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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Neville and Ruth Sischy
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 17 Nov. 2016
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Neville and Ruth Sischy
- Number
- AC 439
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 17 Nov. 2016
- Interviewer
- Miriam Borden
- Total Running Time
- AC 439 part 1: 37 min.
- AC 439 part 2: 7 min.
- AC 439 part 3: 7 min.
- Biography
- Neville and Ruth were born toward the beginning of apartheid rule in South Africa. Indeed, Neville was born the same year the National Party returned to power and formalized the system of apartheid. Because of their young age, Neville and Ruth were largely unaware of the political developments taking place in their country. By the time they left South Africa in the mid-1970s, the government had devolved into a police state. For them, the Canada of Pierre Elliott Trudeau was a welcome contrast to the injustice of apartheid South Africa.
- Neville and Ruth grew up in traditional Jewish homes, in which their grandparents spoke Yiddish and were treated with deference. Neville met Ruth while attending medical school in Johannesburg. He was twenty-one at the time; she was eighteen. The two married on the condition that they leave South Africa and, after a positive look-see, came to Canada in 1975. Initially, Neville had trouble finding work as a general practitioner but was eventually able to open a clinic, where he has worked for forty years. Ruth, meanwhile, quickly found work in the nursery department of Holy Blossom Temple, the latter serving as a launching pad for their integration into Canadian society.
- Although there were challenges along the way, Neville and Ruth have never regretted their decision to immigrate to Canada. They have four children, all of whom have made friends with the children of their Holy Blossom friends, and hope to see those friendships continue into the third generation.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Sischy, Neville
- Sischy, Ruth
- Geographic Access
- Benoni (South Africa)
- Cape Town (South Africa)
- Germiston (South Africa)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Part 1:
- 00:35 Ruth discusses her parents' immigration history. Her father came to Benoni, South Africa from Lithuania and Latvia at age fifteen. Her mother came to Cape Town from Lithuania as an infant with her mother.
- 03:40 Ruth discusses her Jewish home life growing up. Yiddish was the primary language spoken by her grandmothers and between her grandparents and her parents. She describes her parents' home as traditional but not religious.
- 05:04 Ruth discusses her education. She attended a public school. She describes her brothers' Jewish education. She did not have any formal Jewish education.
- 05:42 Ruth continues to describe her home life.
- 06:55 Neville discusses his family's immigration history. His father came from Sveskna, Lithuania to live with an aunt in South Africa at age sixteen in 1927. He eventually bought a men's clothing business in Germiston, where Neville was born. His mother was born in South Africa. His maternal grandfather came to South Africa from Lithuania at the turn of the twentieth century, leaving behind a wife and child. He was able to bring them to Johannesburg, South Africa thirteen years later.
- 09:23 Neville explains that he lived in Germiston until 1971, when he moved to Johannesburg to go to medical school. He met Ruth while he was attending medical school. He explains that he and Ruth were married knowing they would leave South Africa.
- 10:29 Neville discusses the factors that contributed to his decision to leave South Africa.
- 11:49 Neville considered moving to England after he did an elective there during medical school. He explains why he decided to come to Canada instead. Neville discusses the circumstances that led to two of his father's cousins to leave South Africa and come to Canada.
- 13:24 Neville and Ruth explain why they decided to settle in Toronto rather than Vancouver, their initial destination. Ruth discusses the challenges of leaving her family. She recalls her first Rosh Hashanah in Toronto and how she found comfort from a sense of community.
- 17:23 Ruth notes that she chose Toronto over Vancouver thinking she would have a greater chance of seeing family. Paradoxically, her family immigrated to Oregon.
- 18:21 Ruth discusses the reaction of friends and family to their decision to emigrate.
- 19:12 Neville and Ruth discuss a look-see visit to Canada in 1974. They relate a humorous incident involving trying to get to the Canadian embassy in Rome.
- 21:04 Ruth describes the homesickness she felt as a new immigrant to Canada. She highlights the poor communication at the time: slow mail; postal strikes; sending mail via Buffalo, New York; expensive and complicated long-distance phone calls.
- 23:06 Neville discusses some of the challenges he encountered when he first arrived.
- 24:38 Neville and Ruth discuss the support they received from the Jewish community. They identify support from their colleagues.
- 26:10 Neville and Ruth explain the factors that directed them to choose their first neighbourhood.
- 27:12 Ruth discusses her adjustment to Canadian winter.
- 28:31 Ruth comments on her surprise of being able to practice Judaism openly in Toronto.
- 30:44 Ruth contrasts open conversations about the Holocaust in Canada with minimal discussion in Johannesburg. Neville discusses the impact of the Holocaust on his family.
- 32:25 Ruth discusses the role their household staff played in her life in South Africa.
- 33:11 Neville recounts an anecdote demonstrating the prevalence of domestic help in white South Africa.
- 34:08 Neville contrasts the oppressive society of South Africa with the open, welcoming Canadian governance and society.
- 35:11 Neville discusses why the military was glorified in South Africa.
- 36:02 Ruth discusses her professional career.
- Part 2:
- 00:47 Neville's sister and family and parents immigrated to Canada a year-and-a-half after their arrival. Ruth's family immigrated to the United States.
- 01:25 Neville and Ruth have four children, all born in Canada.
- 02:01 Both Neville and Ruth strongly identify as Canadian. Neville recalls he felt Canadian when she took his children to school. Ruth distinguishes between her "childhood life" in Africa and her "adult life" in Canada.
- 04:16 Ruth explains when and why she returned to South Africa for visits.
- 05:07 Neville discusses a desire to help young children and families in South Africa.
- 07:17 Neville notes the similarities between Ruth and his backgrounds (e.g. living with a grandmother, Yiddish spoken in the home).
- Part 3:
- 00:22 Ruth explains why she is grateful for coming to Toronto.
- 00:47 Neville discusses a social group in Toronto comprised of former Jewish residents from Germiston. He notes that he has a large extended family in Toronto.
- 01:38 Ruth notes that most of their close friends tend to be South African.
- 02:01 Neville discusses his cousin, Ben Sischy, who had been a political activist in South Africa.
- 02:30 Ruth notes her awareness of South African politics became stronger after she immigrated to Canada.
- 03:15 Neville relates stories about black medical students in his medical school class.
- 04:24 Neville and Ruth explain that they visited Israel but did not consider moving there.
- 04:57 Neville and Ruth discuss their limited involvement with Zionist youth movements and reminisce about fundraising as children for Jewish organizations.
- Source
- Oral Histories
Loneliness
Basic Human Needs
Two Very Distinct Lives
- 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
- 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
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 16 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 12 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Subjects
- Habad
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 29
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 22 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 15 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints (1 negative) ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 31
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 31
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 9 cm
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 3; File 32
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 3
- File
- 32
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 5; File 88
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 88
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains clippings, research notes and two editions (1971) of The Jewish Western Bulletin.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 5; File 89
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 89
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1958, 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains copied newspaper article, "Congregation Beth Israel - Centre of Conservative Judaism," from the Jewish Western Bulletin, and blueprints from 1971 renovations.
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Synagogue
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 5; File 91
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 91
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a flyer about the High Holiday services in 1977.
- Name Access
- Congregation Beth Hamidrash
- Subjects
- High Holidays
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 5; File 92
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 92
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the congregation's constitution and by-laws, adopted 1957.
- Name Access
- Schara Tzedec Synagogue
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1; File 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 5 photographs of the theatre's interior: the lobby, auditorium, dressing room, and airconditioning room.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and inscriptions, and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographer: Leonard Frank Photos.
- Name Access
- Leonard Frank Photos
- 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
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1; File 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- 2 views of the theatre auditorium.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on content of the photographs and 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
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- Item
- 31
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Muhammed Ali and Murray Pezim in Vancouver. Murray Pezim was a Vancouver business man and promoter. He had organized the fight between Ali and George Chavulo, which was the event at which the photograph was taken.
- Notes
- Image is located on Page 29 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Walker, Benjamin
- Walker, Edith
- Walker, Leah
- Walker, Mrs. Benjamin
- Subjects
- Apples
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.)
- Silverman, Echo
- Silverman, Syd
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3952
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3952
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Canada. Royal Canadian Navy
- Edward, Ryan
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- 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
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Kizel, Aaron
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a street shot showing Abramsky's store and a street trolley.
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Joseph
- Subjects
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 16 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This copy photograph of a young couple after their civil marriage ceremony which took place in the synagogue basement. The couple promised their parents they would be married properly as soon as they were stationed near a Jewish community. The groom was stationed at Norman Rogers air drome. Rabbi Ben Zion Steindel, the first Hillel director in Kingston, is in the second row.
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.)
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force
- Subjects
- Newlyweds
- 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
- 1981-6-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 17 x 10 cm
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Subjects
- Parades
- 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
- 1981-6-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Back row, left to right: M. Bailey, Sec.; J. Circle, Def. & trainer; I. Yampolsky, Centre; D. Rosenfeld, Pres. Middle row, left to right: "Pep" Susman, Treas.; H.R. Sugel, Forward; B. Morris, Def. (capt.); S. Abramsky, Centre; S. Robinson (Manager) Front row, left to right: M. Speizman, Forward; F.R. Morris, Forward
- Notes
- Photograph by Morrison Studio, Kingston
- Photograph is a copy.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph, from left to right are: W. Todd, E. Cousins, Ralph Abramsky, C. Storr, R. Shephard, C. Cole, D. Daniels, S. Warren, B. Dodd, V. Walsh, J. Handley, W. McMahon, D. Donnelly, W. McDonald, L. Walsh, L. Goodman, F. Blake, L. McDonald, J. Donakee, Sam Abramsky, D. Riley, H. Walker, Alf Pierce, G. Ranger
- Notes
- Photograph by Morrison Studio, Kingston
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ralph
- Abramsky, Sam
- Blake, F.
- Cole, C.
- Cousins, E.
- Daniels D.
- Dodd, B.
- Donnelly, D.
- Goodman, L.
- Handley, J.
- Limestone Lacrosse Club
- McDonald, L.
- McDonald, W.
- McMahon, W.
- Pierce, Alf
- Ranger, G.
- Riley, D.
- Shephard, C.
- Storr, C.
- Todd, W.
- Walker, H.
- Walsh, L.
- Walsh, V.
- Warren, S.
- Subjects
- Clubs
- 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
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Identified from left to right are: Geshia & Joseph Abramsky and daughter Katherine.
- Notes
- Original photograph by J. W. Wilson Co., 169 Queen St. W, Toronto
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Geshia
- Abramsky, Joseph
- Abramsky, Katherine
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Stores, Retail
- 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
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Original photograph by C. H. Boyes, Kingston.
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramson, Lou
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Original photograph by Bowerson.
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramson, Chai
- Abramson, Joseph
- 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
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 9 cm (sight, oval) and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a copy of a matted portrait of Ida Abramsky (1882-1950), daughter of Joseph Abramsky and Chaia Novack Abramsky. She was born in Bellorussia and came to Kingston with her family in 1896. She married Moe Breslin 1905 and lived in Toronto until her death in 1950.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ida
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 11 cm (sight, oval) and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Original photograph by C. H. Boyes, Kingston.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Original photograph appears to have been spotted with mould.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 11 cm (sight, oval) and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Original photograph by C. H. Boyes, Kingston.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1919]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Portrait of Joseph Abramsky's second wife. Geisha (Gussie) Abramson (1872-1956) was born in Grodna, Gobernia, and came to Canada after meeting and becoming engaged to Joseph Abramsky, her cousin, in Kingston. She had two children, Samuel (1900-1951) and Annette (Anna) (1902-1970).
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Original photograph by The Cooke Studio, 244 Princess Street, Kingston.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Joseph Abramsky was born November 23, 1857 in Belorussia, to Chaim Heshel (Zvi) Abramsky and Tovah Pessah Belastosky. He came to Kingston, Ontario in 1890 with his wife Chaia Novack and their four children Ida, Edith, Moses and Katherine. Chaia died in 1897 giving birth to their fifth child, Harry. In 1898 Joseph was married again, to his cousin Geisha (Gussie) Abramson. With her, he had two more children, Samuel and Annette (Anna). Joseph died November 23, 1927 in Kingston.
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Original photograph by Weese of Kingston.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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