- Accession Number
- 1994-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-11-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 pin
- Date
- 1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a United Jewish Appeal 1954 campaign pin and letter and a programme for a fashion show at the 1954 Hadassah Bazaar presented by the Scopus Chapter.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1920, 1970
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity certificate declaring the creation of the Zeta Chapter in Toronto. The certificate is sealed by the Grand Secretary and signed by Horace Cohen and D. Blumenthal. Also included in this accession is a life membership certificate granted to Lawrence Kert, Q.C. from the Law Society of Upper Canada.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1917-1919
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copies of documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to Lawrence Kert's service as a pilot during the First World War. Included are his graduation certificate from the Royal Flying Corps, his flight log, documents, and press clippings concerning his capture by the Germans.
- Administrative History
- Lawrence Kert left the University of Toronto to enlist in the 228th Battalion in 1915, and was transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1917. He was listed as missing, but was actually a prisoner of war. He survived and returned to Canada.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1914-1918
- Name Access
- Kert, Lawrence
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of business correspondence with Singer & Kert, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, etc., Temple Building, Bay and Richmond Sts., Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence from Singer & Kert, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries on Bay & Richmond Sts. Included is correspondence concerning the purchase of a property on Queen St. and Katz's will.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 132
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of one portrait photograph of Cantor Paul Sheldon.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1964]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Daniel Edward Kert was married to Marion Kert and had three children: Roey, Ellen (Laan), and Robin (Foley). Kert was on the board of directors of the YM-YWHA, was the vice-president of the Baycrest Hospital's Men's Service Group and was the first "Honour Roll" editor. Kert died on 14 October 1988.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Daniel E. Kert.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Levy family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 15
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1902]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Esther Levy (Kert) taken in a studio in Alliston, Ontario when she was approximately three years old.
- Notes
- Mounted on card
- Photographer: Lawrence, Alliston, Ontario
- Name Access
- Kert, Esther
- Levy, Esther
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Alliston (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon and Fagel Cohen of Kingston, Ontario, taken shortly after their wedding. It was most likely taken in the backyard of 116 Beverley Street in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Fagel
- Cohen, Sheldon
- 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
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Photograph series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col ; 13 cm X 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a colour photograph of the Rosenbaum and Anklewicz familes gathered for the bar mitzvah of Sheldon Anklewicz in Toronto. Standing from left: Henry Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Murray Rosenbaum, Sheldon Anklewicz, Honey Anklewicz, Bella Simon, and Boris Simon. Standing in back are Hela and Aaron Anklewicz, grandparents of Sheldon.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4816
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4816
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Kathleen Kert of Rainy River, Ontario. The photograph is a studio portrait.
- 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
- Rainy River (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Lawrence Kert
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 6 Oct. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Lawrence Kert
- Number
- OH 5, OH 6
- Subject
- Gold miners
- Lawyers
- Politicians
- Prisoners of war
- World War, 1914-1918
- Interview Date
- 6 Oct. 1975
- Quantity
- 3 WAV files
- 4 cassettes (2 copies)
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- 1:30 min.
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003
- Digitized between December 2014 and February 2015
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Lawrence Kert was born in 1896 and graduated as a lawyer in 1920 from the University of Toronto's Osgoode Hall. Kert served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Army during the First World War and became a prisoner of war when his plane was shot down in Germany. After his return to Toronto, Kert became a member of the J. Singer & Company law firm. Kert was instrumental in organizing the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto and the Oakdale Golf and Country Club; he also sat on the board of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Kert passed away in 1976.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Englehart (Ont.)
- Mattawa (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- OH 005 Side 1:
00:24: Lawrence discusses his family’s arrival to Canada. His parents were born in Vilna and came to Montreal in the early 1880s. His parents met in Canada and were married in Sherbrook.
1:45: Lawrence explains how his father settled in Mattawa, Ontario, near North Bay.
3:15: Lawrence discusses the large Kert family, which settled in Canada and the United States. All the Kerts were related. He mentions one branch in Ottawa, Abram Kert, and shares an anecdote about a cousin, Big Isaac, who lived in Montreal.
6:23: Lawrence’s parents were Henry Isaac and Rachel Isaac (née Vineberg).
6:43: Lawrence chronicles his father’s start in Canada. Initially, his father peddled around Cornwall, Ontario. Then wet to the Klondike. By 1890, he had generals stores set up in Mattawa and Peterborough. He later returned to the Klondike for a short time. He remained in Mattawa for fifteen years. The family moved to Montreal in 1903.
8:34: Lawrence recalls one other Jewish family in Mattawa, the Stern family.
10:31: Lawrence explains why his father returned to Montreal. His father was invited to supply produce to the contractors who were constructing the Timiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway in northern Ontario from 1903 to 1905.
13:10:Lawrence explains how his father was able to earn the contract with the railway.
13:49: Lawrence’s father opened a store in Leskeard.
14:29: Lawrence shares an anecdote about the initial discovery of silver in Cobalt by Fred LaRose, a blacksmith.
15:40: Lawrence explains how his father agreed to build a hotel in the new town site of Englehart in 1904.
17:07: Lawrence’s father sold the produce business to a cousin, Charlie ?Bernstein, who maintained the business in Cochrane for about fifty years.
17:54: The hotel burned down in 1918. Lawrence’s family lived in Englehart from 1905 to 1921/22.
18:22: Lawrence discusses his father’s participation in communal activities in Mattawa and Englehart. He was elected to serve on the school board. He was a supporter of the Conservative Party. Lawrence describes both his parents as socially involved and well-liked.
21:18: Lawrence’s mother was active in the Daughters of the Empire.
21:36: Lawrence discusses the Jewish communities of Englehart and neighbouring Krugersdorf. The synagogue was burned down by a bush fire in 1906. Lawrence had his bar mitzvah in Englehart. After the synagogue burned down, services were held in private homes, including the hotel.
25:38: Lawrence discusses other Jews who lived in Englehart. He lists names and describes their businesses.
27:51: Lawrence discusses Jewish life, practice and education in Englehart in the time period of 1905/06 to 1911.
OH 005 Side 2:
00:33: Lawrence recounts a story involving a cousin who was staying with his family at the hotel.
3:24: Lawrence explains that his father built a hotel in Englehart in 1904 and stayed until 1920. The hotel was destroyed by a fire. Lawrence explains why his father did not rebuild the hotel.
4:18: Lawrence’s father started to work in the fur business. He sold the raw furs to St. Louis or to Montreal.
5:16: In 1922, Lawrence’s family moved to Montreal.
5:41: Lawrence was born in 1896. He moved to Englehart at age nine.
6:00: Lawrence discusses his Jewish education. His family belonged to Shaarei Shomayim in Montreal. When they moved to Englehart, they had a teacher.
7:10: Lawrence mentions a warm relationship between his father and Rabbi Jacobs, the head of Holy Blossom on Bond Street in Toronto.
9:13: Lawrence attended the Bond Street synagogue.
9:50: Lawrence became a member of Goel Tzedek.
10:00: Lawrence and his sibling attended high school in Hillbury. He reports not experiencing of antisemitism.
11:39: Lawrence explains how he moved from Englehart to study law at the University of Toronto in the summer of 1914.
12:55: At the outbreak of the war, Lawrence participated in the officers’ training corps at the University. He explains his training and describes how, in 1915, at age eighteen, he qualified as an officer with the Algonquin Rifles. While overseas, he trained as a pilot.
15:42: Before going overseas, Lawrence was the officer in charge of a scout troop in his battalion.
16:20: Lawrence describes the accommodations made for veterans who returned to University of Toronto in 1919. He explains how he was able to complete three years of law school and graduate in the summer of 1920.
18:28: Lawrence lists some of the prominent graduates from his year.
19:01: Lawrence explains that was shot down over Germany in 1917, where he spent the remainder of the war.
20:15: Lawrence explains where he resided while going to university.
21:43: Lawrence describes his involvement with the Jewish community in Toronto. He attended Goel Tzedek and had Jewish friends.
22:42: Lawrence discusses how he got involved at Goel Tzedek and lists some of the families who were members. He explains how he got know Toronto relatives of his oldest brother’s wife.
26:29: Lawrence suggests that university students were welcomed by both clergy (he cites Rabbi Price) and the lay community (he cites the Coopers).
27:22: Lawrence became a charter member of the first B’nai Brith Lodge in 1920.
28:32: Lawrence articled with a non-Jewish firm: Faskin-Robinson. After graduation, Lawrence started a small law firm with Joe Singer. They stayed together for forty-five years.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4833
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4833
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kert of Rainy River, Ontario. Ben is wearing a fur coat and his wife is wearing a fur-trimmed wool coat.
- Subjects
- Married 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
- Rainy River (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 561-562
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 561-562
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, Chaplain, CJC. Central Region, at dedication of Pardes Shalom Cemetery, Toronto, Oct. 12, 1975.
- Notes
- Acquired Oct. 24, 1975.
- Name Access
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Subjects
- Consecration of cemeteries
- Cemeteries
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4822
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4822
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Ben Kert standing behind the "Soo" Bargain Centre with a large collection of fur pelts, which are hanging off of the building and lying on the ground in the snow.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4824
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4824
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the interior of Ben Kert's store, located at 250 Queen Street East in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ben Kert is pictured standing next to a display counter. The store sold men's clothing and accessories and later became the "Soo" Bargain Centre.
- Name Access
- Kert, Ben
- Subjects
- 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
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1308
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1308
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- 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 Mrs. Chaim Weizmann receiving a bouquet of flowers from Miss Lenore Kert, at Varsity Arena in Toronto. Picture on the left is Dr. Isadore Goldstick. In the foreground is S. M. Shapiro tapping David Rome on the shoulder.
- Name Access
- Kert, Lenore
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy Luftspring, Brian Park, Sang Yua, and Sheldon Gross at the Oriental Palace, a nightclub in Toronto that Sammy often hosted at.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 24 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Oriental Palace (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Nightclubs
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4825
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4825
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Ben Kert and A. Portnoy standing on top of a Canadian Pacific rail car. The rail car is stopped beside the A. Portnoy scrap metal yard in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3658
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3658
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. Weizmann receiving flowers on her visit to Varsity Arena. Lenore Kert is identified as the girl on the left presenting the flowers.
- Name Access
- Weizmann, Mrs. Chaim
- Varsity Arena
- Kert, Lenore
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-4-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 581-582
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 581-582
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Notes
- Acquired Dec. 1975.
- 35 mm negative location: 7:6:13 and 7:6:14.
- Name Access
- Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Subjects
- Bronze doors
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3669
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3669
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 26 Oct. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, who assumed the role of rabbi for the Kiever after Rabbi Langner’s death, also contributed greatly to the religious identity of the Jewish community. He co-founded the She’arim day school, was Director of Chaplaincy Services at Jewish Family and Child Services, acted as Chaplain for Jails and Asylums, and was the Chaplain for Mount Sinai Hospital. He was renowned for his respect, concern, and compassion for those in unfortunate situations.
- Name Access
- Steinberg, Sheldon
- Subjects
- Hospitals
- Rabbis
- Synagogue dedication services
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1983-5-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2432
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2432
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left: Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg.
- Right: Morris Stork.
- Name Access
- Elm Tree Nursing Home
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Subjects
- Old age homes
- Rabbis
- Seder
- Places
- Keele Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-7-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2431
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2431
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Elm Tree Nursing Home
- Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Old age homes
- Rabbis
- Seder
- Places
- Keele Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-7-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
