Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Performances and events series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

9

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

2000-2013

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of program guides for the School of Music Concert and Special Performances series.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4436

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Leader: Ignatz Glass.

Notes

Photo by Alexandra Studios, Toronto.

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

1988-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4435

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1914 or 1915]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Probably on the steps of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue.

Leader: Ignatz Glass.

Notes

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

1988-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Committees series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

2

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975-1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records related to the Music School Committe of the YM-YWHA. This committee predated the establishment of the Koffler Centre of the Arts. Records include memebership lists, a member description for the music committee, correspondence regarding co-operation between the Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation and the YMHA, meeting minutes and agendas, outline for further development of the existing music school, program guide for the music school, proposals for the establishment of music school scholarships, and the Co-Opera Theatre Proposal.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Educational programming series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

6

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

2000-2005

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of program guides for the Koffler School of Music for babies to adults.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2016-4-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

ca. 100 photographs : b&w and col. ; 61 x 27 or smaller

3 cm of textual records

Date

[ca. 1900]-1994, predominent 1920-1960

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a scrapbook compiled by Edward J. Levy documenting the personal lives and musical careers of Sidney Levy and Philip and Elie Spivak. The scrapbook primarily consists of photographs of the Spivak and Levy families but also includes the musical score for Dirge for Orchestra composed by Oskar Morawetz in memory of Elie Spivak, naturalization papers for Philip Spivak and Bella Spivak, bulletins of the Royal Conservatory of Music and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, photographs of other musicians including Zara Nelsova, newsclippings, Ed Levy's bar mitzvah certificate, postcards and invitations. There is also an oversized photograph of the 19th Season of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, featuring Elie Spivak, Philip Spivak and Sidney Levy.

Administrative History

Sidney (Solomon) Levy (1898-1971) was born in London, England in 1898, the son of Elizabeth (nee Goldstein) Levy. He was the oldest brother to six younger sisters. Sidney was a violist who first played in movie houses in East London, where he met Phillip and Elie Spivak. During the 1920s, he played on touring ocean liners. He immigrated to Toronto in 1929 where he again played movie theatres and then built a career with the CBC radio orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He also played the O'Keefe Centre's opening night performance of Camelot.

Elie (2 Feb. 1902-23 July 1960) and Phillip (1906-ca. 1962) Spivak were born in Uman, Ukraine, the sons of Reverend Joseph (d. 1965) and Bella (nee Finkler) (d. 1962) Spivak. They were two of five children: Elie, Clara (1904-1984), Philip, Siam (d. ca. 1964, New York) and Thelma (m. Heller) (1917-2008).Their paternal grandfather, Yankel Spivak, was a famous chazzan. Their maternal grandfather, Ezra Finkler, was a successful wheat merchant in Ukraine, who was killed during the pogroms. Joseph and Bella Spivak, who were living with their children on the Finkler's large estate at the time, managed to escape through Poland and Germany, eventually arriving in Paris in 1910. At this time, Elie entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of seven and studied violin with Henri Berthelier from 1910-1915. Around 1915, the Spivak family immigrated to England, where Clara later met Sidney Levy through her brothers, who at the time was a theatre musician. Elie continued his studies at the Royal College of Manchester with Adolphe Brodsky in 1916. In 1923, he founded the Elie Spivak String Quartet in Manchester, the first ensemble to give chamber music concerts over the new BBC network.

The Spivak family left London for Canada in the late 1920s. Elie was the first of the siblings to immigrate and after resideing for one year in New York City, he moved to Toronto in 1926. Philip and Clara followed in 1929, as did Sidney Levy. Joseph and Bella Spivak, along with their children Siam and Thelma, ended up settling in New York City. Sidney married Clara Spivak in a ceremony in New York in the year they immigrated. They had one son, Edward (b. 1934). Clara was active in the TSO's Women's Committee.

In Toronto, Elie Spivak was first violin (1929-1942) of the Conservatory String Quartet and concertmaster (1931-1948) of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In 1945, he gave the North American premiere of the Khachaturian Violin Concerto with the Boston Pops Orchestra. He was the first Canadian musician invited to Israel, touring the country for five months in 1950 as guest of the Jerusalem String Quartet. He led the Spivak String Quartet (1951-1956) and was heard frequently over CBC radio. He examined for the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) in Toronto and adjudicated for Kiwanis Festivals and the Canadian National Exhibition. He taught violin at the RCM from 1922 until his death. He also taught in the University Settlement Music School. Elie was a member of Goel Tzedec Synagogue and was married to Hilda (nee Narrol) Spivak. He had two sons, David and Michael.

Philip Spivak played the cello and was first stand with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He also played in a chamber orchestra. He married the famous cellist Zara Nelsova, later divorced and remarried Iris Cooper. Philip was a member of Holy Blossom Temple.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Name Access

Spivak, Elie, 1902-1960

Spivak, Phillip, 1906-ca. 1962

Levy, Sidney, 1898-1971

Levy, Edward, 1934-

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Performances and events series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

9

File

5

Material Format

textual record

Date

[200-]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a mailer requesting financial support for the Gift of Music event.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Performances and events series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

9

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

2005

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a program guide for Resa's Pieces presented by the School of Music.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4437

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Moffett: Chicago.

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

Chicago (Ill.)

Accession Number

1988-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2443

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Director: Mrs. Diamond.

2nd row, rear: Norman Nelson.

Name Access

Nelson, Norman

Diamond, Mrs.

Workmen's Circle

Arbeter Ring

Arbeiter Ring

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Jews--Music

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-4-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

499

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the CJC Committee for Jewish Music Month in Kitchener, Ontario

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Subjects

Committees

Jews--Music

Repro Restriction

Credit Kitchener-Waterloo Record

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

Kitchener (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Zelda Young fonds

Miscellaneous series

Level

Item

Fonds

135

Series

27

Item

7

Material Format

sound recording

Date

[between 1982 and 1986]

Physical Description

1 audio reel (27 min., 42 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.

Scope and Content

Item consists of a recording of Cantor Benzion Miller live in concert, accompanied by piano, on unspecified date and place. Program consists of three songs: 1 - L'Olam Yehai 2 - Hashem Moloch 3 - Habeit Mishomayim

Name Access

Miller, Benzion, 1947-

Subjects

Cantorial music

Cantors (Judaism)

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.

Physical Condition

Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.

Accession Number

1986-12-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

2-5

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1959-1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Programs and services sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-6

File

27

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1963-1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller

Scope and Content

File consists of photographs and a report documenting the Thursday afternoon concerts put on for residents by professional entertainers, Mr. and Mrs. George Frank.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Maurice Solway fonds

Level

File

Fonds

13

File

8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1922-1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

Concert programmes for this file are gathered in two accessions. Together these records document Solway's performance career as a soloist and in the New Symphony, the TSO, the Joyce Trio, the Solway String Quartet, and with various other ensembles in Toronto and throughout Ontario. The programme bills are arranged chronologically in each of two separate folders, separated according to the original accessions.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Berul Sugarman series

Level

File

Fonds

22

Series

1

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1941-1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of concert programs for performances by Berul Sugarman while a violinist with the Modern Art String Quartet, and as the leader of the Galant Chamber Music Players and the Pro Arte Orchestra. The concerts were performed at a variety of locations such as Malloney's Art Gallery, the Church of the Holy Trinity, the Art Gallery of Toronto, Hart House Theatre and York University.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Women's Auxiliary series

Sub-committees sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

2-2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-13

File

23

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

[ca. 1981]

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm and 26 x 21 cm

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a program and portraits of members of the Canadian chamber ensemble known as, Camerata. Included are images of Coenraad Bloemendal, Kathryn Root, Suzanne Shulman, Adele Armin, and Moshe Hammer.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds

Fundraising and event ephemera series

Benefit concerts file

Level

File

Fonds

130

Series

3

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991-2006

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of benefit concert programmes from "We Won't Stop Singing" (1991) and "Stand Strong with Israel" (2006). Guest artists include Israeli singers; composers; musicians; and North American TV, radio, and stage personalities, as well as singers and political satirists.

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.

Accession Number

2019-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-9-20

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca.1960]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a program 'Festival of Song' put on by Toronto Hadassah. The guest of honour was Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg.

Custodial History

There is no information of the acquisition of this material.

Administrative History

Rabbi Feinberg was the lead rabbi of Holy Blosom Temple from 1943 to 1961.

Subjects

Jews--Music

Nonprofit organizations

Rabbis

Name Access

Toronto Hadassah-WIZO

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2004-5-165

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

22 April 1932

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an ad for a Yiddish concert by the Grafstein sisters at the Standard Theatre in Toronto.

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

Concerts

Theatrical posters, Yiddish

Name Access

Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Performances and events series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

9

File

20

Material Format

textual record

Date

2006

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of promotional material for the concert of Canadian pianist Robert Silverman.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2018-1-9

Material Format

textual record

sound recording

Physical Description

10 cm of textual records

1 audio cassette

Date

1960-1997

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records related to Gordon Kushner's activities as music director of Beth Tzedec Congregation. The accession includes Kushner's compositions for V'al Kulam (1982), Mi Sheberach (1983), and Tikanta (1987) along with a collection of compositions by Srul Irving Glick, Paul Kowarsky, and Sid Robinovitch. Of particular note is a composition commissioned by the Canadian Jewish Congress for the Jewish Music Festival 1960. Recordings of selections from Robonvitch's compositions are included in an audio cassette. Also included are correspondence, meeting minutes, repertoire and music lists, and choir membership lists, and program books related to the activities of the Beth Tzedec choir and its performances, such as its participation in various Jewish music festivals. In addition, there are records related to Mel Sach's resignation from the Toronto Jewish Cultural Council as program coordinator; bulletins of Beth Tzedec Congregation, and Jewish Music Committee meeting minutes.

Administrative History

Gordon Kushner (1916-2007) was the music director of the Beth Tzedec Congregation (previously Goel Tzedec) in Toronto from 1948 to 1999. Born in Winnipeg, Kushner trained as a pianist under Gwendda Owen Davies and appeared with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in 1940. After serving as a bandsman in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, he resumed his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto under John Weinzweig in theory and conducting in 1946. As music director for Beth Tzedec Congregation, he composed several choral compositions for the synagogue and coordinated the Beth Tzedec Choir's participation in various concerts and events across Toronto, including the Jewish Music Festival sponsored by the Music Committee of the Toronto Jewish Cultural Council of Toronto Jewish Congress. Kushner was active in the cultural activities of the Toronto Jewish community. He was a member of the education and cultural committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1950 and became co-chair of the central region music committee in 1967. Kushner was also a music educator and during the 1960s taught at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music Summer School, which he became director of in 1969. He served as the Principal and Vice-Principal of the Royal Conservatory of Music from 1978 to 1991.

Subjects

Music festivals

Synagogue music

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Kushner, Gordon, 1916-2007

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

15

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-[1951?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence with Nioma Waldman and Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky regarding Kusevitsky's performances in 1950 and 1951.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950-1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of tickets, invoices, newspaper clippings, programs, pamphlets, and correspondence related to Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky's performances in 1950, 1951, and 1952.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Pamphlets series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

51

File

142

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships (Toronto) listing facts and misperceptions about Jews.

Name Access

Committee on Jewish-Gentile Relationships

Subjects

Jews

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1997-5-3

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date

[193-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a photograph of Cantor Bornstein's choir of boys and young men at Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue, Toronto.

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Name Access

Bornstein, Cantor

Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

1157

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1910]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Max Moldaver, of Brantford, Ontario, with his Russian army band. He is pictured holding a brass instrument in the back row, on the far right.

Name Access

Moldaver, Max

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

1976-6-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ben Steinberg was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and was educated at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. He is well known across Canada and the U.S. for his lecture-recitals on Jewish music history and style, and has conducted and lectured overseas in such places as Israel, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.

A professional composer of both sacred and secular music, he is perhaps the most widely commissioned composer of Jewish music worldwide. His works have been published in the U.S., Canada and Israel.

Ben has served as director of music at Temple Sinai since 1970, and was appointed composer-in-residence in 1996. The University of Calgary (Alberta) Special Collections currently houses his original manuscripts, scores and papers.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Ben Steinberg and the Hamilton Jewish choir, during a performance on stage. Ben Steinberg is bowing to the audience. Standing second from the left in the back row is Marion Bennett.

Notes

There is a stamp on the front of the photograph that reads "proof only, unretouched".

Name Access

Bennett, Marion

Steinberg, Ben

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Hamilton Jewish community photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

3

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ben Steinberg was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and was educated at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. He is well known across Canada and the U.S. for his lecture-recitals on Jewish music history and style, and has conducted and lectured overseas in such places as Israel, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.

A professional composer of both sacred and secular music, he is perhaps the most widely commissioned composer of Jewish music worldwide. His works have been published in the U.S., Canada and Israel.

Ben has served as director of music at Temple Sinai since 1970, and was appointed composer-in-residence in 1996. The University of Calgary (Alberta) Special Collections currently houses his original manuscripts, scores and papers.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Ben Steinberg conducting the Hamilton Jewish choir. The photograph depicts several men and women singing on a stage.

Notes

There is a stamp on the front of the photograph that reads "proof only, unretouched".

Name Access

Steinberg, Ben

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

2020-10-2

Material Format

sound recording

Physical Description

3 audio discs : 78 rpm, vinyl (10 inch disc) + record set album (26 x 30 cm)

Date

[194-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the first recording by the Jewish Folk Choir. Included in the record set are two of three Jewish Folk Choir disc recordings. These recordings were conducted by Emil Gartner and produced by Torch Record Company, 687 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada.

Disc 1 side A, "Smol Y'min", (Left, Right!), Song of the Haganah. Disc 1, side B, Reb Dovidl - Humoresque" Jewish Folksong arranged by Zilberts.

Disc 2, side A "Biro-Bidjaner Freilechs", Song of Joy (Text: Feffer, Music:Polansky). Disc 2, side B, "Palestinian Nights", Shirley Newman, Soprano.

The inside front cover provides a historical sketch of Toronto's Jewish Folk Choir and conductor Emil Gartner.

The inside back cover lists lyrics to songs in Yiddish with English translations. The songs listed include "Songs of the Blacksmith," "No! No! Our People Shall Never Perish," "Reb Dovidl--Humoresque," "Smol Y'min," "Biro-Bidjaner Freilechs" and "Palestinian Nights."

In addition, there is a vinyl recording produced by Banner Records Inc. featuring Molly Picon, accompanied by Abe Ellstein and Orchestra. Side A, "Pinky's in a Pickle", side B "Die Veldt is a Theatre."

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Folk Choir

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4592

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Notes

Photo by Allan Walker.

Note on back of photograph reads: Papernick's clarinetist.

Name Access

Papernick

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

287

Material Format

graphic material

Date

16 Jun. 1974

Physical Description

1 slide

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2389

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jun. 1955

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

Places

Neptune Drive (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4180

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1935

Physical Description

1 photograph

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

1987-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4154

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1911 or 1912]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Ignatz Glass conducted the band.

Subjects

Bands (Music)

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

1986-10-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1613

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1926

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Bensman Gezangs Farein

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

1978-12-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2361

Material Format

graphic material

Date

May 1926

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

The Bensman Gezangs Farein was the precurssor to the Jewish Folk Choir.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of members of the Bensman Gezangs Farein seated on a stage.

Name Access

Bensman Gezangs Farein

Subjects

Choirs (Music)

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

1980-7-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Level

Series

Fonds

103

Series

1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

[192-?]-1993

Physical Description

1.5 m of textual records

35 photographs

Admin History/Bio

The Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel, originally called the Canadian Federation of Polish Jews (CFPJ), was established in 1933 to assist Jews in Poland who were victims of anti-Semitism as expressed in economic boycotts and political discrimination. The CFPJ provided political action and advocacy on behalf of Polish Jews, as well as social help, moral strength and material support. It was a constituent member of the World Federation of Polish Jews, established in 1935, which provided relief and economic assistance to Jews in Poland, and coordinated the assistance given to Jewish communal organizations in Poland. In addition, the CFPJ assisted Canadian landsmanshaften (mutual benefit societies) which were giving support to those communities from which their members had emigrated.

In 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War, the CFPJ was among those Canadian Jewish organizations which founded the United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies, the purpose of which was to assist in the war effort and to aid war victims. At the conclusion of the war, the UJRWR was renamed the United Jewish Relief Agencies, with an aim to assist refugees in their effort to settle in Canada.

The scope and mandate of the CFPJ has changed over time as new challenges and projects have emerged. In January 1950, its activities expanded to include building homes in Israel for Polish Jewish immigrants, providing local relief to newly arrived Polish Jewish immigrants in Canada, locating relatives and providing legal advice on matters related to passports and visas, contributing to and participating in memorials honouring lost Jewish communities, and maintaining contact with its sister Farbands across the world.

In December 1951, the name of the organization was officially changed to Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel, and as of March 1953, its priorities had shifted to focus increasingly on providing support to Israel.

Scope and Content

Series consists of records documenting the activities of the Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel. Many records provide insight into the relief efforts carried out to assist Jews in Poland and Israel. Included are meeting minutes, agendas, reports, correspondence, speeches, newspaper articles, financial records, conference material, a ledger book, posters and invitations, membership and donation lists, scrapbooks, leaflets, photographs of important events, letters of appeal, visa and identification applications, property claims applications, and letters from individuals requesting aid.

Name Access

Canadian Federation of Polish Jews

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel

Subjects

Jews--Israel

Jews, Polish

Access Restriction

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

Places

Israel

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Dora Till fonds

Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home Association series

Programming and events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

52

Series

1-5

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1927

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

4

File

2

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1961]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a highland dancer entertaining resident Harry Applebaum at a weekly concert.

Notes

Photograph is by Seymour Green.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Programs and services sub-series

Concert with the Franks file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

4-6

File

27

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1963]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Identified in the photograph is George Frank (holding the microphone) and Phyl Goldner (dancing with the resident).

Notes

Photograph is by the Toronto Star.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Na'amat Canada Toronto fonds

Fundraising and event ephemera series

BJCC Koffler and Na'amat Canada concerts file

Level

File

Fonds

130

Series

3

File

18

Material Format

textual record

Date

2001-2002

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of flyers for piano concerts at the Leah Posluns Theatre in support of the Koffler School of Music and Na'amat Canada social service program.

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.

Accession Number

2019-3-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2011-11-7

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

13 May 1967

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one annual concert programme booklet for the Workmen's Circle Peretz School and Camp Yungvelt.

Descriptive Notes

Language note: Yiddish and English langauge programme.

Subjects

Concerts

Camps

Schools

Name Access

Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

4029

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1887

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a group of klezmorim assembled with their instruments.

Notes

See accession record for identification.

Subjects

Klezmer music

Musical groups

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Poland

Accession Number

1986-3-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-11-5

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 posters : col. ; 60 x 45 cm and smaller

Date

[198-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of three posters: a North American Jewish Students' Network poster with the words, "Black Jews of Ethiopia, Why Not This Year in Jerusalem? Next Year May Be Too Late"; a Canadian committee for Soviet Jewry poster with an illustration by Selma Hurwitz; and a Toronto Action Committee for Soviet Jewry poster with the words, "Speak Out For Soviet Jewry, Let My People Go".

Subjects

Jews, Ethiopian

Jews--Soviet Union

Name Access

North American Jewish Students' Network

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Morris Norman collection

Level

Item

Fonds

22

Item

110

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1927]

Physical Description

1 item

Name Access

Anglican Church of Canada. Missionary Society

Subjects

Mission to Jews

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1066

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Subjects

Mission to Jews

Access Restriction

Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1308

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1959

Physical Description

19 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of nineteen photographs of window exhibits of photographs and Jewish artifacts in storefronts (some which may be Eatons', Simpsons' and Fairweather stores), as well as guests and speakers at a celebration of the National Bicentenary of Canadian Jewry, 1759 - 1959. Individuals depicted include: the Governor General of Canada, Georges Vanier; his wife Pauline Vanier; the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Keiller MacKay; the Premier of Ontario Leslie Frost; the Mayor of Toronto Nathan Phillips; Samuel Bronfman; J.I. Oelbaum; Myer Gasner; Monroe Abbey; Rabbi Reuben Slonim; Rabbi Albert Pappenhein; as well as a shot of a large audience seated in an auditorium; a young girl presenting Mrs. Vanier with a bouquet of roses and a man speaking to the crowd, possibly a rabbi, as he is holding a bible in his hand.

Notes

COPYRIGHT NOTE: Photographs have been annotated as Graphic Artists Photographers (Toronto, ON).

Subjects

Jews--Canada

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

General office records sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-5

File

66

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972-1973

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of general correspondence related to Christian proselytizing of Jews

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Mission to Jews

Source

Archival Descriptions