Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
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- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual material, 171 photographs (mostly B&W)
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- Date
- 1913 - 1991
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the book "Gathering Rosebuds" 1991 by Abraham (Abe) Lieff (v.l - 10a) and 94 letters of publication acknowledgments; scanned family photos, 171 photographs : b&w and col.; listing of reported legal decisions (1964-1975), 64 letters and reminiscences honouring the Lieff’s 50th wedd…
- Collection
- Honourable Abraham H. Lieff fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual material, 171 photographs (mostly B&W)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the book "Gathering Rosebuds" 1991 by Abraham (Abe) Lieff (v.l - 10a) and 94 letters of publication acknowledgments; scanned family photos, 171 photographs : b&w and col.; listing of reported legal decisions (1964-1975), 64 letters and reminiscences honouring the Lieff’s 50th wedding anniversary, (1979), news clippings (1936-2002), invitations, programs (including Testimonial Dinner held at Agudath Israel Synagogue 1963), memberships (1932-1998), Agudath Israel Congregation association, (1942-1963), family history including a description of Abraham Lieff’s birthplace - Antopol, Poland - correspondence. A framed Jewish National Fund Certificate issued for a grove of trees planted in Canada Park, Israel, on the occasion of Abraham's 100th birthday - March 5, 2003 (See 1-943). A framed certificate presented to Abe by the Kiwanis Club of Ottawa in recognition of 60 years of membership (see 1-960). A framed artwork made of layers of cut paper with Hebrew and English calligraphy, given to Abraham by the Rabbinical Assembly, Toronto, Canada - 2001 (see 1-381). A framed photograph of a plaque with Abraham's name on it, showing him as the recipient of the Gilbert Greenberg Distinguished Service Award - 1989 (see 1-967). An engagement contract (t'naim) between Abraham Palef (aka: Lieff) and Sara Lazarowitz in Quebec City, 1929 (see 1-989). Abraham Lieff's Bachelor's of Law diploma from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University - June 1991 (see 1-966-01). Certificate of appointment of Abraham Lieff to the Supreme Court of Ontario and the High Court of Justice for Ontario and a member of the Court of Appeal for Ontario - August, 1963 (see 1-996-02). Certificate in Latin, presented to Abraham Lieff from Yeshiva University - 1983? (see 1-996-03). A Jewish national Fund certificate presented to Abraham Lieff on his 100th birthday - March, 2003 (see 1-966-04). CD containing 79 photograph from Abe's centennial birthday party - March, 2003 located in Multimedia Box 1
- Date
- 1913 - 1991
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- History / Biographical
- Abraham (Abe) Lieff (1903- 2007) was born March 21, 1903 in Antopol, Russia (now a part of Poland) and arrived in Canada with his mother Esther Malka Pomerantz (later changed to Palmer) towards the end of 1904. His father Bernard Lieff had previously arrived in 1903. Once reunited, the family settled in Ottawa in 1905. He married Sadie Lazarovitz, BCL, of Quebec City in 1929. The couple first met at a Young Judaea Convention held in Ottawa in 1925. Sadie was among the very first Jewish women to practice law in Ottawa. Together they raised two daughters Miriam and Lois. Abe was admitted to Osgoode Hall Law School in 1921 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1926. He served as magistrate from 1937 to 1945 and was named King's Counsel in 1948. Abe worked for the Canadian House of Commons Committee on Industrial Relations (1946), the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Narcotic Drug Trafficking (1956), and was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (1963-1978). He was the first person of Jewish faith to serve as Justice of the High Court of Justice in Ontario. Abe had long standing associations with both Ottawa and the larger Canadian Jewish communities. He served as President of the Ottawa B'nai B'rith (1943), President of the Agudath Israel Congregation (1946-1963), President of the Ottawa Jewish Community Council (1953-1955), President of the Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir (1953-1956), and Chair of the Canadian Committee of the North American Section of the Commission on the Re-organization of the World Zionist Organization with Mr. Justice Harry Batshaw, of the Quebec Superior Court (1965-1966). Abe was a founder the Ottawa Talmud Torah, West-End Branch (1943) and incorporated the Canada-Israel Foundation (1965). He was honoured at the Negev Testimonial Dinner of Jewish National Fund of Canada (1978) and at a centennial party at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto (March 2003). He died in Toronto on February 12, 2007, at the age of 103.
- Notes
- 1. 171 photographs, news clippings and programs donated by Honourable Mr. Abraham Lieff on July 31, 2000 with an inventory. 2. v.2,3,4,5, composed and donated by Honourable Abraham Lieff, 2002. 3. Reported legal decisions, news clippings, invitations, programs, memberships, Agudath Israel association, family history and 94 acknowledgment letters for Gathering Rosebuds donated September 9, 2002. 4. Photocopied, draft manuscript of Gathering Rosebuds in Abraham H. Lieff fonds, MG 31, E65, National Archives of Canada. 5. 64 letters and reminiscences of the Lieff’s 50th wedding anniversary, 1979 donated Nov. 6, 2002. 6. Lois Lieff trophies including 4 Fisher Park High School trophies, 1951-1953 and 3 for Religious Scholarship, 1948-1950 (located with other artifacts). 7. Program for A.H.L. Testimonial Dinner donated by Glube family June 2009.
- Related Material
- See Hy Bloom fonds; Testimonial Dinner recording; Law Society of Upper Canada Archives (LSUCA).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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