- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932-1984
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records (1 vol.)
- 24 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Dora Tobias married Morris S. Till on 21 May 1916, in Toronto. They had two children, Sigmund and Cecile, both of whom she outlived. Sigmund died tragicallyin 1938 at the age of 11 after a sudden illness. Cecile married Frank Goldhar and they had two children, Sheila Anne and Meyer Garson.
- Morris Till (1892-1977) was born in Poland to Solomon and Cyril Till. The family later immigrated to Toronto in 1914. In business, Morris headed the M. S. Till and Company Limited, a lingerie manufacturing company.
- Morris was one of Toronto's prominent communal leaders, holding positions on the boards and executives of Goel Tzedec Synagogue, the YM-YWHA, Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital, B'nai Brith, Mount Sinai Hospital, Zionist Council of Toronto and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. He was primarily responsible for merging the United Palestine and Jewish Welfare fund appeals into one campaign, now known as the United Jewish Appeal.
- Morris Till was honoured on numerous occasions throughout his lifetime, including a citation from the Keren Hayesod United Israel Appeal in recognition of distinquished service to the State of Israel.
- Scope and Content
- This series consists of records documenting the personal life of Dora Till and the many awards and tributes conferred upon her during her lifetime. The records include personal wiritings and speeches, correspondence, newsclippings and photographs. There is one sub-sereis entitled Personal awards and tributes. The records are described to the file level and a selection of photographs are described at the item level.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945-1946
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Meyer Tobias was Dora Till's brother. Tobias owend the La Mode Dress Shop on Mount Pleasant Rd. where he was shot and killed during a robbery on December 26, 1945.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938, 1982
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]-[198-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1932]-1979
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : b&w and col. ; 36 x 28 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of portraits and snapshots of Dora Till and the Till family and friends.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal photographs and portraits
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Dora Till.
- 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
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal photographs and portraits
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8
- File
- 10
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ira Berg was the founder and owner of a self-named high end women's fashion store, located at Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a snapshot of Morris Till seated on a sofa with Ira Berg.
- 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
- Dora Till fonds
- Personal series
- Personal awards and tributes sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 52
- Series
- 8-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1984
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records (1 vol.)
- Scope and Content
- This sub-series consists of records documenting the various awards and tributes conferred upon Dora Till during her lifetime. The records include correspondence, speeches, event invitations and newsclipppings.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2000
- Physical Description
- 49 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell, the son of Paul and Mollie Edell, was one of five siblings. He and Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock, had two daughters and two sons and lived in Toronto. After Dolly died in 1961, he married Celia (née Rogen) Hoffman, a widow, in 1966. He became the stepfather to the two sons of Max and Celia Hoffman who had been residents of Hamilton. Some members of the family remained in Toronto while others moved to other parts of Canada, the United States and Israel. Sol Edell was actively involved in or provided financial support to many educational, professional and religious organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series includes correspondence, invitations, publications, photographs, family films and a sound recording. The series is made up of seven sub-series: Associations, Charities, Community Activities, Education and Extra-Curricular Activities, Life Cycle and Family Events, Religious, and Residence.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 12 photographs, 7 film reels, 1 audio reel, 1 plaque, 4 badges, and 47 architectural drawings.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, Celia
- Rho Pi Phi
- Harbord Collegiate
- Subjects
- Education
- Greek letter societies
- Physical Condition
- Film and sound reels should be digitized.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Education and extracurricular activities sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1921-1999
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- 1 photograph
- 4 badges
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell attended Harbord Collegiate and was an honours student winning awards in several extra curricular activities. His children and grandchildren also excelled scholastically while attending a variety various Jewish parochial schools in Toronto such as the Associated Hebrew Day Schools, Eitz Chaim, Netivot Hatorah and Yeshivat Bnei Akiva Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of material relating to the educational and recreational activities of the Edell family. There are newspaper clippings relating to Sol Edell’s participation in the Harbord Collegiate’s First Aid team and a University of Toronto graduation photograph. Sub-series includes correspondence, notices and booklets from his sisters’ and children’s elementary, high school and university graduation commencement exercises. In addition, sub-series consists of correspondence with the Associated Hebrew Day Schools relating to a scholarship awarded in memory of Sol Edell's grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Weinreb.
- Name Access
- Harbord Collegiate
- First Aid team
- Rabbi Yosef Weinreb Scholarship
- University of Toronto
- Subjects
- Education
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2000
- Physical Description
- 37 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell had a large family and a large circle of friends and aquaintenances. Consequently, he was invited to many circumcisions, weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs. He also set up several memorial funds in memory of his sister and wives.There are also documents in this sub-series that relate to family members.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence, receipts, diplomas, photographs and films documenting various family celebrations, vacations and home life. There is a selection of invitations, cards and benchers sent by the Edell, Weinstock and Hoffman families as well as ones that they received from family and friends. In addition, there are newspaper clippings and notices of the deaths of Edell family members and friends as well as correspondence and receipts relating to memorial funds set up in their memory. The sub-series also contains films of family and friends taken at home, on vacation and at family celebrations.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 10 photographs, 7 film reels, and 1 audio reel.
- Name Access
- Hoffman family
- Weinstock family
- Edell, Dolly
- Edell, Celia
- Subjects
- Families
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various documents, including the Constitution for the Co-operative Summer Colony (English and Yiddish versions), general release forms, cash receipts, and a legal document retaining M. W. Kellermann to act as solicitor for the Co-operative in all matters relating to the colony.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of acknowledgements of receipts or pledges to various organizations made by Lipa Green, Mrs. Green or both of them, or by Greenwin Construction Co. Examples are a pledge to UJA, a donation to the Jewish Public Library, a pledge to Bialik Hebrew Day School Building Fund Campaign, and an acknowledgement of a donation to Beth Jacob High School. Other organizations who received donations are Jewish Labour Committee, Toronto Workmen's Circle and Hebrew National Association. There are three certificates issued by the Jewish Natioanl Fund acknowledging a tree planted in Israel, two certificates in honour of Lipa Green, and one in memory of Bella Gladman, Lipa's sister.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three life insurance records belonging to Abraham Green and Lipa Green. The insurance companies are Labour Zionist Order and Jewish National Workers Alliance of America.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1948-1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations to wedding, anniversary and birthday celebrations. There are also table place cards, personalised Grace after Meals booklets, an announcement of the 35th wedding anniversary of Lipa and Fanny Green, and a songbook for the wedding of a family member. The songs are all in Hebrew.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an assortment of correspondence, most of which is in Yiddish. English written correspondence include personal letters to family members, a Mother's Day card, a poem to Zadie Green, a bar mitzvah speech, and legal papers.
- Subjects
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Yiddish letters
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Lipa Green fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 20
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-]-[197-]
- Physical Description
- 68 photographs : b&w and sepia (23 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an assortment of photographs belonging to Lipa Green. Included are family portraits and snapshots; photographs documenting Lipa Green's general contracting company; group snapshots of Green with members of some of the organizations that he belonged to; photos of Lipa Green with son Al Green in uniform; snapshots of the the family home dressed to receive Al Green home from the war; photos of an unknown memorial to Lublin victims of the Holocaust; snapshots of an anniversary celebration for an unknown couple; a copy portrait of B. Borochov; as well as pages from a travel scrapbook documenting a trip to Israel and Italy.
- Identified individuals include: Lipa Green; Fanny Green; David Green; Avrom Green; Max Shecter; Eddie Richmond; Al Green; Gershon Pomerantz; Abraham Rhinewine; Abraham [Reizler?]; Misha [German?]; Lucy [German?]; Menashe Skulnik; Mandelbaum; Yitzhak (Israel) Weinrot; Abraham [Tz?]; Sarah Skulnik; Bertha [Gutensky?]; Rosen; and Yitzhak Freeman.
- Notes
- Further idenfification of photographs is required.
- The negatives are copies of the prints.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Pappenheim family fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 113
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938-1990
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- 5 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 19 x 14 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records related to the personal life and education of Albert and Rhoda (née Kabatznik) Pappenheim. Records include general correspondence, administrative documents, school yearbooks, certificates, lecture notes and essays, and personal notebooks. Also included is a photograph of Rhoda at an Eitz Chaim Hebrew School picnic and a program booklet of the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto, featuring Rhoda's mother Sarah Kabatznik on the cover.
- 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
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1923-1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of copies of medical tests performed in 1923 and 1928 by Dr. A. I. Willinsky and a copy of a recommended diet. Also included is a medical report from 1959 with diagnosis written by Dr. Sternbach while Katz was visiting in Israel.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939-1948
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of letters in Yiddish sent by Rabbi Philip Graubart and Rabbi David Graubart to Katz. Also included is a letter sent by Debby Gottfried to Katz.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1941-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of receipts from the year 1941. Included are: a list of personal charity slips, a list of Reliable Tobacco Co. Ltd. Charity donations, receipts for donations, letters acknowledging receipt of donations, correspondence concerning 1941 income tax, various receipts for purchases or services rendered, a list of property expenses, bill payments for utilities and taxes, receipts for rental payment, receipts pertaining to Bronte cottage and receipts for newspaper subscriptions and advertisements.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 6
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1942-1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- This file consists of receipts from the year 1942. Included are: various receipts for purchases or services rendered, City of Toronto realty bills for various properties, bill payments for utilities and taxes, bills for medical and physiotherapy services, request for rental payment, receipts pertaining to Bronte cottage and receipts for newspaper subscriptions and advertisements, City Assessment on 32 Walton St., correspondence with Singer & Kert law firm concerning Ontario Loan mortgage and Beth Jacob Congregation, a notice from the Department of Buildings, a request to share the cost of a fence between 1328 & 1330 Queens Street properties and a notice from Katz to a tenant to remove a garage.
- 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
- Philip Givens fonds
- Personal series
- Phil, Min and family file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Phil and Min Givens attending a seder at the Rubin House. Phil and Min Givens are standing in the back row. Seated in the front row are their parents (left to right): Hyman Givens, Mary Givens, Fanny Rubin, and Paul Rubin
- Subjects
- Seder
- 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
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1924-1991
- Physical Description
- 28 cm of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of graphic and textual records related to J. B. Salsberg's personal life. Of note are records documenting the activities and passing of Salsberg's wife, Dora Wilensky. Included are photographs, portraits, stories, certificates, event invitations and programmes, correspondence, a graduation book, a newsletter, sympathy cards, a drawing, a sketch, and notes.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 19 photographs, 1 sketch, and 1 drawing.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1924-1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Dora Wilensky Salsberg was one of Toronto’s earliest professionally trained Jewish social workers and a leader in the Canadian social work field. She was born in Russia on 28 July 1902 to Hyman and Mary Wilensky. She had three younger sisters: Bertha (b. 1903) Jenny (b. 1905), and Fagel (b.1910). In 1907, the family immigrated to Toronto where Hyman worked at a cap factory.
- Dora had the highest marks in the province of Ontario upon graduating from high school and graduated as a gold medalist in modern history from McMaster University in Toronto. She initially pursued a career in teaching but had difficulty securing a job due to discrimination. When her only job offer from Oshawa was given on the condition that she change her last name, Dora decided become a social worker.
- After studying at the New York School for Social Work and working briefly in Chicago, Dora returned to Toronto and took up the position as executive director of the Jewish Family Welfare Bureau in 1931. When the JF&CS was formed in 1943 she served as its first executive director. Under her leadership, JF&CS gained a reputation as being one of the most advanced and progressive agencies in Toronto. She was among the first to hire a psychiatric social worker and to introduce play therapy as part of treatment; she remained on top of advances being made in the field in other countries and encouraged her staff to regularly engage in professional development activities.
- Dora was also actively involved in various professional organizations. She was a member of the National Board of the Canadian Association of Social Workers, served on the board of governors and various committees of the Canadian Welfare Council, and was active on the Social Planning Council (formerly the Welfare Council of Toronto). In addition, she was instrumental in the establishment of the University of Toronto’s post-graduate course in social work. For her service to the field, she earned both the King George V and Coronation Medals.
- Around 1925, Dora married J.B. Salsberg. Although she legally adopted his name, she always used her maiden name professionally. They did not have any children. On 20 March 1959, Dora passed away from cancer at the age of fifty-six.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the life and activities of J.B. Salsberg's wife, Dora Wilensky. Included is a graduation portrait of Dora, a photograph of Dora likely standing outside of McMaster Hall on graduation day, a photograph of Dora standing near a lake (ca. 1940), professional portraits of Dora, an I.L. Peretz School graduation book, correspondence regarding the death of Dora's mother, and a newsletter of the Canadian Welfare Council of Ontario.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 1
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1928]-[ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 drawing (copy) : sketch ; 36 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of portraits of J. B. Salsberg. Included are photographs and one sketch.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Joseph Baruch Salsberg fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 92
- Series
- 1
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1945], 24 Aug. 1972
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 14 x 20 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of J. B. Salsberg at family events. Included is one photograph of Salsberg with his wife, Dora Wilensky, and relatives at an unknown event, and one photograph of Salsberg delivering a speech at Karen Faith (née Salsberg)'s wedding. Karn, the daughter of Molly and Sam Salsberg, was one of four children along with Barry, Stan, and Gerry.
- Notes
- Related groups of records external to the unit being described: Other records relating to Barry, Stan, Gerry, and Karen Salsberg can be found in Accession 2017-11-17.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1933-1999
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of biographical materials and memorabilia relating to Ben Kayfetz and his family. Materials include newspaper articles, a taped interview, certificates, awards, university examinations, personal memorabilia from his service in Germany and materials relating to the Bronfman Medal and Order of Canada he received. This series also contains the video "The Life and the Times of Ben Kayfetz".
- Notes
- Audio tape A14 is part of this series.
- Physical description note: includes 1 photograph, 1 audio tape and 1 Beta video cassette.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1927-1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of certificates of honour, a high school diploma, a university diploma and other memorabilia of Ben Kayfetz and his family.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 1
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1945-1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of materials relating to Ben Kayfetz's service with the Control Commission in British Occupied Germany. Materials include troop movement orders, a berthing card, an immigration identification card and other materials.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ben Kayfetz fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 62
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933-1999
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper articles, resumes and other materials documenting and summarizing various aspects of Ben Kayfetz's personal and professional life and includes articles documenting awards he received, career changes and his retirement.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1859-1980
- Physical Description
- 35 cm of textual records
- 10 photographs
- 41 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- Series contains reference materials created by and written about the synagogues. Primary records include commemorative booklets, a small number of newsletters, brochures, and programs from special events. There are also newspaper clippings and copied articles providing histories of synagogues. There is a small number of photograph prints and negatives, but many of the files also include photographs from books, magazines or photocopies. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by city, then by synagogue. Not every synagogue the project team researched has a reference file, and there may be reference files for shuls for which no photographs survive.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 64
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1859-1980, predominant 1977-1979
- Physical Description
- ca. 5178 photographs and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- The “Shuls Project” was the work of three University of Toronto architecture students, who in 1977 wrote a research paper on the eight Toronto synagogues built before World War II. Concerned at the lack of resources on these synagogues, Sidney Tenenbaum, Lynn Milstone and Sheldon Levitt foresaw the loss of communities’ recorded history as membership dwindled and elders passed on. The students conceived a project that would photograph and document every synagogue in Canada, gathering visual evidence, memorabilia, plaques and stories before they disappeared and history was lost. The students’ goal was to document synagogues’ architecture, art, and historical development through research, interviews and site visits.
- The students secured a large portion of the required funding for the project from the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in Montreal, funding which was matched by the Canadian Jewish Congress. This financial support enabled Levitt, Milstone and Tenenbaum to begin their study, named “Shuls… A Study of Canadian Synagogue Architecture.” They began in the summer of 1977, traveling through the Western provinces. The next summer, they visited eight Maritime cities, Montreal and other Quebec communities. Financial support in the project’s second year was again provided by the Bronfman Family Foundation, along with the Canadian government and donations in kind from businesses, including Benjamin Photo Finishers in Toronto, and Polaroid. The summer of 1979 was spent in Ontario, with an added grant from Wintario. In total, the Shuls project team traveled over 24,000 kilometres, taking thousands of photographs and conducting several hundred interviews. Photographs were taken by Tenenbaum, with Levitt and Milstone assuming primary responsibility for researching synagogues’ history and gathering historic records. Interviews were conducted by all three researchers, in both English and Yiddish.
- With no handy index of every shul in Canada, the researchers located small shuls by word of mouth. They spread word of their project and solicited assistance using press releases, letters to known communities, and slideshow presentations as they traveled. They would first examine a building to get an idea of a community’s character and heritage, then conduct interviews with designers, architects, rabbis and other prominent community members.
- With the research and photographs created, the team compiled three catalogues of the Western, Eastern/Quebec, and Ontario phases of the project. These catalogues have entries on each synagogue that include historical summaries highlighting the founding, growth, mergers and decline of Jewish communities, their changing needs, changing architectural expressions and trends, and the evolving uses of synagogues over the course of the twentieth century. There are also building descriptions, some with critical comments by the authors, and lists of the photographs and slides produced.
- The compilation of materials and preparation of these catalogues took place at the Project’s offices at 26 Ava Road in Toronto, and continued through the summer of 1980 when the Ontario catalogue was completed. In 1985, Tenenbaum, Milstone and Levitt published a book highlighting their work, called Treasures of a People: The Synagogues of Canada.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the records created and collected by the team of students conducting the Shuls study from 1977 to 1980. The majority of the fonds is made up of graphic material, in the form of 35mm colour slides and black-and-white Polaroid prints and (print-size) negatives. There are approximately 5110 photographs in the fonds. Fonds also consists of notes and inventory forms of buildings' architectural features. There are no interview transcripts, but the fonds does include three audio cassettes with recorded interviews and shul tours. Reference materials used in researching the history of the shuls include dedication and anniversary commemorative books and programmes, newsletters, articles and newspaper clippings. In addition the fonds contains 47 blueprints, the majority from Montreal synagogues. The fonds is arranged in the following series: 1. Quebec synagogues; 2. Ontario synagogues; 3. Western Canada synagogues; 4. Eastern Canada synagogues; 5. Reference.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 92 cm of textual records, 42 architectural drawings, 3 audio cassettes, and 1 drawing.
- Physical extent note: many of the slides were culled because they were felt to be reproductions. Some of the synagogue images in the research book may therefore not be included in the fonds.
- Name Access
- Shuls Project
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Creator
- Levitt, Sheldon
- Milstone, Lynn
- Tenenbaum, Sidney T.
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopied pages from the synagogue's 1949 Dedication program.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1910]-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w prints (2 negatives) ; 12 x cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains notes, lists, clippings, copied pages from directories and 4 unidentified photographs (2 negatives).
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 33
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 7 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains 7 blueprints for the 1947 extension and alterations to the shul.
- Name Access
- Congregation Ahavath Shalom
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 41
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1859-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopied articles, a newspaper clipping, photocopied photographs, a greeting card with photograph on cover, copies of the 1859 contract commissioning the erection of the synagogue as well as a list of specifications for the masons, and blueprints for the 1967 extension.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 45
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1932-[ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains dedication book for new building (1960), copied articles, assorted pamphlets and programmes.
- Name Access
- Temple Emanu-El (Montréal, Quebec)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 48
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1949, 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- File contains a form letter from the congregation regarding High Holiday services (17 July 1978), and a blueprint for the auditorium building (1949).
- Name Access
- Young Israel of Montreal
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 49
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1925, 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one copied newspaper article and several other transcribed newspaper articles.
- Name Access
- House of Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Moose Jaw (Sask.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1944, [1975?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains two short historical overviews.
- Name Access
- Temple Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 66
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1920-1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- File contains a copied photograph from The Jewish Post, the congregation's constitution adopted in 1920, and a blueprint from 1955.
- Name Access
- Agudas Israel
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Saskatoon (Sask.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 75
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1935-1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a 1979 newsletter, "Voice of Radom," and copies from the 10th and 30th anniversary booklets.
- Name Access
- Beth Radom Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 96
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the shul's dedication programme from 1930, the 25th (1954) and 49th anniversary programmes (1978).
- Name Access
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Philip Givens fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 51
- Series
- 1
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 17 Dec. 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains one essay written by Phil Givens for a political science course at the University of Toronto entitled "The Press and Radio as Creators of Public Opinion on Unions".
- Source
- Archival Descriptions