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
- 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, listing of reported legal decisions (1964-1975), 64 letters and reminiscences honouring the Lieff’s 50th wedding anniversa…
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- 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, 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 100th birthday party - March, 2003 (located in Multimedia Box 1).
- Date
- 1913 - 1991
- Fonds No.
- I0099
- History Biographical
- Abraham Lieff was born March 5, 1903 in Antopol, Poland and arrived in Canada with his mother, Esther Malka Pomerantz (changed to Palmer) Lieff towards the end of 1904. His father, Bernard Lieff, had arrived in 1903. Honourable Mr. Lieff was called to the Ontario Bar in 1926. He served as magistrate from 1937 to 1945 and was named King’s Counsel in 1948. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario - the first such Jewish appointment in the Province - in 1963. He retired from this post in 1978. “Abe” as he is affectionately called, has a long standing association with both Ottawa and the larger Canadian Jewish communities. In 1943 in Ottawa, he was elected President of Ottawa B’nai B’rith. In 1946 he became President of the Agudath Israel Congregation, serving in that capacity for seventeen years, and from 1953-1955, he was President of the Ottawa Vaad Ha’Ir. In 1978, the Negev Testimonial Dinner honoured him. Honourable Lieff married the late Sadie Lazarovitz, BCL of Quebec City. They first met at a Young Judaea Convention held in Ottawa in 1925. They had two girls, Miriam and Lois. Honourable Lieff’s “hundred years of a wonderful life” was celebrated at Beth Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto on March 8-9, 2003.
- 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
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
