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- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 2; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print, b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 2; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 73 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints, b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- 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 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
- 2016-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-7-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 41 photographs : b&w and col. (1625 kb jpgs) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1932-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Latchman Triplets. Included are family photographs of Donald, Marvin and Victor Latchman, a family portrait taken at the wedding of Philip and Sally Latchman, class photos, summer camp photos, and images of the triplets' 75th and 80th birthdays (5 November 2013).
- Identified in photographs are: Donald and Annette Latchman, Victor and Rosalie Latchman, Marvin and Shirley Latchman, Philip and Sally Latchman, Morris Latchman, Vera Latchman Berrin, Mari Latchman Lipton, Irv Lipton, and Belle Latchman.
- Textual records include Beth Sholom Bulletin June-August 1997, Beth Sholom Brotherhood Ball and Installation 1971, photocopies of news paper articles about the triplets, class photos and letter regarding payment of King's Bounty.
- Administrative History
- Philip and Sally (Sugarman) Latchman were married in 1932. In November 1933, Sally gave birth to identical triplets Donald, Marvin and Victor. In celebration, they were sent the King's Bounty of 3 British pounds. The boys were interviewed every year on their birthday by Toronto newspapers until they decided to stop the publicity. The family lived in the Bloor-Markham area until the boys were 11. The family then moved to Montclair Avenue where the boys attended Forest Hill Public School. They had their bar-mitzvahs at the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue. The triplets' father, Philip Latchman was a founding members of Beth Sholom Synagogue. Donald Latchman was on the board and Rosalie Latchman was active in the congregation.
- Philip and his younger brother Morris Latchman started Federal Farms Limited in 1948 on 150 acres of Holland March in Brantford, Ontario. They grew vegetables: potatoes, carrots, celery and rutabegas. They also had a potato chip company Mad Hatter Snack Foods which was Kosher for Passover. Federal Farms Ltd. went public in 1961 and Loblaws bought 51% of the shares.
- Donald attended Ryerson business school and founded Latchman Insurance Brokers. He married Annette Bachst, a holocaust survivor who grew up in New York.
- Marvin attended Ryerson business school then worked for Federal Farms at the Ontario Food Terminal. Later he became a real estate broker. He married Shirley Wolkofsky.
- Victor worked on the family farm and at Federal Fruit Company at the Ontario Food Terminal. Victor took a business course at Shaw's Business School. In 1966 he bought Taylors shoes, a business at 2934 Dundas Street. West started in 1920 by Sid Taylor. Victor helped start the Junction Business Improvement Association and was twice President of Junction Gardens BIA. He retired in 2009. Victor and Rosalie Greenspan (d. 2014) were married at Beth Sholom in 1958 by Rabbi David Monson. Their children are Howard, and Faith and Mitchell Sherman. Their grand-children are Matthew, Jennifer and Russell Sherman. Victor and Rosalie were honoured at Beth Sholom Synagogue on 26 October 2013 for their 55th wedding anniversary.
- In 2012 at age 78, the triplets believed themselves to be the oldest male identical triplets alive in Canada.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- RELATED MATERIALS NOTE: Federal Farms Limited fonds at Simoce Country Archives. ASSOCIATED MATERIALS NOTE: See accession 2016-12\45 (Victor Latchman) and 2002-10\66 (Morris Latchman).
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Families
- Name Access
- Latchman, Donald
- Latchman, Marvin
- Latchman, Victor
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2018-12-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 cm of graphic material and textual records
- Date
- 1931-1999
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Brown family. Included are: business records, clippings, correspondence, eulogies, notes, an issue of the L.I.F.E. Institute's L.i.f.e.lines newsletter, photographs, résumés and cover letters, school records, and vital statistics. A significant amount of the material documents the donor's father, Jack Brown, a community leader in Brantford, Ontario, and friend of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Of note are autographed pictures of Former Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Jean Chrétien.
- Administrative History
- The son of Rose and William Brown, Jack Irving Brown was born in Toronto on January 4, 1926. His family moved to Brantford, Ontario when he was a boy. Upon graduating from high school, Jack went to work at his father's retail store. When he eventually bought the store, he renamed it Brown's of Brantford. In addition to running his business, Jack held leadership positions with the Beth David Congregation, Brant Liberal Association, and the Rotary Club of Brantford. Upon moving to Toronto, he became president of the L.I.F.E. Institute at Ryerson University.
- Jack and Joy Brown (née Greenberg) had four children: Andrew, Marlene (1952-2007), Holli (b. 1954), and Harriette (b. 1958). Later in life, Jack and Joy separated. For the final years of his life, Jack's companion was Rheta Rhosen. Jack died on September 23, 1999.
- Subjects
- Families
- Jewish businesspeople
- Stores, Retail
- Name Access
- Brown (family)
- Brown, Andrew, 1950-
- Brown, Harriette, 1958-
- Brown, Jack, 1926-1999
- Brown, Rose
- Brown, William
- Chrétien, Jean, 1934-
- Katzman, Marlene, 1952-2007
- Trudeau, Pierre Elliott, 1919-2000
- Verkade, Holli, 1954-
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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 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
- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Number
- AC 042
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 CD
- 4 WAV files
- Interviewer
- M. Feldman
- Total Running Time
- 2 hr. 45 min.
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003.
- Digitized in January 2015.
- Notes
- Sound quality poor in many sections.
- 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
- Ethel (Levin) Abramsky came to live in Kingston after her marriage to Harry Abramsky in 1927. Ethel remained an active member of the Queen Esther Chapter of Hadassah throughout her life. Harry, an industrialist and business man was a generous benefactor of Queens University and was instrumental in establishing Hillel House at Queens. Ethel and Harry had three children and eight grandchildren.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ethel
- Abramsky, Harry
- Canadian Hadassah-WIZO
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Florida
- Poland
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- CD
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
- 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
- Lynne and David Ginsburg
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 2010 and 17 Dec. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Lynne and David Ginsburg
- Number
- AC 431
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 2010 and 17 Dec. 2010
- Interviewer
- Jessica Parker
- Total Running Time
- South African Oral History 2, Part I: 1 hr. 34 min.
- South African Oral History 2, Part II: 1 hr. 8 min.
- South African Oral History 2, Part III: 1 hr. 9 min.
- Biography
- David and Lynne both come from medical families: All four of their parents were doctors and all four attended University of Cape Town Medical School at the same time. As for David and Lynne, they began dating while Lynne was in medical school and David was completing his residency program.
- South Africa’s political situation was one of the main reasons David and Lynne began thinking about leaving as neither of them wanted to raise children under the apartheid regime. Their first son was born in 1965 and by 1967 they had left. The family spent a year in Glasgow before moving to Boston, where David worked at Harvard Medical School. It was during this time that they had their second child.
- Because of the fact David was eligible to be conscripted if he immigrated to the United States, the couple took out student visas, which expired after three years. If the Vietnam War had not been taking place, it is conceivable that the family would have remained in the United States, David and Lynne having already adjusted to American culture and made friends in the area.
- With their visas set to expire, the couple considered immigrating to a number of countries, but settled on Canada. After their arrival, their third child was born. Once David and Lynne were settled in Canada they were joined by several other family members.
- David and Lynne are now retired and enjoying the best years of their life. Their son and two daughters live in Toronto and they have ten grandchildren ranging in age from twenty-four to ten years as of November 2018.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Ginsburg, David
- Ginsburg, Lynne
- Geographic Access
- Boston (Mass.)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
- Durban (South Africa)
- Glasgow (Scotland)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- London (England)
- Pretoria (South Africa)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Part I:
- 00:27 Lynne discusses how she and David met, courted, and married.
- 00:46 David and Lynne and their respective parents graduated from medicine at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
- 01:45 Lynne and David's son Neil was born in Cape Town in 1965.
- 01:50 Lynne explains their reasons for leaving South Africa in February 1967.
- 02:25 Lynne and David spent one year in Glasgow and three years in Boston.
- 02:58 Lynne and David have a second child.
- 03:22 Lynne explains why they were forced to leave the United States.
- 05:07 Lynne explains how she and David moved to Canada, specifically Kingston.
- 08:48 Lynne and David discuss the warm community of Kingston.
- 09:00 David and Lynne describe the positive and negative features of living in Boston.
- 11:14 Lynne was born in Pretoria, moved to Durban, and then moved to Cape Town.
- 12:25 David and Lynne reminisce about Cape Town.
- 13:10 David's brother and sister and Lynne's sister emigrated. Lynne's brother left for a short time but returned to South Africa.
- 13:40 David and Lynne muse about some of the changes that have occurred in South Africa.
- 15:42 David's father's family was from Lithuania; his mother's family was from Latvia. Lynne's father's family was from Lithuania; her mother's family was from Latvia. Lynne cites a trip made by her sister to Lithuania.
- 16:47 Lynne and David discuss safety concerns and high level of crime in South Africa and how it affected them personally.
- 19:24 Lynne addresses the inefficiency of modern-day South Africa.
- 21:30 Lynne discusses some of her family's history, including her grandparents and parents. Her maternal grandfather came from Lithuania and married her South-African-born grandmother. They lived briefly in the United States, where her mother was born. Her maternal grandparents came from Lithuania but were married in Cape Town. Her father was born in Cape Town. She discusses the challenges faced by her father as well as his accomplishments in the field of medicine.
- 25:55 Lynne describes her family's experiences during the Second World War: her father's role as a surgeon enlisted with the British army and her pregnant mother evacuated out of London to South Africa.
- 28:24 Lynne addresses the role of living near a Jewish community impacted her family.
- 31:12 David discusses some of his family's history. He shares a colourful story of how his maternal grandparents fled from Russia (Lituhania). They settled in a small town, Sterksstroom, South Africa. David shares a few stories about his father and family.
- 34:15 David and Lynne reminisce about the apartheid situation in South Africa during their childhood. David discusses the link between the nationalists and Israel He notes that the current South African government is anti-Israel and anti-Jewish.
- 36:47 David and Lynne cite incidents of antisemitism during their childhood.
- 38:17 David discusses the risk of making political comments during his university years.
- 39:14 Lynne discusses some of the restrictions imposed by the apartheid regime.
- 42:43 Lynne comments that her family had minimal contact with Israel and Zionist movements.
- 46:50 Lynne's parents spoke Yiddish with one another. David's mother spoke Yiddish, not his father. Lynne and David speak Afrikaans.
- 52:33 Lynne discusses her family's practice of Judaism.
- 55:05 David discusses his family's practice of Judaism.
- 56:52 Lynne and David continue to discuss Jewish practices and the customs of their grandparents.
- 59:46 Lynne and David describe some of the struggles faced by their grandparents' generation and the sacrifices they made for their children. They relate some stories about David's grandfather.
- 1:04:44 Lynne and David recall some Jewish memories while living in Glasgow and Boston.
- 1:10:47 Lynne discusses her experience of becoming a bat mitzvah at age fifty-three.
- 1:15:26 Lynne describes their involvement with the Jewish community in Kingston.
- 1:18:52 Lynne and David describe some of the recent changes in practice in the Kingston synagogue.
- 1:20:59 Lynne and David describe their children's Jewish education and practice.
- 1:22:42 Lynne and David share some of their views about Judaism and practice.
- 1:28:48 Lynne and David relate a story involving a kiddush cup brought from Europe by David's grandfather.
- 1:30:16 Lynne's maiden name was Heselson.
- 1:30:32 Lynne presents and discusses her father's military service and medals.
- 1:32:20 David and Lynne list their and their parents' medical specialties.
- Part II
- 00:00 David describes his family's religious practice, including his paternal grandfather and father. David describes his own observance.
- 07:50 Lynne discusses her family's practice of Judaism. She recalls celebrating Jewish holidays with neighbours, the Gelfands. David and Lynne reminisce about Jewish foods.
- Source
- Oral Histories
A Two-Cent Stamp
A Way to Meet People
Racial Segregation
- Name
- Aubrey and Lucille Groll
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 28 June 2011
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Aubrey and Lucille Groll
- Number
- AC 432
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 28 June 2011
- Interviewer
- Jessica Parker
- Total Running Time
- South African Oral History 1, Part I - 30 min.
- South African Oral History 1, Part II - 21 min.
- South African Oral History 1, Part III - 1 min.
- Biography
- Aubrey and Lucille both grew up Jewish in South Africa, but in many respects their experiences of Yiddishkeit were quite different. The son of Orthodox Eastern European parents, Aubrey grew up in a kosher household that took religion very seriously, even if his parents, who owned a small business, had to work Friday evenings in order to make ends meet. Lucille, on the other hand, was the daughter of German immigrants to South Africa who belonged to a Reform synagogue; as a result, she was less familiar with the nuances of kashrut. After meeting Lucille, Aubrey’s mother made several phone calls to verify that her future daughter-in-law was, in fact, Jewish.
- Lucille tells a story related to her lack of familiarity with kashrut that illustrates several aspects of Jewish life under apartheid South Africa. When Aubrey was fourteen years old, his family employed a servant of the same age who went on to work for the family for decades. Years later, when Lucille was staying with Aubrey’s family, the servant, despite being non-Jewish, would inquire whether Lucille would be giving her child meat or milk that night and would then proceed to put out the food along with the appropriate plates. Immediately after doing so, he would tell Lucille not to touch anything until he returned in the morning lest she inadvertently violate kashrut!
- Aubrey and Lucille left South Africa in 1965, ending up in Kingston after a two-year stay in Birmingham, Alabama. Aubrey became one of the first Jewish academics to teach at Queen’s University while Lucille found interesting jobs in social work, ending her career at Kingston General Hospital. Initially, they had some difficulty integrating into the local Jewish community, but the situation improved as they slowly became more integrated into the Jewish community and more Jewish academics settled in Kingston. Aubrey and Lucille have four children and are the proud grandparents of ten grandchildren. Aubrey passed away in February, 2018.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Groll, Aubrey
- Groll, Lucille
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- South Africa
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Part 1:
- 01:07 Lucille Groll (née Godfrey) shares some of her family history. Her parents were born in Germany. Her father (né Gothelf) came to South Africa in the late 1920s as an adult. Her mother came to Johannesburg as an infant and was educated in a convent.
- 02:36 Lucille describes her Jewish upbringing as Reform and liberal with minimal Zionism.
- 03:10 Lucille's brother attended a Reform summer camp with Zionist leanings.
- 03:34 Lucille discusses her Jewish education, practice of Jewish holidays, and her Jewish social life.
- 06:50 Lucille's parents and other elders spoke German at home.
- 07:14 Lucille recalls the German-style food eaten at her home.
- 09:34 Lucille's maternal grandfather came to South Africa in 1910, returned to Germany, and then returned to South Africa after the First World War.
- 10:41 Aubrey shares some of his family history. His parents were married in Lithuania and migrated to Furrow, a farming community. His parents ran a general store. He had two brothers.
- 13:38 Aubrey discusses his upbringing in Somerset West such as going to school and Jewish practices (Shabbat, kashrut, holidays, Zionism).
- 15:44 Aubrey discusses her father's affiliation with the Revisionist Zionism. He relates an anecdote involving a visit by Menachem Begin to their town.
- 16:35 Aubrey discusses her parents' involvement with the synagogue.
- 17:28 Aubrey reminisces about his education, bar mitzvah, foods, the Jewish community, synagogue life, Hebrew school, and keeping kashrut.
- 22:00 Aubrey notes that his parents did not discuss the Holocaust or their family's history, despite losing all of the family that remained behind in Lithuania.
- 23:20 Aubrey's parents spoke Yiddish with one another and friends but not with their children.
- 25:35 Lucille recalls first meeting Aubrey and his family.
- 26:45 Aubrey discusses antisemitism during his school years.
- 27:48 Lucille relates a humorous about Aubrey's mother confirming Lucille's Jewish background.
- 28:38 Lucille and Aubrey discuss how they met.
- Aubrey explains how they ultimately moved to Kingston, Ontario in 1967 via Birmingham, Alabama.
- Part 2:
- 01:36 Lucille discusses her work as a social worker in psychiatry.
- 02:10 Aubrey and Lucille discuss their relationships with Lynne and David Ginsburg and their role in helping David find work in Kingston.
- 03:24 Lucille explains how she assumed there would be a Jewish community in Kingston. She shares her impressions of the Jewish community when they arrived. Aubrey shares his impressions as well.
- 06:20 Aubrey and Lucille were the first Jewish South Africans in Kingston. Other South Africans came to Kingston in 1969 and the 1970s. Aubrey discusses the involvement of South African Jews in the Kingston Jewish community.
- 08:23 Lucille discusses her family's involvement in the Jewish community in Kingston.
- 09:22 Lucille discusses her children and grandchildren and their practice.
- 14:10 ?Joyce (Aubrey's relative?) relates an anecdote about finding and repairing some old candlesticks.
- 15:45 Lucille discusses changes in Jewish practice over time in Canada versus South Africa.
- 16:50 Aubrey shares comments about the strong sense of Zionism and Jewish identity in South Africa during his youth.
- 19:35 Lucille notes that most South African Jews in Toronto have been affiliated with an Orthodox synagogue on Bayview Avenue and the Reform Temple Emanu-El.
- Part 3:
- 00:00 Aubrey briefly discusses the prominence of Zionist movements and camps in South Africa.
- 00:48 Mention some prayer books.
- Source
- Oral Histories
Holiday Celebrations
Not Marrying Jewish
- Name
- Ivan Zarenda
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 21 July 2011 and 15 June 2012
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ivan Zarenda
- Number
- AC 434
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 21 July 2011 and 15 June 2012
- Interviewer
- Jessica Parker
- Total Running Time
- Part I: 46 min.
- Part II: 1 hr. 4 min.
- Biography
- Ivan’s parents arrived in South Africa from Lithuania around 1930. Prior to immigrating, they knew each other from Klykoliai, a shtetl in northwestern Lithuania. Ivan’s father was the first to arrive, taking up work at a concession store in the mining town of Brakpan. As for Ivan’s mother, she came over with her mother after her siblings had prepared a home for them in Brakpan. After being sent to a convent in Rhodesia in order to learn English, she returned to Brakpan where she married Ivan’s father. Together, the couple raised two children, who grew up with their maternal grandmother, who only spoke Yiddish. Consequently, Ivan grew up speaking Yiddish as well as English. He even gave his bar mitzvah speech in Yiddish, causing his Lithuanian grandmother to beam with pride.
- Although they were not well off, Ivan’s parents managed to send their two sons to university. As an undergraduate, Ivan studied pharmacy at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. He met his wife while visiting his parents in Kimberley, where they had moved and were managing a hotel. The two were introduced on a blind date and corresponded for well over a year when Ivan went to do a post-graduate degree in industrial pharmacy at the University of Michigan. When Ivan returned to South Africa to take up a job in Cape Town, the two dated, became engaged, and married. In 1990, they immigrated to Canada with their two children as part of a job transfer. After a short stay in Brockville, the family relocated to Kingston, where they were active in Jewish life. Ivan’s wife, Daphne, passed away in 2006. He moved from Kingston to Toronto in 2018, joining his children Marc and Shelley and families who live there.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Zarenda, Ivan
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- South Africa
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
Friendship with Afrikaners
- 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
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 38
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 38
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Strenkovsky (Stren) family of Brantford, Ontario. The photograph was taken in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 19
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- 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 the Rapoport family of Brantford, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1597
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1597
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the charter for the Shalom Aleichem Zion Society of Brantford, Ontario, stating their affiliation with the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada.
- Name Access
- Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada
- Shalom Aleichem Zion Society
- Subjects
- Charters
- Societies
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1155
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1155
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver seated with her children, in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: David, Sam, Sarah Moldaver.
- Front row, left to right: Bertha, Isaac (Jack), Daniel, Abraham.
- Name Access
- Moldaver, Abraham
- Moldaver, Bertha
- Moldaver, David
- Moldaver, Isaac
- Moldaver, Jack
- Moldaver, Sam
- Moldaver, Sarah
- Rovinsky, Sarah
- Subjects
- Mother and child
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- 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 Rev. W. Gringorten with his cheder class in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph was taken during Purim celebrations and all of the children are wearing white paper hats.
- Subjects
- Heder
- Purim
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1890
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1890
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Max Noble standing in front of Noble's Clothing Store on 150 Market Street in Brantford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Noble, Max
- Subjects
- Clothing trade
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1158
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1158
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of the Brantford Sunday school class. Identified individuals include:
- Sam Rapoport, Abe Morrison, Frank Schleifer, Louis Stemeroff, Jack Rovinsky, Jack Moldaver, Jean White, Abe Moldaver, Saul Rovinsky, Morris Gomberg, Ruby Levine, Danny Moldaver, Rosie Corsonsky, Bertha Gazer, Lena Stren.
- Notes
- See accompanying photo identifier with photo for locations of identified 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.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 78; File 3; Item 39
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 78
- File
- 3
- Item
- 39
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Brantford B'nai Brith lodge received its charter in 1932.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the installation dinner of the officers of the Brantford B'nai Brith lodge. The dinner was held at Kerby House. The photograph depicts a large assembled crowd seated at several banquet tables.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photograph.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1160
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1160
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Oct. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm on mat 29 x 33 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Moldaver was sent back to Canada from England to attend officers' training school.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Moldaver (Maldaver) seated in the sanctuary of the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario, with an assembled group of men from the B'nai Brith lodge. The lodge was presenting him with an honour award at the time of the photograph. Jack is pictured in his RCAF uniform, alongside four other Jewish servicemen. Identified individuals include:
- Harry Hoffman, Max Harris, Sender Renzen, Gord Henkle, Harry Tulchinsky, Les Pasis, Sam Sherman, Sam Finklestein, Mike Harris, Wilf Stemeroff, Dave Rosenberg, Joel Lipovitch, Sam Neiman, Harry Wise, Louis Rapoport, Ben Hoffman, Sam Rovinsky, Merf Silverstein, Norm Zaltz, Sam Silverstein, Max Sherman, Harry Solomon, Gord White, I. Raimer, William Brown, Ira Smuckler, Hy Levine, Al Gazer, Jack Moldaver, David Noble, Ben Schacher, Charles Schleifer, Saul Rovinsky, Joe Poss, Louis Kwitko, I. Sherman, Max White, Max Gazer, Benny Markovitch, Sam Bloom, Joe Lunenfeld, Harry Friedman, Bill Brown, Louis Henkle.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photo.
- See accompanying paper with photo for location of identified individuals.
- Name Access
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154
- Moldaver, Jack
- Maldaver, Jack
- Subjects
- Awards
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1159
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1159
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Oct. 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 19 x 25 cm on mat 29 x 33 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Moldaver (Maldaver) being presented with an award by the Brantford B'nai Brith lodge. The photograph was taken inside the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario. Jack is wearing his RCAF uniform. Pictured from left to right are:
- Louis Henkle, Harry Tulchinsky, Sam Silverstein, Jack Moldaver, [unidentified], Harry Solomon.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photo.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154
- Moldaver, Jack
- Maldaver, Jack
- Subjects
- Awards
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1135
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1135
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1942]
- 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 a group of young women standing behind a table with linens and baby items for sale. Pictured from left to right are:
- Edith Rapoport (m. Kanter), Shava Zaltz (m. Siegel), Lena Strenkovsky (m. Rothberg), Sarah Raimer, Rose Resnick (m. Halpert), and Ethel Rapoport (m. Rotberg).
- Name Access
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Subjects
- Youth
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1130
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1130
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Nov. 1958
- 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 a Hadassah bazaar in Brantford, Ontario. The photo depicts a large crowd of women gathered around a rack of coats for sale. Individuals pictured include Hilda Gordon, Rita Abeles, Rae Gazer, Trudy Katz and Rose Brown.
- Notes
- Acquired on June 28, 1976.
- Reproduction restriction note: Original photograph owned by the Brantford Expositor.
- Name Access
- Hadassah-Wizo
- Subjects
- Bazaars (Charities)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1131
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1131
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Nov. 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of women at a Hadassah bazaar in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts the women gathered near a rack of coats for sale.
- Notes
- Acquired on June 28, 1976.
- Reproduction restriction note: Original photograph owned by the Brantford Examiner.
- Name Access
- Hadassah-Wizo
- Subjects
- Bazaars (Charities)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1150
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1150
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm on mat 23 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Annie and Sam (Shoika) Rovinsky with their son Jack (Rowan), of Brantford, Ontario. The photograph is a studio portrait.
- Name Access
- Rovinsky, Annie
- Rovinsky family
- Rovinsky, Sam
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1149
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1149
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm on matte 23 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Max (Motle) and Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons David and Samuel and their daughter Bertha (Brucha). The photograph is a studio portrait.
- Name Access
- Moldaver, Bertha
- Moldaver, Brucha
- Moldaver, David
- Moldaver family
- Moldaver, Max
- Moldaver, Samuel
- Moldaver, Sarah
- Rovinsky, Sarah
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1148
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1148
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : sepia and b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 10 cm on mat 23 x 15 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original portait and copy negative of Sam Rovinsky of Brantford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Rovinsky, Sam
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1147
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1147
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : sepia and b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm on mat 23 x 15 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Jack Corsonsky (Corson) and David Moldaver of Brantford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Corson, Jack
- Corsonsky, Jack
- Moldaver, David
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1146
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1146
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : sepia and b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original and copy photograph and corresponding negative of Mike and Sheva (née Moldaver) Corsonsky (Corson), of Brantford, Ontario, with their son Jack. The three are dressed in formal attire and Mike is seated in a chair.
- Name Access
- Corson family
- Corson, Jack
- Corson, Mike
- Corson, Sheva
- Corsonsky family
- Corsonsky, Mike
- Corsonsky, Sheva
- Moldaver, Sheva
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1138
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Sept. 1955
- 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 Leon Rotberg, Sam Neiman and Ben Kanter holding the Sefer Torah that was donated to the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired on June 28, 1976.
- Name Access
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Communities
- Torah scrolls
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1137
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Sept. 1955
- 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 the donation of Sefer Torah to the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:
- Harry Wise, Louis Rapoport, Hyman Edelist, and Louis Henkle.
- Name Access
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Communities
- Torah scrolls
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1136
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1136
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954
- 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 the burning of the mortgage ceremony at Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario. The photograph depicts Ethel Rapoport (m. Rotberg), Louis Rapoport and Edith Rapoport (m. Kanter) lighting several candles placed on a banquet table. Looking on in the background on the right is Mrs. Sam (Celia) Axler. In the background on the left is Hyman Stemeroff.
- Notes
- Acquired on June 18, 1976.
- Name Access
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1134
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1134
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1912]
- 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 Luis and Bayla (Trayanko) Rapoport of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons Max and Sam.
- Name Access
- Rapoport family
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1129
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1129
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- 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 Louis and Bayla (Trayanko) Rapoport, of Brantford, Ontario, with their sons Max, Sam and Karl.
- Name Access
- Rapoport, Bayla
- Rapoport family
- Rapoport, Karl
- Rapoport, Louis
- Rapoport, Max
- Rapoport, Sam
- Trayanko, Bayla
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1; File 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1941?]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 3 photographs of the theatre's interior: the auditorium, lobby, and doorway.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs, inscriptions and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : b&w and sepia (5 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-1942
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Moldaver and Rovinsky families of Brantford, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Families
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Friedman, Morris
- Markish, Esther
- Eisenberg, Joe
- Wexler, Boris
- Acker, Abe
- Brownstone, Sam
- Klafter, Gershon
- Rosen, Marty
- Fackenheim, Emil
- Rosensweig, Philip
- Saiger, Norman
- Sadowski, David
- Gryfe, Mark
- Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)
- Frey, Marcus
- Horowitz, Shlomo
- Katz, Stan
- Pliscow, Morris
- Places
- Cambridge (Ont.)
- Chatham (Ont.)
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- London (Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Barrie (Ont.)
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Kingston (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
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records
- 19 photographs : b&w and col. (1 negative) ; 37 x 24 cm or smaller
- Date
- [192-]-1994
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records documenting the lives of Harry and Anne Tulchinsky as well as their son Gerry Tulchinsky from Brantford, Ontario. They include letters and postcards, autograph books, programs and invitations, photographs, Judaea newspapers, school yearbooks and a scrapbook. The records relate to the family's general involvement with the Brantford Jewish community, the Beth David Congregation, the Sharon chapter of Hadassah-Wizo and Gerry's service with the Royal Canadian Navy.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of the donor before being donated to the Archives on July 7, 2007.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Gerald Tulchinsky was Professor Emeritus at Queen's University, Department of History, and author of several books on the history of Canadian Jewry and labour issues in Canada. His books include: Shtetl on the Grand (2015); Joe Salsberg: A Life of Commitment (2013); Canada's Jews: A People's Journey (2008); Branching Out: The Transformation of the Canadian Jewish Community (1998); Taking Root: The Origins of the Canadian Jewish Community (1992); and The River Barons: Montreal Businessmen and the Growth of Industry and Transportation, 1837-53 (1977).
- Tulchinsky was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1933 to Harry and Anne Tulchinsky. He resided in Kingston, Ontario until his death on 13 Dec. 2017.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: see accessions 1976-6-9, 1976-6-13, 1978-11-3, 1978-11-4, 1981-12-2, 1992-8-3, 2001-10-3, 2004-5-71, 2005-11-10, 2006-12-1, and the Gerald Tulchinsky fonds at the Queen's University Archives.
- Name Access
- Tulchinsky, Gerald, 1933-2017
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-2-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-2-5
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 1 artifact
- Date
- 1902-1981
- Scope and Content
- The records consist of material produced by Rabbi Saul Gringorten and his son I.M. Gringorten. They include certificates and identification for Rabbi Gringorten and his wife, along with his son I.M. Gringorten. In addition, the accession includes a great deal of correspondence in both English and Yiddish from the father and son during the 1940s, particularly during the period when the rabbi resided in the United States. Some material also documents I.M. Gringorten's involvement in the United Zionists organization during the 1940s. Finally, this accession includes a chupa (marriage canopy) that was first used in 1910 by Saul Wolf Gringorten in Brantford, Ont.. The chupa is made out of a tallis with embellishments sewn into the centre. The chupa was subsequently used by various members of the Gringorten family.
- Administrative History
- Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel (nee Melnick) were born in Poland in 1876 and 1881 respectively. They moved to Canada in 1910 with their eldest child Morris. They subsequently had five more after their arrival. Their children included: Israel Morris (I.M.), Jennie, Jacob, Esther, Louis and Isaac.
- Rabbi Gringorten served as spiritual leader, teacher, shochet and mohel for the Brantford Jewish community after his arrival for thirteen years. He would also be on call in northern and western Ontario where the communities were too small to support a rabbi. He then moved to Toronto during the early 1920s and became the principal of a Jewish school. The family lived at 26 Cecil Street at that time and then moved to 393 Markham Street during the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became active in the Jewish community, serving as Vice-President of the Sons of Jacob, a board member of the Folks Farein and the first Trustee of the Old Folks Home.
- Rabbi Gringorten and his wife moved to California during the mid-1940s in order to live in a climate that was better for their health. Rachel passed away in 1947 and the Rabbi followed in 1959.
- Their oldest son, Israel Morris Gringorten, was born in Poland in 1904. He was educated in Brantford and later graduated from the University of Toronto. He served during the Second World War from 1943 until 1945. After his discharge, he spent his career working as an auto parts manufacturer with Canada Motor Products Ltd. He was an ardent Zionist who served as president of the United Zionists - Revisionists of America during the 1940s. He and his wife had four children.
- 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.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE NOTE: Records are in Yiddish and English.
- ACCESSION RESTRICTION NOTE: One file contains medical information and is closed.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Gringorten, Saul Wolfe
- Gringorten, Rachel
- Gringorten, Israel Morris
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (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
- Part Of
- Sadie Stren fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 78
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- [189-]-1997
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- 176 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 2 photographs (jpg) : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Sadie Stren was born on April 19, 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. Her father and mother had come from a small town in Russia. Samuel Goldberg, her father, arrived to stay with family in Brantford, Ontario in 1910 and began working as a peddler. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1912 where he worked for the Ford Motor Company and later owned a confectionary store. Emma, Sadie’s mother, came from Russia to reunite with Samuel after he began living in Detroit and the couple married and started a family there.
- Sadie grew up in a predominately Jewish neighbourhood in Detroit with her parents and her sister Sarah. She graduated from what is now Wayne State University and worked as a social studies teacher in Detroit for approximately 10 years, until she married at age 31. Sadie first met her husband, Maurice Strenkovsky (1910-1995), while visiting relatives in Brantford. By the time the two had met, "Maurie" was going by the last name Stren, although it is not certain when he began to do so. He served in the Second World War and corresponded with Sadie during their courtship. The two married in 1947, five years after meeting.The couple initially lived in Detroit, where their son David was born on August 28, 1948, but soon moved to Brantford, where Sadie gave birth to a daughter, Patti, on August 8, 1949. Maurie became a manufacturer of surgical dressing and continued in this profession until his retirement.
- When Sadie first moved to Brantford, she joined several Jewish women’s organizations, including Hadassah. She has continued to be actively involved in both Jewish and non-Jewish community organizations since that time. She ran and taught the Beth David Sunday school in Brantford for many years, and in 1976, was honoured for her work as Sunday School Supervisor by the Beth David Sisterhood. During her time in Brantford, Sadie served on the Board of Directors for eight different organizations, and was the president of four. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the Family Service Bureau and was elected president in 1966. She is also a past president of the University Women’s Club and a former board member of the YM-YWCA. Her husband was quite active in the community as well. Maurie Stren’s commitments included serving as President of B’nai B’rith Brantford from 1965-1966 and as District Governor of the Lions Club from 1963-64, among other things.
- Upon moving to Toronto, Sadie became a member of the Baycrest Women’s Auxiliary and volunteered at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Aphasia Institute.
- Sadie was an amateur historian who served as the Brantford Jewish community's archivist and historian for a number of years. She had been collecting sources of Brantford Jewish history in her home since at least the 1970s in order to assemble the history of Brantford's community. Sadie was also an author who wrote about the history of the Brantford community, spoke at conferences, and was a contributor to the Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal in 1981. She passed away on December 9, 2014. She was one hundred.
- Custodial History
- The records were donated by Sadie Stren in five different transfers from 1976-2006. The first accession was received as a part of the small communities project in 1976 and included only photographs. Subsequent accessions included photographs and textual documents relating to both Sadie’s family and the Brantford community. Sadie is an author and she acquired some of the materials when researching the history of the Brantford community.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material created and collected by Sadie Stren related to the Brantford Jewish community, as both a member of the community and an author researching its history. Among the records are newspaper and article clippings, correspondence, research notes, records of the Brantford Hebrew Association, miscellaneous printed and published material, Hadassah minutes, records related to Congregation Beth David and its Hebrew School and photographs.
- The Brantford Hebrew Association records include 3 ledger books which span the years between 1909 to 1952, legal documents for the Association including the original letters patent incorporating the Brantford Hebrew Association in 1911.
- Notes
- Some of the photographs are modern copies of older photographs.
- Some early accessions contained photocopies of orginal documents that were eventually donated in later transfers. These photocopies were culled.
- Many photographs were described at the item level at the time they were accessioned, but there are quite a few photographs in the fonds which have not yet been described in detail.
- Name Access
- Stren, Sadie, 1915-2014
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Volunteers
- Related Material
- For additional material related to the Brantford Jewish community see also accession #1978-11-4, accession #2009-2-5, oral history #AC91, and accession #2004-5-71.
- Creator
- Stren, Sadie, 1915-
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-9
- 1977-5-6
- 1978-11-3
- 2005-11-10
- 2006-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait of Mrs. Rivha Bennett with her children.
- Name Access
- Bennett, Rivha
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Anti-Semitism Cases sub-series 1
- Architectural projects series 1
- Benjamin Brown fonds 1
- Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series 1
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds 1
- Commercial building plans and drawings series 1
- Community Relations Committee series 1
- Congregation Beth David fonds 1
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds 1
- Ontario synagogues series 2
- Photographs file 4
- Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds 1
- Sadie Stren fonds 5
- The Shuls Project fonds 2
- Agriculture 1
- Apples 2
- Architecture 4
- Automobiles 1
- Awards 2
- Basketball teams 1
- Bazaars (Charities) 2
- Birthdays 1
- Brothers and sisters 1
- Canada--Armed Forces 3
- Canada--Emigration and immigration 3
- Charters 1
- Children 5
- Clothing trade 1
- Clubs 2
- College students 1
- Communities 5
- Congresses and conventions 2
- Delicatessens 1
- Dinners and dining 3
- Dwellings 1
- Education 1
- Families 16
- Football players 1
- Grandmothers 1
- Heder 1
- Immigrants--Canada 5
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) 1
- Jewish businesspeople 1
- Jews--Poland 1
- Jews--South Africa 3
- Labor Zionism 1
- Lectures and lecturing 1
- Meetings 2
- Mother and child 1
- Mothers and sons 1
- Musicians 1
- Newlyweds 2
- Orphanages 1
- Parades 1
- Parties 2
- Political 1
- Portraits 12
- Portraits, Group 20
- Private Clubs 1
- Purim 1
- Rabbis 1
- Religion 1
- Religious 1
- Religious education 1
- Small business 1
- Societies 1
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration 3
- Sports teams 2
- Storefronts 2
- Stores, Retail 2
- Streets 1
- Students 3
- Synagogues 5
- Teachers 2
- Theaters 1
- Torah scrolls 2
- Volunteers 1
- Wagons 1
- Weddings 2
- Women 1
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Youth 1
- Zionism 3
- Abramsky, Bernice 2
- Abramsky, Ethel 1
- Abramsky, Geshia 1
- Abramsky, Harry 1
- Abramsky, Ida 1
- Abramsky, Joseph 2
- Abramsky, Katherine 1
- Abramsky, Marilyn 2
- Abramsky, Ralph 1
- Abramsky, Sam 1
- Abramson, Chai 1
- Abramson, Joseph 1
- Abramson, Lou 1
- Acker, Abe 1
- Ansel, Abe 1
- Apter Synagogue 1
- Aubrey and Lucille Groll 1
- Bennett, Rivha 1
- Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.) 4
- Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.) 11
- Blake, F. 1
- B'nai B'rith 1
- B'nai B'rith. Brantford Lodge, No. 1154 3
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.) 1
- Bolker, Henry 1
- Brown (family) 1
- Brown, Andrew, 1950- 1
- Brown, Harriette, 1958- 1
- Brown, Jack, 1926-1999 1
- Brown, Rose 1
- Brown, William 1
- Brownstone, Sam 1
- Burke, Jack 1
- Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 1
- Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
- Canada. Royal Canadian Navy 1
- Canadian Hadassah-WIZO 1
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.) 1
- Canadian Young Judaea 1
- Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto 1
- Chrétien, Jean, 1934- 1
- Cohen, Betty 2
- Cohen, Fagel 1
- Cohen, Isaac 3
- Cohen, Jennie 1
- Cohen, Jenny 1
- Cohen, Madame 1
- Cohen, Max 1
- Cohen, Rose 1
- Cohen, Sheldon 1
- Cole, C. 1
- Congregation Beth David (Brantford, Ont.) 1
- Congregation Iyr Hamelich 1
- Corson family 1
- Corson, Jack 2
- Corson, Mike 1
- Corson, Sheva 1
- Corsonsky family 1
- Corsonsky, Jack 1
- Corsonsky, Mike 1
- Corsonsky, Sheva 1
- Cousins, E. 1
- Daniels D. 1
- Dardick, Jerry 2
- Devor, John 2
- Diamond, Eph 1
- Dodd, B. 1
- Donnelly, D. 1
- Edward, Ryan 1
- Eisenberg, Joe 1
- Ellenberg, Lee 1
- Ethel Abramsky 1
- Fackenheim, Emil 1
- Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada 1
- Feldman, Arnold 1
- Finkelstein, Lily 1
- Frey, Marcus 1
- Friedman, Morris 1
- Gary, Ethel 1
- Geldman, Lillian 1
- Hadassah-Wizo 2
- Halperin, Judy 2
- Jessica Parker 3
- Klaperman, Rabbi Gilbert 2
- Lannis, Isadore 2
- Lannis, Sydney 2
- Maldaver, Jack 2
- Moldaver, Bertha 2
- Moldaver, David 3
- Moldaver, Jack 3
- Moldaver, Sarah 2
- Pollock, Jerry 2
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) 5
- Rapoport family 2
- Rovinsky, Sam 2
- Rovinsky, Sarah 2
- Springer, Jerry 2
- Tenhouse, Barry 2
- Tenhouse, Shirley 2
- Tevan, Teddy 2
- Adelaide Street West (Toronto, Ont.) 5
- Alexandria (Ont.) 9
- Ansonville (Ont.) 5
- Atlantic City (N.J.) 10
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.) 9
- 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.)
- 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.)
- 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