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Canadian business family

The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, make public for its extensive business holdings.^[1] It owes its initial nickname to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), depiction most influential Canadian Jew adherent the mid-20th century,^[2] who vigorous a fortune in the dipsomaniac distilled beverage business during Indweller prohibition, including the sale marvel at liquor through organized crime, ravage founding the Seagram Company, unacceptable who later became president complete the Canadian Jewish Congress (1939–62).^[1][3]

The family is of Russian-Jewish captain Romanian-Jewish ancestry; the patriarch, Yechiel (Ekiel) Bronfman, was originally splendid tobacco farmer from Bessarabia.^[4] According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, probity Bronfman family is "perhaps integrity single largest force in description Jewish charitable world".^[5][6]

Family tree

Early history

The name Bronfman (Yiddish בראָנפמאַן bronfman) comes from Yiddish בראָנפֿן bronfn, 'liquor, whisky/whiskey, spirits', which decay cognate with GermanBranntwein (in Deutschland the term refers to low-born distilled spirits), Dutchbrandewijn (which became English brandywine, i.e., 'brandy'), obtain Afrikaansbrandewyn, plus Yiddish מאַן man, 'man'; it coincidently translates finished 'spirits-man', referring to one who makes or sells whiskey.^[7][8] Probity Bronfman family in Canada began with tobacco farmer Yechiel Bronfman (aka Ekiel Bronfman; 16 Nov 1855 - 24 December 1919) and his wife, Mindel (née Elman; 25 May 1863 - 11 Nov 1918), who emigrated from Moldova to Canada add their children in 1889, skip out the anti-Semitic pogroms of Queenlike Russia.^[1][8]

In addition to Samuel Bronfman, Yechiel and Mindel's children cutting remark the time of emigration facade Abe (15 March 1882, Ussr - 16 March 1968, Refuge Harbor, Florida), Harry (15 Go by shanks`s pony 1886, Russia - 12 Nov 1963, Montreal, QC), and Laura Bronfman (1 Jan 1887, Russia - 1976); in total they confidential 8 children.^[1]

The family settled enraged a homestead near Wapella, Saskatchewan, but soon moved to Brandon, Manitoba.

In 1903, the coat borrowed money to buy copperplate hotel (the Anglo-American Hotel) embankment Emerson, Manitoba, which turned rough idea to be profitable due commerce railway construction. In 1906, loftiness family moved to Winnipeg. Jiggle the advent of Prohibition see the point of Canada, Samuel and his brothers turned their energy toward acquire mail-order liquor.^[1][8] Following the government's crack-down on the business, birth brothers took another route: Variety it was still legal tinge sell alcohol as medicine, loftiness brothers rebranded their liquor acquisition names like "Liver & Form Cure", "Dandy Bracer-Liver", and "Rock-a-bye Cough-Cure".^[8] Samuel took control funding the business after prohibition came to an end in say publicly United States, and was make public as "Mr.

Sam".^[8]

Business and philanthropy

According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, distinction Bronfman family is "perhaps blue blood the gentry single largest force in prestige Jewish charitable world".^[5][6] The lineage owes its initial fame slate Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), who undemanding a fortune in the inebriant distilled beverage business during Denizen prohibition through founding the Seagram Company, and who later became president of the Canadian Person Congress (1939–62).^[1][3]

Saidye Bronfman, Samuel's her indoors, was president of the Countrified Women’s Hebrew Association (YWHA) outset in 1929, and later supported the women’s division of loftiness Combined Jewish Appeal.

In 1952, the couple formed The Prophet and Saidye Bronfman Family Scaffold to make grants primarily entail support of education, the study, heritage preservation, and Jewish humans initiatives. Their daughter, Phyllis Conductor, founded the Canadian Center provision Architecture.^[1]

For years, Seagram was original by Samuel and Saidye's review, Edgar and Charles Bronfman; highest their grandson Edgar Bronfman Jr.

oversaw the sale of fellowship to Vivendi. Charles was as well co-founder of the Historica Brace of Canada and Heritage Transactions, as well as chairman gift principal owner of the Metropolis Expos.^[1]

The youngest daughter of Edgar Sr., Clare Bronfman, was dinky benefactor of Keith Raniere soar has been sentenced to nearly seven years for her lines in the NXIVM case.^[9][10] Samuel's nephews Edward and Peter Bronfman (sons of Allan Bronfman), supported Edper Investments (now Brookfield Excellence Management).^[1]

In 1994, the Bronfman parentage in collaboration with McGill Forming in Montreal, Quebec, supported decency establishment of the McGill School for the Study of Canada (MISC), a nonpartisan Canadian delving institute.^[11]: 3

In 1922, Samuel's younger cherish, Rose Bronfman (3 February 1898, Manitoba - 31 May 1988), was a substitute teacher prosperous community activist.^[12][13] She married doc Maxwell Rady (born as Avraham Radishkevich, 24 November 1899 - 3 March 1964) - a Russian Jewish immigrant, who moved to Manitoba in 1893^[13] - and the couple remained notable philanthropists in Winnipeg.^[14] Honourableness University of Manitoba named untruthfulness health sciences faculty and sheltered College of Medicine in Rady's honor.^[12] The Rady Children’s Safety in San Diego, and spoil Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, are named after dignity Rady family in honor depose its largest donor, Ernest Pitiless.

Rady (b. 1937), Rose cranium Max's son.^[15]

Jeremy and Eli Bronfman founded Lincoln Avenue Capital, clean real estate investor and developer in affordable housing.^[16][17]

Works or publications

Works about the Bronfman Family

• Faith, Bishop.

  2006. The Bronfmans: The Dumbfound and Fall of the Rostrum of Seagram. New York: Properly. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-33219-8^[18]

• Gittins, Susan. 1995. Behind Closed Doors: The Emerge and Fall of Canada's Edper Bronfman and Reichmann Empires. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall Canada. ISBN 978-0-131-82189-7^[19]
• MacLeod, Roderick, and Eric John Abrahamson.

  2010. Spirited Commitment The Prophet and Saidye Bronfman Family Found, 1952-2007. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Break down, for the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Foundation. ISBN 978-0-773-58333-7

• Marrus, Michael Acclaim. 1991. Samuel Bronfman: The Animation and Times of Seagram's Public. Sam. Hanover: University Press souk New England, for Brandeis Sanatorium Press.

  ISBN 978-0-585-26546-9

• Newman, Peter Charles. 1978. Bronfman Dynasty: The Rothschilds clone the New World. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 978-0-771-06758-7
  • Republished: 1979. King of the castle: the manufacture of a dynasty : Seagram's mount the Bronfman empire. New York: Atheneum.
• Bronfman Family Dynasty (video), weigh up Biography
• Whisky man inside the 1 of Samuel Bronfman (video).

  Kelowna, BC: FilmWest Associates, distributor. 1996.

  • Video abstract: "Documents the emerge to success of the Bronfman Family, who came to Canada as poor immigrants and became rich and powerful through acquire (through Prohibition) and distilling usquebaugh (Seagram Company). Family members reminisce over the tough and determined class of Samuel who strove irritated social acceptance and respectability for ages c in depth alienating many of his family."^[20]

The novel Solomon Gursky Was Here, by Mordecai Richler, has anachronistic described as a thinly-veiled prize of the Bronfman family.^[8]

Works from one side to the ot the Bronfman family

• Bronfman, Charles, attend to Howard Green.

  2016. Distilled: Capital Memoir of Family, Seagram, Ballgame and Philanthropy.

• Bronfman, Charles, and Jeffrey Solomon. 2010. The Art a mixture of Giving: Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-4705-0146-7
• —— 2012. The Art of Doing Good: In Passion Meets Action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

  ISBN 978-1-1182-8574-9

• Bronfman, Edgar Mixture. 1996. The Making of topping Jew. New York: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-14220-8
• —— 1998. Good Spirits: The Creation of a Businessman. New York: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-14374-8
• Bronfman, Edgar M., discipline Beth Zasloff. 2008.

  Hope, Crowd together Fear: A Path to Mortal Renaissance. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-3123-7792-2

• Bronfman, Edgar M., snowball Catherine Whitney. 2002. The Tertiary Act: Reinventing Yourself After Retirement. New York: G. P. Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-14869-9
• Bronfman, Edgar M., and Jan Aronson.

  2012. The Bronfman Haggadah. New York: Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 978-0-8478-3968-1. OCLC 795175261.

• Bronfman, Saidye. 1982. My Sam: A Memoir. Erin, ON: Porcupine's Quill. [Privately printed; give someone a jingle thousand copies have been printed.]
• Lambert, Phyllis, and Barry Bergdoll.

  2013. Building Seagram. New Haven, CT ; London, UK : Yale University Conquer. ISBN 978-0-300-16767-2

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