Donated by Mel Goldberg, December 1999, except for correspondence by Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare which was donated by Sam Ages, November 2000. Sam Ages also donated a photograph album in November of 2009. Further accrual of photographs donated by Elly Bollegraaf.
The Jewish War Veterans of Canada is an organization established to bring together Jewish war veterans from all past wars. The organization was founded in 1969 and at its peak included nine branches, Posts, including the Jewish War Veterans of Canada - Ottawa Post. The book"THERE I WAS.." was an initiative of the Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans in the late 1990's. Spearheaded by Freda Lithwick (first lieutenant nursing sister), the book is a collection of the reminiscences of Ottawa’s Jewish servicemen who fought in World War II. (49% of the population of Jewish men in Ottawa enlisted in military service.) The book was published with the assistance of Cy Torontow, (RCAF wing commander), Elliott Gluck (Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps), Morrie Konick (RCAF squadron leader), and Morton Baslaw (RCAF leading aircraftsman). Morton Baslaw, retired from the graphic art business, looked after design and layout. More than 50 veterans responded to an appeal for first person stories. Jack Granatstein, director and chief executive officer of the Canadian War Museum, wrote the foreword to the book.
1. Installation Dinner donated by Inge Hoffman, February, 2001. 2. Photographs described in Inmagic. Audio Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer four. Video Cassette is located in the vault, filing cabinet, drawer two.
textual records, 23 photographs and other material. vault
Fonds consists of documents related to the published book,"THERE I WAS... A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II" It also consists of Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf at various events from 2001-2012. Textual material consist of newspaper clipping (February 28, 2000); correspondence from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (May 9, 2000), Ambassador of Israel David Sultan (May 30, 2000), and Parliamentary librarian Richard Pare (July 28, 2000); 22 typed transcripts; the book THERE I WAS...A collection of Reminiscences by members of the Ottawa Jewish Community who served in World War II, 1 colour photograph, video cassette of the Ottawa Post of the JWVC’s first annual dinner, 1991 and one audio cassette of an interview on CBC between the Jewish War Veterans and Lawrence Wall. (November 10, 2000), and an agreement to give annual money to Hillel Ottawa (August 2022). Other material includes 13 colour photographs, 1 b&w photograph, 1 audio cassette, 2 VHS video cassette, 1 CD, 1 photograph album containing approximately 250 photographs (many are identified) dating from the 1990's. One photograph from this album has been scanned into photographic database. Fonds also contains a wreath from a commemoration for Dieppe at the National War Memorial (2007). Box 2 - Photographs 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Machzikei Hadas Synagogue Dinner, Ian Snipps, Mel Goldberg, Irwin Colter, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky – May 16, 2001; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Breakfast meeting with Speakers at Agudath Israel, Newspaper Clipping, Shimon Fogel, Phil Pinkus, - October 14, 2001; 3 b/w copies of photographs, Annual Dinner, Moe Kardish, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash – May 15, 2002; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, Arnold Greenberg, Sam Ages, Morris Konick, Saul Goldfarb, Rabbi Arnold Fine, Hillard Pionick, Norman Spegel - May 15, 2002; 25 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Arnie Greenberg, Sam Ages, Ruth Beck, Norman Beck, Keith Landry, Sam Petigorsky, Moe Cardash, Moe Kardish, Barry Davis, Cy Torontow – May 15, 2002; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 1/3, Moe Cardash, Norman Beck, Albert Winer, Ferdinand Bylelzer, Syd Schechter, Bill Bloom, Cy Torontow, Bill Kahansky, Hy Stoller, Hy Hymes, Leon Leckie, Juair Monson – November 11, 2002; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day JCC, roll 3/3, Norman Beck, Sheila Beck, Arnie Greenberg, David Molot, George Montain, Anne Molot, Maureen Monson, Jean Monson, Jeffrey Katz, Leon lecki, Al Shapiro, Sam Ages, Hy Stoller, Phil Pinkus, Gloria Goldberg, Norman Potchin – November 11, 2002; 1 Colour Photograph, OPJWVC – May 2003; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 1/2, Alex Polowin, Barry Cohen, Bert Bronsther, Hilliard Pivnick, Phil Pinkus – May 18 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque Dedication, roll 2/2, Moe Cardash, Abe Carlofsky – May 18, 2003; 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Tribute Dinner at Agudath Israel, Chich Wolfe, Paul Bender, Abe Carlofsky, - May 29, 2003; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – July 2003; 2 b/w copies, Remembrance Day dinner and parade – November 9, 2003 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 1, 2003; 2 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 3 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at Agudath Israel – October 14, 2003; 33 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Breakfast at Machzikei Hadas, Alex Baher, Abe Carlofsky, Rita Hornstein, Paul Bender, Benita Baker, Alex Baker, Steve Baker, Ian Kagedon, Shoshona Kagedon, Sam Ages – October 26, 2003; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Commemoration and Parade JCC, Abe Carlofsky, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Julie Tova Gamarnick, Gloria Goldberg, Aaron Kaiman – November 9, 2003; Envelope, 16 b/w copies of photographs, OPJWVC, Visit to Rideau Hall - December 13, 2003; 8 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque of Jewish Heroines/ Martyrs in Auschwitz, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Paul Bender – April 17, 2004; 45 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 1/3, Sam Ages, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Irving Aaron, Norm Potechin, Hy Hymes, Paul Bender, Freda Rosenberg, Gerb Grey - April 18, 2004; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 2/3 – April 18, 2004; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Parliament Hill, roll 3/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Barry Cohen, Irwin Colter, – April 18, 2004; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Flag Raising Ceremony JCC, Bert Bronsther, Norman Beck, Harold Shizgal, Bill Kahansky, Hy Hymes, Barry Cohenm Albert Winer, Herb Goldenberg, Lea Steinman, Ruth Aaron - April 27, 2004; 24 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 1/2, Al Shapiro, Morton Taller, Juair Monson, Morton Baslaw, Dave Molot, Paul Bender, Edward Fitch, Terry Tobin, Ofir Gendelman, – June 23, 2004; 49 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Dinner, roll 2/2, Sam Ages, Terry Tobin, Rita Hornstein, Hy Stoller, Sam Charron, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Edward Fitch, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Freda Lithwick, Arnold Greenberg, Bertha Greenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Bert Bronsther, Abe Bookman, Harold Shizgal, Saul Goldfarb, Edna Goldfarb, Evelyn Dubisnky, Shirley Dubinsky, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Sheila Baslaw, Louis Fine, Horace Bailin, Muriel Balin, Goldie Cantor, Lottie Molot, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Phil Pinkus, Wilma Pinkus – June 23, 2004; 21 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Friedman, Freda Lithwick, Nikki Fischer, Nisa Fischer, Bruce Fischer, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldeberg, Moe Cardash, Sam Petigorsky, Barry Cohen - October 17, 2004; 20 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM Agudath Israel, roll 2/2, Phil Pinkus, Hy Stoller, Albert Winer, Norman Taller - October 17, 2004; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade JCC, roll 2/2 – November 7, 2004; Dubinsky, Evelyn Dubinsky, Barry Cohen, Joshua Heilman, Harold Shizgal, Paul Bender – November 7, 2004; 44 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 2/2, Elly Bollgraaf – December 13, 2004; 53 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Veteran’s at Rideau Hall, roll 1/2, Anna Heilman, Joshua Heilman, Adrienne Clarkson, Paul Bender, Bluma Dieks- Goldenberg, Herb Goldenberg, Malca Kahansky, Rose Konick, Morris Konick, Freda Lithwick, Moe Cardash, Barry Cohen, Bill Kahansky– December 13, 2004; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory of Europe Day, roll 1/3, PM Paul Martin, Barry Dansen, Paul Bender, Allan Bacon, Phil Pinkus, Malka Kahane, Bill Kahane, Irving Aaron - May 8, 2005 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 2/3, Paul Bender, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Harold Shizgal – May 8, 2005; 1 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, roll 3/3 – May 8, 2005; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, Herb Goldenberg, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Paul Bender, - June 1, 2005; 4 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Al Abelson with Elly Bollegraaf’s poster, - July 2005; 50 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Far East, Herb Goldenberg, Alex Polowin, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Cliff Chaddeton, Horace Baylin, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg, Adrienne Clarkson, Alan Baker, Claire Leger, John Rolston Saul - August 14, 2005; 29 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch roll 2/2, Elizabeth Jedwab-Stepniewiez, Henryk Jedwab, Eric and Elaine Schwartz, Freda Lithwick, Hannah Linden, Max Linden, Mallory Kardish, Harvey and Sheryl Kardish, Herb Goldenberg, Lillian and Moe Cardash – October 15, 2005; 13 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch Roll 1/2 , Joan Bacquie, Shannon Conway, Ruth Aaron, Bozena Jedwab, Herb Goldenberg, Shirley Winer, Lilly Cardash, Kathleen Polowin - October 16, 2005; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 1/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Parade SJCC roll 2/2 – Nov 7, 2005; 19 Colour Photographs, Remembrance Day at National War Museum – November 11, 2005; 60 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, organized by Yad Vashem, roll 2/2, Jack Layton, Hy Stolls, Phil Pinkus, Sam Ages, Irving Aaron, Ruth Aaron, Mrs. Rabbi Gary Kessler, Rosalie Abella, Barry Davis, Bluma Drieks, Herb Goldenberg, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Michael and Leah Abramowitz, Ambassador Alan Baker, Elly Bollegraaf, Lean and Zev Kalin, PM Stephen Harper, Barry Cohen, Harold Shizhghal, Hy Hymes, Norman Beck – April 25, 2006; 27 Colour Photographs, Holocaust Memorial Day on Parliament Hill, roll 1/2, Norman Potechin, Norman Beck, Barry Cohen, Hy Hymes, - April 25, 2006; 10 Colour Photographs, OPWVC Yom Hashoah JCC – April 25, 2006; 46 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 1/2 – April 30, 2006; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet Lunch, roll 2/2 – April 30, 2006; 9 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Reception hosted by Netherlands Embassy, Norm Potechin, Paddy Gratton-Bellow, William Pinkus, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Victor Rabinovitch, Korel can de Beer – May 1, 2006; 19 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 1/2 - May 5, 2006; 48 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Joel Dimitrcis, Paul Vet, David Vet, Marion Wolfe – May 5, 2006; 32 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM and Brunch, Hy Stoller, Esther Copelinski, Norman Spengel, Jack Edelson, Morrie Konick, Emily Movn, Daniel Hepcovitch, Rabbi Zischa, Lauren Shaps, Ron Cohen, Alan Baker, Sam Ages, Gloria Goldberg, Rita Homstein, Phil Pinkus, Rose Kronick, Paddy Gratton Bellow, Rabbi Bulka – October 29, 2006; 14 Colour Photographs, Same Ages reviews the Shem Tov Awards at the SJCC – June 6, 2007; Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 1/2, Sam Ages, Michael Ettedqui, Phil Pinkus, Freda Lithwick, Robert Walker, Gedalya Rosenfeldt, Amit Gil-Bayaz, Morrie Konick, Rose Kronick, Sally Taller, Morton Taller, Goldie Cantor, Moe Cardash, Irving Aaron, Herb Goldenberg, Blume Goldenberg, Annette Edelson, Jack Edelson, Dorothy Hymes, Hy Hymes, Muriel Beilin, Horace Beilin, Albert Winer, Evelyn Dubinsky, Shirley Dubinsky - June 10, 2007; 27 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Banquet, roll 2/2 – June 10, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs Disabled Israeli Veterans at JCC, roll 1/3, Emil Najar, Ruth Aaron, Gur Netzuetsky - June 5, 2007; 45 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets at Ambassador’s Residence, roll 2/3 – June 5, 2007; 34 Colour Photographs, Disabled Israeli Vets, Elly Bollegraaf, Alan Baker, Dalia Balor, Hona Bronstein, Nadau Friedman, Lisa levy, Emil Najar, Guv Nedguetsky, Ruth Aaron, Assaf Ashkenazy, Joseph Haddad, Yitzhak Yotuat, Gil Rotman, Yari Fogelman, Haron Joffe, Idan Bovsky – June 5 2007 11 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Plaque at SJCC Archives, Alex Polowin and legion of honour certificate – August 8, 2007; 16 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Dieppe Commemoration at Canadian War Memorial, Sam Ages, Esther Ages, Miriam Levitan, Jack Edelson, Phil Pinkus, Hoel Morgan, Blume Drieks-Goldbenberg, Herb Goldenberg – August 19, 2007; 52 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC AGM and Brunch, Rabbi Bulka, Cantor Shaneur Birlak, Herb Goldenberg, Phil Pinkus, Leonard Stern, Rosalie Schwartz, Harold Schwartz, Naomi Schwartz, Paul Finn, Sheldon Paquin, Annette Paquin, Merle Paquin,- October 14, 2007; 14 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC , Remembrance Day at Canadian War Memorial,Sam Ages, Rabbi Bulka, Steven Harper - November 11, 2007; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial day, roll 1/2, Rabbi Bulka – May 1, 2008; 47 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Holocaust Memorial Day, roll 2/2, Jack Cohen, Dalia Baks, Rabbi Bulka, Rhona Levine, Alan Baker, David Cohen, Irwin Cotler – May 1, 2008; 22 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Annual Spring Brunch, Miriam Levitan, Nathan Greenfield, Phil Pinkus, Bert Bronsther, Sylvia Bronsther, Phil Pinkus, Malca Kahansky, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Herb Goldenberg - June 22, 2008; Envelope, 17 colour photographs, Yom Hashoah Commemoration at SJCC, Sybil Sarah Niemoeller (Baroness von Sell), Jaden Lairson, Elly Bollegraaf, David Kilgour, Zev Kalin, Lea Kalin – April 20, 2009; 5 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Colonel Edmund Hutchinson – June, 2009; 28 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 1/2, Ethan Calof, Joshua Levitan, Alexa Wall, Ilana Hadad, Shalom Bengoquen, Ruth Aaron, Irving Aaron, Brenda Wolf, Miriam Levitan, Harold Frieman, Esther Ages, Allan Paige, Phil Pinkus, Annette Edelson, Bluma Dieks-Goldenberg – August 23, 2009; 38 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM, roll 2/2, Orit Kremer, Alex Page, Terrence Whitly, Bert Bronsther, Morrie Konick, Dorothy Hymes, Esther Ages, Hy Hymes – August 23, 2009; 97 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, AGM – August 23, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance day Ceremony, Sam Ages, Paul Bender, Philip Pinkus, Michelle Jean, Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, Stephen Harper, Evelyn Greenberg – November 11, 2009; 17 Colour Photographs, OPJWVC, Remembrance Day Ceremony, Phil Pinkus, Rabbi Bulka – November 11, 2009; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Shoah Commemoration at the SJCC – April 11, 2010; Envelope, 6 colour photographs, Holocaust Memorial day at the Canadian War Museum – April 12, 2010; Envelope, 14 colour photographs, Yom Ha’ Atzmaut Flag Raising at SJCC, Hy Hymes, Sam Ages, Harold Shizgiol – April 20, 2010; Envelope, 43 colour photographs, AGM, Eliaz Luf, David Brown, Ilan Fellus, Phil Pinkus – October 3, 2010 Envelope, 40 colour photographs, Honour Role Unveiling at SJCC, Shirley Viner, Albert Viner, Gita Aptowitzer, Cantor David Aptowitzer, Irving Aaron, Morrie Konick, Stella Beck, Jack Berman, Sylvia Kershman, Jack Edelson, Annette Edelson, Norman Beck, Bluma Dieks-Goldberg, Sam Ages, Evelyn Potechin, Norman Potechin, Hy Hymes, Ruth Arron, Victor Rabinovitch, Bert Brimsther, Paul Bender, Evelyn Dubinsky – November 7, 2010; Envelope, 4 colour photographs, Remembrance Day at confederation Square – November 11, 2010; Envelope, 2 colour photographs, Sol Gunner playing the violin at Yom HaShoah at SJCC – April 18, 2012; Box 3: Misc. printed Photographs taken by Elly Bollegraaf.
Ottawa Post of the Jewish War Veterans fonds