Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jacob Adler was born circa 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adler. He was married to Rose Adler. Adler was originally from Guelph, Ontario where he worked in the clothing business, and was a founding member of Guelph's Beth Isaiah Synagogue. In the 1950s, Jacob and Rose moved to Toronto. He was the Gabbai of Beth David Synagogue in Toronto for over twenty-five years and a supporter of Jewish and non-Jewish charities, schools and hospitals. Adler died on 15 November 1989, at the age of ninety-three.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jacob "Jack" Adler.

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jacob Adler was born in circa 1896, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Adler. He was married to Rose Adler (ca. 1899-1998). Jacob was originally from Guelph, Ontario where he worked in the clothing business, and was a founding member of Guelph's Beth Isaiah Synagogue. In the 1950s, Jacob and Rose moved to Toronto. He was the Gabbai of Beth David Synagogue in Toronto for over twenty-five years and both Jacob and Rose were supporters of Jewish and non-Jewish charities, schools and hospitals. Jacob died on 15 November 1989, at the age of ninety-three, and Rose died on 30 October 1998, at the age of ninety-nine.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jacob "Jack" and Rose Adler.

Subjects

Married people

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Isaac Aronoff was born in Bialistock, Poland in 1908. He came to Canada in 1933 and was active in the Toronto Jewish community until his death in December 2004.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Isaac Aronoff.

Name Access

Aronoff, Isaac

Subjects

Rabbis

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Irving Chapley was a North York city councillor and member of Metropolitan Toronto Council from 1974 until his death, making him one of the city's longest running representatives. He was born in 1924 and was married to Norma (née Levinson) and had two children: David and Rosanne. He was an active member of B'nai B'rith before entering into the political sphere. The Irving Chapley Community Centre and Park is located in his former North York ward on Wilmington Avenue. Chapley died on 21 June 1992, at the age of 68.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Irving Chapley.

Subjects

Politicians

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jacob Egit was born 27 August 1912, in Poland, the son of Moses and Shindel Egit. He married Clara (née Schwartzbard) and had three children: Mary (Betel), Ryszard and Mark.

After completing his schooling in Poland, he became a journalist and was a staff member of the Polish and Jewish press and active in communal work in pre-war Poland. After the Second World War, Egit became associated with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRA) and the Joint Distribution Committee, and took part in the rehabilitation of Jewish persons from DP camps. He later became director of a book publishing firm.

In 1958 he came to Toronto with his family and became the associate executive director of the Israel Histadrut Campaign, a member of the Speakers Bureau of the Canadian Jewish Congress, secretary of the Organization of the Jews from Poland and a member of the Executive of the Toronto Jewish Cultural Association.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jacob Egit.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Samuel Factor was born 26 October 1892, in Russia to Morris Factor and Rivka (née Sprincen) Factor. He came to Canada in 1902 with his family and attended McCaul Street School, Jarvis Collegiate Institute and went on to study law at Osgoode Law School. In 1917, he left his law practice to enlist in the University Officers' Training Corps and served with the Canadian Army in the First World War, attaining the rank of Lieutenant in 1918.

In 1922, he married Ida (née Levine) and had two children: Martin and Shera (Abrams). After Ida's death in 1953, he married Florence Factor.

In 1923, he was elected as a trustee to the Board of Education and was subsequently elected Alderman for Toronto's Ward Four in 1926, and again in 1929. In 1930, he became Ontario's first Jewish M.P., winning the Spadina riding for the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in 1935 and 1940. In 1945, he was appointed County Court Judge for York County, after serving as squadron leader during the Second World War. He died while still a practicing judge on 21 August 1962 at the age of 69.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Judge Samuel Factor, Q.C.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Judges

Politicians

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Carl Fenwick was born to Sam and Dora Fenik. He had four brothers: Joseph, Martin, Earl and Reuben.

Scope and Content

Item is a portait of Carl Fenwick.

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Reuben Fenwick was born on 15 March 1925, to Sam and Dora Fenik. He had four brothers: Joseph, Martin, Carl and Earl. In 1952, he married his wife, Florence, and had five children: Gordon, Karen (Unterman), Paul, Stanley, and Joel. He was the founder and president of Fenwick Automotive Products, a manufacturing company founded in 1949. He was instrumental in developing the family-owned organization into one of North America's leading remanufacturers, with a production facility employing 800 people in Toronto, as well as six Canadian satellite warehouses and one in the United States. As a philanthropist, he supported over forty charities, including Baycrest Hospital and the Starlight Foundation.

He was a founding member of Beth Torah Congregation in Toronto. Fenwick died on 17 March 2004, at the age of 79.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Reuben Fenwick.

Subjects

Businesspeople

Philanthropists

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Dr. Israel Frankel was born 7 March 1909, in Stryj, Galicia to Rabbi Asher Isaiah and Bath Sheva Frankel. He moved to Dublin, Ireland where he was ordained in 1929. He married Faygie (née Steinberg) and together had four children: Bath-Sheba, Joshua, Asher and Esther. In 1950, the family immigrated to Toronto.

Rabbi Frankel was director of Camp Galil, former lecturer at Midrashah L'Morim, on the executive of Mizrachi and Hapoel Hamizrachi and executive director of the Toronto Jewish Public Library. He was the Rabbi at Shaarei Tzedec Synagogue for many years.

Rabbi Frankel died in 1977, at the age of 68.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Dr. Israel Frankel.

Name Access

Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)

Frankel, Israel

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Rabbis

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

12

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

John Judah Glass was born 31 October 1895, in England, the son of Morris and Pearl Glass. In 1907, Glass immigrated to Toronto, two years after his father. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1917 and received his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1921. He married Anne Ethel (née Horowitz) and had two children: George and Jesse.

Glass was a practicing barrister and solicitor and a member of the Canadian Bar Association. He served with the Canadian army during the First and Second World Wars. He was a member of the Toronto Board of Education (1928-1930), was Alderman with the Toronto City Council (1931-1934), and was a Liberal MPP for St. Andrew's Riding (1934-1943).

He was on the Board of Governors of Beth Tzedec Congregation; was the past president of the Toronto Zionist Council; was on the national and regional executive of the Zionist Organization of Canada; was a founder of the Canadian Jewish Congress; was the past president of Toronto B'nai B'rith; was a founder and first president of the General Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion; and was affiliated with the Toronto Council of Christians and Jews, the Palestine Lodge, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital, the Jewish Historical Society, United Jewish Appeal, Jewish National Fund, and the State of Israel Bonds.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of John J.Glass.

Name Access

Glass, John Judah, 1895-1973

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Lawyers

Politicians

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Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Lipa (Louis) Green was born on 15 April 1899 in Usupow, Poland. He emigrated to Toronto in 1910 and later began work as a bricklayer. In 1924, Lipa married Fanny Green and had three sons: Abraham (Al), Harold and Sam; and three daughters: Deana (Weiman), Rookie (Goldstein), and Shavy (Tishler). In 1948, with partner, Arthur Weinstock, he founded the Greenview Construction Company, later to be renamed Greenwin. Green's sons, Al and Harold, along with Weinstock's son-in-law Al Latner, later became involved in the business.

Green was a prominent Jewish communal leader and philanthropist in Toronto and was affiliated with organizations such as the Labor Zionists (Farband), the Jewish Vocational Service and the Jewish Public Library. The current building for Jewish agencies in Toronto is named the Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services.

Lipa Green died in December 1976, at the age of 77.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Lipa Green.

Name Access

Green, Lipa, 1899-1976

Subjects

Businesspeople

Immigrants--Canada

Philanthropists

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Green was born 22 September 1898, in Poland, the son of Younison and Rivka Green. He married Toby (née Goldman) and had three children: Goldie, Carl and Jerry.

Green was an active member of the Toronto Jewish community. He was the past president and secretary of the Ostrovtzer Congregation; president of the Adeth Israel Congregation in Oshawa; president of the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society; founder and secretary of the Radomer Co-operative Credit Association Ltd.; founder and treasurer of the Canadian Polish Farband; executive member of the Canadian Jewish Congress Board; national recording secretary of the United Radomer Relief, USA and Canada; founder of the Warsaw Lodzer; founder of the Toronto branch of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society; founder of Beth Radom Congregation, and an active Israel Bonds salesman.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Isadore Green.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1962]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Isadore Green was born 22 September 1898, in Poland, the son of Younison and Rivka Green. He married Toby (née Goldman) and had three children: Goldie, Carl and Jerry.

Green was an active member of the Toronto Jewish community. He was the past president and secretary of the Ostrovtzer Congregation; president of the Adeth Israel Congregation in Oshawa; president of the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society; founder and secretary of the Radomer Co-operative Credit Association Ltd.; founder and treasurer of the Canadian Polish Farband; executive member of the Canadian Jewish Congress Board; national recording secretary of the United Radomer Relief, USA and Canada; founder of the Warsaw Lodzer; founder of the Toronto branch of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society; founder of Beth Radom Congregation, and an active Israel Bonds salesman.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Isadore and Toby Green.

Subjects

Married people

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

Lipa (Louis) Green was born on 15 April 1899 in Usupow, Poland. He immigrated to Toronto in 1910 and later began work as a bricklayer. In 1924, he married Fanny Green and had three sons: Abraham (Al), Harold and Sam; and three daughters: Deana (Weiman), Rookie (Goldstein), and Shavy (Tishler). Green was a prominent Jewish communal leader in Toronto and was affiliated with organizations such as the Labor Zionists (Farband), the Jewish Vocational Service and the Jewish Public Library. The current building for Jewish agencies in Toronto is named the Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services. Lipa Green died in December 1976, at the age of 77.

Arthur Weinstock was born in Poland on 10 May 1904. He was married to Lily (née Weinper) and had two daughters: Renée (Hardoon) and Temmy (Latner). He was instrumental in founding the Delight Dress Manufacturing Company, in later years known as Delight Textiles. Weinstock was active in supporting many Jewish organizations in Toronto. He was a founding member of the Toronto chapter of the Israel Bonds Prime Minister's Club, and was a member of the Toronto Bonds Board of Governors. Weinstock died in May 1976, at the age of 72.

Together in 1948, Green and Weinstock founded the Greenview Construction Company. Green's sons, Al and Harold, along with Weinstock's son-in-law Al Latner, later became involved in the business, which they renamed Greenwin. Weinstock remained on the board and was chairman of the company at the time of his death.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Lipa Green and Arthur Weinstock.

Name Access

Green, Lipa, 1899-1976

Subjects

Businesspeople

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Harry Harris.

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Benjamin Gershon Kayfetz was born in Toronto on 24 December 1916, the son of Max and Leah Kayfetz. He graduated with a B.A. in modern languages from the University of Toronto in 1939, and a B.E.D. from the Ontario College of Education in 1940. In 1955, he married Eva (née Silver) and had three daughters: Zena (Tanenbaum), Tamara (Kingston) and Rebecca (Hamill).

Between the years 1941 and 1943, he worked as a high school teacher in Huntsville and Niagara Falls. In 1943, he joined the war effort, working for the Department of National Defense in Postal Censorship and was responsible for reviewing prisoner of war mail. After the war, Kayfetz traveled to British-occupied Germany, where he worked as a censor of telecommunications with the Control Commission until 1947.

Upon returning to Toronto, he was hired as the national director of Community Relations by the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), and the national executive director of the Joint Community Relations Committee (JCRC), a CJC - B'nai B'rith cooperative organization. He also served as the central region executive director of the CJC between 1973 and 1978. During his tenure, he worked with various churches, unions and minority groups to develop anti-discrimination laws and for the protection of minority and religious rights.

Kayfetz was also actively involved in promoting the welfare of Jewish communities worldwide, and made visits to Cuba in 1962 and 1965, and Russia in 1985. After his retirement in 1985, he was awarded the Samuel Bronfman Medal by the Canadian Jewish Congress. In recognition of his efforts to promote human rights, he was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1986.

In addition to his professional activities, Kayfetz was a prolific writer, and wrote articles for various Jewish publications under both his own name and the pseudonym, Gershon B. Newman, and gave a weekly radio address on various contemporary Jewish issues on CHIN radio. He was also actively involved in the Toronto Jewish Historical Society, serving as its president, the Canadian Jewish Historical Society and the Yiddish Luncheon Circle. Ben Kayfetz died on 15 February 2002, at the age of 85.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ben Kayfetz.

Name Access

Kayfetz, Benjamin, 1916-2002

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

21

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Meir and Temma (née Winnerib) Kerbel.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Married people

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

22

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Daniel Edward Kert was married to Marion Kert and had three children: Roey, Ellen (Laan), and Robin (Foley). Kert was on the board of directors of the YM-YWHA, was the vice-president of the Baycrest Hospital's Men's Service Group and was the first "Honour Roll" editor. Kert died on 14 October 1988.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Daniel E. Kert.

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

23

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Hyman Kirshenbaum was born in Toronto in 1915. He married to Esther Kirshenbaum and had two children: Martin and Mindy. He was also the cousin of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum of London, Ontario. He was in the printing business.

Kirshenbaum was involved in the Labour Zionist Movement, and his father was one of the Labour Zionist Alliance's founders in 1910. He was a member of the executive committee and regional council of the Canadian Jewish Congress; was the associate treasurer of the Canadian Zionist Federation, Central Region; was on the board of the Israel-Histadrut campaign; and a member of the LZA's National Bond Committee.

Kirshenbaum died on 24 November 1975.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Hyman Kirshenbaum.

Subjects

Labor Zionists

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

24

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w : 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Israel Sholom Langner was born in Toronto to Rabbi Solomon and Frimet (née Babad) Langner. He is in the trucking business and is currently active with the Shaarei Tzedec and Kiever Synagogues. He is also involved with the Jewish Education Program (JEP), affiliated with Ohr Somayach International.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Sholom Langner.

Name Access

Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Education Program (Toronto, Ont.)

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Langner, Israel Sholom

Subjects

Rabbis

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Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ben Lappin was born in Kielce, Poland, on 1 May 1916. He was the son of Leibish and Sarah Lapidus. Lappin moved with his family to Canada in 1924. He married Adah Auerbach and had four children: Shalom, David, Naomi and Daniel.

Lappin received his undergraduate degree from McMaster University and his master’s and doctoral degrees in social work from the University of Toronto. He spent several years at the Training Bureau for Jewish Communal Service in New York and returned to the University of Toronto in 1958, where he was a professor in the School of Social Work until 1970. He then accepted an appointment at the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University in Israel, later becoming its director. In 1963, he published The Redeemed Children: The story of the rescue of the war orphans by the Jewish community of Canada. He later wrote a number of other books, several humorous pieces for the CBC and Macleans Magazine, and served as editor of the Toronto Yiddisher Zhurnal’s English-language page.

From 1948 to 1958, he was the executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and was involved with the national executive committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress; the Canadian Association of Social Workers; and the Farband Labour Zionist Organization of Canada. Ben Lappin died in January 2001, at the age of 84.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ben Lappin.

Subjects

Authors

Immigrants--Canada

Social workers

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Dr. Irwin Lightman was born on 22 October 1919, in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah Lichtman of Galicia, Austria. On 20 July 1946, he married Selma (née Vise) and together they had three children: Bernard, Ellen and Jonathan. Lightman was a dentist by profession. He was an active supporter of the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Dr. Irwin (Litch) Lightman.

Subjects

Dentists

Immigrants--Canada

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Martin Irwin Lockshin was born in Toronto in 1952, the son of Louis Leon and Sylvia Lockshin (née Freedman). He received his PhD from Brandeis University in 1984 and is also an ordained rabbi.

Currently, Professor Martin Lockshin is an associate professor of humanities in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at York University. He has published extensively and recently completed a term as director of York's Centre for Jewish Studies.

Scope and Content

Item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Martin Lockshin.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Rabbis

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

29

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Gordon Mendly in his studio on College Street.

Repro Restriction

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Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

30

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sarah (née Rawet) Mendly was born to Shapsa and Feiga Rawet. The family immigrated to Canada sometime around 1926. Sarah was the president of the Toronto Chapter of the B’nai Brith Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Herzl Zion Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. Sarah Mendly was the wife of photographer, Gordon Mendly. She died on 31 December 1992.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sarah Mendly in her husband's studio on College Street.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Repro Restriction

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Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

31

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Henry Moos was born in 1923. He was the president and chairman of Kennedy Travel Bureau Limited/Kentours for forty-three years. He was married to Vera Moos and had two children: Tom and Cindy. He was a member of Temple Sinai Congregation. He died on 22 November 1997.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Henry Moos.

Name Access

Moos, Henry

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Green was born in 1897, in Kaminka, Poland, the son of Reb Chaim Shochet. In 1913, he immigrated with his family to Toronto, at the age of sixteen. Three years later he married Tilly (née Litowitz) and had three children: Hyman, Beulah and Esther.

Green was an active member of several Jewish organizations and clubs, such as the Palestine Lodge, and was president of the Hebrew National Association (Folks Farein), president of Beth Lida Congregation, vice-president of the Mount Sinai Cemetery Association, vice-president of the Jewish Public Library, vice-president of the College Memorial Chapel , vice-president of the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, and was on the board of directors of the United Jewish Welfare Fund. Green died on 13 May 1977.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of David Green.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

33

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Morris Orenstein was the president of the Workman's Circle. He was married to Lillian Orenstein and had two children: Frank and Janice. He was a member of Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Orenstein died on 1 January 1992.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Morrs Orenstein.

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

34

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Sara Pachter was a Toronto travel agent who was popular within the Jewish community for her guided tours of Israel. She was married to Harry J. Pachter and had four children: Maida (Williams), Charles, Karen (Ross), and David.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Sara Pachter.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

35

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Posen was born in 1908, in Pinsk, Poland, to Yakov Shleime and Ethel (née Stravietz) Posenitsky. He was married to Blanche (née Cohen) Spiegel Posen and had three children: Karen (Davidman), Stephen, and David. Blanche also had two other children from a previous marraige: Barry Spiegel and Joy (née Spiegel) Cohen. Harry Posen was the co-owner of a dental laboratory named Posen and Furie. He was a member of Holy Blossom Temple and Ontario Men's O.R.T. He died on 20 May 1985.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Posen.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

37

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1964]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Max Rosen was married to Bessie (née Aronoff) Blumenthal Rosen. They had three children: Sadie, Frances, and Carl Allan, as well as Dr. A. Blumenthal from Bessie's previous marriage to Max Blumenthal.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Max Rosen.

Repro Restriction

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

38

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Ralph Rotman was born in 1907, in Rachov, Poland. He was married to Rebecca Rotman and had two children: Dorothy and Robert. Rotman was a builder in Toronto for over forty years. He began building homes in the 1920s and shortly after formed a partnership, Boneh and Rotman, and branched into apartment and office buildings. He primarily built homes in the Dixie Road and Queen Elizabeth Way area, as well as the Bathurst Street and Eglinton Avenue areas. He was also associated with Strathclair Construction Ltd. and Ralgreen Developments.

Rotman was very involved with Israel Histadrut, serving as treasurer during the 1950s and as campaign chairman during the 1960s. He was also a representative of the Construction Division of the United Appeal of Toronto.

Rotman died on 17 June 1970, at the age of 63.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Ralph Rotman.

Subjects

Businesspeople

Immigrants--Canada

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Archival Descriptions

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

43

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Harry Simon was born on 15 July 1909, in Russia, the son of Sam and Rachel Simon. He immigrated to Toronto in 1924 with his parents, and in 1930, he married Eva (née Millman). Together, they had a son named Morris.

Simon was most active in the field of labour-management relations. At the age of twenty, he represented the Fur Workers Union as its business agent, and went on to act as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, a Canadian representative of the International Leather Goods Union and the American Federation of Labour. He served on many conciliation boards and helped settle numerous industrial disputes. He was considered to be the youngest labour leader in Canada.

Simon was actively involved in the community as the regional director for the Canadian Labour Congress; on the regional council of the Canadian Jewish Congress; chairman of the Jewish Labour Committee in Toronto; vice-chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Toronto Labour Council; affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Independent Workers' Circle, the Fur Workers Union, and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters of America; on the Executive of Histadrut; and on the Board of the Borochov School.

Harry Simon passed away on 22 December 1993, at the age of 84.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Harry Simon.

Name Access

Simon, Harry, 1909-1993

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

Labor leaders

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

44

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Jack Slan was born in 1918, in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Russian immigrant parents, Joseph and Sophie Slan. He had two brothers, Robert and Leon (Lennie Stein, Canadian Amateur Heavyweight Champion, 1935-1937, and Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame inductee). In 1922, the family moved to Toronto. Jack later met and married his first wife, Jerry Slan, and his second wife, Pearl (née Potash).

In 1945, Jack and his two brothers founded Dominion Luggage in Toronto's garment district. Jack was the designer and creative force behind the company, while his brothers handled the business aspects and the sales. The company was later sold in 1972 to Warrington Products. Jack passed away on 28 September 2002.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Jack Slan.

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Cantor Samuel Stolnitz was born in 1914, in Vilna, Lithuania, the son of Cantor Nathan and Jennie Stolnitz. He came to Canada with his parents at the age of twelve, first arriving in Ottawa in 1926. The family later moved to Toronto in 1929. He was married to Anne Stolnitz.

Cantor Stolnitz first served as Cantor in Vancouver and Minneapolis, before becoming the Cantor of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, and later, the Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue. Cantor Stolnitz died on 19 April 2004.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Cantor Samuel Stolnitz.

Name Access

Stolnitz, Samuel

Subjects

Cantors (Judaism)

Immigrants--Canada

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

47

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Marvin Ungerman married Sharon (née Friendly) on 9 May 1961. He was involved in the family poultry business, opening up a chick-raising operation outside of Port Perry.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Marvin Ungerman.

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

48

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Kalmen Wagner was born on 12 October 1892, in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland. He was married to Bina (née Wagner) and had three children: Harry, Sam and Charlie Goldman. Wagner was executive director of the Toronto Poalei Zion, and was active in Israel Histadrut. Wagner died on 16 August 1972, at the age of 79.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Kalmen Wagner.

Subjects

Immigrants--Canada

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

50

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg was the Rosh HaYeshiva and president of the faculty of Ner Israel Yeshiva College of Toronto.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg.

Subjects

Rabbis

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

51

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Herbert J. Weiss was born in 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Weiss. He was married to Lillian Weiss and had two children: David and Linda. Weiss was an insurance broker and manager at Dominion Life. He was founder and first president of the Baycrest Men's Service Group, and was active in the Goel Tzedec Junior League, B'nai Brith and the United Jewish Appeal. He was also a member of Holy Blossom Temple. He died on 14 June 1974, at the age of 71.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Herbert J. Weiss.

Name Access

Weiss, Herbert J.

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Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

52

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1960]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

Lipa Wise (1908-1994) was born in 1908. He was married to Dora and had three sons: Sidney, Arnold and Martin. Wise was an active member of the Labour Zionist Alliance and a member of Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue. He died on 27 May 1994, at the age of 86.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of Lipa Wise.

Name Access

Wise, Lipa

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

3

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

21 Mar. 1965

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an image of the Arbeiter Ring (Workman's Circle) group standing with a resident of the Jewish Home for the Aged, who is seated in a wheelchair.

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1966]

Physical Description

6 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images of Beth Jacob High School staff, teachers, and students during Hanukkah celebrations at Murray House.

Subjects

Hanukkah

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1 Apr. 1966

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images of students of the Bialik Hebrew Day School, at 14 Viewmount Avenue, participating in a school performance. The students are dancing while holding scythes and wheat.

Name Access

Bialik Hebrew Day School

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Places

Viewmount Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

B'nai Brith lodges sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-1

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

23 Apr. 1964

Physical Description

7 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at the B'nai Brith Forest Hill Lodge installation of officers banquet held at the Northwood Golf Club in Toronto. The images depict invited guests, speakers at podiums, and several members receiving certificates and plaques.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

B'nai Brith lodges sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-1

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

8 Jan. 1963

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two images of the B'nai Brith Sportsman Lodge at the Jewish Home for the Aged. The Lodge members are standing with a new food cart, given as a gift to the home, and receiving a plaque from a member of the Men's Service Group in return.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

B'nai Brith lodges sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-1

File

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

22 Sep. 1963

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of an image of the B'nai Brith Sterling Lodge presenting a cheque to the Jewish Home for the Aged and an image of the Lodge being presented with a plaque of recognition from the National Recreation Association.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1965

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one class photo of an I. L. Peretz school group and one image of the interior of an I. L. Peretz classroom, with students seated at their desks.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-4

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one image of the Jewish Home for the Aged bowling group engaged in a game and one image of a tournament trophy.

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-4

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

4 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This file consist of images of the interior of the Jewish Home for the Aged, including the pharmacy, a resident getting a haircut, and a resident distributing Yiddish newspapers to other residents. The images appear to have been taken for publicity reasons, perhaps for a fundraising campaign.

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Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-4

File

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two negatives taken at the Jewish Home for the Aged fundraising lottery draw. The images depict a man standing in front of the lottery board and at a podium. The grand prize of the lottery totaled $25,000.

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