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Moatti Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75328
- Collection
- Moatti Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 2 cuffs : mink fur with cotton lining, white.
- Fonds No.
- 1345
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Collection
- Moatti Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 2 cuffs : mink fur with cotton lining, white.
- Date
- 1930-1950
- Fonds No.
- 1345
- Storage Location
- Artefact Storage
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Subjects
- Fur trade
- Furniture industry.
- Furriers
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Isaac Hertzman Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93095
- Collection
- Isaac Hertzman Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.6 linear meters of textual records
- Fonds No.
- 1364
- Date
- 1907-1991
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Isaaac Hertzman's various organization related documents (minutes, correspondence, notices, membership information) specific to the individual's activities.
- Collection
- Isaac Hertzman Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.6 linear meters of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Isaaac Hertzman's various organization related documents (minutes, correspondence, notices, membership information) specific to the individual's activities.
- Date
- 1907-1991
- Fonds No.
- 1364
- Storage Location
- Bay 6
- History / Biographical
- Isaac Hertzman emigrated from Poland to Montreal in 1933. He became president of the Montreal branch of the Workman's Circle, and was active in the Jewish Labour Committee and the Lubliner Landsmanshaft.
- Language
- English
- Yiddish
- Name Access
- Hertzman, Isaac
- Subjects
- Workmen's Circle of Montreal
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Mizrahi Family Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93137
- Collection
- Mizrahi Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.2 linear metres of textiles + 1 photograph
- Fonds No.
- 1371
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1946]
- Scope and Content
- Consists of 1 belly dancing costume as well as 1 photograph of the costume being used for a Purim celebration.
- Collection
- Mizrahi Family Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1.2 linear metres of textiles + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Consists of 1 belly dancing costume as well as 1 photograph of the costume being used for a Purim celebration.
- Date
- [ca. 1930-1946]
- Publication
- Original items hand-sewn in Turkey.
- Fonds No.
- 1371
- Storage Location
- 13-6G
- Language
- French
- Subjects
- Belly dancing
- Mizrahi family
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
George L. Gilbert Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93147
- Collection
- George L. Gilbert Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Fonds No.
- 1372
- Date
- 1927-1940
- Scope and Content
- Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.
- Collection
- George L. Gilbert Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Scope and Content
- Consists of school material and year books as well as flight school log books.
- Date
- 1927-1940
- Fonds No.
- 1372
- Storage Location
- 6-1E
- History / Biographical
- George L. Gilbert was born in Montreal on September 3, 1914 to Beckie (nee Wisnitzer) and Luis Gilbert, both immigrants to Canada; his father from Poland and his mother from Austria originally. His service records list his occupation as "department manager". In July 1942, Gilbert enlisted in the Canadian air force and was made pilot at the No. 1 Air Observers School at Malton in December 1943. He served overseas with the City of Vancouver No. 405 (R.C.A.F. Pathfinder). He was reported missing after air operations over Wilhemshaven and was presumed dead on October 15, 1944.
- Language
- English
- Custodial History
- Donated by Mr. Bud Kirmayer, Mr. Gilbert's cousin.
- Name Access
- Gilbert, George L., 1914-1944.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
June McLellan Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn93272
- Collection
- June McLellan Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 file.
- Fonds No.
- 1396
- Date
- [c. 1961-1992]
- Scope and Content
- 2 grocery bags, one paper, one canvas.
- Collection
- June McLellan Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 file.
- Scope and Content
- 2 grocery bags, one paper, one canvas.
- Date
- [c. 1961-1992]
- Fonds No.
- 1396
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Creator
- Steinberg Grocery Store
- History / Biographical
- Steinberg's was founded in 1917 in Montreal by Ida Steinberg, a Jewish-Hungarian immigrant. Under the direction of her five sons, led by Sam Steinberg, the store expanded from its storefront on St. Laurent Boulevard, with a Steinberg grocery store in nearly every district of the island of Montreal. The change from Steinberg's to Steinberg occured in 1961, along with a logo change. Sam Steinberg was one of the first employers to require mandatory bilingualism for his employees, resulting in the store becoming synonymous with grocery shopping in French, regardless of the actual store, "Je fais mon Steinberg." They were the largest supermarket chain in Quebec until the late 1980s. Steinberg's expanded into Ottawa, western Ontario, and New Brunswick. Steinberg's went bankrupt in 1992, three years after being sold, and the stores closed.
- Custodial History
- Donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by June McLellan.
- Subjects
- Stores and shops.
- Steinberg Foods, Ltd.
- Places
- Montreal (Quebec)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Yudel Rosenberg Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92935
- Collection
- Yudel Rosenberg Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 artefact.
- Fonds No.
- 1399
- Date
- [c.1890-1900]
- Scope and Content
- 1 scroll.
- Collection
- Yudel Rosenberg Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 artefact.
- Scope and Content
- 1 scroll.
- Date
- [c.1890-1900]
- Fonds No.
- 1399
- Creator
- Yudel Rosenberg
- Physical Condition
- Poor
- History / Biographical
- Yudel Rosenberg was born in Poland in the town of Skaryszew, near Radom. He received a traditional Hasidic education in both rabbinic literature and Kabbalah. He was also exposed to secular learning both through the Hebrew works of the nineteenth century modernist movement known as the "Haskalah" Enlightenment, and through his mastery of the Russian language which he studied in order to obtain governmental permission to function as a rabbi. It is noteworthy that, unlike many Eastern European Jews with a similar background who were exposed to secular thought, Rosenberg remained loyal to the Orthodox tradition. Rosenberg received rabbinic ordination, and after a couple of failed attempts at business, functioned as a rabbi in the town of Tarlau and in the cities of Lublin, Warsaw and Lodz. He emigrated to Canada in 1913, at the invitation of a congregation of Polish Jews in Toronto. In 1919, he moved to Montreal, where he served as rabbi until his death. During the last thirty years of his life, Rosenberg wrote prolifically, in both Hebrew and Yiddish, on a wide variety of subjects. For a scholarly audience, he wrote a supercommentary on the talmudic tractate, Nedarim. He wrote respopnsa to legal questions, a volume of homilies on the Pentateuch, and a short-lived Rabbinic journal. He also wrote and edited a number of liturgical and Halachic works meant to be read by a popular audience. Notably, he wrote a series of stories concerning Rabbi Judah Loewe of Prague, most prominent of which was his account of Rabbi Loewe and the Golem. Rosenberg's major literary project, in which he was engaged for some 25 years, was a translation and reworking of the classic work of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar. He reedited the work to form a true commentary on the Bible and translated it from an often obscure Aramaic to a clear and simple Hebrew. He also added his own commentary. Within the Canadian Jewish community, Rosenberg elicited both respect and controversy. He had considerable influence in Orthodox circles in the two major centres of Jewish population in Canada: Toronto and Montreal. His reputation spread throughout the Jewish world. In particular, his influence was felt in the Canadian Jewish community in the issue of kashrut, the regulation of the Jewish dietary laws. His religious outlook, as gleaned from his writings, was quite pessimistic. In this, he was similar to many of his contemporary Orthodox rabbinical colleagues, though he was, perhaps, more articulate than most. It would be wrong, however, to assume that Rosenberg felt that the cause was by any means lost. In fact, he believed that he possessed the key to the salvation of Orthodox Judaism and its reconciliation with the modern world. This key was Kabbalah.
- Language
- Hebrew
- Custodial History
- Donated to the Jewish Public Library Archives by Barry Rosenberg.
- Accession No.
- 18-018
- Name Access
- Rosenberg, Rabbi Yudel
- Subjects
- Rabbis -- Canada.
- Rabbis -- Poland.
- Kabbala
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89982
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 0.16 linear feet of textual records, graphic material, and artefacts.
- Scope and Content
- Includes nine files, consisting of biographia, professional documents, immigration records, World War II identity cards, and embroidered pillowcase, and a yellow star, as well as a biography written by her children.
- Date
- 1921-1968
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- Storage Location
- JPL
- History / Biographical
- Adele Druckman was born in Dorna Candrenilor near Vatra-Dornia, Romania, in 1894. At eighteen years old, she attended a school called Jaures-Zeugnis in the town of Chernovitz. In 1938, at 44, she was married to Isaac Kinsbrunner, a businessman in Chernovitz, which was under control of the Nazis. As Jews, they had to wear a yellow star and carry an identity card. After the Germans were defeated, the Soviets took over. Most of their family was gone, and they struggled to start again. Finally, in 1949 they decided to leave and emigrate to Paris. Adele packed her monogrammed linen, and hid her diamond engagement ring as well as an unmounted diamond. Isaac's cousin had moved to Canada in 1913, so they went to the Canadian Legation in Paris for permission to immigrate. They were required to leave by January 1950, and so booked passage on the Samaria to arrive in Halifax on February 9, 1950. They were met by Isaac's cousin, Sydney Brown, ne Kinsbrunner, and his wife Jessie Cohen, who took them to Sydney's shop in Montreal at 4464 Coloniale Avenue. Unfortunately, Isaac suffered a heart attack and died, having only been in Canada for 12 days, devastating Adele. Sydney and Jessie had two sons, aged 5 and 7, who helped Adele learn English using their schoolbooks, building on the French she had learned in Paris. Sydney learned of a job as a nurse's aid at the Mount Sinai Sanitorium in Ste Agathe, a village north of Montreal, which Adele took to immediately. She was well suited to comfort the patients and enjoyed the peace of the countryside. Adele was often included in Brown family events, including Passover and Rosh Hashana, and she even undertook a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to visit Sydney's sister, Pearl. She was required to provide an explanation for her lack of a passport, but was fortunate enough to have been able to bring her birth certificate from Romania. The Brown family often visisted Ste Agathe to visit, until Adele retired at 74, after 18 years at the Sanitorium. Upon retirement, Adele returned to Montreal, where Sydney helped her find a small apartment on Cote St Luc road next to a synagogue. Sydney's sons, meanwhile, had grown up and become both doctors. They both got married in the same week, and Ida offered her engagement ring to the elder son, while the younger son was offered the unmounted diamond. (Biographical note taken from file 00001.)
- Language
- English
- Romanian
- Arrangement
- Physical order imposed by archivist.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Immigrants
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Identification cards
- Star of David
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Identification cards, World War II.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89984
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records. 1 yellow Star of David.
- Fonds No.
- 1416; 00002
- Date
- 1941
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records. 1 yellow Star of David.
- Date
- 1941
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- File No.
- 00002
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Ctn. 001
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Cards issued in 1941 for Adela Kinsbrunner and Isak Kinsbrunner.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Immigrants
- Immigrants - Quebec (Province) - Montreal
- Star of David
- Identification cards
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Monogrammed pillowcase.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn89985
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 pillowcase, white with "AD" monogrammed in white thread.
- Fonds No.
- 1416; 00003
- Date
- [c. 1930-1938]
- Collection
- Adele Druckman-Kinsbrunner Fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Physical Description
- 1 pillowcase, white with "AD" monogrammed in white thread.
- Date
- [c. 1930-1938]
- Fonds No.
- 1416
- File No.
- 00003
- Storage Location
- JPL
- Ctn. 001
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Notes
- Date assumed based on Adele's marriage.
- Accession No.
- 19-005
- Subjects
- Romania -- Jews.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Artefact Collection
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn92918
- Collection
- Artefact Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Fonds No.
- 1442
- Scope and Content
- The Artefact Collection consists of objects donated to the JPL-A.
- Collection
- Artefact Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- artefact
- Scope and Content
- The Artefact Collection consists of objects donated to the JPL-A.
- Fonds No.
- 1442
- Custodial History
- Collection consists of artefactual objects, each donated by individual donors.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
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