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Holding Institution: Ottawa Jewish Archives

  1. 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...

  2. Phyllis (Fuzzy) Zinman Teitelbaum fonds.

    Fonds consists of five file folders: 1. Hillel Academy 1979 yearbook 2. Jewish Community Center Theatre Guild program and news clippings for "An Inspector Calls" 1962 3. Program for Hillel Academy 30th Anniversary Dinner and Memorial Service in tribute to Golda Meir 1978 held at Beth Shalom 4. Ottawa Talmud Torah Board Permanent Teacher's contract 1976 5. Song sheet (transliteration of Haleluyah) undated

  3. Kriger Family fonds

    Fonds consists of: A newspaper article on Diane Kriger winning a 1950's Ottawa Jewish Bulletin "Beautiful Baby" contest; A ritual shoichet knife used by Max Movshovitz when he was a shoichet in Carleton Place; Two email printouts discussing Kriger family history - 2011/2012; A letter in Yiddish along with its translation. The letter was used to wrap up the shoichet knife. It asks for people to come hear a man who witnessed first hand the horrors of a Russian death camp - 1944; Maps, tickets and other souvenirs from Maynard and Shirley from their trip to the USSR - 1989; A prayer book given ...

  4. 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...

  5. Mervin Mirsky fonds

    1 photograph of Lt. Col. Mervin Mirsky and assistant at the destroyed sit of the Midget Submarine base in Emden, Germany.

  6. Anne Frank Exhibit fonds

    Fonds consists of textual and photographic records, including a docent training kit, research notes, notes on artifacts used in exhibit, student and reflections on the exhibit.

  7. Hillel Ottawa fonds

    Fonds consists of textal and photographic records such as a scrap book and 21 photos.

  8. Anna Zofia Prasalek fonds

    Fonds consists of an article: “Would engrave symbol on survivors’ stones - June 19, 1987, an Ottawa Jewish Historical Society receipt for books and documents received from Zofia Prasalek, three books, a a copy of a certificate describing rescue work of Kozimizsh, April 25, 1961 from the Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny)

  9. 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

  10. 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