Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn33199
- Collection
- Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organ…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Galecian Ladies Aid Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 10cm of textual records, 1 audiocasette
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files. The first contains the minutes of the Galecian Ladies Aid Association from the 1940s to 1980s, in loose leaf and bound formats. The second file contains documents and photocopies of documents pertaining to Tema Lang, the longtime secretary and treasurer of the organization, and her husband Joseph Lang. The file contains the Polish passport of Tema Lang. Also included in the fonds is an audiocassette recording of the eulogy for Tema Lang.
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Bound minute books in poor condition
- Conservation
- Several rolled certificates in need of flattening
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- French
- Polish
- Name Access
- Lang, Tema
- Lang, Joseph
- Subjects
- Galecian Ladies Aid Association
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn17146
- Collection
- Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.5 m textual material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, speeches, articles and ephemera dealing with the Segals' professional and personal lives. Also contains numerous historical articles and speeches written and presented by Charles Segal. Numerous photographs illustrating this work also containe…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Charles and Ninel Segal Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.5 m textual material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, speeches, articles and ephemera dealing with the Segals' professional and personal lives. Also contains numerous historical articles and speeches written and presented by Charles Segal. Numerous photographs illustrating this work also contained within the fonds.
- Date
- 1934-2008
- Storage Location
- 5-5G
- Creator
- Charles and Ninel Segal
- History Biographical
- Charles Segal was born in Montreal on November 27, 1921 to Hyman Manuel Segal and Fanny (Moscovitch). Mr. Segal's fonds includes numerous details of his decades of work in the political world - from his days of journalism here in Canada and in the U.S., to his role in Histadrut, his meetings with President Truman and work with Oscar Ewing, his work with fair employment practices with the Construction Fund of the State University of New York and so on. Segal married his wife Ninel (Bercovitch) in 1979 and she also has been heavily involved in work in Congressman Mike McNulty. More details are available within the fonds.
- Custodial History
- Transferred directly from Charles Segal to the JPL-A starting in 2006. Further accurals expected.
- Notes
- Fonds also includes photographs, currently awaiting arrangement and description into the JPL Photograph Database.
- Access Restriction
- Restriction on File 006, manuscript of Mr. Segal's biography, marked as so on file.
- Subjects
- Veterans, Jewish - Canada
- Segal, Charles
- Segal, Ninel (Bercovitch)
- Israel
- Israel - Foreign public opinion
- Israel - Foreign relations
- United States. Congress.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Mannie Lecker Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn16743
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- .4m of mixed material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of wartime memorabilia and propaganda collected by Mr. Lecker during his service in Europe in World War II.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Mannie Lecker Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- .4m of mixed material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of wartime memorabilia and propaganda collected by Mr. Lecker during his service in Europe in World War II.
- Date
- 1885-2005 (predominant 1942-1945)
- Storage Location
- 7-3F 7-3G
- Creator
- Mannie Lecker
- History Biographical
- Mr. Lecker was born and raised in Montreal. He enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II and served as ground maintenance crew in the Air Force. Mr. Lecker was present during D-Day invasion, June 06, 1944 and marched across Europe, specifically through France, Holland and Germany. During his time in Europe, Mr. Lecker collected and saved wartime propaganda and memorabilia. Upon discharge from the Forces Mr. Lecker returned to Montreal but travelled often across Canada as a travelling salesman. Mr. Lecker passed away in Montreal in December 2007.
- Custodial History
- Initial donation was made in 1978 by Mr. Lecker to Paul Trepman, then director of the JPL. In 2005, Mr. Lecker was reconnected to the Library and Archives and made two further donations in 2005 and 2006. The last donation of Mr. Lecker's service medals was made in 2008 after his death.
- Name Access
- Lecker, Mannie, d.December 2007
- Subjects
- Veterans, Jewish - Canada
- World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives
- Medals
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
FEDERATION CJA
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn43512
- Collection
- Federation CJA Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 35.6m multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1001
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of material deposited by FED CJA offices as well as collected by the JPL-A through the Jewish Canadiana collection. Currently, the fonds is divided into five series based on the present organization: Series I – Minute Books (Bound, Executive and Directors) and Annual Repo…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Federation CJA Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 35.6m multiple media
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of material deposited by FED CJA offices as well as collected by the JPL-A through the Jewish Canadiana collection. Currently, the fonds is divided into five series based on the present organization: Series I – Minute Books (Bound, Executive and Directors) and Annual Reports, Series II – Executive Office, Series III - Campaign FED CJA, Series IV – Marketing and Communications Department, and Series V – Scrapbooks (1935-1967)
- Date
- 1917-2010
- Fonds No.
- 1001
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History Biographical
- FEDERATION CJA was founded in 1916 as the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, with the first campaign held in 1917. The Federation originally consisted of 12 Jewish agencies: the Baron de Hirsch Institute, Mount Sinai Sanatorium, Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society, Herzl Dispensary and Hospital, the Montreal Hebrew Orphans’ Home, the Montreal Hebrew Sheltering Home, the Ladies Jewish Endeavour Sewing Society, the Young Women’s Hebrew Association, the Beth Israel Day Nursery and Infants’ Home, the Hebrew Ladies Aid Society and the Friendly League of Jewish Women. That first campaign raised $127,000 for support of agencies and community work. In 1951, the name was changed to Federation of Jewish Community Services and then again, in 1965, to Allied Jewish Community Services. The current incarnation of FEDERATION CJA occurred in 1992. Currently, FEDERATION CJA acts as the “central funding, planning, and coordinating body of services for the nearly 93,000 Jews in Montreal and is the one organization that speaks on behalf of the entire community.” Each year FEDERATION CJA raises funds for its various agencies, projects and the community through Combined Jewish Appeal. Today FEDERATION CJA has twelve constituent agencies (Agence Ometz, Bronfman Jewish Education Centre, Bronfman Israel Experience Centre, Camp B'nai Brith, Communaute sepharade unifee du Quebec, Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors, Hillel Montreal, JEM Workshop Inc., the Jewish Public Library, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, and the YM-YWHA Montreal Jewish Community Centre), four funded associated communal organizations (Quebec Jewish Congress - A division of Canadian Jewish Congress, Project Genesis, Quebec-Israel Committee, and United Israel Appeal of Federations Canada, as well as non-funded associated ties with the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, the Synagogue Council of Greater Montreal, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal.
- Language
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Russian
- Custodial History
- The Jewish Public Library has been accepting and preserving material from Federation CJA and the organizations that preceded it since 1917.
- Arrangement
- This Collection is arranged under the current name of "Federation CJA" but includes material created under former organizational names: Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, Federation of Jewish Community Services and Allied Jewish Community Services. Series III, Campaign FED CJA, is an artificially created grouping, arranged by the JPL-A from material collected by the Library since 1917. New series have been added as other offices and departments of FEDERATION CJA deposit permanent archival material with the JPL-A. Individual agencies (e.g. Jewish Public Library) are not included as series within this Fonds. Instead, these agencies stand alone as individual fonds.
- Access Restriction
- Privacy restrictions may apply.
- Finding Aid
- A detailed finding aid for the Exectutive Office exists, created by the JPL-A in the early 1970's and updated in 2007 and 2013. An index for the subject files of the Marketing and Communications Department was created in 2007 and is available in the JPL-A.
- Accession No.
- 00-076
- 12-017 (series c)
- 12-018 (series c2)
- 13-012
- Subjects
- Federation CJA
- Federation CJA - Combined Jewish Appeal
- Federation CJA - Women's Division
- Federation CJA - Young Adult Committee
- Federation of Jewish Community Services [Montreal]
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ariel Bension Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn17251
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.78m textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscripts, published essays, criticisms, travel accounts and correspondence (including two letters from Albert Einstein). Also includes .13m of material by Ida Seigler; manuscripts and correspondence.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.78m textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscripts, published essays, criticisms, travel accounts and correspondence (including two letters from Albert Einstein). Also includes .13m of material by Ida Seigler; manuscripts and correspondence.
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Bension, Ariel
- History Biographical
- A descendant of an illustrious Sephardic family, Dr. Bension was a brilliant scholar both in religious and secular studies. An active Zionist, he travelled all over the world on behalf of Keren Hayesod. He wrote numerous articles on Arab-Jewish relations, on poetic and philosophical topics and on mysticism. His work on the "The Zohar in Moslem and Christian Spain" was acclaimed by Jews and non-Jews alike. Dr. Bension married Ida Seigler, a Montrealer, in 1925.
- Name Access
- Bension, Ariel
- Bension, Ida
- Subjects
- Mysticism - Judaism
- Zohar - History and criticism
- Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932
- Bension, Ida
- Zionism - History - 20th century
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Reuben Brainin Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn16738
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6.625m textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1010
- Scope and Content
- The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and critici…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6.625m textual records
- Scope and Content
- The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and criticism (Gr. II), Correspondence (Gr. III), Special Collections (Gr. IV), and the records of the Jewish Public Library Archives Committee (Gr. V). Each group is further divided by subseries. In addition to this groups, the fonds also includes approximately fifty photographs, all arranged and described in the JPL Photograph Database.
- Responsibility
- Records of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee created by the Jewish Public Library
- Date
- 1893-1940
- Fonds No.
- 1010
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Reuben Brainin
- History Biographical
- The Hebrew writer, biographer, critic and Zionist leader Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belorussia in 1862. After receiving a traditional Jewish education he left his parents’ home at the age of 16 and went to Horki to study agronomy. From there he moved to Moscow, where he resided from 1880 to 1888. During that period (1881) he made his literary debut, with articles published in the Hebrew journal Hamelitz. In 1892 Brainin settled in Vienna, where he studied at university and served as editor of an influential Hebrew periodical Mimizrach Umima’arav (1894-1899), and as co-editor of Zion. While in Vienna and Berlin (1895-1909) he published numerous essays, including important critiques of the Hebrew authors Judah Leib Gorden, Peretz Smolenskin, Abraham Mapu, and Saul Tschernichowsky. The central theme of Brainin’s critical opus was Hebrew literature in the chosen media. Brainin was also active in the Zionist movement during these years. In 1909 Brainin came to the United States, and three years later settled in Montreal, where he edited the Yiddish newspapers Der Veg (1915-1916) and Der Keneder Adler (1915-1916). He was one of the founders (1914) and leaders of the Jewish Public Library and People’s University. Brainin returned to New York in 1916, where he resided until his death in 1939. He edited the Hebrew journal Hatoren (1919-1925) and contributed to numerous Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals, including the Jewish Daily News (1916-1920) and The Day (1921-1939). During the 1920s Brainin became an active supporter of Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union, and went on lecture tours throughout North America and South Africa to raise funds in support of this cause. Brainin published several books in Hebrew and Yiddish during his lifetime, including two on Smolenskin (Warsaw, 1896 and Vilna, 1901), one on Theodor Herzl (New York, 1919), plus selected writings in Hebrew (Warsaw, 1909) and Yiddish (New York, 1917) as well as collected works in three volumes (New York, 1922-1940). He edited a collection of Hebrew poems (Jerusalem, 1910) and a commemorative volume on Eliezer Ben Yehuda (New York, 1915). Brainin also translated into Hebrew three German books: Der Prophet Jeremias by M. Lazarus (Warsaw, 1897), Das neue Ghette, by Theodor Herzl (Warsaw, 1898) and Paradoxes, by Max Nordau (1901). In 1922 a festschrift appeared, in honour of Brainin’s 60th birthday. His diary was published posthumously in Yiddish (New York, 1946).
- Language
- English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Brainin family in 1940.
- Finding Aid
- Index to Hebrew and Yiddish correspondence available in JPL-A.
- Related Material
- Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
- Name Access
- Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
- Subjects
- Agricultural colonies
- Keneder Adler
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Founders
- Birobidzhan (Russia)
- Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904
- ICOR, Organization for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union
- Zionism
- Shapiro, Chava, 1876-1943
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Sarah E. Fischer Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn30235
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6m
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of recital programmes, correspondence, printing blocks and some photographs.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Sarah Fischer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.6m
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of recital programmes, correspondence, printing blocks and some photographs.
- Date
- 1913-1975
- Fonds No.
- 1017
- Storage Location
- 4-5A
- 4-5B
- History Biographical
- Sarah Fischer was born in Paris, France, moved as a young girl to England, where she attended grade school. At the age of 13 she and her parents (1909) came to Canada and they settled in Montreal. In Montreal, Fischer was employed as a long distance operator during the day and at night took free singing lessons at the Monument Nationale. In 1917, Fischer won the Strathcona Award which enabled her to go to London, England on a three-year scholarship at the Royal College of Music. She left Montreal in 1919 and with a few interruptions spent the next 21 years of her life abroad. She sang in major opera houses in Europe, gave numerous radio recitals and concerts and achieved good reviews. She was considered a most lyrical soprano with a beautiful appearance and good acting ability. In 1940 she returned to Montreal. For the next 35 years, until she died on May 3, 1975, Fischer spent most of her time orgnanizing the Sarah Fischer Concerts where young musicians got a chance to appear in public and show their talent. Many prominent Canadian musicians got their start with these concerts.
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- Related photographs in the JPL Photograph Collection. Larger collection of Sarah Fischer housed at the Library and Archives of Canada.
- Accession No.
- 00-004
- Name Access
- Fischer, Sarah E., 1896-1975
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn30236
- Collection
- Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2.1m of textual material and other material
- Fonds No.
- 1022
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
1 image
- Collection
- Jewish Junior Welfare League Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2.1m of textual material and other material
- Scope and Content
- This collection consists of office records pertaining to Jewish Junior Welfare League activities, correspondence and material related to these activities, material published or collected by the JJWL, certificates and awards they have received and multiple media material.
- Date
- 1926-1984
- Fonds No.
- 1022
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Jewish Junior Welfare League
- History Biographical
- The Jewish Junior Welfare League was founded in 1926 by 26 young ladies who were dedicated to the ideal of community service. The league's objective from the start were: A. To train and educate its members as able volunteers. B. To sustain by means of volunteer service and financial assistance a number of worthy projects eeded by the community. C. To keep members enlightened on all issues within the scope of the social, economic and cultural welfare of the community. Projects over the years included volunteering in hospitals, schools & developing recreational programs for young and old, healthy and sick. The league reached its zenith in the 1960s with a membership of 300. By the mid 1970s problems began to beset them, however. Their ranks became depleted as more and more women chose to go to work, and many of the needs they were filling were taken over by government agencies. June 19, 1984 at the annual meeting the decision to disband was taken.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Jewish Junior Welfare League.
- Notes
- The fonds also includes objects. Title based on the content of the collection.
- Access Restriction
- Some privacy restrictions may apply.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some copyright restrictions may apply.
- Accession No.
- 00-126
- Name Access
- Jewish Junior Welfare League
- Subjects
- Volunteers
- Women's organizations
- Philanthropy
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Jewish People's and Peretz Schools
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn30573
- Collection
- Jewish People's and Peretz Schools Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 5.1 metres of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1024
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of: minutes of meetings; records related to history, campaigns and building development; financial records; school programs; files relating to different stakeholders (teachers, students, and parents); files relating to the Concert Society; publications; correspondence; files rel…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Collection
- Jewish People's and Peretz Schools Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 5.1 metres of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of: minutes of meetings; records related to history, campaigns and building development; financial records; school programs; files relating to different stakeholders (teachers, students, and parents); files relating to the Concert Society; publications; correspondence; files relating to Bialik High School; JPPS publicity; records from the Office of the Principal; and audio visual collection. The form of the records consists primary of textual records with some photographs, items, and audio visual material. The series consists of fourteen subseries, organized by subject.
- Date
- 1924-2006
- Fonds No.
- 1024
- History Biographical
- The Jewish People’s Schools & Peretz Schools (JPPS) was formed through the merger of the two schools in 1971. At the time of the merger, the Jewish People’s Schools student population was 865, while the Jewish Peretz Schools was 260. The merger amalgamated all aspects of the schools including budget, finance, pensions, administration, education goals and philosophy. The union of the schools was a difficult process. One of the more pressing needs for the merger was the financial difficulties of the Jewish Peretz Schools, including the inability to honour teachers’ wages and a debt totalling $250,000. The education goals and philosophy of JPPS includes the need to instil in students the importance of a Jewish studies program (the study of Yiddish and Hebrew, and Jewish history); an attachment and a sense of responsibility to the State of Israel and its people; and a sense of general social justice. Once the schools were united, JPPS was able to pursue the goal of creating a day high school. Bialik High School was founded in 1972. In 1984, Bialik High School was moved to 6500 Kildare Road, where it is currently located. This school system as a whole is commonly known as JPPS-Bialik. By 1984, JPPS elementary consisted of two campuses: Van Horne and Cote St-Luc. In 2004, JPPS/Bialik made the controversial move to merge these two elementary campuses. The pressure to merge was partially due to an influx of immigrants from the former Soviet Union (who generally could not speak English or French), adding considerable strain to the Cote St-Luc campus. As a result, the Cote St-Luc location was closed. JPPS elementary is now located at 5170 Van Horne Avenue. That same year, the JPPS celebrated its 90th anniversary. The JPPS is funded by enrolment tuition and fees, provincial government grants, the Federation CJA, fundraising campaigns, and private contributions. Important student events organized by the JPPS consist of the JPPS Music Festival, the Concert Society’s Annual Concert, and the Bialik Festival of the Arts and the organization of student trips to Israel. JPPS also runs a Children's Centre, located at 7950 Wavell Road.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- French
- Arrangement
- This fonds was arranged intellectually and physically following the principle of original order. The fonds is based on the records created at the merging of the two schools to create the Jewish Peoples' Schools and Peretz Schools in 1971. For records of the individual schools, please see their individual archival collections.
- Access Restriction
- Some student records may be restricted for privacy reasons.
- Related Material
- Jewish Peretz Schools Fonds
- Jewish Peoples' Schools Fonds
- Subjects
- Jewish People's Schools and Peretz Schools
- Education, Elementary
- Education - Jews
- Children - Jewish
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
North End Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association
https://www.cjhn.ca/en/permalink/cjhn38324
- Collection
- North End Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.2m of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1030
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of administrative and financial records of the Association as well as records of its participation and interaction with various Montreal Jewish community organizations.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.2m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of administrative and financial records of the Association as well as records of its participation and interaction with various Montreal Jewish community organizations.
- Fonds No.
- 1030
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History Biographical
- Landsmanschaft organizations proliferated in the Jewish community after World War 1. The North End Hebrew Sick Benefit Society was established in 1917. In 1925, it amalgamated with three other similar associations: the Manchester Welfare Association, the Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association and the Beth Yerushalayim Synagogue, which possessed a cemetary. A charter was granted by the Quebec government on December 8, 1925. The purposes for which the organization was established remained the same until the end: fraternity, sick benefits, death benefits, cemetery grounds for members and their families and to contribute to charitable, religious and welfare organizations in Montreal and Israel. The charter granted by the Quebec government was withdrawn from all such organizations in 1976 when the social and medical services were taken over by the government. The only function left in the hands of the organizations were death benefits and cemetery grounds.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- North End Wilkomirer Hebrew Sick Benefit Association
- Sick Benefit Associations
- Health care.
- Cemeteries.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives