- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of informational material disseminated by Mizrachi Organization World Central and correspondence. Much of the content is in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a 1938 publication, "Torah Vearetz" in Hebrew and English written by E.M. Genachowski. The booklet describes the activities of the Mizrachi in Palestine.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of meeting minutes from the Mizrachi Organization of America, a program for a Mizrachi Organization of America conference, Shekel membership to the Zionist World Organization, a program from the Jewish National Choir Concert, correspondence pertaining to the Youth Conference at the Zionist Congress, a letter from Keren Kayemeth Leisrael and letters requesting banquet money/ticket return from the Mizrachi Organization of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936-1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a updates and letters from the Mizrachi Organization World Central. Also included is a 1948 publication from the Mizrachi Organization World Central.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 52
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1944
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of programs from the first conference of the Mizrachi Organization of Canada from 1939, publications put out by Mizrachi World Central from 1935-1939, a 1944 publication from the Mizrachi Organization in New York.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of notes from the Administrative committee of the Mizrachi Organization World Central and a news bulletin from the Hebrew University
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Mizrachi series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 1
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of hand-written notes from an executive meeting, a booklet highlighting the achievement of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, an information package for 1940 for the United Jewish Welfare Fund, a letter from the Toronto Shekel Board, a New Year's card from Jonah Wise, receipts for a New Year's greetings in 1940 in the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal and Canadian News, some letters from various organizations (including Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, Jabotinsky Memorial Meeting, Bikur Cholim), letters from Katz's bank manager, a booklet with manuscripts from Rabbi A. J. Kook, July 1940 meeting minutes form the Mizrachi Organization of America, an invitation to the National Mizrachi Conference in November 1940 and letters from Katz in Yiddish to Mizrachi Organization in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a solicitation letter from the Refugee Rabbis Relief Council and a Report of Activities booklet.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a correspondence between Katz and Dr. Gafni, Vice-President of the Theological College of New Yishuv in Palestine, 1133 Broadway, New York City.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 76
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a postcard sent to Katz from Gellman in 1937 stamped Zionist Congress Zurich and a letter from Katz to Gellman, President of the Mizrachi Organization of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 155
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of 2 copies of a weekly Mizrachi publication, Hator, Vol. 7 No. 26-27-28.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 156
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936-1937
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of 2 copies of the table of contents for the Mizrachi publication, "Sinai".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 159
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a copy of a Mizrachi booklet, "Le'cheszbona szel tkufa" published in Poland.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 160
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1943-1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Rabbi S. Taub, Grand Rabbi of Motitz. Included is a letter from Rabbi Taub and 2 wedding invitations.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 187
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of two copies of "Rimon", a Hebrew illustrated magazine of art and letters.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 193
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a letter from Rabbi S. H. Silverstein, one of the Chief Rabbis in the "Kehilla of Toronto", 150 Robert Street, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 201
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with from the Theological College of the New Yishuv in Palestine (1133 Broadway, New York City). Also included is a poster of the Rabbis of the Zionist movement.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 230
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of correspondence with Yeshivah Rabbi Amiel concerning fund-raising.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1922-1971
- Physical Description
- 1.5 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The series consists of alphabetically-organized subject files, which reflect Katz's involvement with various organizations and philanthropic efforts. Included is written correspondence, financial records, membership lists, publications and meeting minutes. Many of the correspondence files are organized by the name of the correspondent, many of whom are Rabbis or community leaders throughout Canada and the United States.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- General correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a postcard written in Hebrew addressed to Mr. S. Goldman.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- General correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 3
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence from 1939. Included are personal letters, a wedding invitation and correspondence and literature pertaining to Katz's involvement with philanthropic, Zionistic and religious activities. Of note are letters and bulletins released by the Joint Distribution Committee in 1939, including updates concerning the status of the refugees on board the SS St. Louis and bulletins describing the overseas activities of J.D.C. in September and October 1939.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Edelstein family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 111
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- text
- Date
- 1890-2005
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records
- 30 photographs
- 4 posters
- 2 artifacts
- 12 books
- 1 CD
- Admin History/Bio
- Isaac Edelstein (1889-Dec. 1954) was born to Ronya Edelstein (née Silver) ([18--?]-June 1921) and Abraham Edelstein (1846-[19--?]). The family moved to Canada in 1913, arriving in Quebec before settling in Toronto. Isaac, the eldest, had five siblings: Archibald, Bessy, Lilian, Goldie, and Harry. Isaac married Ida (Hebrew name: Chaya) (1898-1978), who immigrated to Canada from Gomel district in Homiel Province, Belarus.
- Isaac was a tailor and Ida was a dressmaker. Isaac and Ida had two children: Rony (nickname Renne) Rabassa (b. 4 Jan. 1931) and Albert (nickname Abi) Edelstein (26 Sept. 1925-1 May 2021).
- After meeting through shared involvement in Habonim, Albert married Ruth (née Blumenstein) (15 Sept. 1928-30 Mar. 2023) on 2 Jan. 1949. They had 4 children, 11 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.
- Albert received vocational training as a watchmaker at Central Technical School, and spent the majority of his career as a retailer, operating a jewelry store with his wife Ruth. He was the president of the District Jewelers Association (1983-1984) and the chairman of the Queen Broadview Business Improvement Area in the 1990s. Ruth and Albert's children were educated in the Jewish day school system. Ruth was involved in the National Council of Jewish Women.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the personal lives of members of the Edelstein family and their communal affiliations.
- Name Access
- Edelstein (family)
- Subjects
- Families
- Creator
- Albert Edelstein
- Accession Number
- 2000-1-1
- 2000-2-2
- 2000-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- General correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 3
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of general correspondence from 1936. Included is correspondence/literature pertaining to Katz's involvement with various Zionistic, religious and philanthropic organizations (e.g. Mizrachi organizations, United Palestine Appeal, The Hebrew Theological College).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Pappenheim family fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 113
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1906-2005
- Physical Description
- 2.0 m of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Albert Pappenheim (1921-1984) was born to Jonas (1877-1941) and Irma (1881-1941) Pappenheim in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He had three siblings, Ernst (b. 1911), Karla (m. Goldschmidt) (1912-1989), and Ruth (m. Possen) (1915-2010). From 1936-1938, Albert studied at the Jewish Teachers Seminary (ILBA) in Wurzburg, Germany, but his studies were interrupted due to Kristallnacht. Albert was sent to study at a yeshiva in England, but was declared an illegal immigrant with the start of the war and was interned and sent to Canada in 1940. He was interned at Ile aux Noix in Richelieu River in Quebec along with other yeshiva students. Upon his release from the camp, he resumed his rabbinical studies and became a prominent rabbi and community leader in Toronto. He married Rhoda Helen (née Kabatznik) Pappenheim (1925-1987) who was born to Eli and Sarah Kabatznik. Rhoda studied to be a teacher at Toronto Normal School. Albert and Rhoda had a daughter Irma. Albert's sister and brother-in-law Karla and Max Goldschmidt emigrated to Palestine. Sister and brother-in-law Ruth and Leo Possen eventually joined Albert in St. Catharines after the war.
- Albert received a BA in Oriental Languages in 1947 and MA in 1949 at the University of Toronto. He also continued his training at Yeshiva Torath Chaim Toronto under Rabbi Abraham Price and took the rabbinic exam in 1949. He led the Congregation B'nai Israel in St. Catharines, Ontario from 1948-1953. In 1953, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky to be the rabbi of Ohava Zion Congregation. While in Lexington, he was also a lecturer at the University of Kentucky in Hebrew and Biblical History. In 1956, he returned to Canada to be the rabbi of Beth David Congregation in Downsview, Toronto. Beth David amalgamated with B'nai Israel Synagogue in 1960 and with Beth Am Congregation in 1977. Albert also served on many rabbinical organizations and committees. He was the Chairman of the Education Committee for the United Synagogues of America, Ontario Region; Secretary of the Rabbinical Assembly, Central Region, Canada; and Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. His service and contributions to the rabbinical community was recognized through an honourary doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1975.
- Custodial History
- The records were donated by Irma Pappenheim, daughter of Albert and Rhoda Pappenheim in three accessions. Some of the letters created and accumulated in researching the Pappenheim family history were in the custody of her aunt Karla.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the life and activities of Rabbi Albert Pappenheim and his family, including genealogical research conducted by his daughter Irma Pappenheim. The majority of records document Albert's activities as a rabbi at B'nai Israel Congregation in St. Catharines, Ontario; Ohava Zion Congregation in Lexington, Kentucky; and Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Congregation in Toronto. Records include sermons and related research, newspaper clippings, newsletters, bulletins, scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence, and administrative records. Also included are copies and originals of family correspondence and related material chronologically documenting the Pappenheim family history from the 1930s onwards, including translations. Other records document Albert's personal life and education with some material related to his wife Rhoda and her mother Sarah Kabatznik and include posthumous tributes, letters, and clippings.
- Fonds is arranged into six series: 1. Personal, 2. Posthumous material, 3. Sermons and writings, 4. Rabbinical activities and congregational records, 5. Genealogical research 6. Scrapbooks
- Notes
- Physical Description Note: Includes ca. 250 photographs, 4 scrapbooks, 2 CDs, 3 audiocassettes, 1 audio disc and 1 USB key.
- Duplicate copies of genealogical research, sermon notes, and other publications were culled.
- Arrangement
- Original order was preserved whenever discernible with sermons and writings largely organized into subject files and genealogical research in chronological order.
- Creator
- Pappenheim (family)
- Accession Number
- 2005-10-1
- 2017-1-14
- 2017-8-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 2
- File
- 158
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of a booklet in Hebrew concerning Zionist youth movements.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Date
- 1923-1963
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 1 plaque
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a variety of personal records including: medical reports, certificates and plaques recognizing Katz's service; mementos from conferences and trips; personal receipts from charitable donations to Israel Bonds, Jewish National Fund and B'nai Zion; general correspondence, bill payments for services and taxes for his home, cottage and business; and 60th birthday greetings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of general correspondence. Included is correspondence pertaining to Mizrachi business; Katz's involvement with the start of the" Hebrew Journal"; correspondence pertaining to arrangements for summers spent in Bronte, ON. (e.g. notifying Toronto police of his absence, rerouting The Jewish Morning Journal, gardening services); a letter from Toronto G'millath Chasidim Association contacting Katz as guarantor or a loan; correspondence concerning properties owned by Katz (e.g. rent owning, property assessment, utilities, purchase of property in Bronte, ON in 1931, notice from the Department of Buildings requesting a repair of a chimney, insurance); a postcard in Yiddish; a personal letter of thanks from Samuel Factor, M.P.; a bill of sale for plumbing supplies; birthday greetings; correspondence with Horowitz Bros. & Margareten concerting information regarding the Customs Division of Canada and correspondence sent form Poland (e.g. a copy of a marriage certificate written in Hebrew and Yiddish, a wedding invitation) and miscellaneous correspondence in Yiddish. Also included are two letters sent by Katz to business associates requesting they not do business with his son, Ben, following Ben's decision to leave Reliable Tobacco once he got engaged in 1936. Also included is a medical report by Dr. A. I. Willinsky.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 87
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1928-1943
- Physical Description
- 67 cm of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Admin History/Bio
- Sometime around 1919, the Family Welfare Committee was set up within the newly created Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) to perform social welfare work with Jewish families. Around 1931, the Committee was reorganized as an independent member agency of the FJPT and renamed the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau (JFWB). At the same time, Dora Wilensky (1902-1959), a professionally-trained social worker, was hired as the agency’s executive director. Throughout its existence, most of its funding came from the FJPT (later the United Jewish Welfare Fund).
- Located at 179 Beverley Street, the JFWB’s core activities included: relief provision; helping families meet basic needs, such as medical care, heating and clothing; housekeeping assistance; counseling; and case work. The JFWB’s major concerns shifted over time from a rise of immigration and desertion cases in the 1920s to the dramatic increase of wife abuse, suicide, and unemployment cases during the Great Depression of the 1930s. After the outbreak of the Second World War, the JFWB sought ways of assisting soldiers and their families, such as, investigating special government grants to soldiers.
- In an attempt to meet community needs, the JFWB initiated various programs, such as a Homemaking Club to teach women house management skills, and a Clothing Centre to provide families with inexpensive household goods. It also partnered with other local Jewish organizations in the early 1940s in the Liaison Project for troubled Jewish youth. In the 1930s, the Jewish Employment Service and Hebrew Free Burial Society became departments of the JFWB and, in 1941, the JFWB began guaranteeing loans for clients through the Hebrew Free Loan Association. In the same year, the Jewish Big Sister Committee became affiliated with the agency and the Jewish Big Brother Movement followed soon after.
- In 1936, the JFWB became one of the first unionized social agencies in Canada when it formed the Staff Association with the Jewish Child Welfare Association (JCWA), another member of the FJPT. Although the JFWB’s focus was work with families and the JCWA’s focus was work with children, both agencies found it necessary at times to work with both children and families. In order to prevent service duplication and reduce confusion over casework responsibility, the Joint Application Bureau was set up within the FJPT to review all case work applications and determine the appropriate agency to provide assistance. However, a merger between the agencies was still believed necessary to improve service to the community and ease confusion. Discussions regarding the co-ordination of services between the JCWA and the JFWB began as early as 1935 and in February 1943, the JCWA and JFWB merged to form the Jewish Family and Child Services (JF & CS).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and one architectural drawing documenting the programs, operation, finances, and special studies of the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau as well as its relationships with other organizations. Included are reports, meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, memos, budgets, statistics, theatrical scripts, newsclippings, and one architectural blueprint. A number of the records relate to special short-lived committees and projects that the JFWB participated in with other agencies, such as the Jewish Big Sister Committee, Jewish Big Brother Committee, Jewish Child Welfare Association, the Jewish Community Centre Association, the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Old Folks' Home.
- Records have been arranged into the following 19 series: 1. Board of Directors; 2. Executive Director; 3. Jewish Federation Communal Council; 4. United Jewish Welfare Fund Men's and Women's Service Council; 5. Case Committe; 6. Joint Meetings and Committees; 7. Joint Application Bureau; 8. Homemaking Club; 9. Clothing Centre; 10. Liaison Project; 11. Operational statistics; 12. Finance and accounting; 13. Human Resources; 14. Special projects and studies; 15. Publicity; 16. Liaison with other social welfare organizations; 17. Canadian Association of Social Workers; 18. Welfare Council of Toronto; and, 19. Conferences.
- Notes
- Associated material note: for related records held at the City of Toronto Archives, see also: Welfare Council of Toronto records in the University Settlement House fonds (fonds 1024, series 658); and, Department of Public Welfare records in the Former City of Toronto fonds (fonds 200).
- Name Access
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau
- Jewish Community Centre Association
- Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Athletic Association (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
- Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (Toronto, Ont.) (subject)
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (subject)
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Subjects
- Charities
- Children
- Families
- Nonprofit organizations
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- See also: Jewish Child Welfare Association fonds (fonds 86); Jewish Family and Child Services fonds (fonds 79); Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds (fonds 66); and, United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds (fonds 67).
- Arrangement
- Records relating to programs, committees and liaison with other organizations that continued after the formation of JF & CS are arranged with that fonds.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Jewish Family Welfare Bureau fonds
- Liaison with other social welfare organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 87
- Series
- 16
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual records documenting the relationship between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association (Folks Farein). Included are newspaper clippings, correspondence, minutes from joint meetings between the JFWB and the Hebrew National Association.
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director and the head of the Jewish Family and Child prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Congregation Beth David fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 88
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1916]-1996, predominant 1940-1996
- Physical Description
- 38 cm of textual records (9v.) and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The Brantford Hebrew Association, Congregation Beth David’s precursor, was founded in 1907 when Rabbi Backer officiated Brantford’s first public Jewish religious service in an upper hall on George Street. Services had previously taken place in the homes of Jewish families, who had begun settling in the area around the turn of the century. By 1911, services had moved to the old Conservative Hall at Dalhousie and King Street. In 1915, the congregation purchased a building at 33 Palace Street and remodeled it into a synagogue. This building was also used as a community centre and for the Congregation’s Hebrew school.
- On October 13th, 1911 the congregation was incorporated, and the following year it purchased land for a cemetery in the northeast corner of Mount Hope Cemetery. Due to increasing membership, a new synagogue was built at 50 Waterloo Street in 1948. In January 1950, the congregation changed its name to Beth David in honour of member David Axler, who died during the Second World War while training as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- The congregation was at its peak in the 1960s with 150 member families. However, membership drastically fell after the children of this generation moved to larger cities and their parents followed after retirement. By 1999, only 28 families remained as members and services were reduced to being held on the High Holidays and special occasions, such as, b'nai mitzvah. Dwindling resources and membership forced the congregation to close around 2001. Throughout its existence, over 30 rabbis served the congregation, including Rabbi Saul Wolfe Gringorten (ca. 1910-1923). Its cemetery continues to be looked after by Allan Norris, a past president of the congregation.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting the acitivities, religious programs and services, membership, and finances of Congregation Beth David, as well as the recognition and honours awarded by and to Brantford's Jewish community. Included are meeting minutes, photographs, plaques, a key, a marriage register, general ledgers, ledgers and lists of membership dues and receipts, audited financial statements, budgets, correspondece, bulletins, office stationary, newsclippings, certificates, library book cards, bookplates, rabbi contracts, and surveys.
- Fonds has been arranged into the following six series: 1. Meetings ; 2. Religious programs and services; 3. Finances & accounting ; 4. Administrative functions ; 5. Bulletins ; and, 6. Events.
- Notes
- Includes 10 microfiches of textual records, 5 architectural drawings, 11 photographs (4 negatives), 3 plaques, 1 mounted letter and 1 key.
- Fonds was reduced from ca. 1 metre to ca. 45 cm. See accession 2001-10-3 for further information about the culled material.
- Name Access
- Congregation Beth David (Brantford, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Physical Condition
- The binding on some of the general ledgers is fragile and coming apart. They have been stored flat to reduce any strain.
- The architectural drawings have some tears and should be flattened.
- Related Material
- Please see the Sadie Stren fonds 78 for other records documenting Brantford's Jewish community and the Beth David Congregation, including the synagogue's original letters of incorporation.
- For other photographs documenting Congregation Beth David, see: accesssion 1976-6-5 (photo # 1133); accession 1976-6-6 (photos # 1138, 1137, 1136); accession 1976-6-13; accession 1986-2-2 (photos #3593-3595, 3856, 3889-3894), photo #918; and, photo #578.
- For records related to Beth David's namesake, David Axler, and photographs of its cemetery, please see accession #2004-5-71.
- For records of Rabbi Gringorten, see accession #2009-2-5 and 2008-11-3
- For additional records related to Brantford families and other Jewish organizations, such as the Hadassah chapter and B'nai Brith lodge, please see accession #2001-10-3; MG 2J29a, #2009-7-1, 1978-11-4, 1977-8-16, 1992-8-3, 1980-1-14, 1978-1-2, 2008-7-1, photo# 109, photo# 755, and photo #758.
- Arrangement
- Fonds is arranged to the file-level, but only described to the series-level. Three file-level descriptions exist for files attached directly to the fonds. Photographs with existing item-level descriptions were also attached to the fonds.
- Creator
- Congregation Beth David (Brantford, Ont.)
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2001-10-3
- 1978-11-4
- 1981-12-2 / MG3 B16
- 1976-6-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Congregation Beth David fonds
- Finances and accounting series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 88
- Series
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930-1996, predominant 1958-1992
- Physical Description
- 16 cm of textual records (5 v.)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of textual records documenting Congregation Beth David's financial activities. Included are general ledgers, audited financial statements, a budget, ledgers and lists of membership dues and receipts, a provincial annual return, and correspondence regarding donations both received and given by Beth David. Also included are certificates received by Beth David for various donations and lists of donations made to the Congregation during a crisis fund drive in May 1988. Of note is one certificate for the Congregation's donation of a sefer Torah for the synagogue of a new settlement in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- B'nai Brith Lodge No. 1154 fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 91
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 2 banners : 161 x 98 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one felt lodge banner that is attached to a wooden pole and one banner of the Association of the Well-being of Israeli Soldiers (Aguda L'man Hachayal) that has an accompanying metal stand.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- B'nai Brith Lodge No. 1154 fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 91
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- object
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 plaque
- 1 album
- 2 pins
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the lodge's support of the Jewish National Fund. Included is one tribute plaque that was presented to lodge president Maurie Stren, one "Let my People Go" pin, one Israel 46 pin, and one photo album presented by the Karen Kayemeth Leisrael. Photographs in the album document Kibbutz Lakav.
- 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
- 140
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- ca.1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of leaflets, floor plans, prospectus documents, a photograph, and various correspondence regarding the Kfar Ono building project.
- The Hebrew text on the front of the photograph translates to, "Residence for refugees. The United Committee for the Jews of Poland."
- 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
- 141
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950-1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs and correspondence with Hitachduth Olei Polin B'Israel (the Farband of Polish Jews in Israel), with Dr. Zvi Heller, regarding sending money and wool to Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-]-[197-]
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records
- 68 photographs : b&w and sepia (23 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records documenting Lipa Green's personal life. Included are donation receipts, greeting and bereavement cards, event invitations, personal correspondence, speeches and writings, photographs, and a scrapbook.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 106
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1914-1979
- Physical Description
- 63 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs (1894-1989) was the spiritual leader of Goel Tzedec Synagogue from 1927 to 1946, when the congregation was housed on University Ave.
- Rabbi Sachs was born on 1 September 1894 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was the son of Yehuda Sachs and Reiza Malka Sachs. He had two siblings: sisters Khaya Sachs and Rebecca Sachs.
- As a child he attended Radin, one of the classical yeshivas in Lithuania. Coming to the United States, he studied at the Isaac Eichanan Yeshiva and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He received his smicha (rabbinical ordination) in 1916 and in the ensuing ten years served in Brooklyn, Detroit, and Portland, Oregon.
- He married Florence "Fayge" Farber (1902-1976) on 24 Oct. 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. Together, they had four children: Judah (Jerry) Raphael Walpert, David Sachs; Mendel Sachs and Elliott Sachs.
- In 1927, Sachs moved to Toronto to become the spiritual leader of Goel Tzedec Synagogue.
- Notably, Sachs led the deputations to Mayor William Stewart to stop the flaunting of an inflammatory swastika banner during the Christie Pits riot of 1933. The following year, when the Canadian Jewish Congress was reorganized, Sachs joined the public relations committee, which he chaired for a time. He was also active on the Jewish education committee, the German boycott committee and the arbitration committee.
- Later, in the war years, he was chairman of the Intra-Jewish Committee — a body which undertook to enforce that Jewish merchants and dealers complied with the wartime restrictions on various supplies and provisions.
- He acted as prison chaplain in the 1930s and honorary chaplain to the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- He left Toronto in 1946 because of an illness that was removing his voice leaving him unable to perform most of his rabbinical tasks. In California he partially regained this function and carried on certain rabbinical and teaching tasks. He died on 25 April 1989 in Santa Monica at the age of 94.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created by Rabbi Samuel Sachs. Included are his sermons and related notes on a number of biblical themes, general writings, prayers, speeches, and general correspondence.
- Name Access
- Sachs, Samuel, 1894-1989
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rabbi Samuel Sachs fonds
- Sermons series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 106
- Series
- 1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?]-[194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah sermons
- Yom Kippur sermons
- Source
- Archival Descriptions