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FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP).

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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.

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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

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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

Robert Adams Collection

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50190

Collection: Robert Adams Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 0.37m of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1306

Date: [between 1900 and 1990] predominently 1987-1988

Scope and Content: The Collection contains, correspondence, research notes, photographs, negatives, museum catalogues, magazines, manuscripts and news clippings related to life and work of Alexander Bercovitch as well as the research and publication of "The Life and Work of Alexander Bercovitch - Artist" by Robert Ad…

Collection: Robert Adams Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 0.37m of multiple media

Scope and Content: The Collection contains, correspondence, research notes, photographs, negatives, museum catalogues, magazines, manuscripts and news clippings related to life and work of Alexander Bercovitch as well as the research and publication of "The Life and Work of Alexander Bercovitch - Artist" by Robert Adams. The material predominently focuses on the years 1987-1988, during which Adams was researching, writing and publishing his book.

Date: [between 1900 and 1990] predominently 1987-1988

Fonds No.: 1306

Storage Location: 7-1A

History / Biographical: Robert Adams was born in South Wales in 1937. He first studied at the London School of Economics, after which he moved to Montreal to continue his education and teaching career at Concordia University. In 1972 he received a position at College Bois-du-Boulogne where he taught for eight more years. It was during these years he wrote his first book, “The Life and Work of Alexander Bercovitch – Artist.” In the same year of its publication, 1988, the noted biography was short listed for the Quebec Society for the Promotion of English-Language Literature (QSPELL) award in non-fiction. Robert Adams would later go on to be a recognized book reviewer, speaking regularly on CBC Radio’s “Talking Books” and TV Ontario’s “Big Ideas” on Book TV. He was also been a frequent guest-speaker at many literary functions, including those held by the Jewish Public Library in Montreal. Known as the father of modern Jewish painting in Montreal, Alexander Bercovitch was a Russian Jewish painter born in 1891 in the port city of Kherson in the Ukraine. He spent his formative years travelling across Europe honing his artistic skills and establishing himself as a painter. It wasn’t until 1926 that Bercovitch and his family came to Montreal. After a difficult first year in Montreal Bercovitch left his family and would continue to have a turbulent relationship with his wife and children. Throughout the remaining twenty-four years of his life Bercovitch would join the "Eastern Group of Painters,” work with John Lyman to establish the Canadian Arts Society of Jewish Artists and the Eastern Group as well as teach a generation of Jewish artists, including Moe Reinblatt, Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, Rita Briansky and Esther Wertheimer. On January 7, 1951 Alexander Bercovitch died from a massive heart-attack, which struck him only four hours before his retrospective was to open at the YM-YWHA.

Language: English; French; Yiddish

Arrangement: Original order was maintained. Duplicates were removed from both the textual and photographic material.

Notes: Includes correspondence to and from Alexander Bercovitch.

Subjects: Painters; Montreal (Quebec); Bercovitch, Abram William, 1882-1962.; Bercovitch, Alexander; Artists; Adams, Robert

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

FEDERATION CJA

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn43512

Collection: Federation CJA Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 35.6m multiple media

Fonds No.: 1001

Date: 1917-2010

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…

Collection: Federation CJA Collection

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: 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 Restrictions: 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

Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn34138

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 12 metres of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1256

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of the working documents, photographs and ephemera of the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, both before and after the merger of the institution. Material covers subject areas such as the general administration, staffing and Board governance of the "Y", the running of spo…

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 12 metres of multiple media

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of the working documents, photographs and ephemera of the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, both before and after the merger of the institution. Material covers subject areas such as the general administration, staffing and Board governance of the "Y", the running of sports and fitness, summer camps, arts, leisure and religious programming as well as educational initiatives and special events. These documents take the form of: typed documents, handwritten documents, photographs, playbills, posters and blueprints.

Fonds No.: 1256

History / Biographical: The Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) and the Young Women’s Hebrew Association (YWHA) were both founded in 1910 to serve the “social, cultural, recreational, physical and intellectual needs” of the Jewish community in Montreal, to quote the Y’s Mission Statement. This community centre has had many locations over the years, including buildings on St. Urbain, Mount Royal and the current location on Westbury Avenue, also known as the Snowdon Y. A second location was opened in Pierrefonds to serve members living in the West Island area. The YMHA and YWHA were amalgamated in 1950 when the new branch opened on Westbury. The YM-YWHA as a recreational organization offers diverse programming and facilities including gyms, a swimming pool, and sports such as wrestling, tennis and baseball. The YM-YWHA also offered musical programs, such as the singing Minstrels and an orchestra, as well as clubs, such as the Duplicate Bridge Club and Public Speaking Club. Tournaments were frequently put on during the Y’s history both for clubs and sporting events. Several education initiatives have taken place as well, including an Evening High School, Friday night lectures for adults and the participation of Montreal Jewish literary legends such as A.M. Klein, who gave lectures and presentations to Y members. Summer day camps have also been an integral part of the Y’s programming, including the popular Y Urban Camp, which began during the 1930s. Over the past 100 years the Y has served as a gathering place for the Montreal Jewish Community, meeting the needs of their members from all walks of life, whether it is immigrants, working-class citizens, or professionals.

Language: English; French; Yiddish; Hebrew

Acquisition Source: YM-YWHA

Custodial History: Materials were transfered from the YM-YWHA on Westbury to the JPL

Access Restrictions: Some privacy restrictions may apply.

Reproduction Restrictions: Some Copyright restictions may apply.

Accession No.: 10 - 004

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

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…

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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.

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

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Rubenstein Brothers Company Fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78244

Collection: Rubenstein Brothers Company Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 0.6 metres multiple media

Fonds No.: 1357

Date: 1935-2014

Scope and Content: Consists of correspondence, marketing and sales materials, photographs, and clippings related to the Rubenstein Bros. Co., Ltd. or the Rubenstein family.

Collection: Rubenstein Brothers Company Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 0.6 metres multiple media

Scope and Content: Consists of correspondence, marketing and sales materials, photographs, and clippings related to the Rubenstein Bros. Co., Ltd. or the Rubenstein family.

Date: 1935-2014

Fonds No.: 1357

Storage Location: Bay 2

History / Biographical: Rubenstein Brothers Company was founded by Max Rubenstein in Montreal in 1864. The company was a brass foundry specializing in metal parts for horse and carriage harnesses. At the turn of the century the company grew to include nickel, bronze, and silver plating as well as operating a small machine shop. In 1929, Louis Rubenstein, the last remaining partner and child of founder Max, sold the company to Jack and Dave Becker, button and trimming suppliers in the city's garment industry. Under the Beckers the company grew according to the times and demands of Canada's manufacturing industries. At various points in time Rubenstein Bros. manufactured the Beaver Cloth Cutting Machine, post office boxes for Canada Post, and electrical intersections for Montreal's streetcars. During World War II, the company fabricated landing gear components for the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The post-war period brought a great deal of growth to the company, specifically in the garment industry and in the importation and sales of home-use sewing machines. Over the decades the company's successes also saw the opening of new offices in Toronto (1947), Winnipeg (1949), Vancouver (1995), and Edmonton (2001). In 2000, reacting to the decline of the garment industry in Canada, the company moved into garment decoration, garment printing, wide format digital printing, fabric printing, trophies, awards, and advertising specialities. In 2014, during its 150th anniversary, Rubenstein Bros. was renamed Rubenstein RB Digital Inc., to greater reflect its new role in Canadian industry. The Beckers are also largely responsible for preserving and celebrating the heritage of the Rubenstein family, particuarly Louis Rubenstein (1861-1931). Louis Rubenstein best-known now as Canada's first world fancy skating champion, a title he fought for in Russia in 1890. He was also a proponent of numerous other sports in Montreal and Canada, including cycling, curling, bowling, and swimming. Beyond sporting life, Rubenstein was an active civic leader and served as a Montreal alderman from 1914-1931. The Becker family carried this dedication to community onto themselves as well as several family members were extremely involved with numerous organizations within Jewish Montreal. Between them, generations of Beckers have been involved with the Federation of Jewish Community Services (today's Federation CJA), Combined Jewish Appeal, Camp Wooden Acres, Canadian Jewish Congress, the YM-YWHA, the Canadian Maccabiah Committee, the Montefiore Club, United Talmud Torah, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and the Hebrew Free Loan Association, to name only a few.

Language: English

Custodial History: Donated by Jeremy Becker.

Arrangement: Complete file listing.

Accession No.: 15-005

Subjects: Rubenstein, Louis, 1861-1931; Rubenstein, Lazarus; Becker, Hillel.; Becker, Jack.; Becker, Lavy M., 1905-2001.; Becker, Jeremy; Rubenstein Bros. Co., Ltd.; Garment industry

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

YWHA News

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44615

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1256; 10; 00622

Date: October 28, 1940

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Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Date: October 28, 1940

Fonds No.: 1256

Series No.: 10

File No.: 00622

Storage Location: CTN.019

Language: English

Notes: Issue of the YWHA News, the newspaper for the Young Women's Hebrew Association. Issues include details of club events, fitness, health and welfare information, membership and campaign information as well as social and entertainment news of the YWHA.

Subjects: Women - Jewish; Young Women's Hebrew Association; Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association, Montreal

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Documents

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Jewish Community Centre and Beth Shalom fonds

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn112925

Collection: Jewish Community Centre and Beth Shalom fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Fonds No.: O0087

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual records. Box 1, File 1 Construction records from 1959 to 1961 including financial estimates from Hazlegrove Lithwick and Lambert architects, recommendations for upgrades, and related JCC meeting minutes. Letters to and from JCC Executive Director Hy Hochberg including ma…

Collection: Jewish Community Centre and Beth Shalom fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of textual records. Box 1, File 1 Construction records from 1959 to 1961 including financial estimates from Hazlegrove Lithwick and Lambert architects, recommendations for upgrades, and related JCC meeting minutes. Letters to and from JCC Executive Director Hy Hochberg including materials related to the formation of a Canadian Council of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centres, newsletters to JCC Membership, meeting agendas and minutes including financial updates, and YM-YMHA records related to the JCC. Box 1, File 2 1943, 1946-48 Notices and minutes of Annual General Meetings preliminary fundraising materials for the new JCC general correspondence Notices and reports of Committees Financial statements, records, budgets for Adath Jeshurun and Agudath Achim Handwritten minutes Releases for the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin Students guide for the Hebrew Day School Reports on Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre Program for National Council of Young Men’s and Young Women's Hebrew Association Box 1, File 3 Beth Shalom and JCC records from 1944 to 1952 copies of by-laws (shared between both organizations) meeting minutes monthly financial balance sheets meeting notices general meeting of contributors records of efforts in the provincial legislature and municipal council to have the JCC recognized as tax-exempt and related materials copy of the 1950 construction contract and related materials including construction workups and cost estimates donor letters and records letters and updates with regards to the United Palestine Appeal JDC materials related to postwar construction challenges Jewish Community Centre Project fundraising materials, records of donor contributions and building campaign contributors records of fundraising events donor pledge slips 1944 annual report letters from the National Jewish Welfare Board Box 1, File 4 1949 - 1950 correspondence from Hy Hochberg about property at 147 Chapel St. Minutes of AGM for the Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre 31 May 1949 Board of Directors meeting minutes 31 May and 13 June 1949 Balance sheet 30 Nov 1948 By-laws of Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre JCC application for possession of 147 Chapel St. 30 June 1949 Notes on Architects perspective on JCC Construction Box 1, File 5 Beth Shalom and JCC records 1950-51 fundraising materials for the new JCC personnel training materials promotional radio script from the Jewish National Welfare Board sent to Ottawa to fundraise and promote the new JCC in 1950 Mock ups for donor plaques for the new JCC 1950 and in memoriam cornerstones community centre building drawings 1952 details around insurance meetings 1951 Progress payment records for contractors 1951 nomination paperwork for B.M. Alexander to the Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre Board of Directors Letter of the support from the Canadian Jewish Congress re: the construction of the Ottawa JCC Materials related to job search for a youth activities director for the new JCC Building progress estimates Telephone installation records Change notice records brickwork change drawings building fund contribution records Donation records Letters from the architect discussing final stages of the building contract, final furniture and drapery installations, room fittings, hydro, and the handing over of keys Milk and meat kitchen details Flatware purchase records Bulletin article clippings Synagogue and JCC balance sheets Survey and report on the demographics of the Montreal Jewish Community Confirmation from the architect that the building will be ready for acceptance on April 24 1951 Box 1, File 6 Beth Shalom and JCC records from 1951 to 1956, Bernard Alexander’s records (presdient of the JCC and Synagogue) changes in the tax exempt status board meeting notices and meeting minutes issues related to parking and capacity limitations of the Byward Market location Annual financial statements furnishing and contracting records construction and building drawings reports to Vaad Ha’ir around the policies for the new building materials related to the formal opening and celebration of the new JCC building on Chapel St and dedication dinner planning for the yearly programming run by the synagogue ladies auxiliary meeting minutes fundraising campaign records and promotional materials building campaign materials records of various committee members and details related to their assignment AGM records Recommendations for the new JCC facility Booklet of ideas and recommendations for the new JCC from Yeshiva University Copy of architectural records Furniture orders for the new JCC Insurance estimates for the new JCC Campaign pledge records Records of repairs to the synagogue Box 1, File 7 Beth Shalom and JCC Records from 1952 Copy of ‘Youth Council Trumpeter’ newspaper from April 1952 Built in furnishings contract Mr. B. M. Alexander (JCC President) train tickets from Ottawa to Toronto 1952 Blueprints for the JCC more materials related to tax privileges for the new JCC drafts of the bill newspaper clippings correspondence about local activities Box 1, File 8 1955 - 56 correspondence re: the amalgamation of Adath Jeshurun and Agudath Achim proposed budget minutes of amalgamation committee, new Board of Directors membership of Adath Jeshurun logistics for the housing of the new congregation (Congregation Beth Shalom, would later merge with Agudath Israel to become KBI) in the new JCC synagogue addition (1956) Officers and Board of Directors for “the new synagogue” synagogue seating plan 1956 general JCC correspondence as relates to the amalgamation and expansion, 1959-1950 Committee minutes, 1954-61 National Jewish welfare board materials Correspondence re the development and construction of the JCC 1948-1957 Yout committee report meeting minutes, 1949 Page of the bulletin, 1956 Message from Talmud Torah to parents, 1956 Blueprints for the expansion Box 1, File 9 1959 - 1961 financial records related to equipment and furnishings for the new JCC and expansion architectural records, plans, drawings, and financial estimates for the JCC addition board of directors meeting minutes Box 1, File 10 1961 - 1962 Early records from the newly established Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa correspondence between B.M. Alexander and Hy Hochberg (JCC and the Vaad) List of committee members Meeting materials YM-YWHA correspondence

Fonds No.: O0087

Storage Location: vault

History / Biographical: During the early 1930s, synagogues in Ottawa were having a difficult time retaining the services of rabbis due to financial challenges facing the congregations during the Great Depression. There were four congregations in Ottawa at this time: Agudath Achim (Rideau Street), Adath Jeshurun (King Edward Avenue), Mackzikei Hadas (Murray Street) and the newly constructed B’nai Jacob (James Street). As a result of these difficulties, a committee known as the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa formed to hire a community rabbi to act as the spiritual leader for the entire Jewish community. The Jewish community was exclusively Orthodox in the 1930s and numbered approximately 2,800 people. Following the creation of the committee, the Vaad Ha’Ir was formed with proportional representation from each of the synagogues along with members of various Jewish groups. The idea to form a community council was brought forward by Caspar Caplan at a community meeting held in August 1933. Caplan was acting chair of the Vaad HaKashrut and president of the Adath Jeshurun congregation. The Vaad Ha’Ir was organized to administer Jewish activity in the city, principally kashrut, Jewish education and spiritual guidance. Archibald Jacob Freiman, a prominent businessman, president of Adath Jeshurun and leader of the community, served as president from 1934 until his death in 1944. Thomas Sachs, who was vice-president during this formative period, took over as president and served for four years. In 1943, a committee was created to start planning for a community centre. They were called the Community Centre Committee of the Vaad Ha'Ir and their purpose was to: "Ask their respective congregations to adopt a resolution that they are in agreement in principle to erect and support a Community Centre which will house a synagogue, Talmud Torah, assembly hall, social and athletic centre". Fundraising commenced shortly thereafter, and the committee was replaced by the Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa (JCC) in 1945. Construction for the amalgamated synagogue of Beth Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre on Chapel Street began in the late 1940s (approximately 1948), with the first phase of the building opening in 1951 at 151 Chapel Street. However, expansion did not stop there. From 1951 - 1960 Beth Shalom synagogue, Talmud Torah and a gymnasium were all added to centre. It was finally completed in 1960 after three stages of building. It was in 1960 that the name changed to the Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa, but is in more recent times referred to as the Chapel Street JCC. In 1998, the community centre was moved to its current location at 21 Nadolny Sachs. Congregation Beth Shalom was the oldest synagogue in Ottawa, with congregational roots as far back as 1892 - when Adath Jeshurun was formally founded with 35 families from the Ottawa Jewish community. In its formative years, the congregation moved from its very first location on Murray Street in 1895, to King Edward Avenue in 1904. As the Jewish community grew in this city, so too did the need for more synagogues. The early 1900’s saw the establishment of Agudath Achim (1902), Machzikei Hadas (circa 1906), and B’nai Jacob (1910). Congregation Beth Shalom emerged in 1956 when the two oldest congregations in Ottawa, Adath Jeshurun and Agudath Achim, amalgamated. B’nai Jacob joined 15 years later, in 1971. With the construction of a building on Chapel Street, Beth Shalom became the only downtown Jewish congregation in Ottawa and occupied the same complex as the Jewish Community Centre and the Hebrew day school. Congregation Beth Shalom had a long and memorable history in downtown Ottawa, maintaining a downtown presence until 2015, when it relocated to the West End to temporarily rejoin the Jewish Community Centre, the day school and the elder-care facility. Congregation Beth Shalom amalgamated with Agudath Israel Congregation on July 1st, 2016 to form Kehillat Beth Israel. Fonds consists of records representing the intermediary years during the intitial fundraising and construction of the Chapel Street JCC, as well as fundraising for the addition to house the newly amalgamated Congregation Beth Shalom. Records end around the time that the JCC formally became its own entitey and governance of the JCC and Beth Shalom became fully-fleged and separate entities.

Notes: Donated by Doris Rauch

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Ottawa Jewish Archives

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMHAs = NC-YMHA

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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…

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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

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FINEBERG Family Home Movies.

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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

Y Beacon and Davis Library.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn87026

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1256; 11.1; 00954

Date: 1952-1955

Scope and Content: Various non-consecutive issues of the Y Beacon, dated 1952-1955. Also includes letters from the former Davis branch librarian, Bill Morley, along with subject guides, new releases lists, and promotional materials from the library.

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Scope and Content: Various non-consecutive issues of the Y Beacon, dated 1952-1955. Also includes letters from the former Davis branch librarian, Bill Morley, along with subject guides, new releases lists, and promotional materials from the library.

Date: 1952-1955

Fonds No.: 1256

Series No.: 11.1

File No.: 00954

Storage Location: CTN 042; 7-5B

Language: English

Reproduction Restrictions: Reproduction restrictions may apply

Subjects: Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association, Montreal; Newspapers, Jewish - Montreal (Quebec); Beacon (YM-YWHA); Librarians

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND SYNAGOGUES.

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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…

Collection: DRUMMOND PHOTO INC. Photo Negatives = DRUMMOND JACQUOT INC.

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

Saidye Bronfman Centre Fonds

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Collection: Saidye Bronfman Centre Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 27.3 linear metres of multiple media

Fonds No.: 1061

Scope and Content: General information about the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, but also specific records about different events that occurred in it and/or were organized by it. There are multiple files about plays with detailed descriptions about the budgets, the scripts and the costumes to name a few. Exhibitions’ …

Collection: Saidye Bronfman Centre Fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: multiple media

Physical Description: 27.3 linear metres of multiple media

Scope and Content: General information about the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, but also specific records about different events that occurred in it and/or were organized by it. There are multiple files about plays with detailed descriptions about the budgets, the scripts and the costumes to name a few. Exhibitions’ explanations are also available to the interest of the public. Festival programs such as Family and Puppet Festival and activities such as Artapalooza are also in the Fonds. Grant proposals, donations by individuals and businesses, overall budgets, renovation information, letters between the centre and other institutions or people related to the centre and its activities, etc.

Fonds No.: 1061

Storage Location: JPL

History / Biographical: Initially funded by the Bronfman family and named for matriarch Saidye to honor her many years of deep and active interest in the arts and the YM-YWHA, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts was inaugurated on September 24, 1967 as a non-profit cultural centre for the arts. The centre was home to an art gallery, theatres staging English, French and Yiddish language productions; the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre and the Youth Institute. It also housed the School of Fine Arts where classrooms were established as well as fine arts studios, dance and acting classes. The purpose the Centre was ‘to bring together in the common pursuit of learning and exploration men and women of all ages, religions, races, language or ethnic origins who identify with the mosaic of cultures which make up our province and our country.’ The art gallery was known internationally for its innovative leadership and excellence in contemporary art. Canadian, as well as international artists showed their multi-media exhibitions in the 3 500 square foot gallery. The Saidye Bronfman Centre hosted different shows and plays for older as well as younger audiences. Many plays were shown in the Yiddish Theatre to a larger public. There were also plays for children mostly organized by the Youth Institute which hosted stand-up comedy and activities for a younger audience. Artapalooza which was organized annually was also very popular and children participated heavily in the many activities related to it. The theatres of the SBC played an important role in the Montreal Jewish Community since ‘the Yiddish Theatre and its founder, Dora Wasserman [were] the recipients of many awards in recognition of the essential role they play in preserving the Yiddish language and cultural heritage.’ The School of Fine attracted people who were passionate about painting, photography, jewellery and much more. The School held sculpture symposiums and numerous photographs and painting exhibitions in order to show diverse projects in a myriad of mediums and subjects. It offered courses to approximately 1 000 students, ranging from novice to advanced levels. In the last year of its existence, the Saidye Bronfman Centre went through a major change. According to Kalichman, co-president of the YM-YWHA, a complex series of pressures led to the changes as well as financial issues for the Centre’s three entities; the gallery, the theatre and the School of Fine Arts. These pressures meant that these entities were directly competing for funding. Eventually these pressures led to the closure of the Saidye Bronfman Centre as it was under the administration of the YM-YWHA and the founding of the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts at the ‘Saidye’. The new centre has a new focal point concentrating strictly on performing arts. Because of this, the decision was made to close the School of Fine Arts and to discontinue the art gallery from the Segal Centre.

Language: English; French

Custodial History: The collection came from the Saidye Bronfman Centre and the YM-YWHA.

Access Restrictions: Privacy laws may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Copyright laws may apply

Subjects: Saidye Bronfman Centre [Montreal, Quebec].; Renovation; Buildings; Theatrical Productions.; School of Fine Arts; Fine Arts; Youth Institute; Art gallery; Correspondence; Administrative information; Marketing; Publicity; Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association, Montreal.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Minutes, Metropolitan Board of Directors, YM-YWHA & NHS

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn70367

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1256; 1; 00666

Date: 1968-1972

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Date: 1968-1972

Fonds No.: 1256

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00666

Storage Location: CTN 021; 4-4F

Language: English

Acquisition Source: YM-YWHA

Notes: Nov 6, 1972 – Rabbis requesting Friday night movies at the SBC be cancelled - discussion of item “Organizational Structure of the Association” - discussion of more socio-economic mix in community camps - Status of Urban Camp; Oct 2, 1972 – Urban Camp Report; Sept 11, 1972 – Dossier of background information for the Metropolitan Board of Directors - Code of Personnel Practices; Unknown Date, 1972 – “A Model for the Association for the Fuller Achievement of Its Jewish Program Goals and Objectives”; July 16, 1972 - ----------------------------------------------------; May 22, 1972 – Laval Community Centre Branch building needs; May 8, 1972 - Detailed discussion on “Man in the Glass Booth” controversy; May 1, 1972 – Memorandum – Subject: “Man in the Glass Booth”; April 6, 1972 – detailed discussion of capital expenditures; March 27, 1972 – discussion of policy for Sabbath program; Feb 24, 1972 – Discussion of “The Man in the Glass Booth”; Feb 18, 1972 – Memorandum on the Sequence of Events leading up to the date regarding the showing of the play “The Man in the Glass Booth”; Feb 20, 1972 – vote on continuing production of “The Man in the Glass Booth” – voted to continue production, at this point; Feb 7, 1972 - Program report SBC; Jan 4, 1972 – Sale of property on Cote St. Catherine Road - Urban Camp report - Discussion of value of JWB affiliation; Dec 7, 1971 – Discussion of “A Recommended Model of Service to Immigrant Groups and Identifiable Jewish Subgroups within the Community”; Nov 8, 1971 - ------------------------------------; Oct 18, 1971 – Discussion of Soviet Jewry Demonstrations - By-law revisions; Sept 15, 1971 – Motion that property on Cote St. Catherine Rd. be sold to AJCS - Discussion of Bill 65 - Discussion of Nation Youth Movement Groups; Sept 15, 1971 – Government and Foundation Grants Report; July 19, 1971 – Program Report -Urban Camp report -Teenage Summer Program -Campaign Report; June 14, 1971 – Discussion of Report of the Special Committee on Re-Organization of Davis and Snowdon - Reconsideration of the use of the tennis courts at Snowdon on the Sabbath - Program services for youth during summer months; May 17, 1971 - ----------------------------------; April 9, 1971 – Discussion of possible re-use of ‘Y’ land on Cote St. Catherine and Westury for AJCS building - Reorganization of Snowdon and Davis Branches - Membership fees; March 15, 1971 – Discussion of Report from the Program Committee -‘Y’ Urban Camp Report; Feb 8, 1971 – Chomedey building has been completed - Presentation of Francophone program; Nov 30, 1970 – 60th Annual Meeting of the Association - Norah and Joe Rubin Award presented to Bud Kirmayer; Nov 16, 1970 - ---------------------------------; Oct 26, 1970 - Suggested changes to the By-laws - discussion of Community teen centre in the Davis ‘Y’ Building o Sabbath guidelines; August 17, 1970 – Discussion of ‘Y’ in Quebec Report - Status of Golden Age Association and Jewish Public Library Negotiations - NHS – ‘Y” Relationship Review; May 11, 1970 – discussion of Jewish Welfare Board Biennial Convention Report; Feb 9, 1970 – Discussion of resolution regarding Faerman Library - Personnel committee recommendations - J.P.L. ‘Y’ Negotiations Progress Report; Nov 19, 1969 – 59th Annual Meeting - second recipient of the Norah and Joe Rubin Leadership Award is Jack Gotthiel; Oct 6, 1969 - Discussion of one-parent families regarding membership fees - Discussion of Chomedey land exchange - Search for Day Camp Site location; June 2, 1960 – Lengthy discussion of Family Plan membership rates and changes - Discussion of establishment of Jewish Public Library; March 31, 1969 – Discussion of decision to implement a Francophone program - Sabbath Program discussed - Davis Branch Coffee House Program – a teen program to reacquaint the teenagers in the community with the ‘Y’ - Report on Chomedey Teen House program - Tribute to Harvey Golden, who is retiring; Jan 20, 1969 - Guidelines for the Sabbath Program - Discussion of Francophone Jewish community; Dec 9, 1968 - ----------------------------------------; Nov 11, 1968 – Discussion of program concerns including: French language needs of the Jewish community, and new approaches to teenage programming; Oct 28, 1968 – 58 Annual Meeting - Norah and Joe leadership award established – first award awarded to Norman Keesal; Sept 30, 1968 - ---------------------------------------; July 8, 1968 - Neighbourhood House Annual Report discussed - Howard Cooper prepared and presented the Association Brief to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women; April 22, 1968 - -------------------------------------; March 25, 1968 – Discussion of outline of a brief presented to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women; Jan 22, 1968 – discussion of recommendation to purchase Day Camp Site

Access Restrictions: Access restrictions may apply

Reproduction Restrictions: Reproduction restrictions may apply

Accession No.: 12-012

Subjects: Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association, Montreal; Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre; Sabbath; Russia -- Jews.; Awards

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Jewish Public Library Archives

Minutes, Metropolitan Board of Directors, YM-YWHA & NHS

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn70364

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Fonds No.: 1256; 1; 00663

Date: 1975-1979

Collection: Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association

Description Level: File

Material Type: textual record

Physical Description: One file of textual records

Date: 1975-1979

Fonds No.: 1256

Series No.: 1

File No.: 00663

Storage Location: CTN 021; 4-4F

Language: English

Acquisition Source: YM-YWHA

Notes: April 3, 1980 – Memo from David Gandell to Properties Committee - advising of meeting; Sept 24, 1979 – Memo from Larry Kirshner to Sam Engels concerning gym repairs; Sept 24, 1979 – discussing gym repairs; Sept 14, 1979 – Letter from Seymour Levine (Sevine Consultants, LTD) to Mr. B. Topaz -concerning ventilation system; Aug 20, 1979 – Properties Committee meeting; June 26, 1979 – Memo from David Gandell to Z Almog concerning need for gym repairs; May 30, 1979 – Properties Committee meeting; April 30, 1979 - ----------------------------------; March 26, 1979 – recommendation that the Association publish an eight page weekly Beacon; Feb 12, 1979 - ------------------------------------; Jan 8, 1979 – Completion of renovations to second floor and Health Clubs in Snowdon Building; Dec 4, 1978 – -------------------------------------; Oct 12, 1978 - -------------------------------------; July 24, 1978 – discussion of Snowdon renovations - Installation of security system due to break-ins at Laval Branch; June 15, 1978 – Discussion of budget related issues – strong objections to proposed discontinuation of Big Band, closing of the building during Christmas and New Year, elimination of league play - proposed renovations to the Snowdon building; May 1, 1978 – Discussion of option for relocation of Neighbourhood House Branch into the Snowdon building; March 27, 1978 - ------------------------------------; Feb 13, 1978 – Mrs. Samuel Bronfman would be recipient of the Frank L. Weill Award - Discussion of need for renovations/ improvements to Ladies Health Club - Renovation requirements for Snowdon Building; Jan 9, 1978 – Mr. Jack Engels to be honoured as Man of the Year for Israel Bond Dinner; Dec 12, 1977 – Contains overview of issues being studied by the Association - relocation of Neighbourhood House Branch into the Snowdon Building - Public Relations Committee will be set up - Composition of Properties Committee; Nov 14, 1977 - --------------------------------------------; Oct 25, 1977 - ---------------------------------------------; Sept 15, 1977 – Discusses passing of former president Joe Caplan; June 27, 1977 – Tribute paid to the late Oscar Faerman; June 13, 1977 – AJCS Task Force Committee on Camping discussed; May 30, 1977 - AJCS Task Force Committee on Camping discussed - Summer & Camping Services Committee; April 14, 1977 – Discussion of possible endorsement of one million dollar loan to the state of Israel; April 5, 1977 – Discussion of possible merger of ‘Y’ Country Camp and Camp Wooden Acres; March 7, 1977 – resolution to install Mikvah facility within an expanded Davis Building - Discussion of ‘Y’ Country Camp; Feb 7, 1977 - -------------------------------------------------; Jan 17, 1977 - ------------------------------------------------; Dec 15, 1976 – 66th Annual Meeting - Norah and Joe Rubin Leadership Award presented to Michel Chokron; Sept 23, 1976 – announced telethon between Sept 27 to Sept 30 at 1600 Dorchester St. W - proposed development of Camping Services for the Elderly at ‘Y’