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SOIL, Sophie : Poetic memoirs of a child survivor

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75975
Collection
SOIL, Sophie : Poetic memoirs of a child survivor
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.25 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0248
Date
2010.
Scope and Content
The donation consists of three typescript memoirs in prose poetry style: Bygone Daughters of a Lesser Fate: a poetic memoir, Ashes Left to Linger: a poetic search for closure, and Yesterday Runs Always Though It: Poetic reminiscences of my life and times, all authored by Sophie Soil. These poetic m…
Collection
SOIL, Sophie : Poetic memoirs of a child survivor
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Env. 0.25 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
The donation consists of three typescript memoirs in prose poetry style: Bygone Daughters of a Lesser Fate: a poetic memoir, Ashes Left to Linger: a poetic search for closure, and Yesterday Runs Always Though It: Poetic reminiscences of my life and times, all authored by Sophie Soil. These poetic memoirs written by a child survivor illustrate the effects of war and post-traumatic stress on family relationships and the construction of memories. While the first two memoirs exist in printed form, the third, Yesterday Runs Always Though It: poetic reminiscences of my life and times is not yet published.
Date
2010.
Fonds No.
P0248
History / Biographical
Sophie Soil was born in 1935, in Iasi, Romania. After surviving the Holocaust and the Communist takeover, her family immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1948, following more than a year of being displaced persons in Hungary and Austria. She has been writing for more than twenty years. Mrs. Soil is an artist/ craftperson and is a widely-published poet in various books, magazine and periodicals. She has won many prizes for her work, among them two Pushcart nominations. She has two chapbooks published by Passion Among the Cacti Press and and two full collections published by Publish America. Her personal chronologies are written in freeform verse poignantly spinning autobiographical tales of her sometimes harsh and inconceivable childhood spent in those war-torn years and through the catastrophe that was the Holocaust. Mrs. Soil also holds herbalist and master herbalist degrees, and is a writer of alternative health material. She lives in Toronto with her husband of 61 years. (Source: author's bio., 2014)
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Sophie Soil on December 4, 2014
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P14/21 and ZB.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WEISER, Barbara = Images of art in Jewish public spaces.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn317
Collection
WEISER, Barbara = Images of art in Jewish public spaces.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
2549 electronic images.
Fonds No.
P0217
Date
2004-2007.
Scope and Content
As of October 2007 the collection consists of 2,549 JPEG images and a Filemaker Pro file of 2 MB, occupying a total of 788.3 MB of data space. The information in the Filemaker database usually consists of several views of a work of public art, along with information on its location, date of creatio…
Collection
WEISER, Barbara = Images of art in Jewish public spaces.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
2549 electronic images.
Scope and Content
As of October 2007 the collection consists of 2,549 JPEG images and a Filemaker Pro file of 2 MB, occupying a total of 788.3 MB of data space. The information in the Filemaker database usually consists of several views of a work of public art, along with information on its location, date of creation, artist?s name, approximate measurements, media used, and subject description. Information thus far has been gathered from synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish community buildings, in towns and cities of all the provinces of Canada, including numerous small communities as well as the major centres. Holocaust memorials are a developing feature of this collection.The data accompanying the photographs was imported from a Filemaker database residing on the donor's computer to a similarly structured database at CJCCCNA. The initial corpus of photographs was donated in increments on 9 CDs, with some supplementary images added by email. Additional data related to the images was donated by Weiser in Excel format or in text form, both of which have now been imported to Filemaker Pro. The entire corpus of images was copied to the CJCCCNA network drive and backed up on a Master DVD.The project is ongoing, with support from the Marvin A. Drimer Foundation.
Date
2004-2007.
Fonds No.
P0217
History / Biographical
Barbara Weiser has a Masters degree in Judaic Studies from Concordia. Her research consists of the study of Jewish art in synagogues and Jewish public buildings across Canada. She has donated her corpus of image material to serve as a databank at the CJCCC National Archives for the use of other researchers. It was also used as source of images for the website Canadian Jewish Museum and Archives (www.cjvma.org), which was coordinated by CJCCCNA from 2004-2010.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

P0217-Weiser-Jewish-Art-in-Public-Spaces

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BONDER, Abe = Photos.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn292
Collection
BONDER, Abe = Photos.
Description Level
Fonds
Fonds No.
P0191
Date
2003.
Scope and Content
Approximately 40 photos, mostly panoramic format, by Abe Bonder, of the Israel Independence rally in Confederation Square, Montreal, May 2003, and counter rallies by anti-Zionist Palestinian and Hasidic protesters.
Collection
BONDER, Abe = Photos.
Description Level
Fonds
Scope and Content
Approximately 40 photos, mostly panoramic format, by Abe Bonder, of the Israel Independence rally in Confederation Square, Montreal, May 2003, and counter rallies by anti-Zionist Palestinian and Hasidic protesters.
Date
2003.
Fonds No.
P0191
History / Biographical
Abe Bonder, known in Montreal as the founder of the bookstore Bonder's Books, was a volunteer at the Canadian Jewish Congress (Charities Committee) National Archives from the mid-1980s through the 1990s, often contributing newsclippings as well as these photographs. He also contrinbuted items related to his involvement in the Hachsharah farming movement in Canada in the late 1940s. The latter are stored in the Canadian Jewish Congress photo collection
Custodial History
The photos were donated by Abe Bonder.
Notes
P03/06.The Counter-rally photos depict rare images of the Montreal Chasidic community members, dressed in sackcloth for protest. The Photos are of exceptional quality.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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LALLIER, Adalbert = Manuscript of unpublished Holocaust-themed novel Sin and Retribution.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44614
Collection
LALLIER, Adalbert = Manuscript of unpublished Holocaust-themed novel Sin and Retribution.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.04 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0241
Date
2002-2011.
Scope and Content
Manuscript of novel Sin and Retribution - two versions, approximately 150 and 158 pages each, differing in their ending. Based on the author's experiences testifying at the war crimes trial of Julius Viel, the novel was written between 2002 and 2011. It had not been published at the time of donatio…
Collection
LALLIER, Adalbert = Manuscript of unpublished Holocaust-themed novel Sin and Retribution.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.04 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Manuscript of novel Sin and Retribution - two versions, approximately 150 and 158 pages each, differing in their ending. Based on the author's experiences testifying at the war crimes trial of Julius Viel, the novel was written between 2002 and 2011. It had not been published at the time of donation.
Date
2002-2011.
Fonds No.
P0241
History / Biographical
Of French Huguenot origin, Adalbert Lallier was born in 1925 in Hungary. He was forcibly drafted into the German army during World War II at the age of 17, along with his brother, who perished in the course of the war. While Lallier was a 19-year-old Waffen SS officer-in-training with the detail overseeing the work party in Leitmeritz, Czechoslovakia, he witnessed his immediate superior, an SS lieutenant, Julius Viel, randomly shoot seven Jews. After WWII, Lallier first worked at the International Refugee Organization in Vienna expediting the processing of East-European refugees, most often Hungarian Jews who had survived the Holocaust. Three years after immigrating to Montreal in 1951, he was admitted to the Honours programme in economics and political science at McGill University, graduating with an Honours B.A. In 1958 he was admitted to Columbia University, New York City, on a two-year graduate fellowship, to study economics and at the Russian Institute, obtaining an M.A. in economics, a Graduate Diploma in International Politics, and qualifying as a Ph.D. candidate. In 1960 he was engaged as a lecturer in economics and politics at Loyola College. He became Dean of Loyola's Evening Division in 1962, creating their evening degree programme. During his long career at what then became Concordia University, he was one of the seven recipients of the John O'Brien Award for Teaching Excellence, and was eventually promoted to full professor. While teaching full-time, he resumed his graduate studies, in France, at the Sorbonne/ParisII, and was awarded a doctorat en sciences économiques, following which he did post-doctoral studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. During the early 1970s, he was also Director of Lay Studies at Yeshiva Gedolah Markaz Hatorah, where he accommodated the mostly religious orthodox programme of this institution with Quebec's official policy concerning high-school education. From 1998-2000, Lallier testified four times before the Nazi war crimes court in Germany about what he saw during the Julius Viel incident, being the principal witness in the case against Viel, who was arrested on the strength of Lallier's evidence. In the aftermath of the publicity surrounding the trial, Lallier resigned from the University in 2001 and currently lives on a farm outside Montreal.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Adalbert Lallier on Aug. 31, 2011
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P11/13.Restrictions :Open for consultation, but only portions may be reproduced or quoted, with credit to author. Researchers may contact the author to obtain a copy of the full version.General note :Reflects the perceptions of a non-Jew with a particular insider's point of view vis-a-vis the Holocaust and the rise of Neo-Nazism.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents

Lallier-Sin-and-Retribution-excerpted-Chapter-CJCCCNA

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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
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A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn12
Collection
A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.7 metres of textual records. - 53 videos.
Fonds No.
I0010
Date
1989.
Scope and Content
53 VHS cassettes of A Coat of Many Colours interviews, and transcripts. Some of those interviewed include Harry Rasky, Dave Barrett, Al Waxman, Phil Gold, Irving Layton, Larry Zolf, Judith Feld Carr, Mordecai Richler, and Otto Lowy.
Collection
A COAT OF MANY COLOURS, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (CBC) - Videotaped Interviews.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.7 metres of textual records. - 53 videos.
Scope and Content
53 VHS cassettes of A Coat of Many Colours interviews, and transcripts. Some of those interviewed include Harry Rasky, Dave Barrett, Al Waxman, Phil Gold, Irving Layton, Larry Zolf, Judith Feld Carr, Mordecai Richler, and Otto Lowy.
Date
1989.
Fonds No.
I0010
History / Biographical
These 53 VHS cassettes, and transcripts of their contents, consist of interviews by Donnalu Wigmore with Canadian Jews. These were later used for the CBC production A Coat of Many Colours, produced in conjunction with the Museum of Civilization exhibit of the same name.
Notes
P90/14.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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BESSNER, Morton.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn125
Collection
BESSNER, Morton.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.18 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0017
Date
1989- .
Scope and Content
Minutes and reports pertaining to education. Press clippings about Canadian Jewish Congress
Collection
BESSNER, Morton.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.18 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Minutes and reports pertaining to education. Press clippings about Canadian Jewish Congress
Date
1989- .
Fonds No.
P0017
History / Biographical
Born in 1935, Mr. Bessner is a Barrister in general and commercial law. He is a former vice-president of Canadian Jewish Congress, Quebec Region, in which capacity he drafted several briefs relating to education. He is also a former member of the executive committee of Allied Jewish Community Services, and a past president of Herzl Health of the Centre. He was associate chairman of Combined Jewish Appeal and vice-president of the Lord Reading Law Society. He was a member of the Conseil Scolaire de l'Ile de Montréal
Notes
Correspondence file.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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COLTON LEHMAN, Ruth.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn323
Collection
COLTON LEHMAN, Ruth.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
500 photographs. - 161 other fixed images. - 1 sound element.
Fonds No.
P0223
Date
1987-1989.
Scope and Content
The original donation consists of approximately 500 colour photos of Jewish Montreal taken by the late Ruth Colton Lehman in the 1980s. Subjects include a Montreal Jewish walking tour, the Hasidic community of Outremont, bagel making, Combined Jewish Appeal fundraising, Israel Day, and various othe…
Collection
COLTON LEHMAN, Ruth.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
500 photographs. - 161 other fixed images. - 1 sound element.
Scope and Content
The original donation consists of approximately 500 colour photos of Jewish Montreal taken by the late Ruth Colton Lehman in the 1980s. Subjects include a Montreal Jewish walking tour, the Hasidic community of Outremont, bagel making, Combined Jewish Appeal fundraising, Israel Day, and various other community events.Added in 2008: Slide show and recorded script of the presentation "From Shtetl to Parish, Jewish life in Ste. Sophie", consisting of copies of old images of the Jewish community of Ste. Sophie, in the lower Laurentians, contrasted with images taken by Ruth Colton Lehman in 1988. A taped script by Colton Lehman accompanies the show, which she assembled with the assistance of Nathan Rosenberg, to whom many of the original old photos used in the show belong. It was produced at the Jewish Educational Council in 1989 by technician Henri Beigel. The slides included rare images of this small Jewish farming community.
Date
1987-1989.
Fonds No.
P0223
History / Biographical
Ruth Colton Lehman, born August, 13 1930, was a Montreal artist and photographer. Her images document Jewish life in the Montreal and the lower Laurentians. She died July 14, 1990. Nathan Rosenberg was born and raised in Ste. Sophie, a small community located in the lower Laurentians, north of Montreal. Ste. Sophie is the location of the Kottenberg's Inn, a small kosher hotel for Jewish summer vacationers, which was owned by the Rosenberg family and the Rudy family, to whom Nathan is related through his mother's sister's marriage to a Rudy. Ste. Sophie was settled partly by immigrants sponsored through the Jewish Colonization Association in the early 1900s
Custodial History
The photograph portion of this collection was donated in May 1991 by the late Ruth Colton Lehman's partner, Nathan Rosenberg. The slide show was added by Rosenberg in 2008.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P91/05 and P08/04.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn5
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.
Fonds No.
I0003
Date
1986-2006.
Scope and Content
Constitution and by-laws of AJL, and Montreal chapter's version. AJL meeting minutes and other member information (USA). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence (1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity . Stationery. Clippings Addition 2007: Minutes. News…
Collection
ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH LIBRARIES, Montreal Chapter.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.13 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.
Scope and Content
Constitution and by-laws of AJL, and Montreal chapter's version. AJL meeting minutes and other member information (USA). Montreal membership lists. Correspondence (1986). Conference information and handouts. Flyers advertising lectures. Publicity . Stationery. Clippings Addition 2007: Minutes. Newsletter. Correspondence. Membership lists. Membership registration forms. 1 photo and 1 contact sheet for an event with Sol Katz and Marsha Lustigman. Administrative, programming and financial records, 1990s to 2006.
Date
1986-2006.
Fonds No.
I0003
History / Biographical
After Montreal hosted the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) convention in 1986, the impetus was gained to form a Montreal chapter, which occurred in 1987. (The AJL was founded in the United States in 1965). Its goals include the promoting of Jewish library services and librarianship through education, establishing Judaic library collections, and providing technical assistance to these collections. The members also act as liaisons between Judaic and general libraries, and promote awareness of Judaic collections and their resource people
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Carol Katz for the Association of Jewish Libraries, Montreal Chapter, on February 27, 1997. Addition 2007 was donated by Sol Katz, Tresurer for the association, on March 22, 2007.
Notes
P97/03, P07/09.CJCCCNA was a founding member of this organization, or which the Archives Director is still currently co-president. These records add to the existing collection here.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW ORGANIZATION.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102
Collection
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW ORGANIZATION.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.6 metres of textual records. - 15 photographs. - 4 videos. - 4 sound elements.
Fonds No.
I0100
Date
1985-2005.
Scope and Content
Administrative records, minutes, correspondence, program and project information, newsletters, promotional brochures and flyers for Peace Now. 2 photos of Joint Israeli-Palestinian Peace Information Centre "Gesher" conference. 2 black and white photos of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. 11 colour ph…
Collection
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF PEACE NOW ORGANIZATION.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.6 metres of textual records. - 15 photographs. - 4 videos. - 4 sound elements.
Scope and Content
Administrative records, minutes, correspondence, program and project information, newsletters, promotional brochures and flyers for Peace Now. 2 photos of Joint Israeli-Palestinian Peace Information Centre "Gesher" conference. 2 black and white photos of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band. 11 colour photos of a fundraiser held at Charles Pachter's art gallery. 1 video Peace Now Rally 1995. 3 videos Americans For Peace Now - In Our Lifetime. 4 audio cassettes Peace Now - Gavri Bargil, November 26, 1996. CBC Sunday Morning - Arthur Hertzberg, November 6, 1983. CBC Sunday Morning - Middle East, December 9, 1984. Press clippings, including local Toronto Hebrew newspaper. Invitations to public lectures, discussions, lunches. Population maps of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Colour map of Palestinian villages and cities.
Date
1985-2005.
Fonds No.
I0100
History / Biographical
Canadian Friends of Peace Now is a Zionist organization of Canadian Jews which supports the positions, programs and activities of the Israeli-based Peace Now movement called Shalom Achshav. Its purpose is to build a secure and lasting peace between Israel and all of its neighbours. (from website: www.peacenowcanada.org)Peace Now is the largest extra-parliamentary movement in Israel, the country's oldest peace movement and the only peace group to have a large public base. The movement was founded in 1978 during the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks. At a moment when these talks appeared to be collapsing, a group of 348 reserve officers and soldiers from Israeli army combat units published an open letter to the Prime Minister of Israel calling upon the government to make sure this opportunity for peace was not lost. Tens of thousands of Israelis sent in support for the letter, and the movement was born. The basic principles of the movement from the outset were the right of Israel to live within secure borders and the right of our neighbors to do the same, including the right of Palestinians to self-determination. In time the movement became convinced the only viable solution to the conflict was the creation of a Palestinian state in the territories adjacent to Israel, which were occupied as a result of the 1967 war. "In 1988, upon PLO acceptance of UNSC resolution 242 and the principle of the two-state solution, Peace Now led a massive demonstration of 100,000 persons calling on the government to negotiate with the PLO. (...) Peace Now has consistently supported any and all steps promising to promote a resolution to the conflict, in addition to pressing all Israeli parties in power to initiate steps to bring about an end to the occupation and negotiations for peace. (from website www.peacenow.org)
Custodial History
The collection was originally donated by Beverley Stern to the Ontario Jewish Archives and was subsequently transferred to CJCCCNA in January 2010
Notes
Good.Ontario Jewish Archives.Financial information from donors.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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GOLD, Alan

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75972
Collection
GOLD, Alan
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
moving images
Physical Description
6.1 metres of textual records. - 40 photographs. - 2 videos.
Fonds No.
P0245
Date
1985-2005.
Scope and Content
This collection reflects the everyday work of the Honourable Alan Bernard Gold, an important Quebec figure in his career as lawyer and judge. It also reflects his commitment to numerous professional and community organizations, as well as his passion for and patronage of classical music and reperto…
Collection
GOLD, Alan
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
moving images
Physical Description
6.1 metres of textual records. - 40 photographs. - 2 videos.
Scope and Content
This collection reflects the everyday work of the Honourable Alan Bernard Gold, an important Quebec figure in his career as lawyer and judge. It also reflects his commitment to numerous professional and community organizations, as well as his passion for and patronage of classical music and repertory theatre. Most of the collection consists of speeches and correspondence. The 6.10 metres of textual records.in the collection include 13 large bound agenda books and 3 published books. The majority of the approximately 135 speeches are arranged together, although some appear in other files. The correspondence is mostly professional. The personal communication consists largely of letters of congratulation from family and friends for various judicial appointments and awards. The collection also includes minutes from various organizations, notes, court judgments, newspaper clippings, published interviews, event programs, event photographs, conference material, and some financial records and published books. There are 40 photographs and 2 VHS videocassettes of television coverage. The files are usually arranged in anti-chronological order.
Date
1985-2005.
Fonds No.
P0245
History / Biographical
Due to his negotiating skills, Judge Alan B. Gold (OC, OQ) played an important role during several critical incidents in Quebec and Canadian history. He was involved in many Jewish community organizations as well as in the wider community. Born in Montreal on July 21, 1917, Alan Bernard Gold was the eldest of four children. His immigrant parents instilled in him a strong Jewish faith and identity, which his own son would later credit as the reason for his successful career. He received his B.A. from Queen's University in 1938, followed by his LL.L. in 1941 from Université de Montréal. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1942 but served with the Royal Canadian Artillery for the next four years. Upon his return to Montreal, Gold became an active member of the Bar of Quebec. In 1951 he was elected President of the Junior Bar; then in the years immediately following moved on to become a member of the Board of Examiners of the Bar, a founding director and officer of the Legal Aid Bureau and a leading barrister. From 1957 until 1971 he taught at the Faculty of Law of McGill University. In 1959 he was named Queen's Counsel, and in 1961, at the age of forty-four, he received his first judicial appointment, becoming a District Judge. In that capacity he was asked to serve as the first Vice-Chairman of the Quebec Labour Relations Board. In 1965, he was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court, and in 1970 he acceded to the post of Chief Judge of that Court (now renamed the Court of Quebec). As Chief Judge he served as President of the Quebec Judicial Council and Chairman of the Conseil du Référendum in 1980. In 1983, Alan Gold was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, remaining in this position until 1992. At the time, the Court struggled with severe delays and backlogs. Knowing that "justice delayed is justice denied", Judge Gold was successful in working to improve its efficiency. He saw his role as one of management, and several of his speeches are titled "Le Juge en chef, gestionnaire de la Cour supérieure". After retiring from the Bench in 1992 at the mandatory age of seventy-five, Gold moved on to the field of private-sector dispute resolution as a full-time arbitrator and mediator. He took the position as Senior Counsel to the firm of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, and was the chair of their Department of Alternative Dispute Resolution until his death. Throughout his long career, even while on the Bench, he was "most famed as an arbitrator and mediator" of public sector and para-public sector disputes. He acted in numerous well-known national and provincial cases, most notably involving Canadian ports, railways, airlines, and the Post Office. As an arbitrator he helped avoid a strike by the longshoremen at the Port of Montreal in 1968. In 1990, he negotiated a settlement between the Quebec government and the Mohawk people in the Oka standoff, and in 1993, he negotiated a settlement at Nationair, bringing the 16 month-long Lockout of its Flight Attendants to an end. Also in 1993 he represented the government of Saskatchewan in negotiating a settlement in the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard and reviewed the out-of-court settlement between former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the federal government in Mulroney's anti-defamation suit in the alleged Airbus affair. He served as Chairman of the Bar of Montreal's committee on access to justice in the English language in the judicial district of Montreal whose Report was submitted on March 31, 1995. Among his non-juridical activities, he was Chairman of McGill University, Chancellor of Concordia University and Associate Governor of the University of Montreal. In addition to his dedication to the cause of higher education, he was involved in the arts (Place des Arts, I Musici) and in the Montreal Jewish community (e.g.: Montreal Holocaust Centre, Federation CJA). He was also a founding member of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (USA). Over his career he received numerous honourary degrees, medals and other recognition; notably, in 1995 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995, and an Officer of the L'Ordre National du Québec in 1985. In 1991, he received the Médaille du Barreau du Québec, and in 1997 he was named a member of the Académie des Grands Montréalais for his many contributions to the cultural and social life of the City. Five universities bestowed honourary doctorates upon him, including Yeshiva University in 1987, and in 1996 he was made an Honourary Life Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators (USA). In 1992, he was awarded the Canadian Jewish Congress' Samuel Bronfman Medal, and in 1998, he was the recipient of the Tel-Aviv University President's Award. In 1949, he married Lynn Lubin and they had three children: Marc, Nora and Daniel. They were long-time members of Shaare Zedek Congregation in Montreal. He died on May 15, 2005 at the age of eighty-seven. Sources: Abridged biography by Alan Gold, Sept. 2001 (in collection); Recueil bibliographique des membres de l'Ordre national du Québec 1985 and 1997; Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_B._Gold,; http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/Sen/Chamber/381/Debates/061db_2005-05-17-e.htm#12., http://www.droit.umontreal.ca/doctorat/prix_bourses/bourse_alan_b_gold.html.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Marc Gold in May 2010.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P11/13, MC 33.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP = CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE OF MONTREAL.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn82
Collection
CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP = CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE OF MONTREAL.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.3 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0080
Date
1983-1997.
Scope and Content
3 boxes (1 half full) containing minutes, membership information, correspondence, financial records.Addition 2002: recent files, 1 box.
Collection
CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE GROUP = CHRISTIAN JEWISH DIALOGUE OF MONTREAL.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 1.3 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
3 boxes (1 half full) containing minutes, membership information, correspondence, financial records.Addition 2002: recent files, 1 box.
Date
1983-1997.
Fonds No.
I0080
History / Biographical
The Christian-Jewish Dialogue Group was founded in the early 1970s as an initiative of Bishop Gregoire, who approached Father Stephane Valiquette of the Ecumenism Centre and Rabbi Allan Langner, who was then the president of the Board of Jewish Ministers of Greater Montreal. The Centre and Father Valiquette were central to the group's work for many years, with Father Valiquette and Rabbi Langner serving as co-presidents of the committee from 1971-1977. Other Jewish members included Rabbi Mark Golub and Rabbi Howard Joseph. Sister Marie-Noelle de Baillehache served as secretary for the group in its early years. (Source: Dix ans de dialogue Judeo-Chrétien à Montréal, par Stéphane Valiquette, s.j., in Oecumenisme #64, 1982). In later years the group drew many of its Jewish members from the Temple Emanu-El and from Canadian Jewish Congress Quebec Region.The mandate of Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal is to promote activities and develop projects which encourage good relations between Christians and Jews in Montreal.
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Charles Eddis, Rabbi Leigh Lerner, and Richard Silver. The collection was formerly stored by Mr. Eddis and donated through the initiative of CJC Quebec region, an organizational member of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue Group. Addition 2002: The addition was donated by Charles Eddis and Mattie Terhoe of the Lutheran Church.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P00/06, P02/12, MB 8.Related groups of records: I0083.General note: Importance of Collection: Efforts in Christian-Jewish dialogue go back a long way in Montreal and are of importance in understanding the relationship of Jews with the wider community.
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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ANCTIL, Pierre.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111
Collection
ANCTIL, Pierre.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Fonds No.
P0003
Date
1983-2009.
Scope and Content
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material is French.Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre justice et fo…
Collection
ANCTIL, Pierre.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
5.97 metres of textual records. - 7 videos. - 11 sound elements. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
Scope and Content
Selected typescripts from his works on French-Canadian-Jewish relations. Clippings of book reviews and ecumenism. C.V. contains bibliography to 2000. Complete typescript of Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Predominant language of material is French.Added in 1998: Video of Silent Witness. Centre justice et foi: Soirée Relations du 20/11/95 Rapport Comm. à la Soc. Québécoise (video). 2 tapes of interview with Sylvia Segal Lustgarten (1988). The Family in Canada; Yiddish du Mein (tape, e/y, 1986). Dialogue Qc (2 tapes, part II & III). Dialogue St-Urbain (2 tapes, Sept. 1989 & June 1998). "Simply Speaking" interview with P. Anctil (1998). "Radio Noon" interview with Jack Wolofsky & P. Anctil (1998). "L'oiseau de Minerve" interview with P. Anctil (1998, f). Interview with Sholem Shtern (1988). Manuscript of Tur Malka; Flâneries sur les cimes de l'histoire juive Montréalaise (1997, f). Correspondence about the publication of Tur Malka. Manuscript of Le mouvement ouvrier juif au Canada; 1904-1920 translation of S. Belkin's book on labour movement in Canada (1997, f). Manuscript of Shulamis; Une enfance juive à Montréal translation of Shulamis Yelin's book about her youth in Montreal (1998, f). CD-ROM of interview for Labour Zionist Alliance (circa 1998). Manuscript of Le Montréal juif d'autrefois/ translation of I. Medresh's memoir (1997, f)Added in 2000: Papers related to the book Le Rendez-vous Manqué. Notes on classes given on Jewish Montreal at McGill, 1988-1991. Personal papers (newspapers clipping, research papers, correspondence, etc.), 1982-1988. Manuscript of H. Wolofsky Mayne Lebns Rayze (2000, f)Added in 2001: 1 box of documents pertaining to Dialogue St-Urbain (PA was co-president.) Also 5 videotapes, mostly interviews with Pierre Anctil on Jewish cultural topics/ Rendez-vous Théatral/ Theatrical Encounter, 1992, Michel Tremblay & Dora Wasserman; Pierre au Point sur L'antisémitisme; 50ième anniversaire de la liberation de Auschwitz, Pierre Anctil interview à RDI, 1995; Steinberg, émission sur les Juifs Hassidiques, Fev. 1998; Entreview de Pierre avec Louise-Josée Mondoux, 1990. Manuscript of the translation of Elberg. 1 book signe by Sam Bronfman, 1941. Manuscript of the second volume of Medresh.Added in 2004: 2 binders of annotated typescript of translation to French of Fuks Lexicon of Canadian Jewish Writers, 1981. Also introduction to translated volume.Added in 2008: Notes pertaining to the translation various books from Yiddish to French: Medresh, Claim Leib Fuks, Wolofsky. Material pertaining to book promotions, Christian-Jewish dialogue, intercultural programs. Research notes and correspondence relating to publications and articles.Addition 2009: 2 course sylabbi from University of Ottawa Canadian Jewish studies courses taught by P.A., one file on the dissolution of Dialogue St-Urbain and one file on the Association of Canadian Jewish Studies, in which P.A. is a board member. 8 additional files totalling 8 cm. added July 18, re: publishing project with Ghitta Caiserman, Sholem Shtern translations, Harry Joshua Stern, and Belkin archives.
Date
1983-2009.
Fonds No.
P0003
History / Biographical
Born in Quebec City in 1952, Pierre Anctil is an anthropologist by profession as well as being a Yiddish scholar, translator of J.I. Segal's poetry and several Yiddish memorialists published in Montreal; authority on Canadian ethnic minorities, and author of several books about Jews in Quebec. He was on staff of l'Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture (1980-1988). As well, he was a lecturer on Quebec Jewish history at McGill University, and was on staff of McGill University French-Canada Studies Program (1988-1991) and Dept. of Jewish Studies (1988-1991). He was on staff of the Ministère de l'Education (1991-1993) and Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (1993-2004). He was then attached to the Musee Pointe-à-Callière (1999-2000) and he was the Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa (2004-2008.) He is currently on a Killam Fellowship for a research project on Montreal Yiddish poet Jacob-Isaac Segal (2008-2010).
Custodial History
The collection was donated by Pierre Anctil on Feb. 23, 1988. Addtions were made to the collection in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2009.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations :P88/14, P88/30, P99/02, P00/02, P01/05, P01/07, P04/14, P08/12, P08/18, and P09/03.Language :French, English and Yiddish.Restrictions :Correspondence file.Related groups of records :Taped interviews.
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BOON family.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn129
Collection
BOON family.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.07 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0021
Date
1982.
Scope and Content
Charts of extended family, mailing addresses, maps, reminiscences, genealogical information
Collection
BOON family.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.07 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Charts of extended family, mailing addresses, maps, reminiscences, genealogical information
Date
1982.
Fonds No.
P0021
Archival / Genealogical
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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LANGLAIS, Jacques.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn215
Collection
LANGLAIS, Jacques.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.12 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0109
Date
1982-1987.
Scope and Content
Corrected proof of Juifs et québécois français: 200 ans d'histoire commune. Corrected typescript Le Dialogue interreligieux au Québec. Published articles mostly in French.
Collection
LANGLAIS, Jacques.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.12 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Corrected proof of Juifs et québécois français: 200 ans d'histoire commune. Corrected typescript Le Dialogue interreligieux au Québec. Published articles mostly in French.
Date
1982-1987.
Fonds No.
P0109
History / Biographical
Born in Quebec City in 1921, Jacques Langlais was a priest, historian, scholar in Chinese and aboriginal and Jewish affairs; a founder of Centre Interculturel Monchanin; a founder of Institut québécois d'Etudes sur la culture juive; and co-author with David Rome of Juifs et québécois français: 200 ans d'histoire commune (also published in English). He died in January 2008.
Notes
French and English.
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROTRAND, Marvin.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn238
Collection
ROTRAND, Marvin.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.05 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0132
Date
1982-1991.
Scope and Content
Press clippings about his period in office. Principal advocacies: tenants' rights, low-income housing, green spaces, minority hiring, race relations.
Collection
ROTRAND, Marvin.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.05 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Press clippings about his period in office. Principal advocacies: tenants' rights, low-income housing, green spaces, minority hiring, race relations.
Date
1982-1991.
Fonds No.
P0132
History / Biographical
Marvin Rotrand was born in 1951. He taught Cree Indians in the North; was elected as Snowdon district Montreal City Councillor with Montreal Citizens Movement in 1982, 1986 and 1990; resigned from MCM to help form Democratic Coalition of Montreal; social action activist, tenants rights advocate.
Notes
Press clippings.
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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HANDEL, Alan - "Voices of Survival".

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn188
Collection
HANDEL, Alan - "Voices of Survival".
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0082
Date
(1981-1984).
Scope and Content
Script. Interview transcripts. Research notes. Documentation. Holocaust photos copied from other archives (B and W 8x10).
Collection
HANDEL, Alan - "Voices of Survival".
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.3 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Script. Interview transcripts. Research notes. Documentation. Holocaust photos copied from other archives (B and W 8x10).
Date
(1981-1984).
Fonds No.
P0082
History / Biographical
Alan Handel is a filmmaker, who produced the "Voices of Survival" documentary on the Holocaust. This 1989 film used interview tapes compiled by the Canadian Jewish Congress Holocaust Documentation Project (1981-1984).
Notes
P91/20.DA 16 (HDP Project); SCAT (HDP tapes, (75 interviews on 165 tapes), SV video "Voices of Survival").
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HILLEL, Edward.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn195
Collection
HILLEL, Edward.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0089
Date
1981-1989.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. Correspondence about the funding of The Main. Photocopies of photos from the book, as well as reviews. Proposal for a book on the Diaspora.
Collection
HILLEL, Edward.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.02 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Biographical press clippings. Correspondence about the funding of The Main. Photocopies of photos from the book, as well as reviews. Proposal for a book on the Diaspora.
Date
1981-1989.
Fonds No.
P0089
History / Biographical
Born in Bagdad in 1953, Edward Hillel is a professional photographer. He is the author of The Main, a book of photographs and descriptions of contemporary life in Montreal's St. Louis district.
Notes
Photos in book Les Pierres qui parlent with text by Jacques Langlais and David Rome - in library collection.Mostly originals, photocopies.
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Canadian Jewish Archives
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ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn290
Collection
ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 sound elements.
Fonds No.
P0189
Date
1981.
Scope and Content
14 cassette tapes copied from Minna Aspler of interviews done by her son in 1981, with accompanying notes. Autobiographical recollections and Holocaust testimony. Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, and German camp. Life in hiding as Christian during the war.
Collection
ASPLER, Minna = Holocaust memoirs, Poland.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 sound elements.
Scope and Content
14 cassette tapes copied from Minna Aspler of interviews done by her son in 1981, with accompanying notes. Autobiographical recollections and Holocaust testimony. Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, and German camp. Life in hiding as Christian during the war.
Date
1981.
Fonds No.
P0189
History / Biographical
Minna Aspler was born in Russia circa 1911 or 1914 and moved to Warsaw with her family at the age of 9 or 12. She was in the Warsaw Ghetto and escaped to go into hiding as a Christian. She came to Canada after surviving World War II.
Custodial History
Donated by Minna Aspler in May 2003.
Notes
P03/07.3 interview cassettes with Minna Aspler, done in the late 1980s by Eiran Harris.
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COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADÉ DU QUÉBEC (CSQ) = COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADE UNIFIÉE DU QUÉBEC (CSUQ).

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn73
Collection
COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADÉ DU QUÉBEC (CSQ) = COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADE UNIFIÉE DU QUÉBEC (CSUQ).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.2 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
I0071
Date
[1980-1990].
Scope and Content
Publications by or related to the CSQ, Montreal's Sephardic community organization. The fonds mainly contains La Voix Sépharade, which is published by the CSQ. This organization and its publication reflect primarily the Moroccan Jewish community of Montreal.
Collection
COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADÉ DU QUÉBEC (CSQ) = COMMUNAUTÉ SEPHARADE UNIFIÉE DU QUÉBEC (CSUQ).
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
Env. 0.2 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Publications by or related to the CSQ, Montreal's Sephardic community organization. The fonds mainly contains La Voix Sépharade, which is published by the CSQ. This organization and its publication reflect primarily the Moroccan Jewish community of Montreal.
Date
[1980-1990].
Fonds No.
I0071
Custodial History
This material was donated at the time of the transfer to CJC of the Bensimon film collection. It was donated by James Dahan of CSQ.
Notes
P97/10+.French and English.To be sorted; some of the material will be discarded if duplicated elsewhere.
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