For Immediate Release The Jewish Museum and Archives of BC is pleased to announce the hiring of a new archivist, Alysa Routtenberg, who will oversee the ongoing growth of the BC Jewish Community Archives. Alysa holds a Master’s of Library and Information Studies from McGill University and has had experience working at the … Keep Reading
Each week we publish a few photos in the Jewish Independent, hoping you’ll be able to help us identify the people featured. Here is our latest round of Mystery Photos! As we receive information identifying these folks, we’ll add it here. Check back regularly! At right is a photo from the Jewish Western Bulletin … Keep Reading
The monumental limestone building of the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) is a Montreal landmark. Combining classical modernism with minimal post-modern elements, it is integrated with the Shaughnessy House, the former residence of three members of the senior management of The Canadian Pacific Railway. This intriguing building and its surrounding sculpture garden are often the … Keep Reading
Each week we publish a few photos in the Jewish Independent, hoping you’ll be able to help us identify the people featured. Here is our latest round of Mystery Photos! As we receive information identifying these folks, we’ll add it here. Check back regularly! Back row, (left to right): Joel Buller, Sylvia Cristall, John … Keep Reading
With the launch of our new website, you will notice a new archives catalogue, a searchable database called Access to Memory (AtoM). AtoM is a web-based, open source application for standards-based archival description and access that makes it easy for archival institutions worldwide to put their archival holdings online. AtoM, developed and implemented by local … Keep Reading
The complete Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams collection has been digitized and is now available online in the Archives. In this collection, you’ll find a fascinating series of approximately 275 love letters written between Morris Soskin and Rose Hyams from February 1921 to July 1921. The couple met at a Zionist meeting in Montreal and … Keep Reading