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BBYO 1957 BBYO Group from Western Canada at the District BBYO Convention in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Heritage – Yerusha Fall 2012 Elul 5772 VOLUME 15, NO. 1 HERITAGEHERITAGE www.jahsena.ca The Journal of THE JEWISH ARCHIVES & HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EDMONTON & NORTHERN ALBERTA Inside: BBYO 1957 BBYO group from Western Canada at the District BBYO convention in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Grabbing the Reins page 4 Bert Ramelson: Communist Party Leader page 10 The Singer Collection page 12 Hold the date: Thursday, Nov. 22nd AGM: Back row, left to right: Allen Bell (Edmonton), Elliott Gelfand (Calgary), Janice Smith (Calgary), The Lost David Singer (Saskatoon), Roz Gibbs (Medicine Hat), Mitchell Gropper (Saskatoon). Middle row: Corinne Nitikman (Saskatoon), Alvin Shapiro (Regina), Dolly Shragge (Regina), Jews of Shim Fialkow (Edmonton). Front row: Esther Segal (Edmonton), Noel Jampolsky (Regina), Donna Krolik (Saskatoon), Trudy Pine Lake Singer Pekarsky (Edmonton). 2 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.jahsena.ca HERITAGE • FALL 2012 special care in housing them in our new location. I have put them hwry From the Archivist’s Desk..., in a glass-doored cabinet, and our conservationist, Claudia, is by Debby ShoctoR HERITAGE repairing and protecting them. In HERITAGE addition, I found an autographed The Journal of the Jewish Fall 2012 program from an Edmonton Archives & Historical Society Flyers vs. Detroit Redwings game in Edmonton in 1958, signed of Edmonton and Northern hope everyone has been enjoy- donation even though I had to by every player on both teams, Alberta I ing their summer vacation. drop everything I was doing including Gordie Howe and Red While you have been busy lying and rush over there to help the Kelly! One of my co-workers President in the sun, canoeing, sailing, family sort through it, box it up, happened to walk into my office cottage-going and what have you, and put it in my car to take back at the time and offered me $1000 Jini Vogel I have been busy packing. Yes, for to the archives, then process it. on the spot for it. Of course I Archivist & Editor the first time in its history, our And I am glad I didn’t – it was refused, and ferreted it away in its Archives has moved. For some of an invaluable collection which fonds again, but at least I know it Debby Shoctor is there. you, who have experienced this will be the highlight of this year’s Treasurer situation, I feel sympathy pains donations, but it certainly threw a That’s another point – as you roll your eyes and groan. wrench into my packing. although we have all sorts of Howard Davidow For the rest of you, I can only Another problem with moving sophisticated finding aids and warn you about what upheaval is that you keep getting reference cataloguing systems, a lot of the Secretary this brings. questions and inquiries, even knowledge of an Archivist is Hal Simons At first, I thought, “No big though you have packed every- physical, spatial and temporal. I deal, everything is already in thing in boxes. Then you have to have a mental filing cabinet where Vice Presidents boxes.” Well, MOST things go looking for things which were I keep a map of my collection Judy Goldsand and intuitively “know” where are in boxes, but what about all formerly easily accessible, and Miriam Rabinovitch the files that have to be put in now are packed away. It is a very things are without looking them boxes, the large format items in difficult decision to make wheth- up. When we move, this will all Members-at-Large map cabinets that have to be put er to go looking for something for change. It will probably take me a into folders or rolled and then a patron who desperately needs it, year or more to adapt to our new Dr. Manuel Friedman, put in boxes? What about all or to simply tell them, sorry, we surroundings to the point where Mel Wyne, Caroline Ullman, the framed items you never got are moving, so I can’t help you for I instinctually know where things Phil Lister, are again. And here’s the clincher: to that have to be un-framed, at least a month, maybe more. It Dr. George Goldsand, all the plaques that have to be goes against the principal of being our new space is only temporary disassembled? Then there are all a reference archivist and trying – in two or three years, I will be Doreen Jampolsky, Ron Bercov doing this all over again! the books, video tapes, DVDs, to help people, but unfortunately, Past-President etc. that are loose and have to sometimes you just have to bite So enjoy your Fall, but please be boxed. Have you ever tried the bullet and say no. think of me schlepping boxes and Dan Kauffman to pack 5000 books so that you The processes of sorting and cutting packing tape, hooking up can unpack them in the correct weeding have also brought to computers and labelling lids, tak- Founding President order? I started weeding the light some undiscovered treasures ing shelves apart and putting them Uri Rosenzweig collection about four months ago, of the collection. People always back together—I even survived leaving items on a table labelled say, “How can you discover things having three glass shelves come Graphic Design “Free Books to Good Homes,” in an Archives, everything should crashing down on me! Thank PageMaster and miraculously, most of them be catalogued?” Yes, things are you so much to everyone who disappeared. But that was catalogued, but not down to helped with the move, including counterbalanced by the people the item level (at least in this our President, Jini Vogel, summer Mailing Address who continued to bring me more one), and it sometimes takes a student David Friedland, and JAHSENA, of course Federation CEO Russ books and more items for the thorough house-cleaning to find 10220-156 St. Suite 200, archives. Normally, I would be them. For example, our student, Joseph and staff members Joe thrilled by this, but when you are David, while packing, discovered Blondin, Joey Tappenden and Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 2R1 packing to move out, donations some very rare books in our Daniel Larson – we couldn’t have are an unwelcome visitor. collection, because he is naturally done it without you! To see the Telephone: (780) 489-2809 We actually received a very curious, and started looking them results of this effort, please come important donation a couple up on the internet. We have now and visit us at our new home: Fax: (780) 481-1854 of weeks ago from a prominent separated almost 100 books 10220-156 St, Suite 200. I think Email: [email protected] member of the community which are over a century old you will be pleasantly surprised! who was going into a senior’s and very rare from the bulk of Website: www.jahsena.ca. residence. I couldn’t refuse this the collection, and I will take Debby Shoctor Archivist and Chief Schlepper HERITAGE • fAll 2012 VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.jahsena.ca 3 NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE: Miller DONATION This neighborhood was inadvertently left out Transit (LRT) sta- of the last issue of Heritage, which described tion also provides CARDS streets and neighborhoods in the City named residents with good JAHSENA has donation cards after prominent Jewish Edmontonians. transit access. with historic pictures on them his neighbourhood was named after Prior to urban available for purchase. Mark TAbe William Miller (1897-1964), development, your special simchas by sending a a Hungarian-born lawyer, politician and Miller was under donation to JAHSENA. Contact community volunteer. He immigrated to agricultural land the office for more details at: Canada in 1899 with his parents, Oseas and use designation 780-489-2809. We have received with a small Goldie Tilleman Muhlstock (later Miller). the following donations: One of four siblings, including Jenny, Louis portion of the Abe Miller, and Jack, Miller moved to Edmonton area actively culti- JAHSENA Archives photo. Sympathy in 1914 to attend Alberta College, and vated. Two pipeline To Phil Lister, on the passing of his graduated from the University of Alberta rights-of way cross the neighbourhood Aunt, Shaino Stitz, z’l, from the in 1925. He was the youngest lawyer of his in the north, and their surfaces have been Board of JAHSENA. day to be appointed King’s Council. Miller integrated with the pedestrian transporta- practiced law for forty years, served as a tion network of the community. The school To Dr. Merrill Distad, on the passing of his wife, Linda Distad, from Debby & member of City Council for six years and and park site located in the west-central Marshall Shoctor. served two years as a member of the Alberta area of the neighbourhood provides a large Legislature. He married Rebecca Griesdorf open space for residents. Additionally, a one- To Janet Pollack and family, on the and they had three children, Justice Tevie hectare naturalized wetland park provides death of Norm Pollack, z’l, from the Miller, City Councillor Helen Paull, and natural amenity space and a community Board of JAHSENA and Debby & Leon Miller. His descendants, including the focal point. Marshall Shoctor. Miller, Dolgoy, Shadlyn and Paull families, The neighbourhood began developing in To Marshall and Sharon Hundert, on still live in Edmonton. the late 1990s and experienced the majority the death of Murray Hundert, from The Miller neighbourhood is located of its development during the early 2000s. the Board of JAHSENA. within the Casselman-Heights District The design objective for the Miller neigh- To the Rubin family, condolences on the Outline Plan area between the Casselman bourhood was to create a residential com- death of Hilda Rubin, z’l, from the neighbourhood to the west and the Ebbers munity that provides a variety of housing Board of JAHSENA, and from Kayla opportunities and to cluster non-residential neighbourhood to the east.
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