Accession Number

2010-11-10

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : col. and b&w ; 12 x 12 cm

Date

1945-2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of bound memoir of Cohen's experiences during the Second World War, writings on Lieutenant Theodore Herman as well as two photographs.

Administrative History

Kelman Cohen is a Second World War veteran of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Cohen was born in Toronto, the second child of Morris Cohen and Esther Minden. Morris, a carpenter, immigrated from Russia in 1912 and Esther immigrated from Russian that same year with her parents to Hamilton. The two met in 1920, married and lived in Toronto. They had a daughter, Jacqueline in 1921, and Kelman in 1925. Cohen joined the Royal Canadian Engineers Reserve Unit at the Exhibition Armories at the age of sixteen. In May 1944, at the age of eighteen, he joined the regular army and was placed in basic training at Brantford, Ontario with the Canadian Infantry Corps. He was sent overseas to England in December 1944 and saw action in Belgium, France and Germany.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-6-15

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Date

1946

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Beverley Kelman on her first birthday. Pictured in the photograph with Beverley are her father Marvin Lister, mother Ruth Lister, grandfather Rabbi Leibish Noble, and grandmother Bella. Rabbi Noble was the first principal of Eitz Chaim, Toronto's second-oldest Jewish day school. the photograph was taken at the family home that Ruth and Marvin Lister shared with Ruth's parents Bella and Rabbi Leibish Noble at 73 Borden St., Toronto.

Administrative History

Rabbi Leibish Noble immigrated to Toronto in 1912. The outbreak of World War I hampered his effort to bring over his wife Bella and two young daughters Gertrude and Mary (Miriam).

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

Birthdays

Families

Portraits, Group

Name Access

Noble, Leibish

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Refusnik cases sub-series

Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-6-1

File

101

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

221

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959

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

Part Of

Fur Workers' Union fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

12

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1935 and 1940]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Kelman Furs was located at 110 Spadina Avenue in the Tower building.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of an interior workroom at the Kelman Furs Company on Spadina Avenue. The photograph shows employees posing at their various work stations

Notes

Formerly cited as photo #26.

Name Access

Fur Workers' Union

Kelman, S

Kelman Furs

Subjects

Clothing workers

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

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

200

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Jan. 1976

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph and two negatives of an unknown event at Beth Emeth. Identified on the back of the photo are Rabbi Kelman, Fred Stoll, Irving Horowitz, and Cantor Danto.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Celebrations and events series

Temple Sinai Youth Council volunteers file

Level

Item

Fonds

105

Series

4

File

15

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Karen Jacob (left) and Suanne Kelman holding Passover meal trays. Written on the reverse of the photo is: "Full course meals are carried into the wards of the hospital. The girls are from Temple Sinai."

Name Access

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto

Jacob, Karen

Kelman, Suanne

Subjects

Passover

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

997

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1947

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the reception held at the installation of Rabbi Abraham Kelman at Bais Yehuda Congregation in Toronto.

Name Access

Bais Yehuda Congregation

Kelman, Rabbi Abraham

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.)

Accession Number

1977-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1974-007

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Date

[192-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.

Administrative History

Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.

Subjects

Contractors

Name Access

Goldman, Harry

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1994-10-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1926

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an agreement document between the Kehilla of Toronto and Harry Elster, shochet.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1989-10-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1989

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a souvenier booklet celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda Poale Zion and the 40th anniversaries of Anielewitch Branch Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.) and Zerubavel - Federman Branch L.Z.A.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Labor Zionism

Name Access

Simon, Harry, 1909-1993

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2005-8-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1907

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Goel Tzedec Synagogue seat deed for Harris Yanover, purchased in 1907.

Administrative History

Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania and was first situated in a room at Richmond and York Streets. Three years later a former Methodist church at University Avenue at Elm Street was purchased and remodelled. In 1904 the congregation hired an architect to construct a new building and in February of 1907, the synagogue on University Avenue was dedicated. It became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.

During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.

In September of 1952, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue Beth Hamidrash Hagadol, amalgamated to form Beth Tzedec.

Harris Yanover was the grandfather of Rayna Rabin.

Subjects

Synagogues

Religion

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-1-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 190 photographs: b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

1 painting: oil on canvas ; 77 x 63 cm in frame 91 x 78

35 cm of textual records

Date

1901-2005

Scope and Content

The accession includes a oil painting of Henry Dworkin, the grandfather of the donor. The painting was created by Sam Soboloff, who owned a tobacco store on St. Clair Avenue West during the 1920s.

In addition, the accession consists of graphic and textual material including photographs of the Dworkin and Goldstick familes and the Dworkin travel business, correspondence written by the Dworkins, press clippings, an album of condolences on the death of Henry Dworkin in 1928, as well as other material. Item lists of the materials, compiled previously, are included in the box.

Custodial History

Item lists found in the boxes indicate that these records belonged to Ellen (Honey) Arthurs.

Administrative History

Harry William (Raxlen) Arthurs was born on May 9, 1935 in Toronto to Lewis and Ellen Honey Raxlen. He was adopted in 1942 by Leon Arthurs of Toronto, Honey's second husband. He is the grandson of Dorothy and Henry Dworkin. His sister Cinda was born on Sept. 1, 1942, also in Toronto. In 1958, Arthurs married Sheila Rubin. After their divorce, he remarried Penelope Milnes and together they had two sons, Joshua and Gideon.

Harry Arthurs received his B.A. in 1955 and his LL.B. in 1958, both from the University of Toronto. He received his Masters of Law in 1959 from Harvard and joined Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970, Arthurs served as Associate Dean and then as Dean, from 1972 to 1977. Arthurs served as president and vice-chancellor of York University from 1985 to 1992.

Arthurs is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1982), an Officer of the Order of Canada (1989), a Member of the Order of Ontario (1995), and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2003). He was awarded the D.W. Mundell Medal in 1988, the first Killam Laureate in the Social Sciences in 2002, and the first Bora Laskin Award for Distinguished Contribution to Labour Law in 2003. His many publications include his book "Without the Law: Administrative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Nineteenth Century England."

Use Conditions

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

Name Access

Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-7-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 photographs : col ; 28 x 36 cm

Date

[198-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three photographs of the Thunder Bay Synagogue Torahs and an obituary for Herman Redich.

Places

Thunder Bay, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Posen was born in 1908, in Pinsk, Poland, to Yakov Shleime and Ethel (née Stravietz) Posenitsky. He was married to Blanche (née Cohen) Spiegel Posen and had three children: Karen (Davidman), Stephen, and David. Blanche also had two other children from a previous marraige: Barry Spiegel and Joy (née Spiegel) Cohen. Harry Posen was the co-owner of a dental laboratory named Posen and Furie. He was a member of Holy Blossom Temple and Ontario Men's O.R.T. He died on 20 May 1985.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Posen.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

43

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Simon was born on 15 July 1909, in Russia, the son of Sam and Rachel Simon. He immigrated to Toronto in 1924 with his parents, and in 1930, he married Eva (née Millman). Together, they had a son named Morris.

Simon was most active in the field of labour-management relations. At the age of twenty, he represented the Fur Workers Union as its business agent, and went on to act as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, a Canadian representative of the International Leather Goods Union and the American Federation of Labour. He served on many conciliation boards and helped settle numerous industrial disputes. He was considered to be the youngest labour leader in Canada.

Simon was actively involved in the community as the regional director for the Canadian Labour Congress; on the regional council of the Canadian Jewish Congress; chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee in Toronto; vice-chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Toronto Labour Council; affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Independent Workers' Circle, the Fur Workers Union, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters of America; on the Executive of Histadrut; and on the Board of the Borochov School.

Harry Simon passed away on 22 December 1993, at the age of 84.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Simon.

Name Access

Simon, Harry, 1909-1993

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Labor leaders

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

46

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1955]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Ungerman was born in 1912, to Isaac and Jenny (née Sopman) Ungerman. Early on, he was involved in the family poultry business with his father and his brothers, Jack, Irving, Karl and David. In later years, Ungerman became a builder. He was married to Yetta, who, in 1937, was the first Jewish nurse to graduate from the Toronto General Hospital. Together they had three children: Larry, Alan and Karyn (Pasternac). Ungerman was a member of Beth Sholom Synagogue and a long-time supporter of Baycrest Hospital. He died on 25 June 2004, at the age of 91.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Ungerman.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

112

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence to and from Sydney Harris, Chairman of the CJC Central Region.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-4-4

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

88 photographs (jpg) : b&w

3 textual records (jpg)

Date

[ca. 1940-2008], predominant 1940-1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document Harry Wolfson's experiences during the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of Harry's military activities, his travels across Canada, and his experience working on Vancouver Island. Scanned records are selections from an album maintained by Harry.

Administrative History

Harry Wolfson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from December 1942 to August 1945. After the war he spent a year maintaining the runways and telephone lines on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.

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

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Accession Number

2010-6-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1945

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one postcard sent to Mrs. M. Gelber of Toronto inviting her to see Sir Ellsworth Flavelle, Chairman of the Canadian Palestine Committee, speak on the Palestine issue on Saturday November 3rd, 1945.

Custodial History

The postcard was sent to the archives by Eiran Harris, Archivist Emeritus, at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2013-10-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 20 cm

Date

1937-1977, predominant 1963-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Harry Share's involvement in the B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order. Included are speeches, photographs and anniversary books documenting the B. Borochov Branch 124's 20th, 50th, 55th, and 60th anniversaries. Also included are invitations to Labour Zionist events in Toronto and two issues of the Jewish Standard which contain articles on the Farband Labour Zionist Movement, one of which was written by Harry.

Custodial History

Records were donated to the OJA by Harry's daughter Razy Share Stolberg.

Administrative History

Harry Share was born in 1895 in Poland. By the age of 21 he was living in Toronto and married Sonia (or Sofie) Dworkin (1897-1956) on February 11, 1916. They had four children together: Belle Lewis, Francis, Stanley, and Razy. Harry briefly ran a restaurant on College and Brunswick called Segals and later operated a cafeteria in the Silknit factory. He was very active in the labour Farband movement out of the B. Borochov Branch 124. He was also involved on committees concerning Camp Kvutza and served as the camp's chef at one point. Sonia was also active in Farband movement through Pioneer Women. Harry passed away in 1983 at the age of 89.

Subjects

Labor Zionism

Societies

Name Access

Share, Harry, 1895-1983

Share, Sonia

Farband Labour Zionist Order

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-4-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

41 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm and smaller

1 folder of textual records

Date

1964-1976

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Hon. Sydney Harris' activities with the Canadian Jewish Congress and as part of a Canadian delegation to the World Jewish Congress events. Among the events being photographed: World Jewish Congress Sixth Plenary Assembly in Jerusalem in 1975, World Jewish Congress Executive Meetings in Geneva in 1968 and Jerusalem in 1970, CJC Representatives Conference in Hamilton, a Central Region Meeting in 1964 and the International Conference on Soviet Jewry in Brussels in 1976. Also included is a programme from a Tribute Dinner presenting the Canada Israel Friendship Award to Honourable R. Roy McMurtry. Identified in the photographs: Sydney Harris, Enid Harris, Monroe Abbey, Minnie Abbey, Max Melamet, Evie Melamet, [?] Becher, Marcus Einfeld, Sol Kanee, Sam Sable, David Satok, Leon Kronitz, Saul Hayes, Beatrice Hays, Daniel Lewis, [?] Fidler, Leon Teitelbaum, [?] Rowe, [?] Daniels, Gerhard Riegner, Lord Sieff, Lady Reading, Stephen Roth, Harry Steiner, Meyer Sarner, Goldie Sarner, Julie Hayman, Leah Seller, [?] Finkleman, Sam Bronfman, Dave Peters, Shelly Kent, Sally Kent, Joachim Schneeweiss, Aryeh Tartakower, Zalman Shazar, Joachim Prinz, Nahum Goldman, John Roberts, Serge Joyal, Ruth [?], William Wexler, and Hugo Gryn.

Administrative History

Sydney Harris (1917-2009) was born on June 23, 1917, to Samuel Aaron and Rose Harris (nee: Geldzaeler). Samuel worked as a salesman. Sydney's maternal grandparents, Mark and Yetta Geldzaeler (nee: Shumer) immigrated to Toronto in the 1880s. Mark Geldzaeler was the Chazan at Holy Blossom Temple. Sydney's paternal grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Harris (nee: Buker), and their children, also immigrated to Canada in the 1890s. Samuel Harris (senior) owned the Harris Delicatessen (later a tobacco store) and was one of the founders of the Hebrew Free Loan Society. Sydney Harris received degrees from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School, and then worked as a lawyer in Ottawa. He, along with Harold Rubenstein, founded the law firm of Harris and Rubenstein. Appointed as a judge of the Ontario Provincial Court in 1976, he rendered decisions on very noteworthy cases. In 1978 he acquitted officers of the Pink Triangle Press and gay magazine Body Politic of charges of possession and distribution of obscene materials. He also dismissed the charges against Magder Furs for doing business on a Sunday. In 1988, he convicted NHL player Dino Ciccarelli for his on-ice attack on a player from the opposing team. He became a small claims court judge when he retired in 1982, and was also a part-time member of the Ontario Assessment Review Board, a referee for the Law Society of Upper Canada and a lay appointee of the Council for the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. Sydney Harris was a human rights advocate, fighting for stronger laws in the Criminal Code to combat neo-Nazism. He was also a fervent supporter of the civil rights movement, even meeting with Martin Luther King Junior in 1963. He was active in the Jewish community, serving as president of the Canadian Council of Reform Congregations national president of Toronto Jewish Vocational Services, and president Canadian Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem. He was also a founding member of Upper Canada Lodge, B'nai Brith. Most notably, he served as president of Canadian Jewish Congress, after serving on CJC's National Executive Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee and Religious Welfare Committee. He was secretary of Holy Blossom Temple's board, and then active at Temple Sinai. He was also known for his opposition to religious education in public schools. Sydney married Enid Pearlman, a registered nurse, in 1950 and they had two children, Mark and David. Sydney Harris died on January 17, 2009.

Name Access

Harris, Sydney, 1917-2009

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4515

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1936]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 34 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original portrait of Samuel Harris, former director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association from 1924 to 1936.

Name Access

Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Cassa

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.

Physical Condition

Matte is very brittle and is cracked in several places.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Art exhibitions series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

8

File

73

Material Format

textual record

Date

1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a catalogue entitled Vienna Today and a review of the exhibit.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6518

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.

Name Access

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Goodman, Harry

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number

1974-007

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1206

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1928]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio portrait of Harry Rosenthal. He is dressed in formal wear.

Name Access

Rosenthal, Harry

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.

Accession Number

1977-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1944

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm and 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry J. Pollock (1920- ) was the first president of Temple Sinai and was an advertising executive, writer, and teacher. He developed an interest in the work of James Joyce and established the James Joyce Society in Toronto in 1964. Pollock has written and staged several plays that were adaptations of Joyce's works, including "Yes, I will yes," "Night boat from Dublin," and "Giacomo de Trieste." Pollock has delivered talks at Joyce symposia in Canada, Ireland, and Italy and co-edited proceedings from some of these Joyce conferences. He has also written a novel ("Gabriel") and some poetry. In addition, Pollock has written and produced several television programmes and radio documentaries. In 1969, Pollock became a fellow of Stong College, York University, and offered college tutorials on Joyce and creative writing there until 1995. He received an honourary D.Litt in 1995 from York University. He also served as the curator of the Anglo-Irish collection at McMaster University in Hamilton, 1970–1972.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Harry Pollock.

Notes

Associated material note: See Fonds 0381 at the York University Archives and Special Collections for his research about James Joyce.

Name Access

Joyce, James, 1882-1941

Pollock, Harry J., 1920- (subject)

Subjects

Authors

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Related Material

See accession 1990-1-5 item 5029 for a group portrait with Harry Pollock.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Topper was a furrier in Toronto and champion for Yiddish and Jewish education. He was president of Reliable Fur Dressers and Dyers of Toronto on Richmond Street and a member of the Furriers Group. He was awarded the Citation for Community Service by the Herzliah and Jewish Teachers Seminary in New York, and a fellowship was created in his name. A testimonial dinner was held in his honour at Beth Tzedec in 1972 by the Toronto Friends of Herzliah-Jewish Teachers Seminary.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Harry Topper.

Name Access

Topper, Harry

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

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Silverberg was a sports announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball team and a long time manager for the Lizzies. Harry was also a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue.

Scope and Content

Portrait of Harry Silverberg.

Name Access

Silverberg, Harry

Subjects

Sportscasters

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Abraham Levine family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Harry Levine taken in Toronto. He is wearing a tuxedo.

Notes

Mounted in cardboard oval frame.

Photographer: A. A. Gray and co., Toronto.

Name Access

Levine, Harry

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

Levine and Cass family fonds

Moses Levine family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

1

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Levine taken in a Toronto studio when he was approximately twenty-two years old.

Notes

Photographer: Lyttle & Kennedy Studios.

Name Access

Levine, Harry

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.

Physical Condition

Photograph is in good condition.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose Family fonds

Harris family series

Level

Series

Fonds

115

Series

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1880-2004

Physical Description

535 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (148 negatives) ; 15 x 20 cm on mat 23 x 30 cm or smaller

2 folders of textual records

1 artifact

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs documenting the various members of the Harris family, including the patriarch and matriarch, Samuel and Sarah Harris, and the families and descendants of their three sons, Samuel Aaron, William and Louis. Also included is a small amount of textual records related to Sgt. Fred Harris' service in the Canadian Armed Forces, certificates belonging to Samuel Aaron Harris, and wedding memorabilia related to Rose Geldzaeler Harris' marriage to Samuel A. Harris, including a section of Rose’s bouquet.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Thelma Harris Rose family fonds

Harris family series

Louis Harris sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

115

Series

1-6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1927]

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Louis Harris was the son of Samuel and Sarah Harris (née Ruben). He married Helen Gallander.

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of a copy photograph of Louis Harris' graduation photo.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

273

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Harry Steiner.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

299

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Zifkin.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

301

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Zinder.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

222

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 photograph negative : b&w ; 7 x 8 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a negative of a photograph of Harry Rosenthal. the negative is accompanied by a letter from Joseph Eisenberg.

Name Access

Harry Rosenthal

Joseph Eisenberg

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

81

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Milton Harris.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

90

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Dr. Harry Heffler.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

218

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a photograph of Harry Rosen.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Ackroyd, Harry

Page Number

338

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Baxter, Harry

Page Number

557

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Canton, Harry

Page Number

702

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Cohen, Harry

Page Number

394

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Davis, Harry

Page Number

360

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Epstein, Harry

Page Number

711

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Freedman, Harry

Page Number

281

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger