- Ottawa Jewish Archives
- Ottawa Jewish Community Council = Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir = The Jewish Federation of Ottawa fonds
- Ad hoc Committees Series
Ad hoc Committees Series
series1940 - 1994Ad hoc Committees Series
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- Held by
- Ottawa Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
- Dates
- 1940 - 1994 (indexed as 1940–1994)
- Level
- series
- Scope & content
- Series consists of minutes, correspondence, programmes, news bulletins of United Jewish Refugee & War Relief Agencies, (1940 - 1943); Lillian Freiman Memorial Committee, 1940; Memorial Chapel Committee, 1945, 1959; War Services Committee, (1945 - 1947); Arrangements committee, (1946 - 1995); Overseas Parcel Committee, (1946 - 1947); Nominating committee, (1947 - 1985); Aid to Israel Committee, 1948; Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha'Atzmaut), (1950 - 1994); Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2, 1953; Bertram Loeb Fellowship, 1962; Commission on Assimilation and Intermarriage, (1965 - 1967); Association of former concentration camp inmates, (1965); Canadian Conference on Social Welfare, Skyline Hotel, Ottawa, (1967 - 1968); 6 Day War Rally, 1967, 1970; Nigeria - Biafra Relief Committee, (1968); Brundibar, 1977, 1979; Project 4000, 1979; Project Renewal (1983 April 24: Constellation Hotel, Toronto); Box 59 United Jewish Refugee & War Relief Agencies. - 1940 - 1943. - 1 folder. To consolidate fund raising in Canada during World War II. Contains news bulletins and memoranda, receipts of Ottawa Vaad Ha'Ir contributions. Related material of letters to U.J.R. & W.R.A. in Harry Goldman correspondence. Box 59 Lillian Freiman Memorial Committee. - 1940. - 1 folder. Lillian Freiman ( June 6, 1885, Mattawa - Nov. 2, 1940, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal) was a prominent woman of the Jewish Community and Ottawa society. The committee wanted to honour her memory. Contains minutes of two meetings and a list of committee members. Box 59 Memorial Chapel Committee. - 1945, 1959. - 1 folder. Memorial Chapel maintained by the Chevra Kadisha for funerals in Ottawa. The chapel was initially built in 1904 for the Congregation Adath Jeshurun on King Edward Street. Contains Chapel committee minutes, 1945; list of contributors, 1959. Box 59 War Services Committee. - 1945 - 1 folder. To provide services to enlisted men of World War II. Contains minutes of a meeting, 1945 and a notice of meeting, 1947. Box 59 Arrangements committee. - 1946 - 1995. - 1 folder. To plan special events. Contains minutes of meetings to plan reception for Rabbi and Mrs Fasman, 1946; visit of Dr. Herzog, Chief Rabbi of Israel, (1954 - 1955); Mr & Mrs Lawrence Freiman's 25th wedding anniversary; Mr. Justice Abraham H. Lieff, 1963; ambassadors and counsellors representing Israel in Ottawa; presentation of Gilbert Greenberg Award and other significant events. Box 59 Overseas Parcels Committee. -1938, 1946 - 1947. - 1 folders. To send clothing parcels to refugee camps and individuals in Germany. Primary responsibility of Mrs Goldie Roberts, a widow. Contains minutes, June 2 and Aug. 25, 1947 meetings; Norman Mirsky and Hy Gould correspondence. receipts and disbursements, and one notice of meeting. Also reports of the American Vaad Hatzala outlining support for refugee camps in Germany, (1946 - 1947). Box 59 Nominating committee. - 1947 - 1985. - 3 folders. Contains notices of meetings and minutes. First called Steering Committee. Purpose is to advise and assist the president on appointing the chairmen and personnel of the respective committees. 1975 ballot restricted. Box 59 Aid to Israel Committee. - 1948. - 1 folder. Committee established to send food, clothing and linen to new state of Israel. Supported by Ottawa Council of Hadassah, Mizrachi Women's Council of Ottawa and Pioneer Women. Contains advertisements for sponsored events. Box 60, 61 Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha'Atzmaut). - 1947 - 2007. - To mark the anniversary of Israel's independence in Ottawa. Contains minutes, notices of meetings, (1966 - 1978); correspondence, (1964 - 1978); press releases, financial, programs agendas; 25th Anniversary material, (1972 - 1973); material from other parts of Canada and the United States; invitation to a special service of thanksgiving for State of Israel, Dec. 5, 1947. Background material filed in Box 35, last file. Related material for early celebrations in United Zionist Council of Ottawa fonds; later material in Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa fonds. Box 59 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2, 1953. - 1953. - 1 folder. To honour Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II and memory of His Majesty, King George VI. Contains minutes of meetings, programs, invitations, and correspondence for special coronation service. Box 59 Bertram Loeb Fellowship. - 1962. - 1 folder. Purpose to establish a Bertram Loeb Fellowship of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Box 59 Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates. - 1965. - 1 folder. Contains material for Parliament Hill, Ottawa Rally on May 9, 1965 to commemorate 20th anniversary of liberation of concentration camps. Box 59 Commission on Assimilation and Intermarriage. - 1965 - 1967. - 3 folders. Purpose was to study Jewish institutions, case studies of inter-married couples, structure of Jewish cohesiveness and historical imperatives for Jewish survival. Contains minutes, agendas, correspondence, memoranda from Ben Lappin, School of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto. Box 59 Canadian Conference on Social Welfare, Skyline Hotel, Ottawa. - 1967 - 1968. - 1 folder. Theme of the conference was Social welfare and human rights. Chairman was B. M. Alexandor, Ottawa. Contains correspondence and memoranda to organize the conference, and outline of conference papers and activities. Box 59 6 Day War Rally. - 1967, 1970 - 1 folder. Mass rally on Parliament Hill to support Israel on June 2, 1967; Peace Rally, June 7, 1970. Contains programme, remarks by Rabbi S. M. Zambrowsky and resolution of concern, 1967; correspondence, program for 1970 Peace Rally. Box 59 Nigeria - Biafra Relief Committee. - 1968. - 1 folder. Contains lists of contributors, bank accounts and other material. Box 59 Brundibar. - 1977, 1979. - 1 folder. An opera honouring the memory of thousands of children who passed through Terezin, Czechoslovakia (Holocaust). Produced at Glebe Collegiate, Nov. 14, 15, 1977 under the auspices of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Contains programs, news clippings, list of performers, correspondence and recommendations for future productions. Box 59 Project 4000. - 1979. - 1 folder. Mayor Marion Dewar established a Citizen's Committee for bringing 4000 Vietnamese refugees to Ottawa. The Ottawa Jewish community, through the Vaad Ha'Ir participated in sponsorship. Box 59 Project Renewal (1983 April 24: Constellation Hotel, Toronto). - 1 folder. Project Renewal Committee planning the rehabilitation for Or Yehuda, Israel. Hy Hochberg and Harvey Lithwick attended. Contains a report Ottawa visits Or Yehuda by Wendy Elliman.
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