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- Allan Raymond Collection 4
- Ariel Bension Fonds 13
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records 88
- David Jay Bercuson Fonds 181
- David Kirshenbaum Fonds 1
- Federation CJA Collection 2
- Geulah Lodge, Habonim Collection 1
- Isidore Bobrove Fonds 1
- Photograph Collection 4
- Reuben Brainin Fonds 3
- Sephardic Oral History Project interviews by Marie Berdugo-Cohen. 1
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection 4
Subject
- Abramowitz, Herman. 1
- Agricultural colonies 1
- Anti-Semitic literature distributed by 'British Israel World Federation' - address by Dr. I. M. Rabinovitch entitled 'The Menace of Political Zionism to Judaism and World Peace' 1
- Anti-Semitic publication refers to statement made in Montreal by Dr. I. Rabinovitch on 'Political Zionism' - book by Douglas Reed entitled 'From Smoke to Smother' 1
- Australian Jewry refutes Dr. Rabinowitch's anti-Zionism statements in Montreal 1
- Bene Kedem 1
- Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932 12
- Bension, Ida 4
- Bercuson, David Jay 181
- Birobidzhan (Russia) 1
- Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1940 1
- Cairo 1
Ariel Bension Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17251
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.78m textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscripts, published essays, criticisms, travel accounts and correspondence (including two letters from Albert Einstein). Also includes .13m of material by Ida Seigler; manuscripts and correspondence.
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 0.78m textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of manuscripts, published essays, criticisms, travel accounts and correspondence (including two letters from Albert Einstein). Also includes .13m of material by Ida Seigler; manuscripts and correspondence.
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Bension, Ariel
- History / Biographical
- A descendant of an illustrious Sephardic family, Dr. Bension was a brilliant scholar both in religious and secular studies. An active Zionist, he travelled all over the world on behalf of Keren Hayesod. He wrote numerous articles on Arab-Jewish relations, on poetic and philosophical topics and on mysticism. His work on the "The Zohar in Moslem and Christian Spain" was acclaimed by Jews and non-Jews alike. Dr. Bension married Ida Seigler, a Montrealer, in 1925.
- Name Access
- Bension, Ariel
- Bension, Ida
- Subjects
- Mysticism - Judaism
- Zohar - History and criticism
- Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932
- Bension, Ida
- Zionism - History - 20th century
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Reuben Brainin Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16738
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6.625m textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1010
- Date
- 1893-1940
- Scope and Content
- The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and critici…
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6.625m textual records
- Scope and Content
- The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and criticism (Gr. II), Correspondence (Gr. III), Special Collections (Gr. IV), and the records of the Jewish Public Library Archives Committee (Gr. V). Each group is further divided by subseries. In addition to this groups, the fonds also includes approximately fifty photographs, all arranged and described in the JPL Photograph Database.
- Responsibility
- Records of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee created by the Jewish Public Library
- Date
- 1893-1940
- Fonds No.
- 1010
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Reuben Brainin
- History / Biographical
- The Hebrew writer, biographer, critic and Zionist leader Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belorussia in 1862. After receiving a traditional Jewish education he left his parents’ home at the age of 16 and went to Horki to study agronomy. From there he moved to Moscow, where he resided from 1880 to 1888. During that period (1881) he made his literary debut, with articles published in the Hebrew journal Hamelitz. In 1892 Brainin settled in Vienna, where he studied at university and served as editor of an influential Hebrew periodical Mimizrach Umima’arav (1894-1899), and as co-editor of Zion. While in Vienna and Berlin (1895-1909) he published numerous essays, including important critiques of the Hebrew authors Judah Leib Gorden, Peretz Smolenskin, Abraham Mapu, and Saul Tschernichowsky. The central theme of Brainin’s critical opus was Hebrew literature in the chosen media. Brainin was also active in the Zionist movement during these years. In 1909 Brainin came to the United States, and three years later settled in Montreal, where he edited the Yiddish newspapers Der Veg (1915-1916) and Der Keneder Adler (1915-1916). He was one of the founders (1914) and leaders of the Jewish Public Library and People’s University. Brainin returned to New York in 1916, where he resided until his death in 1939. He edited the Hebrew journal Hatoren (1919-1925) and contributed to numerous Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals, including the Jewish Daily News (1916-1920) and The Day (1921-1939). During the 1920s Brainin became an active supporter of Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union, and went on lecture tours throughout North America and South Africa to raise funds in support of this cause. Brainin published several books in Hebrew and Yiddish during his lifetime, including two on Smolenskin (Warsaw, 1896 and Vilna, 1901), one on Theodor Herzl (New York, 1919), plus selected writings in Hebrew (Warsaw, 1909) and Yiddish (New York, 1917) as well as collected works in three volumes (New York, 1922-1940). He edited a collection of Hebrew poems (Jerusalem, 1910) and a commemorative volume on Eliezer Ben Yehuda (New York, 1915). Brainin also translated into Hebrew three German books: Der Prophet Jeremias by M. Lazarus (Warsaw, 1897), Das neue Ghette, by Theodor Herzl (Warsaw, 1898) and Paradoxes, by Max Nordau (1901). In 1922 a festschrift appeared, in honour of Brainin’s 60th birthday. His diary was published posthumously in Yiddish (New York, 1946).
- Language
- English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish
- Custodial History
- Transferred from the Brainin family in 1940.
- Finding Aid
- Index to Hebrew and Yiddish correspondence available in JPL-A.
- Related Material
- Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
- Name Access
- Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
- Subjects
- Agricultural colonies
- Keneder Adler
- Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Founders
- Birobidzhan (Russia)
- Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904
- ICOR, Organization for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union
- Zionism
- Shapiro, Chava, 1876-1943
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16741
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.6m textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1010; 3
- Date
- 1900-1939
- Scope and Content
- Predominance of letters after Brainin settled in North America. The correspondence includes letters from the famous and the obscure in all parts of the Jewish diaspora, plus Palestine. A majority are written in Hebrew and thus document the renascence of Hebrew as a modern language. Many of the l…
- Collection
- Reuben Brainin Fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2.6m textual records
- Scope and Content
- Predominance of letters after Brainin settled in North America. The correspondence includes letters from the famous and the obscure in all parts of the Jewish diaspora, plus Palestine. A majority are written in Hebrew and thus document the renascence of Hebrew as a modern language. Many of the letters were accompanied by manuscripts submitted to Brainin as editor of various Hebrew publications (manuscripts located in Gr. I). Of great interest in this group is the collection of letters from Chava Shapiro to Brainin during their long relationship (Box t). Correspondence is arranged alphabetically in the Hebrew alphabet (Boxes a-t) and then in the Roman alphabet for all other languages (Boxes s-x). The last box in the Group (Box y) contains Brainin family correspondence.
- Date
- 1900-1939
- Fonds No.
- 1010
- Series No.
- 3
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Reuben Brainin
- History / Biographical
- See fonds description
- Language
- English, German, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish
- Arrangement
- Correspondence arranged alphabetically in Hebrew alphabet for Yiddish and Hebrew letters, and for all other languages in Roman alphabet.
- Notes
- Arranged under "Group III"
- Finding Aid
- Detailed index to Yiddish and Hebrew correspondence available.
- Related Material
- Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
- Name Access
- Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Romanian & German letters - copybook, also intro to essay on Zionism
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn88741
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; DA 1; DA 1-08-21
- Date
- 1901-1902
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1901-1902
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- DA 1
- File No.
- DA 1-08-21
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Correspondence and receipts, 1913 overseas trip
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn31824
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1034; 1; 00014
- Date
- 1913
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual records
- Date
- 1913
- Fonds No.
- 1034
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00014
- Storage Location
- 9-5D
- Ctn.026
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Group Photograph, individuals posed in an office, The Zionist Family, taken at 5th ave. in NYC, Names in notes
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn87535
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 24.5 x 20 cm ; b&w
- 025060
- Date
- 1916
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 24.5 x 20 cm ; b&w
- Date
- 1916
- Item No.
- 025060
- Storage Location
- PC
- Notes
- Standing: late r. Shepherd, Hubbard, Frehmansen. Seated: Szeld, Wise, de Haas, Kesselman, Lipsky, Cowan, Levine, Berlin
- Subjects
- Zionism
- New York (City)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Group photo, Chalutzim Zionist Youth
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn87574
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 14 x 9 cm ; b&w
- 025097
- Date
- March 1917
- Collection
- Allan Raymond Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 14 x 9 cm ; b&w
- Date
- March 1917
- Item No.
- 025097
- Storage Location
- PC
- Notes
- Image is a postcard, back reads "reminder for day 2 of Nissan" which is [Sunday, March 25th, 1917]
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Zionism - History - 20th century
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
Essays, published
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17259
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003; 1; 002
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 002
- Storage Location
- 4-1D
- Ctn.001
- Creator
- Bension, Ariel
- Subjects
- Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932
- Zionism
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Zionist activities, letters of introduction
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17269
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003; 2; 005
- Scope and Content
- Consists of letters of introduction from British peerage to government houses in Delhi, Bombay, Tangiers, Jerusalem. Also includes general letter signed by Chaim Weizmann.
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Consists of letters of introduction from British peerage to government houses in Delhi, Bombay, Tangiers, Jerusalem. Also includes general letter signed by Chaim Weizmann.
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 005
- Storage Location
- 4-1D
- Ctn.002
- Subjects
- Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952
- Bension, Ariel, 1887-1932
- Zionism
- Zionism - History - 20th century
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Zionist activities, mission
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17265
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003; 2; 001
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Series No.
- 2
- File No.
- 001
- Storage Location
- 4-1D
- Ctn.002
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Zionism Canada - including Yiddish clippings
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90013
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; DA 02; DA 02-17-13
- Date
- 1927-1939
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1939
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- DA 02
- File No.
- DA 02-17-13
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Literary activities, criticism
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17260
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003; 1; 003
- Collection
- Ariel Bension Fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1003
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 003
- Storage Location
- 4-1D
- Ctn.001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Poster. Protest Gathering Against the Suspension of Pioneer Immigration to Palestine
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79230
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : paper ; 25.7 x 17.7cm
- Fonds No.
- 1099; 1; 00060; 1099_060_5
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : paper ; 25.7 x 17.7cm
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00060
- Item No.
- 1099_060_5
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Text includes (translated from Yiddish): Protest Gathering Against the Suspension of Pioneer Immigration to Palestine / Wednesday May 28 8:30PM / Annex Hall 350 Fairmount St. West / Action Campaign Committee.
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Press release. Campaign for Palestine Rescue Fund
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79249
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 paper sheet ; 27.7 x 21.7cm
- Fonds No.
- 1099; 1; 00058; 1099_058_24
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1947]
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 paper sheet ; 27.7 x 21.7cm
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1947]
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00058
- Item No.
- 1099_058_24
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Language
- Yiddish
- Subjects
- Zionism - Canada
- Zionism
- Campaigns
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
David Kirshenbaum Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17189
- Collection
- David Kirshenbaum Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Fonds No.
- 1129
- Scope and Content
- Consists of correspondence to Kirshenbaum from various sources such as Zionist organizations, the National Labour Council, different rabbis, and the United Palestine Appeal.
- Collection
- David Kirshenbaum Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file textual material
- Scope and Content
- Consists of correspondence to Kirshenbaum from various sources such as Zionist organizations, the National Labour Council, different rabbis, and the United Palestine Appeal.
- Parallel Title
- Kirshenbaum Correspondence
- Fonds No.
- 1129
- Storage Location
- 7-5C
- Language
- English; Yiddish
- Name Access
- Bronfman, Samuel
- Schwartz, Jesse
- Cody, John C.
- Frieman, A.J.
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Zionism - Canada
- Kirshenbaum, David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Geulah Lodge, Habonim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn68952
- Collection
- Geulah Lodge, Habonim Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- 1276
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one bound minute book of the Geulah Lodge of the Habonim Zionist youth order in Montreal.
- Collection
- Geulah Lodge, Habonim Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Consists of one bound minute book of the Geulah Lodge of the Habonim Zionist youth order in Montreal.
- Responsibility
- Compiled by Bernard Figler.
- Fonds No.
- 1276
- Storage Location
- 1-2F
- JPL
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Originally maintained by Bernard Figler.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Poster. Canvasser's gathering, Canadian Zionist Organization
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79246
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : paper ; 34.0 x 14.0cm
- Fonds No.
- 1099; 1; 00058; 1099_058_21
- Date
- 1931
- Scope and Content
- Poster encouraging involvement in the canvassing campaign for Palestine
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : paper ; 34.0 x 14.0cm
- Scope and Content
- Poster encouraging involvement in the canvassing campaign for Palestine
- Date
- 1931
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00058
- Item No.
- 1099_058_21
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Very fragile
- Language
- Yiddish
- Notes
- Text translated from Yiddish: Canadian Zionist Organization / Thusday April 16, 1931 8:30 pm / Canvasser's Gathering / Mount Royal Hotel / Joined by - James Waterman Weiss / Campaign - April 21-30 1931
- Subjects
- Zionism - Canada
- Zionism
- Campaigns
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
London - Zionism: Press clippings, Histadrut League flyers, programs and correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn56337
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001; ZD; ZD-1-9
- Date
- 1933-1990
- Description Level
- File
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date
- 1933-1990
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Series No.
- ZD
- File No.
- ZD-1-9
- Places
- Ontario
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Press release. B'nai Jacob Congregation announcing event, "The New Life in Israel" with speaker Leib Jaffee from Palestine, May 29th 1933
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn79247
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 paper sheet ; 27.5 x 21.5cm
- Fonds No.
- 1099; 1; 00058; 1099_058_22
- Date
- 1933
- Collection
- Sholem Krishtalka Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 paper sheet ; 27.5 x 21.5cm
- Date
- 1933
- Fonds No.
- 1099
- Series No.
- 1
- File No.
- 00058
- Item No.
- 1099_058_22
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Physical Condition
- Very fragile
- Language
- Yiddish
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Documents
Isidore Bobrove Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92952
- Collection
- Isidore Bobrove Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 013 linear metres; multiple media
- Fonds No.
- 1009
- Date
- 1934-1967
- Scope and Content
- Materials primarily relate to Bobrove's activities surrounding Zionist organizations in addtion to some personal correspondence and various ephemera.
- Collection
- Isidore Bobrove Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 013 linear metres; multiple media
- Scope and Content
- Materials primarily relate to Bobrove's activities surrounding Zionist organizations in addtion to some personal correspondence and various ephemera.
- File 001: Personal Papers
- File 002: Memos
- File 003: Outgoing Correspondence
- File 004: Incoming Correspondence
- File 005: Clippings
- File 006: Photographs
- Date
- 1934-1967
- Fonds No.
- 1009
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Isidore M. Bobrove (1901 - 1967) was husband of Mollie Bobrove (nee Maron), father of Jack Bobrove. He was a Queen's Counsel and partner of Bobrove & Bobrove Advocates, Barristers and Solicitors. He was active in the Labor Zionist Movement of Canada and Zionist organizations.
- Language
- Yiddish English
- Accession No.
- 00-136
- Name Access
- Bobrove, Isidore M.
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Zionism - Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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