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BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn265
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 411 films.
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Date
- [1974-1976].
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of 131 canisters of film reels, some with many reels per canister, as well as several dozen additional loose sound reels, adding up to a total of 411 reels, most of which were used in making the film "20 Ans Après". The 37 canisters of synched sound and audio material in Series A…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 411 films.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of 131 canisters of film reels, some with many reels per canister, as well as several dozen additional loose sound reels, adding up to a total of 411 reels, most of which were used in making the film "20 Ans Après". The 37 canisters of synched sound and audio material in Series A were all filmed within the Montreal Jewish community of the mid 1970s. They cover most of the same topics that appear in the film, but in a more discursive manner than the final production could allow. As a result, they more fully reveal the breadth of the discussions and the scope of the concerns of the Montreal Jewish community at that time. In this regard, they may be among the most informative sources of information available about Francophone Jews in 1970s Quebec. The material in Series B consists mainly of additional elements used in the making of the film, such as archival footage of Jews in Morocco, and background sound, as well as some sound reels that appear to be associated with other Bensimon productions.
- Date
- [1974-1976].
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- History / Biographical
- This is the only film about Moroccan Jews in Montreal (released 1977), 20 ans après documents the first 20 years of the Montreal Moroccan Jewish community. Jacques Bensimon was born in Morocco and came to Canada in 1958 with his family. He studied cinema at University of New York. In 1968, he started working with the NFB as a film editor and the as director. Jacques Bensimon made several films for the National Film Board about Morocco; Once . Agadir, Aqua Rondo, Carnets du Maroc III - La Volonté et la Foi, Carnets du Maroc II - Au sujet du Roi, Carnets du Maroc I - Mémoire à rebours. Other works by Jacques Bensimon are; With Hands and Hope, Richard Rohmer and His Referendum - A View from Quebec, and Rock-a-bye.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Mr. Jacques Bensimon, through J. Dahan, of the Communauté Sépharde du Québec in July 1997.
- Notes
- Alpha-numeric designations: P97/10.Related groups of records: Completed film 20 ans aprés (National Film Board video) in video collection.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Selected syncronized film materials.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44649
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds.
- Description Level
- Series
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A
- Date
- 1975.
- Scope and Content
- The material in this series consists of 37 film canisters containing a total of 170 reels, or approximately 28 hours of related sound and visual materials. A few adidtional reels covering the same subject matter but lacking a sound or visual counterpart are also included among these reels. The cont…
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- The material in this series consists of 37 film canisters containing a total of 170 reels, or approximately 28 hours of related sound and visual materials. A few adidtional reels covering the same subject matter but lacking a sound or visual counterpart are also included among these reels. The contents of these canisters are described in detail in an electronic finding aid. They include Association francophone sepharade meetings and conferences; a radio call in show filmed at Radio CKAC; interviews with Jewish merchants; a circumsicion ceremony and reception in a private home, a wedding ceremony with prior interviews with the bride, a recent convert to Judaism; children at primary school; and interviews with Jewish community activists and social workers.
- Date
- 1975.
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- History / Biographical
- Approximately 1/3 of the Jacques Bensimon collection was found to consist of synchronized 16mm sound and image reels used in the making of the NFB/ONF film "20 Ans Après...", about the Moroccan Jewish community of Montreal. These materials are described as a separate series because they were judged to be the most useful for future research use,
- Notes
- Physical condition: The visual material is generally in poor condition, with a loss of colour tones and with interfering marks from interspersed leader tape segments and synchronization marks. The sound reels are in better condition, but are marred by synchronization beeps. The synchronization is not completely successful for most of this material.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Additional sound elements and stock footage.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44650
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds.
- Description Level
- Series
- Fonds No.
- P0160; B
- Date
- 1974-1976.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of 49 film canisters, a few containing multiple small reels, and several dozen additional small loose sound reels. The total duration of this material has not been estimated. The vast majority of this series consist of sound reels. Although a small proportion of these sound ree…
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of 49 film canisters, a few containing multiple small reels, and several dozen additional small loose sound reels. The total duration of this material has not been estimated. The vast majority of this series consist of sound reels. Although a small proportion of these sound reels contain material of potential interest such as interviews with Moroccan Jews in Montreal, and speeches made at conferences, the specific speakers are for the most part unidentified, making them of limited research value. The remainder of the material in this series consists of sound materials gathered in the process of research, and sound elements used for the final mix of the film. Much of this sound material is comprised of sound loops of room tone and effects, background music, sound mixes, and extra copies of sound recordings. A number of sound reels appear to belong to unrelated Bensimon film projects. In addition to the original visual material shot for the film, the visual film stock in this collection includes archival footage of Morocco, and canisters labeled "stock shots." Although most of the material is in 16 mm format, a few of the film reels are 35 mm.
- Date
- 1974-1976.
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- B
- History / Biographical
- This series consists of material that was not selected for detailed cataloguing as it was deemed to be of limited use to researchers.
- Notes
- General note: Given the limited potential for the use of most of this material, it is possible that after additional inspection it will not be retained.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Batshaw Interview - I
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44651
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Large can containing 3 rolls (2 sync, 1 visual); English; 16 mm; 14 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-2
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Large can containing 3 rolls (2 sync, 1 visual); English; 16 mm; 14 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-2
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Director of Jewish Community Services Mr. Manuel Batshaw responds to numerous questions regarding the Sephardic Jewish community from North Africa and how they were received by Montreal's community and its leaders. Bensimon's questions suggest a real schism between the two communities and how they saw each other. Batshaw confides about some of the difficulties that both sides had to overcome for a better dialogue and responds to questions about the impact of Maimonides School built exclusively through Sephardic support, the francophone element as to how it effected changes at Jewish summer camps, and other related issues. Some of the sections of the visual interview are missing though the sound is in sync.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Interview Jean-Claude Lasry - I
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44652
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm film/sound; French; 16 mm; 10.5 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-3
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm film/sound; French; 16 mm; 10.5 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-3
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Interview clips of Jean-Claude Lasry, psychologist and Sephardic community leader. How he came to become a leader, his thoughts on the community's relations with Anglo-Jewish leaders, the Quebec government bureaucrats, the affinity between the two francophone cultures, his rejection of a ghetto mentality due to Maimonides School, his interpretation of the fact that fifty percent of Sephardim marry outside their faith.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
CKAC et après (CKAC and after)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44653
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm sync & non-sync material; French; 16 mm; 12.5 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-4
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 16 mm sync & non-sync material; French; 16 mm; 12.5 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-4
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- CKAC outs -- Lison Chocron, Raphael Mergui and Mathieu Rioux of CKAC. Bits and pieces of conversations with many responses cut off. Topics include: the founding of the Jewish community in Quebec, the work of AJCS, which founded the 23 Jewish community groups, Canadian Jewish Congress, the different histories of Ashkenazi and Oriental Jews, the working class background of most Sephardic Jews in Montreal -- this by Raphael Mergui, who contradicts Ms. Chocron's opinion of who constitutes the bulk of Oriental Jews.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Lison interview et au marché (market)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44654
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 7 small reels of sync sound and silent image; French; 16 mm; 8.5 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-5
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 7 small reels of sync sound and silent image; French; 16 mm; 8.5 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-5
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Lison Chocron interview in her office in which she talks about the rise of "militantisme" in her group of activists after realizing the mistakes of the original leaders who were replaced in the Sephardic community groups, how change has become more difficult within the rigid infrastructure of government and social organizations, the relationship to francophone Quebecois and anglophone Jewish institutions, which she compares to colonial and colonized with regard to Oriental Jews, the experience of new immigrants with JIAS as an English group, given their own French Sephardic cultural biases.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Groupe Hillel - I
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44655
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large roll; French; 16 mm; 24.40 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-6
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 large roll; French; 16 mm; 24.40 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-6
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Hillel Group (approximately 8-9 girls and boys in their twenties) talk of their ambivalent positions as Jews in a francophone Catholic society. They touch upon various topics, including their views on Quebecois prejudices, personal accounts of antisemitism, attempts to mix with English groups, the ease with which they are lumped into the immigrant class due to their French accents, their aspirations in learning to value the traditions, culture and customs as Sephardim as they struggle to belong to the new society into which they want to integrate. One girl draws a lengthy comparison between English and French Canadians and decides to attend a French university because she feels a greater affinity with them.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Groupe Hillel - II
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44656
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync sound; French; 16 mm; 9:45 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-7
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync sound; French; 16 mm; 9:45 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-7
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Hillel group of young men in heated discussion on issues related to Jewish integration into Quebec society while keeping their Judaism. "Le probleme juif" - comparing French Jews with American Jewish integration and the difficulties of Quebec's francophone Jews to succeed in their attempts.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Ecole Maimonides – avec et sans Lison (with and without Lison)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44657
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync material/large roll; French; 16 mm; 32:40 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-8
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync material/large roll; French; 16 mm; 32:40 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-8
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Lison Chocron and Sephardic children in school bus on way to Maimonides School. Shots in sequence include: arrival of children; inside a typical classroom as they sing a Hebrew song; hallways between classes; Chocron entering a classroom and talking to teacher about dietary confusion of children; the teacher teaching about Passover (Pesach); a sequence with older children learning French composition; a sequence in the lunchroom with children at tables opening their lunch boxes and eating; children in the playground with ropes, playing hopscotch, dancing in circles, and milling about in front of the school.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Conversion – Mariage mixte (mixed marriage)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44658
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 medium-sized rolls of 16 mm sync sound; English, French, Hebrew; 16 mm; 18 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-9
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 medium-sized rolls of 16 mm sync sound; English, French, Hebrew; 16 mm; 18 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-9
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Bride-to-be Louise speaks with Rabbi Howard Joseph at the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue with regard to her upcoming marriage. Intercut with shots of her in his office. What is explained about the ceremony is then performed. The veiling of the bride after their signing of the marriage contract (ketubah), the two glasses of wine, the Hebrew ceremony, the guests being greeted by the new bride and groom. The name of the groom: Jacob Benabu.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Casa Pedro
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44659
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-10
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition. 2 rolls of sync and 1 cutaway roll; French; 16 mm; 34 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-10
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- A group of 7 to 8 Moroccan Jewish men at Casa Pedro discuss the pros and cons of various aspects of their experiences in trying to integrate into Quebec society. Much joking. Some, more integrated than others, explain their firsthand accounts. They touch upon the taboo of intermarriage, the specific problems of being seen as Jews versus as Moroccans, the need to find a sense of belonging, comparisons with Ontario's Sephardic Jews who blended in with the English, and some unanswered questions about their place in Quebec, should it become independent. The sequence ends with their playing a video game and walking as a group down a street in the evening. Disappointing both in content and general comprehension, but one or two revealing details can be assumed from this collection of representative Moroccan men.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Marchands (Merchants)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44660
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 rolls of sync sound - smaller size; French; 16 mm; 9 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-11
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 rolls of sync sound - smaller size; French; 16 mm; 9 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-11
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- 1C: Various shopkeepers recount the reasons they are in Canada, the amount of time since their arrival, and their background in several takes before their shop windows. They are: Jacques Elharrar (?) of Boucherie Select (kosher), six years in Canada, 35 years old, occupation butcher; George Cohen, optician, ten years in Canada; Nissim Loeub of Loueb Jewelry and Watches, three years in Canada though he holds the honour of working for the Palace of Morocco in crafting swords for the king -- he holds an example of his craftsmanship - worked as a jeweller since 1935; Maurice Cohen, men's barber, ten years in Canada; Elefair (?) David, owner of a travel agency and combination women's hair salon for three years; Kahone Salomon, "epicier" in front of his shop, Market Kahone, specializing in Moroccan spices for eight years. 2C: Four merchants discuss how long they have been here and why they like Canada, how long they have had their shops, and their appreciation of Canada's liberty compared to their Moroccan past. Simplest and clearest statements of shop owners. Most of the other material loses sync sound, rambling, not particularly articulate.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Mme (Mrs.) Amzallag
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44661
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French; 16 mm; 9:39 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-12
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French; 16 mm; 9:39 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-12
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Reels marked Mme. Amzallag -- suggests either the counsellor or the client -- a woman with a hat seen from the back confusedly recounts her Moroccan marriage and subsequent separation after being in Canada for ten years with two children. Her social values as a Moroccan and those of Quebec culture have presumably come into conflict.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Sheltered Workshop – Les Vieux
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44662
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition, missing scene, faded, syn and non-sync; French; 16 mm; 13:50 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-13
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Good condition, missing scene, faded, syn and non-sync; French; 16 mm; 13:50 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-13
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Three different shelters for older Sephardic Jewish males -- they screw in bolts in one factory -- various sync shots about 7 min. A 64-year-old former businessman wearing a hair net in a packing company speaks of Canada's climate compared to his past in Cairo, Egypt. At 11 minutes, we go to another factory with man at pressing machine. Incomplete sequence.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Circoncision (Circumcision)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44663
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French & Hebrew; 16 mm; 7:29 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-14
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French & Hebrew; 16 mm; 7:29 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-14
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Beautiful Moroccan chanting and Hebrew prayers of the minyan gathered for the circumcision. The baby is brought out in the customary long robe by the father and passed to the mohel, the man who will perform the procedure. As prayers continue, the camera zooms in on the tiny penis being prepared. Prayers continue without image and resume with Jacques Bensimon asking a French-Canadian woman for her impressions. Then people eating from a long table of food. Cutaway reel shows the mohel sterilizing his instruments, close-up of the baby, various guests and a bleached-blond woman, presumably the mother, feeding a baby bottle of milk to calm the child. The whole sequence is choppy. More footage of waiting guests, then leaving.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Stock Shots
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44664
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- B/W material & sound clips of stock sheet material - optical sound; English; 16 mm; 25:54 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-15
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- B/W material & sound clips of stock sheet material - optical sound; English; 16 mm; 25:54 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-15
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- Black-and-white footage of Middle East countries such as Algeria, Egypt and Morocco - some optical sound - to demonstrate their colonial past and modernization under the various invading countries. History of the region. Choppy at best. Perhaps from NFB archives (?) of films.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Jeunes délinquents (Young delinquents)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44665
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync, then non-sync, returns to sync; French; 16 mm; 13:5 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-16
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Sync, then non-sync, returns to sync; French; 16 mm; 13:5 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-16
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- While sitting around a table, four young Moroccan Jewish men at a youth centre talk about their father's progress in finding work and recount their own frustrations adapting to the education system, their misdeeds as gesture of rebellion leading to a collective theft. The last few shots of them are outside as they walk away at night on the street. These are the delinquents referred to in canister P-0160-36. This is a sequence referring to Protestant, rather than francophone, schooling at Northmount, though it is missing in the out-takes we have.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
James Dahan – District – Reel 1
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44666
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French; 16 mm; 17:9 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-17
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- French; 16 mm; 17:9 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-17
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- A community event that presents various groups in a variety show setting: dance performers in traditional Moroccan garb and music; a few sketches presented by young scouts; a clown; a choir of young men, and a collective sing-a-long at the end.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
James Dahan – District – Reel 2
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44667
- Collection
- BENSIMON, Jacques = '20 ans apres' - film out-takes fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Mostly sync material with a few missing scenes; French; 16 mm; 24 min.
- Fonds No.
- P0160; A; P-0160-18
- Date
- 1975
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Mostly sync material with a few missing scenes; French; 16 mm; 24 min.
- Date
- 1975
- Fonds No.
- P0160
- Series No.
- A
- File No.
- P-0160-18
- Creator
- Jacques Bensimon
- Notes
- On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Centre communautaire juif (CCJ) [the label on the film gives the reference]. A brief introduction by Michel Chocron, president of the Sephardic Community, leads to a much lengthier talk by James Dahan (?), director of the CCJ, who helps explain the two francophone groups, the District and the Y, and how they fused into one. He explains the no-smoking policy begun at Le District and continued at the Y group. Sitting among other groups at the meeting, Mr. Dahan gives elaborate and convoluted explanations of the bureaucratic structure that has helped to build the CCJ, his leadership and its pressures, and the role he plays in regard to various groups. Among the initial festivities in the first four minutes, a giant fake cake is brought out and the congregation sings Happy Birthday.
- Places
- Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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