Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

53

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains 2 copied pages from synagogue documents.

Name Access

Jewish Community Memorial Chapel

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

69

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

11 photographs : (1) col. slides and b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Cemeteries and funeral homes series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

9

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1958

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

College Memorial Chapel was founded in 1927 and was located near the corner of College Street and Spadina Avenue. When it moved to its present location on Steeles Avenue, it was renamed Steeles College Memorial Chapel.

Scope and Content

File consists of a financial report that lists income, expenses and profit for the year 1958.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

73

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains 1977 programme for the dedication of the Beth Abraham Synagogue at the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre on the campus of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. File also includes a flyer for a Simchat Torah celebration in 1978.

Name Access

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

47

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

31 photographs : col. slides and b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File contains 35 mm colour slides of the chapels at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and for the Mt. Sinai Hospital chapel. 35 mm negatives are of the Beth Abraham Jacob Synagogue at the Joseph and Minnie Wagman Centre.

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

11 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print, (1) b&w negative ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

8 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

54

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944, [1975?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains two short historical overviews.

Name Access

Temple Israel

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Hoffman family fonds

Community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

6

Series

2

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Max Hoffman and his brother, David Hoffman, were members of the board of the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel.

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter from the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel giving details about the progress of the building campaign.

Name Access

Hoffman, Max

Hoffman, David

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

David Pinkus fonds

Other societies and cemeteries series

Steeles College Memorial Chapel file

Level

File

Fonds

138

Series

9

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[196-?]-[200-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of prayers of Steeles College Memorial Chapel and a printed copy of an article written by S. A. Kurtz documenting the history of Steeles College Memorial Chapel. College Memorial Chapel was the name that the organization used between 1954 and 1977.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Cemeteries and funeral homes series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

9

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981-1990, 2001

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

College Memorial Chapel was founded in 1927 and was located near the corner of College Street and Spadina Avenue. When it moved to its present location on Steeles Avenue, it was renamed Steeles College Memorial Chapel.

Scope and Content

File consists of notices to member organizations inviting them to attend the annual general meeting and informing them of the election procedures. Also included is an election slate for the officers and board, which was submitted by the nominations committee, and an appointment calendar.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2023-11-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

4.9 m of textual records

Date

1930-1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists of record books and file cards documenting deceased persons handled by Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.

The seven record books were kept by Joseph Benjamin from 1930 to 1980 and contain the following information: date of death, yarzheit, name of deceased, cemetery section, name of cemetery. The outside dates for each book are:

Book 1: Jan. 1930 to 31 Dec. 1945

Book 2: 1 Jan. 1946 to 19 Dec. 1953

Book 3: 1 Jan. 1954 to 29 Dec. 1959

Book 4: 29 Dec. 1959 to 29 Dec. 1963

Book 5: 1 Jan. 1964 to 30 Dec. 1968

Book 6: 29 Dec. 1968 to 28 June 1972

Book 7: 29 June 1972 to 30 June 1980

The complete set of file are arranged alphabetically in chronological order, 1936–1945, 1954–1976, vols. 1 to 21. Records arranged chronologically 1916 to 1957, vols. 21 to 24. The cards contain information about the deceased which supplements that found in the record books:

Volume 1: Aaron to Benaim

Volume 2: Benatar to Breslin

Volume 3: Breslin to Cohen

Volume 4: Cohen to Dzialoszynsk

Volume 5: Eaton to Fox

Volume 6: Fox to. Golant

Volume 7: Gold to Green

Volume 8: Green to Herman

Volume 9: Herman to Katz

Volume 10: Katz to Kyriazoglou

Volume 11: Labelle to Lipschitz

Volume 12: Lipset to Miller

Volume 13: Miller to Pearson

Volume 14; Pearson to Roher

Volume 15: Roher to Saltman

Volume 16: Saltman to Shindler

Volume 17: Shindman to Sobel

Volume 18: Soberman to Swerling

Volume 19: Swersky to Wein

Volume 20: Weinbaum to Yellin

Volume 21: Yeretsky to Zyro; 1 Jan. 1946 to 21 June 1947

Volume 22; 21 June 1947 to 28 Oct. 1949

Volume 23: 30 Oct, 1949 to 31 Dec. 1951

Volume 24: 1 Jan. 1952 to 31 Dec. 1953

Custodial History

Transferred from Library and Archives Canada in 2023 at the request of the OJA and with permission from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel.

Administrative History

Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel was founded in 1922 by Henry Benjamin, who was a member of one of the early chevrah kadishas of Toronto. Henry Benjamin came to Canada at the turn of the nineteenth century from Russia. He owned a grocery store on College Street in Toronto and had a wagon that he used to deliver groceries. Wagons were rare in the Jewish community at that time, so Henry was asked by Toronto’s first chevrah kadisha to use his wagon to help deliver bodies for burial. At first, he did this because he felt a responsibility to his community. Over time, he became more deeply committed to the work of the chevrah kadisha. When his son, Joe, was a young man, Joe helped his father prepare bodies for burial, and his father impressed upon him that taking care of the dead was a sacred trust.

In 1922, the Ontario government passed a law to regulate funerary services. From then on, the cultural traditions of all ethnic and religious communities had to be practiced under the auspices of a licensed funeral home. That year, H. Benjamin and Sons was established on Spadina Avenue to provide the proper legal framework for continued service by the members of this chevrah kadisha.

Joe Benjamin took over the company in 1939 following Henry Benjamin's death. The chapel (then known as the Park Memorial Chapel) served the Jewish community for forty years from its premises on Spadina Crescent. In Joe’s forty years, the chapel was known as H. Benjamin and Sons, Park Memorial Chapel, and, finally, Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel.

While Henry’s worldview had been local—focused within a few square blocks in Toronto—Joe’s was much wider. He was an active participant in the Jewish Funeral Directors of America, expanding his expertise and helping to develop many of the standards of communication, practice, process, philosophy, and values that are characteristic of the North American Jewish funeral home.

After university, Michael Benjamin, Joe’s son, studied to become a licensed funeral director in Ontario. He enhanced his training at Yeshiva University in New York and the Institute of Funeral Services in Evanston, Illinois. He studied Jewish ethical issues around burial with the late Rabbi Felder. He pursued an ambitious dream for a new funeral facility, custom-designed to meet the highest standard of care for the Jewish community. He assumed full responsibility for the business in 1979.

Toronto’s Jewish community had spread up the “Bathurst spine” to the suburbs and across the city. The culturally and religiously homogeneous Judaism then practised started to splinter through immigration and new religious movements. Benjamin’s followed the community north and built a new chapel at 1404 Steeles Ave W., which opened in 1977, the first designed specifically for Jewish funeral rituals.

As of 2024, Michael Benjamin and now his children, Marc, Jordan, and Barbi, continue to guide the business. After university, Marc and Jordan qualified for their funeral director licenses, while Barbi gained her certificate in human resources. They now form the core executive team under Michael, helping to guide Benjamin’s into the future.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

USE CONDITION NOTE: Records less than forty years old will be made available only to:

researchers who have obtained written permission from Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel;

staff of the archives for purposes of answering specific requests for information and providing reproductions of records in response to such requests, with the cause of death and the cost of the funeral redacted;

researchers who seek information of a statistical nature and who agree in writing that they will not disclose directly or indirectly information about any individual person.

Subjects

Burial records

Name Access

Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

95

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains the 1951 self-survey of the Jewish community of Welland, Ontario. Several self-surveys were conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Welland (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

49 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Agudath Israel Congregation (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

59 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Name Access

Congregation Beth Shalom (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

25

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

20 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints, negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

50

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1968]-1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains copied articles and a newsletter from 1978

Name Access

Agudath Israel Congregation (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

51

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956, 1980

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a newsletter and copied booklet on the synagogue.

Name Access

Congregation Beth Shalom (Ottawa, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

52

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1976]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains photocopied photographs and newspaper article.

Name Access

Congregation Machzikei Hadas

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

6

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings from Ottawa concerning Jewish related issues

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

24

Material Format

textual record

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning Jewish related issues in Ottawa

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

35

Material Format

textual record

Date

1967

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence concerning Jewish related issues in Ottawa, including correspondence to and from Members of Parliament,

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

53

Material Format

textual record

Date

1969

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding Jewish related issues in Ottawa. Issues examined include government funding for Jewish Day Schools and Christian-Jewish Relations.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Education

Judaism--Relations--Christianity

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

64

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings regarding Jewish related issues in Ottawa

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

72

Material Format

textual record

Date

1971

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of assorted material regarding Jewish related issues in Ottawa

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

77

Material Format

textual record

Date

1972

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding Jewish related issues in Ottawa

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

88

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974-1976

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings about Jewish related issues in Ottawa, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

108

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings about Jewish related issues in Ottawa, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

56

Material Format

textual record

Date

1952

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a photocopy of the 1952 self-survey of the Jewish community of Port Colborne, Ontario. Several self-surveys were conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Port Colborne (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

60

Material Format

textual record

Date

1951

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains the 1951 self-survey of the Jewish community of St. Catharines, Ontario. Several self-surveys were conducted in the 1950s under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

39

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

4 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Montréal (Québec)

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

595

Material Format

textual record

Date

1962

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

728

Material Format

textual record

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

868

Material Format

textual record

Date

1989 - 1992

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

197

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978 - 1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

230

Material Format

textual record

Date

1998 - 1999

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3876

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1980

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. (polaroid)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the interior of a Jewish chapel.

Places

Whitby (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-4-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organization series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

3

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Sept. 1970

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an image of a representative of the College Memorial Chapel donating a cheque to officers of the Israel Histadrut campaign.

Repro Restriction

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

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

6 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Ottawa (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish communities sub-sub-series

Level

Sub-sub-series

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

Material Format

textual record

Date

1944-1978

Physical Description

38 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports from Jewish individuals and organizations located within small (and medium-sized) Ontario Jewish communities about local antisemitism issues.

Communities documented are: Bellville, Brampton, Brantford, Chatham, Coburg, Cornwall, fort William, Galt, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Mississauga, Niagara Falls, North Bay, Oakville, Orillia, Oshawa, Ottawa, Owen Sound, Peterborough, Port Arthur, Port Hope, Sarnia, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, St. Catherines, St. Thomas, Wallaceburg, Welland, and Windsor,

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Communities

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Research Records sub-series

Small Ontario Jewish Communities sub-sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-4-8

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1950

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence related to surveys of the Jewish Communities in several small Ontario towns

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Source

Archival Descriptions

URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/index.html

Source

OJA Website

Accession Number

2012-2-2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

37 photographs (jpg) : b&w and col. ; 33 MB

Date

1958-2005

Scope and Content

Accession consists of born-digital images and digital scans of original photographs depicting the 2005 closing ceremonies of the Beth El Congregation in Cornwall, as well as exterior and interior images of the synagogue, the congregants, community events, and B'nai Brith members.

Custodial History

The photographs were acquired by the OJA for the Ontario's Small Jewish Communities exhibit, but they were not accessioned until February 2012.

Subjects

Communities

Synagogues

Name Access

Beth El Congregation (Cornwall, Ont.)

Places

Cornwall (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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URL

http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Exhibitions/Online/Ontarios-Small-Jewish-Communities

Source

OJA Website

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Quebec synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

1

File

63

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1978

Physical Description

6 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Subjects

Synagogues

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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

299

Material Format

textual record

Date

1991

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

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

1226

Material Format

textual record

Date

1979 - 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Access Restriction

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

Accession Number

2005-2-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

1979-9-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Date

1941-1960

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 2 minute books containing the minutes from Kenora Jewish community meetings and Kenora Synagogue executive meetings, along with some financial records. Accession also includes synagogue executive correspondence in both English and Yiddish.

MG_RG

MG 3 B20

Subjects

Meetings

Synagogues

Communities

Places

Kenora, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-8-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

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

Date

[194-]-2005

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.

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

Communities

Purim

Synagogues

Places

Belleville (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

1996-5-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 postcard : b&w

Date

[ca. 1930]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a post card with a rendering of a proposed Ottawa Synagogue and Community House. The date is unknown and the synagogue was never built.

Source

Archival Accessions