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Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn98539
- Collection
- Anchel, Gotlieb, and Gilbert families = Montreal Jewish leisure and school activities
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- P0290
- Date
- 1929-2005.
- Scope and Content
- The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relatin…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relating to issues at the 'Y' between 1929-1966, as well as ephemera from various sporting events from the 1920s to 1970s. In addition there are a number of documents relating to Gotlieb's involvement in Minstrel shows at the Y in the 1930s and 1940s. Added in June 2022: additional documents and photos from Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel concerning involvement in the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal as well as with regard to attendance in Montreal schools and after-school activities. The documents consist of two ephemeral items from 1944: a YMHA swimming test result and a B'nai Brith 'Showboat' notice, plus a few news clippings from the 1980s about the history of the YMHA. The 15 images are: 7 pictures of Baron Byng High school students and events donated by former student Joseph Gilbert, including two of the 1957 graduating Prom, plus a program for the Baron Byng High School reunion of 2007; 1 image 8" x 10" of a YMHA Minstrel show group probably late 1930s, including Rose Gotlieb, mother of the donor, and and two very large framed images of YMHA Minstrel performers, both including players in blackface (one large image is a duplicate of the smaller one), circa 1940. Protestant school images from Gloria Anchel Gilbert consist of one from Fairmount elementary school circa 1953 and one from Northmount High School circa 1956. There are two oversized group photos from Pripstein's Camp Mishmar in St-Adolphe de Howard, Quebec, one dated 1956 and one undated - both are damaged, cut into three sections each. There are 2 images of the Jewish People's School afternoon section, also 1956, and one of a Westmount ballet class including a 3 year old Gloria Anchel, 1948. Artifacts donated along with the collection consist of 2 trophies from the B'nai Brith Bowling Association, for Hy Anchel 1972-1973 and 1976.
- Date
- 1929-2005.
- Fonds No.
- P0290
- History / Biographical
- Hyman Anchel (1914-1983) and Rose Gotlieb (1912-1987) were born in Montreal to immigrants from Romania and Russia. Hyman Anchel was active in B'nai Brith as the social service chairman for many years. A wrestling champion at the YMHA, Hy also was one of the three members to open the Y pool in 1929. In 1953, he 'swam' out of the Y with his children Gloria and Stanley and opened the new Snowden Y pool. Rose Gotlieb was a member of the Y Minstrels, which entertained Canada's troops during World War II. Their daughter Gloria Anchel Gilbert married Joseph Gilbert, also of Montreal in 1965 and re-located to London, Ontario. Joseph is the son of Morris Gilbert and Silvia Schwam who immigrated from Dobzyn on the Vistula, Poland in 1935 and 1930 respectively.
- Custodial History
- This collection was given by Gloria Anchel Gilbert, daughter of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel, in November of 2021. The additions were donated in June 2022 by Gloria Anchel Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P21/07.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMHAs = NC-YMHA
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51
- Collection
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMHAs = NC-YMHA
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.315 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0049
- Date
- 1941-1969.
- Scope and Content
- NC-YMHA Constitution. Minutes (1944-1949, 1960). Reports (1945-1951). Financial reports (1946-1949). Conference & meeting reports. Agendas and correspondence (1944-1949, 1964). Board members (1947-1949). Jewish communities in Ontario. Jewish population of Canada (1941). Memos (1946-1948, 1963, 1965…
- Collection
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMHAs = NC-YMHA
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.315 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- NC-YMHA Constitution. Minutes (1944-1949, 1960). Reports (1945-1951). Financial reports (1946-1949). Conference & meeting reports. Agendas and correspondence (1944-1949, 1964). Board members (1947-1949). Jewish communities in Ontario. Jewish population of Canada (1941). Memos (1946-1948, 1963, 1965). Correspondence (1946-1948). Jewish Group Work Council statement, plan of work (1947). Documents on Jewish Welfare Board (U.S.A.) (1949). Program aids (1946-1947). Newsletter (1946, 1950). YM-YWHA program (1949). Leadership training course: members, information, workbook (1950). National Jewish Youth Institute materials and documentation (1947). Clippings (1940s, 1951). YM-YWHA material: Programs and courses (1944-1945, 1963-1966, 1972-1973, 1988-1989). Y Beacon (1962-1963). Y News (1951). Saidye Bronfman Centre courses (1968). Press releases, brochures, clippings (1940s).
- Date
- 1941-1969.
- Fonds No.
- I0049
- History / Biographical
- The National Council of YMHAs was formed in 1943. It was an umbrella organization for the Ys across Canada and as such had members throughout the country (though the national office was in Montreal). Its aims were to organize Jewish groups in Canada, hold conferences and provide leadership training. Aside from encouraging the establishment of Ys and Jewish centres, it would aid those already in existence and promote their cultural, social and recreational activities. The council was to provide program assistance to the centres, run courses and put out press releases and bulletins to educate those within and outside the Jewish community. Its other functions were the fostering of youth groups and councils, promoting health and physical education, and public relations. The name was later changed to the Canadian Council of YMHAs and JCCs
- Notes
- Related groups of records: YM-YWHA.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn22
- Collection
- FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 50 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0020
- Date
- 1863-1988.
- Scope and Content
- The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
- Collection
- FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 50 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.
- Date
- 1863-1988.
- Fonds No.
- I0020
- History / Biographical
- From a Yiddish fundraising pamphlet, circa 1934. In 1863, the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Society (YMHBS), later the Baron de Hirsch Institute (BHI), was formed. It helped new immigrants, ran a school, and provided relief services to the Jewish community. Other such organizations and institutions, often in need of money, were also in existence, so in 1916 a single agency was formed to oversee all fundraising for these groups: the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. It later was renamed the Federation of Jewish Community Services (1951), then Allied Jewish Community Services (AJCS, 1965). In 1992 the name was changed to Federation CJA. Included within this social and community services agency are the Jewish Public Library, the YM-YWHA, Golden Age Association, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), and the Jewish General Hospital
- Notes
- MB 1.See Photo collection described on database in PCAT. One oversize box of scrapbooks stored with materials. Minutes and annual reports from National Archives of Canada collection and fragile materials from Series A are available on microfilm; reels ZE 22, ZE 23, and ZE 24.Various constituent agency records. See entries for Hebrew Old Peoples' and Sheltering Home, Maimonides Hospital, Hospital of Hope, Jewish General Hospital, Mount Sinai Sanatorium, YM-YWHA, Herzl (Dispensary/Health Services Centre/Family Practice), Montreal Hebrew Orphans' Home. See Also: Women's Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services, Industrial Removal Office.Approximately 15 m. of this collection is unprocessed. There is a finding aid and computer listings for the processed materials.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
FINEBERG Family Home Movies.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn312
- Collection
- FINEBERG Family Home Movies.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 films. - 2 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie).
- Fonds No.
- P0212
- Date
- 1947-1958.
- Scope and Content
- 9 reels of 16 mm silent film, mostly in colour (well preserved) with 3 small reels in one canister and the other 6 in individual canisters, each 5 to 15 minutes long. Subjects are the Fineberg family of Montreal, Davaar Street in Outremont, parents and 3 children (Sheila Notkin is the middle child,…
- Collection
- FINEBERG Family Home Movies.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 films. - 2 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie).
- Scope and Content
- 9 reels of 16 mm silent film, mostly in colour (well preserved) with 3 small reels in one canister and the other 6 in individual canisters, each 5 to 15 minutes long. Subjects are the Fineberg family of Montreal, Davaar Street in Outremont, parents and 3 children (Sheila Notkin is the middle child, with an older brother and a younger sister). Scenes show home in Outremont including at Passover and birthday parties, summer and winter vacations in the Laurentians at Val Morin, Ivry, and Ste. Agathe (Rabiner's Hotel) as well as Atlantic City and Old Orchard Beach and places along the road in New York State. The Rabiner's Hotel scenes include a B'nai Brith Lodge stage show with calisthenic performances by adults. Added Sept. 25 2007, 1 large reel of brother Bob Fineberg's wedding to Rhoda Wiener, Adath Israel synagogue, April 1958, shot by Drummond Photo Studio of E. Fineberg's staff (Eli Fineberg was then deceased).Addition 2009: 3 small home movie reels (a total of 4.10 minutes of footage) show the Sweet Sixteen party of Sheila Fineberg (now Notkin) at Ruby Foo's restaurant, and at home (?) opening presents, Montreal 1958. The view outside the restaurant window appears rural. Period clothing and hats. The 16 mm film was transferred to DVD digital files at the time of the donation, and the original reels were donated as well. Two additional reels totalling 2.50 minutes show a toddler girl, Ellen Fineberg (now Coopersmith), the donor's niece. The setting may be a summer cottage in Val Morin Quebec, 1960. A period car is also shown. This film was transferred to the same DVD, but the original reels were returned to the donor, for eventual transfer to Ellen Coopersmith.
- Date
- 1947-1958.
- Fonds No.
- P0212
- History / Biographical
- Biographical Sketch: Eli Fineberg was a professional photographer in Montreal. He was the owner of Society Studio, located on Park Avenue in Montreal, which was responsible for many of the photographs taken of the mid-20th century Montreal Jewish community, including those of the YM-YWHA. He married Leah Gold (now Leah Gold Fineberg Wiseberg) and had three children: a son Robert (Bob), deceased in 1960 at the age of 23, and two daughters, Sheila (now Sheila Notkin) and Rickiee (now Rickiee Ship Itovitch). Eli Fineberg died at age 48, in 1952.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donnated by Sheila Notkin, Eli Fineberg's daughter, on Aug. 16, 2007 and with an addition on Sept. 25 2007. Addtion was made on July 24, 2009 by Sheila Notkin.
- Notes
- These films were transferred to DVD in September by the Concordia University audio-visual department.P07/17 and P09/15.Drummond Photo, wedding negatives series.Most of the films were shot by the father, Eli Fineberg, who was a professional photographer, so the quality is very good. The scenes are typical of Montreal Jewish families in the late 1940s, with clothing and material culture details of the era. The Sweet Sixteen (Sweet 16) was a socio-cultural phenomenon of this era and was especially common in Jewish households.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
HARRIS, Eiran
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn331
- Collection
- HARRIS, Eiran
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- P0231
- Date
- 1900-2004.
- Scope and Content
- Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cu…
- Collection
- HARRIS, Eiran
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cummings by Aislin. Book STORY OF ZIONIST ORDER HABONIM, 1951. Ephemera. Souvenir medal issued by B&SS & NZ Home for the Aged. JEWISH WARSAW THAT WAS, Montreal: Warsaw Farband, 1967. Lead dreidle 3 cm. 1988: 21 photos of JGH construction 1968-1969. Matchbox: Moishe's Restaurant. Ephemera; Schiller Bros. interview on cassette, 1980. 3 Cassette tapes: interview of D. Rome by E. Harris. ITONENU magazine, Shaare Zion Academy, 1963-1964. 11 recipe books. Wedding invitations, Memory/Souvenir book of student Mildred Ellis (mother of Eric Helfield). 1990: Approx. 250 photos; subjects: candles, men with hats (seder?); in front of Chalet on Mt. Royal/Plage Laval beach/Fletcher's Field. Photos: Zionist youth camp 1950-1955; Habonim; Camp Kvutza, Que. & Lake Erie, Ont.; Habonim winter camp; Camp Massad. Photocopied clippings re Vancouver folklore. Lazarovitch Bar mitzvah photo 1935 PCAT; Margolese Bar Mitzvah invitation in form of scroll w.photo. Dr. Bloom neck-stretching machine and staff 1955, stereoscopic slides1993: 1 file photos incl. snapshots, Jack Brotman and wife, also gravestones. 1 file documents, incl. bulletins, clippings. Also approx. 12 stereoscopic slides, incl. family events (wedding?)2000: Aproximately 300 New Year's (Rosh Hashana) cards received from friends and contacts made through Jewish Public Library Director position. De-accessioned from JPL July 2000. Contain Jewish scenes, signatures. Some discarded (duplicates, not of interest).2002: 8 cookbooks, 7 of them Montreal Jewish and one non-Jewish Canadian but containing Jewish recipes typed on loose paper. From JGH Ladies Auxiliary, Hadassah, Mizrachi, Pioneer Women, Canadian Women's Press Club.2004: 8 volumes of various years added to those donated several years ago. These volumes contain recipes, household hints, lists of Montreal B'nai Brith Women members, local advertisements, and different yearly themes.2009: Four cookbooks, adding to previous collection. The Grapevine Cookbook - The Girls of the 8:10 Aerobics Class YW-YMHA and NHS of Montreal, 1996/ 101 Ways to Disguise Matzo ... a cookbook for Passover - SNAP (Snowdon Nursery Association of parents) YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre, post 2000?/ The Best of Our Kitchens, Vegetarian and Dairy Cooking - Congregation Dorshei Emet, 2004/ Kinnereth Cookbook, second edition - Hadassah Wizo-Toronto, 1993.Addition 2010: Exposition Sepharade "D'hier a demain" by Association Sepharade Francophone, 1974.Addition 2011: Passover Recipes, by Aliyah chapter , Winnipeg Hadassah. This is a 96 page spiral bound small format book containing handwritten recipes with illustrations.
- Date
- 1900-2004.
- Fonds No.
- P0231
- History / Biographical
- Eiran Harris was born in Tel Aviv in 1935. He has served as Archivist Emeritus with Montreal's Jewish Public Library since the early 1990s on a volunteer basis. He possesses a vast knowledge of the history of Canadian Jewry and has worked tirelessly to share that knowledge with others.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Mr. Eiran Harris of Jewish Public Library, on a ongoing basis.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P87/01, P87/06, P87/21, P87/27, P87/40, P87/44, P88/08, P88/10, P88/11, P88/52, P88/53, P90/05, P90/12, P90/21, P93/23, P02/10, P04/08, P09/22, P10/02 and P11/14.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND SYNAGOGUES.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn351
- Collection
- DRUMMOND PHOTO INC. Photo Negatives = DRUMMOND JACQUOT INC.
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7575 photographs.
- Fonds No.
- I0018; E
- Date
- 1960s-1990s.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of one box of 340 files of negatives. This is a diverse series containing Montreal Jewish institutions both secular and religious in nature.Included are major secular Jewish organizations such as Youth Horizons, YM.-YWHA., the Yiddish Theatre of the Saidye Bronfman Centre, the M…
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7575 photographs.
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of one box of 340 files of negatives. This is a diverse series containing Montreal Jewish institutions both secular and religious in nature.Included are major secular Jewish organizations such as Youth Horizons, YM.-YWHA., the Yiddish Theatre of the Saidye Bronfman Centre, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, B'nai Brith, Hadassah, Knights of Pythias, National Council of Jewish Women, Pioneer Women, Alliance Israelite, Youth People's Federation, rabbis, cantors, United Synagogue Council, Mizrachi, and UOJC (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations). Details of this portion of the series include: Pioneer Women Triennial National Convention, their bazaar day at Cavendish Mall and at Chevra Kadisha Synagogue dancing, singing and stage performance and the UOJCA (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America) kosher food fair and its women's banquet in New York. Israel's 27th and 28th anniversary testimonial dinners honouring Mr. & Mrs. Scott and Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Segall, and a mission photo in front of the Cummings building at 5151 Cote St. Catherine Road (since 1999, 1 Carré Cummings), Penny Meshwork, then-executive director of Camp B'nai Brith, and live scenes, campers and nature shots of Camp Wooden Acres. The photos of the YMHA include a meeting in Kellert Hall, the Faerman Library, a party for Harvey Golden, then-executive director, a luncheon honouring Saidye Bronfman at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, Mortimer Davis plaque (founder of the Jewish General Hospital), a tribute to Dora Wasserman (founder and director of the Yiddish Drama Group, now known as the Yiddish Theatre of the Saidye Bronfman Centre), and posters of the Yiddish plays. There are photos of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre depicting survivors and its then-executive director, Krisha Starker, and the Jewish Public Library Berman auditorium. Of special interest are photos of B'nai Brith, Montreal chapter, a men's swearing-in ceremony, ladies dressed in costume. Other photos include a Hadassah banquet at the Chevra Kadisha Synagogue, National Council of Jewish Women, Angel's Ball, awards, a cocktail party at the Rosenbloom home, the Russian Community Centre, a Jewish Public Library lecture with Barbara Kay (former president) and Zipporah Dunsky Shnay, then-executive director, and Hillel House visitors and plaque in memory of H. Weinstein, executive director. Other organizational photos include "Landsmanshaften" (mutual benefit societies), such as the Bessarabian, Hungarian Hebrew, Krakower, Dalse and Yishitzer Societies. These societies were formed after World War II to give financial and moral support to those persons who lost family in the Holocaust. The names are of the towns from which they originally came. Another group of files depicts Jewish summer camps in the Montreal area. The summer camps include Camp Massad, Pine Valley Camp, Camp Gan and the Camp B'nai Brith camp grounds. Also shown are Gita Caiserman Roth, her paintings and the paintings at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. The synagogues files include Adath Israel, Adath Yeshurun, Beth Ora, Beth El, Beth Hillel, Beth Zion, Chevra Kadisha, Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, Dorshei Emet, Shaar Hashomayim, Shaar Shalom, Shaar Zedek, Shaar Zion, Shevet Achim, Shomrim Laboker, Spanish & Portuguese, Young Israel-Val Royal and Chabad. Many of the religious organizations depicted are from the segments of the Orthodox community which are underrepresented in the CJC Archives collection.The synagogue photos in this series consist of various functions such as the Shaar Hashomayim war veterans banquet, sisterhood teas, symphony orchestra, Rabbi Shuchat of the Shaar Hashomayim, Rabbi Joshua Shmidman (deceased in 2005) of the Tifereth Beth David, Rabbi Ron Aigen of Dorshei Emet, the Reconstructionist Synagogue, Yehudah Vineberg, well-known cantor and choir director, interior and exterior of the former Shevet Achim, 5829 Cote des Neiges, and the Shaar Shalom trip to Israel.There are photos of Rabbi Leffel and his family from earlier days, Lubavitch women's committee, Cantor Solomon Gisser, the Shomrim Laboker retirement party with Rabbi Roness, Board of Directors and other officers in 1973, Beth Zion graduates, women who practice Conservative Judaism, Monty Berger of the Beth El synagogue with committee workers, Rabbi Pinchus Hirshprung, (former chief rabbi of Montreal), Chabad Lubavitch Chassidic Purim party with dancing, costumes, reading of the Megillah (Book of Esther), Grand Rambam celebration, Torah class, choir, religious dentist at work, women in hats, Chabad giant Hanukkah menorah (candelabra) on top of car, street festival, Yeshiva interior, breaking the glass at a wedding, Chabad House on Van Horne Ave., Lubavitch women, Ariella Cotler (well-known community leader and wife of Irwin Cotler, noted lawyer for human rights), Sukkoth Jewish holiday (Feast of Tabernacles), Emunah Women (formerly Mizrachi, a religious Zionist group).This series is described at a file level in the DataEase database, PCAT code PC 16
- Date
- 1960s-1990s.
- Fonds No.
- I0018
- Series No.
- E
- History / Biographical
- Montreal is home to a wide diversity of social service and cultural organizations geared to serving the Jewish community. In addition, the community is served by dozens of synagogues, most of them affiliated with various forms of the Orthodox tradition
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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