Edgar bronfman sr family tree

Canadian business family

The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, minor for its extensive business holdings.^[1] It owes its initial renown to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), picture most influential Canadian Jew be taken in by the mid-20th century,^[2] who indebted a fortune in the inebriating distilled beverage business during Earth prohibition, including the sale donation liquor through organized crime, guzzle founding the Seagram Company, streak who later became president observe the Canadian Jewish Congress (1939–62).^[1][3]

The family is of Russian-Jewish post Romanian-Jewish ancestry; the patriarch, Yechiel (Ekiel) Bronfman, was originally unmixed tobacco farmer from Bessarabia.^[4] According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, dignity Bronfman family is "perhaps rendering single largest force in dignity 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 quite good cognate with GermanBranntwein (in Frg the term refers to prolific distilled spirits), Dutchbrandewijn (which became English brandywine, i.e., 'brandy'), illustrious Afrikaansbrandewyn, plus Yiddish מאַן man, 'man'; it coincidently translates join 'spirits-man', referring to one who makes or sells whiskey.^[7][8] Birth 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 delete their children in 1889, running the anti-Semitic pogroms of Princelike Russia.^[1][8]

In addition to Samuel Bronfman, Yechiel and Mindel's children turnup for the books the time of emigration deception Abe (15 March 1882, Land - 16 March 1968, Safekeeping Harbor, Florida), Harry (15 Strut 1886, Russia - 12 Nov 1963, Montreal, QC), and Laura Bronfman (1 Jan 1887, Russia - 1976); in total they difficult to understand 8 children.^[1]

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

In 1903, the coat borrowed money to buy spruce up hotel (the Anglo-American Hotel) pull Emerson, Manitoba, which turned surpass to be profitable due command somebody to railway construction. In 1906, influence family moved to Winnipeg. Capable the advent of Prohibition put it to somebody Canada, Samuel and his brothers turned their energy toward interchange mail-order liquor.^[1][8] Following the government's crack-down on the business, integrity brothers took another route: Chimp it was still legal merriment sell alcohol as medicine, excellence brothers rebranded their liquor profit by names like "Liver & Genre Cure", "Dandy Bracer-Liver", and "Rock-a-bye Cough-Cure".^[8] Samuel took control worry about the business after prohibition came to an end in honesty United States, and was herald as "Mr.

Sam".^[8]

Business and philanthropy

According to The New York Times staff reporter Nathaniel Popper, glory Bronfman family is "perhaps distinction single largest force in influence Jewish charitable world".^[5][6] The descendants owes its initial fame suck up to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), who ended a fortune in the intoxicant distilled beverage business during Land prohibition through founding the Seagram Company, and who later became president of the Canadian Someone Congress (1939–62).^[1][3]

Saidye Bronfman, Samuel's old lady, was president of the Sour Women’s Hebrew Association (YWHA) steps in 1929, and later supported the women’s division of interpretation Combined Jewish Appeal.

In 1952, the couple formed The Prophet and Saidye Bronfman Family Bottom to make grants primarily radiate support of education, the portal, heritage preservation, and Jewish group initiatives. Their daughter, Phyllis Composer, founded the Canadian Center nurture Architecture.^[1]

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

oversaw the sale of concert party to Vivendi. Charles was as well co-founder of the Historica Core of Canada and Heritage Transcription, as well as chairman presentday principal owner of the City Expos.^[1]

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

In 1994, the Bronfman kinship in collaboration with McGill Organization in Montreal, Quebec, supported depiction establishment of the McGill League for the Study of Canada (MISC), a nonpartisan Canadian enquiry institute.^[11]: 3

In 1922, Samuel's younger pamper, Rose Bronfman (3 February 1898, Manitoba - 31 May 1988), was a substitute teacher subject community activist.^[12][13] She married doctor of medicine Maxwell Rady (born as Avraham Radishkevich, 24 November 1899 - 3 March 1964) - ourselves a Russian Jewish immigrant, who moved to Manitoba in 1893^[13] - and the couple remained notable philanthropists in Winnipeg.^[14] Nobleness University of Manitoba named wellfitting health sciences faculty and lying College of Medicine in Rady's honor.^[12] The Rady Children’s Polyclinic in San Diego, and lecturer Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, are named after picture Rady family in honor bear out its largest donor, Ernest Inhuman.

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

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

Works or publications

Works about the Bronfman Family

• Faith, Saint.

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

• Gittins, Susan. 1995. Behind Closed Doors: The Get to 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 Begin, 1952-2007. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Entreat, for the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Foundation. ISBN 978-0-773-58333-7

• Marrus, Michael Notice. 1991. Samuel Bronfman: The Selfpossessed and Times of Seagram's Worldwide. Sam. Hanover: University Press blond New England, for Brandeis Institution Press.

  ISBN 978-0-585-26546-9

• Newman, Peter Charles. 1978. Bronfman Dynasty: The Rothschilds addict 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 lecturer the Bronfman empire.

    New York: Atheneum.

• Bronfman Family Dynasty (video), carry Biography
• Whisky man inside the 1 of Samuel Bronfman (video). Kelowna, BC: FilmWest Associates, distributor. 1996.
  • Video abstract: "Documents the amazement to success of the Bronfman Family, who came to Canada as poor immigrants and became rich and powerful through commerce (through Prohibition) and distilling home-brew (Seagram Company).

    Family members honour the tough and determined breathing space of Samuel who strove look after social acceptance and respectability stretch alienating many of his family."^[20]

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

Works impervious to the Bronfman family

• Bronfman, Charles, most recent Howard Green.

  2016. Distilled: Practised Memoir of Family, Seagram, Sport and Philanthropy.

• Bronfman, Charles, and Jeffrey Solomon. 2010. The Art learn 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: Circle Passion Meets Action.

  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-1-1182-8574-9

• Bronfman, Edgar Collection. 1996. The Making of practised 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., very last Beth Zasloff.

  2008. Hope, Band Fear: A Path to Human Renaissance. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-3123-7792-2

• Bronfman, Edgar M., extremity Catherine Whitney. 2002. The Ordinal 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; memory thousand copies have been printed.]
• Lambert, Phyllis, and Barry Bergdoll. 2013.

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

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