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Date:1898-1934.Reference:R2122-0-0-E, MG30-E340Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104753Date(s):1898-1934.Place of creation:Québec (Province)Extent:12 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of Henry Weinfield's legal brief on the Montreal Jewish School Question in the 1930's. Including minutes and memoranda of the Jewish Education Committee, concerning draft legislation, numerous reports of the Jewish Commissioners to the commission appointed to study and report on the Montreal school system and the Protestant Commissioners.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Weinfield, Henry, 1880-1945 : Henry Weinfield K.C., settled in Montreal with his family in 1887 and was educated at McGill University. He received his B.C.L. in 1903 and practised law in Montreal. An active participant in Jewish communal affairs, he was a member of the Uptown Jewish School Committee, serving as a legal advisor. He played a major role in the Montreal Jewish School Question and assisted Peter Bercovitch, K.C., M.N.A., prepare draft private member's Bills to amend the Education Act.Additional information:General note:Received in 1979, from E. Michael Berger of Montreal, Que.Subject heading:- Montreal (Quebec) - School boards, 1898-1834 Peter Bercovitch, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews, 1898-1934 Lyon Cohen, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jewish lawyers, 1898-1934 Samuel Cohen, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews - Education, 1898-1934 Michael Hirsych, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Education, 1898-1934 Charles Joseph Doherty, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Schools, 1898-1934 Maxwell Goldstein, [1898-1934]
- Jewish Education Committee (Montreal, Quebec) - Memoranda, 1898-1934 Eugene Coussy Lafleur, [1898-1934]
- Jewish Education Committee (Montreal, Quebec) - Minutes, 1898-1934 Wallace Nesbitt, [1898-1934]
- Montreal (Quebec) - Jews - Societies, etc., 1898-1934
- Montreal (Quebec) - Protestant-Jewish School Question, 1898-1934
- Montréal (Quebec) - Jewish organizations
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