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Aviva Ravel Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44689
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.3m of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Scope and Content
- Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, transl…
- Collection
- Aviva Ravel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.3m of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Series 1 includes textual records and photographs, which are arranged following the principle of original order. Files also include scholarly works, handwritten and typed notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, promotional material, and professional correspondence regarding the works written, translated, and produced by Aviva Ravel. Series 2 includes textual records of professional correspondence , which detail Avival Ravel's large body of work. The files are arranged following the original order. Files also include newspaper clippings, and promotional material. Series 3 includes textual records of notebooks in Yiddish.
- Fonds No.
- 1058
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Bay 5
- Creator
- Aviva Ravel
- Physical Condition
- Good to excellent
- History / Biographical
- Author of more than 25 plays, numerous short stories, and works of non-fiction, Dr. Aviva Ravel's works concentrates heavily on Jewish life throughout the world and, more specifically, in Montreal. Her works have been featured on the CBC, Kol Isreal, and at the Saidye Bronfman Centre. Two of her plays were also adapted into film. Born in Montreal, Dr. Ravel holds a Ph.D in Canadian Theatre from McGill University, an M.A from the Université de Montréal, and a B.A from Concordia University. She taught English, drama, and Canadian literature at all three of these universities, including the Royal Military College. Dr. Ravel's work as an educator was not reserved only to college and university; she also taught regularly as an elementary teacher in Montreal as well as on a kibbutz in Israel. Since 1984 Aviva Ravel has been Artistic Director of Cameo Productions. She is also founder and director of the popular Performance Playreading Ensemble of the Cote St. Luc Library that has presented over 150 plays, both classical and modern, in the theatre auditorium. Dr. Ravel is the recipient of many awards including the Women Write for Theatre Award, J.I. Segal Award, Women's Press Club Award for Humour, Québec Drama Festival Award, Women's Federation Honoree for Contribution to Montreal Theatre, and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Québec Award. Recently, she was honoured by the Association for Canadian Theatre Research.
- Language
- English
- French
- Yiddish
- Italian
- Acquisition Source
- Aviva Ravel
- Custodial History
- Aviva Ravel
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Contains copyright material. Consult JPL Archives for more information.
- Accession No.
- 12-002
- Name Access
- Ravel, Aviva
- Subjects
- Ravel, Aviva.
- Playwriting
- Plays
- Theatre
- Theatrical Productions.
- Writers, Yiddish
- Writing - Fiction
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Chayele Grober Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn43491
- Collection
- Chayele Grober Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25 m. of multimedia records
- Fonds No.
- 1020
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1980]
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
- Collection
- Chayele Grober Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.25 m. of multimedia records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of scripts, promotional material, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Chayele Grober's career in theatre. Fonds comprises a single series of twenty files.
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1980]
- Fonds No.
- 1020
- Storage Location
- 4-6C
- History / Biographical
- Chayele Grober (1898-1978) was born and educated in Bjalistok, Poland, and was transplanted to Moscow during World War II. Grober began her career as a performer in Moscow in 1918. She was among the founders and stars of the famous Hebrew theatre Habimah. She relocated to Montreal in the 1930s, where she continued her career as a singer and actress, working in Hebrew and Yidddish. She most often performed as a one-woman act incorporating song, theatre, dance, comedy and mime. She toured extensively, appearing in in South America, Canada, Europe, Israel, South Africa and Australia. In Montreal, Grober became director of the Yiddish Theatre Group in Montreal and founded her own studio which she named "Habimah" after the famous theatre founded in Moscow. Later in life, she performed less but remained involved in theatre as a drama teacher and playwrite.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Spanish
- Custodial History
- The fonds contains a large amount of correspondence recieved by Mr. and Mrs. Ravitch from C. Grober, possibly indicating that all or part of the fonds was first collected by them before donation.
- Name Access
- Grober, Chayele, 1898-1978
- Subjects
- Theatre
- Grober, Chayele, 1894-1978.
- Yiddish Theatre Group [Montreal].
- Dance
- Theatrical Productions.
- Yiddish theatre
- Folk music
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Harvey Berger Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93364
- Collection
- Harvey Berger Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1325
- Scope and Content
- Collection includes script for "Fables of Ableman, The Grapes of Roth: A Romantic Comedy" written by Harvey Berger
- Collection
- Harvey Berger Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Collection includes script for "Fables of Ableman, The Grapes of Roth: A Romantic Comedy" written by Harvey Berger
- Fonds No.
- 1325
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Name Access
- Berger, Harvey
- Subjects
- Theatre
- Theatrical Productions.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Jewish Public Library
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44539
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1000
- Date
- 1914-current
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collectio…
- Collection
- Jewish Public Library
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of three individually organized collections based on records from the JPL. The first collection consists of materials organized from the JPL records dated 1914-1971. The second collection consists of material organized from the JPL records dated 1972-1986. The third collection consists of modern era records and is currently being organized following the creation of an appropriate records management classfication.
- Date
- 1914-current
- Fonds No.
- 1000
- History / Biographical
- The Jewish Public Library (JPL) was founded as a "folks" library, a library for all, in 1914. The creation of the JPL was a result of the consolidation of smaller, organization or ideology-based libraries already in existence. Key to the establishment of the JPL was Keneder Adler editor Reuben Brainin. Already active in Yiddish culture of the Montreal Jewish community, Brainin was a leader in the newly formed JPL until he left Montreal for New York in 1916. Brainin's archive collection was donated to the JPL upon his death in 1939. Until 1950 the Library was an independent body in the Jewish community. In 1952 it became a full member of the Allied Jewish Community Services (today known as FEDERATION CJA), an umbrella organization that conducts annual campaigns and is responsible for providing funding for its constituent agencies. The Library remains independent in that it is not part of the City of Montreal library system. The JPL was also a founding member of the Montreal Association of Indepedent Libraries. The operating language of the Library for the early years of its existence was Yiddish. Not just a place for reading, the Library was central to preserving a place for Yiddish culture in the lives of thousands of newly-arrived Eastern European Jewish immigrants. The Library became a venue for visiting authors, such as Sholem Aleichem in 1915, as well as a space for people to connect to a community as well as learn about their new city. At various points in its history the Library also provided learning opportunities under its Jewish People's University, YIFO. YIFO offered a wide variety of subjects taught by various instructors such as Melech Ravitch and Irving Layton. The Library was also the first home to Yiddish youth theatre, led by the then-newly arrived Dora Wasserman. Today the Library collects material and offers cultural programming in five languages: English, French, Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian. While the majority of new acquisitions, and thus the collection, remains focused on Judaica, the Library also provides general interest fiction, non-fiction, movies and music. The Library is further broadened by its Special Collections, which include the Jewish Public Library Archives, a community-based repository focused on social, cultural and educational history, a rare book collection, a Yizkor book collection, the Irving Layton Library Collection, a German Judaica collection, periodicals and Jewish Canadiana and international Jewry ephemeral collections. In 1929 a children's library section was added to the JPL. Now known as the Norman Berman Children's Library, children and their families can access a full-service children's and young adult library offering Judaica and general interest reading (fiction and non-fiction) in the five languages of the Library. In addition to the book, CD, DVD and reading kit collections, the Norman Berman Children's Library also offers year-long programming for children from birth to 14 years of age.
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Russian
- Finding Aid
- Please contact the JPL Archives directly to search the JPL archival collection.
- Subjects
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
- Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
- Kaufman, Yehuda, 1886-1976.
- Hershman, Hirsch (Harry), 1876-1955
- Books
- Yiddish
- Yiddish theatre
- Wasserman, Dora.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Ralph Novek Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16728
- Collection
- Ralph Novek Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 files of material
- Fonds No.
- 1233
- Date
- 1936-2006
- Scope and Content
- Contains photocopied typescripts of Novek’s radio plays (originals destroyed) as well as copies of Progressive Theatre, Northern Review, and Today.
- Collection
- Ralph Novek Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 2 files of material
- Scope and Content
- Contains photocopied typescripts of Novek’s radio plays (originals destroyed) as well as copies of Progressive Theatre, Northern Review, and Today.
- Date
- 1936-2006
- Fonds No.
- 1233
- Storage Location
- 7-3C, SC3
- Creator
- Ralph Novek
- History / Biographical
- Ralph Novek was born to Jewish immigrant parents in Montreal on April 10, 1917. His father, Joseph Novek, left Poland in 1905 after being warned by the Russian officers that used Joseph’s father’s tailor shop that Joseph and his brother Israel were to be arrested because of their socialist Bundist activity. Joseph traveled first to England and arrived in Montreal in 1906. He married his cousin Helen Finestone in 1916. Ralph Novek married Shulamith Litman in 1939. The couple supported themselves through Shulamith’s dress designing and Ralph’s writing jobs. In 1945, Ralph Novek founded the Burns Advertising Company with Arthur Burns, running the business until his retirement. In addition to advertising, Ralph Novek also wrote radio plays for the CBC and contributed articles on theatre and progressive themes to various journals. Ralph Novek also translated into English, Benjamin Sack’s History of the Jews in Canada. Novek was related to Sack through his marriage.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Joel Novek, son of Ralph Novek to the JPL-A.
- Notes
- Stored in Small Collections Box#3 (SC3)
- Name Access
- Novek, Ralph
- Subjects
- Plays
- Playwriting
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Sack, Benjamin Gutelius
- Radio plays
- Progressive Theatre (Journal)
- Anti-fascism - Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 - Drama
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Shlomo Cohen Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17217
- Collection
- Shlomo Cohen Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 files textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1102
- Date
- ca1945-1949
- Scope and Content
- Consists of 1 folder of handwritten plays, poetry and stories in Yiddish by I.L. Peretz, M. Nedelman and Gevritik and 1 folder of programmes, tickets and newspapers clippings of productions that Cohen was involved with.
- Collection
- Shlomo Cohen Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 files textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of 1 folder of handwritten plays, poetry and stories in Yiddish by I.L. Peretz, M. Nedelman and Gevritik and 1 folder of programmes, tickets and newspapers clippings of productions that Cohen was involved with.
- Date
- ca1945-1949
- Fonds No.
- 1102
- Storage Location
- 7-6C, SC2
- History / Biographical
- Shlomo (Shlomeh, Schlomja) Cohen was active in the Jewish and Yiddish theatre in London and on several programmes is listed as being a "Jewish Humorist" and also "Producer" for various productions.
- Language
- English; Yiddish
- Subjects
- Cohen, Shlomo
- Plays
- Poetry
- Yiddish theatre
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Sholem Krishtalka Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn42443
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.76 linear metres of multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Date
- 1929-1978
- Scope and Content
- Consists of personal documents from the Krishtalka family, correspondence and ephemeral and organizational material from international and Jewish Montreal organizations such as UJPO, YKUF and the Jewish Public Library. Also contains numerous posters and flyers for theatre, arts and musical present…
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3.76 linear metres of multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Consists of personal documents from the Krishtalka family, correspondence and ephemeral and organizational material from international and Jewish Montreal organizations such as UJPO, YKUF and the Jewish Public Library. Also contains numerous posters and flyers for theatre, arts and musical presentations in Jewish Montreal.
- Date
- 1929-1978
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Cultural activitist, Sholem Krishtalka was born in Ludmir, Poland on February 4, 1905. He received his education at Hebrew Tarbut School where he studied Talmud, Kabalah and mysticism. Krishtalka's academic interests though also ran towards Yiddish literature, music, folklore, social sciences and history. Krishtalka arrived in Montreal in 1933 and immediately became active in IKUF (Yidisher Kultur Farband) as well as the United Jewish People's Order, the Jewish Public Library, and various book committees that supported the publications of Yiddish authors and poets. For the JPL he was a major part of the building campaign that saw the construction of the Library's "new" building on the corner of Mont-Royal and Esplanade. His passion for the culture and politics of the Jewish community extended to collecting the ephemera, posters, and articles produced by its citizens and organizations. Sholem Krishtalka's son, Aaron Krishtalka, remembers his father removing posters and flyers from walls specifically to preserve the event and information for future generations. His interests influenced his collecting habits and as a result his archival collection consists of a wide variety of social ephemeral from political movements, labour rights efforts, philanthropic endeavours, theatre, music, literature and so on. He collected various ephemeral materials also with the help of his wife, Shifra, who was a writer, teacher, and sister to fellow Yiddish writers and teachers, Jacob Zipper, and Sholem, Yehiel, and Israel Shtern. After World War II ended Mr. Krishtalka became involved in actively helping victims of the Holocaust. Sholem Krishtalka passed away on August 16, 1977.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- Krishtalka, Sholem
- Krishtalka, Shifra
- Theatrical Productions.
- Theatre
- Yiddish theatre
- Labour movement
- Labour and labouring classes
- Refugees - Canada
- World War, 1939-1945
- United Jewish People's Order (UJPO)
- Yidisher Kultur Farband (YKUF)
- Monument-National Theatre [Montreal].
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Yetta Feldman Chmiel Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31779
- Collection
- Yetta Feldman Chmiel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 scrapbooks; 2 photographs
- Fonds No.
- 1095
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files. Each file consists of one scrapbook, documenting Yiddish theatre activities in Montreal, including newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence.
- Collection
- Yetta Feldman Chmiel Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 scrapbooks; 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of two files. Each file consists of one scrapbook, documenting Yiddish theatre activities in Montreal, including newspaper clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondence.
- Fonds No.
- 1095
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- 1 scrapbook uses glue, the other self-adhesive plastic; paper backing of glued scrapbook is deteriorating
- Conservation
- Photographs may be removed from scrapbooks; One scrapbook is oversize
- Language
- Yiddish
- English
- Name Access
- Chmiel, Yetta Feldman
- Subjects
- Chmiel, Yetta Feldman
- Yiddish theatre
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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