Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco, California taken sometime before 1920.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

San Francisco (Calif.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

8

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass taken at a studio in Tacoma, Washington.

Notes

Photographer: A. Freuck (?), Tacoma, Washington.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Tacoma (Wash.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1906

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Bill Cass in San Francisco in 1906.

Notes

Mounted on card.

Name Access

Cass, Bill

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

Poor condition.

The photograph is faded and stained.

Places

San Francisco (Calif.)

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

11

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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Jewish military portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1944

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Garfield Cass was a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Naval Forces during the Second World War. He married Dorothy Willinsky, the daughter of Abraham Willinsky.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Garfield Cass.

Name Access

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

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

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 4 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a small photograph of David Cass taken in Toronto.

Notes

Photographer: Ewing's Sunbeam, 538 Queen St. West, Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, David

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.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Hannah Cass taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.

Photographer: Reger, 1106 11th St., Altoona, Pa.

Name Access

Cass, Hannah

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 cabinet card is coming apart and the image is scratched.

Places

Altoona (Pa.).

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914-1919]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Phillip Cass taken at a studio in Detroit.

Notes

Albumen print mounted on card.

Photographer: F. D. Brooks, Detroit.

Name Access

Cass, Phillip

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

Detroit (Mich.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Series

Fonds

25

Series

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1894-[192-]

Physical Description

15 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio

Abraham Cass (1840-1897) married Rachel Rebecca Cass (née [Cowart?]) (1837-1903). They were both born in Russia and immigrated to Canada in 1892 to join their eldest children who had already immigrated to Ontario. The children of Abraham and Rachel Rebecca Cass were: daughters: Fayge (m.Sax) (1861-1942), Hannah (m.Segel) (1863-1930), Martha (m.Soskin) (1866-1946), Dora (m.Levy) (b.1871?), Sarah (m.Levine) (1876-1978), and Annie (m.Smith) (1880- 1952); and, sons: David M. Cass (1869-1959), Bill Cass (b.1874?), and Phillip Cass.

Their son David Mitchell Cass had immigrated to Canada earlier than his parents, in 1889. His wife, Hannah (née Kleiman) (1870-1935), immigrated to Canada in 1890, and they were married in 1894. David Cass worked for Pregger's Grocery Dealer as a salesman and gave Moses Levine work-related advice in this area. David and Hannah lived, in Waubaushene and Tey Township, in Simcoe County, where they were neighbours of the Soskins and where most of their children were born. By 1911, however, they had moved back to Toronto. They had eleven children: Ethel I. (m.Gold) (1894-[1998?]), Infant Cass (unnamed, died at 7 weeks, 1895), "Abe" Abraham B. (1897-1987), Leah G. (m.Harser) (1899-1975), Sarah "Sec" Marie (m.Rogers) (1901-1932), Ely "Hilly" (b.1902), "Reuben" Garfield P. (1904-1991), Dorothy (m.Sandler) (b.1906), Anne (m.Solway) (1907-1994), Rita (m.Appleby), and Libby (m.Balick).

As a new immigrant to Canada, having emigrated from Russia in 1896, Louis Smith (1873-1945) was registered as a tailor in the 1901 federal census. He later worked as a contractor in Toronto. He was married to Annie Cass, Sarah Levine's sister, in 1901 and they lived together at 5 Edward Street, along with Rachel Rebecca Cass, with whom they cohabitated following the death of Abraham Cass.

David and Hannah's son, Abraham Cass, was married to Carrie (née Waldman) in 1922. Garfield married Dorothy (née Simon) and had two children, Donna and Danny. Anne Solway was married to a prominent Toronto violinist and music teacher, Maurice Solway (1906-2001), and they had one son, Stephen.

Scope and Content

Series consists of photographs of members of the Cass family.

Name Access

Cass family

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Genealogical research series

Rabbi Samuel Cass file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

3

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1929-1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of printed copies of documents that were created by Rabbi Samuel Cass, such as correspondence, reports, daily logs, and his dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature. Also included is a letter written by Elliot Gluck regarding Rabbi Cass’s daily logs.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca.1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three Cass children standing with a pony on Atlas Avenue in Toronto. There are two girls, a boy, and a man in this photograph. The boy is seated on the pony and is wearing a cowboy hat and kerchief and the two girls are standing on either side of the pony. They are standing on the mud street by the sidewalk in front of a house at 145 Atlas and there is a man standing on the front balcony. It is likely the children are the younger children of David Cass, left to right: Anne, Garfield, and Dora.

Notes

This photo is posed in virtually the same manner as photo # 10, from Fonds 11 (Rebecca Kamarner family fonds).

Name Access

Cass, Anne

Cass, Dora

Cass, Garfield

Subjects

Children

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

Atlas Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Cass family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

11

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of David Cass standing with his horse and cart in Waubaushene, Ontario.

Notes

Post card.

There is a corresponding 4 x 5 negative for this photograph and duplicate prints of the photograph.

Name Access

Cass, David

Subjects

Horses

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 original photograph has faded and is torn at the upper right corner. Copies have been made.

Places

Waubaushene (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

25

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[188-]-1973

Physical Description

188 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

3 cm of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Aaron and Sarah (née Snider) Levine (1832-1915) were from Minsk. Sarah immigrated to Toronto with her children in 1887. In 1892, Abraham (1940-1897) and Rachel Cass (1838-1903) came to Toronto with their younger chilldren, following their elder children who had immigrated before them.

The Levine children consisted of the following individuals: Annie (m. Salamansky) (1861-1931); Moses (Moishe) Joseph (1864-1919); Michael (1869-1918); Abraham; Sam; and Rebecca (m. Samuels) (b. 1875).

The Cass children consisted of: Fayge (m. Sax) (1861-1942); Anna (Hannah) (m. Segel) (1863-1930); Martha (m. Soskin) (1866-1946); Dave Cass (1869-1959); Dora (m. Levy) (b.1870); Sarah (m. Levine) (1876-1978); Annie (m. Smith) (1880-1952); Bill Cass; and Phillip Cass.

Sarah Snider Levine lived with her son, Moses, and daughter-in-law Sarah for thirteen years. The couple first lived on Chestnut Street and then moved to Centre Avenue. They later relocated to Spadina Avenue near Dundas around 1903, and finally, moved to 224 Beverley Street near College.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of family photographs that document the Cass and Levine families of Toronto. The records were donated by Mary Soskin, who was the daugher of Moses and Sarah (née Cass) Levine. The records document the donor's matriarchal and patriarchal families. In turn, the records also include photographs of her own family, as well as families related to her or her parents through marriage, such as: the Salamansky (Salem), Thuna, Bliss, Samuels, Soskin, Cass, Segel, Sax, Weiner, Levy, and Rosenbes families. The photographs date from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century. The fonds also contains one file of textual records

The fonds has been arranged into 18 series by family, as well as one series for photographs that cannot be linked to an individual family and another for images that could not be identified. The series consist of the following: Series 1, Moses Levine family; Series 2, Michael Levine family; Series 3, Abraham Levine family; Series 4, Abe Levine family; Series 5, Harry Levine family; Series 6, Salamansky (Salem) family; Series 7, Thuna family; Series 8, Bliss family; Series 9, Samuels family; Series 10, Soskin family; Series 11, Cass family; Series 12, Segel family; Series 13, Sax family; Series 14, Weiner family; Series 15, Levy family; Series 16, Rosenbes family; Series 17, Miscellaneous family members; Series 18, Unidentified photographs.

The items have been arranged chronologically within each series.

Name Access

Cass (family)

Levine (family)

Subjects

Families

Related Material

1982-8-3

AC 1: Soskin, Mary (Levine)

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

Accession Number

2021-10-12

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 10 cm of textual records

12 photographs : b&w and col, 25 x 20 cm or smaller

1 painting : oil on board

Date

1910-2020

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material from the Agudas Hamishpocha (AH) Rubinoff/Naftolin cousins club, books and an oil painting. Included are photos of the Rubinoff/Naftolin family taken in Russia; copies of postcards from family in Russia written in Yiddish and Russian; notes compiled by Bill Gladstone translating cards sent by Dan & Rose Newman; copies of email correspondence with Dan Newman; copies of photos of Rubinoff/Naftolin family taken in Russia and Toronto; two souvenir booklets marking the 80th and 85th anniversary of AH; Shana Tova postcard from AH; newspaper clippings of obituaries of family members; AH membership fee statements, a copy of the speech written by Bill Gladstone for a book launch, copy of an invitation to 85th anniversary of AH; a copy of AH family tree; AH meeting minutes; lists of AH Philanthropic Fund donations; AH schedule of breakfasts and AH membership lists. Also included is a book commemorating the 75th anniversary of Congregation B'nai Israel in London, ON; a signed copy of "From Rags to Riches" by Dr. Max M Glassman; a signed copy of "My Ninety Years: Confessions of a 14-Year-Old High School Dropout" a biography by Max Beder; a copy of "Borrowed Time : The Life of Russell Norman Gladstone 1918-1988" by Bill Gladstone; a photo of the Gladstone family; an original oil painting of the Kiever synagogue by an unknown artist.

Descriptive Notes

2 books have been moved to the OJA library: "From Rags to Riches", the autobiography of Dr. Max M. Glassman and "Borrowed Time" by Gill Gladstone.

Related Material Note: See also 1988-2-9; 2011-6-3; 2016-2-1; 2016-2-15; 2018-7-3; 2019-4-5; 2020-1-6; 2020-2-5.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2021-12-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 25 cm of textual records

15 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 26 cm and smaller

Date

1832-2017

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the research files of Bill Gladstone. The materials document Bill’s research on various aspects of the Jewish history of Toronto and Canada and are sourced from a variety of newspapers, books, and archival repositories. Most of the newspaper clippings and copies of clippings are from the Canadian Jewish News, Toronto Star, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail; and the copies of archival documents are mainly from the Archives of Ontario, the City of Toronto Archives, and the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Included are Bill’s newspaper articles; documents relating to Bill’s books and a publishing house that Bill established in 2008 named Now and Then Books; genealogy research materials and notes; copies of early Toronto maps; copies of articles written by Ben Kayfetz; research materials documenting Toronto local synagogues such as the Holy Blossom Temple, Goel Tzedec Synagogue, First Narayever Congregation, and McCaul St. Synagogue (Beth Hamidrash Hagadol); copies of Canadian Moving Picture Digest and Canadian Film Weekly that document the accomplishments of Jews in the Canadian film industry; and research materials pertaining to Russian Jews, Yiddish theatres and opera houses, religious education in public schools, and the history of the Jews in Toronto and Canada in general. Also included are research documents relating to Toronto Jewish neighbourhoods such as Kensington Market, The Junction, The Ward, and Bathurst Manor; and materials documenting Toronto local Jewish businesses, organizations, families, and individuals.

Accession also contains a small number of photographs that Bill took or collected during his research, most of which feature the Holy Blossom Temple, Temple Beth Israel (Macon, Georgia), and Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah, Georgia).

Administrative History

Bill Gladstone is a researcher, journalist, author, publisher, and genealogist living in Toronto. He has written and edited numerous books on Canadian Jewish history and is a frequent contributor to the Canadian Jewish News, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and other publications. He is often asked to give community presentations on a variety of topics related to the history of Jewish Toronto. In 2008, Bill established a publishing company named Now and Then Books. Bill is the former president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto and book review editor for Avotaynu, the international journal of Jewish genealogy.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Titles of files were transcribed from their original formal titles; for files that do not bear formal titles, supplied titles were given based on file contents.

Subjects

Genealogists

Authors

Journalists

Name Access

Gladstone, Bill

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1997-4-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 23 cm

Date

1936-1972

Scope and Content

Accession includes material pertaining to Morris Stern including a business card "M. Stern Agency for Fresh Milk and Cream ' (1936), correspondence with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee concerning the contribution by the Lagower Hilfa Verein (Lagover Hilfs Farein) of Toronto toward the establishment of a Gemiloth Chessed Kassa in Lagov, Poland (1938).There are 2 documents associated with Morris' activities with the J.L. Peretz Branch 26 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order, and the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society (1960).As well there is his son William Stern's bar mitzvah invitation (1934), a photo of Bill with a group in front of an El Al plane in Israel, and a letter from Sol Kanee of the Canadian Jewish Congress to Bill , the Executive Director of the Council of Jewish organizations of Hamilton (1972) Finally, there is a framed certificate from the Jewish National Fund of Hamilton, Ontario Negev Dinner honouring Harold Minden Q.C.

MG_RG

MG2A2A

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1992-9-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1940-1947

Scope and Content

Accession consists of letters to Bill Rotman from Hy Perkal and Lou Pusitz, a military postcard from Hy Perkal to Bill Rotman, a postcard from Bill Rotman (from the Belmont House, Lake Joseph, Ontario) to Goldie Shulman, and a letter to Goldie from Bill (at the Bel-Pines Lodge in Port Carling, Ontario). There is a souvenir booklet for a Chmielnicker Hilfs Farein Banquet, and material from Club Anon including a membership list, newsletters and memorabilia from social events.

Administrative History

Bill Rotman was in the Royal Canadian Air Force stationed at Pendleton, Ontario.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1988-2-9

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

10 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

1932-1978

Scope and Content

Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of the extended Gladstone, Naftolin and Rubinoff families and of the opening of the Mildred Arnoff Hebrew Day School at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Also included are photocopies of the 10th, 45th, and 50th Jubilee Books for the Agudas Hamishpocha (United Families) organization, and a photocopy of the Jewish Boys Club News with a story about Russell Gladstone's election as a Commissioner of the organization.

Administrative History

Agudas Hamishpocha was founded in Toronto in 1928 by members of the vast Rubinoff-Naftolin cousinhood, and was modeled after the mutual benefit societies, landsmanshaft organizations and similar associations founded by other local Jewish groups in the early twentieth century. As of 2013, this organization is still active.

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2007-6-20

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm

Date

1931

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph and negative of a family, possibly the Legov family.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Annual Campaign series

Walk with Israel sub-series

Community March for Israel 1995 sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

17-1-21

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1995

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a line item budget comparing 1992, 1993 and 1994 expenditures with proposed 1995 costs; a copy of a job description for a contract position for administrative assistance for the March; memos exchanged with Federation's finance department; an expense report for July 1993-June 1994; memos recording amounts received from sponsors; and other correspondence regarding finances.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Bill Stern at age thirteen. The portrait was used on the front of his invitation card.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

2006-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

34

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and reports about a proposed federal Bill of Rights.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Advocacy, General sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-9

File

41

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence about the values and short-comings of the proposed federal Bill of Rights. Also discussed is whether the recommending of further amendments by the CJC and/or the CRC are appropriate.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Yom Hashoah sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-14

File

38

Material Format

textual record

Date

1998

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an information packet from Canadian Jewish Congress on Bill 66, Act to Proclaim Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom Hashoah in Ontario.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2011-6-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

45 cm of textual records and graphic material

Date

[ca. 1950]–2011

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the records created and collected by Bill Gladstone during the course of his research for a book, The History of the Jewish Community of London Ontario from the 1850s to the Present Day. The book was commissioned by the Rubinoff family. The records document several long-standing families of the London Jewish community, as well as business and religious and social institutions. Included are vital statistics, correpsondence, demographic reports and surveys, photographs, and other related material.

Administrative History

Bill Gladstone is a researcher, writer and genealogist living in Toronto. He has written and edited numerous books on Canadian Jewish history and is a frequent contributor to the Canadian Jewish News, the Globe and Mail and other publications. He is often asked to give community presentations on a variety of topics related to the history of Jewish Toronto.

Use Conditions

Copyright for original written work and photographs is maintained by the donor. Permission is granted to the OJA for use of photographs with proper credit.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-2-1

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 300 photographs : b&w, sepia and col. (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

40 cm of textual records

Date

[189-]-2007

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and accumulated by Bill Gladstone in the course of researching his book on the genealogical lineage of the Naftolin and Rubinoff families. Included are photographs of the Shmuel Chaim and Rachel Rubinoff branch, the Aaron Rubinowitz branch, the Benjamin Rubinoff branch, the Arnoff branch and the Naftolin branch. The photographs are in the form of family and individual portraits, candid snapshots, event photographs, Rubinoff store exteriors, and photographs of various life event celebrations. The textual records consist of research notes and copied material from various sources detailing the lives of individual family members.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

FINDING AID NOTE: It is recommended that researchers consult the book "One Hundred Years in Canada: the Rubinoff-Naftolin Family Tree" for more context when viewing the material.

USE CONDITIONS NOTE: Donor retains copyright for all original research and writing. Donor wishes to be notified prior to publication. Publication requests must receive permission from donor, if possible.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Gladstone, Bill

Naftolin family

Rubinoff family

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2016-2-15

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 m of textual records

ca. 200 photographs

Date

[189-]-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records created and collected by Bill Gladstone during the course of his research into the family history and genealogy of the Naftolin and Rubinoff families and their various branches. Included are Gladstone's extensive research files on each member of the family, which consist of hand-written research notes, correspondence with family members and government officials, newsclippings, copies of vital statistics, immigration and citizenship records, certificates, bereavement and sympathy cards, telegrams and congratulatory anniversary cards, invitations, and photographs.

Accession also consists of records related to the Agudas Hamishpocha, the family mutual benefit society and social club that was formed in 1928 by the Naftolin and Rubinoff families. These records include meeting invitations and flyers, anniversary and jubilee books, membership lists, photographs, loan society materials, newsclippings and articles, research notes, and a copy of the letters of incorporation.

Administrative History

Bill Gladstone is a direct decendent of the Naftolin-Rubinoff family. The five branches of the family as researched by Gladstone are the Rachel Rubinowitz and Shmuel Chaim Rubinowitz branch; Riva Rishe Rubinowitz and Itsha Maisha Naftolin branch; Binyamin (Benjamin) Rubinoff and Esther Dobin branch; Minya Rubinowitz and Elimelech Arnoff branch; and Aaron Rubinowtiz and Esther Cahansky branch. Rachel, Riva Rishe, Binyamin, Minya and Aaron were all siblings. Other family names include Cohen, Slovin, Rosensweig, Patlik and Alter.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

FINDING AID NOTE: It is recommended that researchers consult the book "One Hundred Years in Canada: the Rubinoff-Naftolin Family Tree" for more context when viewing the material.

USE CONDITION NOTE: Donor retains copyright for all original research and writing. Donor wishes to be notified prior to publication. Publication requests must receive permission from donor, if possible.

Subjects

Families

Name Access

Gladstone, Bill

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-4-5

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records

23 photographs : b&w and col. ; 17 x 24 cm or smaller

345 photographs (electronic) : jpgs

70 sound recordings : (WAV)

1 VHS : 1:00:28 min.

1 CD : 00 61:10 min.

Date

1937-2008

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material collected and created by Bill Gladstone. Included are: photos and textual records of J. B. Salsberg and Dora Wilensky, oral histories and interviews conducted by Bill, family bar mitzvah cards and telegrams, a book of Yehoash poetry (signed), Beth Tzedec Synagogue research materials, a CD recording of an Agudas Mishpoche breakfast from 1968, a DVD of photos of the Rubinoff family from London, a DVD of photographs of the 80th anniversary of the Agudas Mishpoche, a VHS tape and poster for "Coat of Many Colours", newspaper supplements documenting 100 years of Jewish life in Western Canada (1867-1967) and 100 years of the London Jewish community (1867-1967), a photo of the grave site of Lionel Cohen and a manuscript written by Sam Shapiro entitled The Rise of the Toronto Jewish Community.

Administrative History

Bill Gladstone is a researcher, writer and genealogist living in Toronto. He has written and edited numerous books on Canadian Jewish history and is a frequent contributor to the Canadian Jewish News, the Globe and Mail and other publications. He is often asked to give community presentations on a variety of topics related to the history of Jewish Toronto.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-7-3

Material Format

object

Physical Description

1 silver plate

Date

1926

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one silver plate given to Mr. and Mrs. Arnoff from the Pride of Israel Ladies' Auxiliary in 1926.

Subjects

Societies

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-7-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 550 photographs : b&w & col.

1 folder of textual records

Date

1939-1971, predominant 1965-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material created and accumulated by Stephen Speisman during the course of his research into Jewish communities in Toronto. Included are photographs of Toronto synagogues and reproductions of photographs of St. John’s Ward and Kensington Market c. 1890s-1920s, as well as individual and group portraits. The photographs are accompanied by copies of excerpts of Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto and periodicals. There is also a photograph of the Trades Labour Congress in London, Ontario (1939).

Custodial History

Bill Gladstone acquired the materials contained in this accession from Stephen Speisman.

Use Conditions

Conditional Use. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to publication. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Subjects

Synagogue architecture

Synagogues

Name Access

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-2008

Places

Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.)

St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-12-9

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 500 slides

1 cm textual records

Date

[1967?]-1981

Scope and Content

Accession consists of slides created and accumulated by Stephen Speisman in the course of his research into Jewish history in Toronto. Includes slides of synagogues in Toronto, Talmud Torah schools, Kensington Market, and St John's Ward, and written lists indicating slide contents.

Use Conditions

Conditional Use. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to publication. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-2008

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2020-1-6

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 pins

1 ring

1 optical disc

28 photographs : b&w and col. (1 contact sheet) ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller

Date

1925, 1950-1998

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a binder of notes related to the Goldenberg Scroll, created by Sara Edell Shafler Kelman. The scroll was the project of Dr. Henry Goldenberg who captured the genealogical history of his patients with Galician roots on the paper that lined the exam table in his office. The notes are primarily anecdotes about Dr. Goldenberg rather than his patients. Also included is a photograph of Dr. Goldenberg, as well photographs of his wife and daughter Helen and Ricki with Sara Edell, and a photograph of a 25th wedding anniversary celebration for Avromtche Kurtz and Yente Goldenberg Kurtz.

This accession also includes clippings and photographs related to Ben Kayfetz including one of him with Meyer Sharzer and Danny Drutz; a Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society ring and pin owned by Harry Arnoff; a Sunnyside Lodge 449 pin owned by Harry Arnoff; as well as a recording of an interview with Barry Little.

Custodial History

The material in this accession was created and/or compiled by Sara Edell Shafler Kelman. It was later given to Bill Gladstone, who in turn donated the material to OJA. Many of the records are annotated, though it is not always clear whether the annotations were made by Kelman or Gladstone.

Subjects

Genealogy

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2020-2-5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

7 cm of textual records and other materials

Date

1936-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Toronto's Jewish community. Included are records related to Beth Sholom Synagogue and Rabbi Monson, the Koronik family, the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival, the Holy Blossom Temple Stagecraft Company, the Jewish Genealogical Society, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman. Also included are an interview with Barry Caplan; letters to Harry Arnoff; research related to Beth Tzedec Congregation; a photograph of the Bornstein Choir; a copy of the Jewish Traveller's Guide to the City of Toronto, 5761; a photograph of a marriage at the Minsker taken in March 1945, photographs of the Cantor Bernstein choir, 1936-1940; and other miscellaneous photographs.

Subjects

Genealogists

Name Access

Gladstone, Bill

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Art exhibitions series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

8

File

54

Material Format

textual record

Date

1987-1997

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a catalogue entitled Dreams Deliriums and Delusions

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Jewish military portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

2

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sept. 1943

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

William Jacob Prager was born in Toronto in 1924 and attended Oakwood Collegiate. Prager enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army in December 1942 and went overseas as a private in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in July 1944. He was reported wounded on 25 March 1945 and was hospitalized in Belgium.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of Bill Prager.

Name Access

Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

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

Al Gilbert portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

4

Item

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bill Drevnick was married to Dorothy Menkis and was the president of Pennington's Woman's Clothing Store. He was born in Canada and attended Old Street Public School and Jarvis Collegiate Secondary School.

Scope and Content

Photograph of Bill Drevnick.

Name Access

Drevnick, Bill

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

Item

2422

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Custodial History

This item is a photograph of Rabbi Samuel Cass on stage with three adult scouts during a jamboree. The photograph may have been taken inside the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue on St. Clair Avenue in Toronto.

Name Access

Cass, Rabbi Samuel

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Rabbis

Places

Saint Clair Avenue West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-5-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dr. Isadore M. Cass fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

40

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1909-1995

Physical Description

45 cm of textual records

14 photographs : b&w (8 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Isadore M. Cass (1916-1996), a well-known pathologist and practicing mohel--Jewish ritual circumcisor--for the Toronto Jewish community, was born and educated in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto's medical school. After serving with the army during the Second World War, Dr. Cass returned to Toronto to private practice. He began studying pathology in 1953, and performed research at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Connaught Labs and the Ontario Department of Health throughout his career. He was chief of pathology at Ajax and Pickering hospitals for twenty-three years, until his retirement in 1986.

In 1945, Dr. Cass began doing ritual circumcisions and was the first medical doctor in Toronto to do so. He performed over 40,000 circumcisions throughout Canada and the eastern United States and trained many physicians to perform them as well.

Dr. Cass was a member of the following organizations: New York Academy of Sciences; the Academy of Medicine, Toronto; the Israel Medical Association; General Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; and many other associations and societies.

Dr. Cass studied Torah under Rabbi Jacob Gordon and was a Torah reader at Goel Tzedec Synagogue and later, Beth Tzedec. He also studied and taught Torah throughout his life, chairing the Canadian Jewish Congress' Tanach study group for many years, and leading weekly Gemara classes at Beth Tzedec. He belonged to Shaarei Shomayim and Beth Lida synagogues, as well as Lubavitch. In 1987, Dr. and Mrs. Cass were honoured as "Couple of the Year" by Machanaim, The Network of Educational Institutions in Kiryat Gat, Israel, for their great contributions to this charity over the years.

Dr. Cass was married to Miriam Cass and they had four daughters: Sharon, Hylah, Judy, and Elaine. He had four brothers: the late Rabbi Samuel Cass, Harry, Al, and Elie (who was a Reform mohel), and two sisters: Miriam Cass and Zelda Fink. He also had seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Dr. Cass died on January 24, 1996 of cancer.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of records relating to the personal and professional life of Dr. Isadore Cass. These records include appointment books documenting circumcisions he performed, correspondence, writings, Tanach study group notes, a Machanaim invitation and programme, prayer books, certificates, memorial cards, and photographs.

Name Access

Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996

Subjects

Physicians

Access Restriction

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.

Physical Condition

The prayer book is in poor condition and some of the early daytimers are in fair condition.

Related Material

See also the Ontario Jewish Archives' reference news clipping file under "Cass, Dr. Isadore".

Creator

Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996

Accession Number

1997-5-1

1997-8-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Civil and Human Rights Legislation sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-1

File

61

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959-1960

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, a proposal, and a brief regarding a Canadian Bill of Rights.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bill Stern's parents were not supposed to take the train with him, but they insisted, and travelled as far as Newcastle, Ontario with their son.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill and his mother Fanny Stern. The photograph was taken at Exhibition grounds before Bill boarded the train to Halifax, where he would sail overseas to the fighting in Europe. Bill is standing in front of the train with his arm around his mother's shoulder.

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.

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1945

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill Stern in uniform holding a little dog. The photo was taken while he was in Holland during the Second World War. On the back of the photograph is a caption that reads, "the one on the left is the dog".

Name Access

Stern, Bill

Subjects

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

Netherlands

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

32

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1946]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 7 cm and 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill Stern and his first wife Laura (Rubinstein) Stern, standing in front of the Forestry building at St. George Street and College Street.

Subjects

Married people

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

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2006-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

File

Fonds

109

Series

2

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1936-1937

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of invoices and receipts for transportation and utilities, for both office and residence, and receipts for charitable donations.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 7 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bill Stern's parents were not supposed to take the train with him, but they insisted, and travelled as far as Newcastle, Ontario with their son.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill Stern with his parents, Moishe and Fanny Stern. The photo was taken at Exhibition grounds, before Bill boarded the train for Halifax, where he would sail overseas to the fighting in Europe. Bill is dressed in his uniform and is standing in front of the train with his arms around his parents.

Subjects

Parent and child

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

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1924

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 35mm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph of Bill Stern at age three, standing outside 306 Crawford Street.

Subjects

Boys

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

Crawford Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1945

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill Stern in Celle, Germany with six other army and airforce servicemen. They are sitting in an army jeep, holding their rifles. Seated on the far right is Bill Stern and leaning against the jeep on the far left is Jimmy Thompson.

Notes

The photograph is mounted on cardboard.

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

Germany

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1966]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Mayor of Hamilton, Victor Copps, with Bill Stern and three unidentified ladies. Mayor Copps is wearing his chain of office and is seated at a desk.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-135

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Bill Stern with two men. All three are dressed in tuxedos.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-135

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Military photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

2

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1943]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is a negative of Bill Stern standing next to his spitfire during the Second World War.

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

2006-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions