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HARRIS, Eiran

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn331
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
Fonds No.
P0231
Date
1900-2004.
Scope and Content
Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cu…
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Env. 60 sound elements. - Env. 1 metres of textual records. - Env. 150 photographs. - Env. 12 artefacts.
Scope and Content
Assembled over many years, the Eiran Harris collection consists of Jewish Cookbooks, Canadian Jewish business cards, in-depth oral history interviews, and other materials. Received in 1987: Offprint "Aaron Hart's Treasure..." in CANADIAN NUMISMATIC JOURNAL. Anti-Semitic stickers. Cartoon of Jack Cummings by Aislin. Book STORY OF ZIONIST ORDER HABONIM, 1951. Ephemera. Souvenir medal issued by B&SS & NZ Home for the Aged. JEWISH WARSAW THAT WAS, Montreal: Warsaw Farband, 1967. Lead dreidle 3 cm. 1988: 21 photos of JGH construction 1968-1969. Matchbox: Moishe's Restaurant. Ephemera; Schiller Bros. interview on cassette, 1980. 3 Cassette tapes: interview of D. Rome by E. Harris. ITONENU magazine, Shaare Zion Academy, 1963-1964. 11 recipe books. Wedding invitations, Memory/Souvenir book of student Mildred Ellis (mother of Eric Helfield). 1990: Approx. 250 photos; subjects: candles, men with hats (seder?); in front of Chalet on Mt. Royal/Plage Laval beach/Fletcher's Field. Photos: Zionist youth camp 1950-1955; Habonim; Camp Kvutza, Que. & Lake Erie, Ont.; Habonim winter camp; Camp Massad. Photocopied clippings re Vancouver folklore. Lazarovitch Bar mitzvah photo 1935 PCAT; Margolese Bar Mitzvah invitation in form of scroll w.photo. Dr. Bloom neck-stretching machine and staff 1955, stereoscopic slides1993: 1 file photos incl. snapshots, Jack Brotman and wife, also gravestones. 1 file documents, incl. bulletins, clippings. Also approx. 12 stereoscopic slides, incl. family events (wedding?)2000: Aproximately 300 New Year's (Rosh Hashana) cards received from friends and contacts made through Jewish Public Library Director position. De-accessioned from JPL July 2000. Contain Jewish scenes, signatures. Some discarded (duplicates, not of interest).2002: 8 cookbooks, 7 of them Montreal Jewish and one non-Jewish Canadian but containing Jewish recipes typed on loose paper. From JGH Ladies Auxiliary, Hadassah, Mizrachi, Pioneer Women, Canadian Women's Press Club.2004: 8 volumes of various years added to those donated several years ago. These volumes contain recipes, household hints, lists of Montreal B'nai Brith Women members, local advertisements, and different yearly themes.2009: Four cookbooks, adding to previous collection. The Grapevine Cookbook - The Girls of the 8:10 Aerobics Class YW-YMHA and NHS of Montreal, 1996/ 101 Ways to Disguise Matzo ... a cookbook for Passover - SNAP (Snowdon Nursery Association of parents) YM-YWHA Ben Weider Jewish Community Centre, post 2000?/ The Best of Our Kitchens, Vegetarian and Dairy Cooking - Congregation Dorshei Emet, 2004/ Kinnereth Cookbook, second edition - Hadassah Wizo-Toronto, 1993.Addition 2010: Exposition Sepharade "D'hier a demain" by Association Sepharade Francophone, 1974.Addition 2011: Passover Recipes, by Aliyah chapter , Winnipeg Hadassah. This is a 96 page spiral bound small format book containing handwritten recipes with illustrations.
Date
1900-2004.
Fonds No.
P0231
History / Biographical
Eiran Harris was born in Tel Aviv in 1935. He has served as Archivist Emeritus with Montreal's Jewish Public Library since the early 1990s on a volunteer basis. He possesses a vast knowledge of the history of Canadian Jewry and has worked tirelessly to share that knowledge with others.
Custodial History
Donated by Mr. Eiran Harris of Jewish Public Library, on a ongoing basis.
Notes
Alpha-numeric designations: P87/01, P87/06, P87/21, P87/27, P87/40, P87/44, P88/08, P88/10, P88/11, P88/52, P88/53, P90/05, P90/12, P90/21, P93/23, P02/10, P04/08, P09/22, P10/02 and P11/14.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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HARRIS, Milton - Speech at Edmonton February 1984

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50056
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0637-15
Date
1984
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
1984
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0637-15
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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GELTMAN, Frances Meltzer *Confidential*

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50057
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0703-17
Date
December 1, 1987
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
December 1, 1987
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0703-17
Notes
Oral history. Interview by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ASPLER, Minna - autobiography pre and World War II Poland, interview by Eiran Harris As told to Inge Packer.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50058
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0714-18
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0714-18
Notes
Oral history. See transcript (bound) ZB Minna Aspler.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROBACK, Lea - autobiography, interviewed by Eiran Harris

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50059
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC (audio-cassette) and WAV file on DVD
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0715-18
Date
March 17, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC (audio-cassette) and WAV file on DVD
Date
March 17, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0715-18
Notes
Oral history. Digital copy made in WAV format Jan 6, 2010 - see SDVD030. In a 6 and a half minute excerpt from this 93 minute recording, Roback speaks in English, Yiddish and French about her early upbringing and Christian-Jewish relations.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube

ROBACK, Lea - autobiography, interviewed by Eiran Harris

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8cSlMHrWPzQ
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ROBACK, Lea (Leah) - autobiography, Interview by E. Harris.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50060
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC and DVD
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0716-18
Date
April 12, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC and DVD
Date
April 12, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0716-18
Notes
Oral history, approximately 92 minutes, continuing the narrative begun on tape SC 715. A digital copy, SDVD030, was made in WAV format on Jan 6, 2010. Roback speaks about her union work in Quebec in a 5 minute montage sampled from this recording as well as from clips from sound item 1243 00306 from the Jewish Public Library Archives.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube

ROBACK, Lea (Leah) - autobiography, Interview by E. Harris.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VFyK4ycvses
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ASPLER, Minna - Post-War experiences

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50061
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0723-18
Date
January 10, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
January 10, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0723-18
Notes
Oral history, Holocaust survivor. Interview by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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H. Shiller Co., Montreal, button suppliers - interview by Eiran Harris

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50062
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0724-18
Date
1980
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
1980
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0724-18
Notes
Oral history.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Shiller Bros. Montreal - interview by Eiran Harris

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50063
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0725-18
Date
1980
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
1980
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0725-18
Notes
Oral history. Interview by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROBACK, Lea, Interview by Eiran Harris.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50064
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC and DVD
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 0987-24
Date
January 15, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
SC and DVD
Date
January 15, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 0987-24
Notes
Oral history. Digital copy made in WAV format Jan 6, 2010 - see SDVD030
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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SHUSTER, I. & E. GOODMAN, nieces of Abraham BLUMENTHAL

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50065
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1027-27
Date
September 3, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
September 3, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1027-27
Notes
Oral history. Interview by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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Ethiopian Project - Alan ROSE, Stan CYTRYNBAUM

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50066
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1028-27
Date
August 10-16, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
August 10-16, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1028-27
Notes
Interview by E. Harris. S. Cytrynbaum (excerpted) and A. Rose describe the project undertaken by Canadian Jewish Congress to aid in the immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Canada. Portions of the recording have some confidentiality restrictions. Digitized as WAV and WMA Feb 2015, SDVD 046.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube

Ethiopian Project - Alan ROSE, Stan CYTRYNBAUM

https://www.youtube.com/embed/49Y9BQ4jt-w
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SILVERSTONE, M. Jack, Nazi War Criminals in Canada

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50067
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1029-27
Date
September 19, 1999
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
September 19, 1999
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1029-27
Notes
Interview by E. Harris
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ZAJDEL, S., Chassidic community

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50068
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1030-27
Date
September 16, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
September 16, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1030-27
Notes
Interview by E. Harris
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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WEISBORD family interview, St. Hippolyte, Quebec, Interview by Eiran Harris, Judith Nefsky

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50069
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1031-27
Date
October 3, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
October 3, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1031-27
Notes
This recording has been digitally copied: see SDVD 040, in WAV and WMA formats
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROME, David - autobiography (4) - interview by Eiran Harris

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50070
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1064-29
Date
December 17, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
December 17, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1064-29
Notes
Oral history. Digital copy made in WAV format - see SDVD042
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROME, David - autobiography (5). Interview by Eiran Harris

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50071
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1065-29
Date
December 17, 1988
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
December 17, 1988
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1065-29
Notes
Oral history. Digital copy made in WAV format - see SDVD042
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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LEAVITT, Dr. Joseph, re: War Orphans in 1921 - interview by Eiran Harris.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50072
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Copied WAV, SE 016-017
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1066-29
Date
January 16, 1989
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Physical Description
Copied WAV, SE 016-017
Date
January 16, 1989
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1066-29
Notes
Oral history. This entire interview is digitally copied (SE 016-17). In a 4 minute excerpt from this 88 minute interview, Dr. Joseph Leavitt discusses the Ukrainian Jewish war orphans he helped bring over to Canada in 1921.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube

LEAVITT, Dr. Joseph, re: War Orphans in 1921 - interview by Eiran Harris.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DqCV4TYS1EA
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ROME, David - autobiography (6) re: JPL (Jewish Public Library)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50073
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1069-29
Date
January 28, 1989
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
January 28, 1989
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1069-29
Notes
Oral history. Interview by Eiran Harris.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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ROME, David - autobiography (tape 7) re: Jewish Public Library (JPL) - interview by Eiran Harris.

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn50074
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Fonds No.
P0231; SC 1070-29
Date
January 28, 1989
Collection
HARRIS, Eiran
Description Level
Item
Material Type
sound recording
Date
January 28, 1989
Fonds No.
P0231
Item No.
SC 1070-29
Notes
Oral history. Digitally copied; see WAV and WMA copy on CD SE 019.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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