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- Accession Number
- 1993-1-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1938-[ca.1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the Goel Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto, including a script of a Sisterhood play, and religious school newsletters "Keren Ami". There is a program for the Beth Tzedec's First Congregational Dinner (1955), a certificate for charter members of the North Toronto YMHA awarded to the law firm of Singer and Kert, and a Young Judea publication "The Leader" (1938) which includes a prize winning address by Sheldon Kert. As well there is a menu from "Old Ed's", one of Ed Mirvish's restaurants.
- Administrative History
- The Singer and Kert law partnership lasted from 1920-1965. Joseph Singer was a gold metalist at Osgoode Hall in 1911. He was the first Jewish Controller in Toronto, and legal adviser to the Primrose Club. At the time of his death in 1967 he had practiced law for 56 years.
- Lawrence Kert helped organize the Associated Hebrew Schools and the Oakdale Golf and Country Club. He was on the board of Goel Tzedec Synagogue. When he passed away in 1976 he had been a lawyer for 56 years.
- Name Access
- Kert, Sheldon
- Kert, Lawrence
- Singer, Joseph
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 27 photgraphs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- Date
- 1940-[2004?], predominant 1940-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned photographs documenting Esther Mager's experience serving in the Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Also included is one wedding portrait of her husband and one photograph of Esther with her children and grandchildren. The verso of scanned photographs were also scanned to show annotations and dates on the originals.
- Administrative History
- Esther (nee Mendelson) Mager was born in Montreal on December 3, 1917 to Max and Lillian Ray (nee Bloomfield) Mendelson. Her mother passed away nine months after her birth, duing the flu epidemic of 1918, and her father remarried Sarah Wallman. Max had six additional children with Sarah. From the age of tweleve to about the age of eighteen, Esther worked in her father's jewellery store, Thompson's Jewellery, located on Philips Square. There she performed various jobs such as, polishing jewellery and assisting customers. Around the age of eighteen she began work as an assistant bookkeeper for a company that manufactured refrigerators where she was paid $25 per week.
- In 1941, Esther joined up with the Canadian Air Force, where she performed motor transport and was paid $28 per week. She met her husband, Saul Mager, on a blind date in Montreal while on leave from her post in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Saul was in the dress manufacturing business in Toronto. They married in 1945 and had two sons together; Mark (b. 1946) and Howard (b. 1949).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Families
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 9 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Saul Fox was a Leading Aircraftsman in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Saul Fox.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Alan Kaye was an overseas Royal Canadian Air Force Wireless Operator during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Alan Kaye.
- Notes
- This negative has two images.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mr. Mehr served overseas in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Mr. Mehr.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 27 Apr. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Avrom Siegel (4 December 1916 - 18 November 2010) was the fifth child born to Ida and Isidore Siegel in 1916. During the start of the Second World War, Avrom signed up for active service with the RCAF. He was told that the RCAF had too many navigators and was reassigned as a radar operator instead. He was sent to the Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario where he was educated in electricty and radio. He was then sent to a Royal Canadian Air Force radar training school in Clinton, Ontario. Once graduated, Avrom was stationed overseas in England as a Flight Lieutenant with the operational radar wing of the RCAF, known as the 72 Wing.
- After the war, he was a successful businessman in two businesses. He was also an enthusiastic contributor of his time and energy to many community causes. Avrom was married to his wife Liv for 64 years and had three children, Herman, Leonard (Patti), and Eric (Denyse). He also had five grandchildren, Margaret, Aaron, Jessica, Simon, and Phillipe.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Avrom Siegel.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Siegel, Avrom, 1916-2010 (subject)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See Fonds 18 for items on the Siegel family, and item 18 for a portrait of Avrom in 1942.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Victor Spiegel served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Victor Spiegel.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 2; Item 33
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mr. Switzer served as a Corporal with the St. John Ambulance Association in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Switzer.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- St. John Ambulance Association
- Subjects
- Married people
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Arnold Feldman and Helen Samuels. Arnold is dressed in his RCAF uniform and Helen is wearing a winter fur-trimmed coat.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Feldman, Arnold
- Samuels, Helen
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 36
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 36
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Flight Officer Sam Finkelstein of the RCAF, pictured in his military uniform.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Farb family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 96
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 26 x 21 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Herb was born in Pontypool in 1914, and in 1944 he recieved the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) from the Royal Canadian Air Force for displayed courage and devotion to duty while flying in active operations against the enemy.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Herb Farb in Air Force dress.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Farb, Herb
- Farb, Nathan
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942-[195-?]
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce at the start of the Second World War, at the age of eighteen. He set out for Enlgand via Halifax, in 1942, and saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany as a Leading Aircraftsman.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of photographs of Bill Stern and his fellow servicemen, taken during the Second World War. Most of the photographs were taken overseas, however there are a few of Bill, his brother Max, and his parents Moishe and Fanny Stern, which were taken in Toronto, and one of a fellow soldier taken after the war.
- The photographs have been arranged chronologically and are described at the item level.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-1
- 2004-5-96
- 2006-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Mary (Levine) Soskin
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 15 November 1974
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mary (Levine) Soskin
- Number
- AC 001
- Interview Date
- 15 November 1974
- Interviewer
- Sophie Milgram
- Total Running Time
- 001A: 30.41 minutes 001B: 20.58 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or his/her heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Mary (Levine) Soskin, daughter of Moses and Sarah Levine was born in 1895 in Midland Ontario. In 1895 the family moved to Toronto's Ward neighborhood living in the vicinity of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. After completing her education Mary worked as a bookeeper for her father in his grocery business. After her marriage Mary made her home in Los Angeles.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Soskin, Mary
- Levine, Moses
- Levine, Sarah
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue
- Geographic Access
- St. John's Ward
- Toronto
- Midland, Ontario
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\AC 001,Mary Soskin\Mary Soskin transcript.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
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