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Alex Betcherman fonds

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Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
7 files
Fonds No.
I0012
Date
1952-1995
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
7 files
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of telegrams and a letter from Mr. Rasminsky sent to Alex Betcherman at the 1965 Negev Dinner, news clippings, biographical material and text of a talk deliver by Dr. Irving Betcherman on Alex Betcherman’s life.
Date
1952-1995
Fonds No.
I0012
Storage Location
A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
History / Biographical
Alex Betcherman was born in Russia in 1892, son of Fishel and Brucha (Addleman) Betcherman. The family arrived in Pembroke, Ontario in 1905 where Mrs. Betcherman had a younger brother, Michael Addleman. The Betcherman’s moved to Ottawa around 1910 in part to facilitate the Jewish education of their children. They became members of the Agudath Achim Congregation. Alex Betcherman started business as a scrap dealer. Later he opened a scrap yard in partnership with Louis Baker. Sometime in the 1920's, Alex Betcherman, along with his brothers Myer and Abe, started the firm Betcherman Iron and Steel. Their business was located in Eastview, which is now in Vanier. In the 1930's they began to manufacture brass ingots and pioneered the use of ingots in Canada. During his lifetime Alex Betcherman was among the most influential men in the city, and was affectionately deemed “the Dean of the Jewish community.” He was a great figure in Ottawa and his passing in 1977 marked the end of an era. He occupied most of the top level posts available in the Jewish community; he was President of the Jewish Community Council and Agudath Achim Congregation, a founding father of the Jewish Community Centre on Chapel Street, a founder of Camp B’nai B'rith and the Rideau View Golf and Country Club. In 1954 he was named Ottawa Citizen of the Year by B’nai B'rith and the Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoured him in 1965. He married Mollie Lena Florence, President of the Lena Florence Chapter of Ottawa Hadassah-Wizo. They had three children.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
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Alex Betcherman

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103287
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Fonds No.
I0012; OJA 1-611
Date
[196-?]
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Date
[196-?]
Fonds No.
I0012
Item No.
OJA 1-611
Storage Location
vault
Creator
Yeshiva University, New York
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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Alex Betcherman affixing a mezuzah

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Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w
Fonds No.
I0012; OJA 1-681
Date
November 9, 1960
Collection
Alex Betcherman fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w
Date
November 9, 1960
Fonds No.
I0012
Item No.
OJA 1-681
Storage Location
vault
Creator
Newton, Ottawa
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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