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Sidney Freedman
- Accession Number
- 2021-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 03 Sep. 2020-25 May 2021
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Sidney Freedman's testament regarding the funding of the Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks and its relationship to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Also included is a memorandum dated 3 Sep. 2020 written by Sidney Freedman and sent to the President and Board of Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks.
- Administrative History
- Sidney Freedman was born in 1928 in Ivansk (Iwanska) Poland. In 1929 the family of eight immigrated to Canada, first to Winnipeg, and then in 1933 to Toronto. He put himself through law school by working in construction jobs and opened a law firm after graduation. He later became president of Temple Sinai and became interested in the operation of cemeteries. In 1970 he purchased the land that would become Pardes Shalom Cemetery and later founded the Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: 2015-3-5, 2019-1-4, 2019-2-7, 2017-1-24.
- Source
- Archival Accessions