- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
- Correspondence Series
Correspondence Series
series1934 - 1989Correspondence Series
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Where
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- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1934 - 1989 (indexed as 1934–1989)
- Level
- series
- Scope & content
- Series consists of letters received and copies of letters sent by the first secretary, Harry Goldman, (1934 - 1944); acting secretary, Joe Ages, (1945 - 1946), executive director, Hy Hochberg, (1946 - 1984); Gittel Tatz, (1985 - 1988); Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, (1940 - 1946) and Rabbi Emanuel L. Lifschutz, (1946 - 1951); presidents of the Vaad Ha'Ir, (1950 - 1988). Box 14 Harry Goldman correspondence - 1934-1944. Contains letters received and copies of letters sent by the Vaad when Harry Goldman was secretary. Box 15,16 Rabbinical correspondence. - 1940-1951 Contains correspondence of Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman, (1940-1946) and Rabbi Emanuel L. Lifschutz, (1946-1951) and includes correspondence with the Mizrachi Organization of Canada (1945-1949). Joe Ages correspondence - 1945-1946 Contains letters received and copies of letters sent by the Vaad when Joe Ages was acting secretary. Joe Ages was a chartered accountant with Martin K. Levinson & Co. Box 15, 17, 18, 19 Hy Hochberg correspondence - 1946-1984. Contains Hy Hochberg (appointed secretary July 3, 1946 and became executive director, June, 1950) correspondence, arranged both in original order commencing with some correspondence in a continuous file, (1946-1981) and other files arranged by subject, and include the following: Vaad Ha'Ir membership - 1946-1953 Wedding invitations - 1946-1950 Camp B'nai B'rith - 1946-1971 (including a history of the camp written in 1971) Fundraising - 1946-1961, 1967-1971 Zionist Organization of Canada (Ottawa Zionist Society) - 1946-1972 Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged - 1956-1966 National Joint Community Relations Committee - 1965-1970 Canadian Jewish Congress - 1980 Box 17 Congregations: B'nai Jacob - 1948-1970 Agudath Achim - 1946-1956 Adath Jeshurun - 1946-1951 Agudath Israel - 1946-1954 Ottawa Talmud Torah - 1948-1973 Young Men-Young Women's Hebrew Association of Canada - 1949-1952 Hanoar Study and Breakfast Club - 1949-1956 National Conference for Israel & Jewish Rehabilitation - 1951-1953 Zionist Society of Ottawa (Men's Zionist Society of Ottawa) - 1952-1973 Canadian Red Cross Box 18 Herzl Year - 1954 Joint National Committee on Community Services - 1957-1970 Israel Maritime League - 1958-1967 Ottawa Council of Hadassah - 1958-1961 Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged, Toronto - 1959-1966 Obituaries: letters of condolence - 1959-1972 Visiting groups - 1961-1971 Montefiore Club - 1961 Letters of congratulations - 1961-1971, 1979-1980 Letters of recommendation - 1961-1971 Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds - 1963-1971 Volunteers to Israel - 1973 Jewish Community Campus of Ottawa - 1984 Box 18 Gittel Tatz correspondence - 1985-1988 Contains correspondence of Gittel Tatz (first woman appointed Executive Director in 1985) and arranged by the following subjects. General - 1985 Council of Jewish Federations - 1985-1988 Sharon Drache & Ottawa Jewish Bulletin - 1985 Multiple Appeals - 1986 Box 19, 20 Presidents' correspondence - 1950-1988 Contains correspondence, and some speeches and remarks of Vaad Ha'Ir Presidents. Sam Berger - 1950-1951 Hy Gould - 1953 Hy Soloway - 1958 Abraham Lieff - 1954-1956 Alex Betcherman - 1960-1961 Hy Bessin - 1961-1964 Mervin Mirsky - 1964-1967 Jules Loeb - 1967-1969 Michael Greenberg - 1969-1970 J. C. Horwitz - 1970-1971 Abe Palmer - 1971-1972 Norman Zagerman - 1973-1975 Sol Shinder - 1979-1981 Joseph Lieff - 1981-1982 Gerald Berger - 1985 Bernard Dolansky - 1993-1995 Stephen Victor - 1987-1989
- Location
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- Access & use
- Letters of recommendation restricted.
- Harvested
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