- Accession Number
- 1982-8-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-8-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 4 plaques
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1966-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a four plaques awarded to Sarah Levine including a 94th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1976); a 90th birthday plaque from Baycrest (1966); a life membership plaque from Baycrest (1973); and 3 congratulatory telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday in 1970.
- Name Access
- Levine, Sarah
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Levin, Sarah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Levin, Sarah
- Page Number
- 656
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1951
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 15 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Levine.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Weddings
- 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
- ID
-
Item 4718-4720
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4718-4720
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the graves of Samuel and Sarah Levine, Lambton Cemetery, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Samuel
- Levine, Sarah
- Lambton Cemetery
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Moses Levine family series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Date
- 1966-1976
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a certificate granting Sarah Levine (née Cass) life membership at the Women's Auxiliary Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care (1973); 1 small box containing plaque honouring occasion of 90th birthday (1966); a 94th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday certificate from the Government of Ontario (1976) and, three telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday (1970).
- 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
- 1982-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Harry Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Doris Levine and her son Richard, taken in Montreal in approximately 1938.
- Notes
- Photographer: Bain Studio, Montreal.
- Name Access
- Levine, Doris
- Levine, Richard
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3282
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3282
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1907]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph shows Ida Gallander and her daughters Molly and Sarah, possibly taken in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Gallander, Hudis
- Gallander, Ida
- Gallander, Molly
- Gallander, Sarah
- Subjects
- Mothers and daughters
- 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
- Passenger Names
- Foster, Mrs. Sarah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Foster, Mrs. Sarah
- Page Number
- 543
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1155
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1155
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sarah (née Rovinsky) Moldaver seated with her children, in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: David, Sam, Sarah Moldaver.
- Front row, left to right: Bertha, Isaac (Jack), Daniel, Abraham.
- Name Access
- Moldaver, Abraham
- Moldaver, Bertha
- Moldaver, David
- Moldaver, Isaac
- Moldaver, Jack
- Moldaver, Sam
- Moldaver, Sarah
- Rovinsky, Sarah
- Subjects
- Mother and child
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 141
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 20 cm
- 1 textual record
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Mrs. Ethyle Levine by Herb Nott & Co and a brief biographical note including a list of news topics.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4691
- 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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Nathan Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nathan Gittelmacher was an immigrant from the Ukraine who moved to Toronto and first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios. In 1922, he opened up his own business called Elite Studios, located at 615 Queen Street West. He specialized in portraits and catered to a largely Jewish clientele.
- Nathan Gittelmacher changed his family's name to Gilbert in the early 1940s and subsequently altered the family business name to Gilbert Studios. Nathan was married to Nina and they had four children named: Lou, Jack, Albert and Ruth.
- Scope and Content
- Image of Nina Gilbert with her three sons: Lou, Jack, and Albert. The photograph was taken by Nathan Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Nina
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- Dorothy Dworkin fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 10
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Goldstick with his mother, Mrs. Sarah Goldstick, against Niagara Falls backdrop.
- Name Access
- Goldstick, Isadore
- Goldstick, Isidore
- Goldstick, Sarah
- 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
- 2005-4-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 646
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 646
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mres. Zalkin and her infant Daughter Gail in front of 65 Cartwright Ave.
- Name Access
- Zalkin, Gail
- Zalkin, Mrs.
- Cartwright Avenue
- Subjects
- Mothers and daughters
- 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
- Cartwright Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired May 20, 1976.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Michael Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 July 1892
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 16 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Michael and Annie (Woods) Levine's wedding portrait taken at a studio in Toronto on 18 July 1892.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Photographer: Charles J. Neil, 516 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Levine, Annie
- Levine, Michael
- Woods, Annie
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- The image is scratched.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 944
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 944
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Rose Penzner and children, 172 Chestnut Street, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Penzner, Rose
- Subjects
- Mother and child
- 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
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4731-4738
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4731-4738
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the home of Sam and Sarah Levine, 26 Euclid Avenue, Toronto, showing the ironwork made by Sam Levine.
- Name Access
- Levine, Sam
- Levine, Sarah
- Places
- Euclid Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Mrs. Anne Levine Thuna on her wedding day to Jack Thuna in Toronto in 1925.
- Notes
- Photographer: Simpson Brothers Studios
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Weddings
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Photograph is in good condition
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [189-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait of Mrs. Rivha Bennett with her children.
- Name Access
- Bennett, Rivha
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1154
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1154
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Max Moldaver's mother, at age 99. The photograph was taken in Russia, sometime in the 1930s. Max Moldaver lived in Brantford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Moldaver, Max
- Subjects
- Mothers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- This photo is in very poor condition. The gelatin on the bottom half of the image has curled and lifted off of the support paper.
- Places
- Russia
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1207
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1207
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio photograph or Rebecca Weinberg with her son Bernard, who is three years old at the time of the photo.
- Name Access
- Weinberg, Rebecca
- Subjects
- Mothers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sarah (née Rawet) Mendly was born to Shapsa and Feiga Rawet. The family immigrated to Canada sometime around 1926. Sarah was the president of the Toronto Chapter of the B’nai Brith Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Herzl Zion Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. Sarah Mendly was the wife of photographer, Gordon Mendly. She died on 31 December 1992.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sarah Mendly in her husband's studio on College Street.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1923-1930
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records doumenting Sarah Clodman's immigration to Canada. Included is Clodman's Certificate of Naturalization; Clodman's passport from the USSR; and landing card from Clodman's immigration to Canada as well as a Red Star Line Baths inspection card containing a final inspection stamp given in Antwerp.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-15
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-15
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 textual record (electronic)
- Date
- [Last saved 2012]
- Scope and Content
- Item is a document titled "Recollections of My Childhood in Kensington Market" that was written by a donor.
- Administrative History
- Sarah Teitlebaum (née Adelman) was born in Toronto in 1936. Her parents, Hymie and Esther Adelman, emigrated from Poland in the 1920s. Sarah's primary residence was 62 Kensington Avenue until 1953, when she moved to North York.
- Subjects
- Neighborhoods
- Name Access
- Teitlebaum, Sarah, 1936-
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 2000]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an artist statement and bio.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 116
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the Koffler Gallery exhibits. Included in the file is a description of Smoke a work composed by Stevenson, an artist's statement and bio.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Segel family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 12
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sarah Segel taken at a studio in Midland, Ontario, during the early twentieth century.
- Notes
- Mounted in card frame.
- Photographer: J. W. Bald, Midland, Canada.
- Name Access
- Segel, Sarah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- Silvor mirroring around sides of photograph
- Places
- Midland (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Feinsilber, Sarah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Feinsilber, Sarah
- Page Number
- 685
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldman, Sarah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Goldman, Sarah
- Page Number
- 223
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Pozner, Sarah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Pozner, Sarah
- Page Number
- 311
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)
- Date
- 1916-1988
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.
- 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
- Camp counselors
- Camps
- Farms
- Farm tractors
- Purim
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 2015-3-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-3-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 34 photographs (tiff)
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1916?], 1986-1998
- Scope and Content
- Accssion consists of photographs documenting the Levine family's immigration to Canada and activities in Saskatchewan and Ontario. Included are images of Mark and Bev during their first few years in Melford, Saskatchewan; family holiday celebrations (Hanukkah and Passover dinners); Shabbat dinners; the Edenbridge synagogue; trips to Niagara Falls; and images taken during trips Elfreda and Alec made to Canada from South Africa to visit Mark. Of note are images taken of Mark and Bev with other South African immigrants at a ski hill in Saskatchewan and at Shabbat dinners in Melford. Also included is a Sweiden family portrait taken in South Africa in the early 1900s.
- Photo Captions:
001: Romi’s birthday party at Green Lane school, [1993?].
002: Isaac (Mark’s father-in-law), Mark and Romi in Toronto, [1991?]
003: Sweiden family portrait taken in South Africa, [between 1914 and 1916?]. Back row (left to right) Dora, Israel. Front row (left to right): Fanny, Becky, and Harry.
004: First Friday night that Elfreda and Alec were in Melford to visit son and daughter-in-law, Aug. 1987. At a Shabbat dinner with six other South African doctors who were in Melford.
005: Pesach dinner in Toronto at the Levine’s, [1993?]. Man on right is Robert Kahn (pharmacist), woman is Ruth Falkstein. Man on left is Sydney Flax (optometrist). Romi is seated at table.
006: First Friday after the birth of Jade, McKee Ave., Toronto, 1998.
007: First Friday night that Elfreda and Alec were in Melford to visit son and daughter-in-law, Aug. 1987. Shabbat with six other South African doctors who were in Melford.
008: Mark at a local ski hill, [1986 or 1987]. Inscription on back of photo reads “Mark in his ski-ing regalia proving he does know how to ski”
009: Mark and Bev standing on the middle of a frozen lake in Melford, Saskatchewan, [1986 or 1987]
010-011: Seder at the Silberbergs
012: Mark and Bev’s flat in Melford (bottom-right apartment), [1987?]
013-014: Group of South African doctors and their wives at a South African party at the local ski hill in Melford, [between 1986-1988].
015: Mark in Niagara Falls, [ca. 1987].
016: Mark and Bev at Saskatchewan hospital with newborn daughter Romi, 1987.
017: Mark, Bev, Romi, 1987.
018-023: Shul in Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, Aug. 1987.
024: Jewish cemetery in Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, Aug. 1987.
025-026: Interior of Shul in Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, Aug. 1987.
027:First Friday night that Elfreda and Alec were in Melford to visit son and daughter-in-law, Aug. 1987. Shabbat with six other South African doctors who were in Melford.
- Administrative History
- Leible and Esther Sweiden moved from Lithuania to Capetown in 1890. Leible's brother, Jacob followed him to Capetown around 1902. In 1906, Jacob and his wife Fanny (nee Vickers) immigrated with a small group of other Jewish South Africans to Edenbridge, Saskatchewan. Leible remained in South Africa. Leible's son Israel married Edith (Eadie) in 1934. Israel and Edith's daughter Elfreda (b. 1936) married Alec Levine in 1958. Elfreda was a bookkeeper for various companies and Alec worked for his family's plumbing business. They had three children together: Mark (b. 1959), Carol (b. 1962), and Adrian ( b. 1966).
- Mark Levine married Beverley in 1983. They immigrated to Melford, Saskatchewan in 1986. Mark did not know at the time that his great grandfather's brother had immigrated to a nearby area decades earlier and only learned of his story and the Edenbridge Jewish community soon after arriving there. Mark worked as a physician at a local hospital. Beverley had been a pharmacist in South Africa, however, her qualifications were not recognized in Canada and she focused on raising her family. Mark and Bev's daughter, Romi, was born in August 1987. After 18 months in Melford, they moved to Toronto after Mark found work as a pediatric anesiologist at Sick Kids Hospital. In 1998, thier second daughter, Jade, was born. Mark's parents, Elfreda and Alec, immigrated to Toronto in 1999. Mark and other relatives encouraged them to immigrate due to the increasingly dangerous political situation in South Africa. Mark is also an assoicate professor at the University of Toronto. Alec and Elfreda's daughter Carol lives in England and their son Adrian remains in South Africa.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Families
- Immigrants--Canada
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Name Access
- Levine, Mark
- 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
- 2015-8-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-8-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material (electronic)
- moving images (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 2240 photographs (jpg and gif)
- 8 moving images
- Date
- 1944-2015 (predominent 2008-2015)
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the activities of Alex Levin, a Jewish war veteran and Holocaust survivor. Records include letters written to Levin from school children following various speaking engagements; interviews with Crestwood School, CHAT, and Netivot Hatorah; a recording of the Saluting Our Italian Heroes commemorative event; recordings of Remembrance Day ceremonies hosted by the Canadian Jewish War Veterans (Toronto Post); and photographs documenting events attended by Levin including Holocaust remembrance events, Yom Hashoah, Remembrance Day ceremonies, March of the Living, Miracle Dinners and Proms, Azrieli Foundation events including the launch of Levin's book "Under the Yellow and Red Stars", school visits, JWV programs with Sunnybrook veterans, portraits of Levin through the years and various scanned images of Levin's family.
- Administrative History
- Alex Levin (1932-2016) was born in 1932 in Rokitno, Poland. In 1941, the Germans invaded Rokitno and established a ghetto and formed a Judenrat to carry out their orders. In 1942, the Ghetto was evacuated and the Jews were brought to the town's marketplace to be transported by train to be killed. Levin was ten years old when he escaped into the nearby forest with his brother Samuel where he lived for 18 months in a hole in the ground. He was twelve when he emerged from hiding to find that his parents and youngest brother Moishe had been murdered. In 1944, he joined the Soviet forces as a messenger boy. After the war, he was sent to the USSR and enrolled in cadet school, remaining in the Soviet army until forced out for being Jewish in the 1970s. An engineer by training, Alex came to Canada in 1975 via Austria and Italy, and now lives in Toronto where he regularly speaks about his experiences in the Holocaust.
- Subjects
- Education
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Levin, Alex, 1932-2016
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-7-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-7-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [2010?]-[2015?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of thank you cards from schools where Alex was a speaker, sharing his story of Holocaust survival.
- Administrative History
- Alex Levin (1932-2016) was born Joshua Levin in 1932 in Rokitno, Poland. (He was also known as Yehoshua and Shike.) Rokitno was occupied in 1941 by Nazi Germany and Alex escaped the Rokitno ghetto with his brother in 1942, hiding in the woods for eighteen months. Soviet troops found him in January of 1944 and invited him to join the 13th Army as a field hospital unit helper. Because his Yiddish nickname was unfamiliar (Shike, from his Hebrew name, Yehoshua), they called him Shura or Shurik, diminutive forms of Alexander, which became his formal name. He became an officer in the USSR and an engineer. He immigrated to Canada in 1975 and brought his family to join him in 1980.
- Subjects
- Education
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Levin, Alex, 1932-
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Jewish military portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 Mar. 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 14 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Eddie Levine served overseas during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Eddie Levine.
- 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
- Jewish military portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Gordon Levine was a Group C Tradesmen for the Canadian Army during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Gordon Levine.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds.
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1902]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mr. Abraham Levine, taken in Toronto.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1902]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Abraham Levine. There are two identical copies.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on card.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Physical Condition
- One photograph is bent and both are fading.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Abraham Levine family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait identified as Abraham [Avram?] Levine.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- Photographer: Shorey, 324 Yonge Street, Toronto.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
