This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence between Léa Roback and various individuals including family, work colleagues and fellow activists. Included are letters to and from individuals such as Madeleine Parent and Fred Rose.
This series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence between Léa Roback and various individuals including family, work colleagues and fellow activists. Included are letters to and from individuals such as Madeleine Parent and Fred Rose.
This series consists of professional correspondence predominantly addressed to Rita Briansky. Arranged chronologically, it includes multiple references to the shows she has participated in, the sale of her work and rights and reproduction. It includes correspondence with a number of national and pr…
This series consists of professional correspondence predominantly addressed to Rita Briansky. Arranged chronologically, it includes multiple references to the shows she has participated in, the sale of her work and rights and reproduction. It includes correspondence with a number of national and provincial institutions and galleries. Some correspondence also mentions her involvement with activities that would be considered outside of her artistic career.
Series II covers correspondence between Nathan and Ruth Benditsky with other family members and friends. It consists of letters, greeting cards and telegrams.
Series II covers correspondence between Nathan and Ruth Benditsky with other family members and friends. It consists of letters, greeting cards and telegrams.
48 files of correspondence arranged chronologically. The earlier years include only 1922, 1926, 1935, 1940 and 1943. All years are included from 1949 to 1982. These letters, sent either to or from JIAS concern primarily administrative matters such as meetings, conferences special projects, budgets …
48 files of correspondence arranged chronologically. The earlier years include only 1922, 1926, 1935, 1940 and 1943. All years are included from 1949 to 1982. These letters, sent either to or from JIAS concern primarily administrative matters such as meetings, conferences special projects, budgets and relations with various other organizations.
Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
Description Level
Series
Fonds No.
O0043; Correspondence Series
Scope and Content
Series consists of letters received and copies of letters sent by the first secretary, Harry Goldman, (1934 - 1944); acting secretary, Joe Ages, (1945 - 1946), executive director, Hy Hochberg, (1946 - 1984); Gittel Tatz, (1985 - 1988); Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, (1940 - 1946) and Rabbi Emanuel L. Lifsc…
Series consists of letters received and copies of letters sent by the first secretary, Harry Goldman, (1934 - 1944); acting secretary, Joe Ages, (1945 - 1946), executive director, Hy Hochberg, (1946 - 1984); Gittel Tatz, (1985 - 1988); Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, (1940 - 1946) and Rabbi Emanuel L. Lifschutz, (1946 - 1951); presidents of the Vaad Ha'Ir, (l950 - 1988).
Box 14
Harry Goldman correspondence - 1934-1944.
Contains letters received and copies of letters sent by the Vaad when Harry Goldman was secretary.
Box 15,16
Rabbinical correspondence. - 1940-1951
Contains correspondence of Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, (1940-1946) and Rabbi Emanuel L. Lifschutz, (1946-1951) and includes correspondence with the Mizrachi Organization of Canada (1945-1949).
Joe Ages correspondence - 1945-1946
Contains letters received and copies of letters sent by the Vaad when Joe Ages was acting secretary. Joe Ages was a chartered accountant with Martin K. Levinson & Co.
Box 15, 17, 18, 19
Hy Hochberg correspondence - 1946-1984.
Contains Hy Hochberg (appointed secretary July 3, 1946 and became executive director, June, 1950) correspondence, arranged both in original order commencing with some correspondence in a continuous file, (1946-1981) and other files arranged by subject, and include the following:
Vaad Ha'Ir membership - 1946-1953
Wedding invitations - 1946-1950
Camp B'nai B'rith - 1946-1971 (including a history of the camp written in 1971)
Fundraising - 1946-1961, 1967-1971
Zionist Organization of Canada (Ottawa Zionist Society) - 1946-1972
Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged - 1956-1966
National Joint Community Relations Committee - 1965-1970
Canadian Jewish Congress - 1980
Box 17
Congregations:
B'nai Jacob - 1948-1970
Agudath Achim - 1946-1956
Adath Jeshurun - 1946-1951
Agudath Israel - 1946-1954
Ottawa Talmud Torah - 1948-1973
Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association of Canada - 1949-1952
Hanoar Study and Breakfast Club - 1949-1956
National Conference for Israel & Jewish Rehabilitation - 1951-1953
Zionist Society of Ottawa (Men's Zionist Society of Ottawa) - 1952-1973
Canadian Red Cross
Box 18
Herzl Year - 1954
Joint National Committee on Community Services - 1957-1970
Israel Maritime League - 1958-1967
Ottawa Council of Hadassah - 1958-1961
Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged, Toronto - 1959-1966
Obituaries: letters of condolence - 1959-1972
Visiting groups - 1961-1971
Montefiore Club - 1961
Letters of congratulations - 1961-1971, 1979-1980
Letters of recommendation - 1961-1971
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds - 1963-1971
Volunteers to Israel - 1973
Jewish Community Campus of Ottawa - 1984
Box 18
Gittel Tatz correspondence - 1985-1988
Contains correspondence of Gittel Tatz (first woman appointed Executive Director in 1985) and arranged by the following subjects.
General - 1985
Council of Jewish Federations - 1985-1988
Sharon Drache & Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 1985
Multiple Appeals - 1986
Box 19, 20
Presidents' correspondence - 1950-1988
Contains correspondence, and some speeches and remarks of Vaad Ha'Ir Presidents.
Sam Berger - 1950-1951
Hy Gould - 1953
Hy Soloway - 1958
Abraham Lieff - 1954-1956
Alex Betcherman - 1960-1961
Hy Bessin - 1961-1964
Mervin Mirsky - 1964-1967
Jules Loeb - 1967-1969
Michael Greenberg - 1969-1970
J. C. Horwitz - 1970-1971
Abe Palmer - 1971-1972
Norman Zagerman - 1973-1975
Sol Shinder - 1979-1981
Joseph Lieff - 1981-1982
Gerald Berger - 1985
Bernard Dolansky - 1993-1995
Stephen Victor - 1987-1989
Date
1934 - 1989
Fonds No.
O0043
Series No.
Correspondence Series
Arrangement
Material not in original order. Arranged to reflect the terms of each president.
Access Restriction
Letters of recommendation restricted.
Related Material
Related material in Standing Committee Series, Religious Affairs Committee.
Related material in correspondence of the executive director of the period, primarily Hy Hochberg.