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Rabbi Joseph Kelman [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1949-2009.

Accession Number: 2012-2-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2012-2-1

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1949-2009

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the records created and accumulated by Rabbi Joseph Kelman. The records detail Kelman's involvement with a number of organizations, particluarly Reena, She'arim Hebrew Day School, and Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. They also document the numerous awards and tributes he received in his life and detail his personal life. The records primarily consist of personal and professional correspondence, event invitations, photographs, news clippings, and biographical material. There is also one file folder related to Sol Edell, the brother of the donor, and an oversized photograph of the Harbord Collegiate choral society and orchestra.; Photo Captions:; 001: Portrait of Rabbi Joseph Kelman, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1950s.; 002: Simcaht Torah celebrations, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), [197-].; 003: Rabbi Kelman meets the chief of staff of the Israeli police, Mordecai Gur, [Israel], [197-].; 004: Rabbi Joseph Kelman awarded with honorary doctorate, [198-?].; 005: James Harris, Rabbi Joseph Kelman, Liberal leader John Turner and [identified], Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, 100 Elder St. (Toronto, ON), 1984.

Custodial History: The records were in the possession of Rabbi Joseph Kelman until his death in 2009. They were donated to the Archives by his wife, Sara Edell Shafler Kelman, on 1 February 2012.

Administrative History: Rabbi Kelman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927, the son of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda and Mirl Kelman and the descendent of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He immigrated to Toronto with his family at the age of three in 1930. He attended Harbord Collegiate and was ordained at Yeshiva University in New York. Beginning in 1953, Kelman became seved as a rabbi in Sherbrooke, QC; Beverley, MA; and Suffern, NY; before accepting the pulpit at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagoge in Toronto in 1959. At the time, Beth Emeth was a small congregation in the fledgling Bathurst Manor neighbourhood. He facilitated its merging with Bais Yehuda to form BEBY, and under his guidance it grew to become the third-largest Conservative synagogue in the GTA with a membership of approximately 1,500 families.; Kelman's life work was dedicated to providing opportunities for the developmentally disabled and learning challenged in the Jewish community. He was the founder of the Ezra and Kadima Schools, the Kadima Centre, the Camp Tikvah program, the Reena Foundation, Chai Tikvah, and She'arim Hebrew Day School. He also served as a chaplain in Toronto hospitals and jails.; Rabbi Kelman was the recipeint of numerous awards for his contributions to Jewish education and community service, including a honorary doctorate from Ryerson University and Tel Aviv University. The Kelman School for Jewish Education at Tel Aviv University is named in his honour. Rabbi Kelman died on 27 June 2009 at the age of eighty-two.

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

Descriptive Notes: Includes approx. 50 photographs, 1 CD and 1 artifact.

Subjects: Rabbis

Name Access: Kelman, Joseph, 1927-2009

Source: Archival Accessions

Kelman Cohen [textual record, graphic material] – 1945-2006.

Accession Number: 2010-11-10

Source: Archival Accessions

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

Beverley Kelman [graphic material] – 1946.

Accession Number: 2018-6-15

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-6-15

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Date: 1946

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Beverley Kelman on her first birthday. Pictured in the photograph with Beverley are her father Marvin Lister, mother Ruth Lister, grandfather Rabbi Leibish Noble, and grandmother Bella. Rabbi Noble was the first principal of Eitz Chaim, Toronto's second-oldest Jewish day school. the photograph was taken at the family home that Ruth and Marvin Lister shared with Ruth's parents Bella and Rabbi Leibish Noble at 73 Borden St., Toronto.

Administrative History: Rabbi Leibish Noble immigrated to Toronto in 1912. The outbreak of World War I hampered his effort to bring over his wife Bella and two young daughters Gertrude and Mary (Miriam).

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

Subjects: Birthdays; Families; Portraits, Group

Name Access: Noble, Leibish

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Kelman, Boris [textual record] – 1977.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 101

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 101

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1977

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Harry Kelman [graphic material] – [195-?].

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28; Series 6; File 123

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Publicity photographs of people and events series

Level: File

Fonds: 28

Series: 6

File: 123

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [195-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of a portrait photograph of Harry Kelman.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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S. Kelman Furs [graphic material] – [between 1935 and 1940].

Part Of: Fur Workers' Union fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 12; Item 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Fur Workers' Union fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 12

Item: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1935 and 1940]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Admin History/Bio: Kelman Furs was located at 110 Spadina Avenue in the Tower building.

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of an interior workroom at the Kelman Furs Company on Spadina Avenue. The photograph shows employees posing at their various work stations

Notes: Formerly cited as photo #26.

Name Access: Fur Workers' Union; Kelman, S; Kelman Furs

Subjects: Clothing workers

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: Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Rabbi Avraham Kelman, Mrs. David Joseph and Mr. and Mrs. Sporn at a farewell dinner for the Josephs, Bais Yehuda Synagogue, Toronto [graphic material] – [May 1946?].

Level: Item

ID: Item 998

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 998

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [May 1946?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of individuals at the farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. David Joseph at Bais Yehuda Synagogue in Toronto. Rabbi Avraham (Adolph) Kelman was the older brother of Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Name Access: Kelman, Rabbi A; Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. David; Sporn, Mr. and Mrs; Bais Yehuda Synagogue

Subjects: Dinners and dining

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

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Kelman Cohen - 9 Jun. 2010

Name: Kelman Cohen

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 9 Jun. 2010

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Kelman Cohen

Number: OH 380

Subject: Canada--Armed Forces; World War, 1939-1945

Interview Date: 9 Jun. 2010

Quantity: 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)

Interviewer: Stephanie Markowitz

Total Running Time: 39:25

Notes: Kelman was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.

Biography: Kelman joined the Royal Canadian Army as a reserve in 1942 and was active from 1944 to 1946. He was stationed in Europe and was involved in the entire Dutch Campaign (Netherlands).

Material Format: moving images

Geographic Access: Netherlands

Original Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

Unknown event with Rabbi Kelman at Beth Emeth [graphic material] – 25 Jan. 1976.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 27; File 200

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 27

File: 200

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 25 Jan. 1976

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of one photograph and two negatives of an unknown event at Beth Emeth. Identified on the back of the photo are Rabbi Kelman, Fred Stoll, Irving Horowitz, and Cantor Danto.

Notes: Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.; Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joseph Rosenberg [textual record] – 1920.

Accession Number: 1984-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1984-8-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1920

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the Canadian Certificate of Naturalization for Joseph Rosenberg dated March 8, 1920.

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Alexandroff [textual record, graphic material] – 1941-1990.

Accession Number: 1990-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-10-1

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1941-1990

Scope and Content: The accession consists of 1 photograph of the 1941-42 officers of Viceroy Reading Lodge, B'nai Brith, Hamilton; correspondence between Joseph Alexandroff and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln M. Alexander, 1985; a bencher for the bar mitzvah of Joseph Alexandroff's great nephew, Brandon Alexandroff, May 19, 1990 at Congregation Knesseth Israel; and photocopies of letters written to, and newspaper clippings from, the Hamilton Spectator.

Administrative History: Joseph Alexandroff was born on October 19, 1907, the first-born son of Boris and Rebecca Alexandroff and one of the first Jewish children born in the Junction. He was a long-time member and supporter of Congregation Knesseth Israel.

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

Name Access: Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Skulko [textual record] – 1938-1945.

Accession Number: 1988-1-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-1-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1938-1945

Scope and Content: Accession consists of documents related to Joseph Skulko including two copies of an engagement certificate, a ketuba and a Canadian Certificate of Naturalization.

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Graner [textual record] – 1910-1950.

Accession Number: 1991-5-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1991-5-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1910-1950

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the business career and community involvement of Joseph Graner. Included are receipts, insurance release foms, bills, and an auditor's financial report. His company is decribed on letterheads as dealing with steamship tickets, real estate, foreign exchange, insurance, loans, mortgages, valuations, and rent collection. There are three items of historic paper foreign currency from Germany and Russia. As well there are order forms for Universal Garment Company Sportswear Specialists, and a seal for Joseph Graner, Justice of the Peace for Toronto and the County of York. Finally there are press clippings and correspondence pertaining to his community activities with organizations such as Associated Hebrew Schools, Goel Tzedec Synagogue, Ontario Zionist Association, the Conservative Association, and committees protesting the persecution of Jews in Poland and Gemany before the Second World War.

Administrative History: Joseph Graner was one of the founders of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Dispensary (the forerunner of Mount Sinai Hospital). A biography is included with the Instrument of Donation.

Name Access: Graner, Joseph

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Atkins [graphic material] – [ca. 1920]-1929.

Accession Number: 2004-5-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : 22 x 25 cm

Date: [ca. 1920]-1929

Scope and Content: This accession consists of two photographs taken of members of the Kirkland Lake community. One photograph is of the Kaplan family, including Sime Kaplan and her children Abraham, Nathan, Fannie and Isadore. This photograph was taken around 1920 in Lithuania. The second photograph was taken at the Kirkland Lake Fireman's Ball in the late 1920s. Included in the photograph are Harry Atkins, Max Kaplan, Albert Kokotow, Faye Atkins, Sonia Kaplan, and Anne Black

Administrative History: Hyman Kaplan moved to Kirkland Lake from Lithuania in 1914. The rest of his family followed in 1923

Name Access: Joseph Atkins.; Kaplan family.

Places: Kirkland Lake.

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Eisenberg [graphic material, textual record] – [between 1930 and 1975].

Accession Number: 2004-6-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-6-2

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 140 photographs : b&w; 30 x 24 cm or smaller; 1 folder of textual records

Date: [between 1930 and 1975]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting Jewish entertainers, including Yiddish theatre actors, comedians, singers and screen actors. Most of the entertainers depicted were American, however, several photographs have been autographed indicating that they may have performed in Toronto at one of the early Jewish theatres. Records are predominantly photographs, with a few pamplets and a movie publicity brochure.

Administrative History: Joseph Eisenberg's was born in Poland on March 4, 1895. He came to Canada with his father Alexander and mother Rebeccah Eisenberg in 1906.; Joseph Eisenberg married Sadie Schwartz and had three children named Ted, Thelma, and Julius.; Both Alexander and Joseph became prominant members of the Conservative Party, each dedicating fifty odd years to the promotion and support of the party within Canada. In fact the Eisenberg home was known as the unofficial headquarters of the Ward 4 Conservatives.; Joseph was involved with Jewish theatre in Toronto as the representative of the Hebrew Actors Union of America.; He was also one of the first members of the Farband Labour Zionist Movements, and was actively involved the labour movement in Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Shoham [graphic material] – 1981.

Accession Number: 2007-5-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-5-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 item

Date: 1981

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one oversized portrait photograph of Joseph Shoham, the first director of the BJE Media and Resource Centre, from 1972 to 1980. The photograph is a print created in 1981 from an original negative and is fixed onto a matte. The original frame has been discarded.

Custodial History: The portrait was in the possession of the BJE Media Library until donated to the Archives on 2007-05-03.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Marin [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1940].

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 16; Item 4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 16

Item: 4

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Date: [ca. 1940]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Marin was a founder of the Beach Hebrew Institute and was involved in the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan and Farband.

Scope and Content: This item is an electronic copy photograph of a portrait of Joseph Marin.

Name Access: Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.); Farband; Toronto Hebrew Free Loan

Subjects: Portraits

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

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2006-9-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joseph Warner [graphic material] – 1944.

Accession Number: 2010-5-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2010-5-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Date: 1944

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one copy photograph of Joseph Warner and his school friends on Yonge Street while on leave from military service during the Second World War. Identified from left to right are: Joseph Warner (Royal Canadian Air Force), Murray Vernon (Royal Canadian Navy), and Joseph Oiffer (Canadian Army).

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

Places: Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Webber [textual record, object, graphic material] – 1938-1963.

Accession Number: 2011-6-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2011-6-1

Material Format: textual record; object; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 cup : metal ; 25 cm high mounted on stand 11 cm high; 1 name tag : 2 x 6 cm; 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm mounted on board 43 x 36 cm; 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1938-1963

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting Joseph Webber's membership in the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society. Included are four Linitzer Society jubilee books, one portrait of Joseph that was presented to him on the society's thirtieth anniversary, one "20 Year Member" name tag, and one cup that was awarded to Joseph in 1943 for not drawing benefits for 20 years.

Administrative History: Joseph Webber was born around 1890 in Pogrebishche, Ukraine to Hershel and (?) Webber. He had three siblings: Chisey, Arrona (?), and Esther. Joseph married Risa and together they had three children: Al, Sam, and Ann. Sometime prior to the First World War, Joseph immigrated to Canada with his family. Joseph's first wife likely passed away sometime after coming to Canada and he was re-married to Bella Citron in 1926. He and Bella had one daughter in 1926 named Florence.; Joseph worked as a furrier and was a founding member of the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society, which was formed in 1913. He passed away in Toronto in 1977.

Subjects: Societies

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Marin [graphic material] – [ca. 1941].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4510

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4510

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1941]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm on matte 41 x 51 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original portrait of Joseph Marin, former president of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association from 1941 to 1942.

Notes: Original photo: Simpson Bros., Toronto.

Name Access: Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association

Subjects: Portraits

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

Physical Condition: Matte is cracked in two places.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-11-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joseph Dunkelman [graphic material] – July 1943.

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 80; Series 1; Item 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series

Level: Item

Fonds: 80

Series: 1

Item: 6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: July 1943

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

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Bernard Dunkelman was born on 18 December 1911 in Toronto. His parents, David Dunkelman (1883-1978) and Rose Dunkelman (née Miller), were married on 19 January 1910. Originally from Poland, David came to Canada with his parents in 1895 and settled in Toronto. Rose was born in Philadelphia in 1889 and moved to Canada at the age of thirteen and resided there until her death in 1949, at the age of fifty-nine. Her father, Harry, was an entrepreneur in the menswear business, and it was through his business contacts that she met and married David at the age of twenty. They had six children: Joseph, Ernest, Zelda, Veronica, Theodora, and Benjamin. The latter fought in both the Second World War and Israel's War of Independence.; In 1911, David Dunkelman founded Tip Top Tailors, a high-end men's clothing store, which currently has about one hundred branches nationwide. Joseph ran Tip Top Tailors from the early 1940s until the late 1940s, when Ben returned from the war and bought Joseph's shares of the business. The business was sold to Dylex, who subsequently sold it to Grafton-Fraser in 2000. Joseph used the money he received from selling his share of the family business to invest in a television and movie production company (possibly Sony Screen Gems).; Joseph married Jean Lenore Samuels (born 25 February 1912). Joseph and Jean had three children, Richard "Dick" Howard, Peter, and a third child who was handicapped and institutionalized. After Joe and Jean's marriage ended, Joe married Claire Olsen and remained with her until his death. They had one son, Lex. Claire was a movie reviewer and television interviewer.

Scope and Content: The item is a portrait of Joseph Dunkelman.

Name Access: Dunkelman, Joseph, 1911- (subject)

Subjects: Businesspeople

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.

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Joseph Mann [textual record] – 1973-1980.

Part Of: Benjamin Dunkelman fonds; Arab-Israeli War series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 2; Series 5; File 28

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Dunkelman fonds; Arab-Israeli War series

Level: File

Fonds: 2

Series: 5

File: 28

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1973-1980

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence between Dunkelman and Joseph (Yossie) Mann relating to the 7th Brigade. The correspondence also relates to Dunkelman's autobiography and to donations he made to the Brigade's Veterans Fund.

Physical Condition: Records are in good condition, but fragile.

Related Material: See fonds 2, series 6 for more information about Dunkelman's autobiography Dual Allegiance.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joseph Eisen [textual record] – 1973.

Part Of: Benjamin Dunkelman fonds; Dual Allegiance series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 2; Series 6; File 20

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Dunkelman fonds; Dual Allegiance series

Level: File

Fonds: 2

Series: 6

File: 20

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1973

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of three pages of notes written by Joseph Eisen in connection with the 7th Brigade's actions during the Arab-Israeli War. The notes provide a brief chronological account of the war from 7 July 1948 to 29 October 1948 and mention Operations Dekel and Hiram.

Notes: A more recent note on the first of these three pages indicates Eisen wrote these notes while Ben Dunkelman was on a visit to Israel in August, 1973.

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Blich, Joseph [textual record] – 1976.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 3-6-1; File 25

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Committee for Soviet Jewry series; Refusnik cases sub-series; Individual Refusnik cases sub-sub series

Level: File

Fonds: 17

Series: 3-6-1

File: 25

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1976

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joseph Schwartz [graphic material] – May 1940.

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Portraits sub-series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 80; Series 5-1; Item 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Portraits sub-series

Level: Item

Fonds: 80

Series: 5-1

Item: 9

Material Format: graphic material

Date: May 1940

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.; Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur-manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

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.

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Joseph Schwartz [graphic material] – [between 1944 and 1946].

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Portraits sub-series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 80; Series 5-1; Item 10

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Portraits sub-series

Level: Item

Fonds: 80

Series: 5-1

Item: 10

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1944 and 1946]

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

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Schwartz was married to Gertrude Schwartz and had four daughters, Sylvia, Fanny, Helen, and Ruth.; Joseph owned J. Schwartz and Company, a fur-manufacturing firm, and eventually became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

Notes: This negative has two images on it.

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.

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Joseph Schwartz [graphic material] – 1955.

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Recreation sub-series; Candid Photographs from the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 80; Series 5-2; File 5; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Recreation sub-series; Candid Photographs from the Cottage in Bobcaygeon file

Level: Item

Fonds: 80

Series: 5-2

File: 5

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1955

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (negative) ; 14 x 7 cm

Admin History/Bio: Joseph Schwartz was born in the United States. He was married to Gertrude Schwartz, and had four daughers, Sylvia, Helen, Fanny and Ruth. Joseph was a furier who eventually set up his own business, J. Schwartz & Co. Ltd., a fur manufacturing company on Madison Avenue. He later became a partner in the Park Plaza Hotel on Avenue Road.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Joseph Schwartz.

Notes: This item has no proofs. This item shares a negative with F80_s5-2_f5_i2.

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

Related Material: See Fonds 80, series 5 for more photographs of the Schwartz family.

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Joseph Kerzner [graphic material] – 1978.

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 37; Series 1; File 8; Item 25

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gilbert Studios fonds; Negev dinners series; Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file

Level: Item

Fonds: 37

Series: 1

File: 8

Item: 25

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1978

Physical Description: 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm

Name Access: Gilbert, Al, 1922-

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