- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 140
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi Max Kishblum, Executive Secretary of the Mizrachi Organization of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 142
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939-1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi Max Kishblum, Executive Secretary of the Mizrachi Organization of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 32 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1960]-1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim. There are several music books with Oppenheim's compositions, as well as loose sheet music and other composers song sheets. There is a concert program and correspondence from the Cantor's Assembly of America and the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association.
- Included is a record of Canto Eliazar Zaslavsky's Prayers and Songs.
- Photographs depict Mordechai Oppenheim, as well as an unidentified individual and group portrait
- Administrative History
- Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim was a cantor who lived in Toronto
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 141
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi Max Kishblum, Executive Secretary of the Mizrachi Organization of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Clergy sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a programme for a tribute dinner in honour of Cantor Kirshblum.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter from Mordechai Topel file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 176
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 27 Oct. 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Mordechai Topel (b.1920-d.2010) was born in Ostrowiec, Poland, to Moishe Jacob and Dina Topel. His father owned a shirt factory. When Mordechai was only three years old, Dina Topel passed away, and his father married a woman named Perle. He had two sisters, Ratze and Raizel, and was the nephew of David Topel.
- After surviving the Auschwitz, Majdenek, Blizyn, Oranienburg, and Flossenbürg camps, Mordechai was liberated by American soldiers while on a death march to Dachau. He lived temporarily with the 90th Infantry Division of the United States Army. He also spent time in the Winzer and Kloster Indersdorf displaced persons camps. In October 1945, he arrived in Thaxted, England, where he met and married his wife, Ester (née Koslowska). While in England, Mordechai pursued studies in engineering.
- Mordechai and Ester moved around, living in Israel, Chile, and New York before settling in New Jersey. While in New York, Mordechai served on the Yizkor Book Committee. He received rabbinic ordination and became an important member of Congregation B’nai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey. He passed away on 3 March 2010.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Mordechai Topel in Thaxted, England, to an unknown recipient, likely the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee, dated 27 October 1946. Mordechai writes that he is writing another letter despite not having received an answer to his previous letters. He thanks the recipient for sending him the address of his cousin Leon, to whom he has written. He responds to the suggestion of forming an Ostrovtzer committee in England, noting challenges due to the small number of Ostrovtzers in the country. He also shares details about his life. File also contans a typed translation.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Mordechai Soer
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 30 Jul. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mordechai Soer
- Number
- OH 402
- Subject
- Great Britain--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 30 Jul. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file) ; 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Sam Gojonovich
- Total Running Time
- 17:02
- Notes
- Mordechai was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Mordechai enlisted in the British Army in Palestine and served from 1939 to 1945. He was stationed in Italy, Egypt, and Syria performing general transport.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Egypt
- Italy
- Palestine
- Syria
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 492
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Feb. 1980
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of Judy Gwartz and Professor Mordechai Abir; Prof. Abir points to Israel on a map of the Middle East.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1299
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1299
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Mordechai and Richard Dwor standing on the porch at 104 Catherine Street in Port Colborne, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Dwor, Richard
- 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
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Photographs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 8
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a photograph of J.P. Katz with Rabbi Wohlberg (at the podium), Rabbi M. Kirshblum, Rabbi Ze'ev Gold, Aubrey Eban and A. L. Helman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1947]
- Scope and Content
- The accession consists of two photographs of Reverend Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel.
- Administrative History
- Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel Gringorten (née Melnick) were born in Poland in 1876 and 1881 respectively. They moved to Canada in 1910 with their eldest child. They subsequently had five more after their arrival.Their children included Morris, Jennie, Jacob, Esther, Louis, and Isaac.
- Rabbi Gringorten served as spiritual leader, teacher, shochet, and mohel for the Brantford Jewish community after his arrival for thirteen years. He then moved to Toronto during the early 1920s and became the principal of a Jewish school. The family lived at 26 Cecil Street at that time and then moved to 393 Markham Street during the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became active in the Jewish community, serving as vice-president of the Sons of Jacob, a board member of the Folks Fareign, and the first trustee of the Old Folks Home.
- Rabbi Gringorten and his wife moved to California during the 1940s in order to live in a climate that was better for their health. Rachel passed away in 1947, and the rabbi followed in 1959.
- 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
- Immigrants--Canada
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Gringorten, Saul, Rabbi, 1876-1959
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Rabbi A. A. Price file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 180
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [between 1936 and 1949]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a brief written by Rabbi A. A. Price.
- Name Access
- Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 184
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence between Katz and several rabbis in Canada and the U.S. Included are letters from Katz when he served on the executive of Mizrachi Organization of Toronto and letters on the subject of Kashrut in hospitals.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 24 Oct. 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to the Moshe Feinstein Award which was being given to Rabbi Kerzner by the Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem and the Yeshiva of Staten Island.
- 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
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 93
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (1 negative) : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits of Rabbi Nachum Rabinovitch and Rabbi Felder.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Rabbi portraits file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 93
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait.
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives for permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4161
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4161
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Scheinkman (or Shankman) was the first peddler from Mozir. He arrived in Toronto circa 1903/4. He was a founder of the Minsker Shul.
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shankman, Mordechai Chaim
- Mozirer Sick Benefit Society
- Scheinkman, Mordechai Chaim
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- 1986-10-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from Individuals series
- Letter from Mordechai Topel to M. Hartstone and the United Ostrovizer Hilfs Committee file
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 1
- File
- 177
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 18 Dec. 1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Mordechai Topel (b.1920-d.2010) was born in Ostrowiec, Poland, to Moishe Jacob and Dina Topel. His father owned a shirt factory. When Mordechai was only three years old, Dina Topel passed away, and his father married a woman named Perle. He had two sisters, Ratze and Raizel, and was the nephew of David Topel.
- After surviving the Auschwitz, Majdenek, Blizyn, Oranienburg, and Flossenbürg camps, Mordechai was liberated by American soldiers while on a death march to Dachau. He lived temporarily with the 90th Infantry Division of the United States Army. He also spent time in the Winzer and Kloster Indersdorf displaced persons camps. In October 1945, he arrived in Thaxted, England, where he met and married his wife, Ester (née Koslowska). While in England, Mordechai pursued studies in engineering.
- Mordechai and Ester moved around, living in Israel, Chile, and New York before settling in New Jersey. While in New York, Mordechai served on the Yizkor Book Committee. He received rabbinic ordination and became an important member of Congregation B’nai Yeshurun in Teaneck, New Jersey. He passed away on 3 March 2010.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from Mordechai Topel in Thaxted, England, to Max Hartstone, dated 18 December 1946. In this letter, Mordechai expresses his gratitude at receiving the conference transcript. He also conveys his appreciation for those who have come together to assist the survivors. Envelope with multiple stamps and postmarks is included. File also contains a typed translation.
- 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
- 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
- Part Of
- Board of Jewish Education fonds
- Executive director series
- Teacher files sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 48
- Series
- 2-4
- File
- 326
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
