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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: Ottawa Jewish Archives

  1. Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • O0043
    • English
    • 8m 44cm of records, 524 B&W and colour photographs and other material, 1 scrapbook Young Peoples Division poster located in OS Mixed Box 12

    Fonds consist of series of administration documents, minutes of meetings, correspondence, standing committees (including United Jewish Appeal), ad hoc committees and agencies and institutions. BOX 1 - Series: Minutes Organizational Meeting Minutes - 1934: Documents pertaining to the creation of an Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir, as favoured unanimously by the Vaad Hakashruth. Minutes - Quarterly, General, Special notices of Meetings - 1934-1949. Officers Meeting Minutes - 1952-1965 (incomplete), 1971-1985. BOX 2 - Series: Minutes Officers Notices of Meetings and Agendas - 1952-1983, 1985 BOX 3 - Series:...

  2. Beth Shalom Congregation fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • C0008
    • English
    • 1943-2016
    • textual records, photographs, textiles. A.2.5 - A.3.1

    Fond consists of a DVD of: A 50th anniversary celebrations, 2007; A large framed colour photograph of the interior of Beth Shalom (see 4-738); A 2012/2013 (5773) Congregation of Beth Shalom Calendar; One kippa from the 50th Anniversary celebration - 2008; An envelope of photos, mostly from Beth Shalom in the 1970's. Includes photos of the Beth Shalom Choir, various events like Chanukah parties and Beth Shalom's birthday, Beth Shalom Family picnic, a ladies fashion show, several colour slides of an event from the 1970's and various others. UNSCANNED. This envelope is being stored in the phot...

  3. Agudath Israel Congregation fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • C0005
    • English
    • 1938-2016
    • 16 boxes, 3 scrapbooks; 28 CD's containing photographs of events, 2 scrolls A.1.6 - A.2.3 2 scrolls in OS

    Fonds consists of the administrative records of the synagogue including minutes, annual meetings, financial, bulletins and the rich programming of the Men’s Club, Sisterhood, Malca Pass Library. Files contain: Minutes of the Board 1949-1986, 1993-2007, Annual Meetings - 1949-1986, 1991-2007, General Meetings, 1953-1981, various committees, 1955-1996; Bulletins (1948- 2009 with some gaps), Agudath Israel Men’s Club, (1961-1980); Sisterhood membership, (1938-1940,1956 - 1987), minutes of meetings, (1955-1997), Newsletters, (1955- 1984), Cinderella Ball, (1962-1983), Nearly New Shop (1968-2000...

  4. Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • O0047
    • English
    • 1999-2007
    • textual records, 23 photographs and other material. vault

    Fonds consists of documents related to the published book, "THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II." It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of newspaper clipping (February 28, 2000); correspondence from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (May 9, 2000), Ambassador of Israel David Sultan (May 30, 2000), and Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare (July 28, 2000); 22 typed transcripts; the book THERE I WAS...A collection of Reminiscences by members...

  5. B'nai B'rith Ottawa Lodges Fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • O0005
    • English
    • Textual records, 205 B&W, 2 colour photographs, 2 framed charter documents, 6 framed panoramics, 1 small book, 1 textile uniform The Jewish Star issue located in OS Mixed Box 14; Uniform in Mixed Box 2

    -1. One sole box remains in the collection: The Covenant: The Covenant is the official newspaper of B'nai B'rith. Articles contain mentions of Emergency Fund, Board of Governors, J. Horowitz, Board Committee, Ottawa Lodge News, M. Kapinsky, Parliament Lodge, E. Cohen, New Members, Herb S. Gray - 1967-1972; Minutes - April 1924- January 1927; Book of records of B'nai B’rith's Officer's meeting activities and minutes. Book contains descriptions, invitations, and letters, from the general meetings, events, and activities performed by B'nai B'rith - 1946-1949; Executive and General Meetings Min...

  6. Hy Bloom fonds.

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0101
    • English
    • 1951-1998
    • 80 audio cassettes, 28 audio reels, 6 b&w photographs and 10 folders of textual material vault

    Fonds consists of audio cassettes, audio reels, photographs and folders of programs and pamphlets relating to taped events. Inventory of Audio Cassettes: Holocaust- Dedication Holocaust Memorial, Jewish Community Centre, Ottawa, May 7, 1978 - 2 copies (audio reel) Yom Ha Shoah, Holocaust Observance Memorial Service, May 6, 1979 at the Metcalfe Rd. Cemetery. - 2 copies Holocaust Memorial observance for the six million martyrs, May 3, 1981 at the site of the Holocaust Memorial, Jewish Community Cemetery, Ottawa. Holocaust Memorial observance for the six million martyrs, May 2, 1982 at the sit...

  7. Ottawa Talmud Torah Board fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • E0007
    • English
    • 9 boxes of textual records, 131 photographs; B&W, 27 photographs; colour. A.4.1 - A.4.6 2 boxes in OS

    Series consists of Minutes, (1939-1983) of the board and various committees including the Education Committee and the Afternoon School Committee; Parent and Students series, (1910-1994) of early activities of the Board, anniversary celebrations, graduations, yearbooks and Parent Teachers Association; Administration series, (1921-1994) of financial, legal, and teachers activities; and Correspondence series, (1954, 1961-1977) of letters and memos of Directors of education, chairmen of the board and subject categories. UPDATING OF BOX LISTS NEEDED AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2014 Box 1, Box 2 - MINUTE SE...

  8. Elly Bollegraaf fonds

    Fonds consists of two parliamentary letters from MPP Naqvi and Preimer McGuinty; a photo album of photos from the "A Coat of Many Colours" exhibit; a photo album of photos from the first international gathering of children hidden during the Second World War, 1991; a photo album of photos of "The Courage to Remember" exhibit 1991; a photo album of photos from the Leo Haas "Visual Memory" exhibit; 3 packets of photographs; a card sent to Elly from Anna Heilman, an Auschwitz survivor

  9. Hugo Levendel fonds

    Fonds consists of a portfolio of significant Byward Market photographs and members of the Ottawa Jewish community in the late 1930's taken by Hugo Levendel; correspondence, speeches, biographical material; collections of pamphlets, news clippings, Canadian Zionist periodicals outlining the Zionist pathway since the early 1940's (itemized below), Israel Mereminsky's 1933 speech to the Ottawa Histadrut Campaign, 7 scrapbook pages; documentation of his leadership and association with the Poale Zion Ottawa (1933-1944), Israeli Forum, (1949-1953), Jewish Philosophy and Ethics Study Group (1955-1...

  10. Miriam (London) Goldstein fonds

    Fonds consists of letters written by a Lithuanian friend, Isak Markowitz (Isak Ben Chanan) to Miriam (London) Goldstein in Ottawa. The early letters are from Lithuanian and then from Kibbutz Yagour, Palestine and then a town near Jerusalem, Israel and include observations of the economic, political and social climate; photographs donated by Morton Rappaport and family trees for the descendants of Mozes Moritz Goldstein and the decendants of David Gluck, (the connection between the Gluck family and the Goldstein family is that Mozes Goldstein married a Bella Gluck in May, 1907); DVD entitled...

  11. Cantor David Aptowitzer Family fonds

    Mohel Cantor D. Aptowitzer Circumcision Register, Book 1, bris 1 to 190 - September 1965 - September 1972; Mohel Cantor D. Aptowitzer Circumcision Register, Book 2, bris 191 to 858 - April 1973 - January 1986; Mohel Cantor D. Aptowitzer Circumcision Register, Book 3, bris 859 to 1444 - January 1986 - March 2000; Mohel Cantor D. Aptowitzer Circumcision Register, Book 4, bris 1445 to 1464 - July 2000 - July 2006; Mohel Cantor D. Aptowitzer Circumcision Index Book (alphabetical); File 1 - Biographical Information, Wall, Lawrence. “Aptowitzer memoirs document lines of turmoil, survival.” The Bu...

  12. Vera Gara fonds

    Fonds consists of 1 video cassette produced by CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) entitled Searching for Nazi Looted Art, January, 29, 2001.

  13. Jacob Gora fonds

    Fonds consists of textual records, and includes articles and letters which Jacob Gora contributed to newspapers, his 400 page memoir in Yiddish, and 21 Polish books surrounding Polish history and the Holocaust, printed between 1946 and 1957, many published by Centralna Zydowska Kamisja.

  14. Dr. Erwin and Edie Koranyi fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0058
    • English
    • 1944-2011
    • textual records; 1 framed document; 3 books; 3 artifacts; 1 DVD interview 1 box in OS

    Fonds consists of the following documents, photographs and items: 1 framed document entitled Schutz-Pass No. 0176, issued in July 1944 by R. Wallenberg. It is written in German and Hungarian and contains a photograph of Erwin Koranyi (see 1-969); 1 Displaced Person’s Identity Card (with photograph) from Wiesenhof, Austria DP Camp (see 1-972-02/03); 1 document written 28 Feb 1951 from the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in Dusseldorf to Mr. Erwin Koranyi (see 1-972-04); 1 document written in Hungarian, issued by the Swedish Royal Embassy which exempted Erwin Koranyi from forced labo...

  15. MS St. Louis

    Fonds consists of one folder containing a metal pin commemorating the MS St. Louis (November 7, 2018) and an invitation to a live broadcast of the government’s statement of apology for the MS St. Louis incident, written in French and English

  16. Elsbeth Heckers fonds

    Fonds consists of: a scrapbook of photos and Second World War / Holocaust letters outlining the family history and deportations.

  17. Mendel Good fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0167
    • English
    • 1978-1998
    • 0.21 cm of textual records and related material vault

    Fonds consists of personal files; 8 colour photographs, 1 artifact; 1 videocassette - File 1 - Holocaust Memorial Observance. Includes speeches - 1978, 1982, 1986; program from Holocaust Memorial Observance - 1982; program from Tribute to Arie van Mansum - 1991; 1 blank Yad Vashem Testimony form; File 2 - Canadian Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Children, Ottawa Congress Centre. Includes correspondence, program, speeches, and related ephemera - 1984-1986; File 3 - Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation - 1992-1993; File 4 - St. Augustine's ...

  18. Jacob and Rose Landau and Issie and Edith Landau fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0118
    • English
    • 1957-1991
    • 15 cm textual material; 5 electronic images; 9 photographs B.4.2 Trophy located with trophies Distingushied Service award on G.5.5

    Fonds consists of a genealogy of the Landau family and the Sheinfeld Family, compiled by Jerrold Landau, a baseball trophy presented by AJ Freiman, Israella Singers documents, Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation documents, Talmud Torah School documents, Beth Shalom documents, and a framed "First Distinguished Service Award" presented to the people at the Chevra Kadisha (1980). Folder 1: Landau and Sheinfeld Family Trees and Genealogical items Folder 2: Beth Shalom Folder 3: Israella Singer's Programs Folder 4: Schools Folder 5: Ottawa Jewish Community Foundations documents Fonds also consist...

  19. Labour Zionist Council of Ottawa fonds

    Fonds consists of records of the umbrella organization, the Labour Zionist Council of Ottawa, as well as the Histadrut Centre and Histadrut Campaigns. Fonds consists of financial records including campaigns, (1941-1985); souvenir booklets, (1943-1974); minutes,(1947-1987); membership lists, (1949-1974); correspondence,(1949-1985); invitations, notices, (1943-1988); diary of Moses Slack (1952-1957) who was Executive Secretary of the Council between 1951 and 1957, a photograph of a Labour Zionist Council of Ottawa Certificate issued in recognition of the burning of the mortgage or the Histadr...

  20. Irving and Ruth Aaron fonds

    • Ottawa Jewish Archives
    • I0108
    • English
    • 1969-1989
    • 1 file textual records; 7 photographs : b&w Individuals Boxes

    Fonds consists of photographs of Ruth Aaron and Irving Aaron as well as a small amount of material relating to the Chanukah Ball in 1989 and the gala (18th) birthday party for Beth Shalom which was held on April 21, 1974. An invitation to Benjamin Feinstein's (Ruth Aaron's father) 100th birthday party is also included. In October 2010, Ruth Aaron celebrated 25 years as the co-ordinator in Ottawa of events for visiting Jewish war veterans. A speech that she made is included along with OJB article about the event. Article regarding marriage of Carol Irving to Gordon Sussman. Invitation to CHW...