An extensive collection of Judaica has been formally presented to the National Library in Ottawa, as a gift of Canadian Jewry in observance of Canadian Confederation. The gift, received on behalf of the Government of Canada by John J. Connolly, Government leader in the Senate and Minister Without Portfolio, was presented by Lavy M. Becker, chairman of the national executive of Canadian Jewish Congress, who was accompanied by Jacob M. Lowy, chairman of the CJC’s special centennial committee, and Dr. Samuel Lewin, secretary of the committee which assembled the collection.
The collection, comprising Jewish classics and creative writings in many languages, particularly in Canada’s two official languages — French and English — included also many books in Hebrew and Yiddish. Mr. Becker expressed the hope that “this collection would serve as a beginning for the establishment of a special section of Hebraica along the lines of such sections in other national libraries.” Also presented were a complete set of microfilm of all issues of the first Jewish daily newspaper in Canada. “The Jewish Daily Eagle,” since its inception, and several copies of a filmstrip of the Pavilion of Judaism at Expo ’67, commissioned by the CJC as a centennial project.
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