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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
Images
DUCHOW, Rebecca Briansky = Memoirs of a Polish childhood, Grajewo.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn298
- Collection
- DUCHOW, Rebecca Briansky = Memoirs of a Polish childhood, Grajewo.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 209 textual records. - 1 disc.
- Fonds No.
- P0197
- Date
- 2003.
- Scope and Content
- 209-page unpublished typescript with illustrations, titled Kawiarnia Brianski Memoirs of a Childhood in Grajewo, Poland, 1919-1929. Also a diskette containing the text.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 209 textual records. - 1 disc.
- Scope and Content
- 209-page unpublished typescript with illustrations, titled Kawiarnia Brianski Memoirs of a Childhood in Grajewo, Poland, 1919-1929. Also a diskette containing the text.
- Date
- 2003.
- Fonds No.
- P0197
- History / Biographical
- Rebecca Brianski Duchow is the older sister of artist Rita Briansky. Born in Poland, she immigrated to Montreal with her parents and two younger sisters in 1929.
- Custodial History
- This memoir was originally submitted to the Holocaust Memoir Project of MIGS and was forward to CJC Archives by committee member Mesh Butovsky (deceased 2010), co-editor of the Holocaust testimony series.
- Notes
- P03/19.English.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
PEREZ, Iris = Bulgarian Jewish Memoirs.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn311
- Collection
- PEREZ, Iris = Bulgarian Jewish Memoirs.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.01 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- P0211
- Date
- 2003 circa.
- Scope and Content
- 2 handwritten stories (in French) "Les plantes de ma mère" and "Ile de Chypre, Famagusta, 20 aout 1960, notes de voyage." Also the outline for a projected book of memoirs (some of the contents have been written down by the donor in Bulgarian (Cyrillic alphabet) or in Spanish.
- Collection
- PEREZ, Iris = Bulgarian Jewish Memoirs.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.01 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 2 handwritten stories (in French) "Les plantes de ma mère" and "Ile de Chypre, Famagusta, 20 aout 1960, notes de voyage." Also the outline for a projected book of memoirs (some of the contents have been written down by the donor in Bulgarian (Cyrillic alphabet) or in Spanish.
- Date
- 2003 circa.
- Fonds No.
- P0211
- History / Biographical
- Iris Perez was born and lived in Sofia, Bulgaria, before emigrating to Israel, where she lived on a kibbutz, and then Colombia, South America. She now resides in Montreal and speaks French, although her writing is usually done in Spanish or Bulgarian. She has taken writing classes and would like to publish more of her work.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated by Iris Perez on January 11, 2007.
- Notes
- P07/01.French, Spanish and Bulgarian.Pertains to Sephardic Jews of Eastern European descent, a minority in the Montreal Jewish community. Mrs. Perez was published in Sarah Arditti Ascher's collection of writings by Sephardic Jewish seniors in Montreal.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Shirley Apple Gleason Fond
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17186
- Collection
- Shirley Gleason Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1116
- Collection
- Shirley Gleason Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Parallel Title
- Craig Street Remembered: Growing Up in the Second-Hand District
- Fonds No.
- 1116
- Storage Location
- 7-5C
- Creator
- Gleason, Shirley Apple
- Language
- English
- Acquisition Source
- Shirley Gleason
- Custodial History
- Donated by Shirley Gleason
- Name Access
- Gleason, Shirley Apple
- Subjects
- Gleason, Shirley Apple
- Craig Street (Montreal, Quebec)
- Personal narratives - Montreal
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
JOSEPH, Anne = Illustrated A. Joseph historical articles, transcriptions of Clarence de Sola writings.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn315
- Collection
- JOSEPH, Anne = Illustrated A. Joseph historical articles, transcriptions of Clarence de Sola writings.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.02 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- P0215
- Date
- 2002-2008.
- Scope and Content
- 11 articles written by Anne Joseph, most of them with photographic illustrations. Inlcudes biographies of: David David (1764-1824), David Salisbury Franks, (1740-1793), Aaron Hart (1724-1800), Moses Judah Hays (1789-1861), Henry Joseph (1775-1832), Jacob Henry Joseph (1814-1907), Levy Solomons (172…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.02 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 11 articles written by Anne Joseph, most of them with photographic illustrations. Inlcudes biographies of: David David (1764-1824), David Salisbury Franks, (1740-1793), Aaron Hart (1724-1800), Moses Judah Hays (1789-1861), Henry Joseph (1775-1832), Jacob Henry Joseph (1814-1907), Levy Solomons (1729-1792). Clarence de Sola's 1886 biography of Abraham de Sola (1825-1882) and David Aaron de Sola (1796-1860) and history of the De Sola family, transcribed by A. J. in 2006 from his notes, with added illustrations and photocopies of the original handwritten notes. Also article about Stanley Diamond and various family trees of Quebec Jewish families, De Sola, Joseph, etc. Addition 2008: Includes Henry Joseph prayerbook records; Montefiore and Annette Joseph Bible records; marriage settlement dated 25 July 1882 between Montefiore Joseph and Annette Pinto; a copy of a two-page letter dated 3 October 1882 from Henry Pinto in London to his son-in-law Montefiore Joseph and his daughter Annette (Pinto) Joseph in Montreal; a sketch of Tiddlewinks, the summer home of Montefiore and Annette Joseph; notes about the Hart and Judah families by Lewis A. Hart, including annotated transcription and additional material, such as a family tree and two-page biography of Lewis Hart; reconciliation of conflicting dates of birth recorded for the family of Aaron and Dorothea (Judah) Hart; an illustrated biography of Abraham Joseph (November 14, 1815-March 20, 1886) written in June 2008; and an article based on a presentation in Quebec City on May 21, 2008, for the Voices from the Crossroads series to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City.
- Date
- 2002-2008.
- Fonds No.
- P0215
- History / Biographical
- Anne Joseph, who was born in 1935 in Portsmouth, England, has lived in Montreal since 1959. Throughout her working life in both medical research and business, Anne was heavily involved in research and writing. She developed an interest in early Quebec Jewish history through her husband, William K. Joseph. Her book Heritage of a Patriarch on nine of Canada's earliest Jewish families was published by Editions du Septentrion in 1995, and she has also had many articles published in England, France and Canada. Anne has worked as a volunteer in many organizations. She was a founding member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal in 1995 and has served on its executive from the beginning. She is also editor of the Society's journal, Montreal Forum.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donnated by Anne Joseph on June 7, 2007. Addition was made on July 4, 2008.
- Notes
- P07/20 and P08/14.Contains information and illustrations not found elsewhere in this Archives.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Morein/Mendelson Family Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17193
- Collection
- Morein/Mendelson Family Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1143
- Scope and Content
- Consists of memoirs of family life in Eastern Europe and North America of the Morein and Mendelson families.
- Collection
- Morein/Mendelson Family Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of memoirs of family life in Eastern Europe and North America of the Morein and Mendelson families.
- Parallel Title
- "My Father, Your Grandfather"
- Responsibility
- Mendelson, David
- Fonds No.
- 1143
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Morein, Harry
- Language
- English; Hebrew; Yiddish
- Acquisition Source
- David Mendelson
- Name Access
- Morein, Harry
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Orphans' Homes
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17207
- Collection
- Orphans' Homes Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 file textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1220
- Scope and Content
- Consists of clippings, correspondence, and research and a manuscript regarding the book, "Four Hundred Brothers and Sisters" by Judy Gordon.
- Collection
- Orphans' Homes Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 file textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of clippings, correspondence, and research and a manuscript regarding the book, "Four Hundred Brothers and Sisters" by Judy Gordon.
- Other Title Information
- 400 Brothers and Sisters: The story of two Jewish orphanages in Montreal, 1909-1942
- Responsibility
- Gordon, Myer
- Fonds No.
- 1220
- Storage Location
- 7-5C, SC1
- Creator
- Gordon, Judy
- History / Biographical
- From 1909-1942, the Jewish community of Montreal supported two orphanages, the Montreal Hebrew Orphans' Home on Claremont Avenue in Westmount (1909-1942), run by the Baron de Hirsch Institute, and the Montefiore Hebrew Orphans' Home on Jeanne Mance Street (1918-1936). Children who entered the orphanages were not necessarily without parents, but sometimes their families were unable to care for them because of extreme poverty. Children were required to leave the orphanage at age 16. The orphanages were first opened to care for Jewish children fleeing Eastern Europe, war and persecution. In 2002, Judy Gordon, who is married to a former resident of the orphanages, researched and wrote a book entitled, "Four Hundred Brothers and Sisters".
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Gordon, Judy
- Gordon, Myer
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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
Images
Tarantour family fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101288
- Collection
- Tarantour family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 books
- Fonds No.
- I0232
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two volumes of “Our family tree: the descendants of Charles Tarantour and Esther Constantine and Sarah Steinhauer”, compiled by Selma Tarantour.
- Collection
- Tarantour family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 books
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of two volumes of “Our family tree: the descendants of Charles Tarantour and Esther Constantine and Sarah Steinhauer”, compiled by Selma Tarantour.
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Fonds No.
- I0232
- History / Biographical
- Charles and Esther Tarantour and their five children emigrated to Canada in 1907 and settled in Montreal. One of the sons, Maurice, took over his brother’s retail business of mens and ladies clothing in Maniwaki in 1928. “The store grew with the town, and Maurice sold dresses, suits, shoes, coats, hats, etc. to the farmers and townspeople.” Maurice married Sylvia Nozik of Cleveland, Ohio and had five children. “The family lived in Maniwaki for several years, then moved to Ottawa for better heritage and educational opportunities.”
- Notes
- 1. Information taken from V. 2 of “Our family tree”.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Carleton University College of the Humanities Jewish Studies Program fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101350
- Collection
- Carleton University College of the Humanities Jewish Studies Program fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of textual records and 25 audio cassettes
- Fonds No.
- E0002
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of e-mails organizing the project, consent forms, transcripts of taped interviews, essays and 25 oral history audio cassette recordings with the following individuals: Ages, Sam. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 11, 2003; Bellman, Mitchell. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not sp…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.25m of textual records and 25 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of e-mails organizing the project, consent forms, transcripts of taped interviews, essays and 25 oral history audio cassette recordings with the following individuals: Ages, Sam. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 11, 2003; Bellman, Mitchell. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Berman, Shirley. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, February 25, 2003 & April 8, 2003 (two recordings); Bronstein, Doris. Interviewed by Heather Crawford, March 26, 2003; Dolansky, Dr. Bernard. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 3, 2003 & March 14, 2003 (two recordings); Engel, Cynthia. Interviewed by Corrie Hobin, March 10, 2003; Farber, Barbara. Interviewed by Heather Crawford, February 20, 2003; Fine, Rabbi Arnold. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, February 25, 2003 & April 2, 2003 (two recordings); Freedman, Aviva. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Gould, Jeff. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, April 16, 2003 (two recordings); Greenberg, Lynda. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 26, 2003; Greenberg, Stephen. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 5, 2003 & April 3, 2003; Levitz, Gerald. Interviewed by Fiona Story, March 4, 2003 & March 25, 2003 (two recordings); Molot, Dr. Maureen. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 28, 2003; Schneiderman, Stephen. Interviewed by Jonathan Goldman, March 10, 2003; Swedlove, Casey. Interviewed by Gillian Reed, date not specified; Tavel, Sunny. Interviewed by Lisa Mathews, April 13, 2003 (two recordings); Vered, Arnie. Interviewed by Sara Bassile, March 7, 2003; Zagerman, Norman. Interviewed by Jonathan Goldman, February 6, 2003.
- Date
- 2002-2003
- Fonds No.
- E0002
- Storage Location
- A.2.3
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish Studies Program at Carleton University’s College of the Humanities was a course which documented the history of the Ottawa Jewish community as seen through the eyes of its leaders. Interviews were conducted by students, primarily with Past Presidents and Vice Presidents of the Jewish Community Council of Ottawa. The Jewish Studies Program, taught by Professor Eugene Rothman and teaching assistant Jane Shkolnik, worked in conjunction with the Vaad Ha’Ir and the Ottawa Jewish Archives. Carleton University students conducted research at the archives.
- Acquisition Source
- Jane Shkolnik.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Hyman-Levine Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34038
- Collection
- Hyman-Levine Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD, 1 VHS cassette and 1 Betacam SP cassette
- Fonds No.
- 1124
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of three versions of "Legends of the Gaspe: the Hyman-Levine Story" / "Les Legendes de la Gaspesie: l'histoire des Hyman-Levine" on DVD, VHS and Betacam SP. There is no accompanying literature or manuscript, besides the container information.
- Collection
- Hyman-Levine Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD, 1 VHS cassette and 1 Betacam SP cassette
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of three versions of "Legends of the Gaspe: the Hyman-Levine Story" / "Les Legendes de la Gaspesie: l'histoire des Hyman-Levine" on DVD, VHS and Betacam SP. There is no accompanying literature or manuscript, besides the container information.
- Fonds No.
- 1124
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Conservation
- Betacam SP requires special playback equipment that is not readily available.
- Language
- English
- French
- Name Access
- Hyman-Levine
- Subjects
- Hyman-Levine
- Gaspe
- Quebec
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Vera Gara fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101175
- Collection
- Vera Gara fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Fonds No.
- I0238
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.
- Collection
- Vera Gara fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0238
- History / Biographical
- Vera (nee Pick) Gara (b. May 1, 1933, Vienna, Austria) is the only child of Hungarian parents Irma and Moric Pick. Vera’s parents both worked in a salami factory in Vienna owned by her father. The Pick family fled Austria in 1938 or 1939, after Vera’s father was arrested on false charges of fraud, and moved into Vera’s grandmother’s bungalow apartment in Szeged, Hungary. The family owned a radio which they used to secretly listen to English news broadcasts from London. In an interview with Carleton University in 2016, Vera recalled her father instructing her to tell anyone who asked that they were listening to music on the radio. After the German invasion of Hungary in March 1944, the more than 4000 Jews living in Szeged were confined to a ghetto. The Pecks’ bungalow, which was already inside the confines of the ghetto, became home to 17 people while a wooden wall was built outside their windows. Vera’s family were eventually forced to relocate to the small farming village of Loitzendorf by cattle car and truck, where the adults were forced to work cutting down trees in the forest. While in Loitzendorf, the Picks were helped by a local family whose young daughter secretly brought them food in the middle of the night. Vera and her family were then sent to another work camp at a stone quarry in Spitz an der Donau, Austria, in September of 1944. They stayed there only a few weeks before they were again forced to travel by cattle car to Bergen-Belsen, where they arrived on the 8th of December 1944 after a 9km walk from Hanover. Vera’s father passed away while the family was at Bergen-Belsen. Vera was eventually moved to Theresienstadt in March 1945, and was liberated in May or June of 1945. Following the end of the Second World War, Vera completed her high school education in Szeged, then moved to Vienna where she briefly attended language school. Sponsored by family friends, she moved to London, England and obtained her nursing qualifications at the West Middlesex Hospital (1954-1957). In 1959 Vera married George Gara (b. March 11, 1932, Budapest - d. July 15, 2022, Ottawa). George was also a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. In January of 1970, George obtained a job as an electrical engineer with Bell Northern Research (Nortel), and he and Vera immigrated to Ottawa. Vera and George have two children; Judith Bosloy and Susan Markovitz. While living in Ottawa, Vera continued to work as a nurse while participating in and chairing volunteer activities, committees and events. She became the Financial Secretary of B’nai B’rith Women Ottawa chapter 421 in 1972, and was president from 1977 to 1982. As part of her activities with B’nai B’rith Vera hosted council meetings and events out of her home on Island Park Drive, and she has been an active member of the Ottawa Carleton Committee League for Human Rights (OCCLHR) since its inception. Vera has also been active in the Ottawa Vaad, where she chaired the Holocaust Rememberance Committee from approximately 1984-1992. As part of this committee, she hosted events to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony. From the late 1990s to 2000s, Vera was Agudath Israel’s adult education co-chair. In addition to her committee work, Vera has also spoken at many schools in Ottawa and elsewhere about her experiences in the Holocaust, and of the dangers of racism and hatred. She has volunteered at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus since 1977, and has been an active member of the Jewish Christian Dialogue Group and Na’amat since 1983. Vera Gara has been a key figure in the efforts to recognize and honour Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish ambassador who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews near the end of the Second World War. Vera chaired the Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration Committee starting in 1982, which worked with the Minto Corporation to have a street named after Wallenberg in a new housing development. After hearing of these efforts, Nepean City Council also contacted the committee, and decided to name a park after Wallenberg. As a representative of the Raoul Wallenberg International Movement for Humanity in Ottawa, Vera was awarded as a Member, First Class, of the Royal Order of the Polar Star, a high honour bestowed by the King of Sweden for Vera’s extensive work towards human rights activities, especially those related to Raoul Wallenberg and his legacy. Vera organized multiple events to commemorate Raoul Wallenberg and his legacy, and she was the chairman of the Ottawa Raoul Wallenberg Lending Hand Award Committee from 1999 to 2002. Vera travelled to Israel to attend the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in 1981. Prior to this she had been involved in a number of efforts to rebuild Israel. She also travelled to Budapest to represent Canada at the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Holocaust memorial in July 1988. In 2000, Vera was one of several Holocaust survivors living in Ottawa who were honoured for their contributions to Canada with a ceremony and dinner. The Memory of All That, a book written in 1982 by Ruth Latta, includes a chapter on Vera Gara.
- Related Material
- Shoah (Holocaust) Documentation on Survivors and Children of Survivors from the Ottawa area, unpublished, 1995 and an Oral History interview, November 20, 2000.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101238
- Collection
- Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 File
- Fonds No.
- I0221
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical information, reprints of Diversity and a vernissage invitation and program for the 9th annual Open Studio for Enriched Bread Artists.
- Collection
- Sheryl Luxenburg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 File
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical information, reprints of Diversity and a vernissage invitation and program for the 9th annual Open Studio for Enriched Bread Artists.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0221
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Sheryl Luxenburg was born in Montreal and moved to Ottawa in 1978. Sheryl is a realistic painter, combing a 20 year career in clinical psychology and an in-depth study in the visual arts. She maintains a studio with the Enriched Bread Artists, 951 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa and has exhibited in their Open House for the past three years. The 2001 exhibit included Diversity, a 60 x 72 inches millennium mural, acrylic on canvas. The work will hang permanently in Ottawa’s Soloway Jewish Community Centre.
- Notes
- 1. Material collected by Dawn Logan on October 28th at the Enriched Bread Artists Open House.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Dave Smith fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101278
- Collection
- Dave Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Fonds No.
- I0046
- Date
- 2001
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
- Collection
- Dave Smith fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 video cassette
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 1 video cassette of a television interview by Rogers Cable station.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0046
- History / Biographical
- Dave Smith, an Ottawa native who owns a restaurant and three delicatessen/catering operations, is also a well-known businessman, artist and humanitarian. Dave Smith was born in Ottawa in 1934 and raised in Lowertown, the youngest of 13 children in a close-knit Jewish family. His father, a shoemaker, had emigrated from Russia with his young bride to begin a new life in Canada. From employment with A & P meat department for several years, Dave Smith moved into the deli and catering business. He began his charitable work in the 1960s and he devotes his time to more than 20 charitable organizations, including the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Operation Go Home, Ottawa Ballet, Scouts Canada and the Easter Seal Society. He has received the Order of Canada, and is best known for his work with a clinic for drug and alcohol rehabilitation for teenagers. He was instrumental in raising 1 million dollars to buy and renovate the Bronson Avenue addiction centre which is named in his honour.
- Related Material
- Related material in Biographical Files.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
JEWISH ALLIANCE AGAINST THE OCCUPATION (JAAO) & JEWISH PEOPLES LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (JPLO) .
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93
- Collection
- JEWISH ALLIANCE AGAINST THE OCCUPATION (JAAO) & JEWISH PEOPLES LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (JPLO) .
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0091
- Date
- 2000-2006.
- Scope and Content
- Documents of both organizations (unprocessed). The collection includes an anti-Zionist book by Eibie Weizfeld, The End of Zionism and the Liberation of the Jewish People (1989)
- Collection
- JEWISH ALLIANCE AGAINST THE OCCUPATION (JAAO) & JEWISH PEOPLES LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (JPLO) .
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.12 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Documents of both organizations (unprocessed). The collection includes an anti-Zionist book by Eibie Weizfeld, The End of Zionism and the Liberation of the Jewish People (1989)
- Date
- 2000-2006.
- Fonds No.
- I0091
- History / Biographical
- Formative and organizational records of two organizations which reflect an anti-Israeli government policy position. The JPLO is now primarily run by Eibie Weizfeld as an Internet listserve. The JAAO group has demonstrated and organized lectures and events, which are reflected in the records.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated by Abraham (Eibie) WEIZFELD on June 1, 2006.
- Notes
- P06/03, MCAT.Provides an alternate perspective to that of the more mainstream Jewish organizations.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
LEWIS, Stanley = Interview on Radio Centreville-CINQ.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn316
- Collection
- LEWIS, Stanley = Interview on Radio Centreville-CINQ.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
- Fonds No.
- P0216
- Date
- 2000.
- Scope and Content
- Artist Stanley Lewis interviewd by Howard Gontovnick, co-host and Stanley Asher, host, Arts Notebook program on Radio CentreVille-CINQ 102.5 FM Montreal, February 26, 2000. After donation, this CD was also copied onto an archival quality master CD for preservation.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 compact disc (CD-ROM).
- Scope and Content
- Artist Stanley Lewis interviewd by Howard Gontovnick, co-host and Stanley Asher, host, Arts Notebook program on Radio CentreVille-CINQ 102.5 FM Montreal, February 26, 2000. After donation, this CD was also copied onto an archival quality master CD for preservation.
- Date
- 2000.
- Fonds No.
- P0216
- History / Biographical
- Stanley Lewis was born in Montreal in 1930 and died on Aug. 14, 2006. Stanley Lewis was a sculptor, printmaker, teacher and photographer. He created sculptures until a few months before his death. Mr. Lewis was regarded by many as a national treasure in the contemporary art world. Stanley Lewis's works are in prestigious collections worldwide including Canada: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Artothèque de Montréal, le Musée du Québec and National Gallery of Canada. Since 1950, he has exhibited in galleries and museums constantly throughout the world, including Paris, Florence, Israel, New York and Mexico. Dedicaded artist Stanley Lewis was head of the sculpture department at the Saidye Bronfman Centre School of the Fine Arts, taught at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, was a founding member of Quebec Sculptors Association, and honorary member of the Accademia Internazionale Tommaso Campanella.Stanley Lewis created and donated many works to institutions and causes, including l'École Polytechnique in memory of the tragedy which led to the death of many young women. The studio on "The Main" Through all his travels, Mr. Lewis always returned to Montreal and his studio above the Berson's Tombstone Company, on St. Laurent Blvd., which in his words was "a constant reminder that we are mortal souls but our creations are timeless." This studio on the Main was a hub for many artists and his powerful presence a cornerstone to the art community and the Jewish community. He was producing new works in his studio up until a few months before his death. The biography comes from "The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Sylvie Berthiaume on AskART.com".
- Custodial History
- The CD was donated by Howard Gontovnick on January 30, 2007
- Notes
- P07/04.Stanley Lewis, who died in 2006, was an important Canadian and Canadian Jewish artist.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Annual reports, 2000-2009.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89628
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- 1394; 1; 00030
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records.
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Fonds No.
- 1394
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00030
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Hebrew Free Loan Association
- Physical Condition
- Fair.
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101174
- Collection
- AJA 50 + fonds = Active Jewish Adults 50 + fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondenc…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
- Scope and Content
- Box 1: By-laws; Information Meetings 2000 - 2002; General Minutes 2000 - 2007; Board Minutes 2000-2007; Executive Committee Minutes 2000-2007 (restricted for 5 years from creation); Communication Committee; Finance Committee 2001 - Membership 2000 - 2008; Program Committee; Box 2: Correspondence 2002 - 2003; Fundraising; Financial Reports 2001 - Grant Applications; OJF agreement; Position Paper on relationship with OCSCO; Position Paper on relationship with SJCC; Position Paper on relationship with OJF; Application for Charitable Status; Housing Project 2001-2004 (some files restricted); Program Guides 2000 - 2017; Verse Tribute to founders of AJA 50+; AJA 50+ Celebrating 10 years DVD (from gala May 2011); Logo; Transportation; Brochures and Flyers News Clippings; Newsletter 2000 - 2009; Box 3: Series: Creative Connections Creative Connections; Creative Connections Steering Committee 2002 - Creative Connections Programs 2002 - Creative Connections Financial - 2002 - (financial records restricted for 25 years from date of creation) Box 4: Series: Housing Project Housing Project 2005 (Overview); Minutes: Ad-Hoc Housing and Steering Committees: 2004 - 2005, 2006 - 2007; Reports: to AJA 50+ Housing report to AGM, May 31, 2004; City of Ottawa, July 2005; JFSA, September 15, 2005; Kehilla Housing Program, August 16, 2005; B'nai B'rith, Montreal, August 24, 2005; Federation/AJA 50+ Housing Committee, November 8, 2005 - March 2007; Drafts Preceding 2005 Housing report; Originals of Housing Report 2005 Final Copy; Correspondence: Emails July 2005 - March 3, 2007; Handwritten notes; AJA 50+ Survey Fall 2001; Projected Membership Levels 2011 and 2021; Housing Background: Studies and Documents; Ottawa Seniors: Demographics and Census; Ottawa Housing Partnership; Multi-Faith Housing Initiative 2006; City of Ottawa training Sessions on Affordable Housing, 2005, and Consultations, 2007; Ottawa Affordable Housing Unit, 2005; Background: Housing, City of Ottawa; Senior Services: Province of Ontario; Canadian Mortgages and Housing Corporation; News Clippings and Articles, 2005 - 2006; Notes on various Retirement Homes; Folders: Baycrest, Toronto; B'nai B'rith, Montreal; Circle of Care (Habayit Shelanu), Toronto; Hillel Lodge, Ottawa; Kehilla Housing Initiative, Toronto Series: Loose Photographs: AJA 50 + Creative Connections - There are almost twenty photographs of various Creative Connections events. [4-742] - Home of Miriam Leviton (?), June 24, 2003. AJA 50+ Aboriginal Experience - Fall, 2002 - [4-743] AJA 50+ Bird watching - June 22, 2003 - [4-744]. People are identified on verso of photographs AJA 50+ - Registration Day - SJCC - Adrienne Pakandel-Powell - September 3, 2002 - [4-745] AJA 50+ Current Events - Fall, 2004 - Individuals are named on the back of the photograph - [4-746]. AJA 50+ Airport Tour - June 27, 2004 - Front sitting: Sol Gunner. First Row: Estelle Gunner, Deanna Silverman, Irma Choen, Sylvia Bronsther. Second Row: Sonja Kosten, Flo Morgan, Dod Bronstein, Bunny Cogan, Ann Bernick. Back Row: Ron Kesten, Bev Feinstein, Allan Rackow (?), Ed Cohen, Sherwin Lyman, Phylllis Rackow, Estelle Melzer, Bert Bronsther, Paula Polisuk, Amnon Paher. Far Back: Saul Silverman, Joel Morgan, Ken Mozersky - [7-747]. AJA 50+ VIP Brunch - Fall 2002 - [4-748] AJA 50+ Herb Garder Tour - Old Almonte Road - August 20, 2002 - [4-749]. AJA 50+ Experimental Farm Tour - [4-750]. AJA 50+ Shavuot Cheesecake Bake-off - Adrienne Paknadel-Powell, Brenda Wolf, R. Leviton - [4-751] AJA 50+ Purim Party 2004 - A small stack of photos - Left to Right: Bess Rosenberg, Sylvia Bronsther, Lea Kalin, Pearl Greenberg - [4-752]. AJA 50+ - On Display - A large assortment of photos of arts and crafts display - [4-753] AJA 50+ Passover Seminar - Ruth Levinson, Sandy Bennett, Fran Ross - March 27, 2001 - [4-754] AJA 50+ Jews in Music - Front Row: Gordon Spergel, Ernie Brodo, Yvonne Mar, Jack Berman. Back Row: Sherwin Lyman, Roslyn Frankl, Shirley Winer, Al Winer, Ed Cohen, Irma Cohen, Sarah Klein, Ruth Karp, Arthur Max - May, 2004. AJA 50+ Who Want's to be a Billionaire? - Laurence Wall as MC - November 15, 2003 - [4-756] AJA 50+ Gatineau Preservation Centre tour - Diane Tannenbaum, Ruth Nadler, Sheela Morin, Si Morin (behind), Florence Antecol, Eleanor Bocian, Estelle Gunner, Anne Huss, Rhode Zaitlin, Bernie Zaitlin. AJA 50+ All That Jazz - Sol Gunner and Friends at the SJCC - August 11, 2005 - [4-758] AJA 50+ Golf Group - Front Row: Phyllis Rackow, Cecily Bergman, Lana Cviensky-Fodoor. Second Row: Etta Karp, Elaine Wolfish, Henry Bloom, Joan Bloom, Rhoda Blevis, Al Malomet, Lou Levy. Third Row: Audrey Levy, Harry Liner. Back Row: Ruth Karp, John Miller, Ros Raskin, Lee Raskin, unidentified, Diana Malomet, Bert Blevis - September, 2003 - [4-759] AJA 50+ Strawberry Social - Gloria Goldberg, Albert and Shirley Winer, Ann Bernite (?), June Davis (?) - June 2003 - [4-760] AJA 50+ Annual General Meetings - Various images - [4-762] AJA 50+ Registration Day - Japanese Tea Ceremony - [4-763] AJA 50+ Passover Cooking Demo - At Estelle Gunner's home. Sandy Bennett, Bev Grostein, Miriam Bloom Rabinovitch, Estelle Weiss - [4-764]. AJA 50+ Chanukkah Party - At Central Park Lodge. Sol Gunner on violin, Fuzzy Teitelbaum on mic - [4-765]. AJA 50+ United Jewish Appeal Walk-a-thon - Ken Kavanat, Rhoda Blevis, Bert Blevis, Ruth Levitan, Ron Levitan, Estelle Gunner, Ben Feinstein - [4-766]. A CD of digital images from various events from 2001 to 2009. The images are from events listed above - [4-767].
- Date
- 2000-2009
- Fonds No.
- O0002
- Storage Location
- C.4.1
- History / Biographical
- AJA 50 + began in the year 2000 as an independent organization designed to enhance the quality of life for Ottawa's Jewish adults age fifty years or older. Objectives include creating an atmosphere which encourages a positive attitude towards aging; promoting independence and superior quality of life for Jewish adults; providing social, recreational, educational and health-related programming; advocating for services, and coordinating volunteers in the planning and rendering of programs. The organization is designed to be non-profit and members pay a small membership fee. The first chairperson was Ruth Levitan with an Executive Committee that included Bert Blevis, Cecily Bregman, Estelle Gunner and Teena Hendelman. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors elected from their membership. The 2015-2016 Board is made up of: President: Margo Rose Past President: Arnold Finkelstien 1st Vice-President: Sopgie Kohn Kaminsky 2nd Vice-President: Maurice Klein Finance Chair: Doug Kalman Treasurer: Steve Rauch Program Co-Chair: Michael Allen Program Co-Chair: Cynthia Powell Hospitality Chair: Sheila Senman Membership Chair: Dan Sigler Secretary: Dena Spevak Communications Chair: Fred Tabachnick Fundraising Chair: Richard Zuker The AJA 50+ has several working committees including: program, finance, volunteers, membership, and publicity.
- Custodial History
- Estelle Gunner, Ruth Levitan, Ozzie Silverman.
- Notes
- 1. Board and Executive minutes, financial records, draft by-laws donated by Estelle Gunner, February 28, 2005. 2. Other material donated by Ruth Levitan, November 2006. 3. Board and Executive minutes, 2003-2006, Program Guides, 2000-2008, Newsletters donated by Estelle Gunner, winter 2007. 4. Estelle re-organized files to integrate donation from immediate past - secretary in July 2009. 5. Ozzie Silverman donated Housing Study material found in Box 4 in September 2010. 6. Restrictions agreed upon by LD and Estelle Gunner February 2011. 7. DVD produced for 10th Anniversary Gala can be played on library computer. 8. In regards to the loose photographs of AJA activites, there are approximately 75 and only one photo from each event has been scanned as a representative.
- Access Restrictions
- Executive Minute files resctricted for 5 years from date of creation.
- Housing files are resctricted for 25 years.
- Financial records are restricted for 25 years.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
ELMRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB = Jewish Golf Club.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103
- Collection
- ELMRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB = Jewish Golf Club.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.02 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0101
- Date
- 1999-2004.
- Scope and Content
- 123 page hardcover book Elmridge Country Club 75 years 1924-1999, with photo illustrations, documenting the history of the Elmridge Country Club, one of Montreal's three golf clubs founded by Jews who were restricted from belonging to Christian clubs. (The other Jewish initiated golf clubs were Hil…
- Collection
- ELMRIDGE COUNTRY CLUB = Jewish Golf Club.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.02 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 123 page hardcover book Elmridge Country Club 75 years 1924-1999, with photo illustrations, documenting the history of the Elmridge Country Club, one of Montreal's three golf clubs founded by Jews who were restricted from belonging to Christian clubs. (The other Jewish initiated golf clubs were Hillsdale and Pinegrove.) By-Laws 2004 of the club.
- Date
- 1999-2004.
- Fonds No.
- I0101
- History / Biographical
- The founding of this club in 1924 grew out of the Montefiore Club.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated by Barbara Weiser on March 26, 2009
- Notes
- P09/11.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
S.L. Nathanson Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17196
- Collection
- S.L. Nathanson Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1149
- Scope and Content
- Consists of copies of photographs of a trip to Palestine taken by the S.L. Nathanson family in 1913 as well as a short biography of the family by Merle Kastner.
- Collection
- S.L. Nathanson Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of copies of photographs of a trip to Palestine taken by the S.L. Nathanson family in 1913 as well as a short biography of the family by Merle Kastner.
- Parallel Title
- Photographs, Palestine, 1914
- Fonds No.
- 1149
- Storage Location
- 7-5C, SC1
- Creator
- Kastner, Merle
- Language
- English
- Acquisition Source
- Merle Kastner
- Subjects
- Nathanson, S.L.
- Palestine - Jews
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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