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- Baron de Hirsh Institute, Montreal. 4
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Sculpture
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47916
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Sculpture : wood, metal : carved, painted, chained, glued : brown, light, dark, silver, gold, white ; Ht: 11,8 cm x W: 8,4 cm x De: 62,2 cm
- Date
- 2003
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Sculpture : wood, metal : carved, painted, chained, glued : brown, light, dark, silver, gold, white ; Ht: 11,8 cm x W: 8,4 cm x De: 62,2 cm
- Other Title Information
- Original Art, Sculpture
- Date
- 2003
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 32 brown painted figures, representing concentration camp prisoners. The figures are positioned in a double straight line, with a metal bar running down the middle; each one is chained at the hands and then to the bar, a lock hangs from the bar at the front. The figures are glued onto a rectangular wood board.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.188.02
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Certificate presented to the Hon. Abraham H. Lieff by the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106066
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0099; OJA 1-960
- Date
- 2003
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 2003
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- Item No.
- OJA 1-960
- Notes
- Certificate presented in recognition of 60 years of memebrship.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Jewish national Fund certificate presented to Abraham Lieff on his 100th birthday.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106213
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0099; OJA 1-966-04
- Date
- March, 2003
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- March, 2003
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- Item No.
- OJA 1-966-04
- Physical Condition
- Possible bleeding on main page.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Surgeon's Scalpel Plaque
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn108903
- Collection
- Joe and Inez Zelikovitz fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0124; 4
- Date
- 2002
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a surgeon's scalpel encased in plastic from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, dedicated to Joseph and Inez Zelikovitz.
- Collection
- Joe and Inez Zelikovitz fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a surgeon's scalpel encased in plastic from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, dedicated to Joseph and Inez Zelikovitz.
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- I0124
- Series No.
- 4
- Storage Location
- I0124 Box 2
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Artwork made of layers of cut paper with Hebrew and English calligraphy.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106115
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0099; OJA 1-1016
- Date
- 2001
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1016
- Notes
- Given to Abraham H. Lieff by the Rabbinical Assembly, Toronto.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Ottawa Jewish Archives portion of the Bytown Museum's exhibit "A Capital Experience".
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn104133
- Collection
- Ottawa Jewish Archives fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- O0040; OJA 4-658
- Date
- 2000
- Collection
- Ottawa Jewish Archives fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- 2000
- Fonds No.
- O0040
- Item No.
- OJA 4-658
- Storage Location
- vault
- Creator
- Dawn Logan
- Acquisition Source
- Dawn Logan
- Notes
- The Bytown Museum asked various ethnic communities in the city to participate in an exhibit on immigration.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A parchment certificate presented to Sylva Gelber from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107341
- Collection
- Sylva Gelber fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0228; OJA 1-1126
- Date
- May 25, 1999
- Collection
- Sylva Gelber fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- May 25, 1999
- Fonds No.
- I0228
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1126
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- Signed by Avner Biron and Jacob Perry.
- Specifically it states that the Academy's Board of Directors conferred upon Mrs. Gelber the title and dignity of Honourary Trustee of the Academy in apreciation of her generosity to the Academy and devotion to the State of Israel.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Commemorative objects presented to Sam Gesser by Local Union Number 56 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada – 09/07/98.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72685
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 plaque : wood with brass plates
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 2; 00924
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 plaque : wood with brass plates
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 00924
- Storage Location
- CTN 029
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Includes brass honorary membership card and wooden plaque.
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Subjects
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada (IATSE)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
JWIC: Dolls for Democracy figurine - Pauline Johnson. Biography included. Kashi Carter, artist.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn87430
- Collection
- JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL OF CANADA = JWIC : formerly B'nai Brith Women.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0097; MB 15-02-24
- Date
- 1998
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Date
- 1998
- Fonds No.
- I0097
- File No.
- MB 15-02-24
- Notes
- B'nai Brith volunteers used the Dolls for Democracy as educational aids in primary school classrooms from the 1950s to the 1980s.
- Subjects
- JWIC: Dolls for Democracy figurine - Pauline Johnson. Biography included. Kashi Carter, artist.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Glass award presented to Sylva Gelber by the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Embassy of Israel.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107342
- Collection
- Sylva Gelber fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 award ; glass
- Fonds No.
- I0228; OJA 1-1127
- Date
- November 1996
- Collection
- Sylva Gelber fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 award ; glass
- Date
- November 1996
- Fonds No.
- I0228
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1127
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- Presented to Sylva Gelber, O.C. the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in recognition of Dedicated Support of the Arts in Israel and Canad, bythe Canada-Israel Foundation in cooperation and the Embassy of Israel.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Kovod Award to Jewish Family Services of the Baron de Hirsch Institute
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77803
- Collection
- Ometz Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- oversized
- Fonds No.
- 1074; 1.4; 00026
- Date
- May 1, 1995
- Collection
- Ometz Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- oversized
- Date
- May 1, 1995
- Fonds No.
- 1074
- Series No.
- 1.4
- File No.
- 00026
- Storage Location
- Ctn.002
- 2-6D
- 2-5A
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Hear Our Voices - Songs of the Ghettos and of the Camps
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48050
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tape
- Date
- November 1994
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Tape
- Other Title Information
- Sound Communication T&E
- Date
- November 1994
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Cassette tape is clear with a black centre, white text is etched on both sides. Housed in a clear case, with a booklet made of glossy paper and folded accordian-style numerous times. The front of the jacket has a blurry picture of people, with a Star of David super-imposed in the middle, with the title at the bottom. The inner pages consist of an outline of the tracks with a brief introduction of the main participants. Narrative: “Hear Our Voices - Songs of the Ghettos and of the Camps”, performed by the Zamir Chorale of Boston, Joshua Jacobson conductor, part of the project “Hear Our Voices - Music in Terezin 1941-1945”
- Accession No.
- 1996.25.05
- Name Access
- Cytrynbaum, Stanley
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
JCC Ottawa Jewish Community Hall of Fame plaque
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn111221
- Collection
- Elliott Levitan Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- I0304; OJA 1-304-01-08
- Date
- June 4, 1992
- Collection
- Elliott Levitan Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Date
- June 4, 1992
- Fonds No.
- I0304
- Item No.
- OJA 1-304-01-08
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- In box with scrapbook
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Martin K. Levinson’s Centenary Certificate from the Congregation Beth Shalom
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn107399
- Collection
- Martin K. Levinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Fonds No.
- I0158; OJA 1-1147
- Date
- September 14, 1991
- Collection
- Martin K. Levinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Date
- September 14, 1991
- Fonds No.
- I0158
- Item No.
- OJA 1-1147
- Storage Location
- vault
- Notes
- Certificate was presented on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Congregation Beth Shallom corresponding to the 43rd Anniversary of the Independence of the State of Israel and the 24th Anniversary of the Unification of Jerusalem.
- Centenary Certificate presented to Martin K. Levinson by Congregation Beth Shalom for serving as Parnass and for fostering benevolent, cultural and spiritual endeavour thereby enhancing the quality of Jewish Community of Ottawa and by promoting humanitarian acts in the Province of Ontario, Canadam under the Fatherhood of God for the welfare of humanity.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Royal Canadian Legion beret, includes Legion patch and Frederick Kisch Branch 97 patch
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72694
- Collection
- Levy Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 beret : polyester , navy blue ; 24.5 x 25.6cm
- Fonds No.
- 1294; 1294_0001
- Date
- [199-]
- Collection
- Levy Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 beret : polyester , navy blue ; 24.5 x 25.6cm
- Date
- [199-]
- Fonds No.
- 1294
- Item No.
- 1294_0001
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- Embroidered: Brig. Frederick Kisch [Montreal].
- Subjects
- Military Personnel -- Canada.
- Royal Canadian Legion
- Veterans, Jewish - Canada
- Levy Family
- Levy, Harold
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Tie
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72695
- Collection
- Levy Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 tie : silk ; 139.0 x 8.5cm
- Fonds No.
- 1294; 1294_0002
- Date
- [199-]
- Collection
- Levy Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 tie : silk ; 139.0 x 8.5cm
- Date
- [199-]
- Fonds No.
- 1294
- Item No.
- 1294_0002
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- Used by Harold Levy as part of his Royal Canadian Legion uniform.
- McGill tartan pattern.
- Subjects
- Royal Canadian Legion
- Veterans, Jewish - Canada
- Levy Family
- Military Personnel -- Canada.
- Levy, Harold
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award presented to Abraham H. Lieff.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106125
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col.
- Fonds No.
- I0099; OJA 1-967
- Date
- 1989
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col.
- Date
- 1989
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- Item No.
- OJA 1-967
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Embroidery
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47737
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Embroidery : woven, embroidered, sewn, machine, waxed : beige, blue, black, yellow, orange, silver
- Date
- 1988
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Embroidery : woven, embroidered, sewn, machine, waxed : beige, blue, black, yellow, orange, silver
- Other Title Information
- Decorative Art
- Date
- 1988
- Creator
- -
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Language
- English
- Notes
- A piece of embroidery backed on a waxed woven canvas. Embroidered blue wave border with text along each side (see inscription). In the middle is an embroidered image of a burning synagogue with a Star of David just below. The outside border is the woven canvas, with masking tape along the left, top and right edges. The bottom edge has been sewn.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.217.01
- Name Access
- Lewis, Dolly and Mel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Badge
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47860
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Badge : cast (moulded), cut, laminated : grey, black, white, silver
- Date
- 1988
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Badge : cast (moulded), cut, laminated : grey, black, white, silver
- Other Title Information
- Personal Symbol
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Octagonal shape with black text, surrounded by a double-lined black circle, with a grey background on the obverse. The reverse is white, with a safety pin attached at the top centre. Narrative: Badge in honor of 45 th anniversary of the uprising in warsaw’s ghetto.
- Accession No.
- 2003.02.05
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- Warsaw, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
United Talmud Torahs of Montreal - Heritage Governor
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38734
- Collection
- Victor and Schubert
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 plastic plaque
- Fonds No.
- 1182; 00016
- Collection
- Victor and Schubert
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 plastic plaque
- Fonds No.
- 1182
- File No.
- 00016
- Storage Location
- 2-2B
- CTN 002
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Contains one plaque saluting W.V. Victor as a Heritage Governor.
- Access Restrictions
- Some privacy restrictions may apply.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Some Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Subjects
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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