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2 merit badges, various pins,
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn38461
- Collection
- OBERMAN, Morris and Judith
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- P0118; A; MC 27-A-3-
- Collection
- OBERMAN, Morris and Judith
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- P0118
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- MC 27-A-3-
- Notes
- 22 items
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Abe Hochberg fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101200
- Collection
- Abe Hochberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
- Fonds No.
- I0004
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
- Collection
- Abe Hochberg fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper clipping, 2 artifacts
- Scope and Content
- Fonds includes a 39th Boy Scout Troop shirt worn by Abe Hochberg in the early 1940's; a garment bag printed with “A. M. Hochberg Gentlemen’s Fine Apparel”; and a newspaper clipping.
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Fonds No.
- I0004
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes 1 box in OS
- History / Biographical
- Abe Hochberg (b. 1928- d. 2005) was the son of Yetta (b. 1896- d. 1977) and Nathan Hochberg (b. 1896-d. 1933). The Hochebergs immigrated to Canada from Poland in 1928, and first stopped in Montreal before settling permanently in Ottawa. Five years after their arrival, Nathan Hochberg passed away suddenly, leaving Abe along with his mother, and siblings Hy Hochberg (b. 1923- d. 1985) and Rose (m. Harry Goldberg) to fend for themselves and to tend the family's small lunch counter on Nicholas Street. As a teenager in the 1940's Abe became involved with the 39th Jewish Scout Troop (later renamed the 39th Henry Hank Torontow Scout Troop). Too young to enlist in World War II, He amassed 300 War Hours and more Proficiency Badges than any other of his fellow scouts. From the scouts he joined the Macabee Air Cadet Squadron. And later in the 1940's became a Scout Leader. In 1954, Abe took on the role of Director of the Sunday morning services for the Hanoar Breakfast Club. Abe was first employed by Joe Feller where he first got his start in the tailoring business. Abe went on to open his own men's tailoring shop named Gentleman's Fine Apparel, which was located at 204 Rideau Street.
- Acquisition Source
- 1. Boy Scout Shirt donated by Linda Kerzner, 2006. 2. Garment bag and newspaper clipping donated by Sharon Edelson, 2009.
- Related Material
- See Hy Hochberg fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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…
- 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
Images
Address stamp.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89633
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 stamp.
- Fonds No.
- 1394; 1; 1394_001
- Date
- c. 1960-1980
- Collection
- Hebrew Free Loan Association Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 stamp.
- Date
- c. 1960-1980
- Fonds No.
- 1394
- Series No.
- 1
- Item No.
- 1394_001
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Hebrew Free Loan Association
- Physical Condition
- Fair.
- Language
- English
- 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…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- Env. 0.07 metres of textual records. - 34 photographs. - 2 artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- The initial portion of this collection is comprised of documents relating to, and photos of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel's involvement with the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal. It includes such documents as programs and photographs from various YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith events, documents relating to issues at the 'Y' between 1929-1966, as well as ephemera from various sporting events from the 1920s to 1970s. In addition there are a number of documents relating to Gotlieb's involvement in Minstrel shows at the Y in the 1930s and 1940s. Added in June 2022: additional documents and photos from Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel concerning involvement in the YM-YWHA and B'nai Brith in Montreal as well as with regard to attendance in Montreal schools and after-school activities. The documents consist of two ephemeral items from 1944: a YMHA swimming test result and a B'nai Brith 'Showboat' notice, plus a few news clippings from the 1980s about the history of the YMHA. The 15 images are: 7 pictures of Baron Byng High school students and events donated by former student Joseph Gilbert, including two of the 1957 graduating Prom, plus a program for the Baron Byng High School reunion of 2007; 1 image 8" x 10" of a YMHA Minstrel show group probably late 1930s, including Rose Gotlieb, mother of the donor, and and two very large framed images of YMHA Minstrel performers, both including players in blackface (one large image is a duplicate of the smaller one), circa 1940. Protestant school images from Gloria Anchel Gilbert consist of one from Fairmount elementary school circa 1953 and one from Northmount High School circa 1956. There are two oversized group photos from Pripstein's Camp Mishmar in St-Adolphe de Howard, Quebec, one dated 1956 and one undated - both are damaged, cut into three sections each. There are 2 images of the Jewish People's School afternoon section, also 1956, and one of a Westmount ballet class including a 3 year old Gloria Anchel, 1948. Artifacts donated along with the collection consist of 2 trophies from the B'nai Brith Bowling Association, for Hy Anchel 1972-1973 and 1976.
- Date
- 1929-2005.
- Fonds No.
- P0290
- History / Biographical
- Hyman Anchel (1914-1983) and Rose Gotlieb (1912-1987) were born in Montreal to immigrants from Romania and Russia. Hyman Anchel was active in B'nai Brith as the social service chairman for many years. A wrestling champion at the YMHA, Hy also was one of the three members to open the Y pool in 1929. In 1953, he 'swam' out of the Y with his children Gloria and Stanley and opened the new Snowden Y pool. Rose Gotlieb was a member of the Y Minstrels, which entertained Canada's troops during World War II. Their daughter Gloria Anchel Gilbert married Joseph Gilbert, also of Montreal in 1965 and re-located to London, Ontario. Joseph is the son of Morris Gilbert and Silvia Schwam who immigrated from Dobzyn on the Vistula, Poland in 1935 and 1930 respectively.
- Custodial History
- This collection was given by Gloria Anchel Gilbert, daughter of Rose Gotlieb and Hyman Anchel, in November of 2021. The additions were donated in June 2022 by Gloria Anchel Gilbert and Joseph Gilbert.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P21/07.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Associated Synagogues of Ottawa fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101106
- Collection
- Associated Synagogues of Ottawa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 minute book
- Fonds No.
- O0004
- Date
- 1931-1933
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one minute book.
- Collection
- Associated Synagogues of Ottawa fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 minute book
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one minute book.
- Date
- 1931-1933
- Fonds No.
- O0004
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- During the early 1930s, synagogues in Ottawa were having difficulty retaining the services of rabbis due to financial challenges facing the congregations. As a result, a committee known as the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa was formed with the purpose of hiring a community rabbi to act as the spiritual leader for the entire Jewish community. At the time, the Jewish community was exclusively Orthodox and numbered approximately 2,800 people. Early in 1933, after several months of negotiations, each of the four congregations; Agudath Achim Congregation (Rideau Street), Machzikei Hadas Congregation (Murray Street), B’nai Jacob Congregation (James Street) and Congregation of Adath Jeshurun (King Edward Street), agreed to pay a proportionate amount of the rabbi’s salary of $2500.00 per year. Rabbi Rev. Abraham H. Freedman was the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa’s first appointment and became Ottawa’s first Community Rabbi. Proportionate payment continued to be the standard working formula for the next 20 years for employing five different, “community” or “city” rabbis. With the successful engagement of Rabbi Freedman, the next logical step for the community was the formation of a community council, or Vaad Ha’Ir. Mr. Casper Caplan put forth this motion during a meeting of the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa on August 28, 1933, where he is quoted as having proposed that “the executives of the Associated Synagogues of Ottawa recommend that a Vaad Ha’Ir of twenty-six members be appointed by the Congregations ... and that this body administer the various branches of Jewish activities in the city, principally Kashrut, Jewish education and spiritual guidance, with powers to act for the Congregations in the advancement of Judaism in our city”. The Associated Synagogues were then organized into the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir in 1934.
- Custodial History
- Received from National Archives of Canada, July, 1996.
- Access Restrictions
- Please use photocopies.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Badge, Rubenstein Bros.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78261
- Collection
- Rubenstein Brothers Company Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 badge ; 10.5 cm x 5cm
- Fonds No.
- 1357; 00017
- Date
- [c. 1965-1985]
- Collection
- Rubenstein Brothers Company Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 badge ; 10.5 cm x 5cm
- Date
- [c. 1965-1985]
- Fonds No.
- 1357
- File No.
- 00017
- Storage Location
- 2-5F
- Ctn.002
- Language
- English
- Accession No.
- 15-005
- Subjects
- Rubenstein Bros. Co., Ltd.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
BATSHAW, Justice Harry
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn88127
- Collection
- BATSHAW, Justice Harry
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Env. 62 photographs. - Env. 0.08 metres of textual records. - 7 medals. - 1 sound element.
- Fonds No.
- P0257
- Date
- 1939-2007.
- Scope and Content
- Documents include a scrapbook of fragile newclippings and publicity about the United Palestine Appeal of 1940-1941; two bound volumes of Canadan Zionist, vols 7 and 8 (1939-1941); two scrapbook folders of photocopies, one of congratulatory letters from when Harry Batshaw became a judge in 1950, and…
- Collection
- BATSHAW, Justice Harry
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Env. 62 photographs. - Env. 0.08 metres of textual records. - 7 medals. - 1 sound element.
- Scope and Content
- Documents include a scrapbook of fragile newclippings and publicity about the United Palestine Appeal of 1940-1941; two bound volumes of Canadan Zionist, vols 7 and 8 (1939-1941); two scrapbook folders of photocopies, one of congratulatory letters from when Harry Batshaw became a judge in 1950, and one of newsclippings dating from this time (These photocopies are additions to the materials already at CJ Archives in Harry Batshaw's box, ZB collection). There is an album of photographs and documents about events such as the Negev dinner honouring Harry Batshaw, and other events (JNF, Allience Israelite Universelle, Harry Batshaw Foundation, etc). The dinner photos include pictures of family members who attended. A second photo album contains mostly family photos and portraits. Among the regular sized and smaller photographs, both loose and in albums, there are several portraits of Harry Batshaw taken at various times, including in judge's robes; picture of Harry with son Lewis (aged around 9), both wearing military-style uniforms, in front of their Westmount house; picture of son Lewis Batshaw on a boat at the Lord Reading Yacht Club and a small picture of him circa 1942 (aged around 8) holding a fish at the family's country home on Lake Connolly; family pictures in album including at Yacht Club and Lake Connolly. Two large photos: group photo of the Workman's Circle of Montreal, 1940 with Harry's father identified in the group; composite photo of Jewish judges in Canada at time of Canada's Centennial in 1967. Two large rolled JNF certificates, one with several Montreal signatures. One large rolled certificate from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. One of the loose documents in the family album is the marriage certificate for Harry Batshaw and Anne Tarshis, 1928. Other loose documents in the collection include ephemera from a royal visit to Canada and materials pertaining to the Allience Israelite Universelle and other topics. Objects: 1956 Negev Dinner commemorative certificate for Harry Bartshaw, with photo and map of land, wax seal, ribbon; in wooden-cover book inside a box. 7 medals for various commemorative honours, in an open box; two are of the same type in large and small versions, René Cassin Human Rights award, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, Canada's 1967 Centennial. One interview of Harry Batshaw on audiocassette speaking about his brother Manny, 14 minutes 30 seconds (a digital copy was made from the tape on Feb 1, 2017.)
- Date
- 1939-2007.
- Fonds No.
- P0257
- History / Biographical
- Born in 1902, Harry Batshaw was a lawyer and a judge. He was educated at McGill University and at the Sorbonne, appointed King's Counsel in 1940 and made a Judge of the Quebec Superior Court in 1950. He was the first Jew to be appointed to a Superior Court in Canada. He was very active in Jewish community issues: notably he was honorary vice-president of the Zionist Organization of Canada; secretary of the Baron de Hirsch Institute; president of Canadian Young Judea; and cochairman of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. He helped found Amitiés culturelles Canada-Français-Israël. He died in 1984.
- Custodial History
- The collection was donated Sept. 9, 2016. by son Lewis Batshaw and daughter-in-law Huguette Batshaw
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P16/13, MCAT, PCAT.Associated material: See also Harry Batshaw collection P0007 (in CJC collection, series ZB).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Bella Herscovitch Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72687
- Collection
- Bella Herscovitch Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folk costume : cotton and velvet
- Fonds No.
- 1188
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Rumanian folk costume made and given to Bella Herscovitch by grandmother in 1934, in Rumania.
- Collection
- Bella Herscovitch Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folk costume : cotton and velvet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of Rumanian folk costume made and given to Bella Herscovitch by grandmother in 1934, in Rumania.
- Fonds No.
- 1188
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Notes
- Includes cotton shirt, embroidered and velvet leggings.
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Costumes
- Children - Jewish
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Blue Rideau Bakery apron
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113328
- Collection
- Rideau Bakery fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 textile
- Fonds No.
- B0019; 2-019-02
- Scope and Content
- 1 blue Rideau Bakery apron
- Collection
- Rideau Bakery fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 textile
- Scope and Content
- 1 blue Rideau Bakery apron
- Fonds No.
- B0019
- Item No.
- 2-019-02
- Storage Location
- G.4.3 - Mixed Box 4
- History / Biographical
- Apron owned an worn by Annie kardish Brozovsky when she worked at Rideau Bakery.
- Acquisition Source
- Donated by Ros Wollock, September 12, 2023.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Book bags offered by Library.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72689
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- 1000; 6.2; 00263
- Date
- 1994-1995
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Date
- 1994-1995
- Fonds No.
- 1000
- Series No.
- 6.2
- File No.
- 00263
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Ctn.006
- Language
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Yiddish
- Notes
- File contains plastic book bags with Library logo.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Book stamp
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17842
- Collection
- Mordechai Ginzburg Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- 1031; 3; 018
- Collection
- Mordechai Ginzburg Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- 1031
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 018
- Storage Location
- 4-5D, Ctn.007
- Notes
- Stamp reads, "Presented by the family of the late Rev. Mordecai Ginzburg from his treasured collection of books."
- Subjects
- Ginzburg, Mordechai, 1894-1966
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90032
- Collection
- Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- Env. 1160 photographs. - Env. 0.4 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
- Fonds No.
- P0275
- Date
- 1922-2005.
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists primarily of 15 albums/scrapbooks, as well as additional photographs, correspondence, and documents. The collection documents Allan, Lucy, and Edward's professional and philanthropic endeavors, as well as the family life of Allan and Lucy Bronfman and their three children, i…
- Collection
- Bronfman, Allan, Lucy, and Edward
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- Env. 1160 photographs. - Env. 0.4 metres of textual records. - 1 artefact.
- Scope and Content
- The collection consists primarily of 15 albums/scrapbooks, as well as additional photographs, correspondence, and documents. The collection documents Allan, Lucy, and Edward's professional and philanthropic endeavors, as well as the family life of Allan and Lucy Bronfman and their three children, including childhood photos and family vacations. There are 7 large albums measuring at least 16" in length; included in this group are two which document Allan's birthday dinners in 1945, one in Montreal and the other in New York and relating to the Seagram business there, and one photo album from Allan's birthday party in New York in 1955. There is an album of correspondence relating to Allan's Man of the Year Israel Bonds event in 1964 and an album documenting the Jewish National Fund of Toronto Negev Dinner Tribute to Edward in 1997. A highlight of the album collection is a personal compendium of Edward's which has many photos and documents focused on the family life of Allan, Lucy, and their children Mona, Edward, and Peter. This volume includes some materials relating to Lucy's sister Lillian Bilsky Freiman, such as a news clipping from the summer of 1937 documenting a garden party for the Women's Auxiliary of the Jewish General Hospital given by Lucy and Lillian at Lucy's family home in Montreal. It also displays documents relating to Lucy's charitable work, her service as Chairman of the Hospitality Committee for the Jewish General Hospital Ball in 1938 and her service as Honorary Chairman of a concert given for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in 1943. There are 6 medium sized albums; included among these is a Bar Mitzvah album documenting Edward's Bar Mitzvah at Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Montreal in late 1940, which reflects the social climate of the war years in Canada. Also included in this group are two albums entitled "Lucy and Allan", documenting family travels as well as photos of Allan with famous figures such as Moishe Dayan, Golda Meir, and David Ben-Gurion. These 2 volumes include photos taken at City Hall with the Mayor of Montreal, and one of Allan and Lucy at Expo '67. There are 2 small albums; both are family focused photo albums, one dating from 1940s-1970s and consisting of family photos, vacation pictures, images of summer camp, and sports photographs. The other album consists mostly of childhood photos of Mona and Edward in the 1930s taken in Old Orchard as well as in Westmount, Quebec. The other components of the collection consist of a copy of Mary Seeman's chapter on Edward in the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation's 25th Anniversary Book, 23 loose photos, 1 Metal and wood plaque from the Sun Youth Organization to the Edward M. Bronfman Foundation, and 11 cm. of loose documents, many of them full newspapers containing obituaries for Edward Bronfman. One typed document consists of the eulogies delivered at Edward's funeral.
- Date
- 1922-2005.
- Fonds No.
- P0275
- History / Biographical
- Allan Bronfman (1895-1980) was born in Brandon, Manitoba. He was a barrister, industrialist, philanthropist and a Zionist. He studied law at the University of Manitoba, and obtained his law degree at the age of 22. At the age of 24, he became the chairman of a Jewish orphanage in Winnipeg. In 1924, he left Winnipeg for Montreal, and joined the family's liquor business, Seagram's Ltd., where he served as vice-president. He was a founder and the driving force behind the creation of Montreal's Jewish General Hospital, where he served as its first president, a post which lasted 25 years, as well as the founder of the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University in Israel. His wife Lucy Bronfman (1897-1983) was born Lucy Bilsky to parents Pauline and Moses Bilsky of Ottawa. One of her sisters was Lillian Bilsky Freiman of Ottawa, former president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada, social organizer, philanthropist, and community leader. Lucy was also active in charitable Jewish and Canadian organizations. These activities included her service as Chairman of the Hospitality Committee for the Jewish General Hospital Ball in 1938. She also served as Honorary Chairman of a concert given for the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund in 1943. Lucy and Allan had three children, Mona, Edward, and Peter. Mona (1924-1950) was active in charitable and artistic endeavors. In 1935, she served as president of the Montreal children's committee of the King George V Jubilee Forest Drive, while her aunt Lillian Bilsky Freiman served as national chairman of the organization and helped to inspire and organize the children's committee. Edward (1927-2005), and Peter (1929-1996) started the holding company and investment vehicle Edper Investments Ltd. in 1959. Edward was committed to the philanthropic tradition handed down from his parents; he was very active in charitable organizations such as the Canadian Council for Christians and Jews, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, and the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation. In 1989 Edward formed the Edward Bronfman Family Foundation, a member of Philanthropic Foundations of Canada. As documented in Mary Seeman's chapter on Edward in the CPRF 25th Anniversary Book, the Edward Bronfman Family Foundation created a $1.5 million endowment fund in 2001, in partnership with the Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in the area of mood disorders. Named the Mona Bronfman Sheckman Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award, it commemorates the life of Edward's sister Mona, who suffered from severe post-partum depression and committed suicide in 1950 at age 26.
- Custodial History
- This collection of family history materials was donated in May 2019 by Brian Bronfman, son of Edward Bronfman
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P 19/09.Related groups of records: See also Allan Bronfman material donated by Manny Batshaw in 1982; document collection code MC 06 and photograph collection code PC 5.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Bronze medal with relief of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72691
- Collection
- Montefiore Club Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 medal : bronze
- Fonds No.
- 1264; 1; 00038
- Collection
- Montefiore Club Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 medal : bronze
- Fonds No.
- 1264
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00038
- Storage Location
- Ctn.008
- Artefact Storage
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Framed in wood with green velvet backing.
- Subjects
- Montefiore Club [Montreal, Quebec].
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Buttons
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn109088
- Collection
- Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Fonds No.
- O0035; 4; 10,14
- Date
- [198-]
- Scope and Content
- File contains buttons from various events and campaigns.
- Collection
- Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Scope and Content
- File contains buttons from various events and campaigns.
- Date
- [198-]
- Fonds No.
- O0035
- Series No.
- 4
- File No.
- 10,14
- Language
- English
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Candlesticks, engraved
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51051
- Collection
- Yavna B'nai Parnass/Parnass Family Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 candlesticks : tin ; 41cm high
- Fonds No.
- 1293; 1293_018
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 candlesticks : tin ; 41cm high
- Fonds No.
- 1293
- Item No.
- 1293_018
- Storage Location
- CTN.004
- 9-2C
- Accession No.
- 12-018
- Subjects
- Synagogues - Canada.
- Synagogues - Montreal (Quebec)
- Parnass, Pinchas
- Parnass, Raizel
- Parnass, Joseph
- Yavna B'nai Synagogue
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Chateau Furs Limited fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101312
- Collection
- Chateau Furs Limited fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 objects and 3 photographs : b&w
- Fonds No.
- B0005
- Date
- [1939-196-?]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of two large ink blotters printed with advertising detailing Chateau Furs Limited fur storage services; 1 fur coat hanger and a photograph of Chateau Furs Limited opening in 1939; small New Year's card for Morris Goldberg dated 1924; 3 photographs : b&w.
- Collection
- Chateau Furs Limited fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 objects and 3 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consist of two large ink blotters printed with advertising detailing Chateau Furs Limited fur storage services; 1 fur coat hanger and a photograph of Chateau Furs Limited opening in 1939; small New Year's card for Morris Goldberg dated 1924; 3 photographs : b&w.
- Date
- [1939-196-?]
- Fonds No.
- B0005
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Morris Goldberg (b. February 21, 1900, Poland - November 17, 1978, Ottawa) was the proprietor of Chateau Furs Limited from 1939 to 1986. He partnered with Edward Gittleson in 1939, and Morris later bought out his partner in 1948. Morris Goldberg arrived in Ottawa from Poland in 1921, to join his brother Louis. Morris began his career as a fur trader and worked with Louis in the Pontiac region. The brothers bought furs from trappers and sold them in Montreal, while Morris would occasionally sew fur coats. Morris Goldberg married Zena Jeanne (nee Cohen) Goldberg (b. May 24, 1908 - d. December 18, 1982) in 1930. Zena’s mother Celia had immigrated from Russia in 1907, the same year that she married Zena’s father, Isaac Cohen. Zena had five sisters; Mrs. Israel Zavod, Hannah Kondall, Betty Haufrecht, Lillian Ascher, and Ann Paylan. Zena and Morris had two sons, Arnell and Lewis, as well as two grandchildren, Eden and Joshua. Chateau Furs Limited opened in 1939, at 107 Bank St., on the corner of Bank and Albert Streets. At this point, Morris Goldberg had 17 years of experience working in the raw fur trade. While the store originally had only one floor, it would eventually expand into a four-storey operation, which included the showroom, two floors of refrigerated fur storage vaults, and a floor dedicated to the fur factory. Most of the fur coats sold in the showroom were made in the factory, which helped the store to keep costs lower. While the store was advertised as a luxury retailer which prioritized quality over low prices, they also conducted large, store-wide sales every January and August for many years in which their expensive coats and other accessories were sold for much lower prices. The specific furs used changed over the decades that the store was in operation as styles evolved, and included muskrat, seal, lamb, opossum, mink, beaver, rabbit, raccoon, otter, and squirrel. Chateau Furs mainly advertised fashionable, high-end fur coats for women, available in a variety of sizes including petite and tall, from 7-44. In addition to selling new coats, Chateau Furs also offered a variety of services for the upkeep of their garments, such as repairing and remodeling old coats, as well as cleaning and cold storage available for the summer months in temperature-controlled vaults to help customers maintain the quality of their furs. They also accepted custom orders, and redesigned old coats to meet new fashion trends. They advertised that all of their furs were fully insured for 12 months after purchasing. In 1948, Morris Goldberg bought out his partner and continued to operate Chateau Furs as the sole proprietor. In April of 1956 he moved the business to 144 Sparks Street. The shop sustained some damage during a natural gas explosion in October of 1958, which originated from the Addressograph-Multigraph building on Slater St. Several buildings were completely or partially damaged in the explosion, and many businesses such as Chateau Furs experienced minor damage, mainly from broken windows. Morris Goldberg was a member of the Ottawa Fur Standards Association, and served as president of the organization in the 1950s. He continued to serve as an executive in the 1960s. Morris Goldberg was listed as one of the founders of Agudath Israel, and he served as the Synagogue President from 1942-1947. He also participated in the dedication ceremonies to the new Agudath Israel Synagogue in 1960. Zena Goldberg was active in several organizations in the Ottawa Jewish community. She was a charter member of the Mollie Sachs Chapter of Hadassah-WIZO, and served two terms as its president. After her death, one of Zena’s friends recalled that the Goldberg home was always a happy one, and was the first place that new or visiting Rabbis would come to eat and sleep. Edward Gittleson (b. approx. 1901, d. 1 Jul 1988) and his wife Sonia (nee Herman) Gittleson (b. Approx. 1899, d. November 26, 1986) were the presidents of B’nai Brith Lodge No. 885 and the Ottawa Ladies Auxilliary No. 62 respectively, in 1938-39. Edward became vice-chairman, then chairman of the board of directors in the 1940s, while Sonia was in charge of food services in 1946. As chairman of the B’nai Brith Camp Committee in 1950, Edward was involved in much of the planning and installation of the camp’s facilities. He also sat on the board of directors for the Jewish Home for the Aged in the 1950s and 1960s. Mr. and Mrs. Gittleson had two daughters; Zara, who married Milton Leff in 1954, and Roslyn Ann, who married Arthur Kofman in 1955.
- Acquisition Source
- Phyllis Rackow July 2003, hanger and card donated by Sharon Edelson, November 21, 2007.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Clothing tag, Star Pleating Inc.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72744
- Collection
- Benditsky Family Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 clothing tag.
- Fonds No.
- 1295; 3; 00028
- Date
- [ca. 1946]
- Collection
- Benditsky Family Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 clothing tag.
- Date
- [ca. 1946]
- Fonds No.
- 1295
- Series No.
- 3
- File No.
- 00028
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Commemorative medallion for participation in Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn72686
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 medallion : bronze, square shape
- Fonds No.
- 1055; 2; 00925
- Collection
- Sam Gesser Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 medallion : bronze, square shape
- Fonds No.
- 1055
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 00925
- Storage Location
- CTN 029
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Gesser, Sam, 1930-2008
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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
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