- Accession Number
- 1995-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-6-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1908
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs of a portrait of Fanny Goldhar Gertzbein and a group photo of the Myer and Tzyrel Goldhar family with identifying information. Both photos were taken in Toronto.
- Goldhar family studio portrait. Identified from left, Mary, Myer (holding Harry), Jack (seated on floor), Molly (m. Robins), Fanny (standing centre), Tzyrel (Cyrel) holding J. Barney, Eva (m. Applebaum), Tillie (m. Freeman).
- Descriptive Notes
- Related material note: OJA Accession 2019-7-2.
- Name Access
- Goldhar, Fanny
- Goldhar, Myer
- Goldhar, Tzyrel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Nathan Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rhuda was married to Jacob Goldhar and had a son named David. She was born in Poland and moved to Canada at the age of sixteen.
- Jacob Goldhar was in the garment industry.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rhuda (Rose) Goldhar.
- Name Access
- Goldhar, Rhuda
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, B.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, B.
- Page Number
- 709
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Ben
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Ben
- Page Number
- 339
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Benjamin
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Benjamin
- Page Number
- 688
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, G.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, G.
- Page Number
- 494
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Gertrude
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Gertrude
- Page Number
- 688
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, J.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, J.
- Page Number
- 284
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Leah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Leah
- Page Number
- 688
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Sam
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Sam
- Page Number
- 688
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1995-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 16 x13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- 1 scrapbook
- Date
- 1958
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photocopy of a scrapbook prepared for J. Barney Goldhar's 50th birthday in 1958 by his family, and several photocopies of pictures in the album. It documents his personal life and his career in business and involvement with his synagogue and many Jewish community organizations in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Goldhar, J. Barney
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-10-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of Goldhar's Cigar Store, located at 1125 St. Clair Ave. W. in Toronto. Sam Goldhar may be the individual standing in front.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this item. It was found amongst other orphaned items in the processing room. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Administrative History
- Sam Goldhar is the father of Leo Goldhar, philanthropist and developer.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Ely & Miss
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, Ely & Miss
- Page Number
- 707
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, J. & B.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldhar, J. & B.
- Page Number
- 452
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1981-3-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-3-13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1919-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of Jack Leve in Biscotasing and Sudbury, a Young Judaea convention for Northern Ontario in Sudbury, ca. 1955-56, a Purim play, and the Jewish Community Centre in Sudbury, ca. 1949-50.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-4-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-4-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w (5 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and smaller
- Date
- 1926-1950
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 5 copy photographs with negatives of Jack Jacobson's Jewish school, a Hashomir Hatzair concert in 1927, Histadruth June 1950, a building likely located at 24 Cecil St., and Avrum Yitzchak Pishofsky (one of the founders of D'Arcy Talmud Torah) ca. 1930.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 84 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 collage (9 photos)
- Date
- [ca.1890]-[ca.1935]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs which include portraits and group photos taken in Vilna, Poland, Montreal, Quebec, and New York. Many are photo postcards. Identified individuals include Miriam and Isadore Zelker, Benjamin and Dora Zelker and Dr. Serge Koussevitzky. In addition there is a United States Certificate of Citizenship issued to Isadore Zelker by the Supreme Court in Bronx, New York (1930), a Polish passport belonging to Mary Dreazen of Vilno (1921), and her United States States Certificate of Naturalization issued in New York in 1927. Lastly there is an undated Western Union Telegram congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Dreazen of New York on their marriage.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-10-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm and 13 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs documenting Lt. Jack Troster's Second World War military service as a machine gunner with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa. Included is an image of a group of servicemen in Nymegen, Holland, in January 1945, an image of Jack in his uniform (July 1943), and an image of Jack and another servicemen holding up a picture of Hitler possibly in Germany (1945?).
- Identified in the photographs are: Jack Troster, Capt. Butler, Lt. W. Sharp, Major MacPherson, Lt. R. Ashman, Lt. Col. R. Ross, Capt. J. Woodward, and Pipe Major Scott.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-1-10
- Material Format
- sound recording
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 audio cassettes
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an interview and corresponding transcript, with Jack Shindman, past-president of JIAS, on immigration and his family.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Shindman, Jack
- Drutz, Danny
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Rovno, Ukraine
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Jack Shindman
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Shindman
- Number
- OH 138
- OH 139
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- High Holidays
- Immigrants--Canada
- Quantity
- 4 audio cassettes (2 copies)
- 4 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Danny Drutz
- AccessionNumber
- 1983-1-10
- Total Running Time
- 1:30 minutes
- Conservation
- OH 139 Copied August 2003
- OH 138 digitized in 2016
- Notes
- Related material note: Accession 1983-1-10 includes typed, unpublished manuscript of Jack Shindman's memoir.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Jack Shindman was born in Rovno, Ukraine and immigrated to Toronto in 1923. Shindman worked in a junkyard and advanced to millinery work, becoming executive of his union. After purchasing property at 150 Avenue Road, he opened a laundry business on the ground floor and lived with his family on the top floor. Shindman formed the Obecz-Valin Farein of Toronto, an association for landsleit of his hometown and worked for HIAS/JIAS helping immigrants procure immigration documents.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Greene, Lorne, 1915-1987
- Geographic Access
- Rovno, Ukraine
- Toronto, Ont.
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- OH138 Side One
00:00: Jack explains the complicated, drawn-out process of arranging immigration to Canada.
00:14: Jack explains that his future father-in-law had a brother, Abe, and his wife, Molly, who could help with immigration.
1:33: Jack explains how steamship tickets were procured from his future mother-in-law and her three daughters but not for him and his three sisters due to insufficient funds.
3:15: Jack explains that he continued to work with HIAS/JIAS to help immigrants procure documents before departure in Rovno. His older sister worked as a dressmaker.
4:38: Jack discusses the proposal and wedding to his wife Raizel. Jack describes how he took his mother-in-law and sisters-in-law to Warsaw before their departure to Canada. Jack returns to Rovno.
7:42: Jack discusses the agreement he made with his mother-in-law about joining them in Canada. The family in Canada sent a letter promising to send four tickets.
9:42: Jack discusses the circumstances surrounding the birth of their son.
10:11: Jack discusses various legal obstacles that prevented them from immigrating to Canada.
13:53: Jack explains how he and his family were able to secure a special permit procured by Mrs. Dworkin, a steamship agent. Jack, his wife, his son, and his three sisters arrived in Toronto in April 1923.
OH138 Side Two
00:00: Jack explains that the Polish regulations limited the amount of time Russians were permitted to remain in Poland if they were waiting to travel abroad. He explains how he deceptively was able to obtain Polish passports for himself, his wife, and his sisters to enable them to remain in Poland for a longer time.
3:58: Jack discusses his efforts at finding work.
5:56: Jack relates an incident involving his youngest sister getting burned from boiling water while taking a bath. He discusses the exemplary care provided by a doctor, Dave (?)Perlman.
8:32: Jack discusses how he was able to find work at his uncle’s junk yard in the Junction. He worked with Joe Tenenbaum.
9:51: Jack describes a flat the family lived in on Stephanie Street.
11:01: Jack discusses his struggle trying to find a job. He explains how he
was quickly able to advance while working in a millinery job.
14:58: Jack explains how he became an executive of his union. He was
advised by Joe Salsberg to request higher wages.
OH139 Side One
00:00: Jack explains that his sisters and sister-in-law got married.
1:37: Jack discusses Benny’s bar mitzvah.
2:28: Jack discusses forming the Obecz- Valin Farein, an association for
lantsleit (people from his home town) to send parcels to help people
back in Russia from 1934–1939. The organization existed until 1968.
4:54: Jack bought a building at 150 Avenue Road. The family lived upstairs
with a laundry on the main floor.
5:53: Jack discusses the dissolution of the organization.
7:00: Jack explains how he purchased a building at 150 Avenue Road and
the neighbouring building at 152 Avenue Road.
9:42: Jack discusses his son’s service in the Royal Canadian Air Force in
the Second World War.
13:19: Jack discusses his attempt to purchase a property on Davenport Road
that could be used as a laundry business for his son.
OH139 Side Two
00:48: Jack explains that Benny opted to go to university after the war rather
than go into his father’s business.
1:57: Jack discusses building a house.
3:02: Jack discusses Jack’s girlfriend who later became his wife. He
discusses the wedding at Shaarei Shomayim.
7:16: Jack explains how his son, Benny, and his daughter Adele’s husband,
Don, started to work in Jack’s businesses in1952/53. Danny Drutz
explains the careers of Don and Benny.
10:34:Danny Drutz discusses Edith’s education and completing a degree at
Queen’s University and a course in Lorne Green’s school for acting.
11:10: Danny Drutz discusses Edith’s life course: her work, her engagement
and marriage to (?) Lennie Hauser, and her move to London.
13:02: Danny Drutz discusses Lennie’s work with the Department of External
Affairs of Canada in diplomatic service.
14:20: Danny Drutz discusses Edith’s work with Information Canada.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 44
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Slan was born in 1918, in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Russian immigrant parents, Joseph and Sophie Slan. He had two brothers, Robert and Leon (Lennie Stein, Canadian Amateur Heavyweight Champion, 1935-1937, and Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame inductee). In 1922, the family moved to Toronto. Jack later met and married his first wife, Jerry Slan, and his second wife, Pearl (née Potash).
- In 1945, Jack and his two brothers founded Dominion Luggage in Toronto's garment district. Jack was the designer and creative force behind the company, while his brothers handled the business aspects and the sales. The company was later sold in 1972 to Warrington Products. Jack passed away on 28 September 2002.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Jack Slan.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1991-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken by Jack Kohane of three events: the walking of the Torah on Kenilworth Ave. in Toronto to celebrate the new Torah at the Beach Hebrew Institute on 25 June 1995 featuring Barbara Hall (mayor of Toronto), Howard Moscoe (city councillor) and Arie Newman (president); an open house at the Jewish Library in the Lipa Green Building in June 1991; and an anti-racism forum held in Nov. 1992 featuring Hari Lalla, the then curriculum advisor for race relations and multiculturalism with the Toronto Board of Education. These photos were taken for he Canadian Jewish News.
- Administrative History
- Jack Kohane is a retired freelance photographer.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Name Access
- Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1978-1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of various newsclippings and letters written by Jacobson in response to the editors of various Toronto-based publications, individuals and rabbis, related to issues of Jewish identity, Rabbi Meir Kahane, and the Israeli-Lebanese conflict in 1978. Of particular note is a complaint against the Toronto Star filed with the Ontario Press Council by Jacobson surrounding a series of news articles on Dr. Christopher Giannou; a complaint that was upheld by the council.
- Administrative History
- Jack Jacobson (1920-2007) was born in Toronto in 1920. As a youth, he belonged to Hashomer Hatzair. He was married to Lillian Jacobson.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related Material note: See accession 2018-5-5.
- Name Access
- Jacobson, Jack, 1920-2007
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1978-1987
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of various newsclippings and letters written by Jacobson in response to the editors of various Toronto-based publications and individuals related to issues of Jewish identity, Orthodox Judaism, and the Israeli-Lebanese conflict in 1978. Of particular note is a letter written by June Callwood to Jacobson defending her stance on recent strikes in Toronto by doctors and meatpackers and a copy of an open letter by Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel.
- Administrative History
- Jack Jacobson (1920-2007) was born in Toronto in 1920. As a youth, he belonged to Hashomer Hatzair. He was married to Lillian Jacobson.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related Material note: See accession 2018-4-7.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Jacobson, Jack, 1920-2007
- Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4514
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4514
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm on matte 51 x 40 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original portrait of Jack Shindman, former president of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association, as well as Jewish Immigrant Aid Services.
- Name Access
- Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Family series
- Portraits sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 5-1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Schwartz was Sylvia Schwartz's uncle and was married to Minnie Schwartz. Their daughter, Jewell, owned an art gallery in Yorkville for many years. Jack was in the fur business in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Jack Schwartz.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rebecca Kamarner fonds
- Family photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 11
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This photograph of Jack is a studio photo, in front of an artificial backdrop depicting a gate, table and vase. Jack is wearing a men's hat, tie, gloves, long jacket and formal attire, while posing with his hand on the prop wicker chair. The photo was taken in Toronto.
- Notes
- Photo printed on postcard.
- Physical Condition
- The top corners of the photo are torn and missing.
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rebecca Kamarner fonds
- Family photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 11
- File
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Jack Kamarner is seated on a toy pony. His sister, Anne, is standing beside him, and Rebecca appears to be leaning against a pillar on the porch of the house in the background. Jack is dressed in a cowboy outfit with a bandana around his neck and a kind of cowboy hat. Somebody standing outside the frame is reaching into the picture to hold the pony's bridle.
- Notes
- Photo postcard.
- Accession Number
- 1986-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Jack Thuna wearing a tuxedo. The photograph was taken at a studio in Toronto and was likely a portrait taken for his wedding to Anne Levine.
- Notes
- Photographer: Simpson Brothers, 357 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto
- Name Access
- Thuna, Jack
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-26
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 36 photographs : col. and b&w ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1934]-2015
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to John Arthur (Jack) Geller's life and career. Of note are 36 colour and b&w photographs dated from ca. 1934 to 1984 documenting Geller's life and career; Spring Issue 1955 of Obiter Dicta magazine; a small poster with photos of the 1955 graduating class of Osgoode Hall Law School, when Geller was awarded the Gold Key Award; a Certificate of Honor awarded to Geller by the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation for the year of 1949-1950; the May 1999 issue of Fasken Link containing an interview with Geller; a draft of a speech delivered by Geller during a debate at Hart House with the presence of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent as well as an invitation to and newspaper clippings about the debate; newspaper clippings about Geller's participation in several debates; correspondence relating to Geller's licensing examination and call to the Bar; the March 2015 issue of Holy Blossom Temple Bulletin containing a tribute to Geller; the section of the 18 May 1963 issue of Maclean's dealing with the Hal Banks case and the Norris commission, of which Geller was part representing Upper Lakes Shipping; awards given to Geller; and correspondence addressed to him.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Jack's daughter, Dana.
- Administrative History
- John Arthur Geller was born in 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, to Polish immigrants Kalman and Katy Geller (née Ladowsky). He attended Forest Hill Collegiate and University College at the University of Toronto, where he graduated with a BA degree in 1951. He met his wife, Sybil Gangbar (daughter of Phil and Sarah Gangbar), in 1948, during his second week at U of T, where she was also studying, and they were married two weeks after graduating. They had four children: Lawrence (b. 1955), Dana (b. 1957), Jan (b. 1960), and Harold (b. 1964). After enrolling at Osgoode Hall Law School later that year, and articling at the firm Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, he was called to the Bar in 1955. Geller began his legal practice with Campbell, Godfrey & Lewtas, where he remained for the entirety of his career. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1966. In 1993, Geller retired from legal practice and was appointed Vice-Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. He served in different capacities with the Commission until his 2001 retirement. In addition to his work as a lawyer and for the Ontario Securities Commission, Geller served as a director on the board of Leitch Transport Limited and Ford Glass Limited. He was also a member of the Canadian Jewish Congress, served as president of B'nai Brith, Central Region, and was the National President of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada (JIAS), and a member and Honorary President for Life of Holy Blossom Temple. After suffering a stroke in 2002, Geller developed aphasia and spent five years working tirelessly to regain his reading abilities. He passed away on 7 January 2015. His funeral was held at Holy Blossom Temple, which he never stopped attending.
- Subjects
- Lawyers
- Name Access
- Geller, John Arthur (Jack), 1930-2015
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 189
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949-1961
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 30 cm and 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of portrait photographs of Jack Pearlstein.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Dunlap, Jack
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Dunlap, Jack
- Page Number
- 233
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jack, Robt.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jack, Robt.
- Page Number
- 449
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Rosenzweig, Jack
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Rosenzweig, Jack
- Page Number
- 514
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Smith, Jack
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Smith, Jack
- Page Number
- 307
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 16 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photo of Sgt. Ben Sugarman RCAF, correspondence between Pte. Jack Schwartz and Jewish Military Chaplans J. Eisen, S. Gershon Levi, and Samuel Cass, and newletters prepared by the chaplains for the Jewish troops. In addition there are copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings about subjects such as Harry Pullan (Toronto War Savings Drive) and the Myer Cohen First World War Memorial in a church in Montreal.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca.1925]-1949
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of Mrs. Papernick's class at Clinton Public School, a performance of Pirates of Penzance at Harbord Collegiate, and a group from Club Masada on a sleigh ride at Fantasy Farms in Toronto.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Jack Shapiro
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1973
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Shapiro
- Number
- OH 31
- Interview Date
- 1973
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- AccessionNumber
- 1978-2-2
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
- Biography
- Jack served as a private in the 4th Division Algonquin Tank Corps in the Canadian military in Holland. He worked as a pants presser in Toronto when he first emigrated from Poland in 1927. He lived in both Toronto and Hamilton.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Geographic Access
- Toronto, Ont.
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 31 - Shapiro\OH31_Log.doc
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Abel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Abel
- Number
- OH 34
- OH 35
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Cemeteries
- Labor unions
- Occupations
- Recreation
- Societies
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- 034A: 31:10 minutes
034B: 31:10 minutes
035A: 31:10 minuets
035B: 13:52 minuets
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- The end of the reference copy of AC 35 is not very audible. The original cassette may be clearer.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Jack Abel's career in the garment industry began in the 1920s taking him through the dressmaker's strike of 1932. Abel's experiences with antisemitism were numerous. He participated in the Christie Pits riot, he was active in politics, and he became an early member of the Mozirer Society. Abel became financial secretary of the Mozirer Society and was involved in the purchase and administration of the Roselawn and Bathurst Lawn cemeteries.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Abel, Jack
- Mozirer Sick Benefit Society
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH34_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH34_002_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH35_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH35_002_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Cowan family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 102
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Cowan was the third of the nine Cohen (Cowan) siblings, and the second boy. His son Bernard Cowan was the announcer's voice on the television show " Front Page Challenge".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of Jack Cowan's 1989 memoir, an announcement of his 70th birthday party hosted by Toronto United Jewish People's Order, newspaper clippings about the 60th and 65th anniversaries of Jack and his wife Anne, and an invitation to their 60th anniverary party. As well there is an obituary for Jack and two speeches about the couple delivered by their grandchildren at a memorial event in 1992 and a photograph of Anne taken in the 1970s or 1980s.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Name Access
- Shindman, Jack
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
