Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

342

Material Format

textual record

Date

1954-1957

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

Passenger Names

Richman, S.

Page Number

301

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Level

Item

Item

3767

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1913

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Sam Berger and either a friend or a family member taken at a local studio before the First World War.

Notes

Photo by Shapiro Multigraph, 101 Yonge St., Toronto.

Name Access

Berger, Sam

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1910

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Sam Goldberg left Brantford for Detroit in the 1920s and returned in 1971.

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Sam Goldberg (on left) and Sam Paruchnikov (on right) of Brantford, Ontario.

Notes

The description originally written on the photo card read: Sam Goldberg (Theodore Bleinder or Bleender), Sam Paruchnikov (Paul), Brantford. It is unclear what the names in parenthesis are in reference to.

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

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Jewish communal series

State of Israel Bonds sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

9-6

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1972

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w. ; 21 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one photograph of Min and Phil Givens attending a State of Israel Bond dinner. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Min Givens, Phil Givens, Julie Robinson Belafonte, and Harry Belafonte.

Notes

Photograph is by Leo Hausman of The Studio (Toronto)

Name Access

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-

Hausman, Leo, 1912-1982

Subjects

Singers

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

World Festival of Youth and Students file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

2

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jul. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This item consists of a portrait of Ella Fitzgerald performing onstage at the World Festival of Youth and Students.

Notes

This item has no proofs.

Name Access

Fitzgerald, Ella

Subjects

Singers

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

3

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Aug. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 13 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Margaret Tynes is an African-American opera, concert and oratorio soprano and singing actress. She earned a Bachelors Degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Tynes continued her studies at Julliard School in New York City and later earned a Masters in Music Education from Columbia University. She has performed in the United States, Canada and throughout Europe. She has appeared with leading opera companies of the United States and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna Staatsoper. Her roles range from Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Carmen (Carmen), Aida (Aida) and Dido (Dido and Aeneas). She gained international acclaim for her role as Salome at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. She became the first American to perform behind the Iron Curtain when she went to Russia with Ed Sullivan for the U.S. State Department.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of Margaret Tynes performing onstage.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i4.

Name Access

Tynes, Margaret

Subjects

Singers

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

3

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Aug. 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Risë Stevens (b. 11 June 1913 – d. 20 March 2013) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Stevens was born Risë Steenberg in New York City, the daughter of Sarah "Sadie" (née Mechanic) and Christian Steenberg, an advertising salesman. Her father was of Norwegian Lutheran descent and her mother was Jewish (of Polish and Russian descent). She had a younger brother, Lewis "Bud" Steenberg, who died in World War II. She studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years, and with Anna Eugenie Schoen-René. She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf. She made her début as Mignon in Prague in 1936 and stayed there until 1938, also singing in guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera. She was engaged as a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble at the Teatro Colón in 1938 (as Octavian) and was invited to the Glyndebourne Festival in 1939 where she was heard as Dorabella and Cherubino. In 1938 she made her début with the Metropolitan Opera in Philadelphia as Mignon. Three days later at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, she sang Octavian opposite Lotte Lehmann. The film industry in Hollywood produced several films for her, including The Chocolate Soldier (1941) with Nelson Eddy. She played an opera singer in Going My Way (1944) with Bing Crosby, wherein she is credited as a contralto; she is featured performing Bizet's aria "Habanera," "Going My Way" with the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir, and "Ave Maria" with Bing Crosby and the choir.

In 1939, Stevens married Walter Surovy, an Austrian stage and screen actor she met during her European years, after he fled the Nazis to New York. He took over the management of her career and skillfully planned publicity to move her into areas of the business they both felt would advance her career. One likely display of Surovy's finesse with publicity was the fact that Stevens' voice was insured by Lloyd's of London in 1945 for $1 million. The couple had one child, Nicholas, who followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an actor on Broadway, and in film and television. The marriage lasted for over 61 years, until Walter's death in 2001.

For over two decades (until 1961) Stevens was the Met's leading mezzo-soprano and the only mezzo to command the top billing (and commensurate fees) normally awarded only to star sopranos and tenors. Her most successful roles there included Cherubino (recording on EMI), Octavian, Dalila (two separate discs of excerpts on RCA Victor), Laura, Hansel (complete recording on Columbia) and Marina. Above all, she was especially celebrated for her Carmen. She had an enormous personal triumph at the Metropolitan in the role in the famous Tyrone Guthrie production in 1951, becoming the Carmen of her generation. Her RCA Victor recording of the opera, conducted by Fritz Reiner and co-starring Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill and Licia Albanese, became a best seller and has never been out of print in some format. She also appeared in Paris, London, and at Glyndebourne. At La Scala in Milan, she had a great success in Virgilio Mortari's La Figlia del Diavolo in a version of the Salome story where Herodias is the leading character. Stevens sang, acted and danced the role in a notable tour de force. A hallmark of Stevens' career was versatility. She sang opera, excelled on radio and television singing from what came to be called The American Songbook (much of which was recorded), proved to be an accomplished film and television actress, and she handled Broadway material (Anna in The King and I, Lisa in Lady in the Dark) with glamour and star quality. She toured the U.S. annually for several decades singing recitals. In 1962, she recorded the voice of Glinda for Journey Back to Oz, but the production ran out of money and was halted for more than four years. It was only after the Filmation studio had made profits on their numerous television series that they were able to finish the project (which was copyrighted 1971, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom and in 1974 in the United States). After her retirement from the opera stage, Stevens served as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera National Company until 1966 and later coached the new generation of singers at the Met. Stevens made occasional television appearances too, including a guest-starring role on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. On October 22, 1977, Stevens was awarded the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Glee Club Award of Merit. Established in 1964, this award sought "to bring a declaration of appreciation to an individual each year that has made a significant contribution to the world of music and helped to create a climate in which our talents may find valid expression". She was a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1990.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of Rise Stevens onstage.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i8.

Name Access

Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013

Subjects

Singers

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

743

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1955 and 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sam Ruth, an administrator for the Jewish Home for the Aged in Toronto.

Name Access

Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.)

Ruth, Sam

Subjects

Portraits

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1935]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sam Stern left Canada for Palestine in 1933. Upon his arrival, he joined the Degania Bet Kibbutz, where he stayed until 1934, when he moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a bookkeeper. In 1936, he helped found the Ginosar kibbutz. He was killed in 1939 while on guard duty.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a group of young people in Palestine just before leaving for the Ginosar kibbutz. Sam Stern is lying on the ground in front and standing in the back row second from the right is his girlfriend, Yael.

Subjects

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

Palestine

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3273

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Sam Spencer is shown, with a dog, in this photograph.

Name Access

Spencer, Sam

Subjects

Children

Dogs

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

1982-6-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4715

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Sam Levine, Toronto.

Name Access

Levine, Sam

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

1988-11-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait photograph of Sam Davis.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Davis, Sam

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

Item

778

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of Sam Rudolph from Port Colborne, Ontario.

Notes

Acquired June 1976.

This photograph appears to have been cut from a larger photo which most likely measured 21 x 26 cm.

Name Access

Rudolph, Sam

Subjects

Portraits

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

Port Colborne (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Cowan family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

102

File

50

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca.1976]-[ca.1996]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Rebecca Cowan is the daughter of Saul Cowan's son Michael and his wife Nancy.

Scope and Content

File consists of a photograph of Rebecca as an infant and a programme of a concert titled "Musica Orbium Requiem op. 9", in which she sung as a soprano.

Subjects

Sopranos (Singers)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Robert Todd Duncan (b. February 12, 1903) was an American baritone opera singer and actor.

Todd Duncan was born in Danville, Kentucky in 1903. He obtained his musical training at Butler University in Indianapolis with a B.A. in music followed by an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College.

In 1933, Duncan debuted in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana at the Mecca Temple in New York with the Aeolian Opera, a black opera company.

Duncan was George Gershwin's personal choice as the first performer of the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess in 1935 and played the role more than 1,800 times. He led the cast during the Washington run of Porgy and Bess at the National Theatre in 1936, a staging which protested the theatre's policy of segregation. Duncan stated that he, "would never play in a theater which barred him from purchasing tickets to certain seats because of his race." Eventually management would give into the demands and allow for the first integrated performance at National Theatre. Duncan was also the first performer for the role of Stephen Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars.

In 1945, he became the first African American to sing with a major opera company, and the first black person to sing in an opera with an otherwise white cast, when he performed the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci with the New York City Opera. In the same year he sang the role of Escamillo, the bullfighter, in Bizet's Carmen. In 1955, Duncan was the first to record Unchained Melody, a popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. The recording was made for the soundtrack of the obscure prison film Unchained. Following Duncan's version, the song went on to become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.

Duncan taught voice at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for more than fifty years. While teaching at Howard, he continued touring as a soloist with pianists William Duncan Allen and George Malloy. He had a very successful career as a concert singer with over 2,000 performances in 56 countries. He retired from Howard and opened his own voice studio teaching privately and giving periodic recitals.

He died of a heart ailment at his home in Washington, D.C., in 1998.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Todd Duncan.

Notes

This negative has two images on it.

Subjects

Actors

Singers

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of Prominent Entertainers series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

4

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1952

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 9 cm and 12 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isabelle Harriet Lucas (b. 3 December 1927) was a Canadian-born actress and singer who gained prominence in Britain after achieving some notoriety in Canada.

Lucas was born in Toronto to a chef from Barbados who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

After performing in amateur productions in Toronto, Isabelle Lucas moved to London in 1954. She made her first West End appearance in the show The Jazz Train in 1955. She also performed in Walk a Crooked Mile and Funny Girl. In addition to the theatre, she appeared in film and television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.

Lucas' first major television role was in The Fosters, playing the role of Pearl Foster. Since then she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in EastEnders. At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show You and Me, and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest appearances in May to December from 1989 to 1992 and 1989 appeared as Gertrude in the CBBC series Bluebirds.

Lucas died in 1997 after a heart attack.

Scope and Content

This item is a portrait of Isabelle Lucas.

Name Access

Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997

Subjects

Actors

Singers

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

Paul Robeson and Companions file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1959

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 7 x 6 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isabelle Harriet Lucas (b. 3 December 1927) was a Canadian-born actress and singer who gained prominence in Britain after achieving some notoriety in Canada.

Lucas was born in Toronto to a chef from Barbados who worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway.

After performing in amateur productions in Toronto, Isabelle Lucas moved to London in 1954. She made her first West End appearance in the show The Jazz Train in 1955. She also performed in Walk a Crooked Mile and Funny Girl. In addition to the theatre, she appeared in film and television roles during the 1950s and 1960s.

Lucas' first major television role was in The Fosters, playing the role of Pearl Foster. Since then she appeared in several minor British dramas and films. In 1985 she appeared in EastEnders. At the end of the 1980s she joined the long-running BBC Schools' show You and Me, and remained with it as a presenter until it finished in 1992. Lucas made several guest appearances in May to December from 1989 to 1992 and 1989 appeared as Gertrude in the CBBC series Bluebirds.

Lucas died in 1997 after a heart attack.

Scope and Content

This is item consists of a portrait of an unidentified woman seated next to Isabelle Lucas.

Notes

This items has no proofs.

Name Access

Lucas, Isabelle, 1927-1997

Subjects

Actors

Singers

Repro Restriction

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

Related Material

See Fonds 80, series 4 for more photographs of Isabelle Lucas by Schwartz.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2352

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917

Physical Description

1 photograph : sepia ; 26 x 21 cm

Admin History/Bio

Yehoash was the pen name for Solomon Blumgarten, also known as Solomon Bloomgarden (1870-1927), a Yiddish-language poet, scholar and Bible translator.

His work included verse, translations, poetry, short stories, essays and fables in Yiddish and some articles in English. His poetry was translated into Russian, Dutch, Polish, Finnish, German, Spanish, English and Hebrew. He was responsible for translating many works of world literature into Yiddish, including Longfellow's Hiawatha and a very popular translation of the Bible. His version was hailed as a contribution of national significance and perhaps the greatest masterpiece in the Yiddish language. His two volume edition became a standard work for Yiddish speaking homes throughout the world.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Yehoash, which is personally autographed to Samuel Kronick in Yiddish.

Name Access

Yehoash

Kronick, Samuel

Subjects

Poets, Yiddish

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

1980-11-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Sam Black, Jewish community leader who operated the first dairy in Kirkland Lake.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Black, Sam

Subjects

Farmers

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

Item

1013

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Seated left to right: Sam Collis; Anne Collis (m. Pinsky).

Standing left to right: Eva Collis (m. Einhorn); Mac Collis.

Name Access

Collis, Anne

Collis, Sam

Collis, Eva

Einhorn, Eva

Collis, Mac

Pinsky, Anne

Subjects

Children

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1976-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

36

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1939 and 1945]

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 Flight Officer Sam Finkelstein of the RCAF, pictured in his military uniform.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force

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

Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5007

Material Format

graphic material

Date

24 Jun. 1958

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sam Crystal was a reporter for the Toronto Telegram.

Scope and Content

Photograph features Sam Crystal being lifted with one arm by an 8'4" wrestler.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Cyrstal, Sam

Subjects

Wrestlers

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

5024

Material Format

graphic material

Date

29 Oct. 1961

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bobby Kuntz and Sam Shopsowitz standing in front of a chalkboard with football plays drawn on it. Sam Shopsowitz is handing Kuntz a very large salami.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Kuntz, Bobby

Shopsowitz, Sam

Shopsy's

Subjects

Celebrities

Football

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1990-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4691

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1936 and 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sam Levine is Nancy Lusher's maternal grandfather.

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of the family of Sam and Sarah Levine, Toronto.

Back row, left to right: Sylvia Levine (youngest sister), Bessy Levine (oldest sister), Max Bloomberg (Bessy's husband), Percy Brenzel (Betty/Rifka's husband), Betty Levine (Nancy's mother), Ethel Levine (2nd youngest sister).

Middle row: Eli Levine (Sam Levine's father, Nancy's great-grandfather), Unknown relative, Sarah Levine (Sam's wife, Nancy's grandmother), Sam Levine (blacksmith, Nancy's grandfather).

Children: Jack Bloomberg (Max and Bessy's oldest son), Irving Bloomberg (Max and Bessy's second son), Miriam Brenzel (Percy and Betty's daughter, Nancy's half sister).

Name Access

Levine, Sam (1885-1976)

Levine, Sarah

Levine, Sylvia

Levine, Bessy

Bloomberg, Max

Brenzel, Percy

Levine, Betty

Levine, Ethel

Levine, Eli

Bloomberg, Jack

Bloomberg, Irving

Brenzel, Miriam

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

1988-11-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4717

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Name Access

Levine, Sam

Subjects

Challah (Bread)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-11-12

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2022-4-4

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

3 photographs : col. (jpg)

1 slideshow (pdf)

Date

2022

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting a virtual seder held by Sam Mogelonsky and her partner on 17 April 2022. Included are three photographs and a slideshow. The latter includes prayers for Ukraine and prayers for those who aren't Jewish. Sam and her partner, Mat, used a humanist Haggadah to pull it together.

Commenting on the seder, the donor wrote:

"My partner and I did a virtual seder last night for the third night of Passover. We started doing this the first year of Covid, and now it’s sort of a tradition. It’s a mix of jewish and non-Jewish friends and very fun and inclusive. We made a special presentation deck for it so people could read off the screen. There are a lot of Simpsons, pop culture and baseball references.

"You are seeing the view as we did. I should have taken a photo of the set up! We had a webcam on a plinth and a microphone set up. Then we had the laptop and a wireless mouse.

"Also, mat is allergic to horse raddish, so we have Calabrian hot pepper paste for Maror!"

In a separate email, Sam explained that the chili paste was a nod to Mat's Italian background.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

COVID-19 (Disease)

Passover

Seder

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Ukraine

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2022-10-6

Material Format

moving images (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

1 video (mp4)

1 photograph (jpg)

Date

2021-2022

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Sam Mogelonsky and her family. Included are two items. The first is a video Rosh Hashanah card recorded in the fall of 2021 and sent from Sam; Sam's partner, Matthew "Mat" Calverley; and Sam's parents' dog, Hondo, a Bouvier des Flandres. The second is a photograph taken during Passover 2022 of Hondo wearing a kippah.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Related groups of records external to the unit being described: Other records relating to the Mogelonsky family's celebration of Jewish holidays can be found in the COVID-19 Documentation Project collection.

Subjects

Dogs

Rosh ha-Shanah cards

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

105

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 Dr. Sam Hurwich giving a speech at a rally.

Name Access

Sam Hurwich

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

62

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of a portrait photograph of Samuel Granatstein.

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

Accession Number

1995-1-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 album

16 posters

Date

1945-1946

Scope and Content

Accession includes a scrapbook entitled "Polish Jews in the time of the German occupation, 1939-1945", presented to Sam Lipshitz and H.M. Caiserman by the Central Committee of Polish Jews during their tour of Poland in 1946 as delegates for the Canadian Jewish Congress and United Radomer Relief.

The accession also includes 16 posters created for an exhibition to document their trip and the Holocaust in Poland.

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1998-12-4

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

56 photographs : b&w and col. (27 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

1 postcard

Date

1909-[ca. 1980]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a collection of copy and original photographs documenting the life of the Dime family and their relatives in locations including Belleville, Oshawa, Toronto, the Muskoka Sanitorium, and Goose Bay, Labrador.

Photo Captions:

001: Sam and Dorothy Dime, Dime’s Drug Store, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, [1957?].

002: Street view of Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, 1960.

003: Sgt. Sam Dime, Pharmacy, Goose Bay Labrador, 1944.

004: Ada Dime, with Ben [Safe] and Sam Dime, secondhand furniture, 56 King St. West, Oshawa, ON, 1921.

005: Sam Dime with dog [4F], Goose Bay, Labrador, 1944.

006: Sam Dime, 56 King St. W., Oshawa, ON, ca. 1920-21.

007: Rabbi Isaac Stein with grandchildren Izzie (left) and Donna, Toronto, 1930.

008: Portrait of Ada Dime (née Aronson) with her brother Sammy Aronson, 273 Yonge Street, Toronto, ca. 1915.

009: Portrait of David and Sammy Tobe, Belleville, ON, [1909]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.

010: Morris Bernard of Belleville, Overseas, First World War, ca. 1918.

011: David Dime, (age 25), 1914. The Dutch Studio Vander Feen, 318 Yonge St. Toronto, ON, [192-?].

012: Unidentified group of children, [19--?].

013: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Tobe with their children David and Sammy, Belleville, ON, [1920]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.

014: Portrait of David and Ada Dime with daughter Anne, Belleville, ON, ca. 1915.

015: Mickey and Riva Marcus, Belleville, ON, ca. 1917-18.

016: Ada Dime, 30 Simcoe Street, Oshawa, ON, 1930.

017: Tobie Green (m. Dime), her brother Hershel Goldman and Goldie Fryman, St. Patrick Street Between Elm & Dundas, [Toronto], ON, 1924.

018: Cheder class, Oshawa Hebrew Congregation, Beth Zion,45 Albert Street in Oshawa, Ontario, 1922. Back row (L to R): Simma Engel, Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Annie Dime, Annie Hennick, Sara Rainish. Front row (L to R): Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.

019: David Dime (back row, right), Muskoka Sands, July ca. 1922

020: Oshawa Belleville group, Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1930. Back row: Mr. Diamond, Goldie Engel, Abe Swartz, [unidentified], Faige Swartz, Sarah Golub, Sue [Sape], Hymie Golub. Front row: Mrs. Lepofsky, Mildred Golub.

021: National Council of Jewish Women, 44 St. George Street, ca. 1943. Also pictured is Betty Stone and Dora Stein (4th left).

022: Sam Dime, Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ca. 1951.

023: Dorothy Stein (m. Dime) at closing of canteen, 44 St. George Street, Toronto, 1945. Photographer Globe & Mail.

024: Ada and David Dime, Muskoka Sands, Gravenhurst, ca. 1922.

025: Canadian Jewish Congress Service Mens Club postcard, ca. 1940s.

026: Mrs. Ada Dime, Dime’s Dry Goods, 30 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, ON, 1926.

027: David Dime (left), with orphans in Baron de Hirsch Farm in Saskatchewan, ca. 1906.

Administrative History

The donor Sam Dime served in the Second World War. In 1947 Sam and his wife Dorothy Dime (née Stein) opened Dime's Drug Store at 568 Jarvis Street in Toronto. The pair operated the Jarvis Street institution for thirty-nine years and officially closed their store in 1986.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Belleville (Ont.)

Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)

Saskatchewan

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Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1999-6-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

21 photographs : b&w ; 22 x 30 cm or smaller

Date

1895-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting the life, career and activities of Sam Factor and his family. Textual material include correspondence, press clippings, and Factor's education and law school records.

Administrative History

Sam Factor (1892 -1962) was a Liberal member of parliament for Spadina, served in the armed forces in the Second World War, and was appointed a judge in the County of York.

Descriptive Notes

Idenification is provided for the photographs.

Subjects

Politicians

Name Access

Factor, Sam

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1984-5-7

Material Format

object

graphic material

Physical Description

1 coin

16 photographs : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Date

1939-1945

Scope and Content

This accession consists of one Mount Sinai Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 522 G.R.C. 25th anniversary coin. The coin has the lodge's coat of arms on the recto and a set of tablets with the words "keep these and good fortune will be yours" on the verso.

Also included are 16 photographs of the Allied Forces (including the Canadian Army) at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 following the liberation of the camp. Pictured are the general grounds, mass graves with sign markers, a group of (local German?) women crowded around the back of an army truck, army personnel observing and taking photographs of a deceased victim, a crematoria, and Sam Pizel (standing right) and other servicemen with a box of human ashes.

Administrative History

Sam Pizel (?-29 Sept. 2004) was married to Lily and was the brother of Irving Pizel.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Pizel, Sam

Bergen-Belsen

Places

Germany

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1998-3-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 scrapbook

Date

[1928?]-[1985?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one scrapbook documenting the personal and athletic (boxing) activities of Sam Cynamon. The majority of the material relates to life in Winnipeg and Montreal.

Subjects

Athletes

Boxers (Sports)

Places

Montréal (Québec)

Winnipeg (Man.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1980-11-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 19 x 43 cm or smaller

Date

1917-[195-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of four photographs, one copy photograph and one negative of Sam Kronick, his negev dinner and the famous Yiddish poet Yehoash. The textual records include copies of correspondence and newsclippings related to Kronick's community involvement with various Jewish organizations, the Negev dinner booklet as well as an article from the Canadian Jewish Review pertaining to the painting of Kronick by Toronto Artist Soboloff.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2006-4-4

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w (tif)

5 documents (tif)

1 folder of textual records

1 DVD

1 videocassette

Date

1941-2004

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copies of electronic copies of photographs, postcards and telegrams as well as newsclippings, a video and a DVD documenting the career of Sam Shapiro in the RCAF and his time as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 3 in Poland.

Administrative History

Sam Shapiro enlisted as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1940. He received his wings in Brantford and was sent overseas in April 1941 as a sergeant pilot. He was in Squadron ten and flew eight successful missions before his plane was shot down over Holland in August 1941, killing two of the crew.

Shapiro was captured by German forces on 17 August 1941 and was taken to Stalag Luft 3 camp in Poland, where the "Great Escape" took place. Shapiro was not part of the breakout, but did help dig the tunnel that allowed seventy-six of his fellow prisoners to escape.

While a Prisoner of War, Shapiro was promoted to warrant officer. He was liberated on 16 April 1945 and arrived in England five days later. Shortly after arriving home in 1945, Shapiro received the YMCA sports badge for his conduct in the POW camp and the Canadian Volunteer Service medal. He married his fiance Geraldine Perlman in 1945.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Shapiro, Sam.

Stalag Luft 3

Perlman, Geraldine

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Accession Number

2010-7-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1909-1939

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records that document Sam's involvement in the Russian army and his immigration to Canada. Included is a copy of his naturalization certificate (1919), a JIAS shipping receipt for a package sent to Russia (1939), Russian army documents, and a temporary Russian passport (1914).

Administrative History

Sam Levine was born in Postov, Vilna, Russia on April 10th, 1885 to Mr. and Mrs. Eliahu Levine. Prior to immigrating to Canada, he received training as a blacksmith in the Russian army and had two daughters with his wife Sarah (d. 1968): Bessie (b. 1909) and Betty (b. 1913). His wife and daughters joined him in Canada around 1921; a year after he became a naturalized Canadian. After their arrival, Sam and his wife had two more daughters: Ethel (b. 1922) and Sylvia (b. 1924).

The Levine family resided at 11 Euclid and owned a stable at 22 Euclid, which Sam used as a place to shoe horses for profit. Throughout his career, Sam took on various metal work jobs, including building gates for residences and cemeteries, such as Roselawn Lambton. He often did the metal work at home and soldered the completed pieces together on site. During the Second World War, Sam had a contract with Lincoln Electric to build casings for motors.

Sam was part of the Grand Order of Israel and Sarah was a member of Folks Farein. Sam taught himself how to read English, and regularly frequented horse races. Sam passed away in 1976.

Descriptive Notes

Language note: some documents are in Russian and Yiddish

Related material note: see also accession #1988-11-12.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2012-11-2

Material Format

sound recording

Physical Description

2 sound recordings (ca. 45 min.) : mp3

Date

25 Apr. 1983

Scope and Content

Accession consists of sound recordings of an interview conducted by Maxine Cadsby with her mother Fanny (nee Shapero) Lichtman. They discuss the life of Maxine's father, Sam Lichtman.

Custodial History

The original oral history recording is on a cassette tape and is in the possession of Maxine Cadsby. It was returned to her after it was copied.

Administrative History

Sam Lichtman was born in 1888 in Galicia. He immigrated to Canada on his own in 1901 with 25 cents in his pocket. He started out as a newsboy selling daily papers and comic papers in Toronto. He later opened his own news store, Lichtman's, and became a newspaper distributor. Around 1918, he married Fanny (nee Shapero) and they had four daughters together: Grace Hillman, Marjorie Rosenfield, Eileen Hertzman, and Maxine Cadsby. Sam passed away in 1958.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-7-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1909-1938

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photocopied pages of a scrapbook assembled by Sam Lichtman related to Toronto Jewish newsboys. Included are articles on Jewish newsies football and rugby matches, the election of officers to the Toronto Newsboys' Association (of which Lichtman was president), and the conviction of three newsboys for theft.

Administrative History

Sam Lichtman was the father of the donor. He started his career in the newspaper business as a newsboy, then as the employer of newsboys. He later founded and operated Lichtman's, a book and magaine store.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2020-4-5

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. (jpg)

Date

8-9 April 2020

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two born-digital photographs documenting the donor's Passover seder via Zoom. The donor submitted the following information with the photographs:

A Passover on Zoom. From our small apartment in Toronto we were able to connect with our friends and family. This was a special Seder and for many friends it was their first.

Passover 1 - Larry Mogelonsky, Maureen Wright Passover 2 - Sam Mogelonsky, Mat Calverley, Ruby Carolan, Mark Lush, Eva Kolzce, Spencer Barclay, Ellen Bleiwas, Amanda Gotlieb, Montana Kimmel, Ruth Jones, Jon Sasaki, Rob Cumming, Jesse Carliner, Marcos Armstrong.

Custodial History

Items were submitted to the archives via the OJA website.

Use Conditions

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

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects

Passover

Seder

COVID-19 (Disease)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4685

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1941

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

No place specified.

Name Access

Newman, David E.

Newman, Sam

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

1

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 8 cm, 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sam Gotfrid (1907–2007) was born 20 October 1907 in Toronto. His parents were Louis and Fannie. Sam had 3 siblings: Nathan, Sadie (Berg) and Harold. Sam studied at the University of Toronto, receiving a BA in Political Science and Economics in 1928. He also graduated from Osgood Hall in 1931 and received his QC in 1955. Sam practiced law for nearly sixty years, including many years as part of Gotfrid, Noble & Dennis. He specialized in commercial law, real estate, and general corporation law. Sam was also heavily involved in communal work. He acted as a board member of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto and as a member executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress (Central Region).

He married Freda Birnhaum (m. Gotfrid). They had two children: Peter H. and Mona Ellen. Sam died in his home on 3 December 2007.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Sam Gotfrid.

Name Access

Gotfrid, Sam, 1907-2007 (subject)

Subjects

Lawyers

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Negev dinners series

Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

1

File

3

Item

47

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Passenger Names

Berlin, Sam

Page Number

217

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Cohen, Sam

Page Number

760

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Elster, Sam

Page Number

638

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Girrari, Sam

Page Number

244

Comments

Name crossed out.

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Golden, Sam

Page Number

732

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

Passenger Names

Goldhar, Sam

Page Number

688

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger