Art and Artifacts
Although the Canadian Jewish Archives only has a few items from
its art and artifacts collection on display on the premises, many
items from the collection have been or are currently on loan to
Canadian museums and cultural exhibits.
The artifacts collection includes ceremonial silver items rescued
in Europe after World War II and sent to Canadian Jewish Congress
by the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Committee. The collection
extends to textiles such as cantorial robes and a Jewish Boy Scout
uniform, as well as to memorabilia illustrative of various aspects
of Jewish life in Canada.
The art collection includes several original paintings by the
early 20th century artist Eric Goldberg as well as works on paper
by his wife Regina Seiden Goldberg, and portraits by well-known
Canadian Jewish artists Alexander Bercovitch and Ernst Neumann.
More recent paintings in the collection include those by Jan
Menses, Moe Rhineblatt, Fruma Sanders, Joyce Jason, and Boris
Yefman.
The image at right is a detail from the Birnbaum-Ozerow
parochet. Follow the link to read its story.