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Unknown man at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108472

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18.1 x 13.1 cm

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 5-178

Date: December 2, 1973

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 18.1 x 13.1 cm

Date: December 2, 1973

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 5-178

Creator: Garlick Films Limited

Notes: Inscription on verso in red ink.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Jess Abelson's Beth Shalom Congregation Plaque.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106039

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: object

Physical Description: 1 plaque

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-953

Date: December 18, 1965

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Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: object

Physical Description: 1 plaque

Date: December 18, 1965

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-953

Notes: The plaque was in recognition of 50 years of synagogue membership.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Jess Abelson with fellow directors of the Y.M.C.A.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103755

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-704

Date: 1953

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1953

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-704

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Newton, Ottawa

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Jess Abelson is pictured standing in the centre of the photograph.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Jess Abelson and unknown man.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108470

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 12.3 x 8.5 cm

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 5-072

Date: July 11, 1946

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 12.3 x 8.5 cm

Date: July 11, 1946

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 5-072

Creator: Garlick Films Limited

Physical Condition: Many folds, creases and areas of loss on photograph; should be handled with care.

Notes: L-R: unknown and Jess Abelson.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Abelson son.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108503

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 4.8 x 6.9 cm

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 5-127

Date: March 18, 1945

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 4.8 x 6.9 cm

Date: March 18, 1945

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 5-127

Notes: Possibly an older Bobby Abelson. Inscription on verso in black ink of date when photograph was taken.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Duke Abelson.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103987

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-724

Date: November 1943

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: November 1943

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-724

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Duke Abelson pictured on far left. Photograph was taken while Duke was in the operations room with members of Mosquito Squadron, no. 418.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Duke Abelson with co-pilot Alan Haig.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103589

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-691

Date: 1943

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1943

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-691

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: L-R: Duke Abelson and Alan Haig. Duke Abelson is wearing his RCAF (Royal Canadian Airforce) uniform. Duke was a flying officer in the RCAF.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Duke Abelson.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104026

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-733

Date: 1943

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1943

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-733

Storage Location: Oversized Photograph Box 2

Notes: Duke Abelson was a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. The photograph was taken on Marlborough Avenue, Ottawa, where the Abelson family lived. When the photograph was taken Duke was on leave.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Stan Abelson and unknown.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108569

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.7 x 6.9 cm

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 5-094

Date: October 1942

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 8.7 x 6.9 cm

Date: October 1942

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 5-094

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Lawrence Abelson's Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Officer certificate.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106206

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 certificate

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-992

Date: November 1941

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Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: 1 certificate

Date: November 1941

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-992

Storage Location: OS Mixed Box 10

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Duke Abelson.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104015

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-728

Date: [between 1941 and 1943]

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [between 1941 and 1943]

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-728

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Duke Abelson was a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Jess Abelson dressed for Mrs. Lillian Freiman's funeral.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103974

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-718

Date: November 4, 1940

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: November 4, 1940

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-718

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Jess Abelson was an usher at Mrs. Lillian Freiman's funeral.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Mollie and Jess Abelson with their children.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103591

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-693

Date: [1940 or 1941]

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [1940 or 1941]

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-693

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: L-R: Top row: Duke Abelson, Mollie (Gray) Abelson, Jess Abelson; bottom row: Bobby Abelson, Sylvia (Gellman) Abelson, Alan Abelson, and Stan Abelson.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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City of Ottawa Bowling League Champions.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104169

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-779

Date: 1932

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Date: 1932

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-779

Storage Location: vault

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Jess Abelson is pictured in centre of first row.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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Strathcona Softball Team.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104167

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; panoramic

Fonds No.: I0005; OJA 1-777-01

Date: [1931 or 1932]

1 image

Collection: Abelson family fonds

Description Level: Item

Material Type: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; panoramic

Date: [1931 or 1932]

Fonds No.: I0005

Item No.: OJA 1-777-01

Storage Location: vault

Creator: Photographic Stores Ltd, Ottawa

Acquisition Source: Alan Abelson

Notes: Jess and Duke Abelson are pictured in the panoramic team photograph. The softball team was the Eastern Ontario Champions.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

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ABER, Ita

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285

Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Fonds No.: P0184

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…

1 image

Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Fonds No.: P0184

History / Biographical: Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).

Custodial History: This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.