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

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

40

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1953

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of a brother and sister leaning against a chair, the sister in front of the bother while facing the camera.

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Portraits sub-series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1940

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Gertrude Schwartz was married to Joseph Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Gertrude Schwartz.

Notes

This listing only contains a negative; there are no proofs.

Title note: Fanny Houzer (née Greisman) was identified by her daughter Carolyn Epstein on 19 October 2017. Carolyn submitted a research request stating that she was able to identify the women previously identified as an Older Woman. Fanny Houzer was Gertrude's eldest sister. In all there were three Greisman sisters, Fanny, Rosetta, and Gertrude. Fanny married Jacob Houzer and had five children, Cecil (m. Vise), Percy (m. Manace), Rosetta (m. Manace), Henry, and Gertrude (m. Heartsfield). Elsa (m. Myers) and Carolyn (m. Epstein) are the daughters of Rosetta and Gordon Manace [among the first family physicians to practice in Toronto].

Subjects

Sisters

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

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[190-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait photograph of Morris Melamed with his sister, taken in Russia.

Name Access

Melamed, Morris

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Russia

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1913]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Dorothy Jacobs (on the right) and her sister Bobbie Jacobs.

Subjects

Portraits

Sisters

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

737

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1943

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of David Platnick in cadet uniform crouched down and holding his sister Marilyn Platnick.

Notes

Acquired June 28, 1976.

Name Access

Platnick, David

Platnick, Marilyn

Subjects

Brothers and sisters

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

Passenger Names

Kleiman, H.

Page Number

460

Date Range

June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915

Photographer

Harvey and Adena Glasner

Source

Rotenberg Ledger

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

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

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

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

418

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1 May 1979

Physical Description

2 photographs (2 negatives) : b&w ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives of three unidentified women.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

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

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[191-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Mrs. Bill Cass taken at a photography studio in San Francisco.

Notes

Photographer: Alisky, S.F.

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Cass, Mrs. 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

Level

Item

Item

3542

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1923]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mollie and Rose are probably the daughters of a Myer Bochner (1878-1968?) who immigrated from Austria in 1900. He and his wife Mollie (or Malka) (b. 1881) lived at 90 Gordon Street in Guelph. They had five children: Thomas (b. 1900); Rosie (1904-1978); Henery (b. 1906); Minnie (or Mollie?) (b. 1908), and Bella (b.1910).

Rose Bochner married Charles Rotstein, who owned a furniture business on Queen Street. Her daughter married Kertzer. Her nephew was television actor Lloyd Bochner (1924-2005).

Notes

Title taken from identification list provided by the donor.

Subjects

Sisters

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

Guelph (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1914]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm in frame 20 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a studio photograph of Fanny (Rumianek) Stern and her sister Esther (Rumianek) Glass.

Subjects

Sisters

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

Level

Item

Item

3541

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mollie Bochner (b. 1908?) is the daughter of a Myer Bochner (1878-1968?) who immigrated from Austria in 1900. He and his wife Mollie (or Malka) (b. 1881) lived at 90 Gordon Street in Guelph. They had five children: Thomas (b. 1900); Rosie (1904-1978); Henery (b. 1906); Minnie (or Mollie?) (b. 1908), and Bella (b.1910).

Name Access

Bochner, Meyer

Bochner, Molly

Bochner, Rose

Subjects

Sisters

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

Image is quite faded and yellow-toned.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Child portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

3

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

June 1951

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 10 cm and 11 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Susan and Bernice Binder were sisters.

Scope and Content

The item is a portrait of two girls, one 6 and the other 2 years old, seated one in front of the other, facing the camera.

Subjects

Sisters

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

Family series

Events sub-series

Pidyon Ha'Ben Ceremony file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

5-3

File

2

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1957

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Jan Shleser (now Simonsky) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jill Shleser and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz. She is married to Rob Simonsky.

Jan was nominated for the 2012/2013 Sisterhood Board of Directors at Holy Blossom Temple.

Jill Shleser (now Gillian Gillison) is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Shleser and Helen (Schwartz) Shleser. She is the sister of Jan (née Shleser) Simonsky and the niece of Sylvia Schwartz.

Gillian is an Associate Professor at Trinity College at the University of Toronto in the Theological Department, and has written several books and articles on the topics of the study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, and peoples of Oceania.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of Jan and Jil Shleser.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-3_f2_i1.

Subjects

Sisters

Repro Restriction

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

Related Material

See Fonds 8, series 5 for more photographs and information about the Shleser family.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3541

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Mollie Bochner (b. 1908?) is the daughter of a Myer Bochner (1878-1968?) who immigrated from Austria in 1900. He and his wife Mollie (or Malka) (b. 1881) lived at 90 Gordon Street in Guelph. They had five children: Thomas (b. 1900); Rosie (1904-1978); Henry (b. 1906); Minnie (or Mollie?) (b. 1908), and Bella (b.1910).

Name Access

Bochner, Meyer

Bochner, Molly

Bochner, Rose

Subjects

Sisters

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

Image is quite faded and yellow-toned.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sylvia Schwartz fonds

European Visits and Events series

Ed Sullivan Show in Moscow file

Level

Item

Fonds

80

Series

6

File

3

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Aug. 1959

Physical Description

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

Admin History/Bio

Clara and Minnie Barry were popular American Jazz and Klezmer entertainers of the 1940s to the early 1970s. Born in the Bronx, New York in a Yiddish-speaking home to a Russian-born father and a mother from Vienna, when the sisters decided to entertain by singing in Yiddish, their father told them they would need to do it in the manner of the Old World and not with American accents. The young girls got their first break as singers on WLTH Radio's "Uncle Norman" show for children and were then known as The Bagelman Sisters. They made their first recordings with RCA Records in the late 1930s and began to make a name for themselves as Yiddish jazz singers.

When the Andrews Sisters' version of the Yiddish song, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", became a hit, musician and composer Sam Medoff started his "Yiddish Melodies in Swing" radio program on New York's WHN. Before joining the radio show, the sisters made a change of their stage surname from Bagelman to Barry. From 1937 until the mid-1950s they performed on the program, where they would sing jazz recordings in the Yiddish language. Their recordings included popular tunes, such as "Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head" translated into Yiddish (Trop'ns Fin Regen Oif Mein Kop). They also performed in the New York Catskills resort hotels. They eventually toured with Mickey Katz.During the height of their popularity, they even made appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Jack Paar shows and were one of the few American acts to tour the Soviet Union in 1959. The sisters also entertained Israeli troops during the Yom Kippur War.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a portrait of the Barry Sisters performing onstage.

Notes

This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s6_f3_i3.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

47

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[192-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm (sight, oval) on card 22 x 14 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photographic portrait of Rhoda Simonsky (née Scheuer).

Notes

Studio: Leatherdale, 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.

Accession Number

1989-4-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Farb family fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

96

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1934]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three boys in bathing suits walking along the railway tracks in Pontypool.

From left to right: [Corky Farb?]; [Skeezix Farb?]; Stan Harris.

Name Access

Farb, Corky

Farb, Skeezix

Harris, Stan

Farb, Nathan

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

Pontypool (Ont.)

Accession Number

2005-8-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2339

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1916

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of three unidentified men, before they left Europe.

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

Europe

Accession Number

1980-9-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Levine and Cass family fonds

Soskin family series

Level

Item

Fonds

25

Series

10

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[189-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Unknown.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of three Soskin children in formal dress. There are two little boys standing on either side of their baby sibling who has been seated on a chair. The age of the photograph suggests that they are most likely from among the older children of George and Martha Soskin: perhaps Isaac, Benjamin and Beulah; however, they cannot be positively identified.

Notes

Mounted on card frame.

Name Access

Soskin, Benjamin

Soskin, Beulah

Soskin, Isaac

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.

Physical Condition

Photograph has faded and also has some stains on it.

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

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

84

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1957

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

85

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951-1953

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Executive director series

Teacher files sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

2-4

File

86

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2023-2-2

Material Format

textual record

object

text

philatelic record

Physical Description

10 cm of textual records

1 sheet of postage stamps

8 artifacts

1 prayer book

1 plaque

8 photographs : b&w and col ; 10 x 18 cm or smaller

Date

[ca. 1910]-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two scrapbooks containing emails, letters of thanks, articles and program materials related to Judith's various speaking engagements and presentations as a survivor speaker. Also included are eight photos of family members, a prayer book, plaque, a spice box and eight kiddush cups, two certificates affirming completion of English language courses at McGill University, two certificates of recognition of commitment to Holocaust Education from the Ontario Government and the Government of Canada, one sheet of stamps remembering the Holocaust issued by Canada Post, and a labour discharge certificate from the Tailor's Immigration project.

Administrative History

Judith Cohen was born in 1928, in Debrecen, Hungary. Cohen was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration and Death Camp, and to other labour camps. Cohen lived in a displaced persons camp in Germany following liberation where she reunited with her remaining siblings. In 1948, Cohen arrived in Canada as part of the Tailor Project, originally settling in Montreal and later moving to Toronto. She chaired the Holocaust Education Centre and is a committed Holocaust educator and speaker as well as a human rights activist.

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.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Zionist Organization of Canada fonds

Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level

File

Fonds

28

Series

6

File

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

The file consists of portrait photographs of Justice Haim Cohen, Supreme Court of Israel.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1991-7-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1918

Scope and Content

This accession consists of a Statutory Declaration on paper printed by Dye & Durham, Law Stationers, Toronto, for Morris Cohen of Toronto regarding his Russian nationality and status concerning military service in Canada.

Administrative History

Morris Cohen was born in the Province of Magalov, Russia on November 27, 1891. In the declaration he states that he has been in Canada for about three years, but has not been naturalized. His parents were still living in Russia, and had not visited Canada.

Name Access

Cohen, Morris, 1891-

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1985-3-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 22 x 17 cm and 13 x 18 cm

Date

[ca. 1940]-[ca. 1978]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a wedding photograph, photographs of the same couple at social events in later years, a family group wedding photograph in the 1970s, and a group photo (including the same couple) in front of an El AL Lockheed Electra propliner in the late 1950s. No identification is provided for any of the photographs.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1977-4-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w

Date

1917-1942

Scope and Content

This accession consists of eight photographs depicitng various conventions and gatherings of the Borochov Branch of Farband and a Cohen family portrait.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1980-7-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date

1919-1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Yiddish newspaper clippings and Yiddish theatrical programs including a Kiever Podoler Society concert program, Victory Theatre, Spadina Avenue. (Toronto, ON), 30 Oct.1949 Also included are two copy photographs of a Toronto Yiddish Theatre Company poster for a performance in Hamilton and a poster for an Isaac Nelson New York Free Yiddisher Folk Theatre performance in Hamilton.

Descriptive Notes

LANGUAGE NOTE: Materials are in Yiddish and English.

MG_RG

MG4 A1

Name Access

Cohen, Philip

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-6-23

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

44 photographs : b&w ; 13 negatives; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1940-1943

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of Mike Ordon, Fay Gordon and her family, a military parade and others. Several of the photos have yet to be identified.

Name Access

Cohen, Shirley

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-10-4

Material Format

textual record

moving images

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 DVD ; 20 min.

Date

2007

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one DVD detailing the history of Ralph and Helen Cohen entitled: 1947: Once Upon a Time. The video was created by Alan, the son of Ralph and Helen, in honour of his parents 60th wedding anniversary. It features still photographs of his parents and family friends with a narrative voice-over. As well, the video features several archival photographs from various institutions, including the OJA. Additionally, there is a publicity brochure for Alan's business producing family commemorative DVDs.

Name Access

Cohen, Helen

Cohen, Ralph

Cohen Alan

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1967]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a portriat of Lillian Cohen, the librarian at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre from 1967 until 1971.

Repro Restriction

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

Accession Number

2004-5-96

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-11-10

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : col. and b&w ; 12 x 12 cm

Date

1945-2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of bound memoir of Cohen's experiences during the Second World War, writings on Lieutenant Theodore Herman as well as two photographs.

Administrative History

Kelman Cohen is a Second World War veteran of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Cohen was born in Toronto, the second child of Morris Cohen and Esther Minden. Morris, a carpenter, immigrated from Russia in 1912 and Esther immigrated from Russian that same year with her parents to Hamilton. The two met in 1920, married and lived in Toronto. They had a daughter, Jacqueline in 1921, and Kelman in 1925. Cohen joined the Royal Canadian Engineers Reserve Unit at the Exhibition Armories at the age of sixteen. In May 1944, at the age of eighteen, he joined the regular army and was placed in basic training at Brantford, Ontario with the Canadian Infantry Corps. He was sent overseas to England in December 1944 and saw action in Belgium, France and Germany.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-1-16

Material Format

moving images

textual record

textual record (electronic)

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 document (electronic)

4 DVDs

1 scrapbook

Date

1988-2001

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material relating to the Maccabees Royal Canadian Legion branch 343, including a 1998 membership register, poppy sale information, correspondence and notes regarding Ben Sussman's application for a lifetime membership, information about the ticket sales and a copy of the certificate from 1997 JNF tribute dinner that honoured Albert and Pearl Cohen, and planning notes for the 50th anniversary banquet of the Maccabees in 1995. The accession also contains the draft of Albert Cohen's speech that he presented at the 50th anniversary dinner, as well as newspaper clippings from the Hamilton Jewish News and the Canadian Jewish News relating to the Maccabees, two certificates from the Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society recognizing Albert Cohen's 40 years of membership and an award of merit, and a eulogy in Yiddish, with some translation, written by a father about the son he lost, Balinson, in the line of duty. The DVDs contain footage from the 1997 JNF dinner honouring the Cohens, including Pearl Cohen speaking about early Hamilton, one clip from 1994 of Albert Cohen telling the history of the Maccabees, and video from the 50th anniversary dinner of the Maccabees where there were various speakers including an address by the guest speaker, Commander Sam Pasternack, who spoke about the contribution of Jewish soldiers in WWII (DVD, Maccabees dinner part 3).

Custodial History

Michael Cohen is the son of Albert and Pearl Cohen, and was in possession of the records prior to donating them.

Administrative History

Albert Cohen (1918-2006) who also went by the nickname "Boomie," was born on November 12, 1918 in Hamilton, Ontario. Pearl Cohen (nee Chaunce) (1919-2008) was born in Hamilton on September 2, 1919. Albert and Pearl married in 1941. In the same year, Albert volunteered to serve in the army as a staff sargeant stationed in Hamilton. He was later discharged in May 1946 after the war. Albert then joined Hamilton's Maccabees, Branch 343 of the Royal Canadian Legion. The branch was founded in 1947 and had a membership of 150 people. The Maccabees' membership was made up of Jewish veterans of WWII, and some veterans of WWI. The branch held meetings in Hamilton's Jewish centre. Albert served as president of the branch for almost 20 years, from 1975 to around 2000. The Maccabees were quite active, and helped raise money by selling poppies for Remembrance Day. The money raised would be sent to general hospitals, veterans hospitals, and families of needy veterans. Albert passed away on August 7, 2006, and Pearl passed away April 18, 2008.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Cohen, Albert, 1918-2006

Cohen, Pearl, 1919-2008

Places

Hamilton, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-3-8

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

18 photographs : tiff

Date

1969, 1974-2014

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting the Cohen family, their immigration to Canada from South Africa, and life in Toronto. Textual records include photocopies of correspondence and paperwork relating to the Cohen's immigration, certificates, and a typed document containing humorous stories their South African friends shared at a "10 Years Out Of Africa" party relating to their adjustment to Canadian life. Also included are family portraits and photographs documenting family celebrations such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. Of note is an image of Vivien and John at the "10 Years Out of Africa" party.

Administrative History

John Cohen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1944 to Phil and Flora Cohen. Vivien Cohen (née Lehwess) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1947 to Henry Lehwess and Isle Lehwess (née Wronsky). John's cousin was in physiotherapy school with Vivien, and they were introduced to each other. They married on 3 December 1969 and had three children together: Nicole (b. 1972), Steven (b. 1974), and Jeremy David (1979). Vivien was a physiotherapist, and John was a textile sales agent. Due to the unstable political situation in South Africa, they immigrated to North York in March 1977. For the first few weeks, they lived in a rental apartment in North York. They soon moved into a townhouse nearby. In 1980, they bought their first house in Thornhill. They were both able to continue in their professions after immigrating to Canada. Both of their mothers and many of their friends also moved to Toronto. John and Vivien were members of Shaarei Shalom synagogue for twenty-five years and are now members of Darchei Noam.

Subjects

Families

Immigrants--Canada

South Africa--Emigration and immigration

Name Access

Cohen, John

Places

Johannesburg, South Africa

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2015-9-23

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[194-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a bound document entitled 'This Is Our Faith'. The subtitle is 'The Religion of the Jews' and it appears to have been presented at a seminar of religions, under the auspices of Community Programs Branch, Department of Education, Province of Ontario.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects

Religion

Politics and government

Name Access

Cohen, Julius

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-11-11

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

14 photographs : col. (jpg)

Date

[1981?]-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs documenting various trips Nicole Cohen took to South Africa as a child and adult. Photographs predominatly document Nicole visiting sites around Johannesburg, particularly her family's old apartment building. Also included are photographs of Nicky visiting her grandparents as a child, reconnecting with her family's maid, and visiting the Nelson Mandela Square with her children. Also included is one photograph of Nicole's brother, Jeremy David Cohen, in front of the Cohen family home in Thornhill (1984?).

Administrative History

Nicole (Nicky) Cohen was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to John Cohen and Viviane (nee Lehwess) Cohen in 1972. She has two siblings: Steven (b. 1974), and Jeremy David (1979). Viviane worked as a physiotherapist and John as a textile sales agent. Due to the unstable political situation in South Africa, the family immigrated to North York in March 1977. For the first few weeks, they lived in a rental apartment in North York. They soon moved into a townhouse nearby. In 1980, they bought their first house in Thornhill. Both John and Viviane were able to continue in their professions after immigrating to Canada. The family regularly visited South Africa.

Nicole is a clinical psychologist in Toronto. She married Jordan Kerpinsky on May 16, 1999. They have three children together: Hayley, Justin, and Ryan.

Descriptive Notes

Related Material Note: for an oral history interview with Nicole Cohen see AC 422, for other Cohen family material see accession #2015-3/8.

Subjects

Families

South Africa--Emigration and immigration

Vacations

Name Access

Cohen, Nicole

Places

South Africa

Thornhill (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2019-11-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1922–1953

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Cohen family. Included are an agreement between Moses Nepomjesze and J. L. Shekter dated 18 April 1922 regarding the bringing of three individuals–Hannah Nepomjesze and, A. Yudel Nepomjesze, and Raphuel Nepomjesze–to Toronto on or before 20 July 1922; an unsigned document in which Goldie Sherman appoints Moses Nepomjesze (Cohen) as her attorney; an agreement made in duplicate on 17 July 1922 between Morris Cohen and Jas. L. Shekter; landing cards for Chana Niepomieszcze (the donor's grandmother) and Rafael Niepomieszcze (the donor's father) stamped 14 September 1922; a receipt of payment for $6 dated 29 December 1931 and issued to Morris Cohen; an undated application for vise [sic] form with Chana's signature in Yiddish; a youth aliyah certificate of honour issued to Mrs. M. Cohen in May 1942; a sworn oath dated 9 June `1953 by Benjamin Sherman saying he knew Morris Cohen as Moshe Gersch Nepomyashtski Berkovitch when he resided in Uman in Kiev, Russia; a sworn oath by Asher Olshinetsky saying he has known Morris for forty-two years; and the second page of a document signed by Goldie Herman and Jas L. Shekter.

Custodial History

Records were discovered in the house the donor's uncle, Harold Cohen, after he passed away.

Administrative History

Originally from Russia, Morris Cohen came to Canada in 1911. His wife, Chana, and son, Ralph (1911–2000), stayed behind until such time as Morris was able to bring them over. In 1922, Chana and Ralph made the trip to join Morris in Canada. Chana's visa application from that year gives her age as thirty-one and her son's age as nine. The same visa indicates that Morris was living at 537 Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario and that he was working as a merchant/tailor. Once in Canada, Morris and Chana had one more child, Harold. At some point, Morris, Chana, and their family relocated to 350 Euclid Avenue.

A note on names: Several of the individuals documented in the records changed their names. According to one record signed by an acquaintance of Morris' from Russia, Morris was originally named Moshe Gersch Nepomyashtski Berkovitch and changed his name Morris Cohen shortly after coming to Canada. In other records, the same individual is referred to as Moses Nepomjesze (Cohen). According to his granddaughter, Carol, Morris was told he could not keep his name and was given the surname Cohen–this despite the fact Morris was not a kohen. After arriving in Canada, Chana adopted her husband's new surname: a certificate issued to the former is made out to "Mrs. M. Cohen." In writing the above account, the archivist has used the names by which the individuals were best known.

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

Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF files.

Subjects

Families

Immigrants--Canada

Name Access

Cohen (family)

Places

Ontario

Russia

Source

Archival Accessions