- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 3
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Meyer Hoffman was born in Poland in 1894, immigrated to Israel in 1933 and died in 1979. He was both a writer and a teacher.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a tribute book in memory of Meyer Hoffman and includes a family history, Meyer Hoffman's writings and tributes from family and friends.
- Subjects
- Families
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Arab-Israeli War series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- cartographic material
- Date
- [194-?]-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 maps
- Admin History/Bio
- At the beginning of the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948, Arab forces controlled the roads between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, where Jewish forces were stationed. Dunkelman assisted in finding an alternative route between the two cities, which was called the Burma Road. Operation Maccabee on 1 May 1948 was a plan to use air strikes against Arab forces in order to assist Jewish convoys travelling along the Burma Road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two copies of a map of a section of the Burma Road, a report on Operation Maccabee, and a 1986 historical article about the Burma Road.
- Related Material
- See fonds 2, series 6 for more information on the Burma Road.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Arab-Israeli War series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 5
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961-1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four articles related to Operation Hiram: one in the magazine Bamahane, two in the magazine Marhot, and one excerpted from the 1986 book Face to Face with the Nazi Enemy. The Bamahane article and the book excerpt contain photographs of Dunkelman.
- Notes
- Mul ha'oyev ha'Nazi (Face to Face with the Nazi Enemy: Fighters Tell their Story) was written by Avraham Ingber, et al. (Tel Aviv: Association of Disabled Veterans of the War with the Nazis, 1986).
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Benjamin Dunkelman fonds
- Zionist series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 2
- Series
- 2
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter by Jacob Tsur to Ben Dunkelman in connection with Teddy Kollek and the Leon Uris novel Exodus.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Community activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-3
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 26 Mar. 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 plaque : metal ; 28 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a plaque honouring Sol Edell for his service to the community.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Aliyah series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 8
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [1989?]
- Physical Description
- 100 architectural drawings
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies of a newspaper clipping and architectural drawings for a housing project in Israel. The architectural drawings were photocopied in sections and some of the photocopies have been taped together to re-create the form of the original.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 72
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes taken by Sol Edell for a Mizrachi youth meeting in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 73
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a group photo.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- General community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 11
- File
- 74
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting agendas and minutes, financial statements, and correspondence.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains three Hebrew primers used at Yeshivah Torath Chaim.
- Name Access
- Indelman, Elchanan
- Bachrach, Kalman
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains the curricula of Yeshivah Torath Chaim from the 1940s. It contains details in both Hebrew and English for each grade.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 21
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [between 1947 and 1959]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file contains a blank report card of the Yeshivah Torath Chaim at their College Street location.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 45
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Edward "Eddie" Lindgren was born on 4 November 1926 to Betty and Tycko Lindgren in Toronto. He married Charlotte Minerva Nussbaum on 30 June 1952 and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Scope and Content
- This file contains JNF Tree Fund certificate no. 2843, for two trees, made out "In the name of Elijah Lidgren," "on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, Nov. 4/39 Inscribed by the Western So. Hadassah Chapter, Toronto, Ont." Elijah is likely Betty's son Edward's Hebrew name.
- Notes
- Biographical information on Edward Lindgren taken from Betty Lindgren's book of "family research," Fonds 45, file 12.
- Name Access
- Elijah Lindgren
- Edward Lindgren
- Physical Condition
- Certificate is slightly stained.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1915-1933
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a copy of the Text Book of the Toronto Jewish Free School, written and published in Toronto by Edmund Scheuer in 1915. It was printed by the Traders Printing and Stationery Company. The book has been inscribed "Souvenir of Edmund Scheuer Sept. 1933" on the inside front cover.
- The book contains prayers, songs and hymns, information on Jewish holidays, and a chronology of important dates in Jewish history.
- Accession Number
- 2004-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Nov. 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Marriage records
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions