June 18, 2005 Maya Rose, November 19, 2005 Sophia Inez Siedlikowski, November 3, 2007 Yannick Bélanger Victor, May 16, 2009 Daniel Hugh Toplis, November 22, 2009 Danielle Vinson, October 16, 2010 Michal Westheimer Leckie, October 15, 2011 Karuna Vellino, October 15, 2011 Ruth Toplis, November 5, 2011 Raphael Ari Shalom Meyer-Wertman, November 22, 2014 Elias Weibust Mendoloff, April 18, 2016 Jonah William Sohmer, December 3, 2016 Abraham Jackson West, May 6, 2017 Sascha John Cimon-Kassen, June 2, 2018 Gili Pick, June 30, 2018 Jake Martin Feldman Starosta, November 24, 2018 Oren Kai Gorber Wakabayashi, May 18, 2019 Rayna Mae Gorber Wakabayashi, May 18, 2019 Book "Outside: Portraits of Or Haneshamah" by Gary Stein Digital Files: - Adult Education (2014 - 2016) - AGM and Mid- Year (2003 - 2013) - Band (1997 - 2015) - B'nai Mitzvah (1999 - 2011) - Board of Directors (2003 - 2015) - Children's Education (2015- 2016) - Constitution (2002 - 2016) - Death and Shiva (2004 - 2015) - Edowment Fund (2016) - Feedback from Members (2015) - Fesitvals (2001 -2016) - Gita Taub Fund (2014-2015) - High Holy Days (1999 - 2022) - Jewish Reconstructionist Communities (2014 - 2015) - Membership (2004 - 2016) - Newsletter (2003 - 2008) - Pesach (1999 - 2021; with gaps) - Policies (2003 - 2016) - Shabbat (1999 - 2015) - Special Meetings (2004 - 2014) - Strategic Planning (2015 - 2018) - Sustaining the Community (2012 - 2013) - Torah (2003 - 2023; with gaps) - Unitarians (2007 - 2021) - Venues (2007) - Youth Group (2006)
- Date
- 1987 - 2023
- Fonds No.
- O0090
- History / Biographical
- Bio from website: Or Haneshamah is a classic example of a Reconstructionist congregation that began as a grassroots havurah. A fellowship of Jews in Ottawa sought in 1987 to create a space for the observance of Judaism according to Reconstructionist principles. The Ottawa Reconstructionist Havurah gathered for prayer and discussion in members’ homes, consulted with other Jewish communities, and sought guidance from leaders in the movement. Within a few years of its inception, OrH had applied for and received affiliation with the organization that later became the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. The havurah was resolutely member-led, and the frequency of Shabbat services and festival gatherings quickly grew over the years, often energized by the singing and music of the OrH band. The community celebrated its first bar mitzvah in 1994, and has since helped member families observe many weddings, baby namings, conversions, funerals and other life-cycle events. In 1995, OrH acquired a Torah scroll and its first copies of the newly released Reconstructionist prayerbook, which continues to be its primary textual resource for religious observance. Although members took great pride in leading services and running the havurah, OrH brought in rabbis and rabbinical students to help lead high holiday services and occasional shabbatons. The community grew, and it became time to broaden and diversify the resources used to sustain OrH. In 2003-04, the group hired its first paid administrator, modernized its communications, and engaged the first of many senior rabbinical students from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College to come to Ottawa monthly to lead Shabbat services, teach the b’nei mitzvah group, and provide adult education. In the spirit of Reconstructionist philosophy, OrH takes an interactive and participatory approach to ritual, and is committed to egalitarianism and inclusion in all its practices. The community took on its current Hebrew name, Or Haneshamah, which means “light of the spirit,” in 2009. As members celebrated the group’s 25th anniversary in 2012, they also made a decision that would set OrH on a new path: the congregation would, for the first time, hire a permanent spiritual leader. Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton arrived in August 2013 and, in her short time in Ottawa, has already helped the community to evolve and grow — and to imagine what it might become.
- Custodial History
- Records were originally owned and collected by Walter and Teena Hendelman who were early founders of ORH. In the late 2010s the documents were donated to ORH where they remained until 2020 where they ended up with Sharon Angel who organized the materials into chronological order and then later, ended up Myra McFarlane. In January 2023, the materials were donated to the Ottawa Jewish Archives. In October 2022, Archivist Teigan Goldsmith, Walter Hendelman, and Myra McFarlane began an oral history project where Walter and other founders/community members were interviewed on the history of ORH. Copies were added to the Archives as well as given to the ORH community.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Akiva High School
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn109678
- Collection
- Akiva High School
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- Textual records, 374 photographs, 87 negatives
- Fonds No.
- E0012
- Date
- 1986-2007
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, photographs and graphic material. Series include administrative records, financial records, registration and students, publications and press, courses and band, graduation, photographs and negatives, and CD-ROMs. Series contain material relevant to the history of …
- Collection
- Akiva High School
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- Textual records, 374 photographs, 87 negatives
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, photographs and graphic material. Series include administrative records, financial records, registration and students, publications and press, courses and band, graduation, photographs and negatives, and CD-ROMs. Series contain material relevant to the history of Jewish education programs in Ottawa.
- Date
- 1986-2007
- Fonds No.
- E0012
- Creator
- Akiva High School
- History / Biographical
- Akiva High School is an important part of the educational history of the Jewish community in Ottawa. The school first opened its doors in July of 1979 as a part of the Ottawa Talmud Torah Board (OTTB) of Jewish education, under the name Ottawa Talmud Torah Evening High School. The school was closely related to the Ottawa Talmud Torah Afternoon school, which provided classes for students prior to the eighth grade. In July of 1981, the school adopted a new name: Akiva Evening High School. In 1994, Akiva separated from the OTTB and became an independent school. Unfortunately, the school was forced to close its doors in 2007, after attempts at joining with Yitzhak Rabin High School in the early 2000s failed.
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Peter Jacobs Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92888
- Collection
- Peter Jacobs Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1443
- Date
- 1983-2020 ; predominant 1998-2017
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds contains material related to Peter Jacobs' involvment with the Jewish Public Library, mainly time serving as President and board member, including correspondence, speeches, reports and ephemera. The series included within are as follows:
- Collection
- Peter Jacobs Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- The Fonds contains material related to Peter Jacobs' involvment with the Jewish Public Library, mainly time serving as President and board member, including correspondence, speeches, reports and ephemera. The series included within are as follows:
- Series -- First Presidential Term Series -- Second Presidential Term Series -- General JPL Involvement Series --- Philanthropy to the JPL Series --- JPL Board Involvement Series --- Library Ephemera
- Date
- 1983-2020 ; predominant 1998-2017
- Fonds No.
- 1443
- Storage Location
- JPL Stacks
- History / Biographical
- Peter Jacobs was born on December 3, 1939 in Montreal. He is the son of Jacob Joseph Jacobs and Frances Alexander, both born in New York. His wife Ellen Vineberg Jacobs is distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University in Montreal. Jacobs is an Emeritus Professor at the School of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the Université de Montréal. He has acted as Professor at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University as well as a lecturer across North America, Europe and Latin America. He served as President of the Jewish Public Library from 1998-200 and 2016-2017 and also served as a board member, making significant contributions to the JPL such as through the creation of the Peter and Ellen Jacobs Virtual Archives Fund and the First Fruits program. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), an Honorary Member of both the Association des architectes paysagistes du Québec and the Columbian Society of Landscape Architects, and has served as Canada’s delegate to the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) for ten years. He chaired the College of Senior Fellows and was named the first Beatrix Farrand Distinguished Fellow in Landscape and Garden Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, in Washington, D.C. As well as recipient of the A.H. Tammsaare Environment Prize, the President’s Prize of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, the Frederick Todd Prize of l’Association des architectes paysagistes du Québec, and the Governor General’s medal on the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada.
- Language
- English
- French
- Custodial History
- Fonds consists of two donations. Material donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Peter Jacobs in 2021 and material dontaed by Peter Jacobs to Université de Montréal Archives and deaccessioned to the JPLA in Feb 19 2021.
- Access Restrictions
- Access restrictions may apply to: Series 001 File 001.
- Accession No.
- 21-002
- Name Access
- JACOBS, Peter
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Spouses Association fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112514
- Collection
- Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Spouses Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- O0091
- Date
- December 1981 - June 1985
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 2 photographs, 2 copies of a letter from the White House dated April 22, 1983, and six organizational files. File 1: Penny [February 1982-March 1984] - Written on the front: Original Letter from Barbara Bush 1983/84 - All related to the International Conference of Parliamentary …
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 2 photographs, 2 copies of a letter from the White House dated April 22, 1983, and six organizational files. File 1: Penny [February 1982-March 1984] - Written on the front: Original Letter from Barbara Bush 1983/84 - All related to the International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses and efforts toward the release of Vladimir Tsukerman - Correspondence (from various government officials) - international conference of Parliamentary Spouses - Statement of the International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses for Soviet Jewry - Canadian Parliamentary Wives Association Contact Sheet - Clipping from the Toronto Star from Sept. 30, ‘84 - Speeches - Greeting card from Barbara Stern - Parliamentary spouses association report? Article? - Photograph of Inna Tsukerman in an envelope - Petition on behalf of Mr. Vladimir Tsukerman - Joint statement of Soviet Jewry Committee of the Canadian Parliamentary Spouses Association and the American Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry - Vladimir Tsuker Profile of an Activist - 3 page document - Agenda for Joint Meeting of American Congressional Wives and Canadian Parliamentary Spouses’ Association Concerning the Subject of Soviet Jewry - News Releases - “Two Hundred Canadian Political Wives Petition the Soviet Union for Release of Prisoner of Conscience” - Transcript of a meeting between Ambassador Alexander Yakovlev and the Parliamentary Spouses’ Committee for Soviet Jewry - Preliminary Report: Parliamentary Group Trip to the Soviet Union - List of Soviet Officials who Participated in Meeting with Canadian Parliamentary Group - Notes on the Meeting with the Soviet Ambassador Rodionov and the Canadian Parliamentary Spouses’ Association on March 28th, 1984 (14 pages) - Transcript of World Conference on Soviet Jewry First Plenary Session File 2: Soviet Jewry ? March 1983 - March 1984 - Invitations, thank you cards, correspondence in envelopes, handwritten and typed, addressed to Penni Collenette, wife of David Collenette and chairman of the Soviet Jewry Committee - Program for event - “An evening for Soviet Jewry - Telegram - Correspondence regarding the Parliamentary Spouses Asssociation and Congressional WIves for Soviet Jewry - Joint Meeting of American Congressional Wives and Canadian Parliamentary Spouses’ Association Concerning the Subject of Soviet Jewry - Final Agenda April 27th, 28th, 29th - Guest lists - Invitation to Reception and Dinner for the International Congerence of Parliamentary Spouses for Soviet Jewry - Correspondence regarding and copy of “The Year of Andropov” article in the Near East Report, February 17, 1984 - Soviet Jewry Research Bureau Jewish Emigration from the USSR Statistics - International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses Detailed Program - Canadian Delegation April 2-4 1984 - International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses Tentative Program - Copy of article from the Citizen “Parliamentary Wives Unite to Aid Soviet Jews” March 14, 1983 - Copy of article from the Globe and Mail “The key to the prison door” July 16, 1983 File 3: Petitions/Addresses Premiers’ Spouses December 1981 - June 1985 - Correspondence regarding the Parliamentary Committee, mostly to or from Penny Collenette, and correspondence regarding a petition against the treatment of Refuseniks in the USSR - Programme for conference - Parliamentary Wives for the Release of Soviet Jewry - Ottawa Citizen article - February 1985, photocopy - An Evening for Soviet Jewry Programme - Contact information of Parliamentary Wives in other countries, in the Canadian federal government, and the provincial governments of Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan - International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses for Soviet Jewry Dinner Program - Draft of speech - Notes on the Meeting with Soviet Ambassador Rodionov and the Canadian Parliamentary Spouses’ Association - Signed petition forms for a petition against the treatment of Refuseniks in the USSR File 4: February 1982 - December 1984 - Legislature of Ontario Debates Official Report (Hansard) - Invitation to Afternoon Tea - Ambassador of the U.S. to Penni Collenette - Correspondence to and from Penni Collenette - Petition on behalf on Inna and Vladimir Tsukerman - Speech titled “Inna Tsukermans Story”; Speech May 26th Ladies Lounge - Memorandum: The Helsinki Accords, Human Rights, and Soviet Jewry - Vladimir Tsuker Profile of an Activist - Copies of sheets explaining emigration status of various Refuseniks - Ida Nudel, Vladimir Slepak, Yosif Begun - Soviet Human Rights Chronology: January-October 1983 - U.S. Policy Document - the U.S.-Soviet Relationship - Correspondence with Nancy Ackerman of Baha’i Information Centre - Correspondence and reports from the Baha’i Community of Canada regarding the situation of Baha’is in Iran - Minutes of a meeting between a representative of Iran, M.H. Fadaifard, and members of the Parliamentary Spouses Association in discussion of the Baha’is of Iran - Correspondence between the Parliamentary Spouses Association and the Soviet Ambassador File 5: December 1981 - May 1984 - Invitation to Members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery to Attend a Reception in the Spouses’ Lounge - News Release: “Two Hundred Canadian Political Wives Petition the Soviet Union for Release of Prisoner of Conscience” - Correspondence, Penni Collenette to Soviet Ambassador; other correspondence regarding Vladimir Tsukerman, Correspondence from Audrey King of Soviet Jewry Committee - Draft of speech by Penni Collenette - Timeline of the Tsukerman case - List of National Council of Jewish Women of Canada’s National Executive Council and Section Presidents File 5.5 (Inside of file 5) June 1982 - January 1984 - Correspondence between Penni Collenette and government officials - Meeting minutes - Copies of sheets explaining emigration status of Anatoly Scharansky - Soviet Jewry Research Bureau Jewish Emigration from the USSR Statistics - Correspondence - Genya Intrator - Authorization Form for donations - Telegram Sample Texts in support of Soviet Jews File 6: January 1982 - April 1984 - Penni Collenette’s correspondence with various parliamentary officials - Parliamentary Spouses Association report, meeting agenda - Photocopies of Washington Post, Ottawa Citizen, and Jewish Monthly articles discussing the subject of the Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry and Parliamentary Spouses, February 1978-April 1984 - Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry News Releases, correspondence - International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses for Soviet Jewry April 1984, programme - Excerpts from an address by Elie Wiesel to the Congressional Women for Soviet Jewry - Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry International Conference of Parliamentary Spouses agenda
- Date
- December 1981 - June 1985
- Fonds No.
- O0091
- History / Biographical
- The Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Spouses Association was founded by Penny Collenette in the 1982 in response to the harsh treatment of refusniks in the Soviet Union. Refusnik were an individual, typically Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate by the Soviet Government, usually to Israel. The Parliamentary Spouses Association was a group of spouses, mostly women, of Canada's Parliamentarians and included all parties. The group was not originally activist in nature prior to the Human Rights Committee. The committee formed after Sharon Sholzberg-Gray brought brought up the story of Vladimir Tsukerman being denied emigration to Israel to be with his family. The story resonated with Penny Collenette as his young child and hers were both 7 at the time. The group, consiting of 6 members with Penny as the head, persuaded all spouses of members of Parliament and seven provincial Premier's wives to sign a peitition, demanding the release of Vladimir Tsukerman. The petition was sent to Soviet president Leonid Breshnew with more than 200 signatures in July 1982, but they received no response. This did not discourage the groups efforts. They continued advocating for the release of Soviet Jews, reaching out to other groups and governments for support.
- Acquisition Source
- Penny Collenette
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Sharon Abron Drache fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101160
- Collection
- Sharon Abron Drache fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 1 photograph, audio cassettes, VHS tapes
- Fonds No.
- I0219
- Date
- 1980 - 2002
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 350 published book reviews supported by correspondence with Canadian periodical and newspaper publishers, seven published books of which four are anthologies, and 15 taped interviews with well known Ottawa personalities. BOX LIST: BOX 1: Published Books, Award Banquet VHS, 2002 …
- Collection
- Sharon Abron Drache fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records, 1 photograph, audio cassettes, VHS tapes
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 350 published book reviews supported by correspondence with Canadian periodical and newspaper publishers, seven published books of which four are anthologies, and 15 taped interviews with well known Ottawa personalities. BOX LIST: BOX 1: Published Books, Award Banquet VHS, 2002 CV The Mikveh Man - 1984; Ritual Slaughter - 1989; Canadian Jewish Short Stories - 1990; Great Canadian Murder and Mystery Stories - 1991; The Golden Ghetto - 1993; Contemporary Canadian Jewish Writing: Parchment - 2001; Contemporary Canadian Jewish Writing: Parchment - 2002; The Magic Pot - 2003; The Lubavitchers are Coming to Second Avenue - 2006; Barbara Klein-Muskrat: Then and Now - Stories by Sharon Abron Drache (signed) - 2012; File: Info on The Magic Pot and Sharon's 2002 CV; VHS Tape: Simon Wiesenthal Centre Humanitarian Award Banquet - May 2, 2002; BOX 2: Reviews, Articles, Personal Files Books in Canada - 1986; Books in Canada - 1993; Whig Standard Magazine - 1988-1989; Whig Standard Magazine - 1990-1994; Poetry Canada Review - 1981; Poetry Canada Review - 1980-1981; Poetry Canada Review - 1982; Maclean's Magazine - 1984; Calgary Herald - 1986-1989; Carleton University Press - 1994; The Canadian Forum - 1995; The Windsor Star - 1980-1982; The Edmonton Journal - 1986-1987; The Edmonton Journal - 1988; The Edmonton Journal - 1989-1993; The Toronto Star - 1994-1995; The Jewish Standard - 1980-1982; The Jewish Post: Winnipeg; Saskatchewan Writer's Guild; Anna Hailman's Never Far Away Galleys with Drache Coments; Globe & Mail - 1983-1984 Globe & Mail - 1985-1986; Globe & Mail - 1987; Globe & Mail - 1987-1988; Globe & Mail - 1988-1990; Globe & Mail - 1993; Globe & Mail: Letters to the Editor - 1980-1988; Globe & Mail: Reviews - 2006; Personal Files: Hadassah-Wizo - Correspondence - 1980; Personal Files: Arthur Drache Reviews; Personal Files: Literary Consultant to the Jewish Community Centre - 1990; Personal Files: Dr. David Makow; Personal Files: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Correspondence - 2001; BOX 3: Reviews, Articles Canadian Jewish News - 1980-1981; Canadian Jewish News - 1981-1982; Canadian Jewish News (National Archives of Canada) - 1981-1982; Canadian Jewish News - 1981; Canadian Jewish News: Henry Kreisel - 1982; Canadian Jewish News - 1982; Canadian Jewish News - 1984; Canadian Jewish News - 1985; Canadian Jewish News - 1986; Glebe Report - 1981-1982; Glebe Report - 1981-1982; Glebe Report - 1982-1983; Glebe Report - 1984-1986; Glebe Report - 1986-1987; Glebe Report - 1988; Glebe Report - 1989-1990; Glebe Report - 1991; Glebe Report - 1992; Glebe Report - 1993; The Ottawa Citizen - 1980-1985; The Ottawa Citizen - 1985-1987; The Ottawa Citizen - 1988; The Ottawa Citizen - 1989-1990; The Ottawa Citizen - 1990-1991; The Ottawa Citizen - 1992-1993; The Ottawa Citizen - 1995; Dreams and Destiny: Sir Robert Borden High School Play - 2000; BOX 4: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review, Jewish Western Bulletin Jewish Western Bulletin - 1982-1983; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1983-1984; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1984-1985; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1985-1986; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1986; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1987; Jewish Western Bulletin - 1988-1990; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1980-1982; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1982-1983; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1983; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1984; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1984-1985; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1986; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review: Articles and Book Reviews - 1986; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1988; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review: Articles and Book Reviews - 1987; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review: Articles - 1988; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review - 1989; The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review: Articles and Book Reviews - 1990; BOX 5: Biographical Materials and Files Pertaining to Interviews Interview Files: Irwin Brodo - 2001; The Canadian Healthcare Association; Sharon Sholzberg-Gray Irving Rivers; Jack Messinger; Diane Parkin, Michael Parkin; Armand Weisbord; Josh Dolgin - 2001; Teleky (?): Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2001; Ron Keenberg; David Brooks; Lila Nathans - 2001; Wilma Lifestyles?; Peter Amsel: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2002; Torgov: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2002; Roslyn Postner - 2002; Lois Siegel - 2002; Anna Heilman: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin; Devorah Freidman: Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2002; Jo-Anne Cohen Sulzenco - 2002; BOX 6: Glebe Report Book Reviews, OJB Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1994; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1995; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1996; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1997; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1998; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 1999; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2000; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2001; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2002; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2003; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2004; Art and Feature: Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2005; Art and Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2006; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2007; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2008; Book Reviews for Glebe Report - 2009; Art and Book Reviews Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2001-2005; Features for Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 2006-2008; BOX 7: Cassette Tapes Anna Heiman - 2001; Maya Badian - 2001; Maya Badian - 2000; Jack Messinger; David Makow; Josh Dolgin - 2004/2008; Josh Dolgin; Devorah Freidman; Armand Weisbord; Jo-Anne Cohen Solzenco; Anna Heilman - 2002; Noa Heilman; Sharon Sholzberg-Gray's Mother - September; Sharon Sholzberg-Gray's Sister: Melanie Weiss(?); Sharon Sholzberg-Gray Tape 1; Sharon Sholzberg-Gray Tape 2; Helen Levine - 2005; Natalie Stein - 2006; Peter Amsel; David Brooks; David Brooks - February 27; Evelyn Greenberg; --------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The following is a more detailed list of the seperate entires in the collection. CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS Canadian Jewish News (CJN) correspondence, book review copy submissions and 8 published reviews, 1981-1982 CJN correspondence, book review copy submissions and 13 published reviews, March to December, 1981 CJN correspondence, book review copy submissions and 9 published reviews, March, 1980- February, 1981 including The Noise of singing and Dark of Caves by Abraham Ram, Saving Graces by Rhoda Tagliacozzo; along with letters to Sharon Drache CJN book review copy submission and 1 published review entitled Kreisel reads his works, April 22, 1982 CJN correspondence, book review submissions and 3 published reviews, spring, 1982 CJN book review submission and 1 published review entitled Author again proves his abilities as modern fabulist, Uncle Jacob’s ghost story by Donn Kushner, November 29, 1984 CJN copy submission and 1 published article entitled Writer discovers homecoming in pages of Lilith (Susan Weidman Schneider) April 11, 1985 CJN copy submission and subsequent published article entitled Master cabinetmaker becomes part of elite club: Solomon Eskin, May 8, 1986 37 reviews in total JEWISH WESTERN BULLETIN Jewish Western Bulletin (JWB) correspondence, book review copy submissions and 9 published book reviews, May 6, 1982-July 26, 1983 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 5 published book reviews, Dec. 1983-Aug 7, 1984 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 5 published book reviews, l984-1985 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 5 published book reviews, l985-1986 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 7 published book reviews, 1986 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 7 published book reviews, l987 JWB correspondence, book review copy submissions and 12 published reviews, 1988-1990 50 reviews in total GLEBE REPORT Glebe Report (GR) correspondence, book review copy submissions and 8 published reviews, May, 1981-February, 1982. GR correspondence, background material, copy submissions and 8 published reviews, July, 1981-Nov, 1982 GR correspondence, copy submissions and 17 published reviews, March, 1982-August 1983. GR correspondence, copy submissions and 11 published reviews, January, 1984-January, 1986 GR copy submissions and 14 published reviews, 1986-1987 GR book review copy submissions and 11 published reviews, l988 GR book review copy submission and 14 published reviews, 1989-1990 GR 8 published book reviews , l99l GR 7 published book reviews, 1992 GR 10 published book reviews articles, 1993 108 reviews in total OTTAWA CITIZEN Ottawa Citizen correspondence, book review copy submissions and 12 published reviews, 1985-1987 OC correspondence, book review copy submissions and 19 published reviews, 1980-1985 OC book review copy submissions and 8 published reviews, 1988 OC book review copy submissions and 10 published reviews, 1989-1990 OC book review copy submissions and 9 published reviews, 1990-1991. OC faxes, book review copy submissions and 6 published reviews, 1992-1993 OC correspondence, book review copy submissions and 4 published reviews, 1994 OC Dreams and Destiny article, 2000 69 reviews in total EDMONTON JOURNAL Edmonton Journal (EJ) correspondence, book review copy submissions and 5 published articles, 1988 EJ correspondence, book review copy submissions and 6 published articles, 1988 EJ correspondence, book review copy submissions and 7 published articles, 1989-1993 18 reviews in total. Sharon Abron Drache obtained a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1965 and a Diploma in Child Study from the University of Toronto in 1966. Started writing fiction in 1977. Book reviews for the Canadian Jewish News since the spring, 1980 Sharon Abron Drache fonds Globe & Mail (G&M) correspondence, book review copy submissions and 6 published reviews, 1983-1984 G&M correspondence, book review copy submissions and 10 published reviews, 1985-1986 G&M correspondence, book review copy submissions and 6 published reviews, 1987 G&M correspondence, book review copy submissions and 2 published reviews, 1987-1988 G&M correspondence, book review copy submissions and 5 published reviews, 1988-1990 G&M correspondence and book review copy submission, 1993. Letters to the Editor of the G&M by Sharon Abron Drache, 1979-1988 29 published book reviews OTTAWA JEWISH BULLETIN & REVIEW Ottawa Jewish Bulletin & Review (OJB & R) correspondence, book review and article copy submissions and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1980-1982 OJB & R correspondence, book review copy and subsequently published articles and reviews, June, 1982- Feb. 18, 1983 OJB & R correspondence, book review copy and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1983 OJB & R correspondence, book review copy and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1984 OJB & R correspondence, book review copy and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1984-1985 OJB & R correspondence, book review and article copy submissions and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1986 OJB & R correspondence, book review and article copy submissions and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1987 OJB&R, correspondence, book review copy submissions and subsequently published reviews, 1988 OJB & R correspondence, articles and subsequently published articles, 1988 OJB & R correspondence, book review copy submissions and subsequently published reviews, 1989 OJB & R correspondence, book review and article copy submissions and subsequently published articles and reviews, 1990 POETRY CANADA REVIEW Poetry Canada Review (PCR) correspondence and one review, October, 1980-summer 1981 PCR correspondence and two book reviews, summer and fall, 1981 PCR book review submissions and 3 published reviews, winter, 1982. WHIG STANDARD MAGAZINE Whig Standard Magazine (WSM) correspondence, book review submissions and 7 published reviews, 1988-1989 WSM correspondence, book review submissions and 12 published reviews, 1991-1994 MACLEANS MAGAZINE Macleans Magazine correspondence, book review submissions and 1 published review, Oct. 29, 1984 BOOKS IN CANADA Books in Canada (BC) correspondence, book review submissions and 2 published reviews,1986 BC correspondence and 1 book review.1993 CARLETON UNIVERSITY Carleton University correspondence and 1 book review, 1994 CALGARY HERALD Calgary Herald correspondence, book review submissions and 2 published reviews,1986, 1989 CANADIAN FORUM Canadian Forum correspondence, book review submission and 1 published review, 1995 TORONTO STAR Toronto Star correspondence book review submissions 2 published reviews, 1994, 1995 35 book reviews WINDSOR STAR Windsor Star correspondence, book review submissions and 3 published reviews, 1980 - 1982 JEWISH STANDARD Jewish Standard correspondence and book review submissions,1980-1982 JEWISH POST, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jewish Post correspondence and 1 published book review. SASKATCHEWAN WRITERS GUILD Saskatchewan Writers Guild correspondence and one book review submission, 1986. 4 published book reviews Personal Files: Hadassah Wizo Organization of Canada, correspondence, 1988 Arthur Drache reviews, 1987 Literary Consultant to the Jewish Community Centre, 1990 Dr. David MaKow background material Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Correspondence, 2001 Sharon Abron Drache fonds Copies of published book material: Parchment: contemporary Canadian Jewish writing, 2001-2002. Parchment: Canadian Jewish writing, 2002-2003. Ritual slaughter, Quarry Press, 1989 The Mikveh Man and other stories, Aya Press, 1984 The Golden Ghetto: two novellas and seven stories, Beach Holme Publishers, 1993 Great Canadian murder and mystery stories; edited by Don Bailey and Daile Unruh, Quarry Press, 1991. Canadian Jewish short stories; edited by Miriam Waddington, Oxford University Press, 1990 Sharon Abron Drache interviews - Name / Tape / Transcription / Bulletin articles Amsel, Peter - yes / yes / yes Bodian, Maya - yes / yes / yes Brodo, Irwin - no / yes / yes / publication Brooks, David - yes / yes / yes Cohen-Sulzenko, Jo-Ann - yes / yes / yes Dolgin, Josh - yes / no / yes Friedman, Devorah - yes / yes / yes Greenberg, Evelyn - yes / yes / yes Heilman, Noa - yes / yes / yes Heilman, Anna - yes / yes / yes Keenberg, Ron - no / yes / no Makow, David - yes / no / no Messinger, Jack - yes / yes / yes Nathans, Lily - no / yes / yes Parkin, Diane - yes / yes / yes Postner, Rosyln - no / yes / draft Punkus, Wilma - no / yes / yes Rivers, Irving - no / yes / Citizen article Schwartz, Sheldon - yes / no / no Sholzberg-Gray, Sharon - yes / yes / yes Siegel, Lois - no / yes / yes Teleky, Richard - no / no / yes Torgov, Morley - no / no / yes Weisbord, Armand - yes / yes / yes Files: File regarding her employment as a library consultant with the Jewish Community Centre. File regarding her application for the editor position with the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin File regarding the Sir Robert Borden High School production of Dreams and destiny. Includes citizen article and program from the play. Journal of notes from interviews. Video cassette of Simon Wiesenthal Center, May 2, 2002
- Date
- 1980 - 2002
- Fonds No.
- I0219
- History / Biographical
- Sharon Abron Drache (b. 1943) was born, raised and educated in Toronto. Ms. Abron Drache attended Forest Hill Collegiate before attending the University of Toronto. She graduated with a B.A. in 1965, and obtained a Diploma in Child Studies in 1966. Between 1974 and 1978 she attended Carleton University as a special student in the Department of Religion. She lived in Ottawa from 1972-2009. Ms. Abron Drache has published poetry, short stories, book reviews, a novel and children’s fiction. Her first collection of short stories, The Mikveh Man, was published in 1984 and received critical acclaim in Canada and in Israel. In 1993 she published The Golden Ghetto, her second collection of short stories set in Ottawa, Kingston, and Toronto. Generally, her short stories are populated with Jewish characters and are concerned with contemporary Jewish-Canadian cultural, social, political and religious issues. Her first novel, Ritual Slaughter, was published in 1989 and explores a fictional, ultra-Orthodox community of Hassidic Jews who live just north of Montreal. As a journalist, Ms. Abron Drache has written regular freelance book reviews for a variety of Canadian newspapers, including the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin and Review, Canadian Jewish News and The Jerusalem Post. Ms. Abron Drache has also published 2 children's books; The Magic Pot (2003) set in Toronto and The Lubavitchers Are Coming To Second Avenue (2006) which is set in Ottawa. Both books were launched at Libary and Archives Canada. Ms. Abron Drache was married to Arthur Drache from 1965-1990. They had four children; Deborah (b. 1968), Ruth (b. 1969), Joshua (b. 1971) and Mordecai (b. 1972). In 2009, she moved to Toronto where she lives and continues to write creative fiction and work as a literary journalist.
- Notes
- 1. Literary description from Encyclopedia of Literature Canada, p. 304.
- Related Material
- National Archives of Canada holds Sharon Drache fonds MG 31 D150
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Agudath Achim Congregation Perth fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108248
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation Perth fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record ; 6 photographs : col.
- Fonds No.
- C0003
- Date
- [1980-2015]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains photographs.
- Collection
- Agudath Achim Congregation Perth fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record ; 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains photographs.
- Date
- [1980-2015]
- Fonds No.
- C0003
- History / Biographical
- Agudath Achim Congregation was created December 16, 1946. In 1947 the congregation obtained a building at 15 - 17 Harvey Street in the Town of Perth, Ontario. The Jewish Community used one half of the building as its synagogue and rented out the other half as a residence. In 1980, after the synagogue's closing, Bob Smolkin, a native of Perth, presented the Torah from Agudath Achim synagogue to Beit Rayim Synagogue in Richmond Hill, Ontario outside Toronto.
- Related Material
- Ontario Jewish Archives
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Beth Shalom West Congregation fonds = Congregation Beit Tikvah of Ottawa fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101108
- Collection
- Beth Shalom West Congregation fonds = Congregation Beit Tikvah of Ottawa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- C0009
- Date
- 1979-2000 (1979 -1983 predominate)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists primarily of early records including membership, 1979- 1980; Rabbi Dr. Basil Herring correspondence, 1979-1981; organizational material, 1980; financial records, 1980-1982; Building Campaign, 1982; 4 issues of Itoneinu, 1981-1983; Beth Shalom West Newsletter, 1980,1986,1989-1995; Bet…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists primarily of early records including membership, 1979- 1980; Rabbi Dr. Basil Herring correspondence, 1979-1981; organizational material, 1980; financial records, 1980-1982; Building Campaign, 1982; 4 issues of Itoneinu, 1981-1983; Beth Shalom West Newsletter, 1980,1986,1989-1995; Beth Shalom West Bulletin,1994-1995; news clippings, 1980 - 1989; musical programs, 1996-2000. Box 1 contents: 2 Unmarked VHS - [undated]; VHS Tape, The Opening of Beth Shalom West, April 13, 1986; VHS Tape, Beth Shalom West 18th Anniversary, 2004; CD, Congregation Beit tikvah of Ottawa, December 2, 2007; CD, Yiskor Book, September 10, 2006; CD, Yiskor Book, 2006; CD, Photographs, Memory Lane and Name Change, December 2, 2007; CD, Photographs, Beth Shalom West, Vera, 2007; CD, Photographs, Beit Tikvah BBQ, September 2008; Early Membership, 1979-1980; Correspondence: Rabbi Dr. Basil F Herring, 1979-1981; Financial records, 1980, 2003; First year of Organization, 1980; Programs of Sir John A MacDonald Highschool, 1980; Opening Service, May 3, 1980; Brocheures, 1980-1981; Newsclippings, 1980-1989; Best Shalom West Newsletter, Vol 1, No. 1, 1980-1995; Beth Shalom West Newsletters, 2002; Itoneiu, 1981-1984; Plans for building for congregation, 1982; Building Campaign, 1982; Construction and Progress of Beth Shalom West building, 1982-1986, 2005; Beth Shalom West News Bulletins, 1994-1995; Programing and Song Books, 1996, 2000,2006; Programming Guides, 1996-2000; Messages from Chair, Esther Kulik, 2002-2004; News Clippings, 2002-2007; Tribute to Herb Gray, 2003; Kol Nidre Appeal, 2002, 2003; 30th Anniversary Celebration, 2003; Administrative Documents, 2003-2004, 2011 Beth Shalom High Holidays, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010; 25th Anniversary Celebrations, October 24, 2004; Shabbat E-Flyer, 2008; E-Newsletter in Email Format, 2008; Elevator Referendum, 2011; Beth Shalom West Photographs, 1985, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007; Photographs in file: Envelope, 31 colour pictures, bbq, softball game, Halloween, 1996; Envelope, 23 colour pictures, [Hanukah party], Awards Dinner, 1998; Envelope 23 colour pictures, Chanukah Dinner, 1998; Envelope, 24 colour pictures, negatives interior of Beth Shalom during service, December 1998; Envelope 21 colour pictures, Honorary Dinner, 2003; Envelope, 14 colour pictures, Shul Pictures, 2003; Envelope, 7 colour pictures, Shul Event, 2003; Envelope, 12 colour pictures, negatives, Beit tikvah dinner, 2004; Envelope, 24 colour pictures, negatives, Beit tikvah service, 2007.
- Date
- 1979-2000 (1979 -1983 predominate)
- Fonds No.
- C0009
- Storage Location
- A.3.1
- History / Biographical
- Beth Shalom West Congregation started as a satellite synagogue of Beth Shalom Congregation on Chapel Street to fill the need for an Orthodox synagogue in the Greenbank and Baseline area of western Ottawa. On May 3, 1980, the first West End service was led by Rabbi Basel Herring and attended by a small group of Jews in the cafeteria of Sir John A. MacDonald High School. Other functions were held in private homes or nearby public locations. As the group grew in size so did the dream of a permanent facility and on June 1982 the first plans for a building were unveiled. Along with these plans came a price tag of $674,000 and a fund raising campaign. Although the members and community were receptive, it quickly became apparent that west end community could not raise adequate funding for this structure. By November 1983, a Project Management Committee was formed with the goal of devising a building which could house the needs of the congregation and fall within financial boundaries. After considering a number of options and estimates provided by architect Joe Liff, the design of the present structure was created. A central Craig Henry site was chosen for a new synagogue on Chartwell Avenue and the property was donated by developers Jack and Irving Aaron. Over 400 people attended the ceremonial ground breaking ceremony. The dedication and official opening followed in September 1986. On June 3, 2008, the congregation gained independence and officially became Congregation Beit Tikva of Ottawa. The present sanctuary reflects the Orthodox nature of the congregation, including a women’s section defied by a raised floor and wooden Mechitzah. The memory of the Lowertown synagogues is reflected not only in the position of the central Bimah but in the inclusion of the Adath Jeshurun/ Ottawa Chrvra Kadisha’s original Aron Kodesh (Torah Arc) which was installed in February 1999. Rabbi Dr. Basil Herring served as the congregation’s first religious official; Rabbi Michael Orelowitz served from August 1982 to June 1983; Rabbi Sonnenschein joined the congregation in summer of 1983 and became the first full time rabbi in 1989. Rabbi Howard Finkelstein became the congregation’s rabbi August 8th, 1991 to remains in this position to the present day. Chazan Yair Subar is the Musical leader of Beit Tikvah of Ottawa and has been serving the congregation since June 2008.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Herbert and Corinne Zagerman fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113566
- Collection
- Herbert and Corinne Zagerman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- I0314
- Date
- 1979-1991
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a framed Distinguished Service award from the United Jewish Appeal of Ottawa, 1979 for Herbert Zagerman; an award of merit for Herbert Zagerman from the United Jewish Appeal, 1987; and a Jewish National Fund of Canada sponsor certificate (mounted) for Corinne and Herbert Zagerman,…
- Collection
- Herbert and Corinne Zagerman fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a framed Distinguished Service award from the United Jewish Appeal of Ottawa, 1979 for Herbert Zagerman; an award of merit for Herbert Zagerman from the United Jewish Appeal, 1987; and a Jewish National Fund of Canada sponsor certificate (mounted) for Corinne and Herbert Zagerman, 1991.
- Date
- 1979-1991
- Fonds No.
- I0314
- Storage Location
- A.1.2. - Individual Boxes
- G.5.3 - Mixed Box 13
- History / Biographical
- Herbert Shayl Zagerman was born May 11th, 1924 to Morris and Mildred Zagerman. He was the eldest of their children. Corinne (Ross) Zagerman was born in 1933 to Louis and Helen Ross. Corinne and Herbert were married in 1953. They had three children together, Garry (Erika), John (Andrea), Sandra Vizel (Dr. Saul). Herbert passed on December 22nd, 2020. Corinne passed 123 days later on April 24th, 2021 after 67 years of marriage.
- Acquisition Source
- Andrea Zagerman
- Custodial History
- Records donated by Andrea Zagerman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Adath Shalom Congregation fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101104
- Collection
- Adath Shalom Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records; 3 CDs
- Fonds No.
- C0002
- Date
- 1978 - 1995
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Bulletins first published (1978 to present), minutes of board meetings and annual general meeting, financial records, (1989-1995), news clippings, pamphlets, and an embossed stamp. Box 1 - Administration. Constitutions and By-Laws - 1979, 1997, 2001; AGM Material - 1990, 1992-1…
- Collection
- Adath Shalom Congregation fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- textual records; 3 CDs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Bulletins first published (1978 to present), minutes of board meetings and annual general meeting, financial records, (1989-1995), news clippings, pamphlets, and an embossed stamp. Box 1 - Administration. Constitutions and By-Laws - 1979, 1997, 2001; AGM Material - 1990, 1992-1996; AGM Material - 1997-2006; AGM Material - 2007-2012; General Correspondence and Messages to Congregants - 1987-1989, 1999-2001; Membership Fees Correspondence - 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996; Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes - 1978-1992; Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes - 1993-1995; Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes - 1996-1999; Board of Trustees Minutes - 2000-2002; Board of Trustees Minutes - 2003-2006; Financial - 1989-1998; Financial - 1999 - 2007; 25th Anniversary Booklets - 2003; Membership Lists - 1988-1995, 1997, 1999-2012; Correspondence - Tenancy at 881 Broadview - 1991-1993 Youth Program 1998-2002 Box 2 - Bulletins, Clippings and Congregation Material. Bulletins - 1978-1983; Bulletins - 1984-1986; Bulletins - 1987-1989; Bulletins - 1990-1993; Bulletins - 1994-1997; Bulletins - 1998-2001; Bulletins - 2002-2007; Bulletins - 2008-2010; Bulletins - 2011- ongoing; (include digital copies) Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Adath Shalom Articles - 1978-2000; Memorabilia - 1991-1996; Clippings, Pamphlets and Programs - 1980-2002; Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Material and Guides - 1995-2000 (with gaps); Material on Various Adath Shalom Programming - 1988-2007 (with gaps); Various Stationary and Tickets - Dates Unknown; Kashrut Guidelines 1996-2002 Kiddush Portable Ark User Manual Multimedia CD - containing AGM documents and reports - 2001-2014 located in Multimedia Box 1, Board Meeting Minutes - 2009-2014, Bulletins - 2007-2014; CD - containing 94 photos from Purim - 2013; CD - containing 50 digital images from the congregations 25th Anniversary as well as miscellaneous historical photos (all CDs stored in Multimedia Box 1); Digital Files (available in the images folder on computer) AGM documents - 2001 - 2022 Board documents - 2007 - 2023 Bulletins - 2016 - 2022
- Date
- 1978 - 1995
- Fonds No.
- C0002
- Storage Location
- A.1.5
- History / Biographical
- Rabbi Roy Tannenbaum, formerly of Agudath Israel Congregation, initiated the idea for an egalitarian Conservative synagogue. Early supporters included Morris Schnitzer and Leah Schnitzer, Steve Sugar and Chris Sugar as well as Irwin Brodo and Fenja Brodo. By September, 1979, Adath Shalom was officially affiliated with the United Synagogue Of America (now called the United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism), and it was welcomed as a member of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa. The first service was held on July 22, 1978, in the Greenbank Public School library and the first president Michael Berns was elected in August 1978. Prayer books were stored in Greenbank School lockers and the Sefer Torah was initially borrowed from Beth Shalom Synagogue. The ark and bimah were stored in the school’s storage area. Other space was rented for High Holidays. Founding principles included more equal participation of women in the service and by February 1982, women were welcomed to participate as part of the minyan. Only after a number of years and many different chazanim and rabbis did congregates take on the responsibility of leasing space for services for the High Holy Days. At the Annual General Meeting in 1990, the congregation approved a move to the Broadview Campus of the Jewish Community Centre and the first service was held at Hillel Academy chapel in 1993.
- Notes
- 1. Congregation history taken from Irwin M. Brodo’s History of the Adath Shalom Congregation with an emphasis on the early years, ca. 1978-1990 in Bulletin dated June 17 to August 31, 2002.
- Digitial copies donated in 2023
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Bess Greenberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108231
- Collection
- Bess Greenberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0035
- Date
- 1978-1995
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains 4 photographs, an invitation to a State of Israel Bonds tribute to Bess Greenberg, an Agudath Israel Bulletin announcing the dedication of a tapesty in memory of Moe Greenberg, and a signed copy of Bess Greenberg's memoirs.
- Collection
- Bess Greenberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds contains 4 photographs, an invitation to a State of Israel Bonds tribute to Bess Greenberg, an Agudath Israel Bulletin announcing the dedication of a tapesty in memory of Moe Greenberg, and a signed copy of Bess Greenberg's memoirs.
- Date
- 1978-1995
- Fonds No.
- I0035
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Bess Greenberg (nee Schecter) (b. 1905 - d. November 25, 2006) was married to Moses Greenberg (b. 1901, Russia - d. November 1947), a well known grocer in Billings Bridge. Bess and Moses settled in Ottawa where they had three children, Laya (m. Sol Shabinsky), Syrille (m. Paul Rosman), and Elissa (m.Avraham Iny). Bess and Moses Greenberg were active in the Ottawa Jewish community. Moses was a member of the Ottawa Free Loan Society and the Ottawa chapter of B'nai B'rith.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Beverly Shaffer Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16717
- Collection
- Beverly Shaffer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 film reels ; 2 folders of textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1070
- Date
- 1977-1986 (predominant 1977)
- Scope and Content
- Contains 6 film reels, mainly from the Children of Canada Series but also "Bioethics: Who Should Decide?" Also contains accompanying textual material for classroom and promotional use.
- Collection
- Beverly Shaffer Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 6 film reels ; 2 folders of textual material
- Scope and Content
- Contains 6 film reels, mainly from the Children of Canada Series but also "Bioethics: Who Should Decide?" Also contains accompanying textual material for classroom and promotional use.
- Date
- 1977-1986 (predominant 1977)
- Fonds No.
- 1070
- Storage Location
- JPL
- 2-6C
- 2-6D
- 2-6G
- Creator
- National Film Board of Canada
- History / Biographical
- Oscar-winning director Beverly Shaffer (I'll Find a Way: Best Live Action Short, 1978) was born in Montreal, earning degrees from McGill and Macdonald College. She began working for the National Film Board under the Studio D project in 1975, directing for the next ten years all of the "Children in Canada" series films, which included "I'll Find a Way". Other notable films by Ms. Shaffer include "Mr. Mergler's Gift" (2005) and the 1999 follow-up to "I'll Find a Way", "It's Just a Wedding".
- Custodial History
- Transferred directly from Beverly Shaffer to the JPL-A
- Subjects
- Documentary films - Canada.
- Filmmakers.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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