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- Accession Number
- 2011-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 album
- 2 cm of textual records
- 25 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1930-2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Shaffer family of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Records include photographs of Sam Shaffer and his family, wartime letters written by Sam to his mother, correspondence related to Sam's bid to serve on the Thunder Bay Port Authority as well as the Bar-mitzvah album for Martin Feld Shaffer from April 3, 1971. The album includes greeting cards and telegrams from relatives and friends as well as several photographs.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Families
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Shaffer, Nancy, 1929-2013
- Shaffer, Martin, 1958-2012
- Shaffer, Samuel, 1925-2011
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 100 photographs
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1920-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the Hersch family, a screenplay by Phillip Hersch, school certificates from Landsdowne School, Canadian naturalization certificates, thank you notes, a New Year's greeting card, and a Polish passport. Included are photographs of weddings, Europe vacations, class photos, houses in Toronto, bar mitzvah, Niagara falls, Channukah, Farms, studio sets, the beach, and snow scenes.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Norman Hersch until his death in the mid-1980s, at which point the donor took possession of the records and stored them until donating them to the OJA in March 2015.
- Administrative History
- Norman Hersch was a special effects technician for the CBC from the early 1950s until his retirement in the mid-1980s. He was married to a French woman from Western Canada named Margaret. He is buried in the Mount Albert area with his wife. He served in the Canadian military during the Second World War and graduated from Central Technical School upon his return. In later years, he started P & M Display in Yorkville. Norman's older brother Phillip was a screenwriter in Toronto. He wrote the CBC series Wojek. Their mother Lily (Polish) volunteered at Mount Sinai Hospital. Their father Alexander (Romanian) worked in stainless steel manufacturing. They lived around Cecil Street. Doug Wardle was a friend and colleague of Hersch's at CBC in the Special Effects Department.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Name Access
- Hersch, Norman
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 48; Series 4; File 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 4
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Bat mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 6; File 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the bar mitzvah anniversary celebration in honour of Rabbi Kerzner. Included is an invitation, a programme, a tribute poem, a congratulatory telegram, and audiovisual recordings of the event. Also included are photographs of speakers, the head table, and guests at their tables.
- Notes
- Includes 93 photographs (57 negatives), 2 videocassettes, and 2 audio cassettes.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 14; Series 4-13; File 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-13
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 17 Mar. 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a lunch menu.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 1-5; File 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1989?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lyrics for songs that were written for the bar mitzvah of Yoel Micha Meir.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 4; Series 1-5; File 15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1997
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of bar and bat mitzvah invitations.
- Notes
- A finding aid listing the names, dates, and locations for the celebrations can be found in the file.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Bat mitzvah
- Invitation cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 110
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 110
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains correspondence, administrative records and promotional materials concerning the programme to twin bar mitzvah celebrations between Jewish youth in Canada and the Soviet Union.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Bat mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
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- Committee for Soviet Jewry series 1
- Events sub-series 1
- Life cycle and family events sub-series 2
- Personal series 2
- Protest activities sub-series 1
- Solomon Edell fonds 3
- Subject files series 1
- Women's Auxiliary series 1
- Agriculture 2
- Anniversaries 11
- Anti-Jewish propaganda 5
- Antisemitism 11
- Antisemitism--Russia 2
- Architecture 32
- Authors 8
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- Children 12
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- Education 22
- Families 84
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- Food-related business 5
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- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 12
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- Israel 7
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- Judaism--Relations--Christianity 6
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- Labor Zionism 8
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- Letters 4
- Manufacturer 5
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- Married people 6
- Mezuzah 4
- Musicians 3
- Newsletters 4
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- Refuseniks 5
- Religion 14
- Religious 6
- Schools 3
- Societies 21
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration 32
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces 3
- Sports 6
- Sports teams 4
- Synagogues 55
- Teachers 3
- Trials 27
- Vacations 3
- Veterans--Canada 3
- Volunteers 4
- Women 13
- World War, 1939-1945 20
- Yiddish language 10
- Youth 6
- Zionism 12