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CRESTOHL, Leon David.

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Collection
CRESTOHL, Leon David.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.5 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0042
Date
1917-1963.
Scope and Content
Religious manuscripts in Hebrew. Photocopies of family correspondence, mostly in Yiddish. Religious correspondence in Hebrew with Rabbi C.M. Crestohl of Quebec City. MacDonald College scrapbook 1921. Personal correspondence. Congratulatory correspondence regarding election victory 1950. Run of Hous…
Collection
CRESTOHL, Leon David.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.5 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
Religious manuscripts in Hebrew. Photocopies of family correspondence, mostly in Yiddish. Religious correspondence in Hebrew with Rabbi C.M. Crestohl of Quebec City. MacDonald College scrapbook 1921. Personal correspondence. Congratulatory correspondence regarding election victory 1950. Run of House of Commons "Debates". Published report of his trip around the world. Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner album with photos and correspondence. 2 scrapbooks 1946-1961 of invitations to social and political events (L-22). Scrapbooks of press clippings regarding political activities. Scrapbook 1930-1960, Yiddish and Hebrew press clippings about his political career (L-26). Photos PC 10 - 2 Photo albums of Israeli settlements (in L-22); also photo files PC 1/4/7; PC1/4/8. The albums and photos are stored separately from the textual records
Date
1917-1963.
Fonds No.
P0042
History / Biographical
Born in 1900, Mr. Crestohl was a barrister and a Member of Parliament, a Zionist, past president of the Jewish Community Council of Montreal (Va'ad Ha'ir), former editor of Canadian Jewish Chronicle, he served as President of Canadian ORT, Zionist Order Habonim, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, and vice-president of Zionist Organization of Canada. He was a staunch defender of minority rights and a proponent of an open immigration policy for Canada. He died in 1963
Notes
Hebrew, English, and Yiddish.Box of correspondence, Canadian Jewish Congress minutes and briefs.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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