FACKENHEIM, Emil L.

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation and clippings.

FAINSTAT, Michael

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

I0020

FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES (FJP). - 1863-1988. - 50 metres of textual records.

Administrative History: In 1863, the Young Men’s Hebrew Benevolent Society (YMHBS), later the Baron de Hirsch Institute (BHI), was formed. It helped new immigrants, ran a school, and provided relief services to the Jewish community. Other such organizations and institutions, often in need of money, were also in existence, so in 1916 a single agency was formed to oversee all fundraising for these groups - the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. It later was renamed the Federation of Jewish Community Services (1951), then Allied Jewish Community Services (AJCS, 1965). In 1992 the name was changed to Federation CJA. Included within this social and community services agency are the Jewish Public Library, the YM-YWHA, Golden Age Association, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society (JIAS), and the Jewish General Hospital. Scope and Content: The material is divided into 6 series, A to F.

From a Yiddish fundraising pamphlet, circa 1934.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: MB 1.
Associated Materials Stored Separately: See Photo collection described on database in PCAT. One oversize box of scrapbooks stored with oversize materials. Minutes and annual reports from National Archives of Canada collection, and fragile materials from Series A are available on microfilm; reels ZE 22, ZE 23 and ZE 24.
Related Collections: Various constituent agency records. See entries for Hebrew Old Peoples’ and Sheltering Home, Maimonides Hospital, Hospital of Hope, Jewish General Hospital, Mount Sinai Sanatorium, YM-YWHA, Herzl {Dispensary/ Health Services Centre/ Family Practice}, Montreal Hebrew Orphans’ Home. See also: Women’s Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services, Industrial Removal Office.
General Note: Approximately 15 m. of this collection is unprocessed. There is a finding aid and computer listings for the processed materials.

I0020,SA
Early Material 1863-1984. - 1.5 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Consists of original and photocopied documents and ephemera of the YMHBS and Baron de Hirsch Institute. Records of the Baron de Hirsch Institute school, Baron de Hirsch Institute minutes, correspondence, histories and charter. YMHBS constitution and bylaws, and account books, reports and clippings from both institutions. Also includes minute books of the Jewish Colonization Association, which was under the jurisdiction of the Baron de Hirsch Institute until 1907.

I0020,SB
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (FJP). - 1916-1949. - 4.4 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Includes correspondence and financial records from the depression and war years. Also campaign information, minutes, and documents from a variety of organizations (JIAS, Baron de Hirsch Institute, HOPSH, summer camps, Jewish General Hospital, ZOC, Mount Sinai Hospital, ORT, E.H. BERLINER, Can. War Services Fund, etc.) Annual reports from the earliest dates available until the present.

I0020,SC
Federation of Jewish Community Services (FJC)/Allied Jewish Community Services (AJCS). - 1950-(1988). - Ca. 20 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Contains central records and correspondence with the constituent agencies, such as JIAS, the Herzl Health Centre, the Jewish Public Library and Neighbourhood House. Also material from Combined Jewish Appeal campaigns and Women's Federation, studies, reports, receipts, statistics, and material from local synagogues.

I0020,SD
FJCS/Allied Jewish Community Services - publicity materials. - 1945-1988. - 1.5 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Includes annual reports, publicity materials, press clippings, studies, minutes, and ephemera relating to FJCS/Allied Jewish Community Services and fundraising campaigns.

I0020,SE
FJP/FJCS/Allied Jewish Community Services - additional files and duplicates. - 1943-1976. - 2 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Consists of financial documents, reports and campaign information for various constituent agencies. Of note is a file pertaining to the socialization of refugees and war orphans brought to Canada in the 1940s.

I0020,SF
Jewish Community Camp Case Files. - 1942-1960. - 1 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Contains individual forms filled out by the Herzl Dispensary and by the camp counsellors with regard to the health and behaviour of individual campers. Camps included are B'nai Brith, Jewish Laurentian Fresh Air, Council Camp and Sunshine Camp.

I0020,SB2
Supplementary Material. - 1921-1947. - 1 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Scrapbooks of campaign publicity materials.

I0020,SC2
Supplementary Material. - Ca. 15 metres of textual records.

Scope and Content:
Unprocessed materials from a variety of constituent agencies.

 

I0021

FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS OF CANADA. - 1933-1990. - 0.11 metres of textual records.

Notes:
Language: English and Yiddish.
Related Materials: There is one file of clippings, 1988-1990, on Polish Canadian Jews and on the Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation of Canada.
General Note: Half originals and half copies.

P0165

FEINBERG, Rabbi Abraham L.. - 1945-1986. - 0.12 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch: Rabbi Abraham Feinberg was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1899. A Reform Rabbi, he took a leading part in opposing religious instruction in Ontario schools. He was a strong advocate of liberal social and political causes and racial equality and a regular contributor to Toronto’s Globe & Mail, he wrote articles for many magazines, including Maclean’s, Saturday Night and Anglo-Jewish publications. He was national co-chairman of the Joint Public Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and B’nai Brith. Scope and Content: 1 file of correspondence. Biographical press clippings. Printed sermons about Jewish festivals, war, prejudice, hunger, antisemitism, humanity, religion in schools. Pamphlets on religious instruction, Reform Judaism, Germany, democracy, Jewish immigration. Notes: Restrictions: 1 correspondence file.

Rabbi Abraham Feinberg

I0088,S44

FELDMAN, Pavel (see also Russian Jewish Archives Project). - 13 textual records. - 43 photographs. - 1 videodisc. - 2 compact discs (CD-ROM).

Biographical Sketch: Musician (violin) formerly with MSO, now founder and conductor of Youth Orchestra at YMHA, teaches music to children. Custodial History: Pavel Feldman donated this collection on July 9, 2004. Scope and Content: 43 photos. 1 DVD. 2 music CDs. 1 scanned CD. 11 documents. 2 books. Notes: Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-37.

Pavel Feldman at a fundraising concert

P0187

FICHMAN, Ina = Towards a Promised Land and other film materials. - 1900-2005. - 0.6 metres of textual records. - Ca. 30 photographs. - 2 sound elements. - 644 videos.

Biographical Sketch: Ina Fichman has made several films, including Towards a Promised Land/Vers une Terre Promise (1998), Moise, Longshots, Work, Study, & Travel and Moving Mountains (about a Yiddish theatre trip to Russia). She has also left her mark on TV, as she has worked on many children’s TV shows, such as Vampire High. Her husband, Howard Goldberg, is a film producer (La Fete Production) and has worked with her on many of her films. She is a native of Montreal. Towards a Promised Land (abbrev.: TPL) : The film traces the evolution of Quebec’s Jewish community within the framework of its relationship to the francophone majority. Together, leading Quebec artists, writers and cultural figures examine the elements shared by their sister communities while charting efforts at “rapprochement.” The film includes footage from many Jewish community and wider community events and many rare interviews. The Jewish presence in the Gaspé (Levine family) is also documented. All of these themes are reflected in greater detail in the film footage that make up the collection. Custodial History: The collection was donated by Ina Fichman.

Ticket for the premiere of Towards a Promised Land

Scope and Content:
Videos (206 betamax and 188 VHS time-stamped copies) of footage used and not used in the documentary Towards a Promised Land/Vers une Terre Promise, about Jews in Quebec. Also research materials (0.3 m) and photos, including rare labour and strike images. 5 master VHS copies of complete videos, Towards a Promised Land/Vers une Terre Promise (105 min), Moise, Longshots (45 min 40 sec), Work, Study, and Travel and Moving Mountains (27 min 47 sec) (about a Yiddish theatre trip to Russia, with Dora Wasserman). 2 music CDs used in the making of Towards a Promised Land. The videos include rare footage of events and interviews with persons who have since passed away as well as information on topics for which it is difficult to find information, such as the labour movement and the Jews of the Gaspé region.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P02/05, P02/05add.
Language: French and English.
Restrictions: Some restriction on reproduction - All TPL film footage can be used and reproduced by researchers, as long as credit is given to Ina Fichman. For the master copies and footage from the other film materials provided (Moise. Moving Mountains) only viewing and research use are allowed. For reproduction of these materials, researchers must contact Ina Fichman or Howard Goldberg. The photos and research notes are not the property of CJCNA unless the source of the material is this archives. In other cases, the material may be photocopied for research use but may not be published without permission from the original sources of the material is this archives. Once the labour photos are 50 years old, it will be possible to reproduce them, crediting the original source.

P0187,SB
Ina Fichman - Undying Love film materials. - Ca. 250 videodiscs.

Scope and Content:
1 box of documentation and 14 boxes of videos (mostly betamax) of footage used and not used in the documentary Undying Love, about Holocaust survivors and their spouses. The film is a series of interviews with survivors of the Holocaust about their experiences of meeting or rediscovering their spouses during and after World War II. The videos, in various formats, include raw footage, archival footage and various versions of the final film as projected. One box contains documentation on the contents of the tapes, including a few interview transcripts, background research materials and copies of archival photos used in the film. There are also a few audio tapes and CDs in this box.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P05/11.
Language: Mainly English.
Restrictions: Some restrictions on reproduction - The film footage can be used and reproduced by researchers as long as credit is given to Ina Fichman.

 

P0057

FIGLER, Bernard. - 1934-1980. - 0.05 metres of textual records.

P0212

FINEBERG family - Home Movies. - 1947-1958. - 11 films. - 2 compact discs (DVD-ROM) (movie).

Biographical Sketch: Eli Fineberg was a professional photographer in Montreal. He was the owner of Society Studio, located on Park Avenue in Montreal, which was responsible for many of the photographs taken of the mid 20th century Montreal Jewish community, including those of the YM-YWHA. He married Leah Gold (now Leah Gold Fineberg Wiseberg) and had three children: a son Bernard (Bob), deceased in 1960 at the age of 23, and two daughters, Sheila (now Sheila Notkin) and Rickiee (now Rickiee Ship Itovitch). Eli Fineberg died at age 48, in 1952.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Sheila Notkin, Eli Fineberg’s daughter, on Aug. 16, 2007, and with an addition on Sept. 25, 2007.

Scope and Content:
9 reels of 16 mm silent film, mostly in colour (well preserved) with 3 small reels in one canister and the other 6 in individual canisters, each 5 to 15 minutes long. Subjects are the Fineberg family of Montreal, Davaar Street in Outremont, parents and 3 children (Sheila Notkin is the middle child, with an older brother and a younger sister). Scenes show home in Outremont, including at Passover and birthday parties, summer and winter vacations in the Laurentians at Val Morin, Ivry, and Ste. Agathe (Rabiner’s Hotel) as well as Atlantic City and Old Orchard Beach and places along the road in New York State. The Rabiner’s Hotel scenes include a B’nai Brith Lodge stage show with calisthenic performances by adults. Added Sept. 25, 2007: 1 large reel of brother Bob Fineberg’s wedding to Rhoda Wiener, Adath Israel synagogue, April 1958, shot by Drummond Photo Studio of E. Fineberg’s staff (Eli Fineberg was then deceased).
Addition 2009: 3 small home movie reels (a total of 4.10 minutes of footage) show the Sweet Sixteen party of Sheila Fineberg (now Notkin) at Ruby Foo's restaurant, and at home (?) opening presents, Montreal 1958. The view outside the restaurant window appears rural. Period clothing and hats. The 16 mm film was transferred to DVD digital files at the time of the donation, and the original reels were donated as well. Two additional reels totalling 2.50 minutes show a toddler girl, Ellen Fineberg (now Coopersmith), the donor's niece. The setting may be a summer cottage in Val Morin Quebec, 1960. A period car is also shown. This film was transferred to the same DVD, but the original reels were returned to the donor, for eventual transfer to Ellen Coopersmith.

Notes:
Accompanying Material: These films were transferred to DVD in September by the Concordia University audio-visual department.
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P07/17 and P09/15.
Related Groups of Records: Drummond Photo, wedding negatives series.
General Note: Most of the films were shot by the father, Eli Fineberg, who was a professional photographer, so the quality is very good. The scenes are typical of Montreal Jewish families in the late 1940s, with clothing and material culture details of the era. The Sweet Sixteen (Sweet 16) was a socio-cultural phenomenon of this era and was especially common in Jewish households.

P0058

FINESTONE family. - 1896-1990. - 0.33 metres of textual records. - 599 photographs.

Biographical Sketch:
This collection contains family documents and memorabilia of a prominent Montreal Jewish family.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Bernard J. Finestone, an Officer of Canadian Jewish Congress Quebec Region.

P0058,S1
Finestone, Abraham (Abbie). - 1896-1949.

Biographical Sketch:
Abraham Finestone, father of Bernard, was born in Montreal in 1896. An insurance agent by profession, he served in the First World War and was cited for his work in organizing the Voluntary Transport League to return soldiers home after W.W.II. He died in 1949.

Scope and Content:
1 file, containing mostly originals. Birth Certificate. Canadian Expeditionary Forces Army pay book. World War I Discharge certificate 1919. Letter on 85th Battery (Siberia) CEF stationery. Photocopy of marriage certificate. Insurance agent card and attestation from Police Force. Estate documents 1949.

P0058,S2
Finestone, Bernard J.. - 1924-1990.

Biographical Sketch:
Bernard Finestone was born in Sacramento, California, in 1920. The family returned to Montreal when he was a young child. Finestone is a chartered insurance broker; former President Montreal Board of Trade; former Vice-Chairman Community Service Committee Canadian Jewish Congress Eastern (later, Quebec) Region; unsuccessful Progressive Conservative candidate in several federal elections. Rosalie Adelman was the mother of Bernard J. and Abraham (Abbie) was his father.

Scope and Content:
Press clippings about Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal Board of Trade, political candidacy. School reports. C.V.(Résumé). Personal documents including notification of bar mitzvah, political candidacy memorabilia, etc.

Notes:
Related Materials: Cassette tape (sc 1277) with Shulemson, Shapiro, about Hagannah. See also Canadian Jewish Congress Quebec Region staff records and minutes.

P0058,S3
FINESTONE, Jacob and Jennie. - 1894-1920.

Biographical Sketch:
Jacob and Jennie Finestone were the parents of Abraham Finestone.

Scope and Content:
Gold mine stock certificates 1920s. Marriage certificate 1894, Masonic medal 1910.

Notes:
General Note: Originals and 1 photocopy, 1 artifact (medal).

P0058,S4
ADELMAN, Rosalie. - 1920-1945. - 599 photographs.

Biographical Sketch:
Rosalie Adelman was the mother of Bernard J.

Scope and Content:
Finestone family photo album (coded PC 8/L37) 110 pages used containing a total of 599 photos (a few of which are not attached to album). Inclusive dates 1920c-1945c. Montreal, Laurentians, army camp, U. S. A. Family members and friends, most identified by first name. Many of B.J. Finestone from early childhood through army days.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P84/21, P85/27, P86/04, P86/27, P87/02, P91/18, P92/06.

P0186

FINESTONE, SHEILA = M.P. & Senator. - 1949-1991. - 2.75 metres of textual records. - 14 videos. - 3 sound elements. - 200 photographs. - 21 artefacts

Biographical Sketch: Born Jan. 28, 1928, in Montreal, Sheila Finestone entered politics through the “No” campaign in 1979 for the Quebec referendum. She was first elected in 1984 as a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party (Mount Royal riding). She was subsequently re-elected 1988, 1993 and 1997. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in August 1999. Throughout her professional and political career, she has been actively involved in community development, ranging from cultural and multicultural issues to those dealing with protection of human rights and the promotion of equality for women and minorities. In the 1990s she was appointed Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and the Status of Women. She served as president of the Canadian Inter-Parliamentary Union, was active in promoting human rights and women’s rights, and was a founding member of the Board of Alliance Quebec. She served as the first anglophone president (1977-1980) of the 130,000-member coalition “La Federation des Femmes du Quebec,” past president of the Women’s Federation of Allied Jewish Community Services, Combined Jewish Appeal as well as Neighbourhood House Services of the YM-YWHA, and was the driving force behind the establishment of the Centre Communautaire Juif.

Sheila Finestone

Finestone was a member of the board of trustees of AJCS and the YM-YWHA. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation, the Quebec Heart Foundation, the Information and Referral Centre of Greater Montreal, La Fondation Therese-F. Casgrain, and the Shawbridge Youth Centers. She was vice-president of the Caldwell Residence for the Well Aged and was a member of the Joint Committee on Ashkenazi-Sephardic Relations (CJC-AJCS).

At CJC, Finestone is or was a member of the CJC Joint Public Relations Committee, the National Law and Social Action Committee, and an advisor to the Status of Women Committee of CJC; member of the Coalition for Pension Reform, the Coalition Against Media Violence and the Interfaith Task Force for Soviet Jewry. She has chaired committees which have presented briefs to federal and provincial parliamentary commissions on a wide range of issues, such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Proposed Revisions to the Labour Code, the Civil Code, the Federal Criminal Code and the Youth Protection Act, the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and the Service de la Garde d’Enfance. As political attaché to the Quebec Liberal Party leaders Claude Ryan, Gerald D. Levesque and Robert Bourassa, Finestone had the special responsibility of informing them of the concerns of the minority communities. She served on the Quebec Liberal Party Policy Commission and is/ was chairman of the Commission on Aging. Prior to this, Sheila was the first director of Youth Protection for Jewish Family Services.

She is the daughter of Monroe Abbey (a former CJC president). She retired from politics in 2001.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated by Mrs. Finestone after retiring from political life. Addtion was on July 26, 2006.

Scope and Content:
Scrapbooks of clippings, framed photos and certificates, files of correspondence - pertaining to functions as Minister of Parliament (Federal) and as a participant in events organized by CJC and other NGOs and cultural groups.
Addition 2006: 1.45 m docs. relating to Sheila Finestone's political career and other activities, including various Jewish community projects and committees. 14 videos, 3 cassette tapes, approx. 200 photos including a large group photo of McGill’s Jewish Fraternity. Also 42 books on themes relevant to the Archives collections, 1 complete Jewish Boy Scout uniform and illustrative photo, and approximately 20 small artefacts (political campaign buttons, commemorative items). This collection was weeded down from 28 large boxes in storage at Mrs. Finestone’s former apartment in Montreal. The eliminated items were returned to Mrs. Finestone or disposed of in consultation with her.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P02/06, P06/12.
Associated Material: The Finestone Collection (P0058).
General Note: Sheila Finestone was a Member of Parliament who identified herself strongly with the Jewish community and with the goals and activities of CJC, where her father was a past president. She was involved in the Fédération des Femmes du Québec and made numerous goodwill trips to Israel with various groups. Her husband was a member of the McGill University Jewish fraternity in the 1940s. Her son was a member of a Jewish Boy Scout troup. All these elelments are reflected in the present deposit.

I0088,S07

FINKEL, Grigory/ MOGUILNER, A., etc (see also Russian Jewish Archives Project). - 2002. - .01 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Grigory Finkel was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He came to Canada in 1991. Alexander Moguilner was a nuclear scientist in Russia and has written scientific studies on aging since coming to Canada.

Custodial History:
Grigory Finkel and A. Moguilner donated this collection in Feb. 3, 2004.

Scope and Content:
2 books of Russian poetry by Grigory Finkel, publ. in Montreal, sample scientific articles by Alexander Mogilnev, print photos of meetings at Archives, incl. Moguilner, digital photos of Russian Jewish community events in Montreal. J. Archives Moscow book.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-01+.

P0204

FINKELSTEIN, Harry (Harry Kel) : Poetry, Biography: Holocaust, Post-War. - 1991-2005. - Ca. 0.03 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Harry “Kel” Finkelstein was born in 1947 in the Wolfrathshuasen DP camp to Polish parents from the town Zdunska-Wola, who had survived Auschwitz-Birkenau. He came to Canada (Montreal) at the age of one, in 1948. After working in textiles with his father, they later moved to Toronto. Harry Finkelstein writes of his struggles with bipolar disorder, which affected his career and coloured his prolific poetry writing. His website, www.harrykel.org, reflects his concerns with the Holocaust and its after-effects.

Custodial History:
The collection was donated to the Archives on Nov. 9, 2005, by Harry Finkelstein.

Scope and Content:
Self-published spiral-bound volume of poetry, c. 200 pages, 1991-1995, themes of Holocaust and depression. Biography from www.harrykel.com (illustrated) about parents in Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Wolfrathshausen DP camp, and author in Montreal and Toronto.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/14, ZB.
General Note: Testimony of the child of survivors including reference to the effect of the Holocaust on the author's mental state. He relates the pain of bipolar disorder to the feelings invoked by the war events.

FISH, Michael

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0158

FREIFELD, Sidney. - 1942-1994c. - 0.05 metres of textual records. - 2 photographs.

Biographical Sketch: Diplomat and journalist Sidney Freifeld was born in Toronto, on Sept. 2, 1910. After attending the London School of Economics,1932-1935, Freifeld worked for the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome 1935-1938, was correspondent, New York Herald Tribune and The Times (London), Rome 1936-1938, correspondent, Toronto Star, N.Y. 1938-1939. He was member of the professional staff, American Jewish Committee, N.Y. 1939-1941. U.S. Office of War Information, N.Y. 1941-1942. Wartime Information Board Canada. N.Y. 1942-1945. Dept. of External Affairs 1946-1975. Ambassador to Colombia and Ecuador 1970-1975. He is the author of Undiplomatic Notes: Tales From the Canadian Foreign Service, 1990. He died on June 23, 1995. Custodial History: Donated by Ms. Rivka Freifeld, daughter of Sidney, in April 1997. Addition: further documents were donated at R. Freifeld’s request by Vernon Turner, former diplomat, Ottawa.

Cover of 1942 book by Sidney Freifeld

Scope and Content:
The fonds consists of documents, 1 photo. Correspondence (mostly with editors), typescripts, published articles (newspaper and journals) about politics, Israel, other Jewish communities, also book reviews. 1 folder of information about the security council. Some articles including photocopies.
Addition: The fonds consists of 17 documents, 1 photo. Correspondence, published articles, minutes of Standing Committee External Affairs (undated), photo is of United Nations 1968 Security Council.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P97/06.
Language: English.

P0059

FREIMAN, Archibald J. - 1921-1944. - 0.07 metres of textual records.

FREIMAN, Lillian (Mattawa, Ontario) 1885-1940 (Montreal)

“A saintly woman whose heart knew no bounds”; tireless worker on behalf of all in distress; founder and president of Hadassah Organization of Canada; recipient of O.B.E.; lovingly known as “Mother of the Jewish People in Canada.” 7 cm. Press clippings. 1925-1941. Biographical press clippings in English/Yiddish. Obits & tributes.

Lillian Freiman

P0060

FRIEDMAN, Norman H. = Jewish Boy Scouts. - 1920-1981. - 0.31 metres of textual records. - 7 artefacts.

Biographical Sketch: Norman Friedman was chairman of the Jewish Advisory Committee of the Boy Scouts Association and assistant regional commissioner of the Boy Scouts Association. Scope and Content: Scouting medals, award, plaque, whistle. Guest book. Address book. Minutes. Jewish scouting booklets. Scout exhibition program. Artefacts: 4 scout medals, framed; 1 plaque with stand; 1 award statuette; 1 scout whistle. Notes: Alpha-Numeric Designation: P85/14. Related Materials: Irving Berlin collection, A.M. Machlovitch photographs in PC1/L.

Norman Friedman December 1965

FRUM, Barbara

7 cm. or greater of reference documentation - mainly clippings.

P0061

FUCHS (FOX), Haim Leib. - 0.07 metres of textual records.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1897 in Lodz, Poland, Haim Leib Fuchs was at the center of its literary life, which he described in a number of essays (e.g., Dos Yidishe Literarishe Lodzh in Fun Noentn Over, 3 (1957), 189-284). During World War I, Fox was a labour conscript in Germany. After a brief period in the Bund, he joined the Labour Zionist movement and lived in Palestine, 1936-1938. During World War II he was in the Soviet Union (1940-1946), then returned to Lodz. From 1948 to 1953 he lived in Paris, and from 1953 in New York. Fox wrote for many periodicals, and contributed over 3,000 articles to the Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur. A poet of intense religious and national feeling, he published four volumes of verse: Dorshtike Lemer (1926), Zingt Mir di Velt (1936), Sho fun Lid (1951), and Di Teg Neygn di Kep (1969).

Scope and Content:
Reference documentation - mainly clippings, correspondence in Yiddish. Also typescript for book on Yiddish authors.

Notes:
Language: Yiddish.

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