Level
Item
ID
Item 836
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
836
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of Rabbi Rabinowitch speaking at the wedding reception of Pearl Retchin (née Kaplan). The reception took place at the legion hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Rabbis
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2523
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2523
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1931
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy studio portrait and corresponding negative of Rabbi Rabinowitz, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. He is pictured standing next to a small table, holding a religious text. He is wearing a tallis.
Notes
The original photograph is a postcard with Hebrew writing on the verso. See accession record for more information.
Name Access
Rabinowitz, Rabbi A.
Subjects
Portraits
Rabbis
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 692
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
692
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a copy negative of a Rosh Hashanah card featuring a photograph of Hyman and Simcha Kaplan of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, on the front. The writing on the card says "A Happy New Year" in English and Hebrew.
Name Access
Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Kaplan, Hyman
Kaplan, Simcha
Subjects
Rosh ha-Shanah cards
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 810
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
810
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a portrait of Sonia Kaplan of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Acquired in 1976.
Photo by Duke Studio.
Name Access
Kaplan, Sonia
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 899
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
899
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of a streetscape of Government Road in Kirkland Lake, featuring several buildings original built by the Kaplan brothers in the 1930s. The store currently in use as a broadloom store, was the Kaplan brothers' original general store. The Royal Bank building was built by the Kaplans and the adjacent building housed Bill Jacks and his family. Jacks was the Kirkland Lake Chazan and unofficial Rabbi. He was also a furrier by trade.
Name Access
Kaplan
Subjects
Architecture
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 860
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
860
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Admin History/Bio
Max Kaplan came to Kirkland Lake around 1924. He was involved with the Kirkland theatres and in real estate.
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of Max Kaplan of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Handwritten notes on back of photo.
Acquired in 1976.
Photo by Duke Studio.
Name Access
Kaplan, Max
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6693
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6693
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1930 and 1939]
Physical Description
1 photograph : 26 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a firemen's service held in a Kirkland Lake synagogue. The firemen held annual services in Kirkland Lake at various religious institutions. The man on the left is Rabbi Rabinovitch.
Name Access
Kirkland Lake
Atkins, Joe
Rabbinovitch, Rabbi
Subjects
Fire fighters
Rabbis
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.
Creator
Atkins, Joe
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
2004-6-11
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 834
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
834
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of the Kaplan wedding party standing under the chuppah in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 802
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
802
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of people seated at several banquet tables at the wedding reception of Pearl Retchin (née Kaplan) at the Kirkland Lake Legion Hall.
Name Access
Retchin, Pearl
Subjects
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 835
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
835
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of invited guests seated at banquet tables at the wedding of Pearl (née Kaplan) Retchin. The reception took place at the legion hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2006-5-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2006-5-2
Material Format
moving images
Physical Description
1 videocassette
1 DVD
Date
[200-]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one video cassette and a DVD documenting the history of Kirkland Lake. The material was originally aired on TV Ontario
Descriptive Notes
The video cassette has been converted to digital format.
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Central Region sous-fonds
Community correspondence series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 28-1; Series 6; File 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
Central Region sous-fonds
Community correspondence series
Level
File
Fonds
28-1
Series
6
File
10
Material Format
textual record
Date
1965-1967
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
The file consists of a list of community contacts and correspondence concerning fundraising campaigns and community events.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 826
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
826
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of guests dancing at the wedding of Pearl Retchin's wedding (née Kaplan), in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Retchin, Pearl
Subjects
Dance
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 881
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
881
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Max and Nathan Kaplan's former home in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Kaplan, Nathan
Kaplan, Max
Subjects
Two-story houses
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Board of Jewish Education fonds
Executive director series
Teacher files sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 156
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Board of Jewish Education fonds
Executive director series
Teacher files sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
48
Series
2-4
File
156
Material Format
textual record
Date
1957-1963
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Access Restriction
Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2004-5-75
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-75
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
4 photographs ; b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
Date
[ca. 1930]-1998
Scope and Content
This accession consists of photographs relating to Kirkland Lake, Ontario - Dubinsky family; synagogue; and Krugerdorf Cemetery.
Descriptive Notes
Identification keys and biographical information is provided for the group photos.
Subjects
Cemeteries
Synagogues
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 833
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
833
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of Max Kaplan and his daughter Pearl walking down the aisle at her wedding in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Kaplan, Max
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Fathers and daughters
Weddings
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
Women's Auxiliary series
Festival Committee sub-series
Succoth program, photographs
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 14; Series 4-5; File 9; Item 4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
Women's Auxiliary series
Festival Committee sub-series
Succoth program, photographs
Level
Item
Fonds
14
Series
4-5
File
9
Item
4
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Rabbi Greenspan taken Succoth 1976.
Notes
Photographer is unknown.
Subjects
Rabbis
Access Restriction
Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 420
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
420
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[189-?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Rabbi Silberstein, Dayan of Va'c Hungary and founder of the Rabbinical Institute of Sarkad.
Name Access
Silberstein, Rabbi
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Hungary
Accession Number
Acquired 4 April 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 926
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
926
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1934
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Manny Gurevitch from Kirkland Lake, Ontario, standing in a wrestling pose. Manny was known as "The Jewish Flash".
Name Access
Gurevitch, Manny
Subjects
Wrestlers
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1976-7-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 898
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
898
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print Ben Sky's Arcade building in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The arcade consists of two buildings connected by a courtyard entrance.
Notes
This photograph is similar to photo #873.
Subjects
Architecture
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 902
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
902
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the Parkside apartments in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The four-story building was designed by Morris Wolfson and built by S. Greenberg in the 1930s.
Name Access
Wolfson, Morris
Subjects
Architecture
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 903
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
903
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Park Cleaners, a dry cleaning business established by S. Greenberg, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Greenberg, S.
Park Cleaners
Subjects
Dry cleaning
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 905
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
905
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the Parkue apartment building in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. This three-story building was designed by Morris Wolfson and built in the 1930s by S. Greenberg.
Name Access
Wolfson, Morris
Subjects
Architecture
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.
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 791
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
791
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1948]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a portrait of Faye Sukerman of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studios.
Acquired in 1975.
Name Access
Sukerman, Faye
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2383
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2383
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1930]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Dubinsky family. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: Harry Atkins, Mr. Rabinovitch, Mrs. Rabinovitch, David Torken, Morris Dubin, Morris Breland, Judy Walters, Mrs. Black, Sam Black, Mrs. Raphael.
Third row, left to right: Fay Kaplan Atkins, Annie Finkelman, Rubin Scott, Rabbi Rabin, Ben Atkins, Sam Walters.
Second row, left to right: Mrs. Fanny Scott, Sam Finkelman, Mrs. Dubinsky, Eli Dubinsky, Min Dubinsky, Sonia Rosenberg, Mrs. Perkus, Leah Duke.
Front row, left to right: Anne Dubinsky Goldstein, [?] Atkins, Carl Dubinsky, Al Dubinsky.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studio
Finkleman may be an alternate spelling for Sam and Annie Finkelman.
Name Access
Atkins, Ben
Atkins, Fay Kaplan
Atkins, Harry
Black, Sam
Breland, Morris
Dubin, Morris
Dubinsky, Al
Dubinsky, Carl
Dubinsky, Eli
Dubinsky family
Dubinsky, Min
Duke, Leah
Finkelman, Annie
Finkelman, Sam
Goldstein, Anne Dubinsky
Perkus, Mrs.
Rabbin, Rabbi
Rabinovitch
Raphael, Mrs.
Rosenberg, Sonia
Scott, Fanny
Scott, Rubin
Torken, David
Walters, Judy
Walters, Sam
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-12-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2526
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2526
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1925]
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 studio portrait and corresponding negative of the Dubinsky family of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: Morris, Min.
Front row, left to right: Carl, Eli, Ann, Tillie.
Name Access
Dubinsky, Al
Dubinsky, Carl
Dubinsky, Eli
Dubinsky family
Dubinsky, Tillie
Morris, Mis
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2522
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2522
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1928
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Dubinsky family with other members of the Kirkland Lake Jewish community, seated around the seder table in the Dubinsky home during Passover.
Pictured clockwise from the left: Min Dubinsky, Pearl Vellus, Ann Dubinsky, Tillie Dubinsky, Eli Dubinsky, Rabbi Rabinowitz, Mrs. Rosenberg, Mrs. Rosenberg, [obstructed child], Barry Blitstein, Faye Rosenberg, Carl Dubinsky.
Name Access
Blitstein, Barry
Dash, Joe
Dubinsky, Ann
Dubinsky, Carl
Dubinsky, Eli
Dubinsky family
Dubinsky, Min
Dubinsky, Tillie
Rabinowitz, Rabbi
Rosenberg, Faye
Vellus, Pearl
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Seder
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2527
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2527
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-]
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 studio portrait and corresponding negative of Cantor Rabin, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
The original photograph has Hebrew writing on the verso. See accession record for more information.
Name Access
Rabin, Cantor
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
1981-9-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1981-9-1
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
text
Physical Description
1.5 m of textual records and graphic material
Text
Artifacts
Date
1928-1981
Scope and Content
Accession consists of textual records and graphic material documenting the life and career of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum of London, Ontario. Included is material related to Congregation B’nai Moses Ben Judah and Congregation Or Shalom, communal records, minutes, articles, sermons, orations, correspondence, books, periodicals, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, personal and family records and awards. Also included are the following artifacts:
Shochet's knife and sharpening stone. -- [ca. 1925-1960]. -- 1 sharpening stone : stone, black ; 0.8 x 7.5 x 2 cm; 1 knife : metal, gold, black and silver ; 21 cm. This shochet’s chalef (ritual slaughtering knife) and sharpening stone belonged to Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1903-1981), who served in London, Ontario from the mid 1920s until his retirement in the 1960s. This size of knife, used for poultry, was specially-designed to maximise cleanliness, speed, and efficiency, and minimise pain. During the height of the Jewish markets in the Kensington area, from the 1920s until the 1940s, buyers had the option of paying someone to pluck the chicken’s feathers, or they could bring the animal home and do it themselves.
Pen and pad given to the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Division 27th Convention.
Ontario Zionist Region conference delegate badge. -- 1 badge : textile, blue and gold ; 10 cm in length. -- A light blue ribbon with a pin at the top saying "Rev Kirshenbaum, London".
Administrative History
Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1902-1981) was born in Koriw, Poland and came to Canada in 1921. In 1926 he became rabbi of B’nai Moses Ben Judah Congregation in London, Ontario and remained in that position until his retirement in 1966. During his tenure in London he was active in many Jewish organizations including the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Histadrut Campaign and the Jewish Community Council of London. He was a regular contributor to Yiddish and Anglo-Jewish publications. His articles appeared in the Hebrew Journal, Kanader Adler, Voice of Radom and The Jewish Standard. He was also the author of several books : Our Chassidic Treasuries, What is General Zionism?, Ships at Sea, A Journey to Israel, Mixed Marriages and the Jewish Future, Religion: Love or Hate? and Feast Days and Fast Days. He was also elected to the Board of the Victoria Hospital Trust and served on the University Assembly of the University of Western Ontario.
Rabbi David Kirshenbaum was married to Pearl Kirshenbaum.
MG_RG
MGC 6
Subjects
Rabbis
Name Access
Kirshenbaum, David, 1902-1981
Places
London (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1977-11-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1977-11-2
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
3 cm of textual records
Date
1911–1934
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photocopied material documenting Rabbi Jacob Gordon.
Descriptive Notes
Language: The bulk of the documents are in Hebrew or Yiddish.
MG_RG
MG 6 C
Subjects
Rabbis
Name Access
Gordon, Jacob, 1877-1934
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 918
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
918
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1965]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print depicting a gathering of rabbis in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:
Rabbi Klein of Guelph, Rabbi Phillip Rosensweig of Kitchener, and Rabbi Pruzinsky of Brantford.
Notes
Acquired in 1976.
Photo by Robert Bierstock. Please credit accordingly.
Subjects
Rabbis
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.
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
3
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1960]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Isaac Aronoff was born in Bialistock, Poland in 1908. He came to Canada in 1933 and was active in the Toronto Jewish community until his death in December 2004.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Rabbi Isaac Aronoff.
Name Access
Aronoff, Isaac
Subjects
Rabbis
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
2012-2-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2012-2-1
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
45 cm of textual records and other material
Date
1949-2009
Scope and Content
Accession consists of the records created and accumulated by Rabbi Joseph Kelman. The records detail Kelman's involvement with a number of organizations, particluarly Reena, She'arim Hebrew Day School, and Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. They also document the numerous awards and tributes he received in his life and detail his personal life. The records primarily consist of personal and professional correspondence, event invitations, photographs, news clippings, and biographical material. There is also one file folder related to Sol Edell, the brother of the donor, and an oversized photograph of the Harbord Collegiate choral society and orchestra.
Photo Captions:
001: Portrait of Rabbi Joseph Kelman, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1950s.
002: Simcaht Torah celebrations, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), [197-].
003: Rabbi Kelman meets the chief of staff of the Israeli police, Mordecai Gur, [Israel], [197-].
004: Rabbi Joseph Kelman awarded with honorary doctorate, [198-?].
005: James Harris, Rabbi Joseph Kelman, Liberal leader John Turner and [identified], Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), 1984.
Custodial History
The records were in the possession of Rabbi Joseph Kelman until his death in 2009. They were donated to the Archives by his wife, Sara Edell Shafler Kelman, on 1 February 2012.
Administrative History
Rabbi Kelman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927, the son of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and Mirl Kelman and the descendent of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He immigrated to Toronto with his family at the age of three in 1930. He attended Harbord Collegiate and was ordained at Yeshiva University in New York. Beginning in 1953, Kelman became seved as a rabbi in Sherbrooke, QC; Beverley, MA; and Suffern, NY; before accepting the pulpit at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagoge in Toronto in 1959. At the time, Beth Emeth was a small congregation in the fledgling Bathurst Manor neighbourhood. He facilitated its merging with Bais Yehuda to form BEBY, and under his guidance it grew to become the third-largest Conservative synagogue in the GTA with a membership of approximately 1,500 families.
Kelman's life work was dedicated to providing opportunities for the developmentally disabled and learning challenged in the Jewish community. He was the founder of the Ezra and Kadima Schools, the Kadima Centre, the Camp Tikvah program, the Reena Foundation, Chai Tikvah, and She'arim Hebrew Day School. He also served as a chaplain in Toronto hospitals and jails.
Rabbi Kelman was the recipeint of numerous awards for his contributions to Jewish education and community service, including a honorary doctorate from Ryerson University and Tel Aviv University. The Kelman School for Jewish Education at Tel Aviv University is named in his honour. Rabbi Kelman died on 27 June 2009 at the age of eighty-two.
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Descriptive Notes
Includes approx. 50 photographs, 1 CD and 1 artifact.
Subjects
Rabbis
Name Access
Kelman, Joseph, 1927-2009
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 135
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-3
File
135
Material Format
textual record
Date
1962-1963
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence, news clippings, a legal submission, and reports documenting the inquiry and civil action law suit brought against Metropolitan police officers by Rabbi Norton Leiner, a visiting rabbi from New York who claimed the officers unlawfully arrested, detained and assaulted him.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Rabbis
Physical Condition
Some records appear to have water damage. Some items copied and the originals discarded due to mold.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 136
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-3
File
136
Material Format
textual record
Date
1964
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence, news clippings, and reports documenting the civil action law suit brought against Metropolitan police officers by Rabbi Norton Leiner, a visiting rabbi from New York who claimed the officers unlawfully arrested, detained and assaulted him.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Rabbis
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Solomon Edell fonds
Clanton Park Synagogue series
Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch file
Level
File
ID
Fonds 4; Series 6; File 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Solomon Edell fonds
Clanton Park Synagogue series
Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch file
Level
File
Fonds
4
Series
6
File
25
Material Format
textual record
Date
1983, 1995
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Rabinovitch left England to take a rabbinical postion in Israel.
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence relating to a visit to Toronto by Rabbi Nachum L. Rabinovitch and newspaper articles about his activities in Israel.
Name Access
Rabinovitch, Nachum L., 1928-2020
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 4939
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4939
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1981
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Chaim Weber died on 8 February 1987 in Miami, Florida. He was the husband of Faye and father/father-in-law to Barry and Marsha, Sheryn, and Solomon and Shirey, as well as the grandfather of Mark, Rochelle, and Janna.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Chaim Weber of Pembroke, Ontario. He is pictured standing on a staircase wearing a tallis and holding a prayer book.
Name Access
Weber, Chaim
Subjects
Rabbis
Places
Pembroke (Ont.)
Accession Number
1987-3-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4940
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4940
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1981
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Chaim Weber died on 8 February 1987 in Miami, Florida. He was the husband of Faye and father/father-in-law to Barry and Marsha, Sheryn, and Solomon and Shirey, as well as the grandfather of Mark, Rochelle, and Janna.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Chaim Weber of Pembroke, Ontario. He is pictured in a suit, standing in front of some bushes.
Name Access
Weber, Chaim
Subjects
Rabbis
Places
Pembroke (Ont.)
Accession Number
1987-3-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1461
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1461
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-?]
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 Rabbi Leviser of Welland, Ontario. He is standing in front of a wooden house.
Name Access
Leviser, Rabbi
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Welland (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-8-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 943
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
943
Material Format
graphic material
Date
25 Dec. 1915
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 photograph and corresponding negative of the Rabbi of Chenchin, Poland walking with three other Jewish men.
Notes
Acquired Jan. 1976.
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Poland
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
Jewish communal activities series
Jewish communal portraits file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 95; Series 4; File 1; Item 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Dr. Alexander Brown fonds
Jewish communal activities series
Jewish communal portraits file
Level
Item
Fonds
95
Series
4
File
1
Item
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Witty was the Executive Director of the Board of Jewish Education.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait.
Notes
Photograph is by Fredric Perry.
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 37; Series 4; Item 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
Al Gilbert portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
37
Series
4
Item
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca.1975]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Israel Hurwitz was rabbi for the congregation Anshe Lida during the 1930s and for the congregation Chevra Mikra during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also former president of the Toronto Rabbinical Association and was a shochtim for the Vaad Hoir, or United Jewry, which was established as a rival supervisory body to that of the kehillah.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a portrait taken of Rabbi Israel Hurwitz.
Name Access
Hurwitz, Rabbi Israel
Hurvitz [alternate spelling]
Toronto Rabbinical Association
Anshe Lida
Chevra Mikra
Kehilla
Vaad Hoir
Subjects
Rabbis
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.
Related Material
see also Accession #1982-4-3 for Rabbi Israel Hurwitz records
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Board of Jewish Education fonds
Executive director series
Teacher files sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 48; Series 2-4; File 80
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Board of Jewish Education fonds
Executive director series
Teacher files sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
48
Series
2-4
File
80
Material Format
textual record
Date
1948-1973
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Name Access
Celnicker, Michael
Subjects
Rabbis
Access Restriction
Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3043
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3043
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1933
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
This halftone photograph depicts an anti-Nazi protest meeting, Massey Hall.
Name Access
Gordon, Jacob, Rabbi
Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Passenger Names
Rabinowitch, Max
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Passenger Names
Rabinowitch, Max
Page Number
360
Date Range
June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Photographer
Harvey and Adena Glasner
Source
Rotenberg Ledger
Accession Number
1976-7-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1976-7-2
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
27 cm of textual records
Date
1942–1968
Scope and Content
Accession consists of two manuscript groups: MG 2 B-16A and MG 3 B 14.
The first manuscript group (MG 3 B 14) consists of material documenting the Adath Israel Congregation of Kirkland Lake. Included are miscellaneous correspondence from 16 September 1952–18 September 1958; accounts from 1949–1954; schedule of services for the years 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, and 1965–1966; Board of Education minutes from 25 November 1951–17 June 1955; and a letter to Rabbi B[?] dated 1956.
The second manuscript group (MG 2 B-16A) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1123 of Kirkland Lake. Included are executive meeting minutes from 3 September 1942—3 March 1948; correspondence for the periods 1944–1954, 1947—1949, July 1948–November 1948, and 1960; membership applications for 1947; and a dues book for the years 1944–1946.
MG_RG
MG2B16A
MG3B14
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Part Of
Sadie Stren fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 78; File 3; Item 29
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Sadie Stren fonds
Photographs file
Level
Item
Fonds
78
File
3
Item
29
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1965]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Stanley Weber (centre) with an unidentified gentlemen and boy, standing at a podium.
Subjects
Rabbis
Repro Restriction
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession Number
1978-11-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 24
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
24
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1964]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w : 13 x 10 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Israel Sholom Langner was born in Toronto to Rabbi Solomon and Frimet (née Babad) Langner. He is in the trucking business and is currently active with the Shaarei Tzedec and Kiever Synagogues. He is also involved with the Jewish Education Program (JEP), affiliated with Ohr Somayach International.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Rabbi Sholom Langner.
Name Access
Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)
Jewish Education Program (Toronto, Ont.)
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Langner, Israel Sholom
Subjects
Rabbis
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
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 50
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Portraits series
Level
Item
Fonds
18
Series
1
Item
50
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1965]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg was the Rosh HaYeshiva and president of the faculty of Ner Israel Yeshiva College of Toronto.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg.
Subjects
Rabbis
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions