Accession Number

2019-2-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Date

[ca. 1959]

Scope and Content

Item is a group portrait of the Forest Hill Junior High School band and majorettes that was taken in or around 1959. Identified in the photograph are: Paul Appleby, Sheila Bookspan, Ellen Breuer, Joe Cappe, Michael Cole, John Dallas, Elliott Doran, Linda Feinberg, Stanley Feinberg, Judy Feinstein, Martin Fingerhut, Michael Garfin, Frank Gold, Neil Gold, Sheldon Goldenberg, Joey Goodman, Stephen Greenberg, Fred Grossberg, Peter Herman, Ron Hirshorn, John Kastner, Wilma Levinne, Jo-Ann Levy, Joey Liberman, Judy Lipson, Jill Lister, Carole Lokash, Karen Mactinger, Corinne Manace, Judy Marrus, Lesley Marrus, Barbara Martin, Susan Miller, Peter Model, Peter Morrison, Wendy Papernick, Steve Pearl, Wendy Porter, Mr. Rutherford, Elaine Schaffran, Rozzi Shuster, Eric Slavens, Larry Smith, Louis Solnicki, Luby Sone, Gary Soupcoff, Barbara Spencer, Howard Stulberg, Jerold Winter, Heather Wintre, Rhoda Wintre, Irwin Wortsman, Frankie Zaid, Jill Culiner, and Michael Zimmerman. Other individuals remain to be identified.

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Public schools

Name Access

Forest Hill Junior High School (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Forest Hill (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-11-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Date

1944-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a newsletter from Frontier Branch 513 of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance, and several documents from Shaarei Shomayim Congregation: a Sunday religious school report card and monthly bulletins.

Subjects

Newsletters

Societies

Synagogues

Name Access

Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Toronto, Ont.)

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2017-4-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. (tiff)

Date

2000

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one digital scan of Marsha Slavens standing next to the grave of her relative, fallen soldier Private Archie Walter in Pas de Calais, France.

Photo Caption: Marsha Slavens at the graveside of her great uncle Private Archie Walters of Hamilton, Ontario, Bois-Carre British Cemetery, (Pas de Calais, France), 2000.

Administrative History

Archie Walters (1892-1917) was a Private in the Canadian Infantry, Royal Canadian Regiment and volunteered to serve in the First World War. He died on the first day of the battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917 and is buried at the Bois-Care British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Plot V1.B.3. Born in Volkovitisc, Russia, at the time of his death he was 24 years of age. His father, Max Walter, is noted as his next of kin and lived at 68 Wellington St. Hamilton, Ontario.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

Name Access

Walters, Archie, 1892-1917

Places

Pas de Calais, France

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-9-2

Material Format

moving images

Physical Description

1 film reel (ca. 5 min.) : col., si. ; super 8 mm

Date

1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one film reel documenting the Slavens family at Camp Wahanowin and at a family farm owned by Eric's parents in Dundalk, Ontario.

Use Conditions

None

Subjects

Amateur films

Camps

Farms

Name Access

Camp Wahanowin

Slavens (family)

Places

Dundalk (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

136

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of 1 portrait photograph of Eric Sisel, Human Rights Commissioner for the Province of Ontario.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm and 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Eric Exton.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

144

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour photo of Brenda and Eric at their wedding, Toronto, November 30, 1971

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

3

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

134

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 9 cm x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Item is a Engagement photo in colour of Brenda Rosenbaum and Eric Bornstein, Toronto, 1971. photo

Scope and Content

.

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Level

File

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

50 negatives : b&w and col. ; 11 x 13 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Eric Exton (1919–2001) was born in Potschappel, Germany. He was expelled in the Kristallnacht purge of students from his college in November 1938, where he studied industrial chemistry. He fled to England, where he was interned and then sent to Canada in 1940, where he spent a year in the Sherbrooke internment camp for refugees.

Eric and Esther Exton were married on 17 August 1948. They had two children named Sybil and Lennie. Esther was a dressmaker for many years, and Eric worked in a variety of different positions, eventually starting the first mortgage investment corporation to be publicly traded in Canada.

Eric was president of the Eglinton Lodge B'nai B'rith in 1959, president of Hillel in 1970, and chairman of the inaugural convention of the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada in 1967. He also held the positions of treasurer, vice president, and president of the Toronto organization of the Jewish National Fund. Finally, he served as president of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care for a three-year term.

Esther Exton was also a member of the Eglinton Chapter B'nai B'rith and was president for one term and co-chairman of B'nai B'rith Women's Israel Bond Committee. She was also co-chairman for the Women's Division of United Jewish Appeal Israel Special Fund campaign and president of the Women's Auxiliary of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.

Both Eric and Esther were devoted to the cause of Israel and the Jewish community in Toronto. Their dedication was passed on to their two children who, following their parents lead, have taken active roles within the Jewish community.

Scope and Content

File consists of negatives documenting the Negev dinner held in tribute to Eric and Esther Exton.

The evening's programme included presentations and speeches from the following: Robert R. Hall, Frank Wolfe, Rabbi Erwin Schild, Rabbi J. Benjamin Friedberg, Hon. David Ariel, Nathan Scott, Jack Gwartz, Jack Friedman, Abe Posluns, Nathan Starr, Dr. Mark A. Siegal and Joseph Kerzner.

Related Material

See also Fonds 28, Zionist Organization of Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Exton, Eric

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Eric Exton speaking at the Negev dinner. Eric Exton was on the dinner program providing greetings from the Jewish National Fund. Also present in the photograph are Leon E. Weinstein [sitting to the left of the podium] and Ruth Diamond [sitting on the right].

Name Access

Exton, Eric

Jewish National Fund

Diamond, Ruth

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

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

5

File

47

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971-1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of correspondence the national executive of the Zionist Organization of Canada and Eric Exton, the National Treasurer. The file also contains invitations and the programme for the Eric and Esther Exton Negev Testimonial Dinner held on October 24 1974.

Name Access

Eric Exton

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

49

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Exton's and Granovsky's sitting at the head table at the Negev dinner. Eric Exton provided the greetings from the Jewish National Fund for the dinner.

Name Access

Granovsky, Shirley

Granovsky, Phil

Exton, Esther

Exton, Eric

Jewish National Fund

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

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Art exhibitions series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

8

File

79

Material Format

textual record

Date

1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an invitation to the exhibit "Moonlight on Vermont", a media release and a description of the photo based works in the exhibit.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

City of Toronto Mayor series

Henry Moore sculpture and artwork sub-series

Unveiling of "The Archer" sculpture at City Hall file

Level

Item

Fonds

51

Series

4-5

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

27 Oct. 1966

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phil Givens shaking hands with Lieutenant Governor John Keiller MacKay (centre) and chair of the Art Committee Eric Arthur (far right) during the unveiling ceremony. "The Archer" sculpture is clearly visible in the background.

Notes

Photograph is by the Toronto Fire Department.

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

41

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

48

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Henry Rosenbaum fonds

Photograph series

Level

Item

Fonds

121

Series

1

Item

110

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : col ; 13 cm x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a colour wedding photograph of Brenda Rosenbaum & Eric Bornstein, November 30, 1971, Beth Emeth Synagogue, Toronto

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

5

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of A. E. Diamond, Leon and Anne Weinstein, and Eric Exton at the Negev dinner. Allen Ephraim Diamond was the dinner chair, Eric Exton gave the greetings from the Jewish National Fund, and Leon E. Weinstein was the guest of honour.

Name Access

Diamond, A. E.

Weinstein, Leon

Weinstein, Anne

Exton, Eric

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

3

Item

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

30

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : col. ; 11 x 13 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Kent, Charles

Weinstein, Leon

Exton, Eric

Lockshin, Louis

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

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

4

Item

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1968

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm

Notes

Photograph by Al Gilbert.

Name Access

Givens, Phil

Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991

Weinstein, Leon

Exton, Eric

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

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Jewish communal series

Jewish National Fund Sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

9-3

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Min and Phil Givens attending a Negev dinner, possibly in honour of Eric Exton. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Eric Exton, Esther Exton, Phil Givens, and Min Givens.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

8

Item

50

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access

Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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

Accession Number

1974-001

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : b&w

Date

1907-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Ostrovtzer Congregation and Society. Records include a 40th Anniversary Jubilee Book produced for its fortieth anniversary event held at the Beth Haknesseth Hagodol (Anshei Ostrovtze) on 19 February 1950. In addtion, there is a booklet for a testimonial dinner held in honour of Joshua J. Barsht (arranged by the Ostrowcer Synagogue and Society), notes from the meetings of the subcommittee on 58 Cecil Street to discuss the future of the building, and a ticket for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services.

Also included are documents for the Leranbaum-Nisker family including a marriage certificate (1907), correspondence regarding verification of ages of the bride and groom for old age security (1953), a Canadian certificate of naturalization, a death certificate, and several obituaries.

This accession also includes phtographs of Mr. and Mrs. Zelig Nisker, Yukel Nesker, Isidore and Sylvia Rayman, and the Ostrovtzer Mutual Benefit Society Ladies Auxiliary.

MG_RG

MG3A22

MG6K

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Nisker (family)

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1997-4-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

27 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1900]-[ca. 1938]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of family photos including wedding and other formal portraits, and group photos. There is an immigration passport for Mindles Plecuto (born 1883) to Canada from Romania in 1928. There are 2 additional passports (probably Romanian) for other individuals who immigrated in 1910. Both are stamped on the back page with Canada Old Age Security numbers (one in 1957). In addition there are 4 immigration documents including an Inspection Card for Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival in Canada issued to Hodess Morkewicz on August 30, 1913.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records

Subjects

Families

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1991-3-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

[ca 1921]-1978

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one photograph and negative of (L-R) Molly, Anne, and Harold Haberman posing with their musical instruments in Toronto ca. 1921-23; a photocopy of the photo, identifying the children in the photo; and a pamphlet from Adath Israel Congregation regarding the consecration of the new cemetery, Pardes Shalom Memorial Park, 8 October 1978.

Administrative History

Harold Haberman was adopted by the Haberman family as a Russian war orphan when he was 11 years old in 1921 after their son Jack Haberman, a well-known Toronto saxophone player, drowned in the lagoon at Centre Island in Toronto on July 15, 1920, at 18 years old.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Haberman, Jack

Haberman, Harold

Haberman, Anne

Haberman, Molly

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

6 photographs : b&w

Date

[ca. 1912]-1930

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the Collis family of Oshawa, Ontario.

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

Families

Name Access

Berg, Helen

Berg, Morris

Collis, Anne

Collis, Ben

Collis, Eva

Collis family

Collis, Mac

Collis, Sam

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2004-5-14

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

object

Physical Description

10 cm of textual records

1 medallion

2 coins

2 lapel pins

8 photographs

Date

1921-1971

Scope and Content

This accession consists of photographs and textual materials relating to the Shefsky and Magerman family; immigration and naturalization papers for Max and Toba Shefsky; photographs depicting the Toronto textile trade; Hungarian currency; school yearbooks from Harbord Collegiate, Toronto Normal School, Borochov School and Kindergarten, and Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute; newsclippings; and several Baycrest Centre lapel pins and coins. Also included is a photo of the Ray-Magerman wedding party (8 May 1948). The records origianlly belonged to Esther (Magerman) Ray.

Custodial History

The materials were kept by Leslie Gales, wife of Keith Ray

Administrative History

Abe Magerman was the assistant manager for the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union for many years. He was married to Jennie (nee Shefsky) Magerman and had two children, Esther and Alfred. Esther attended Toronto Normal School and Harbord Collegiate while both Esther and Alfred attended the Borochov School and Kindergarten.

Jennie (nee Shefsky) Magerman was the daughter of Myer and Toba Rayzel (nee Nusynovitch) Shefsky. The Baycrest pins and coins once belonged to her.

The donor, Keith Ray, is the son of Esther (nee Magerman) Ray and Gerald (Jerry) Ray. Gerald Ray attended Vaughan Collegiate Institute and later went on to the University of Toronto for chemical engineering

Subjects

Families

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1975-12-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

13 photographs : b&w

Date

[ca. 1916]-[ca. 1960]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of twelve copy photographs and one original photograph of the Lofsky and Penzner families in Toronto.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Lofsky (family)

Penzner (family)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1976-6-13

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

22 photographs : b&w and sepia (5 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1900]-1942

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the Moldaver and Rovinsky families of Brantford, Ontario.

Subjects

Families

Places

Brantford (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1981-12-5

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 album

Date

1930

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one family album consisting of a family history and genealogical family tree for the Solomon Gold family (volume 21), published in Winnipeg.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Gold, Solomon

Places

Winnipeg (Man.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-6-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 11 cm

Date

[18--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one studio photograph of a Jewish family. Written on the verso of the photo is the date May 1944 and the name [Esther Shulman?]

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

Families

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-33

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 document (jpg)

Date

[191-]-1980

Scope and Content

This accession consists of nine electronic copies of original photographs documenting the Nash family of St. Catharines, Ontario. Included are studio portraits and snapshots, taken in St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Also included is one electronic copy of a typwritten remembrances of Buncie Nashman written by Harold Nash and Rhonda Applebaum.

The photographs are as follows:

1. Rose Nash and Tzeine (sister) – two young women in photo, possibly before marriage to Jack.

2. Clara Cohen with baking at cottage at Port Dalhousie (not Rose as suspected) perhaps 1940s.

3. Jack and Rose Nash

4. Nash children, ca. 1930. Top, left to right: Molly, Maurice. Bottom, left to right: Dorothy, Ruth.

5. Nash family, 21 May 1929.

6. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army early 1940s.

7. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army, and unidentified woman, early 1940s.

8. Nash women at Harold’s 50th birthday party, 1980.

9. Harold and Eleanor in Port Dalhousie with cousins, ca. 1935.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-05.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Nash family

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2008-7-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

42 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

1 folder of textual records

Date

1902-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of electronic photographs of the Levison family from Owen Sound, Ontario. Included in the photos are Rabbi Manfred Levison and his wife Rega, their daughters Miriam and Lottie and their son Benny. Also pictured are Miriam's husband Mike Rabovsky and daughter Goldie; Lottie's husband Ralph Glass and their daughters Rochelle and Janice. The photographs depict the family in China, Medicine Hat, Owen Sound, Sauble Beach, Belle Ewart, and Toronto after the family moved to Palmerston Avenue in 1952.

The textual records consist of a German birth certificate for Rabbi Levison, a marriage certificate for Rabbi Levison and Rega Wolf and a marriage certificate for his parents Leib Levisohn and Josefine (née Kaufmann) Levisohn.

Photo Captions:

001: Rochelle Glass and Janice Glass with their grandfather Manfred Levison, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1979.

002: Goldie Ronald, Miriam Rabovsky, Bruce Ronald and Mike Rabovsky (front), (Owen Sound, ON), ca. 1982

003: Goldie Ronald, Bruce Ronald, Miriam Rabovsky, and Mike Rabovsky at the wedding of Craig Levinson, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1990.

004: Mike Rabovsky, Miriam Rabovsky (née Levison), Lottie Glass (née Levison) & Ralph Glass, (Owen Sound, ON), ca. 1989.

005: [Unidentified], Lottie Levison, [unidentified] and Miriam Levison, China, ca. 1940.

006: Benny and Lottie Levison, China, ca. 1940

007: Rega Levison (née Wolf), (Medicine Hat, AB), ca. 1948

008: Miriam Levison, (Medicine Hat, AB), ca. 1948

009: Benny and Lottie Levison, (Owen Sound, ON), 1949.

010: Mike Rabovsky, Miriam Levison, [unknown Cadesky], [unknown Cadesky] and Benny Levision (front), Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

011: Mike Rabovsky and Miriam Levison, Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

012: Siblings Lottie, Miriam and Benny Levison, Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

013: Miriam and Lottie Levison, Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

014: Mike Rabovsky and Lottie Levison, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

015: Rega Levison (née Wolf), (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

016: Lottie Levision, (Owen Sound, ON), 1951.

017: Rega and her daughter Lottie Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

018: Lottie Levison, Palmerston Avenue, (Toronto, ON), 1952.

019: Rega Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

020: Benny Levison, (Toronto, ON), 1952.

021: Benny Levison, (Owen Sound, ON), 1952.

022: Benny Levison, Mike Rabovsky and Lottie Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

023: Rega and Manfred Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

024: Manfred, Rega, Lottie and: Studio portrait of Ralph Glass, ca. 1935. Benny Levison (front), (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

025: Lottie and Benny Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

026: Levison family at Sauble Beach. Back row: Manfred Levison, Rega Levison and Mike Rabovsky. Front row: Lottie and Benny Levison, (Sauble Beach, ON), 1952.

027: Goldie Rabovsky held by her grandmother Rega Levison, Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1953.

028: Mike Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky, Rega Levison and Miriam Rabovsky (née Levison),Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1953.

029: Lottie Levison, Goldie Rabovsky, Rega Levison , Benny Levison and Miriam Rabovsky (née Levison),Harrison Park, (Owen Sound, ON), 1953.

030: Goldie and Mike Rabovsky, Victoria Day Weekend, Palmerston Avenue, (Toronto, ON), 1954.

031: Miriam and Goldie Rabovsky, Victoria Day Weekend, Palmerston Avenue, (Toronto, ON), 1954.

032: Lottie Levison, Glass family cottage, (Belle Ewart, ON), June 1955.

033: Ralph Glass, Glass family cottage, (Belle Ewart, ON), June 1955.

034: Lottie Levison, Ralph Glass and Arlene Glass (front), Glass family cottage, (Belle Ewart, ON), June 1955.

035: Arlene and Ralph Glass, Glass family cottage, (Belle Ewart, ON), June 1955.

036: Ralph Glass, Glass family cottage, (Belle Ewart, ON), June 1955.

037: Sally White and Lottie Levison, Palmerston Avenue, (Toronto, ON), November 1955.

038: Lottie Levison and Ralph Glass, Palmerston Avenue, (Toronto, ON), November 1955.

039: Miriam, Mike and Goldie Rabovsky, (Owen Sound, ON), August 1959.

040: Goldie Rabovsky, backyard garden, (Owen Sound, ON), August 1959.

041: Goldie Rabovsky, (Owen Sound, ON), August 1959.

042: Studio portrait of Ralph Glass, ca. 1935.

Administrative History

Lottie Glass is the daughter of Rabbi Manfred Levison and Rega (née Wolf) Levison. The Glass family including Lottie's siblings Miriam (m. Rabovsky) and Benny moved to Canada in 1947. They emigrated from China where they had been living since 1939. In Canada, the family first settled in Medicine Hat, Alberta and moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1949. In 1950 they settled in Ontario first moving to Welland and then Owen Sound (1950-1952). In the summer of 1952, the family moved to Toronto and lived on Palmerston Avenue. Miriam and her husband Mike Rabovsky remained in Owen Sound. In 1954 after the death of his wife Rega, Rabbi Levison travelled to the United States in search of work and eventually settled in Brooklyn, New York.

Use Conditions

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Levison, Rabbi Manfred

Levison, Rega (née Wolf)

Levison, Benny

Glass, Lottie

Glass, Ralph

Glass, Rochelle

Glass, Janice

Rabovsky, Miriam

Rabovsky, Mike

Ronald, Goldie (née Rabovsky)

Ronald, Bruce

Places

Owen Sound, Ont.

Source

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Accession Number

2008-8-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date

1890-[ca. 1935]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three electronic scans of original photographs of Nathan Phillips' father Jacob, his mother Mary (nee Rosenbloom) and a group portrait of Nathan with his first son Lewis, his mother Mary and an unidentified older woman.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the OJA for copying and then returned on Aug. 18, 2008.

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

Families

Places

Cornwall (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-6-13

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

38 photographs (jpg) : b&w and col.

Date

[190?-1990]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the Chana and Mayer Wisotsky family as well as Dora (Sherr) and her husband Morris Isen. Included are wedding and family portraits, photos of family members in military uniform during the Second World War, images of family celebrations, photos of family businesses, and images of Morris Isen performing with his orchestra. Identified in the photographs are: Anne Sillen, Jack Sillen, Ben Sherr, Dora Wisotsky, Marvin Wain (Wisotsky), Abe Benson, Dora (Sherr) Isen, and Morris Isen.

Administrative History

The Wisotsky family were Ukrainian immigrants who came to Canada around 1908. Chana and Mayer Munny Wisotsky had 13 children, seven of whom remained in Ukraine. Three of their five children and a grandchild (Jack Sillen), came with them in 1908, with two other children, Ben and Annie, following in 1912. The Wisotskys lived originally in Toronto. Ben Wisotsky eventually married Dora Wetstein and moved to the United States in the 1930s. Annie Wisotsky married Abe Benson, who ran a successful auto paint/gas station on Dufferin near Dupont during the 1920s and 1930s.

Morris Isen had a successful career as a trumpet player in the 1930s and 1940s; he was involved in radio orchestra, CBC television and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Use Conditions

Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

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Families

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2008-9-2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

7 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1895]-1943

Scope and Content

Accession consists of seven electronic copies of original photographs depicting various members of the Miller family of Cornwall, Ontario. Included is a photograph of Nathan Miller with his eyeglass testing machine, golden and diamond anniversary gatherings for Nathan and Dubby, a studio portrait of Abe Miller, a photo of Ben Miller in an army tent with fellow soldiers and two photos of Nathan Miller holding his grandson, Jack.

Custodial History

The original photographs are in the possession of the donor, Jack Miller. The scans were produced by the donor for the Archives' Small Jewish Communities project.

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

Families

Places

Cornwall (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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