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[[Image:Freimans.png|thumb|200px|right|The former Freimans department store on Rideau Street, innow Ottawaowned by Hudson's Bay Company]]

'''[[File:A.J. Freiman Limited'''on Rideau, or ''Ottawa.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Freimans'', was a landmark department store on [[Rideau Street]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada1938]], founded in 1918 by Archibald J. Freiman.

A.J.[[Archibald Jacob Freiman]] was born in [[Lithuania]] in 1880, and emigrated to Ottawa[[Hamilton, Ontario]]. Freiman'sFreimans rose to become the most successful department store in Ottawa because of its prominent location at Mosgrove and [[Rideau StreetsStreet]]s, its aggressive marketing and its low prices. The company also operated branchesstores in [[Westgate Shopping Centre (Ottawa)|Westgate]] and [[St. Laurent Centre|St. Laurent Shopping Centres,<ref>WardCentre]]s, Bruce.as well as discount stores called ''Ottawa 1967'Freimart'''. in The[[Shoppers OttawaCity CitizenWest]] and Shoppers City East.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Bruce |date=June 30, 2007. |title=Ottawa [http1967 |url=https://www.canadanewspapers.com/ottawacitizen/news/cityarticle/story.html?id=685bdf4fthe-dae2ottawa-4ad1citizen-8cfeottawa-4c593f1d906c]1967/137976438/ (retrieved|work=[[Ottawa JulyCitizen]] 1|location=Ottawa, 2007)</ref>Ontario as|page=E2 well as|access-date=January discount stores3, called2024 Freimart, in Shoppers City West and Shoppers City East|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

Then owned by A.J. Freiman's son, Lawrence (who wrote a book about the store), [[Hudson's Bay Company]] acquired the company wasin acquired1972 byand therebranded to [[Hudson's Bay Company(department store)|The Bay]] in 19721973. The former Freimans store still operates as ana outletretail store of [[theThe Bay]], and an adjoining [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] linking Rideau Street to the [[Byward Market]] is named the [[Freiman Mall]] in honour of the longtime Ottawa retailer. In addition, athe lanelaneway besidearound the north side of the nearby [[National Arts Centre]] which provides access to the [[box office]] has been named Lawrence Freiman Lane.

Freiman'sFreimans was also the centre of an important battle against anti-semitism. In the 1930s, Ottawa police officer Jean Tissot, affiliated with [[AdrianAdrien Arcand]]'s fascist movement, attempted to rally Christian Canadians to boycott Jewish businesses. Freiman'sFreimans, as the most prominent Jewish owned business in Ottawa was at the centre of his attacks. As a result, Freiman filed a libel suit against Tissot, andwho Tissotwas wassubsequently found guiltguilty of criminal libel. The staunch condemnations of Tissot in the mainstream press and the utter failure of his movement to find support among the people led to a sound defeat for anti-semitism in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite news| title=Remember This? A.J. Freiman versus J. Tissot| url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/remember-this/remember-this-aj-freiman-versus-j-tissot-1077720| first=James| last=Powell| date=October 9, 2018| work=[[CityNews]]| access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>

*{{cite book| last=Lo,| first=Laurelle.| "title=The Path From Peddling: Jewish Economic Activity in Ottawa Before 1939."| editor-last=St Onge| editor-first=Nicole| ''journal=Ottawa: Making Aa Capital| url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.''ctt1ctxqpz| location=Ottawa:| publisher=Ottawa University Press, | year=2001| jstor=j.ctt1ctxqpz| isbn=978-2-7603-1570-9| url-access=registration}}