18th Century Spice Box
item[17- ]578Artist: J. Schroder
Spice box engraved with "Havdallah" prayer; removable top. Hallmarked "12 IS." Presented by Mr. and Mrs. M. Fruchter.
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- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa fonds = Chapel Street Jewish Community Centre
4 photographs of the Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa K'ton 'ton Program
item1981OJA 19-097
K'ton 'ton was a morning preschool program for 2 to 3 year olds held at the Jewish Community Centre
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- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
6 Super Sunday United Jewish Appeal (UJA) photos
seriesApril 5, 1981OJA 4-043-43
Series includes 6 Super Sunday UJA photos
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- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
82 photos of United Jewish Appeal (UJA) telephone canvassers (various years)
seriesOJA 4-043-51
Series includes 82 labelled and unlabelled photos of United Jewish Appeal (UJA) telephone canvassers. Photos span many years. Photos with labels as follows: 4-043-51-06: Lori Rosove and unknown 4-043-51-07: Lawrence Soloway and John Towel 4-043-51-09: Ingrid…
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A United Deliveries truck unloading poppies for Poppy Day off of a plane.
itemOJA 1-1156
1. The inscription on the back of the photo says this: “Rush Additional Poppies to Ottawa by Aeroplane: So great has been the sale of Poppies in Ottawa that workers were yesterday faced with a shortage and through the courtesy of the Minister of National Def…
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A group photograph with the ladies of the Poppy Campaign.
itemOJA 1-1157
1. The inscription on the back of the photo says this: “R.C.A.F. Plane Helps Poppy Day Workers: So great has been the sale of poppies in Ottawa that additional supplied had to be rushed from Montreal by aero plane. Scene shows group of Poppy Day officials an…
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Algonquin College Archive Technoloy students working on the Harold Rubin display at the Jewish Community Centre, 151 Chapel Street.
itemSeptember 1992OJA 1-579-57Dawn Logan
L-R: Bill Graham, Chris Komomisky, Andrew Riddell and Warren Sinclair with archivist Shirley Berman.
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Moving
item1947Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Copy of original drawing, men moving furniture into truck under Jewish banners. Crate in foreground reads 'Bergen-Belsen / Tel Aviv.' Sketched by Sylvia Benjamin-Markowitz. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the A…
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American Joint Distribution Committee Activities - Welfare Worker
item1947Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Copy of a drawing, depicts a woman in military dress at a desk as various forms of transportation speed towards their destinations. Eiffel tower and New York in the distance. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the…
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American Joint Distribution Committee storage room - women’s clothing
item1947Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Print of drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a store room of the American Joint Distribution Company. Racks of coats, piles of boxes marked 'AJDC,' a saw horse, and 2 opened boxes. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff …
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American Joint Distribution Committee storage room: shelf of shoes
item1947Markowitz-Benjamin, Sylvia
Print of a drawing by Sylvia Malkowitz, depicts a storage room in the Joint Distribution Committee. Racks of shoes, a ladder, and an opened box. Narrative: Sylvia Benjamin (then Markowitz) started working as overseas staff for the American Joint Distribution C…
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An approximately 1500 year old oil lamp sitting in an olive wood box, presented to Sylva Gelber by the United Jewish Appeal of Ottawa.
itemMarch 29, 1982OJA 1-1125
The lamp is sitting in a velvet hollow in an olive wood box. A paper scroll in the box states that the olive wood comes from trees surround Jerusalem, and an inscribed copper plate on the inside of the box is made from copper from the ancient mines of King Sol…
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Ann Huss receiving an award from Dawn Logan for her perfect marks on the Ottawa Jewish Archives history trivia contest.
itemApril 2001OJA 4-499-03Marcia Mordfield
The contest was given to celebrate archives awareness week., 2001
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Archie Taller and Morton Taller in front of a World War II plane
item[194-?]OJA 1-734-08
Morton Taller was part of the ground crew of 408 Squadron where he drove a truck and supplied gas to both the Halifax and Lancaster Bombers at various English airfields.
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Archives Association of Ontario site visit to the Ottawa Jewish Archives.
itemJuly 14, 2004OJA 4-596-03Donna Guttman
L-R: Tom Belton (AAO Advisor), Marcia Rak and Dawn Logan (past Archivist).
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