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Mr. Day's cheder
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 947
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 947
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- David Day and his brother Jacob Day started a Hebrew school in Toronto on Major Street. Eventually, David Day started his own cheder on Markham Street and Jacob Day operated another cheder on Ulster Street. They both taught during the mid 1900s, from approximately 1925 to 1940.
- David Day had two sons named Sam and Nat. Nat Day was in the army and was married to Evelyn Day.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Mr. Day's cheder that was taken for a student's bar mitzvah. David Day is in the middle of the group and his son is standing behind him in uniform. The photograph was taken in 1942.
- Name Access
- Day, David
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Heder
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Related Material
- See accession #2003-8-3 for another copy of the same photograph
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions