Biographical Sketch:
Nathan Gaisin was born in Montreal on August 14, 1906. He was a printing and advertising executive. He was married to Sadie Kert, and they had one son, Daniel. Director of the Montreal Herald Woodward Press. Member of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue. Member of the Cedar Golf & Country Club. He was National President of the Zionist Order Habomin from 1950 to 1952. National Executive of the Zionist Organization of Canada for 1952. Regional Chairman for the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (1958-1960). National Chairman for the Canadian Jewish Camp Council (1953). National Chairman for the Canadian Jewish Congress. Regional Chairman for the Canadian Jewish Congress (1960-1971).

Vice-President for Men’s Assoc. Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue. Co-Chairman for The Montreal Celebration of Israel’s 10th anniversary. Chairman for CJC Celebration for S. Bronfman 70th birthday. Community host for General Moshe Dayan (1958). Community host for Prime Minister David Ben Gurion (1961). He was the recipient of the Canadian Centennial Medal (1967).

Biographical Sketch:
Efim Galperin was born 1934 in Kharkov, Ukraine, and moved to Chelyabinsk during the war, where his father, Aharon, was the head of a diesel motor factory. Twenty years later, Efim Galperin came to Moscow, where he was director of a laboratory of academic sciences. In 1974, he came to Montreal at the invitation of McGill and Concordia University’s department of mathematics. He has since taught at University of Montreal and University du Quebec à Montreal as well, now on faculty of mathematics at University du Québec à Montréal. He organized Russian events at the YM-YWHA years ago, before Anna Rubalska.

Custodial History:
Efim Galperin donated this collection in Nov. 5, 2004.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1892, Michael Garber was a barrister-solicitor, community leader and Zionist; a founder and former president of Canadian Jewish Congress, a civil libertarian and early fighter for human rights. He was president of the Zionist Organization of Canada. For several years he wrote a column for the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and was a contributor to the Keneder Adler. He died in 1977.

Scope and Content:
Biographical press clippings (e/y). Obits and tributes. Correspondence about the Canadian Jewish Congress, Canadian Jewish Congress press releases, 1 file Canadian Jewish Congress minutes and Inter Office Information (IOI) .

Notes:
Language: English and Yiddish.
Restrictions: 1 correspondence file.
General Note: Mostly originals, press clippings.

Biographical Sketch:
Yakov Gelfandbein is a scientist.

Custodial History:
Yakov Gelfandbein donated this collection in February 2003.

Scope and Content:
Photocopy of abstract for unpublished study “Cancerous Homeostat.” 10 pages of image prints. 22 photos.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-001.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1916, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Frances Geltman was an artist. She died in January 1999.

Scope and Content:
Copies of drawings. Photographs of paintings. Miscellaneous clippings, school notes, short stories and poems 1982-1987.

Notes:
Related Materials: P87/38.

Administrative History:
Originally known as the Grand Lodge (established in 1923), the Geulah Lodge was founded as a result of a decision, adopted at the Zionist Organization Convention of 1922 in Ottawa, to organize the Zionist Order Habonim. It became the Geulah Lodge in 1927 and merged with the Menorah Lodge in 1968 (which was founded in 1918 as part of Young Judea and became a lodge in 1926). The group raised money for the Jewish National Fund, United Israel Appeal and Israel Bonds. It ran social activities and a summer camp and sent students to Israel through its scholarship program.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1895 in New York, William Gittes was the president of Sterling Woolens and Silks Co. Ltd. as well as the president of Textile Wholesalers Association of Canada. He was an administrator in the Wartime Prices and Trade Board 1945-1947. He had extensive Jewish community involvement, including Combined Jewish Appeal (as honorary chairman), governor of Jewish General Hospital, honorary vice-president and trustee of Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom. He died in 1991 in Montreal.

Scope and Content:
Three boxes of photographs, programs, commemorative poems, etc. Most of the material is organized into 9 binders. Includes family photos, Combined Jewish Appeal, Montefiore Club, Temple Emanu-El, Palestine Lodge, Textile Wholesalers’ Association, Montreal Dress Manufacturers’ Guild, Mission to Israel, etc. Mostly black and white, regular size. Approximately 500 photos. Also 9 framed certificates, 4 framed photos, and 4 framed newspaper clippings.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1890, Eric Goldberg was encouraged in his art by Renoir. He studied under Jean Paul Laurens. He taught at Berlin Academy of Art and at Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. His work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, and North America. He married Quebec-born (1897) Regina Seiden, a respected artist in her own right who studied under William Brymner and Maurice Cullen. Eric Goldberg died in 1969, and his wife died in 1990.

Scope and Content:
Biographical press clippings. Correspondence about exhibitions. Notices of exhibitions. Sketchbooks. Several handwritten autobiographical pages by Regina Seiden. Black and white photos of paintings. Several original paintings.

Biographical Sketch:
Born on September 23, 1890, in Montreal, Dr. Alton Goldbloom was a prominent pediatrician in Canada. He was married to Annie Ballon and had two children, Dr. Richard and Dr. Victor, and six grandchildren. He obtained his medical degree from McGill University in 1916. He held many posts in the medical community, including Physician in Chief at the Children’s Memorial Hospital, Montreal, Chief of Pediatrics at the Jewish General Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of the Department at McGill University. He obtained many honorary degrees as well. He was a president of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society and had a deep interest in the Jewish religion. He wrote several books, The Care of the Child, Small Patients, and an autobiography. He died on February 3, 1968.

Scope and Content:
Press clippings, sympathy cards, personal letters, typed lecture given before the British Paediatric Association (The Windermere Lecture), photocopied excerpt from his book Small Patients.

Biographical Sketch:
Born on September 23, 1890, in Montreal, Dr. Alton Goldbloom was a prominent pediatrician in Canada. He was married to Annie Ballon and had two children, Dr. Richard and Dr. Victor, and six grandchildren. He obtained his medical degree from McGill University in 1916. He held many posts in the medical community, including Physician in Chief at the Children’s Memorial Hospital, Montreal, Chief of Pediatrics at the Jewish General Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics and Chairman of the Department at McGill University. He obtained many honorary degrees as well. He was a president of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society and had a deep interest in the Jewish religion. He wrote several books, The Care of the Child, Small Patients, and an autobiography. He died on February 3, 1968. Biography from P0068.

Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Victor Goldbloom was born in Montreal in 1923. A pediatrician, he is best known for his work in interfaith and French-English dialogue. He was educated at Selwyn House and Lower Canada College; he received his M.D. from McGill University in 1945. He was president and CEO, Canadian Council of Christians and Jews; board member of the Regional Council on Health Care and Social Services of Metropolitan Montreal; Canadian Institute of Child Health; Center for Great Lakes; Jules and Paul-Emile Léger Foundation, Jean Lessage Foundation; Nicolet Museum of Religions; chairman, Language Rights Panel, Court Challenges Program, Canadian Council on Social Development; former Minister of Environment and of Municipal Affairs, Quebec; Canadian delegate to the UN Environment Conference in Stockholm and UN Habitat Conference in Vancouver; Hon. LL. D., University of Toronto; Officer of Order of Canada; served with RCAMC.

Administrative History:
The Golden Age Association, founded in Montreal in 1963, is a multi-service organization for adults aged 60 plus. It provides social and cultural programs, education and health services, art courses, meals on wheels, job aid and a drop-in centre. Many programs exist to look after senior citizens and provide leisure activities and physical and mental stimulation.

Scope and Content:
Publications. Course information. Bulletins. Literary magazines. Clippings.

Notes:
General Note: Many clippings.

Biographical Sketch:
Judge Carl Goldenberg donated these various items in 1992.

Scope and Content:
Framed charcoal sketch of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Cohen, May 1940, by Ernst Neumann. Bronze and marble bust of S.W. Jacobs. Various published items of Jewish Canadiana. (Reference documentation - mainly clippings, articles and some correspondence). Set of Jewish religious books (Mishnah).

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designation: P92/10.

Custodial History:
Anatole Golod and Rabbi M. REICHMAN donated this collection on March 10, 2004.

Scope and Content:
Russian-Jewish calendar for 2003-2004 issued by Chabad, Rabbi Moshe Reichman; information on Russian art exhibit in Montreal, Jewish artists. Photos, information on Anatole Golod, artist. Russian poetry, incl. Canadian themes, publ. Moscow, Boris Gildin.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-03.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1907, Frances Goltman was dedicated to enhancing the appreciation of piano music in Montreal. She wrote concert reviews for the Montreal daily The Gazette, and a weekly music column for the N.D.G. Monitor. She also hosted the CBC radio program “Goltman’s Music Goals.” Mrs. Goltman died in 1984.

Scope and Content:
Correspondence and press clippings about music. Personal correspondence and greeting cards. Calling cards of prominent Montreal citizens. Letters and photo from a recruit to the Jewish Legion, 1918. 1 box of family photographs, mostly studio portraits mounted on cardboard, ca. 1880 and later, also several framed photos. Some of the photos are from Notman Studio of Montreal.

Notes:
Related Materials: Photos in PC 6/1 and 2.
General Note: Mostly originals, press clippings, photos.

Biographical Sketch:
Ron Gostick was head of the antisemitic Anti-Communist League and was editor-in-chief of the Canadian Intelligence Service.

Custodial History:
Although provenance records for this fonds are not available, it is probable that this material was collected by CJC staff rather than donated by the creator of the material.

Scope and Content:
The fonds contains mainly publications and press clippings, including On Target, a weekly review, numbers 74-132 (1969-1970), as well as pamphlets, press clippings and correspondence about antisemitism.

Biographical Sketch:
Poet and novelist born October 5, 1903, in Kovno, Lithuania. Author of 12 volumes of poetry, prose and essays. Contributed over 2,000 short stories to the Jewish Daily Eagle and hundreds of articles on literature and Jewish and Hebrew culture to various periodicals. Associated with the Jewish Daily Eagle for 35 years. Was one of the leaders of the Halutzim in Lithuania. Was secretary of the Jewish Writers Association of Montreal and a member of the Jewish P.E.N. Club.

Scope and Content:
Articles, including issues of Jewish Observer and books.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1958, Henry Granek is an actor and musicain, formerly employed as researcher for CJC Archives and Canadian Jewish Congress. He was active in various Jewish organizations and committees, among others CJC’s Montreal Second Generation (Children of Holocaust Survivors) and Habonim.

Scope and Content:
Montreal Second Generation (children of Holocaust survivors) newsletters. Third Seder Haggadahs. Passover song books. Deschênes Commission: Index and Reference Guide, findings and recommendations, government response, press release. Correspondence. Photocopies of photographs. Diary of trip to Europe. Play on Shabbtai Zvi, on war veterans. Short story. Habonim newsletter and logo. Flyer. Clippings.

Notes:
General Note: Mostly copies.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1889, Morris Abraham Gray was a long-time Winnipeg alderman and CCF member of the Manitoba Legislature. He was one of the founders of Canadian Jewish Congress and eventually its honorary vice-president. He was secretary of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services from its inception.

Scope and Content:
Winnipeg scrapbook of press clippings about Jewish immigration and life in Western Canada.

Biographical Sketch:
Born in 1873, Lionel Groulx was an historian, priest, French-Canadian nationalist. He was French Canada’s foremost historian and, after Henri Bourassa, Quebec’s most prominent nationalist spokesman. He died in 1967.

Scope and Content:
Biographical press clippings. Press clippings about French-Canadian nationalism. Photocopies of articles on French-Canadian nationalism.

Notes:
Restrictions: 1 correspondence file.
General Note: Press clippings and copies.

Custodial History:
Mark Groysberg donated this collection on August 6, 2004.

Scope and Content:
2 images prints. 26 photos. 1 cd. See also Voice of Community donated 2004.

Notes:
Alpha-Numeric Designations: P04/01-38.

Biographical Sketch:
Toronto labour man who befriended W.L. Mackenzie King and provided significant assistance to King’s sweatshop investigation.

Scope and Content:
Originals and copies of correspondence from W.L. Mackenzie King about labour. Originals and copies of correspondence about the Jewish Legion. Original letters from Sir Wm. Mulock, Clarence de Sola and R.B. Bennett. Photocopy of the Report (including Gurofsky’s testimony) before the Commission Investigating Sweatshops, 1896.

Notes:
Restrictions: 2 correspondence files.

Biographical Sketch:
Adam Gutman was born March 20, 1916, in Radom, Poland. A child prodigy in violin, he was performing in public by age 13 and was the first Jew accepted to the Warsaw conservatory of music. During WWII he was interned in the ghetto and then deported to the Auschwitz and Mauthausen concentration camps. His wife, Ida, survived the war, but two siblings did not, prompting Gutman to use a combination of their names, Benjamin Rajzele, to sign the paintings he created later in his life.
Reunited after the war with his wife, he and Ida immigrated to Canada with their children James and Betty in the late 1940s. Soon after his arrival, Gutman played violin briefly with the Ottawa symphony, then took up the career of a touring violinist, playing in the cities and small communities of Quebec, often in gypsy costume. For his musical career, his agent advised him to use the name George Adams, and it was under this name that he became known as a composer of popular French music which often topped the charts of the Quebec hit parade, paired with the lyrics of artists such as Jean Grimaldi and sung by singers such as Alys Robi, Jacques Darieux, Yvan Daniel, Roland Montreuil, Jimmy Burns and Rod Norman.