- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6152
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6152
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1972 and 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- President: United Jewish Welfare Fund 1973-1974.
- Campaign chairman: United Jewish Appeal 1972.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Granovsky, Phil
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Name Access
- Shindman, Jack
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds
- Photographs series
- Annual meeting file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 9
- Series
- 12
- File
- 8
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Notes
- Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Subjects
- Meetings
- 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
- B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
- 1969 dinner file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Chapley was a North York city councillor and member of Metropolitan Toronto Council from 1974 until his death, making him one of the city's longest running representatives. He was born in 1924 and was married to Norma (née Levinson) and had two children: David and Rosanne. He was an active member of B'nai B'rith before entering into the political sphere. The Irving Chapley Community Centre and Park is located in his former North York ward on Wilmington Avenue. Chapley died on 21 June 1992, at the age of 68.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Irving Chapley.
- Subjects
- Politicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 17 cm
- Date
- 1948-1951
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four issues of the Hillelite newspaper (Hillel, University of Toronto) published between 1950 and 1951 as well as a copy photograph of five Jewish men from Toronto en route to Israel to fight in the Machal during Israel's War of Independence (June 1948). They are standing in front of a ship which sailed from New York to Le Havre. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Bob Eisen, Dr. Isadore Weinsweig, Walter Leff, Irving Matlow, and Al G. Rosenberg.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 4 documents (jpg)
- Date
- [195-?]-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six electronic copies of photographs of Irving Levine and the Levine family and electronic copies of three invitations to Irving Levine's birthday party, and one newspaper clipping. Included is Irving and Ruth's wedding portrait and wedding photo with their parents (Sept. 6, 1952), two photographs of Irving with his mother Anne at Crystal Beach, a photograph of the Irving brothers in Grimsby, and a photo of Irving with business partner Lionel Robins (ca. 1978). Identified individuals in the photographs include: Irving Levine, Lionel Robins, Harry Levine, David Levine, Anne Levine, Ruth Levine, Sam Levine, Abraham Feldman, and Jennie Feldman.
- Administrative History
- Irving Levine was born in 1929 to Sam and Anne Levine. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario, where his father owned a junior department store. They were members of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton. Irving moved to Toronto in 1953, he married Ruth Fern in 1952 and they had three children: Alan, born in 1953, Suzy, born in 1956 and Michael, born in 1961. He has six grandchildren. He purchased Braemar clothing store in the early 1960s, with the first location in Cloverdale Mall. He became the top vice-president of Dylex, Ltd.,one of Canada's largest retail clothing companies, and general manager of Fairweather's division. Lionel Robins became his business partner in 1964.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Further identification can be found with the accession record.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Levine, Irving, 1929-
- Places
- Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)
- Grimsby (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-36
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an unframed Certificate of Recognition presented to Irving Wintrob by Beth Tzedec Congregation for his devoted servie as an Officer of the Congregation. It is dated at Toronto, January 8th, 1967.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm, 13 x 10 cm.
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Posluns is a member of the Posluns family. His mother was Sadie Posluns from Los Angeles. Irving married Shirley Carpman (m. Posluns). They had three children: Marie Helaine (b. 1951), Harold Lewis (b. 1952), and Randi Lynn (b. 1960).
- He originally worked at the family's ladies wear factory and later in life became a commercial portrait photographer. His business, the Irving Posluns Portrait Studio, is located on Broadview Avenue in Toronto. Ryerson University's Irving A. Posluns Scholarship for portrait photography is named in his honour.
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Irving Posluns.
- Subjects
- Photographers
- 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
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving (a)
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving (a)
- Page Number
- 655
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harry Simon fonds
- International Fur Workers' Union / Fur Workers' Union (AFL) file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 23
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Max Federman standing behind a podium at a Fur Workers' Union meeting in Quebec. Three unidentified men are standing on the left.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Québec (Province)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
- 1969 dinner file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Third person from left is Mrs. Greenberg.
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5005
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5005
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of J. Irving Oelbaum, seated behind a desk with a cigar in his hand.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Hennick was a gemologist. He was born in Poland in 1922 to Molly and William Hennick. The family emigrated to Canada shortly afterwards. Irving Hennick was married to Shirley Kirshenblatt and they had three children named Georgia, Jeffrey, and Steven. Irving was president of Marvel Jewellery Ltd. on McCaul Street in Toronto.
- Irving Hennick was a member of the Mason Order, Herzl Zion, Maple Downs Golf and Country Club and Chairman of the Jewellery Division of U.J.A.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Irving Hennick.
- Name Access
- Hennick, Irving
- Subjects
- Gemologists
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- see Photo # 50 for Nat Hennick
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 183
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Irving Oelbaum and 3 photographs of Oelbaum during a speech.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving inf.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving inf.
- Page Number
- 655
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-111
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-111
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 pin
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Date
- 1915-1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records pertaining to the Contorowitz family including the marriage certificate of Nathan Contorowitz and Gertie Sand in Toronto, Grace Street School transfer records for their three children, and a 1940 voter registration form for Gertie Contorowitz. In addition there is a photograph of Phil Granovsky taken at Smith Bay House, Port Carling, Ontario in 1944 and an unidentified pin with Hebrew lettering inscribed "founded 1912".
- 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.
- Name Access
- Granovsky, Phil, 1921-1995
- Places
- Port Carling (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 49 negatives : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Philip Granovsky was born in Romania to Abraham and Pearl Granovsky. He moved to Toronto with his family at the age of five. He was a student at the Brunswick Talmud Torah. Philip married Shirley Rockfeld in 1946 and they had four children named: Fahla, Stanley, Maxine and Ronald. Phil and his brother Irv took over their father's business, Atlantic Packaging Company in 1959, which in turn, was expanded and became a thriving organization.
- In addition to his professional success, Phil Granovsky was regarded as a formidable fund raiser and devoted many years of his life assisting the United Jewish Appeal in their annual fundraising campaign. He was also past president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto. Under the auspices of the United Jewish Appeal, and of his own initiative, Phil Granovsky was a frequent visitor and supporter of Israel.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of negatives documenting the Negev dinner honouring Philip Granovsky held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
- The programme for the evening included speeches and presentations made by the following guests: Robert R. Hall, Jack Gwartz, Rabbi Erwin Schild, Charles A. Kent, Rabbi J. Benjamin Friedberg, Hon. Allan Grossman, Shmuel Ovnat, James F. Kay, Philip G. Givens, Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther Plaut, Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, and George A. Cohon.
- Name Access
- Atlantic Packaging Company
- Cohon, George A.
- Friedberg, Rabbi J. Benjamin
- Granovsky, Philip
- Granovsky, Shirley
- Granovsky, Irv
- Gwartz, Jack
- Givens, Philip G.
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Hall, Robert R.
- Kay, James F.
- Kent, Charles A.
- Lelyveld, Rabbi Arthur J.
- Ovnat, Shmuel
- Plaut, Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther
- Schild, Rabbi Erwin
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Nathan Silver file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
- 1969 dinner file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- J. Irving Oelbaum fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- [189-]–1966
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records (2 vol.)
- 63 photographs (19 negatives)
- 1 artifact
- Admin History/Bio
- Julius Irving (J. I.) Oelbaum (1899–1966) was a dedicated community leader, whose tireless work with fraternal, educational, and philanthropic organizations included an extensive list of Toronto's prominent Jewish organizations. He was born in New York City on 11 October 1899 to Moishe Oelbaum and Miriam Oelbaum (née Jacoby). He had four brothers, Charles, Sidney, Abraham (Babe), and Cuppel (Jack). In 1906, the family moved to Toronto, where Oelbaum received his education. In 1923, he married Sadie Margulies and had two daughters, Dorothy Koven and Helen Simpson. Oelbaum was a social worker by profession, but in 1932 he went into business with his brothers and became president of the Acme Paper Products Company Limited.
- J. I. Oelbaum devoted a lifetime to Jewish communal service, beginning in 1923, when he was hired as the executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto, a post which he retained for five years. During the same period, he was also the executive director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association and the Toronto Hebrew Free School. Oelbaum held executive lay leadership positions with numerous organizations including: District Grand Lodge No. 1, B'nai Brith, United Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau, Yeshiva Torath Chaim, Zionist Organization of Canada, Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region, Joint Public Relations Committee, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada, Jewish Camp Council of Toronto, United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, Toronto Jewish Old Folks' Home, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews, Congregation Goel Tzedec, and the YMHA.
- In 1954, Oelbaum was honoured at a Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner, which over 1,400 people attended. He also received the Queen's Coronation Medal in 1952 and the Canadian Council of Christian and Jews Human Relations Award in 1953. J. Irving Oelbaum died on 2 October 1966 after a lengthy illness.
- Custodial History
- The records in accession 1985-5-15 were in the possession of Oelbaum's daughters, Helen Simpson and the late Dorothy Koven, before they were donated to the Archives on 29 May 1985. The photograph from accession 2004-5-31 was donated to the OJA by Oelbaum's niece, Annette Cohen.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of records documenting J. I. Oelbaum's family and his work with Toronto Jewish organizations. The records include photographs, correspondence, event booklets and invitations, newsclippings, Oelbaum's certificate of marriage and wedding invitation, a miniature silver shovel from the turning of the sod ceremony at Baycrest Hospital, and two scrapbooks.
- The photographs include portraits of Oelbaum as well as his parents, and snapshots of famous individuals attending events in Toronto, such as David Ben Gurion, Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Bob Hope.
- Notes
- A large amount of the loose newsclippings were removed from the fonds, photocopied and added to the J. I. Oelbaum clipping file.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Immigrants--Canada
- Philanthropists
- Creator
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-15
- 2004-5-31
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-1
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Date
- 1945-1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a small silver plate trophy presented each year by the United Jewish Welfare Fund to the division with the largest percentage of new givers. It was named after J. Irving Oelbaum, who was a former president of the fund. The first recipient division in 1945 was the Women's Division, followed by the University Students Division, the Metropolitan Division, Youth Division and the Young Men's Division.
- Custodial History
- The custodial history of this item is unknown. It belonged to the United Jewish Welfare Fund and thus was most likely transferred to the Archives by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. It was in a box at the back of the vault and was discovered during a sweep of the vault.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Dual Allegiance series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 6
- File
- 88
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence chiefly between Ben Dunkelman and Irving Lazar, a literary agent, in which they discuss the possibility of turning Dunkelman's book Dual Allegiance into a television mini-series.
- Physical Condition
- Some records are fragile.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Irving Milchberg
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 26 Jul. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Irving Milchberg
- Number
- OH 333
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust survivors
- Refugees--Canada
- Interview Date
- 26 Jul. 2007
- Quantity
- 1 mini DV ; 1 archival DVD ; 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Irving Milchberg, the Holocaust survivor known from Joseph Ziemian's book "The Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square," used to sell cigarettes to Nazis in Warsaw as an oprhan during the Second World War.
- Milchberg, the leader of a group of orphaned Jewish children hiding their identities, used to gather at Three Crosses Square, the centre of the German occupation of Warsaw, to sell cigarettes. The group went wandering around under the very noses of policemen, gendarmes, Gestapo men, and ordinary spies.
- Before joining the cigarette sellers, Milchberg twice escaped from the Nazis. The first time he scaled a fence and fled the Umschlagplatz, where Jews were put aboard trains to the Treblinka death camp. The second time, he managed to break the bars of the train taking him to Treblinka and scramble out. His father, mother, and three sisters were all murdered by the Nazis.
- In 1945, Milchberg made his way to Czechoslovakia, then Austria, then to a camp for displaced people in occupied Germany, where he learned watchmaking, which became his lifelong occupation. In 1947, he moved to Canada, ending up in Niagara Falls, where he opened his own jewellery and watch business. In 1953, he met his wife, Renee, who had survived the war. They had two children and three grandchildren. Milchberg died in January 2014 at the age of eighty-six.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 684
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 684
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Irving Ungerman in uniform during the Second World War.
- Name Access
- Ungerman, Irv
- Ungerman, Irving
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- 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
- 1976-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Soskin family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of two photographs in the same card mount of Estelle and Irving Liss's children, a boy and girl, taken in Toronto in 1951.
- Notes
- Photographer: Eisenstat.
- Mounted in card frame.
- Name Access
- Liss, Estelle
- Liss, Irving
- Subjects
- Children
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 246
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Nov. 1976
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs and six negatives of an unknown campaign meeting in Phil Granovsky's home. Irwin Gold, Stephen Berger, David Satok, Albert Cole, Wilf Posluns, James Kay, and Jack Chisvin are identified.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Granovsky, Phil, 1921-1995
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions