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Vaad Ha'ir fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1912-2007 (predominately 1946-2007)

Fond consists of records of Vaad Ha’ir relating to kosher supervision, religious conversions, marriages and ritual circumcisions in Western Canada. Records include record books, certifications, financial records and correspondence.

Correspondents relating to kosher products include butchers, retailers and other interested parties. Other correspondence relates to marriage, divorce, mikvah and staffing.

Three volumes contain handwritten registries of circumcisions performed by rabbis.

Includes three photographs of staff and Winnipeg Kosher clips.

Vaad Ha'ir

Multiple fonds collection

  • Collection
  • 1865-2015

Collection consists of records from a wide variety of sources that were acquired by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada (JHC) and its predecessors and that were arranged and described on an item or file level rather than at a fonds level. In addition to the numerous sources of the material, the format, subject matter and function of the records varies. Records creators include individuals, organizations as well as the JHC itself and its predecessors.

Corporate records creators represented in the collection consist of numerous secular and religious Jewish organizations. These are mostly Winnipeg based but also include some from other communities in western Canada. These organization include: Hadassah, Histradut, the Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA), Zionist organizations, synagogues, I.L. Peretz school, B’nai Brith lodges, the Winnipeg Jewish Community Council, and Mt. Carmel Clinic.

Individual records creators are equally diverse, including politicians, rabbis, business owners, labour activists and others involved in the Jewish communities of Western Canada. These include Max Steinkopf, Saul Cherniack, Leible Hersfield and others.

Records formats include: correspondence, newsletters, programs, annual reports, handwritten books, minutes and financial statements. Many of the records are photocopies of originals. There are also a small number of artefacts such as pins and buttons.

Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada

Shaarey Zedek United Synagogue Youth photographs

  • Series
  • 1969-1976

Consists of photographs of the United Synagogue Youth branch at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue events including camps, sports, meetings and holiday activities. Events include United Synagogue Youth conventions and conclaves, Purim carnivals and training sessions.

Shaarey Zedek United Synagogue Youth

Edward Parker fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1908-1986

Fonds consists of writings, correspondence and diaries relating to the career and life of Edward Parker. Records include draft versions of his fiction and non-fiction writings and clippings of articles he wrote. Correspondence relates to professional and personal issues.

Parker, Ed

Harry Gale fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1930, 1947-1978 (predominately 1963-1979)

Fonds consists of records of Harry Gale reflecting his personal interests, labour activism and his involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress Yiddish Committee and other Jewish organizations.

Several files of newspaper clippings reflect a variety of subjects of interest to Harry Gale including Yiddish theatre and Israeli affairs. The clippings are mostly from Winnipeg’s Jewish newspapers.

Records of the Yiddish Committee include minutes, correspondence, scripts for radio programs and recordings of radio programs. Also included are other records of the Canadian Jewish Congress Western Division such as newsletters, reports of various committees and event programs.

Records reflecting Gale’s involvement with B’nai B’rith include correspondence, conference manuals, and other publications.

Jewish Labour organization records consist of newsletters and other publications. These organizations include Jewish Labor Committee of Canada and Labour Zionist Alliance.

Harry Gale

Beth Jacob Synagogue (Estevan) fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1956-1965

Fonds consists of a ledger book from the Beth Jacob Synagogue in Estevan, Saskatchewan as well as financial records of the congregation and newspaper clippings about the Jewish community in Estevan.

Beth Jacob Synagogue (Estevan)

Leona Bilinkoff fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1970-2010

Fonds consists of photographs of artwork by Leona Billinkoff and newspaper articles about her exhibits and related records.

Bilinkoff, Leona

Harold Buchwald fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1982-2009

Fonds consists of records about Harold Buchwald as well as material created by Buchwald in cooperation with the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.

Records include audio and video recordings of interviews of, and presentations given by Harold Buchwald about the Jews of Winkler, Manitoba and Israel. Also includes text of interviews and presentations.

Other records include articles and speeches about Harold Buchwald and his son Richard and a copy of the eulogy given at Buchwald’s funeral.

Buchwald, Harold

Family histories collection

  • Collection
  • 1952, 1962, 1974-2010

Collection consists of family histories written by students at Jewish schools in Winnipeg in as well as additional family histories collected by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. The students’ family histories were created as a school assignment in Grade 6.

The family histories include may include narrative descriptions, family trees and copies of photographs, immigration records or other relevant documents.

Additional family histories that were donated to the Jewish Heritage Centre were interfiled in this collection. A small number of the histories were researched and written by staff or volunteers on behalf of the Jewish Heritage Centre.

Clara Hoffer fonds

  • Fonds
  • 2008, [Photocopied 2014? (originals 1907-1945)]

Fonds consists of a photocopy of Clara Hoffer’s diary about her life on a farmstead in Saskatchewan. In addition to the Yiddish diary, there is an English translation.

Hoffer, Clara

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