- 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
- 152
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1972-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lazar Liubarsky, a radio engineer from Moldavia, was arrested in 1972 after applying for permission to leave the Soviet Union for Israel in 1970. He was charged with disseminating anti-Soviet propaganda and served four years in a prison camp before re-applying to emigrate in 1976, when he and his family were given permission to emigrate to Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Christoff, Lazar
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Christoff, Lazar
- Page Number
- 600
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- 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
- Passenger Names
- Jones, George
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, George
- Page Number
- 543
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Henry
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Henry
- Page Number
- 623
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, J.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, J.
- Page Number
- 285
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, J.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, J.
- Page Number
- 337
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Martin
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Martin
- Page Number
- 758
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Morris
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Morris
- Page Number
- 465
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, R.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, R.
- Page Number
- 614
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Robert
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Robert
- Page Number
- 372
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Walter
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Walter
- Page Number
- 623
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Wm.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Wm.
- Page Number
- 356
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Chapley was a North York city councillor and member of Metropolitan Toronto Council from 1974 until his death, making him one of the city's longest running representatives. He was born in 1924 and was married to Norma (née Levinson) and had two children: David and Rosanne. He was an active member of B'nai B'rith before entering into the political sphere. The Irving Chapley Community Centre and Park is located in his former North York ward on Wilmington Avenue. Chapley died on 21 June 1992, at the age of 68.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Irving Chapley.
- Subjects
- Politicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 17 cm
- Date
- 1948-1951
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four issues of the Hillelite newspaper (Hillel, University of Toronto) published between 1950 and 1951 as well as a copy photograph of five Jewish men from Toronto en route to Israel to fight in the Machal during Israel's War of Independence (June 1948). They are standing in front of a ship which sailed from New York to Le Havre. Identified in the photograph are (left to right): Bob Eisen, Dr. Isadore Weinsweig, Walter Leff, Irving Matlow, and Al G. Rosenberg.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 4 documents (jpg)
- Date
- [195-?]-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six electronic copies of photographs of Irving Levine and the Levine family and electronic copies of three invitations to Irving Levine's birthday party, and one newspaper clipping. Included is Irving and Ruth's wedding portrait and wedding photo with their parents (Sept. 6, 1952), two photographs of Irving with his mother Anne at Crystal Beach, a photograph of the Irving brothers in Grimsby, and a photo of Irving with business partner Lionel Robins (ca. 1978). Identified individuals in the photographs include: Irving Levine, Lionel Robins, Harry Levine, David Levine, Anne Levine, Ruth Levine, Sam Levine, Abraham Feldman, and Jennie Feldman.
- Administrative History
- Irving Levine was born in 1929 to Sam and Anne Levine. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario, where his father owned a junior department store. They were members of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton. Irving moved to Toronto in 1953, he married Ruth Fern in 1952 and they had three children: Alan, born in 1953, Suzy, born in 1956 and Michael, born in 1961. He has six grandchildren. He purchased Braemar clothing store in the early 1960s, with the first location in Cloverdale Mall. He became the top vice-president of Dylex, Ltd.,one of Canada's largest retail clothing companies, and general manager of Fairweather's division. Lionel Robins became his business partner in 1964.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Further identification can be found with the accession record.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Levine, Irving, 1929-
- Places
- Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)
- Grimsby (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-36
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-36
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an unframed Certificate of Recognition presented to Irving Wintrob by Beth Tzedec Congregation for his devoted servie as an Officer of the Congregation. It is dated at Toronto, January 8th, 1967.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Portraits of prominent Jewish Torontonians series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 8 cm, 13 x 10 cm.
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Posluns is a member of the Posluns family. His mother was Sadie Posluns from Los Angeles. Irving married Shirley Carpman (m. Posluns). They had three children: Marie Helaine (b. 1951), Harold Lewis (b. 1952), and Randi Lynn (b. 1960).
- He originally worked at the family's ladies wear factory and later in life became a commercial portrait photographer. His business, the Irving Posluns Portrait Studio, is located on Broadview Avenue in Toronto. Ryerson University's Irving A. Posluns Scholarship for portrait photography is named in his honour.
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/
- Scope and Content
- The item is a portrait of Irving Posluns.
- Subjects
- Photographers
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving (a)
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving (a)
- Page Number
- 655
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Cemeteries and funeral homes series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 9
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- moving images
- Date
- 1962, 1982-2000
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing : 62 x 62 cm
- 3 videocassettes (ca. 6 hr.) : col., sd. ; VHS
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a plot plan of Jones Avenue Cemetery which was prepared by Paul Edell (1962), and membership correspondence relating to the payment of dues and regulations regarding the arrangements for burial and the erection and dedication of monuments. Also included are financial reports and meeting agendas and minutes for annual general meetings. Finally, file contains moving images of the gravestones, outer wall, and chapel of the Cemetery with commentary likely by Sol Edell.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Charles Thomas
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Charles Thomas
- Page Number
- 646
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Mrs. & family
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Mrs. & family
- Page Number
- 579
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Thos. & Alice
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, Thos. & Alice
- Page Number
- 660
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, W. E.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, W. E.
- Page Number
- 352
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, William David
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, William David
- Page Number
- 564
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Benjamin Brown fonds
- Commercial building plans and drawings series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 3
- File
- 34
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : 1 blueprint, 3 pencil, 1 hand col. pastel, 2 on verso of blueprints, pencil and hand col. watercolour ; 35 cm length or smaller and 4 cm diam.
- Admin History/Bio
- Lazar Levinson was the owner of two Jewish restaurants in downtown Toronto. The original restaurant, named Lazar’s "Old Spain" restaurant and delicatessen specialized in catering, and was located at 128-130 Queen Street West. In the 1930s, a second restaurant was established in an Annex to the Balfour Building at 125 Spadina Avenue.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of architectural drawings of additions and alterations to Lazar's restaurant, located in a single storey Annex to the Balfour Building at 125 Spadina Avenue. Floor plans and elevations are included.
- Physical Condition
- Material is fragile, slightly torn.
- Related Material
- See File 49-3-32 for alterations to Balfour Annex stores for Messrs. Shiffer, Hillman and Lichtman.
- See File 49-3-105 for architectural drawings of the Balfour Building and for a description of the building.
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2021-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-1-1
- Material Format
- moving images (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 audiovisual recording (.mov)
- 1 document (pdf)
- Date
- 23 Jun. 2020
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a .mov file documenting the simchat bat of Bonnie Libman-Lazar on 23 June 2020 at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto. The donor provided the following text with the submission:
- "Celebrating the birth of our daughter in June 2020 with a small, outdoor, masked and distanced simchat
bat. The program included a Zeved Habat ceremony adapted from the Koren siddur text and remarks
about the baby's name (Bonnie Ava or Aviya Dova). This ceremony was shared on zoom for family and
friends. It followed a short morning service inside the synagogue where the baby received her Hebrew
name, Aviya Dova, after Torah reading in the presence of family members."
- Individuals present were Bonnie Libman-Lazar, Ella Libman-Lazar, Gerald Lazar, Rachel Libman; Rabbi Chaim Strauchler; Jonah & Leila Libman, Faigie Libman, Jeff Lazar; Rachel Sheps & Avi Libman; and Rabbi Jesse Shore.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Brit bat
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 183
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 9 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a portrait photograph of Irving Oelbaum and 3 photographs of Oelbaum during a speech.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5005
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5005
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 29 May 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of J. Irving Oelbaum, seated behind a desk with a cigar in his hand.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Al Gilbert portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Irving Hennick was a gemologist. He was born in Poland in 1922 to Molly and William Hennick. The family emigrated to Canada shortly afterwards. Irving Hennick was married to Shirley Kirshenblatt and they had three children named Georgia, Jeffrey, and Steven. Irving was president of Marvel Jewellery Ltd. on McCaul Street in Toronto.
- Irving Hennick was a member of the Mason Order, Herzl Zion, Maple Downs Golf and Country Club and Chairman of the Jewellery Division of U.J.A.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Irving Hennick.
- Name Access
- Hennick, Irving
- Subjects
- Gemologists
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- see Photo # 50 for Nat Hennick
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Philip Granovsky file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Item
- 32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Eric and Esther Exton file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Gilbert, Al, 1922-
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving inf.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Swan, Irving inf.
- Page Number
- 655
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a catalogue entitled De Luxe by Simone Jones and I Fall To by Mary Alton.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds
- Art exhibitions series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 100
- Series
- 8
- File
- 103
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 2001
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Custodial History
- File consists of an exhibition catalogue entitled Babel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Jones, F., J., Rose
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Jones, F., J., Rose
- Page Number
- 757
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Part Of
- J. Irving Oelbaum fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- [189-]–1966
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records (2 vol.)
- 63 photographs (19 negatives)
- 1 artifact
- Admin History/Bio
- Julius Irving (J. I.) Oelbaum (1899–1966) was a dedicated community leader, whose tireless work with fraternal, educational, and philanthropic organizations included an extensive list of Toronto's prominent Jewish organizations. He was born in New York City on 11 October 1899 to Moishe Oelbaum and Miriam Oelbaum (née Jacoby). He had four brothers, Charles, Sidney, Abraham (Babe), and Cuppel (Jack). In 1906, the family moved to Toronto, where Oelbaum received his education. In 1923, he married Sadie Margulies and had two daughters, Dorothy Koven and Helen Simpson. Oelbaum was a social worker by profession, but in 1932 he went into business with his brothers and became president of the Acme Paper Products Company Limited.
- J. I. Oelbaum devoted a lifetime to Jewish communal service, beginning in 1923, when he was hired as the executive director of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto, a post which he retained for five years. During the same period, he was also the executive director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association and the Toronto Hebrew Free School. Oelbaum held executive lay leadership positions with numerous organizations including: District Grand Lodge No. 1, B'nai Brith, United Jewish Welfare Fund, Jewish Family Welfare Bureau, Yeshiva Torath Chaim, Zionist Organization of Canada, Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region, Joint Public Relations Committee, Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada, Jewish Camp Council of Toronto, United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, Toronto Jewish Old Folks' Home, Mount Sinai Hospital, Canadian Conference of Christians and Jews, Congregation Goel Tzedec, and the YMHA.
- In 1954, Oelbaum was honoured at a Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner, which over 1,400 people attended. He also received the Queen's Coronation Medal in 1952 and the Canadian Council of Christian and Jews Human Relations Award in 1953. J. Irving Oelbaum died on 2 October 1966 after a lengthy illness.
- Custodial History
- The records in accession 1985-5-15 were in the possession of Oelbaum's daughters, Helen Simpson and the late Dorothy Koven, before they were donated to the Archives on 29 May 1985. The photograph from accession 2004-5-31 was donated to the OJA by Oelbaum's niece, Annette Cohen.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of records documenting J. I. Oelbaum's family and his work with Toronto Jewish organizations. The records include photographs, correspondence, event booklets and invitations, newsclippings, Oelbaum's certificate of marriage and wedding invitation, a miniature silver shovel from the turning of the sod ceremony at Baycrest Hospital, and two scrapbooks.
- The photographs include portraits of Oelbaum as well as his parents, and snapshots of famous individuals attending events in Toronto, such as David Ben Gurion, Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and Bob Hope.
- Notes
- A large amount of the loose newsclippings were removed from the fonds, photocopied and added to the J. I. Oelbaum clipping file.
- Name Access
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Immigrants--Canada
- Philanthropists
- Creator
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-15
- 2004-5-31
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-1-1
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Date
- 1945-1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a small silver plate trophy presented each year by the United Jewish Welfare Fund to the division with the largest percentage of new givers. It was named after J. Irving Oelbaum, who was a former president of the fund. The first recipient division in 1945 was the Women's Division, followed by the University Students Division, the Metropolitan Division, Youth Division and the Young Men's Division.
- Custodial History
- The custodial history of this item is unknown. It belonged to the United Jewish Welfare Fund and thus was most likely transferred to the Archives by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. It was in a box at the back of the vault and was discovered during a sweep of the vault.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Irving Milchberg
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 26 Jul. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Irving Milchberg
- Number
- OH 333
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust survivors
- Refugees--Canada
- Interview Date
- 26 Jul. 2007
- Quantity
- 1 mini DV ; 1 archival DVD ; 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Irving Milchberg, the Holocaust survivor known from Joseph Ziemian's book "The Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square," used to sell cigarettes to Nazis in Warsaw as an oprhan during the Second World War.
- Milchberg, the leader of a group of orphaned Jewish children hiding their identities, used to gather at Three Crosses Square, the centre of the German occupation of Warsaw, to sell cigarettes. The group went wandering around under the very noses of policemen, gendarmes, Gestapo men, and ordinary spies.
- Before joining the cigarette sellers, Milchberg twice escaped from the Nazis. The first time he scaled a fence and fled the Umschlagplatz, where Jews were put aboard trains to the Treblinka death camp. The second time, he managed to break the bars of the train taking him to Treblinka and scramble out. His father, mother, and three sisters were all murdered by the Nazis.
- In 1945, Milchberg made his way to Czechoslovakia, then Austria, then to a camp for displaced people in occupied Germany, where he learned watchmaking, which became his lifelong occupation. In 1947, he moved to Canada, ending up in Niagara Falls, where he opened his own jewellery and watch business. In 1953, he met his wife, Renee, who had survived the war. They had two children and three grandchildren. Milchberg died in January 2014 at the age of eighty-six.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 684
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 684
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Irving Ungerman in uniform during the Second World War.
- Name Access
- Ungerman, Irv
- Ungerman, Irving
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
