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COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants

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Collection: COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images; book

Physical Description: Env. 0.885 metres of textual records. - Env. 656 photographs. - 124 other fixed images : slides. - 64 other fixed images : negative strips. - 45 discs : Floppy disk. - 28 compact discs (CD-ROM). - 25 videos : VHS. - 87 sound elements : audio cassette. - 18 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 11 videos : mini DV. - 1 book. - 2 sound elements : Digital Audio Tape.

Fonds No.: P0293

Date: [ca. 1925] -2015.

Scope and Content: La collection comprend des entretiens sonores et vidéo, des transcriptions d'entretiens avec des immigrés juifs marocains, ainsi que de la documentation, y compris des photographies, sur les Juifs au Maroc et au Québec. Les entrevues ont été réalisées par Marie Berdugo-Cohen et par la Dre Yolande C…

Collection: COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images; book

Physical Description: Env. 0.885 metres of textual records. - Env. 656 photographs. - 124 other fixed images : slides. - 64 other fixed images : negative strips. - 45 discs : Floppy disk. - 28 compact discs (CD-ROM). - 25 videos : VHS. - 87 sound elements : audio cassette. - 18 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 11 videos : mini DV. - 1 book. - 2 sound elements : Digital Audio Tape.

Scope and Content: La collection comprend des entretiens sonores et vidéo, des transcriptions d'entretiens avec des immigrés juifs marocains, ainsi que de la documentation, y compris des photographies, sur les Juifs au Maroc et au Québec. Les entrevues ont été réalisées par Marie Berdugo-Cohen et par la Dre Yolande Cohen. Les documents comprennent 66 cm de transcriptions d'entretiens, dactylographiées et manuscrites, et 22,5 cm de documents supplémentaires, de publications et de documentation. La documentation comprend des lectures d'introduction sur la culture juive produites pour le projet Histoires de vie Montréal de l'Université Concordia, et un exemplaire du livre 'Juifs marocains à Montréal : Témoignage d'une immigration moderne' de Marie Berdugo-Cohen, Yolande Cohen et Joseph Lévy, (Montreal: VLB, 1987). 45 disquettes de 3,5 pouces contenant des photos et des documents qui ont été largement utilisés dans le cadre du projet 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité' (voir SE012) ont été copiées et sauvegardées dans des formats numériques lisibles avec un total de 38,5 Mo de données dans 754 fichiers. 25 cassettes vidéo VHS, 85 cassettes audio et 11 mini DV contenant des enregistrements, certains étant accompagnés d'une copie numérique sur DVD ; en tout, il y a 23 DVD d'entretiens. Il y a également 26 CD contenant des images et d'autres documents. Le livre 'Juif marocains de Montréal', basé sur de nombreux entretiens, est inclus dans la collection. La collection comprend de nombreuses images, dont 124 diapositives, 64 bandes négatives (contenant 374 images), 9 planches contact et 647 photographies imprimées. Datant des années 1920 au XXe siècle, les images consistent en des photos de famille personnelles, des originaux et des copies d'images en noir et blanc et en couleur documentant des sites importants, des traditions, des objets liturgiques, des artistes et leurs oeuvres, l'artisanat, la culture alimentaire et des personnalités éminentes, qui ont ensuite été intégrés au projet 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité'.; The collection consists of recorded audio and video interviews and transcripts of interviews with Moroccan Jewish immigrants and background documentation, including photographs, about Jewish communities in Morocco and in Quebec. The interviews were conducted by Marie Berdugo-Cohen and by Dr. Yolande Cohen. There are three clusters of recorded interviews - 1980s, 1990s, and 2010s. Each cluster corresponds to specific projects. There are 66 cm of interview transcripts, both typed and handwritten, 1970s-1989. 22.5 cm of additional papers, publications, and background documentation. The documentation includes some introductory readings about Jewish culture produced for the Concordia University Montreal Life Stories project, and a copy of the book 'Juifs Marocains à Montréal: Témoignages d'une immigration moderne' by Marie Berdugo-Cohen, Yolande Cohen, and Joseph Lévy, (Montreal: VLB, 1987). 45 3.5 inch floppy disks containing photos and documents which would largely be incorporated into the project 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges : Traditions et modernité' (see SE012) were copied and saved in readable digital formats with a total of 38.5 MB of data in 754 files. 25 VHS videotapes ca.1980-1999, 87 audio cassette tapes, 1980-1988, 2001. 11 Mini DVs containing recordings, with some being accompanied by a digital copy on DVD; in all there are 18 DVDs of interviews. 2 digital audio tapes. 124 slides. 64 negative strips (containing 374 images). 9 contact sheets. 647 print photographs. Dating from the 1920s through the 20th century, the images consist of personal family photos, originals and copies of black and white and colour images documenting important sites, traditions, liturgical objects, artists and their works, crafts, food culture, and prominent individuals later incorporated into the project 'Les Juifs du Maroc à travers les âges: Traditions et mordernité'.

Date: [ca. 1925] -2015.

Fonds No.: P0293

History / Biographical: Née au Maroc en 1950, Professeure Yolande Cohen est professeure d'histoire contemporaine à l'Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Avant d'immigrer au Québec en 1968, elle a étudié à Paris, en France. Formée à l'histoire sociale et aux mouvements sociaux contemporains, Cohen s'est attachée à illustrer les processus par lesquels des groupes traditionnellement exclus de la vie politique ont développé leur sociabilité et d'autres formes d'intervention publique. Elle a été pionnière dans l'histoire de la jeunesse, l'histoire des femmes et l'histoire des Juifs marocains. Cohen a été chargée de cours à Rimouski, au Québec, et a enseigné l'histoire à l'UQAM en 1976. Elle a participé à la fondation de Vélo Québec, du Regroupement des femmes du Québec et de Montréal écologique la même année. Mme Cohen a été la chef de file de la Coalition démocratique-Montréal écologique et s'est présentée comme leur candidate à la mairie de Montréal lors des élections de 1994. Depuis, elle a enseigné dans des universités aux États-Unis, en Europe et au Canada. Depuis février 2012, elle collabore à l'édition québécoise du HuffPost et est l'auteure d'un certain nombre d'ouvrages universitaires. Cohen est membre de la Société royale du Canada et a été nommée Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur en 2011 et Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec en 2017.; Born in Morocco in 1950, Dr. Yolande Cohen is a professor of contemporary history at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Before immigrating to Quebec in 1968, she studied in Paris, France. Trained in social history and contemporary social movements, Cohen has focused on illustrating the processes by which groups traditionally excluded from political life have developed their sociability and other forms of public intervention. She has been a pioneer in youth history, women's history, and the history of Moroccan Jews. Cohen was a lecturer in Rimouski, Quebec and taught history at UQAM in 1976 and helped to found Vélo Québec, du Regroupement des femmes du Québec et de Montréal écologique in the same year. Cohen was the leader of the Coalition Démocratique-Montréal Écologique and ran as their mayorial candidate for in Montreal's 1994 election. She has since taught at universities in the USA, Europe, and Canada. Since February of 2012, she has been a contributor to HuffPost, Quebec edition, and has authored a number of academic works. Cohen is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was awarded the Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour in 2011 and Knight of the National Order of Québec in 2017.

Custodial History: Les documents ont été donnés aux Archives par Yolande Cohen en 2022.; The materials were donated to the Archives by Yolande Cohen in 2022

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P23/01.General note: The collection contains 28 CD-ROMs and 7 3.5 inch floppy disks with conent that could not be accessed at the time of processing.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn2

Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

Date: 1765-present.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in C…

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Collection: Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 361.57 metres of textual records. - Env. 14100 photographs. - 1531 sound elements. - 43 films. - 1017 videos.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of several classes of material, as described in the series descriptions below. While the CJC materials begin in 1919, Series Z, the documentation collection, contains material that precedes this date, a few items going back even as far as the earliest settlement of Jews in Canada in the late 18th century.

Date: 1765-present.

Fonds No.: CJC0001

History / Biographical: Canadian Jewish Congress was founded in Montreal in March 1919. "The Parliament of Canadian Jewry," CJC was constituted as the democratically elected, national organizational voice of the Jewish community of Canada, serving as the community's vehicle for defence and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening Jewish life, CJC acted on matters affecting the status, rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel. CJC combatted antisemitism and racism, promoted human rights, fostered interfaith, cross-cultural relations and worked towards tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments of society in a multicultural Canada. The organization spoke on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affected the Jewish community and Canadian society at large. Through its charitable operations, CJC provided domestic and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis, following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities in need. The Archives department also fell under the mandate of CJC Charities Committee. In 1999 the CJC national office relocated to Ottawa, with three regional CJC offices (Quebec, Ontario and Pacific), as well as affiliated offices across the country. CJC ceased operations in July 2011, when it was absorbed into the newly-created Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), along with the Canada-Israel Committee, the Quebec-Israel Committee, National Jewish Campus Life and the University Outreach Committee. CJC and its charitable wing were formally disbanded in late 2015. Since that time the CJCCC National Archives, renamed the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives as of January 2016, functions under the aegis of Jewish Federations Canada UIA.

Custodial History: Both the national headquarters and the Quebec Jewish Congress (formerly Quebec Region, Eastern Region) offices of the Canadian Jewish Congress were located in Montreal until 1999, when most of the national office relocated to Ottawa. The National Archives is the repository of records created and received in these offices. The collection also includes materials from the National Office in Ottawa, as well as the national records of Manuel Prutschi, Bernie Farber, and other national departments based in Toronto and Vancouver. The regional offices of Canadian Jewish Congress outside Quebec are little represented in the collection, aside from correspondence from across the country and certain publications which were addressed to the national office.

Notes: General note: The number of paper records in this collection is subject to change, due to additions to Documentation Series Z as well as the ongoing weeding of duplications. Most of the material was created after 1919, with the exception of Series Z, which includes photocopies and a small number of originals dating back as far as 1765.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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Plum Coulee

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113269

Collection: Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (SSBFF)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images; architectural drawing

Physical Description: Env. 0.22 metres of textual records. - 44 photographs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 1 compact disc (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 2 videos. - 1 architectural drawing.

Fonds No.: I0116; E

Date: 1999-2008.

Scope and Content: 1 box containing correspondence, progress reports, annual reports, payment requests, planning materials, photographs and videos of the community and park, copies of photographs of Saidye Rosner Bronfman's parents and siblings.

Collection: Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (SSBFF)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images; architectural drawing

Physical Description: Env. 0.22 metres of textual records. - 44 photographs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 1 compact disc (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 2 videos. - 1 architectural drawing.

Scope and Content: 1 box containing correspondence, progress reports, annual reports, payment requests, planning materials, photographs and videos of the community and park, copies of photographs of Saidye Rosner Bronfman's parents and siblings.

Date: 1999-2008.

Fonds No.: I0116

Series No.: E

History / Biographical: The SSBFF was approached by the Plum Coulee centenary committee in 2001, as Saidye Bronfman was born there to a family that would become well-known in the area. Her father, Samuel Rosner, settled in Plum Coulee in the late 19th century, opening a store and serving as mayor before relocating his family to Winnipeg in 1908, where Saidye later met Samuel Bronfman. The centenary committee reached out to the SSBFF to request support for the Pathways 2000 project, which aimed to create heritage and recreational amenities in the town. With their support, the community established the Saidye Rosner Bronfman Heritage and Recreational Park.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

RUBENSTEIN, Burton

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113303

Collection: RUBENSTEIN, Burton

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 0.14 textual records. - 6 photographs. - 20 videos. - 18 films.

Fonds No.: P0302

Date: a. 1968-2022.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of 14 cm of documents and copies of five short films by Rubenstein, curated by the filmmaker before his death: PRKEV, On the Wagon, The Incredible Sadness of Everything, and The Hyacinth Child's Bedtime Story, in various formats. There are 5 CD-Rs containing digital copies o…

Collection: RUBENSTEIN, Burton

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 0.14 textual records. - 6 photographs. - 20 videos. - 18 films.

Scope and Content: The collection consists of 14 cm of documents and copies of five short films by Rubenstein, curated by the filmmaker before his death: PRKEV, On the Wagon, The Incredible Sadness of Everything, and The Hyacinth Child's Bedtime Story, in various formats. There are 5 CD-Rs containing digital copies of PRKEV, The Hyacinth Child's Bedtime Story, Kyoto: Sketches of the Unfolding parts I and II, 12 VHS tapes, 8 Betacam tapes (1 large format, 7 small), and 8 canisters containing a total of 18 reels of 16 mm film (possibly some audio or video only, and some synched). The paper documentation consists of articles, correspondence and creative writing/poetry by Rubenstein (mainly printed emails, some handwritten), a short partial memoir, a few news articles, and two books of poetry by his friend Marcia Goldberg, Kill Devil Hills, and In Mud Season. There are also some academic materials (coursepacks and readings), as well as drafts and revised copies of narrative texts for Rubenstein's short films. There is a black and white 8 x10 photograph of Rubenstein circa 1969 and 5 colour snapshots taken with the Weinberg family in the USA in the early 2000s.

Date: a. 1968-2022.

Fonds No.: P0302

History / Biographical: Burton Rubenstein was born in the United States in 1943, the first of three sons of Philip Rubenstein and Beatrice Urich, both from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rubenstein was an independent filmmaker known for the 1967 experimental short The Hyacinth Child's Bedtime Story, which he co-directed with Sara Bezaire. He was a practitioner of Aikido with the de la Montagne Center in Montreal. Aikido was the subject of his film Kyoto: Sketches of the Unfolding. He was also a long-time supporter of McGill's Schulich School of Music and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, interests reflected in his film on Prokofiev. He was involved with various social causes including the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington, Vermont, the Refugee Research Center at McGill, My Brother's Keeper in Montreal, the Cote St. Luc Men's Club, the SPCA, and La Ruche d'Arte in St. Henri. He died at age 79 in 2022. (Sources: Montreal Gazette obituary of April 28, 2022 and http://femfilm.ca/film_search.php?film=bezaire-hyacinth&lang=e

Custodial History: The materials were donated to the Archives by Marcia Goldberg in July of 2023. Goldberg was a friend of Burton Rubenstein

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P23/14.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50

Collection: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.

Fonds No.: I0048

Date: 1909-1990.

Scope and Content: National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (194…

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Collection: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8.09 metres of textual records. - 1488 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 3 discs. - 7 videos.

Scope and Content: National by-laws (1950, 1965, 1969). Resolutions (1961-1969). Administrative & financial records. Hotel facilities (1959-1965). Annual report (1970). Minutes (1955-1974 with gaps). Biennial reports and minutes (1950-1959). Correspondence. Year book (1944). Directory (1972-1973). Officers lists (1948-1949, 1973). Board member list (1971). Other membership lists. Pamphlets on International Council of Jewish Women. Biennial conventions (ICJW & NCJW). Minutes & information (1953-1973). Publications, flyers, invitations, seminar notes. Convention information, lecture notes and agendas. Gerontology conference notes (1968). Bulletin (1946). Magazines (1963-1973 with gaps). Programs & services materials (foster homes, Project Canada, School for Citizen Participation 1970), field service (1964-1965), workbooks, the elderly, National Theatre for Canada (1961-1963), overseas service (1954-1960), public affairs (1965-1967), leadership). Booklet on history of NCJW (1967). Material on "Canadian Women of the Century 1867-1967" (1967). Scrapbooks. Clippings (1940s-1990 and photocopies of 1909, 1912 articles). Photos, including slides of events, services, programs in Israel & Canada (1914-1975) - collection PC 3. Sound recordings of meetings and lectures (1950s-1970s).

Date: 1909-1990.

Fonds No.: I0048

History / Biographical: The National Council of Jewish Women was established in the United States in 1893, to help new Jewish immigrants. A Canadian branch began in Toronto in 1897. In Montreal the Baron de Hirsch Institute covered immigrant aid at that time, and the Montreal NCJW chapter was only founded in 1918. The International Council was formed in 1912. NCJW is dedicated to furthering human welfare in the Jewish and general community, locally, nationally, and internationally. They do and did so through scholarships, summer camps, libraries, aiding immigrants, volunteer work, pre-and post-war refugee aid, gerontology research, services to the elderly, support of the Golden Age Association, shipments of play and school materials to Israel and North Africa, lobbying for equal pay and other human rights bills, and opening a shelter for battered Jewish women. Their members across Canada and the world both fundraise and volunteer.The National office of NCJW Canada moved from Montreal to Toronto in the mid-1950s before settling in Winnipeg in the early 1990s where it remained until 2015.

Custodial History: The collection is divided into three parts: an original donation of material relating to the National office in Montreal and other locations up to 1978; National material donated in 2015 by the Winnipeg National headquarters office (1943-2009); and (see Series A) material relating to the Montreal Chapter office (1926-1999)

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4, PC 3.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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ABER, Ita

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn285

Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Fonds No.: P0184

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organiza…

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Collection: ABER, Ita

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: graphic material; object; moving images; sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 13 photographs. - 4 artefacts. - 2 videos. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - Env. 0.07 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content: Recipies Mother Never Knew Mizrachi-Hapoel, 1965. Glass milk bottle designed with input from Mrs. Aber's mother for Montreal's Milk Fund, pre-WWII. Pins and badges from Zionist groups and conventions, photos of the staff of Aid to Israel 1950, Aid to Israel Jewish Youth Group 1950, Zionist Organization of Canada 1949-1950. Material on the Jewish Child's Day Appeal. Clippings and ephemera re: Zionism, Child's Day, and actor William Shatner, a former Montrealer. 9 Photos of Montreal scenes. Material about Montreal's Talmud Torah, Jewish Artists at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Additions 2001: 2 photos (snapshots) of Camp Hashomer Hadati in Bronte, Ontario, Hebrew textbook and prayer book dated 1979, photo of a 9th-grade class of Baron Byng High School including Ita Aber, Clippings, 2 Videos. Additions post 2001 (passim): Articles written by Ita Aber, information about her artwork and recent exhibitions. Addition 2015: Autobiographical audio interview of Ita Herscovitch Aber recorded in New York January 9, 2015 by Renata Stein; WAV file, 56 minutes, provided on CD. Transcript of interview, done by her daughter Mindy Aber Barad via email correspondence from Israel, 30 pages. Themes covered in the interview include her early life in Montreal, art education at Baron Byng high school with teacher Ann Savage, religious background, mother's involvement in charitable efforts such as the Milk Fund, help given to a German Jewish internee and a Jewish refugee, Ita Aber's work for the Israeli consulate in Montreal in the early 1950s, her establishment in New York circa 1953, her career as a textile artist, encounters with Martin Luther King, and Judy Chicago, art groups such as the Pomegranate Guild, Jewish motifs in artwork.

Date: [ca. 1930]-2015.

Fonds No.: P0184

History / Biographical: Ita Aber was born in Montreal, in 1932 and grew up in a family dedicated to Zionist and charitable causes. She later moved to New York, where she made her name as an artist. As described in a 2001 article; "Ita Aber is an artist who delights in unconventional formats that provide unique and startling insights into Jewish Life. Her work is found in almost every major Jewish museum throughout the world. She is a master of the fabric arts, which is by its very nature, an interdisciplinary field. As practiced by Ita Aber, the fabric arts explode in scale to include the diverse skills of embroidering, beadwork, sewing, appliqué, silkscreen, jewelry design, weaving, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. The stunning range of her talents is reflected in the vast array of work and Judaic objects she has produced, from wall hangings, jewelry, and sculpture to Torah covers, etrog boxes, and Purim masks." Ita Aber is also known as a conservator of textiles, an art historian, a curator, teacher, and the author of The Art of Judaic Needlework: Traditional and Contemporary designs (Scribner 1979).

Custodial History: This collection was donated by Mrs. Ita Aber.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: P01/12, P93/08, and subsequent additions (ongoing to P15/04.). Associated material: Clippings by and about Canadian-born journalist Sam Orbaum (1956-2002), a Jerusalem Post humour columnist (donated by Ita Aber and filed under his name.) General note: The biography is from an article published in The Artists Proof, Spring 2001.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16328

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Fonds No.: I0037

Date: 1920-1989.

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Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Fonds

Material Type: textual record; graphic material; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: Env. 376.3 metres of textual records. - 3250 photographs. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Date: 1920-1989.

Fonds No.: I0037

History / Biographical: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services was established during the first Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Jewish Congress, in 1919. The need to settle Jewish post-World War I immigrants became apparent at this time, but the community organizations established in part for this purpose, such as the Baron de Hirsch Institute, were overwhelmed by the flow of Jews into Montreal and the rest of Canada. Thus JIAS, an organization devoted solely to helping immigrants, was founded. Since 1919, Jewish immigrants to Canada have depended on this organization during their period of adjustment to this country. The JIAS intervenes with the government on behalf of current and prospective immigrants, helps to locate housing and jobs, and organizes language and citizenship classes. JIAS assists new immigrants in following the proper application procedures, provides counselling, and offers a directional service to community resources. JIAS also makes submissions to the authorities on all matters affecting Jewish immigration to Canada, jointly with the Canadian Jewish Congress. The national office moved from Montreal to Toronto in the 1990s. In 2008 the Montreal office of JIAS merged with two other Jewish social service agencies under the name Agence Ometz.

Notes: Alpha-numeric designations: MA 4.General note: As of 2017 the total amount of textual records in the JIAS collection is 376.3 metres, of which 66.3 metres are administrative records and 310 metres are case files. 192 metres of the case files are preserved in off-site storage.

Archival / Genealogical: Archival Descriptions

Repository: Canadian Jewish Archives

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JIAS National : Jewish Immigrant Aid Services Canada

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16346

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8 metres of textual records. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Fonds No.: I0037; T

Date: 1951-2006c.

Scope and Content: The first part of this series consists of 18 boxes of records sent from the JIAS National Office in Toronto by then-Director Barbara Held. It includes minutes, studies, and other post-1984 records up to the 1990s. including some case files. The collection includes 97 CDs with audio recordings in WA…

Collection: JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS)

Description Level: Series

Material Type: textual record; sound recording; moving images

Physical Description: 8 metres of textual records. - 123 sound elements. - 9 videodiscs.

Scope and Content: The first part of this series consists of 18 boxes of records sent from the JIAS National Office in Toronto by then-Director Barbara Held. It includes minutes, studies, and other post-1984 records up to the 1990s. including some case files. The collection includes 97 CDs with audio recordings in WAV and CDA format of Board meeting minutes 2002-2006, a total of approximately 97 hours of meetings. There are 26 audio-cassette recordings of meetings and conferences from 1995-1999, adding up to approximately 32.5 hours of material, and 3 videotapes (approximately 5.5 hours), of conferences about Russian Jewish immigration and events with new immigrants Box lists were furnished with the material. Addition 2010: The second part of this series consists of 6 boxes of JIAS National and Western Region (Winnipeg) records transferred from the Ontario Jewish Archives in Toronto; 3 boxes contain Winnipeg administrative records, three have National Office materials such as correspondence, reports and newsletters. In additon, there is one oversize box containing a United Israel Appeal scrapbook from 1951. A detailed contents list was provided with the material. Addition 2014: 6 JIAS National videotapes (approximartely 9.5 hours) pertaining to the QND Evaluation Focus Group were transferred from the Jewish Public Library of Montreal in January 2014 and are housed with the videotapes from this series

Date: 1951-2006c.

Fonds No.: I0037

Series No.: T

Custodial History: The collection was donated by JIAS National, in Toronto, the first part in April and the second part in August 2009. An addition was made by the Ontario Jewish Archives on April 22, 2010