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Country: Canada

  1. B'nai Brith Canada fonds [multiple media] [multiple media]

    Fonds consists of records relating to B'Nai Brith and are divided into numerous series, including information on: administration of B'Nai Brith, such as minutes and conventions, regional councils and district offices, the Executive; B'Nai Brith Insurance and Retirement programmes; B'Nai Brith Women and other Jewish Women's organizations; Youth Organizations; leadership training programmes and materials; Soviet Jewry; Research and Planning Committee; Canada-Israel Committee; Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC); Canadian Jewish Congress; National Comminuty Relations Advisory Council; N...

  2. Nathan and Sarah Greenberg fonds

    Fonds consists of 1 B&W photograph of Nathan and Sarah Greenberg married at Billings Bridge Town Hall, March 20, 1920, and 1 audio reel with written precis.

  3. STERN, Ethel and David

    The documents in the collection consist of 5 paper files as well as a file of photographs. The document files are 1) documents related to JIAS history, programs and administration, including some newsletter articles written by Ethel Stern and others by Joseph Kage; 2) JIAS administrative and personnel correspondence with Ethel Stern, as well as correspondence from other sources related to her life and career; 3) letters sent to Ethel Stern, mostly expressions of gratitude from JIAS clients; 4) JIAS client case information and attestations written by Ethel Stern (this file carries restrictio...

  4. Jean Rose fonds

    Fonds consists of case files, committee reports and correspondence relating to Rose’s work with Jewish immigrants to Canada in the 1940s and 1950s. Also included are a number of commemorative materials including obituaries and tribute articles.Fonds consists of the following series:1. Immigration case work2. Commemorative materials3. Audio testimony

  5. 2011-05-27-30 Greece

    On May 27, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper leave France for Greece. On May 28, Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Philippos Petsalnikos, the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament in Athens, Greece. Prime Minister Stephen Harper hosts a business roundtable in Athens, Greece. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece. Laureen Harper joins Ada Papandreou, wife of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, for a traditional Greek lunch on the terrace at Dionysos Zonar's Restaurant in Athens,...

  6. Videocassettes [moving images]

    The series comprises videocassettes that document June Callwood's life and work on behalf of civil liberties, prison reform, health care, and the women's movement. The videos include television interviews with Callwood from different programs; recordings of the 1988 and 2001 Order of Canada ceremonies honouring her; public service announcements featuring her; and recordings of subjects of interest to her which did not involve her directly. She was interviewed for television by the Vision TV series "The Time of Your Life"; Cable Public Affairs Channel series "A Public Life"; Crossroads Telev...

  7. Fundamental freedoms [textual record]

    Series consists of case files, research materials, briefs, articles, research papers and theses related to issues surrounding fundamental freedoms. These subjects include: Censorship including pornography, obscenity, Fraser Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner and customs seizures; contempt of court including R v. Murphy and Harry Kopyto; Freedom of Assembly including picketing in labour disputes at the Eaton Centre, soliciting in malls, Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America, Litton Rexdale Plant anti-nuclear demonstration, parade p...

  8. 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

  9. Paul Trepman Fonds

    Fonds consists of manuscripts and notes from Paul Trepman's articles, books, and lectures as well as personal biographical documents, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

  10. 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 ...

  11. Hillel Ottawa fonds

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

  12. Fonds Gertrude Katz [supports multiples]

    Le fonds comporte des documents personnels de Gertrude Katz, dont de la correspondance personnelle avec des prisonniers du système pénitencier du Québec et d'autres documents recueillis pour l'écriture de son livre, The time gatherers, y compris des manuscrits de versions antérieures de son livre et des critiques de livre ainsi que des macarons politiques et des macarons en faveur de l'avortement. On y trouve également des documents de Gertrude Katz liés à sa participation au sein du Comité en faveur des écoles neutres du Québec dans les années 1960, ainsi qu'à son rôle de directrice de la ...

  13. Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Committee fonds

    The fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, clippings and publications relating to the activities sponsored by the Committee. Fonds also includes a collection of short articles and publications on topics relating to the mandate of the Committee. Fonds is organized into 8 series: minutes, committee activities, subject files, clippings, publications, ephemera, photographs, and sound. Fonds includes records of the committee when it was known as the Warsaw Ghetto Committee.

  14. Leib Tencer Fonds

    Contains documents related to the life and career of Leib Tencer, including his involvement with JPPS/Bialik, the J.I. Segal Fund, and McGill University.

  15. Mervin Mirsky fonds

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

  16. Oskar Schindler [textual record, graphic material]

    This series documents Steinhouse's involvement with the Oskar Schindler saga from 1948-1949 when he researched and wrote the first story about Schindler to 1993-1995 when his research confirmed the "fictional" accounts told in the novel by Keneally and the film by Spielberg. It includes Steinhouse's original manuscript of "The German who Saved a Thousand Lives"; a transcript of his interview with Oskar Schindler and Itzhak Stern, 1948; copies of documents given to him by Schindler; a signed thank-you letter from Schindler; testimonies by Jewish survivors to the veracity of his story, 1948; ...

  17. Bergen-Belsen Survivors Association of Montreal Fonds

    Consists of mainly textual records of association activities such as membership lists, anniversary gatherings, etc. Includes correspondence and scrapbooks.

  18. ROSENGARTEN, Aaron = Bergen Belsen DP Camp

    Digital copies in tiff format of 8 images showing the Bergen Belsen DP camp after World War II, including at least two survivors who later came to Canada. Detailed description, according to the numbers on the tiff files: 1) Picture of people standing at 1946 Belsen monument - the woman closest to monument at right is Esther Rosengarten, man in suit at left of monumnent is Alex Rosengarten, parents of donor Aaron Rosengarten; 2) Photo of 2 couples showing Esther and Alex on right; 4) In DP camp, indoors with German nursemaids and two babies - Alex is standing in back; 6) Transit Camp B (Berg...

  19. Maurice Smith militaria collection

    Scope and content: Collection is comprised of memorabilia received or collected by Maurice Smith while performing military service in Italy and the Netherlands. Collection is divided into three series: Artefacts [between 1939 and 1945], Correspondence, photograph (1945) and Publications and ephemera (1944–1945).

  20. UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO)