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- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Al Cole, possibly taken in Los Angeles circa 1918.
- Name Access
- Cole, Al
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- There are stains on the photograph.
- Places
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Liss in Los Angeles in the 1940's.
- Notes
- Photographer: Hoffman-Luckhaus Studio of Photography, Los Angeles.
- Name Access
- Liss, Irving
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Weddings
- 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
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Lee Soskin feeding her new born baby with a bottle. The picture was taken in Los Angeles in 1946.
- Name Access
- Soskin, Lee
- Subjects
- Mother and child
- 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
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fred Soskin at two and a half years of age. He is standing in front of a door and is wearing a coat and hat. He has his hands in his pockets and is smiling. The photograph was taken in Los Angeles in 1932.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Soskin, Fred
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4799
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4799
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Included are: Saul Sigler; Jack Papernick; Louis Gelber; Charlie Garfunkel.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto negative #4-66-4349.
- For exact identification see accession record.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association
- Subjects
- Meetings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-11-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4495
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4495
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- The Perlmutar Bakery located at 175 Baldwin St. was opened in 1911 by Arrin Perlmutar who had immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine by way of London, England. He opened the bakery on the main floor of his home while his family of seven lived upstairs. The bakery had a wood-burning brick oven until the 1960s, when the city forced them to convert to electric. The bakery was best known for their onion buns and rye bread. Electric mixers were used for cakes and bread but almost every other step was done by hand. Bread baking was started by 10:00 pm so that there would be fresh bread to deliver in the morning. The bakery closed in 1974.
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Ben Zalvin; Harry Elishevitz; Arrin Perlmutar.
- Name Access
- Elishevitz, Harry
- Perlmutar, Arrin
- Zalvin, Ben
- Subjects
- Challah (Bread)
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1168
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1168
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 23, 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the backyards and laneway behind Menachem Mendel Hyman's residence on Baldwin Street. A man seated on a horse-drawn wagon is in the laneway. The pohto appears to have been taken from a second floor window.
- Name Access
- Hyman, Menachem Mendel
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- Streets
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1165
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1165
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Menachem Mendel Hyman seated at a table with a book.
- Name Access
- Hyman, Menachem Mendel
- Baldwin St
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4032
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4032
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- In back: Sam Silver (with hat); Moishe Barsht, son of Yehoshua Yekl and Golda Barsht.
- Name Access
- Barsht, Yehoshua Yekl
- Barsht, Golda
- Barsht, Moishe
- Silver, Sam
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3411
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3411
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Many prominent individuals are shown in this photograph, with names written on the bottom.
- Name Access
- Jewish National Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Zionism
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1545
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1545
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Apter Synagogue
- Gary, Ethel
- Halter, Jack
- Zimmerman, Rabbi M.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3872
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3872
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 August, 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are: David Newman; Jack Burke.
- For identification, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Burke, Jack
- Newman, David
- Young Judaea
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6031
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6031
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Labour Zionist banquet at the New Chudleigh House at 126 Beverley St. Invitees are seated around two long banquet tables. Identified are Myer Mandel, Mrs. Myer Mandel, Leibel Bagrad; Leibel Abella; Mr. Levinsky; Chaike Lovinsky; Nachman Lovinsky; Chaim Langer; Leah Langer; Archie Bennett; Sophie Bennett; Ida Krakover; Avrum Green; Charlie Krakover; I. S. Weinrot; and Baylke White.
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Labor Zionism
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1992-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1953
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of correspondence from the acting director of the Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto located at 32 Isabella Street to the executive director of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society located at 145 Beverly Street. The subject of the correspondence concerns a reference for an applicant for the position of investigator in the Protection Department of the Children's Aid and Infants' Homes.
- Custodial History
- Item was discovered while processing CJC Fonds 17 holdings.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Subjects
- Orphanages
- Name Access
- Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Isabella Street(Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Sarah (Patlik) Green
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 7 January 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Sarah (Patlik) Green
- Number
- AC 004
- Interview Date
- 7 January 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Sophie Milgram
- AccessionNumber
- AC 004
- Total Running Time
- 38 minutes 44 seconds
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Sarah (Patlik) Green grew up living in Toronto's "Junction" neighbourhood. The family home and scrap yard business were both located on Maria St. which served as the centre for Jewish life in the Junction during the early 1900s. Sarah Patlik was involved with numerous charitable organizations including the Ontario Hospital School of Orilla and the Rubinoff and Naftolin Mishpocha.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Green, Sarah
- Geographic Access
- West Toronto Junction
- Kingston, Ont.
- Toronto, Ont.
- Orillia, Ont.
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Side A:
- 0.21: Family arrived from Russia in 1908-1909. Grandfather arrived first. Saved his money and brought family to Canada, one by one. Anshel Wise agency used to help families immigrate to Canada.
- 3.44: Move to Toronto 1909. Family moved for better employment opportunities. Family lived in rented house on Portland Avenue. Father was a laborer in a junkyard. The junkyard was located around the King area, close to home. Family then moved to Stanley Ave. off Niagara St. Stanley Ave. was a Jewish neighborhood.
- 6.57: Move to The Junction 1915/1916. (Junction called “Muddy York” but was part of Toronto). Grandfather saved money and opened a junkyard of his own on Maria St. Family lived in 3 different homes on Maria St., one at 225, at 283 and the last house was right in the front of the junkyard, at 202 Maria St.
- 8.14: Standard of living in the Junction 1915/16. The rents were $20 a month. Mother made her own bread, preserves, and pickles to put away for the winter. She shared whatever we had with some of the poorer Jewish families on Maria St.
- 8.56: Maria Street Shopkeepers and Services. Two butchers, Mr. Zaitzove? and Mr. Weiner? Mr. Mandel had a Jewish bakery. Mr. Bexter? was the Schochet (ritual slaughterer). A cheder and a Peretz school. Teachers: Mr McKankil, Mr. Brick and Mr. Rigelhof?
- 11.28: No antisemitism in the Junction recalled by Sara Patlick.
- 11.34: Transportation in the Junction. No streetcars. There used to be a “jitney” and for 5 cents it took you right to your home. The streets were not paved and the mud came up to our “ears”. Entertainment in the Junction. We had no cars, radios nor televisions but we did have a gramophone, it was our entertainment. Mother bought a piano and paid a quarter a week for it. We all took piano lessons. Attended organized free concerts and dances at the Peretz Shul on Beverley St (first on Crawford St.). Picture shows were 5 cents.
- 17.27: Sarah Patlik and Charity Work. Secretary for Jewish Ladies Auxillary from the Junction. Raised money for the Weston Sanitorium. Secretary for the Old Folks Home on Cecil St. Secretary for the Antidiluvian Order of Buffalos, Lord Reading Lodge. Lodge did work for War Veterans. Hadassah. Secretary for Pride of Israel. In 1973 was made Woman of the year by the Ontario Hospital School of Orilla.
- 20.23: Agudath Mishpocha/Rubinoff and Naftolin Families. Families formed organization so that they would all be together and not forget who they were. Formed in 1928. Charity work and donations to: The Bloorview Hospital, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, The Heart Fund, Princess Margaret, Sick Children’s Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Baycrest, Jewish Blind, Syrian Jews, State of Israel emergency fund and bonds.
- 30.12: Affiliation with Pride of Israel. Joined with husband in 1933. Was Synagogue secretary for many years.
- 34.05: Junction Shul on Maria St. Founded in 1918/1919 by Hyman Naftolin. Shul began in a little house at 84 or 86 Maria St. Shul became too small. Abraham Tenenbaum investor of present day Junction Shul.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ismé Bennie
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 26 Apr. 2016
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ismé Bennie
- Number
- AC 429
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 26 Apr. 2016
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- AC 429 part 1: 21 min.
- AC 429 part 2: 21 min.
- AC 429 part 3: 21 min.
- AC 429 part 4: 9 min.
- Biography
- For someone who went on to become an influential figure in Canadian broadcasting, it is perhaps surprising to learn that Ismé Bennie grew up without television. Born in Vereeniging, South Africa in 1940, Ismé knew from a young age that she wanted to travel. After graduating from Wits University in 1960, she moved to London, England, which is where she saw television for the first time.
- Although happy in London, Ismé decided to return to South Africa after two years, mostly as a result of her parents’ urging. While participating in the production of an American documentary about South Africa, she met a Canadian man who lived in the United States. In 1964, she moved to Los Angeles to be with him and eventually the two moved to New York, where they lived for five years.
- Ismé’s partner eventually grew unhappy in New York and decided to return to Canada. At the time, many young men were making their way to Canada in order to dodge the draft. Ismé followed their guide about entering Canada. Upon arrival, she completed the questionnaire with flying colours and was allowed to stay.
- Once in Canada, Ismé quickly put together an impressive resume, holding senior positions at CHUM and CTV. She has been honoured by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association with a Personal Achievement Award in 1990 and a Jack Chisholm Award in 1995. In 2003, Women in Film and Television – Toronto recognized her with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
- In 2010, Ismé left CTV in order to focus on freelance writing. In 2015, she published a memoir of her childhood entitled White Schooldays: Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Bennie, Ismé, 1940-
- Geographic Access
- London (England)
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- South Africa
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Part 1:
- 00:24 Ismé was born in South Africa in 1940.
- 00:36 Ismé immigrated to Enland in 1962. She shares some of her memories from her stay in London. She explains how her views of apartheid changed.
- 02:40 Ismé discusses her personal and political reaction when she returned to South Africa in 1964.
- 05:09 Ismé discusses her job with a news magazine in South Africa.
- 06:48 Ismé discusses her involvement with the production of a film.
- 08:15 Ismé explains how she met and followed a man to the United States in 1965. She discusses his influence on her intellectually and politically.
- 10:43 Ismé outlines her first years in North America, initially in Los Angeles, then in New York, and finally in Toronto.
- 12:32 Ismé explains how she prepared for her move to Canada and discusses her initial arrival in Canada in December 1969.
- 15:56 Ismé shares her first impressions of Toronto.
- 18:02 Ismé discusses the friends she made in Toronto.
- 19:42 Ismé discusses her involvement with her local residential association.
- Part 2:
- 00:00 Ismé discusses her impressions of Canadians' views of South Africa.
- 01:11 Ismé discusses her process of integration into and adjustment to Toronto.
- 03:10 Ismé explains that she had minimal contact with other South Africans when she arrived in Toronto. She suggests that her circumstances differed from other South African immigrants.
- 06:42 Ismé discusses her Jewish life growing up in South Africa.
- 09:45 Ismé discusses her involvement with the Jewish Genealogical Society in Toronto due to her personal interest in genealogy.
- 10:57 Ismé discusses her pursuit of her family history.
- 14:24 Ismé graduated from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. She discusses the efforts of an alumni group in Toronto.
- 16:11 Ismé discusses her successful career in broadcasting.
- Part 3:
- 00:00 Ismé continues to discuss her career in broadcasting.
- 01:46 Ismé discusses her current work involvement as a consultant and writer.
- 03:16 Ismé discusses challenges she has faced as a woman and as a Jew.
- 06:50 Ismé discusses people who have influenced her in her professional life.
- 08:31 Ismé discusses some of her most rewarding professional achievements.
- 10:28 Ismé discusses her avid, longstanding interest in reading.
- 12:07 Ismé discusses her family and friends in South Africa and how she has maintained connection with them.
- 16:10 Ismé discusses her impressions of recent visits to South Africa.
- 19:23 Ismé discusses the challenges her sister would face if she considered immigration to Canada.
- Ismé considers the notion of moving back to South Africa.
- Part 4:
- 00:00 Ismé continues to discuss the notion of living in South Africa.
- 01:30 Ismé recalls some of her memories of South Africa.
- 05:40 Ismé discusses the process of pursuing her Canadian citizenship.
- Source
- Oral Histories
Toronto Fashion
A Very Loose Jewish Background
Welcome to Canada
Two South Africas
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Source
- Landmarks
The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Time Period
- 1918-unknown
- Scope Note
- The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- History
- In later years, a bitter controversy between the synagogue and society erupted and the building was sold.
- Category
- Political
- Religious
- Private Clubs
- Source
- Landmarks
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1922]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a copy photograph of Joe Nesker, Bella Nesker and their son, Manny Nesker, standing in the doorway of Nesker & Co. Wholesale and Retail Produce, located at 193 1/2 Baldwin Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Families
- Small business
- Name Access
- Nesker, Joe
- Nesker, Bella
- Nesker, Manny
- Nesker & Co.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1977-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting Congregation Iyr Hamelich, the Reform synagogue in Kingston. The records include the constitution, Sunday school minutes and policy documents, synagogue bulletins, correspondence and "Welcome to our Congregation" booklets.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Name Access
- Congregation Iyr Hamelich
- Places
- Kingston, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 103; Series 1; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 103
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten lecture notes and a newspaper clipping documenting Shemen's lecture on Polish Jewry and the struggle between existence and ruin. Shemen presented this lecture to the "Not to Worry!" Club (or "Be of Good Cheer!" Club) in Radomer Hall, 210 Beverley Street.
- Subjects
- Jews--Poland
- Lectures and lecturing
- Physical Condition
- The lecture notes are rolled and difficult to unfurl.
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 87; Series 9; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 9
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1934-1936
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing : blueprint, ms. annotations ; 39 x 48 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The architectural firm Kaplan & Sprachman was established by Harold S. Kaplan and Abraham Sprachman in 1922. Kaplan & Sprachman were best known for their more than 300 movie theatre projects completed from the 1920s to the 1960s, designing and renovating theatres across Canada in progressive "modern" styles and using innovative building materials. In 1937, they were awarded the bronze medal in the Sixth Biennial Toronto Exhibition for their interiors to the Eglinton Theatre (400 Eglinton Ave. W.) in Toronto, considered to be the finest example of their Art deco design work.
- Over the course of their careers, they designed many synagogues for the Jewish community, such as the Anshei Minsk and Shaarei Shomayim synagogues in Toronto, Beth Israel Synagogue, Edmonton, and Beth Israel Synagogue in Vancouver. They also designed the new Mount Sinai Hospital, the Oakdale Golf & Country Club, the Jewish Home for the Aged (Baycrest), and the Jewish Community Centres of Toronto and Hamilton. Their design for the Oakdale Golf & Country Club was chosen as a Canadian entrant in the Arts Competition of the 14th Olympic Games in London, 1948.
- In addition to the projects already mentioned, Kaplan & Sprachman worked on retail stores, warehouses and factories, apartment buildings, and single family residences. Their partnership continued until 1965, when the firm of Kaplan & Sprachman was dissolved as of 30 October 1965. Kaplan continued to work as an architectural consultant for several years after this date.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records and one architectual drawing documenting the renovations to the Clothing Centre, which was located at 55 Baldwin Street. Included is one blueprint and a building alteration proposal by Kaplan & Sprachman Registered Architects, correspondence and job quotes.
- Name Access
- Clothing Centre
- Kaplan & Sprachman Registered Architects
- Related Material
- See also Harold S. Kaplan fonds 27.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 2; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 May 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a negative of the exterior of F. Goldstien's (sic) butcher shop at the corner of Augusta and Baldwin Avenues in Kensington Market.
- Name Access
- F. Goldstien Butcher Shop
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3968
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3968
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 June 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the first annual Board of Jewish Eduacation dinner at Murray House in Torotno. The dinner took place on 7 June 1951. The speaker is Sam Posluns, to his left (partially hidden) is Joe Diamond and Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig.
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3287
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3287
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1911]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Sprachman, Jacob
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1164
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1164
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Menachem Mendel Hyman surrounded by ten boys from his cheder class.
- Name Access
- Hyman, Menachem Mendel
- Subjects
- Heder
- Students
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1306
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1306
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a domestic science class at Lord Dufferin School on Berkeley St. Second from the left in the front row is Mattie Levi.
- Name Access
- Levi, Mattie
- Lord Dufferin School
- Subjects
- Children
- Education
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-5-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 3; File 35
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 3
- File
- 35
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings : blueprints ; 41 cm length or smaller and 8 cm diam.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of an apartment building located on Beverley St. for Mr. Benjamin Brown (in trust). Floor plans, sections and elevation drawings are included.
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Benjamin Brown fonds 1
- Businesses series 1
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series 1
- Clothing Centre series 1
- Commercial building plans and drawings series 1
- Gordon Mendly fonds 1
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds 1
- Levine and Cass family fonds 4
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds 1
- Soskin family series 4
- Canada--Emigration and immigration 1
- Challah (Bread) 1
- Children 2
- Congresses and conventions 2
- Dinners and dining 2
- Dwellings 1
- Education 1
- Families 1
- Heder 1
- Jews--Poland 1
- Jews--South Africa 1
- Labor Zionism 1
- Lectures and lecturing 1
- Married people 2
- Meetings 1
- Mother and child 1
- Orphanages 1
- Political 1
- Portraits 2
- Portraits, Group 3
- Private Clubs 1
- Religion 1
- Religious 1
- Small business 1
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration 1
- Storefronts 2
- Streets 1
- Students 1
- Weddings 2
- Zionism 1
- Apter Synagogue 1
- Baldwin St 1
- Barsht, Golda 1
- Barsht, Moishe 1
- Barsht, Yehoshua Yekl 1
- Bennie, Ismé, 1940- 1
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.) 1
- Burke, Jack 1
- Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto 1
- Clothing Centre 1
- Cole, Al 1
- Congregation Iyr Hamelich 1
- Elishevitz, Harry 1
- F. Goldstien Butcher Shop 1
- Gary, Ethel 1
- Green, Sarah 1
- Halter, Jack 1
- Hyman, Menachem Mendel 3
- Ismé Bennie 1
- Jewish National Fund 1
- Kaplan & Sprachman Registered Architects 1
- Levi, Mattie 1
- Liss, Irving 1
- Lord Dufferin School 1
- Naomi Raichyk 1
- Nesker & Co. 1
- Nesker, Bella 1
- Nesker, Joe 1
- Nesker, Manny 1
- Newman, David 1
- Perlmutar, Arrin 1
- Sarah (Patlik) Green 1
- Silver, Sam 1
- Sophie Milgram 1
- Soskin, Fred 1
- Soskin, Lee 1
- Sprachman, Jacob 1
- Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association 1
- United Jewish Appeal 1
- Young Judaea 1
- Zalvin, Ben 1
- Zimmerman, Rabbi M. 1
- Adelaide Street West (Toronto, Ont.) 5
- Alexandria (Ont.) 9
- Ansonville (Ont.) 5
- Atlantic City (N.J.) 10
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.) 35
- Belle Ewart (Ont.) 8
- Belleville (Ont.) 7
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Biscotasing (Ont.) 12
- Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.) 13
- Bobcaygeon (Ont.) 6
- Brantford (Ont.) 32
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.) 23
- Calgary (Alta.) 9
- Canada 20
- Cape Town (South Africa) 11
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.) 62
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.) 5
- Chicago (Ill.) 7
- Cochrane (Ont.) 10
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.) 40
- Collingwood (Ont.) 7
- Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.) 6
- Danforth Avenue (Toronto, Ont.) 5
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.) 27
- Edmonton (Alta.) 6
- Elizabeth Street (Toronto, Ont.) 7
- Elk Lake (Ont.) 5
- England 16
- Europe 11
- Fonthill (Pelham, Ont.) 7
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.) 9
- Georgetown (Ont.) 35
- Germany 10
- Grimsby (Ont.) 11
- Guelph (Ont.) 19
- Halifax (N.S.) 10
- Hamilton (Ont.) 49
- Hamilton, Ont. 10
- Henry Street (Toronto, Ont.) 5
- High Park (Toronto, Ont.) 8
- Huntsville (Ont.) 6
- Israel 39
- Italy 7
- Jacksons Point (Georgina, Ont.) 6
- Jackson's Point (Ont.) 13
- Johannesburg (South Africa) 14
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.) 81
- King Street East (Toronto, Ont.) 8
- Kingston (Ont.) 67
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.) 76
- Kitchener (Ont.) 20
- Lódz (Poland) 8
- London (Ont.) 33
- Markham Street (Toronto, Ont.). 13
- McAllister Road (Toronto, Ont.) 9
- Montréal (Québec) 112
- Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.) 8
- Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.) 8
- New Liskeard (Ont.) 6
- New York (N.Y.). 12
- Niagara Falls, Ont. 6
- North Bay (Ont.) 9
- Ontario 32
- Oshawa (Ont.) 13
- Ottawa (Ont.) 34
- Owen Sound (Ont.) 7
- Peterborough (Ont.) 18
- Pickering (Ont.) 11
- Poland 48
- Pontypool (Ont.) 36
- Queen Street East (Toronto, Ont.) 7
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.) 32
- Russia 25
- Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.) 6
- Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.) 7
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.) 11
- Scarborough (Toronto, Ont.) 6
- South Africa 13
- South Porcupine (Timmins, Ont.) 12
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.) 54
- St. Catharines (Ont.) 16
- St. Catharines, Ont. 6
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.) 9
- Stratford (Ont.) 8
- Sudbury (Ont.) 34
- Thornhill (Ont.) 12
- Thunder Bay (Ont.) 10
- Timmins (Ont.) 24
- Toronto 3351
- Toronto (Ont.) 1003
- Toronto Islands (Ont.) 19
- Toronto, Ont. 63
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.) 18
- Vancouver (B.C.) 15
- Welland (Ont.) 6
- Windsor (Ont.) 18
- Winnipeg (Man.) 32
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.) 22