- Accession Number
- 1981-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 pin
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a member's pin with a ribbon and pendant celebrating the 25th jubilee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Cloakmakers Union Toronto.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Labor unions
- Name Access
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-106
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-106
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1953-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tabelle Burns Chapter of Hadassah in London, the goundbreaking ceremony for the London Jewish Community Village, and the community council's fiftieth anniversary. Individuals identified in the photos include future senator Jerry Grafstein and actor Paul Soles.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digital reproductions available.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1975
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one 25th Anniversary book for the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre.
- MG_RG
- MG 2 N2A
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Name Access
- Hamilton Jewish Community Centre
- Places
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-37
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-37
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records (1 vol.)
- Date
- 1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a book entitled "History of Beth Jacob Congregation, 1896-1969", published in honour of the Hamilton congregation's 80th anniversary.
- Administrative History
- Beth Jacob Congregation was founded in 1886 by an Orthodox faction of the Reform Congregation Anshe Sholom, who withdrew from the congregation three years earlier to form an Orthodox minyan, due to differing views on the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
- Descriptive Notes
- Beth Jacob Congregation.
- Hamilton.
- Multicultural History Society of Ontario.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Jacob Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
- Places
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1989
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a souvenier booklet celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda Poale Zion and the 40th anniversaries of Anielewitch Branch Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.) and Zerubavel - Federman Branch L.Z.A.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Simon, Harry, 1909-1993
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs taken at a dinner honouring Ben Zion Hyman and the 15th anniversary of the Jewish Public Library. One photo is of the head table and several other smaller tables at the dinner, while the second photo is a posed group shot with Ben Zion Hyman. Also pictured are: Kalman Berger (top row, 6th from left), J. Marcus, Dave Green (top row, 9th from left), J. Bailin, Henry Papernik (top row, 2nd from left), R. Madesker, and Myer Gasner (bottom row, far right).
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Dinners and dining
- Libraries
- Name Access
- Hyman, Ben Zion
- Berger, Kalman
- Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)
- Gasner, Myer
- Marcus, J.
- Green, Dave
- Papernik, Henry
- Bailin, J.
- Madesker, R.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of images of Jewish weddings, anniversary celebrations, and bar mitzvahs. Celebratory events such as these constituted a large percentage of Mendly's commissioned work, and most likely supported the operational expenses of his studio. This series represents a small sampling of his work in this area. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Weddings
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 44
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Synagogue, (London, Ont.)
- Congregation Or Shalom (London, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 79
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Name Access
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Labor unions
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3594
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3594
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is photograph of the cake at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration was held at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Cake
- Communities
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3595
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3595
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Beth David Congregation's rabbi speaking at the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the synagogue and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place in the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Rabbis
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3889
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3889
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sadie Stren speaking at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Related Material
- See photo #3584.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3891
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3891
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Willie Siegler, president of Beth David Congregation, speaking at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Related Material
- See photo #3590.
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3890
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3890
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Dr. Melvin Wise standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3892
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3892
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Dr. Moishe Zaltz and Ron Kanter standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3893
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3893
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Lena Rothberg and Willie Ziegler at a podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3894
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3894
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1983
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sam Resnick of the Canadian Jewish Congress standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth Daivd Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
- Notes
- Acquired in 1983.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Communities
- Synagogues
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4049
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4049
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the twenty-fifth anniversary banquet of the Arbeiter Ring's Self Educational Club in London, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of members seated at several banquet tables in a decorated hall.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Clubs
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Places
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
- Women's Auxiliary series
- Events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 14
- Series
- 4-13
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1979-1980
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the planning and celebrations for the Women's Auxiliary's silver anniversary. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes for the Silver Anniversary Committee, correspondence, a speech delivered by Dora Till at the Silver Anniversary meeting in Oct. 1980, agendas for the Silver Anniversary meeting, and lists of Auxiliary memberships for "Silvers". Of note are hand written reminiscences by Pearl Freedhoff describing her mother's (Esther Narval) activities at the Home for the Aged and her own memory of the dedication of the Jewish Old Folks Home.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 44
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1994-1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and media releases regarding the production of a souvenir remembrance book to honour the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an Adath Israel - Roumanian Ladies Auxillary list of board members, officers and committee members for their silver anniversary year in 1949.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Women
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a golden jubilee book describing the history of the Adath Israel Congregation.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 15
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1905-1929
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one scrapbook containing telegrams and cards with notes of congratulations to mark occasions of wedding, anniversaries, and son's bar mitzvah
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Scrapbooks
- Weddings
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- 23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 49
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 12 Aug. 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 programme
- Scope and Content
- Item is a programme for a community assembly titled the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. The community assembly took place at the youth chapel at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street). The programme lists the following speakers: Sam Filer, chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry; Joseph B. Salsberg, chairman, Committee for Yiddish; Milton E. Harris, chairman, Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region; Peretz Miransky, Yiddish poet; Lewis Feuer, professor of sociology and philosophy, University of Toronto; Israel Emiot, poet and essayist; and David I. Satok, chairman, Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.
- Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
- Name Access
- Emiot, Israel
- Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
- Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
- Harris, Milton, 1927-2005
- Miransky, Peretz
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Satok, David
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-5-2
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 2011-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the 100th anniversary celebration of Congregation Knesseth Israel. The records were compiled in an indexed binder by Edwin Goldstein, president of the synagogue. Included are newsclippings, press releases and advertisements; invitations and programs; a commemorative calendar; a volunteer t-shirt, a kippa and a gift bag; correspondence with the Ontario Trillium Foundation; information on a guided architectural walking tour of the area; an Israel Today DVD featuring the synagogue; the book "One Hundred Years at the Junction Shul" written by Neil Ross and Lorne Miller; and a DVD compilation featuring video and photographic highlights from the various anniversary events.
- Administrative History
- Congregation Knesseth Israel was established in 1911 at 56 Maria Street in the West end of Toronto. Early 20th century membership in the synagogue consisted mainly of new jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, many of whom lived and worked in the Junction as artisans, peddlers, shop owners and scrap and metal collectors. Known as the Junction Shul, Knesseth Israel Synagogue was built with the labour and funds provided by the founding members and their families.
- Orthodox services first began in 1913 and since the 1930s the synagogue has functioned without a rabbi, with services being led by a cantor or the congregants themselves. Some family names associated with this early period include: Alexandroff, Goldstein, Nickolaevsky, Kronis, Greenblatt, Usprich, Tanenbaum, and Naftalin.
- Knesseth Israel is the oldest Toronto synagogue still in use as a synagogue today and is now cared for by the descendents of these founding families. Although members of the synagogue are now few (as the Jewish population of the Junction has waned greatly since the 1960s), the synagogue still performs High Holiday services for some 75-80 full members and 300 associate members.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 1 text, 3 objects and 2 DVDs.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-7-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of items gathered to comprise the time capsule commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Miles Nadal JCC. Documents include event programmes, ticket stubs, a timeline, a summary of the history of the Miles Nadal JCC, and several newspaper clippings.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Name Access
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1982-1989
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Jubilee Book in honour of 50 years of Zerubavel Branch (1982) and a Jubilee Dinner book (1989) celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda and the 40th anniversary of the Anielewitch Branch and the Zerubavel-Federman Branch, both of the Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.).
- Custodial History
- A card titled 'Donor Lead' states that the textual materials were provided by Ben Himel.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Labor Zionism
- Name Access
- Achdut Ha-Avoda - Poale Zion (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-10-2
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 4 DVD's (ca. 4 hours)
- Date
- 2005-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of video recordings of Transnistria Survivors' Association's annual commemmoration ceremonies. Included are six DVD recordings of the annual Transnistria Survivors Association Shoa commemoration ceremonies from 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Administrative History
- Founded in 1994, the Transnistria Survivors’ Association works to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors. Transnistria was the Romanian authorities’ name for the former Ukrainian region located between the Rivers Dniester and Bug. It was placed under Romanian administration following the German and Romanian conquest of Ukraine in the summer of 1941. Prior to the Second World War, Romania was home to the third largest Jewish population in Europe; but beginning with the Citizenship Revision Laws of 1938, the Jews of Romania were deprived their citizenship rights and became the targets of repressive antisemitic policies and laws. Neighbours turned on neighbours. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, either by Romanian or German troops, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, or the local population. In 1941, the Jews who remained alive in the Provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were deported to camps and ghettos in Transnistria. Thousands were jammed into freight trains while others were marched by foot. Many died along the way. Between 1941 and 1944, it is estimated that German and Romanian authorities, along with Ukrainian collaborators, murdered or caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews in Transnistria. Some of those who survived these tragic circumstances, especially from Bucovina and Bessarabia, and made a new home in Toronto gathered together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. The Transnistria Survivor’s Association organized yearly Hazkarah (memorial) services and its dedicated members continue to share their extraordinary stories of survival through speaking engagements at schools, colleges and synagogues. Past presidents include:
- 1. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly
- 2.Osias Nadel
- 3.Etti Ziegler
- 4.Lou (Leizer) Hoffer
- As of 2017, the current president is Joe Leinburd.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Societies
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-11-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-11-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 83 photographs : b&w and col. (56 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- 7 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1997
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the planning and production of a centenary journal and dinner in honour of the 100th anniversary of The Beth Jacob V’anshe Drildz Congregation. Included are submissions for the journal including a detailed history of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, print proofs of the journal, congratulatory letters from politicians and Jewish organizations and congratulatory ads. In addition there are copies of speeches from the dinner held on June 26, 1997, a sample of the invitation and general planning correspondence.
- Photographs taken for the journal feature exterior shots of the Beth Jacob Synagogue on Henry St and Wilmington and interior shots of the Bimah, Aron ha-kodesh, stained glass windows, sanctuary from the Wilmington Street location along with clergy, members of the sisterhood and brotherhood, presidents and others involved in the synagogue.
- Administrative History
- Beth Jacob congregation was founded in 1897 and was located in three different locations in St. John’s Ward before the land at 23 Henry Street was purchased in 1919. Known as the Henry Street Shul or the Polishe Shul, the new purpose-built synagogue was dedicated in 1922. The dedication ceremonies attracted so many onlookers that the police had to be called in to manage the crowds.
- The synagogue could accommodate up to 800 worshippers – 500 in the men’s section and 300 in the women’s balcony. According to Orthodox tradition, men and women sit separately during synagogue services. Its neo-Romanesque design was typical of other North American synagogues of the period that borrowed heavily from church architecture, often featured arched entranceways, rose windows and twin towers. Its vaulted ceiling was capped by a massive central dome and four smaller ones. It boasted a mikvah (ritual bath) in its basement as well as an assembly hall, a smaller chapel, a brick sukkah and a caretaker’s apartment. The synagogue’s intricately carved Aron ha-kodesh and Bimah were also designed by Brown and were removed in the mid 1960s when the congregation relocated to its current location in North York. The building was sold and converted into the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church.
- Benjamin Brown considered Beth Jacob Synagogue to be his crowning achievement. It was the first synagogue in Toronto (perhaps Canada) to be designed by a Jewish architect and signified the Jewish community’s increased confidence in its new generation of emerging professionals.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Jacob Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-8-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 31 cm
- Date
- 1939
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an original photograph of the Arbeiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), Branch 670, 10th year jubilee celebration. The photo is dated March 1939 and was taken by Daylight Studio Toronto, Photograph by Simon.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-22
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1947, 1972-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials assembled by Stanley Emerson and donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives. Included are: one hardbound book commemorating the Toronto Hebrew Free School's liquidation of its capital debt on May 8, 1947; one spiral-bound book assembled on the occassion of Shomrai Shaboth Congregation's twentieth anniversary testimonial dinner honouring Rabbi Gedalia Felder to be held on Sunday, June 18, 1972; one Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto programme for its annual dinner to be held on Thursday, June 22, 1978; one programme for a Machanaim Testimonial Dinner honouring Dr. Isadore Cass on Wednesday, May 2, 1979; one Associated Hebrew Schools graduation programme for Wednesday, June 27, 1979; one newspaper clipping from the Thursday, June 6, 1985 edition of the Canadian Jewish News relating to Rabbi Gedalia Felder, former spiritual leader of Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation; one newspaper clipping from the Thursday, June 13, 1985 edition of the Canadian Jewish News relating to Harold Dessen, former president of Associated Hebrew Schools; and one paperbound book assembled on the occassion of a Sol Edell tribute dinner commoemorating the fiftieth yahrzeit (death anniversary) of HaRav Yosef Weinreb and the establishment of the Saol Edell Family Endowment Fund to be held on Saturday, October 31, 1992.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Schools
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
- Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996
- Dessen, Harold
- Felder, Gedalia, 1922-
- Shomrai Shabbos Chevrah Mishnayos (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-6-24
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 90 cm of textual records and graphic material
- 5 architectural drawings
- 1 VHS : col. ; 33:50 min.
- 1 Hi8 video cassette
- Date
- [198-]-2011
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the operations of the Knesseth Israel Synagogue, including the preparations for the 100th anniversary celebrations in 2011. Records include meeting minutes for the Davening Committee, Fundraising Committee, Media Committee, Archives Committee, Book Committee, and the Board of Directors; membership lists; programming materials; notices for meetings and services; records related to the repair and restoration of the synagogue in the late 1980s including five architectural drawings of the synagogue showing required restorative work; general correspondence; a small amount of financial materials; planning records, research materials and publicity records related to the 100th celebrations; and a photo album and VHS recording of the provincial heritage plaquing of the synagogue in 2001. The video features remarks by Edwin Goldstein and Joey Tanenbaum as well as a short historical lecture by Dr. Stephen Speisman.
- Custodial History
- Records were housed in a storage locker belonging to the synagogue.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Anniversaries
- Name Access
- Congregation Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-4-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a booklet issued on the occassion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Cloakmakers Branch of the Independent Workers Circle. The latter took place in 1965 and a celebration was held on Sunday, November 7 in the auditorium of the Borochov Centre at 272 Codsell Avenue, Downsview, Ontario. Also included is a certificate that was found inside the booklet. The latter, which appears to be dated to 1965, has not been translated.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Apart from its cover, booklet is mostly in Yiddish; certificate is also in Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Places
- Downsview (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 987
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 987
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a composite photograph featuring portraits of the members of the Exeuctive and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue (the McCaul St. Synagogue) on their fiftieth anniversary.
- Name Access
- McCaul Street Synagogue
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Chevra Tehillim
- Ladies' Auxiliary
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Portraits
- Women
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4201
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4201
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 May 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Jacob Bailin; Paul Brownstein (Executive Director); Hersh Fogul; Alex Fisher; Bernard Kamin; Monte Kwinter (MPP Wilson Hts.); Alan Zender.
- Notes
- Credit: Mark Stern.
- Canadian Jewish News photo.
- Name Access
- Jewish Community Centre
- JCC
- Zender, Alan
- Kwinter, Monte
- Kamin, Bernard
- Fisher, Alex
- Fogul, Hersh
- Brownstein, Paul
- Bailin, Jacob
- Young Men's Hebrew Althletic Association
- YMHA
- YWHA
- BJCC
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2920
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2920
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Students
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1268
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1268
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Farband
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 415
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 415
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired January 28, 1975.
- Name Access
- Pioneer Women
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Portraits, Group
- Women
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1624
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1624
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- March 1931
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Credit the Estate of Max Speisman.
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Zionism
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2319
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2319
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Menachovsky, M.
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Dinners and dining
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4311
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4311
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Helen Pullan, Elias Pullan, Harry Pullan, Rose Pullan.
- Notes
- Original by Cyril Cassidy.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Dinners and dining
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4996
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4996
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Aug. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is an exterior view of Shopsowitz Delicatessen's 40th Anniversary. The photographs depicts a line-up of customers outside the entrance. Shopsy's is advertising 1920s prices.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Shopsowitz, Sam
- Shopsy's Delicatessen
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Food
- Restaurants
- Small business
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4009
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4009
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1884
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Abraham Cohen provided the float for the Frankel Bros. who either owned or worked for the company. Their first company was Toronto Millstone and Metal Co.
- Scope and Content
- Taken at company yard, York and Wellington Streets, Toronto.
- Second from right in back is Abraham Cohen, horse dealer.
- Front left, Leo Frankel. Front Right, Maurice or Sigmund Frankel.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-9-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4338
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4338
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- For identification, see accession record.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions