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- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1940's (indexed as 1940–1949)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- One box textual files; several B&W photographs; AZA Moses Bilsky Chapter 166 banner; B&W panoramic photograph 1939
- Scope & content
- Series consists of: Moses Bilsky Chapter 1932, 1933 newsletter, correspondence, financial membership list ca. 1936. Annual Sabbath program - no date. AZA badge - no date. Regional deputy certificate - 1939. National deputy certificate - 1940. Skit night program - 1940. Aleph Zadik Aleph Ottawa convention booklet - 1940. Inside information manual - 1961. Annual Sabbath program - no date. AZA badge and trophy - no date. Series also includes a cloth banner from Moses Bilsky Chapter and a sepia panoramic photograph of participants at the 16th National Camp Convention of Aleph Zadek Aleph of B'nai B'rith held at Cejwin Camp in Port Jervis, New York, June 21 - 28, 1939. This photograph was donated by the family of Herbert Wolf who attended this camp. He was killed in action during WWII. Herbert Wolf may be the fifth from the right in the first row standing, wearing striped shirt with an arm around next fellow (see Photographic Database - 1-961). A framed Chapter Charter for Parliament AZA Chapter 1107 for Ottawa, Ontario. The following members are named within the charter as being of "Special Confidence" - Harry Beck, Allan Cantor, Bobby Dermer, Ricky Goldberg, David Goldfarb, Bernie Gosevitz, Morley Greenberg, Norman Greenberg, Tommy Greenberg, Allan Koffman, Jeff Polowin, Ian Sadinsky, Larry Sadinsky, Barry Saslove, Ivan Silverman, Harvey Slipacoff, Michael Steinberg - August 16, 1961 (see 4-769). A.Z.A. Series of B'nai B'rith contains a Members sub-series with file level descriptions for those members who were included in a Remembrance Day display by the Ottawa Jewish Archives in November 2008. See Sub-series and file level descriptions. 1. Source for Abe Palmer information is Abe Palmer obituary, Rabbi Fine's eulogy, Agudath Israel Congregation fonds. 2. See Ottawa Journal article, Saturday August 30, 1941 about A.Z.A. members who were signed up for armed forces (copy in A.Z.A. box). 3. Mrs. Brenda Wolf donated the panoramic photograph of 16th National Convention. It belonged to her brother-in-law Herbert Wolf.
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- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T20:12:46Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn