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- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal 2
- Jews - Egypt - Alexandria 1
- Jews - Morocco 1
- Merizen, Esther, 1931- 1
- Sephardim - Montreal 1
- Sephardim - Morocco 1
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Agricultural-Vocational Training for Women in the Yishuv with the Assistance of Jewish Women's Organizations - 1911-1929.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107085
- Collection
- Ottawa Jewish Archives Thesis collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- R0002
- Date
- April, 2003
- Collection
- Ottawa Jewish Archives Thesis collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- April, 2003
- Publication
- University of Haifa, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Land of Israel Studies
- Fonds No.
- R0002
- Storage Location
- H.1
- Creator
- Esther Carmel-Hakim
- Notes
- 1. Mailed to Shirley Berman with accompanying email and covering letter (inside thesis) thanking Shirley for her help.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Boy and his sister
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90431
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : sepia ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Date
- 1931
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : sepia ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- b&w, boy in sailor suit standing with his younger sister who is wearing a shirt and shorts
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.13
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Places
- Brno, Czech Republic, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Couple
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90430
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 4 3/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Date
- 1940
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : b&w ; Ht: 4 3/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- b&w, outdoor portrait of a man and a woman walking down street wearing coats, woman’s coat has fur collar, she is holding a purse. The street is paved.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.12
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Places
- Czech Republic, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Esther Merizen Interview
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75021
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library Oral History Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic record : digital ; 323 MB + transcription
- Fonds No.
- 1287; OH_00005
- Date
- April/17/2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Esther Merizen by Information and Library Technologies student Sonia Boulanger, April 17, 2012. This interview was made as part of the Jewish Public Library Archives commitment to documenting the history of Jewish Montreal. Major themes discussed are: the immigrat…
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic record : digital ; 323 MB + transcription
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Esther Merizen by Information and Library Technologies student Sonia Boulanger, April 17, 2012. This interview was made as part of the Jewish Public Library Archives commitment to documenting the history of Jewish Montreal. Major themes discussed are: the immigration and integration of her family in Quebec, Jewish and French schooling in Montreal, her religious practice and voluntary experience.
- Responsibility
- Sonia Boulanger
- Date
- April/17/2012
- Fonds No.
- 1287
- Item No.
- OH_00005
- Storage Location
- JPL-A
- Creator
- Jewish Public Library Archives
- History / Biographical
- See trancription
- Language
- French
- Notes
- A 5 min., French video extract of the interview is available on You Tube.
- Recording is two non consecutive extract of two segments of the interview.
- Transcription of the interview is available in French.
- Recording is available in .wav format.
- Interview participants: Shannon Hodge, Chantal Côté and Esther Edouard.
- Transcription by Sonia Boulanger.
- Lenght of the interview: 32 minutes 05 seconds.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright may apply
- Name Access
- Merizen, Esther, 1931-
- Subjects
- Merizen, Esther, 1931-
- Sephardim - Morocco
- Jews - Morocco
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Girl Guide campers outside tent, including Helen Finkelstein.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104826
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- O0005; OJA 4-671-02
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1937
- Fonds No.
- O0005
- Item No.
- OJA 4-671-02
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Esther Rafal (Ages)
- Acquisition Source
- Esther Ages
- Notes
- "My tent companions" written on edge front.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group portrait of (l to r) Esther Elkin, Dr. Leon [Lorne], Saidye Bronfman, Jean Lallemand, and Sarah Fischer, Sarah Fischer Concerts event, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Montreal.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn23766
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- 1255; 005811
- Date
- February 23, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Donated to Mrs. E. Miller and the JPL by Sarah Eugene Fischer on Feb. 23, 1975.
- Collection
- Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Donated to Mrs. E. Miller and the JPL by Sarah Eugene Fischer on Feb. 23, 1975.
- Date
- February 23, 1975
- Fonds No.
- 1255
- Item No.
- 005811
- Notes
- Copy 2 of 2
- Location, date and people identified on verso.
- Name Access
- Fischer, Sarah.
- ELKIN, Esther
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Hadassah Wizo Interview with Rose Betcherman, Esther Bilsky, and Adele Sidney.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107576
- Collection
- Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Fonds No.
- O0035
- Date
- January 11, 1993
- Collection
- Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Responsibility
- Adele Sidney interviewer
- Date
- January 11, 1993
- Fonds No.
- O0035
- Storage Location
- Multimedia Box 1
- Notes
- 1. Digital tranfer to DVD from VHS by Baseline Communications in December 2012. 2. Located in Multimedia Box 1 under Individuals and Organizations 3. Duration 58 minutes
- Name Access
- Adele Sidney
- Esther Bilsky
- Rose Betcherman
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47483
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, pegged, beveled : brown-green ; Ht: 15,2 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 16 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, pegged, beveled : brown-green ; Ht: 15,2 cm x W: 13 cm x De: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Tuliped shaped with a beveled tier near the bottom edge and a beveled opening at the top edge. A curved handle is attached to one side with decorative cut ends. Narrative: Medium jug used for ritual purposes in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to donor.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.01
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47485
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled : brown-dark grey ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 13,7 cm
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled : brown-dark grey ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 8 cm x De: 13,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1939-1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Oblong shape with a beveled edge. The lip is curved and pointed at the end like a bird's beak, and pinches the bowl upwards slightly. The handle resembles a 1/2 of a heart, and is attached to the opposite side from the lip. There is a small trench around the top and bottom edges. Narrative: Item was used in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to Mrs. Prager. (Please see kinship for more information).
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.03
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Large Jug
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47484
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, pegged : brown-green ; Ht: 19 cm x W: 12,7 cm x De: 20,7 cm
- Date
- 1944
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Jug : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, pegged : brown-green ; Ht: 19 cm x W: 12,7 cm x De: 20,7 cm
- Other Title Information
- Food Service T&E
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Tulip shaped with a raised lip which extends over the main bowl; beveled edge. The bottom of the jug bubbles out significantly. An 'S' shaped handle is attached to the other side, extending slightly at tthe bottom. The bowl is slightly raised on a small pedestle, with a beveled edge. Narrative: Medium jug used for ritual purposes in the synagoge at Onod until destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until (1990) when they were given to donor.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.02
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Leo Steiner
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45816
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6 1/4 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 6 1/4 in. x W: 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, portrait of man with light colored hair, wearing suit and tie.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.07
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Places
- Brno, Czech Republic, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Maurice Amiel Interview
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75017
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library Oral History Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic record : digital ; 599 MB + transcription
- Fonds No.
- 1287; OH_00001
- Date
- April/ 11/ 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with retired architect and professor Maurice Amiel by Information and Library Technologies student E. Edouard, April 11, 2012. This interview was made as part of the Jewish Public Library Archives commitment to documenting the history of Jewish Montreal. Major themes d…
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic record : digital ; 599 MB + transcription
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with retired architect and professor Maurice Amiel by Information and Library Technologies student E. Edouard, April 11, 2012. This interview was made as part of the Jewish Public Library Archives commitment to documenting the history of Jewish Montreal. Major themes discussed are: the forced departure of Egyptian Jews in the wake of the 1956 Suez Crisis, his memories of the immigration of his family to Canada, France and the United States and his personnal experience of those events.
- Responsibility
- Esther Edouard
- Date
- April/ 11/ 2012
- Fonds No.
- 1287
- Item No.
- OH_00001
- Storage Location
- JPL-A
- Creator
- Jewish Public Library Archives
- History / Biographical
- See transcription
- Language
- French
- Notes
- An approx. 5 min., French video extract of the interview is available on You Tube.
- Transcription of the interview is available in French.
- Recording is available in .wav format.
- Interview participants: Shannon Hodge, Sonia Boulanger and Chantal Côté
- Transcription by Esther Edouard
- Lenght of the interview: 59 minutes 25 seconds.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Copyright may apply
- Name Access
- Amiel, Maurice, 1940-
- Subjects
- Amiel, Maurice, 1940-
- Suez Canal (Egypt).
- Immigrants, Egyptian - Canada
- Immigrants, Egyptian - United States
- Immigrants, Egyptian - France
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Alexandria (Egypt)
- Jews - Egypt - Alexandria
- Sephardim - Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Money box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51194
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Money box : Cast : Black, Grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 4,5 in.
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Money box : Cast : Black, Grey ; Ht: 7 in. x W: 4,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Charity box shaped like a mug with handle and attached lid. Lid has two openings, one circular and one rectangular cut into it to receive money donations. Hebrew etching around the lid and dots on certain letters indicates it was made in 5651 (1890-1891). Narrative: Made by Eliezer Hauer in the town of Onod, Hungaryfor the local synagogue. It belonged to the synagoge at Onod until its destruction in 1944. It was buried, uncovered and given to a local Lutheran Minister who kept it safe until circa 1990 when it was given to Mrs. Esther Prager.
- Accession No.
- 1999.11.04
- Name Access
- Prager, Esther
- Places
- Onod, Hungary, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Photograph
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90429
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : sepia ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Date
- 1928
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : photograph : sepia ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1928
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- b&w, portrait of toddler wearing white sweater with collar, buttons down front, sitting on fur rug
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.09
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Places
- Brno, Czech Republic, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Receipt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50285
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 11,75 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Date
- July 24, 1942
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Receipt : Paper : Black, White ; Ht: 11,75 in. x W: 8,25 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- July 24, 1942
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- Czech
- German
- Notes
- 1 page, two colums of text. Narrative: Notice announcing that Friedrich Katz, residing at Stefansgasse 36 is required to handover his pet. Issued by the Jewish Community of Prague. According to regulation from July 1941, pets, such as dogs, cats, birds, in the possession of Jews and their Aryan dependants, are to be handed in.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.04
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Two children
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn45817
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5 3/8 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Czech
- Notes
- b&w, portrait of boy in sailor suit standing with a younger child who is wearing a shirt and shorts
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.10
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Places
- Czechoslovakia, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Wallet
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47606
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wallet : leather worked, sewn (machine), embossed, woven : brown, dark-brown, grey
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Wallet : leather worked, sewn (machine), embossed, woven : brown, dark-brown, grey
- Other Title Information
- Personal Gear
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Brown wallet with a darker brown embossed design on the obverse. In the centre of the design is a man standing on a pedestle, holding a sword in his left hand and a cross in the right hand. Above the man is an eagle, looking left; below the man is the outline of a mermaid, holding a sword in her left hand and a shield in her right hand. There is a surrounding border of a shield with lines, dots and scrolls. There is stitching along the edge of the wallet. Opens like a book. On the interior, on each side, are 3 rows of leather, forming pockets. The inside of the pockets are lined with a shiney grey material. There is an additional pocket that opens at the top edge of the wallet, when opened.
- Accession No.
- 1999.29.112
- Name Access
- Friedman, Esther
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Yaros, Esther - Oral History of a Holocaust Survivor
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn67765
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 00:57:38
- Collection
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02)
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 00:57:38
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Ester Yaros was born on January 23, 1932 in Brussels, Belgium. She grew up in a non-religious home but felt Jewish anyway. When Germans started bombarding Belgium, the family decided to flee to France, thinking that it wouldn’t yet be invaded by the Nazis. When they saw German trucks coming to France, they returned to Brussels. Several antisemitic laws were enacted; Esther couldn’t attend school anymore for instance. In 1942, her parents sent her to live with farmers in the outskirts of Brussels. They visited her every Sunday until one day they didn’t show up. She learned that they had been denounced and that they died in Auschwitz. A woman from Solidarité Juive came to hide her in a convent. She got a new name, Alice Raymonders. One day, she told a friend she was Jewish. The priest had to call her a liar in front of everyone to save her and everybody’s life. The living conditions were so poor that lots of children became sick, including Esther who was sent to a hospital in Brussels. She was then sent to another convent, in Sugny, where she stayed until 1944. At that point, the entire convent ran towards Brussels, fleeing the front. After the war, Esther was taken to the orphanage Les Hirondelles in Brussels. She stayed there until a man came to propose that the orphans immigrate to Palestine. Esther and her friends refused and immigrated to Canada instead. Esther arrived in Winnipeg in 1947 and later settled in Montreal in 1950.
- Accession No.
- WTH-166
- Name Access
- Yaros, Esther
- Places
- Brussels, Belgium, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
YouTube
Yaros, Esther - Oral History of a Holocaust Survivor
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OgmNpswR7B8Yellow star badge
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47726
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : woven, printed : yellow, black, white
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Yellow star badge : woven, printed : yellow, black, white
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- German
- Notes
- Shield-shaped piece of fabric with a printed black six-pointed star outline and dotted line to cut the star shape. Mounted with double sided tape onto a piece of cardboard, with a velcro button on the back - used in the previous exhibit.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.300.06
- Name Access
- Shears, Esther
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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