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- COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants 1
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records 1
- GUBBAY HELFER, Sharon. 1
- JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SERVICES (JIAS) 2
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN (NCJW) 1
- Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (SSBFF) 3
- United Talmud Torahs Fonds 1
Subject
- Education, Elementary 1
- Education, Preschool 1
- Education, Secondary 1
- Religious education 1
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) 1
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Bialik Hebrew School 1
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Chomedy 1
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Cote St-Luc 1
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Herzliah High School 1
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
Audio-visual
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn77714
- Collection
- United Talmud Torahs Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- moving images
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- 1047; 10
- Scope and Content
- Consists of audio-visual records of United Talmud Torahs' history.
- Collection
- United Talmud Torahs Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- moving images
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- Consists of audio-visual records of United Talmud Torahs' history.
- Fonds No.
- 1047
- Series No.
- 10
- Subjects
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal)
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Bialik Hebrew School
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Chomedy
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Herzliah High School
- United Talmud Torahs (Montreal) - Cote St-Luc
- Religious education
- Education, Elementary
- Education, Preschool
- Education, Secondary
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library 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…
- 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
Images
COHEN, Yolande = Interviews with Moroccan Jewish Immigrants
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101056
- 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…
- 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
GUBBAY HELFER, Sharon.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn60155
- Collection
- GUBBAY HELFER, Sharon.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- sound recording
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record. - 48 videos. - 66 sound elements.
- Fonds No.
- P0246
- Date
- 1983-2009.
- Scope and Content
- Draft of thesis about the Jewish Public Library 1914-1952, 1983.Addition 2012: Digital material transferred from hard drive (45.6 GB): Video interviews of Sami Kilani, Naim Kattan, Howard Joseph, Sister Katherine Macdonald, Victor Goldbloom, Jim Torczyner, Pierre Anctil, Gregory Baum and Denise Cou…
- Collection
- GUBBAY HELFER, Sharon.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- sound recording
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record. - 48 videos. - 66 sound elements.
- Scope and Content
- Draft of thesis about the Jewish Public Library 1914-1952, 1983.Addition 2012: Digital material transferred from hard drive (45.6 GB): Video interviews of Sami Kilani, Naim Kattan, Howard Joseph, Sister Katherine Macdonald, Victor Goldbloom, Jim Torczyner, Pierre Anctil, Gregory Baum and Denise Couture. Also some photographs and scans of research documents, including PDF format and one titled Fabienne Presentey (sound document). 31 mini video cassettes of interviews for the project 'Quebec Dialogue Pioneers': 4 mini video cassettes interview of Naim Kattan, May 18, 2009. 1 mini video cassette interview of Howard Joseph, Aug. 11, 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Pere Irénée Beaubien. Mini video cassette interview of Sister Katherine Macdonald, July, 11 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Joe Flanders, Feb. 20, 2011. 3 mini video cassettes interview of Victor Goldbloom, June 08, 2009. 3 mini video cassettes interview of Sami Kilani, May 25, 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Jim Torczyner, June 23, 2009. 1 mini video cassette interview of Robert Vachon, June 24, 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Eddy Wolkove, June 6, 2009. 4 mini video cassettes interview of Pierre Anctil, May 4, 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Gregory Baum, May 6, 2009. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Denise Couture, Aug. 10, 2009.17 mini video cassettes interview for the Laval University project: 1 mini video cassette recording of the Hoshana Rabba ritual, n. d. 1 mini video cassette interview of Norma Joseph, Jan. 11, 2008. 1 mini video cassette interview of Haim Ohayon, Dec. 6, 2008. 1 mini video cassette interview of David Kaufman, Jan. 14, 2008. 1 mini video cassette interview at the Paperman Funeral Home. 1 mini video cassette interview of Selim Moghrabi, Dec. 14, 2007. 1 mini video cassette interview of Estella Sasson, n. d. 1 mini video cassette interview of Pam Iny, n. d. 1 mini video cassette titled 'Cimetière', n. d. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Albert Bitton, Dec. 10, 2007. 1 mini video cassette interview of Howard Joseph, Jan. 16, 2008. 1 mini video cassette interview of Rabbi Orenstein, Jan. 15, 2008. 1 mini video cassette interview of Stanley Goldstein and Morris Zimelstern, Dec. 17, 2007. 1 mini video cassette interview of Yehuda Abitan, Dec. 17, 2007. 1 mini video cassette interview of Jesse Ades, n. d. 2 mini video cassettes interview of Esther Blaustein, Dec. 3, 2007. Addition 2013: 65 micro audio cassettes and 1 regular audio cassette. 62 of the micro cassettes are connected with Sharon Gubbay Helfer's PhD research on the Dorshei Emet Reconstructionist Congregation of Montreal. 1 regular audio cassette of an 85th birthday book launch for Lavy Becker. 3 micro cassettes on other themes: Marc Gold speaking about a community event with Jewish-Quebec Dialogue themes; Sharon Gubbay Helfer interviewing her mother Aline Gubbay; and interviewing a Montreal Jewish artist friend of her mother's, Eva Prager.
- Date
- 1983-2009.
- Fonds No.
- P0246
- History / Biographical
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer is a scholar-practitioner in the area of inter-cultural dialogue. She was born in 1949 in Winnipeg, Canada. Her father, Ezra Rahamim (Eric Robin) Gubbay was born and brought up in the Baghdadi Jewish community of Calcutta and then trained as a physician in London, England, before immigrating to Canada in 1948. Sharon's mother, Aline Beberachvili, was born in Alexandria, Egypt. Her maternal grandfather was from an old Jewish community in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia, and her maternal grandmother from Istanbul, Turkey. Aline graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and subsequently became a portrait photographer. Following her marriage to Sharon's father and immigration to Canada, Sharon's mother became first a social worker and then an art historian, social historian and author. Sharon Gubbay graduated from McGill University and then worked in the environmental policies field and in education in Montreal, Quebec; Papua New Guinea, and rural Saskatchewan before earning a Masters degree in Comparative Education. She then went to study in Israel, where she met Peter Helfer, a Swedish Jew, computer engineer and software designer. Sharon and Peter married and spent a year and a half together in Israel before moving to settle in Montreal. Sharon returned to studies when her children were young, earning a PhD in Jewish Studies and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio arts, both in 2006, from Concordia University. Since then she has been a lecturer at Concordia, at the Université du Québec à Montréal and at the Université de Montréal. She has also been a postdoctoral fellow both at the Université de Montréal, where she completed an oral history of pioneers of Jewish/Christian dialogue in Québec, and at Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. (Source: http://pcls.sharondialogue.ca/about-this-project-2/sharon-bio/). In 2007 she carried out a series of over 70 oral history interviews for the Ontario Jewish Archives' 'Small Jewish Communities of Ontario' project, involving the communities of Belleville, Cornwall, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Owen Sound, Peterborough, St. Catherines, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. These interviews can be accessed at the OJA (http://ontariojewisharchives.org/)
- Custodial History
- The first part of this collection was donated by Sharon Gubbay Helfer on Sept. 06, 1983. Additions were made in June 2012 and February 2013.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P83/12, P12/18 and MC 31.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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.
- 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
Images
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
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P09/12, P09/12add, and P10/07.
- 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…
- 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
Images
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.
- Description Level
- Series
- 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
Saidye Bronfman Award
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113270
- Collection
- Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (SSBFF)
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.65 metres of textual records. - 7 compact discs (CD-ROM). - Env. 11 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 252 photographs. - 290 other fixed images : slides.
- Fonds No.
- I0116; F
- Date
- 1983-2007.
- Scope and Content
- 6 boxes of administrative materials, including videos, photographs and slides documenting artists works and awards ceremonies. Correspondence, meeting briefings, agendas, reports, budgets, lists of finalists, notes, invitations.
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.65 metres of textual records. - 7 compact discs (CD-ROM). - Env. 11 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie). - 252 photographs. - 290 other fixed images : slides.
- Scope and Content
- 6 boxes of administrative materials, including videos, photographs and slides documenting artists works and awards ceremonies. Correspondence, meeting briefings, agendas, reports, budgets, lists of finalists, notes, invitations.
- Date
- 1983-2007.
- Fonds No.
- I0116
- Series No.
- F
- History / Biographical
- The Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts was founded in 1977 by Saidye's children Minda de Gunzberg, Phyllis Lambert, Edgar Bronfman, and Charles Bronfman in honour of her eightieth birthday. The program ran successfully for thirty years, filling a niche for funding Canadian craft (i.e. pottery, furniture making, textiles, glassblowing) as an art form and encouraging a recognition not previously seen in Canadian galleries and museums. The SSBFF collaborated with the Canadian Crafts Council (Canada Council) to administer the competition and select the recipients. In 1997, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Canadian Museum of History took over the responsibility, and in 2007, the Saidye Bronfman Award was transferred to the Canada Council's Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Urban Issues
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn113271
- Collection
- Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation (SSBFF)
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.32 metres of textual records. - 2 discs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 2 videos. - 1 sound element. - 59 photographs. - 817 other fixed images : slides.
- Fonds No.
- I0116; G
- Date
- 1989-2007.
- Scope and Content
- 5 boxes of administrative materials including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, budgets, plans, proposals, payment requests, visual documentation in the form of videos, photographs, and slides
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- sound recording
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.32 metres of textual records. - 2 discs. - 1 compact disc (CD-ROM). - 2 videos. - 1 sound element. - 59 photographs. - 817 other fixed images : slides.
- Scope and Content
- 5 boxes of administrative materials including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, budgets, plans, proposals, payment requests, visual documentation in the form of videos, photographs, and slides
- Date
- 1989-2007.
- Fonds No.
- I0116
- Series No.
- G
- History / Biographical
- The Urban Issues program began in the 1990s developing from earlier efforts to preserve architectural heritage, primarily led by Bronfman family member and architect Phyllis Lambert, with the goal to provide support for community development in urban areas through grants to grassroots organizations. Over a twelve-year period the program funded dozens of projects across Canada.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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