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Raxlen family [multiple media] – [192-?]-1975.

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Material Format: multiple media

Date: [192-?]-1975

Scope and Content: The records in this accession document the Raxlen family and the Raxlen Clinic and Doctor's Hospital that was set up by the Raxlen brothers. The records also include personal correspondence between Katie Cherney and her mother, family photographs, greeting cards, press clippings and a booklet of articles written by Rabbi Fine of Peterborough. This booklet includes translated documents that he produced as rabbi from 1926 to 1934. Finally, there are three historic postcards documenting Holy Blossom's building on Bond Street, Jarvis Collegiate, and the Doctor's Hospital

Custodial History: Records were collected by Karen Fejer, the daughter of Alexander Raxlen.

Administrative History: The Raxlen brothers were born in Toronto in Cabbagetown, where their father operated a grocery store. The four brothers were Saul, Benjamin, Alexander, and Sam. All of the brothers graduated in medicine during the 1930s, except for Sam, who became a dentist. Together, they opened up the Raxlen Clinic in 1937, which was located on Carleton Street.; In 1953, the brothers opened their own private hospital, the Doctor's Hospital, which was located on Brunswick Avenue. The hospital started in a ninety-year-old building that was owned by a religious order. The brothers modernized and expanded it from a facility accomodating 59 patients to one that could hold up to 168 beds by 1955. It soon became the largest privately-held, non-profit hospital in North America. By the time the brothers sold it during the late 1970s, it had 554 full-time staff and five hundred hospital beds.; The other family documented in this accession is the Cherney family from Peterborough. The patriarch and matriarch were Abraham and B. Cherney. They had two children, Katie ("Kaye") and Meyer. Abraham and B. divorced, and Abraham remarried and had three more kids: Harry, Helen, and Louis. The family remained in Peterbough, but the ex-wife moved to Toronto. Kaye married Dr. Alexander Raxlen, and they had three children. Karen Fejer, their daughter, is the donor.

Use Conditions: Correspondence is restricted. Researchers must contact donor for permission to access them. The rest of the collection is open.

Descriptive Notes: Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Some of the photographs are the property of the City of Toronto Archives.

Subjects: Families; Hospitals; Rabbis

Name Access: Doctor's Hospital (Toronto, Ont.); Fine, Abraham

Places: Peterborough (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Morley Markson [multiple media] – [198-].

Accession Number: 2003-8-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2003-8-1

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 6.6 m of textual records and graphic materials

Date: [198-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records relating to Markson's design work for the Holocaust Centre, for Jewish Family & Child Services, and for the film, Growing up in America. These records include textual records, slides, negatives, photographs, films, and sound recordings in various formats.

Use Conditions: Donor retains copyright. Material can be made available for viewing and reference at the OJA. Researchers who require copies for personal use or publication must obtain permission from donor first.; Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Name Access: Markson, Morley

Source: Archival Accessions

William Gryfe [multiple media] – [ca. 1937]-1998.

Accession Number: 2006-3-16

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-3-16

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 81 photographs and other material

Date: [ca. 1937]-1998

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records relating to the life and weightlifting career of Bill Gryfe. The textual records are photocopies of correspondence, clippings, and certificates from a family album. The photographs are scanned copies from this same album and include images of Bill with various individuals and images of weightlifting teams and individuals that he had coached. There are two trophies: one is a Grand Order of Israel bowling award and one is an award presented to Bill in 1979 by the JCC for over fifty years of service. There is also a CD with Bill Gryfe's memoirs and some additional photographs of Bill at a young age and of him at various weightlifting events and on vacation.

Administrative History: Bill Gryfe was an early member of the YMHA. He began as a weightlifter and in 1931 became a barbell coach of the YMHA weightlifting team.; He coached at many national and international competitions such as the Canada games, the Commonwealth Games, the Pan American Games, and the Maccabean Games. He also officiated and refereed at national and international competitions including the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.; Throughout his life, Bill was devoted to the promotion of physical fitness and competitive weightlifting. He was a founder of the Ontario Weightlifting Association and its first president in 1968. He also organized the national-championship weightlifting competitions, held annually at the Canadian National Exhibition, an institution that had a distinct effect on his life from his earliest years when it was first established by Bill Oliphant in 1935. Over the years, Bill Gryfe received numerous awards and citations, including a nomination for the Order of Canada in 1982. Bill died in 2005 at the age of ninety-five.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes: Physical description note: includes 3 cm of textual records, 2 items, and 1 electronic record.

Subjects: Weight lifters

Name Access: Gryfe, Bill

Source: Archival Accessions

Sam Shapiro [multiple media] – 1941-2004.

Accession Number: 2006-4-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-4-4

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (tif); 5 documents (tif); 1 folder of textual records; 1 DVD; 1 videocassette

Date: 1941-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of copies of electronic copies of photographs, postcards and telegrams as well as newsclippings, a video and a DVD documenting the career of Sam Shapiro in the RCAF and his time as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 3 in Poland.

Administrative History: Sam Shapiro enlisted as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1940. He received his wings in Brantford and was sent overseas in April 1941 as a sergeant pilot. He was in Squadron ten and flew eight successful missions before his plane was shot down over Holland in August 1941, killing two of the crew.; Shapiro was captured by German forces on 17 August 1941 and was taken to Stalag Luft 3 camp in Poland, where the "Great Escape" took place. Shapiro was not part of the breakout, but did help dig the tunnel that allowed seventy-six of his fellow prisoners to escape.; While a Prisoner of War, Shapiro was promoted to warrant officer. He was liberated on 16 April 1945 and arrived in England five days later. Shortly after arriving home in 1945, Shapiro received the YMCA sports badge for his conduct in the POW camp and the Canadian Volunteer Service medal. He married his fiance Geraldine Perlman in 1945.

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: Canada--Armed Forces; World War, 1939-1945

Name Access: Shapiro, Sam.; Stalag Luft 3; Perlman, Geraldine

Source: Archival Accessions

Syd Wise [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1925-1926].

Accession Number: 2006-12-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-12-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (tif)

Date: [ca. 1925-1926]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of electronic copies of three photographs of Syd at Camp Yungvelt on Lake Wilcox. Also pictured are some of Syd's relatives and childhood friends. Identified individuals include Sydney Wise, Isadore Tepperman, David Wise, Leo Tepperman, Reuben Goldstein, Ben Lapidus (Lappin), George Trimble, Sam Stellman, Lil Stellman, Min Stellman, Lillian Wise, Rose Hoffman, Archie Gordon, Nathan Langbord, and Jack Weinzweig.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of Dr. Sydney Wise. He loaned the records to the Archives for copying on 2006-12-20.

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.

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt

Source: Archival Accessions

Solel Congregation [multiple media] – 1973-2005.

Accession Number: 2006-12-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-12-4

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 0.3 m. of textual records and other material

Date: 1973-2005

Scope and Content: The records in this accession consist of early minutes of the Executive Committee, high holiday sermons, sidureem (booklets) that were produced by the synagogue for Shabbat and the holidays, a cassette containing instructions for bar/bat mitzvah children, a CD of music entitled "Solel Sings "Kids" Songs!", and a videotaped recording of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the shul.

Custodial History: The records were donated to the OJA from their archives committee. This committee will be responsible for overseeing future transfers and for helping to establish an information management program within the synagogue.

Administrative History: Solel Congregation was established in1973. It is a reform synagogue, situated in Mississauga, that currently has a membership of 300 families.

Subjects: Synagogues

Name Access: Solel Congregation (Mississauga, Ont.)

Places: Mississauga (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabovsky family (Owen Sound, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1908-1961].

Accession Number: 2007-5-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-5-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1908-1961]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of digitized photographs depicting four generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, from the early 1900s to 1961.; The photographs are as follows:; 01. Goldie & Nathan Rabovsky, [ca. 1908].; 02. Goldie Rabovsky (9) and Gail (9) in summer of 1961 in front of cottage at Sauble Beach, July 1961.; 03. Bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, at Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].; 04. Rose Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky & Irving Rabovsky at bar mitzvah of Stan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1953].; 05.Rabovskys at Sauble Beach, 1957.; 06. Marsha Rabovsky at Harrison Park, Owen Sound, 1957.; 07. Group in suits in front of building, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Goldie [Cadesky] Rabovsky, Rose [Schecter] Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia [Gordon] Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Mike [Meyer] Rabovsky, Stan Rabovsky (on shoulders), Moe [Moses] Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky; 08. Sauble Beach, Ontario, [1954]. Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky.; 09. Sadie Rabovsky, Miriam Levison Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Marsha Rabovsky, Molly Cadesky, Max Rabovsky, [1954].; 10. Joel Cadesky, Debbie Cadesky, Marsha Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky (toddler) Sauble Beach, 1954.; 11. Nathan Rabovsky & Goldie Rabovsky in front of their furniture store, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 12. L to R: Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [ca. 1940].; 13. Max Rabovsky & Celia (Gordon) Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 14. Ezekiel Cadesky, Owen Sound, [194-?].; 15. Max & Celia Rabovsky, Owen Sound, [193-?].; 16. Four young men in suits; second from left is Max Rabovsky, [ca. 1930].; 17. Max Rabovsky & Nettye Podnick, Owen Sound, [ca. 1930]; 18. Rabovsky family downtown Owen Sound, [before 1944]. Back row L to R: Lillian Rabovsky, Rose Rabovsky, Nathan Rabovsky, Irving Rabovsky, Goldie Rabovsky, Max Rabovsky, Celia Rabovsky, Sadie Rabovsky. Front row L to R: Meyer (Mike) Rabovsky, Stanley Rabovsky (on shoulders), Pvt. Moses (Moe) Rabovsky, Bertha Rabovsky (hugging).; 19. Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, [195-?].

Administrative History: The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944. Max married Celia Gordon, and their granddaughter is donor Julie Gonik.

Use Conditions: None

Descriptive Notes: Related records: 2007-5-5, 2007-6-37

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Rabovsky family

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Lambert family (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [1933?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-34

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-34

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date: [1933?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a scanned copy of a photograph taken at the Lambert family's Port Dalhousie cottage. The donor, Eleanor Lambert (née Friedman), and her mother Channa Friedman are at the bottom right. Back row: Minna Anderson, Patty Walman, Sarah Meyers. Front row: Jean Matlow, Goldie Matlow, Esther Rivka Pomerantz, Channa Friedman, Eleanor Friedman.

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: Communities; Families; Outdoor recreation

Name Access: Lambert family

Places: Port Dalhousie, Ont.; St. Catharines, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabovsky family (Owen Sound, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1942.

Accession Number: 2007-6-37

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-37

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date: 1942

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one scanned photograph of three generations of the Rabovsky family of Owen Sound, headed by Nathan and Goldie Rabovsky (née Cadesky). In the back row are Celia, Max, Meyer (Mike), Moe, Irving, and Rose Rabovsky. In the front row are Lillian, Nathan, Sadie, Stanley (son of Irving and Rose), Goldie, and Bertha Rabovsky.

Administrative History: The Rabovsky family is one of the oldest in the Owen Sound Jewish community. Nathan Rabovsky arrived with his brother in 1907; his marriage to Goldie Cadesky in 1909 was the first Jewish wedding in Owen Sound, for which a rabbi was brought in from Toronto. Goldie was the eldest daughter of Ethel Lewisky and Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, for whom the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue is named. Nathan and Goldie had seven children: Sadie, Meyer (Mike -- the donor of this photo), Irving, Lillian, Moses (Moe), Bertha and Max. Moses, a pilot in the Second World War, was killed in 1944.

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.

Descriptive Notes: Related records note: See also accession 2007-5-5 and 2007-5-7

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Rabovsky family

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Ruth Gorbet [graphic material (electronic)] – 1965, 1980.

Accession Number: 2007-6-35

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-35

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: 1965, 1980

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs documenting Ruth Gorbet in two Little Theatre productions. The first photograph is of Ruth playing Sherry in a local production of Bus Stop in 1965. The second image is of Ruth playing Yenta in Fiddler on the Ruth in 1980.

Custodial History: These photographs were donated as part of the Small Jewish Ontario Communities initiative. The donor kept the originals and provided the OJA with the scans.

Use Conditions: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Theater

Name Access: Gorbet, Ruth

Places: Owen Sound, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Lee Jourard (Belleville, Ont.) [textual record (electronic), graphic material (electronic)] – 1954-1992.

Accession Number: 2007-6-40

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-40

Material Format: textual record (electronic); graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 16 documents (pdf and jpg); 7 photographs (jpg)

Date: 1954-1992

Scope and Content: Accession consists of scanned copies of material reflecting Lee Jourard's involvement in theatre in the Belleville area. There are eight theatre programmes, most of them of plays produced by the Belleville Theatre Guild, in which Jourard was a cast member and/or on the backstage crew. The records also include scanned newspaper clippings about Jourard's talks and plays (including photographs), and seven scanned copy photographs of Jourard.; The photographs are as follows:; 01. A Thurber Carnival programme, 1964; 02. Albert-St Catharines Review Playbill, Dec 3 1960; 03. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page 21. Cast of The Drunkard. Lee Jourard in top hat far left.; 04. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page21. Lee Jourard and Linda Archer dressed for their roles in The Drunkard.; 05. Belleville Intel, April 17 1969, page 3.; 06. Belleville Intel, Feb 13 1970. Flo Yannover as Queen Mother Yoland in the Lark.; 07. Lee Jourard talk advert.; 08. Programme Diary of Anne Frank, 1992.; 09. Belleville Theatre. Lee Jourard in A Man For All Seasons.; 10. Belleville Theatre. Photo of Lee Jourard at Rehersal, 1962.; 11. Belleville Theatre Programme, 1962.; 12. Birth announcement for Matthew Jourard, 1994.; 13. Lee Jourard in costume receiving news of birth of grandson Mathew Joseph Jourard, 1994.; 14. Cable Communications, Vol 43, No 10, Oct 1977.; 15. Lee Jourard. CableVue 4 went colour, 1977.; 16. Lee Jourard as Robert de Baudricourt and Milton A. Crystal as Brother Ladvenu in The Lark, March 1, 1970.; 17. My Three Angels, 1960.; 18. The Drunkard, June 2 to 12, 1971. Lee Jourard as Lawyer Cribbs and Edward Middleton as Stewart Arnott.; 19. The Lark, 1970.; 20. The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1956.; 21. You Can't Take It With You, cast photo on stage, 1954.; 22. You Can't Take It With You programme, 1954.

Administrative History: Entertainer Lee Jourard is well-known in the city of Belleville for his support of the arts and his community involvement. He worked as a broadcaster for CJBQ radio, was the first Community Programs Director at the Cablevue 4 television station, and was a founding member of Belleville's Cultural Awards Committee and the Harbour Improvement Committee. He is a longtime member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, having been in the cast and crew of many of its producations from the 1950s through the 1990s. Jourard is also a member of the Bay of Quinte Power Squadron and the Moira River Conservation Authority Advisory Board. In 2007 he was named Senior of the Year in the City of Belleville.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Theater

Name Access: Jourard, Lee

Places: Belleville, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Nash family (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – [191-]-1980.

Accession Number: 2007-6-33

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-33

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 document (jpg)

Date: [191-]-1980

Scope and Content: This accession consists of nine electronic copies of original photographs documenting the Nash family of St. Catharines, Ontario. Included are studio portraits and snapshots, taken in St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Also included is one electronic copy of a typwritten remembrances of Buncie Nashman written by Harold Nash and Rhonda Applebaum.; The photographs are as follows:; 1. Rose Nash and Tzeine (sister) – two young women in photo, possibly before marriage to Jack.; 2. Clara Cohen with baking at cottage at Port Dalhousie (not Rose as suspected) perhaps 1940s.; 3. Jack and Rose Nash; 4. Nash children, ca. 1930. Top, left to right: Molly, Maurice. Bottom, left to right: Dorothy, Ruth.; 5. Nash family, 21 May 1929.; 6. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army early 1940s.; 7. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army, and unidentified woman, early 1940s.; 8. Nash women at Harold’s 50th birthday party, 1980.; 9. Harold and Eleanor in Port Dalhousie with cousins, ca. 1935.

Custodial History: The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-05.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Families

Name Access: Nash family

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Slepkov family (St. Catharines, Ont.) [textual record, graphic material (electronic)] – 1923-2004.

Accession Number: 2007-6-36

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-36

Material Format: textual record; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (jpg); 1 textual record

Date: 1923-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one issue of the Jewish Standard, from June 2004, two scanned copy photographs of Sid Slepkov during the Second World War, and one scanned copy photograph of Sid's father Morris in front of his clothing store, the Fashion Cloak and Fur Co. in St. Catharines, Ontario.; The photographs are as follows:; 1. Sydney Slepkov in decompression chamber, Second World War.; 2. Morris Slepkov outside his store, 1923.; 3. Sydney Slepkov, 1944.

Custodial History: The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-04.

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: World War, 1939-1945; Business; Communities

Name Access: Slepkov, Sid; Slepkov, Morris

Places: St. Catharines, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Tobe family (Belleville, Ont.) [textual record (electronic), graphic material (electronic), technical drawing (electronic)] – 1917-[1981?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-11

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-11

Material Format: textual record (electronic); graphic material (electronic); technical drawing (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 documents (pdf and jpg); 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 technical drawing (jpg); 2 drawings (jpg)

Date: 1917-[1981?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of electronic copies of documents, photographs, and portraits that pertain to Belleville's Sons of Jacob Congregation, to the activities of the Belleville chapter of Hadassah-WIZO, and the Tobe family of Belleville. The records date from 1917 to circa 1981 and include: the congregation's constitution (1972) and a certificate from The United Synagogue of America recognizing it as a member synagogue of the Conservative movement (1961); Hadassah-WIZO documents including certificates relating to donations, photographs, and an advertising bookmark; a plan of the Sons of Jacob Memorial Park (oversized); and various photographs of the Tobe family of Belleville.; There are also two photographs made of oversize drawings (portraits) of persons unidentified but probably related to the Tobes.; Verso of 04.jpg reads: "June 28, 1981. To my friends, Bluma. Zeke Tobe. Happy memories! Bill Palmatier."; Verso of 06.jpg reads: "About 1917. Bellville [sic] Ontario. Dave, Zeke, Bluma, Sam & Abe. Abe was about 5 years when this was taken. His dad 'Moses' (age 42) had died about this time leaving their mom to raise 6 children with very little means of support and she could not speak English."

Custodial History: The records originally belonged to Abe Tobe of Belleville. They were retained by Miri Cohen, president of the shul, when Mr. Tobe passed away in March 2007, to be preserved by the synagogue.

Descriptive Notes: Photographs of oversize portraits by Daniel Ehrenworth.

Subjects: Communities

Name Access: Tobe, Abe

Places: Belleville, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Larry Cohen (Niagara Falls, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [193?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-32

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-32

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 b&w photographs (copies)

Date: [193?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs of work scene in front of the Myer Salit Scrap Metal yard, Niagara Falls.

Custodial History: The records were transferred to the OJA as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.

Administrative History: The donor, Larry Cohen, was born 1931. His grandfather, Myer Salit, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three he booked passage to America on the S.S. Norge. On June 28, 1904 the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer. In 1905 he moved to Niagara Falls and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community.; Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law Irvin Feldman and grandson Larry Cohen joined the business. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel.; During the 1980s the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of Southern Ontario.

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.

Descriptive Notes: Related Material Note: See AC 302 for an oral history for Larry Cohen.

Subjects: Occupations; Communities

Name Access: Salit, Myer

Places: Niagara Falls, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Rheta Rosen (North Bay, Ont.) [multiple media] – 1938-1986.

Accession Number: 2007-7-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-7-10

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 19 photographs : b&w; 1 folder of textual records; 2 books; 1 CD; 1 vest; 1 hat

Date: 1938-1986

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material documenting the donor's family, particularly her father, Nathan Rivelis. The items include a vest and hat worn by her father during the late 1950s as part of the Lion's Club. It also consists of an oral history of her father conducted in 1983; his school primer and English reader; photographs of the business and Hebrew classes; certificates; and, finally, newspaper clippings.

Administrative History: The Rivelis family owned a large clothing store in North Bay from 1926 until 1986 called Rivelis. They sold men's and women's mid-range clothing and became famous in town for their annual sale held on 16 November. The business grew from a small family-run store to a large department store with twelve employees.; In addition to running the business, Nate Rivelis was also involved in the local Lion's Club and was the president of this organization from 1957-1958. He was the only Jewish member at that time. In addition, he also served as the president of the Hebrew school during the 1940s.

Subjects: Business; Communities

Name Access: Rosen, Rheta; Rivelis, Nathan

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mark Goldhamer [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic), architectural drawing (electronic)] – [189-]-2004.

Accession Number: 2007-9-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic); architectural drawing (electronic)

Physical Description: 37 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg) + 2 identification keys; 16 documents (28 jpgs); 2 architectural drawings (jpg)

Date: [189-]-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of scanned copies of original records documenting the Jewish community in Cornwall. The records relate to various individuals in the community, including the donor, as well as organizations such as B'nai Brith, Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society, and the Beth-El Congregation. The items include scans of cemetery plans, burial certificates, photographs, meeting minutes, memorial books and various legal documents.; Photographs are as follows:; 01. Sixtieth anniversary of D-Day program.; 02. Abe and Rose Goldhamer, Long Sault Rapids before the seaway, ca. 1941.; 03. Al Burnes in uniform. Al lived in Cornwall and moved to Toronto, [between 1939 and 1945].; 04. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 1, 1962.; 05. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 2, 1962.; 06. Beth El Synagogue, exterior, nd.; 07. Beth El Synagogue, interior, nd.; 08. Birdie Phillips Miller.; 09. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [obverse]; 10. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [reverse]; 11. B’nai Brith entertaining seniors from Glen Stor Dun Lodge, 1964.; 12. B’nai Brith girls temporary charter, 1967.; 13. B’nai Brith Youth Organization temporary charter, 1967.; 14. Boys playing hockey behind the shul, 1930s. Back row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Abrugov, Murray Berns, Julius Kolomier. Front row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Goldhamer, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.; 15. Braham Goldhamer on piano.; 16. Cemetery plan from office of LP Stidwill, civil engineer and Ontario land surveyor, April 18 1958.; 17. Cemetery plan, nd.; 18. Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Robert Saunders Dam, 1957.; 19. B’nai Brith emergency meeting minutes, 1967.; 20. Entertainer, Helen Goldhamer and her father, Julius Miller.; 21. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 1, Oct. 5, 1924.; 22. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 2, Oct. 5, 1924.; 23. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [obverse] Pictured are, Standing left to right: Moe Helperin, Peter Solway, Oscar Niduvitch, Louis Dubinsky, Alex Abugor, Sam Nyman, Moe Schulman, Bernard Miller, I. Martin, Saul Schulman. Seated left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Sam Smolkin, Saul Kaye, Mrs. Eddie Cantor (guest speaker), Rabbi Matts, Julius Miller.; 24. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [reverse]; 25. Hebrew School, ca. 1958.; 26. Helen, Mark and Brham Goldhamer, ca. 1958.; 27. Helen Goldhamer on the St. Lawrence just west of Cornwall.; 28. Helen Goldhamer speaking.; 29. Helen Goldhamer thanking guest speaker.; 30. Joel Horovitz, bar mitzvah programme, 1954.; 31. Julius Miller and daughter Helen Goldhamer with father Moses Miller (seated) and grandson Braham Goldhamer at age 2.; 32. Julius Miller and wife Birdie in front of their furniture company’s first truck, ca. 1946.; 33. Julius Miller Grove invitation to ceremony, 1969.; 34. Julius Miller Grove letter, 1969.; 35. Julius Miller Grove plaque, ca. 1969.; 36. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.; 37. Annette Phillips and Mary Phillips, ca. 1948.; 38. Julius Miller presented with a pin by Mrs. Eddie Cantor at an Israel Bonds drive, 1961.; 39. Nathan Phillips with unidentified boy.; 40. Left to right: Annette Phillips, Mary Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller and Riva Phillips, 1940s.; 41. Left to right: Archie Dover, Julius Miller and Rabbi Lewin at the Memory Board dedication.; 42. Left to right: Helen Goldhamer, Sarah Vineberg, Mrs. M. Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller, Annette Phillips, ca. 1938.; 43. Succot. Left to right: Margot Miller, Jack Miller and Braham Goldhamer, ca. 1956.; 44. Left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Iruim Thaw, Saul Schulman and guest speaker, ca. 1961.; 45. Nathan and Sam Phillips, ca. 1920.; 46. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 1, 1929.; 47. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 2, 1929.; 48. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 1, 1945.; 49. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 2, 1945.; 50. Markus Goldhamer RCAF photo, Second World War.; 51. Mary Phillips, life member of Hadassah-WIZO card, April 5, 1954.; 52. Memorial book, pg. 1, 1926.; 53. Memorial book, pg. 2, 1926.; 54. Memorial book, pg. 3, 1926.; 55. Memorial book, pg. 4, 1926.; 56. Memory board.; 57. Moses Miller.; 58. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 1, 1934.; 59. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 2, 1934.; 60. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 3, 1934.; 61. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 4, 1934.; 62. Part of crowd at the annual dinner in Beth El Synagogue hall.; 63. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 1, Nov. 29, 1922.; 64. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 2, Nov. 29, 1922.; 65. President of B’nai Brith Mark Goldhamer speaking. Helen Goldhamer seated to his left.; 66. Riva Phillips beside Julius Miller Furniture shop, 1950s.; 67. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 1.; 68. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 2.; 69. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in September 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-09-04.

Subjects: Communities; Cemeteries

Name Access: Goldhamer, Mark

Places: Cornwall (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Dodick family (Thunder Bay, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [194-?].

Accession Number: 2007-7-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-7-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (jpg); 1 painting : col. (jpg)

Date: [194-?]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one digital photograph of a painting depicting the Dodick family while in Poland, and one scanned copy of an original photograph. Identified in the painting are, left to right: Harry, Dora (mother), Sam (baby), Cecil, Fay, Abraham, Murray.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

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: Communities; Families

Name Access: Dodick, Vicki; Dodick, Cecil

Places: Thunder Bay, Ont.; Poland

Source: Archival Accessions

Herbert Brown (North Bay, ON) [textual record (electronic), graphic material (electronic), textual record] – [192-]-[198-].

Accession Number: 2007-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-8-9

Material Format: textual record (electronic); graphic material (electronic); textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 compact disc; 21 photographs (electronic) : b&w and col.; 16 textual records (22 jpg files)

Date: [192-]-[198-]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of scanned copies of original documents and photographs depicting the Jewish community of North Bay and the Brown family. The records relate to various individuals in the community, including the donor, as well as the Sons of Jacob Congregation. The items include scans of photographs, correspondence, employment contracts with various spiritual leaders, newspaper clippings, and High Holiday lists.; The compact disc contains a scan of the Synagogue's letters-patent from 1924. The original textual records include a copy of the Synagogues' constitution from the 1950s and a photocopy of a cartoon drawing depicting members of the North Bay B'nai Brith lodge.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in August 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-08-17.

Descriptive Notes: Associated material note: Herb Brown fonds 029 and fonds 032, series 02 at the Nipissing University and Canadore College Archives and Special Collections.

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Burke (Belleville, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – 1927, 1970.

Accession Number: 2007-6-29

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-29

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg); 1 document : col. (jpg)

Date: 1927, 1970

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a scanned photograph of Joe and Fanny Diamond and a digital image of the Belleville Fashion Show Program from 1970.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities

Name Access: Diamond, Joe; Diamond, Fanny

Places: Belleville, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Freedman family [graphic material (electronic)] – 1941-[197-].

Accession Number: 2007-9-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: 1941-[197-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of scanned copies of eleven family photographs of the Freedman family of North Bay. Included are photos of Eunice and William Freedman when dating, on their wedding day, as well as of their three sons in Hebrew school and on their bar mitzvah days. In addition, there are three Hanukkah photographs.; Photographs are as follows:; 001: Abe Freedman, 1970s; 002: Left to right: Gordon Rosenberg, Bill Brown, Dolly Brown, Eunice Freedman, Bill Freedman, Goldie Garshowitz at Club Norman, 1941.; 003: Hanukkah performance at Hebrew school, (North Bay, ON), ca. 1963. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, # 2007-9/3; Front Row (L to R): Elliot Rosenberg, Steven Freedman, Michael Back, Annette Metz, Mary Ellen Rosenberg, unidentified, unidentified, Jeff Freeman. Middle Row (L to R): Joy Price, unidentified, Paul Freeman, Helen Metz, unidentified, Steve Gurevitch, unidentified, Brian Back. Back Row (L to R): Billy Metz, Kenny Herman, Howard Kizell, Shelly Freedman, Martin Brown and Steve Kizell.; 004: Left to right: Elliot Rosenberg, unidentified girl, unidentified girl, Paul Freedman, Annette Metz.; 005: Left to right: unidentified, Billy Metz, Kenny Herman, Larry Freedman.; 006: Eunice and William Freedman wedding, 1948.; 007: Eunice and William Freedman when dating in Toronto, ca. 1947.; 008: Larry, Paul and Sheldon, Hebrew School photos 1959 to 1960.; 009: Paul Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1955.; 010: Shelly Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1952.; 011: Steven Freedman bar mitzvah, ca. 1957.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Freedman, Eunice

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Carole and Norm Albert (Belleville, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – [ca. 1955]-[2003?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-30

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-30

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 document : col. (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1955]-[2003?]

Scope and Content: Accession is comprised of family and community photographs of two generations of the Albert family of Belleville. Images include rabbis Moses Lewin and Walter Seligman, friends, events such as bar mitzvahs, Ethnic Day and a Purim Party, and the Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen memorial. People pictured are identified in the finding aid. There is also one electronic copy of a newsclipping about Rabbi Moses Lewin.; The photographs are as follows:; 01. Joe Burke far right Norman Albert in middle Ruth Goldberg far right, 1950s.; 02. Belleville Community Picnic at the Albert's Summer House.; 03. David Albert, 1960.; 04. David Albert bar mitzvah with Rabbi Seligmann and wife.; 05. Ethnic Day at the Shul, mid-1970s.; 06. Florence Yannover.; 07. Jacob Albert with grandsons, 1958.; 08. Left to right: Ruth Lear and Becky Shulmann and Sarah Lightstone in back.; 09. Left to right: Selma Bochnek, Shirley Osborne, Ethel Burke, Walter and Mrs Seligmann at synagogue dinner dance.; 10. Mark and Michelle and David Albert, March 20 1971, bar mitzvah.; 11. Norm and Lil and Jacob Albert and Rose.; 12. Purim Party, 1957.; 13. Purim Party. Joe Burke and Mynra Crystal of Peterborough, April 1957.; 14. Rabbi Moses Lewin.; 15. Shulman Departure, May 1985.; 16. Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen Memorial, ca. 2003.; 17. Ted and Eleanor Schwab.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Albert, Carole; Albert, Norm

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Solomon Waiser family [textual record, graphic material (electronic), graphic material] – 1910-1960.

Accession Number: 2007-9-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-8

Material Format: textual record; graphic material (electronic); graphic material

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w and col. (7 jpg); 1 naturalization paper

Date: 1910-1960

Scope and Content: Records include the 1911 naturalization certificate of Solomon Waiser; a 1948-1949 class composite photograph of the North Bay Hebrew School; and 7 scanned copies of original photographs. The photographs include images of Sol Waiser, his wife Essie, and children; the wedding of Mary Waiser and Milton Cossaver; Sol Waiser's house in North Bay; and two North Bay streetscapes outside Sol Waiser's clothing store.; Photographs are as follows:; 01. Esther and Jake Kizell (Cynthia Flesher's grandparents) dancing at Sol and Essie Waiser’s 50th wedding anniversary.; 02. Right to left: Sol Waiser and Essie, Zelda and William and Ceritta and Arthur, bound for Europe, 1927.; 03. Sol Waiser and Silverstein shops in North Bay, 1940s.; 04. Sol Waiser and wife standing outside store on parade route, 1910.; 05. Sol Waiser’s house at 133 Main Street West.; 06. Sol Waiser walking new torah to shul after son returned from war, ca. 1945.; 07. Wedding of Mary Waiser and Milton Cossever, March 26 1950. Front row, left to right: Frances Waiser, Michael Waiser, Cynthia Waiser, Rifka Wiseman, Lillian Wiseman, Bona Wiseman, Milton Cossaver, Mary Waiser Cossaver, Sylvia Black, Mrs. Cossaver, Bessie Waiser, Rae Black, Peter Schacter, Geety Waiser, Mrs. Cosaver, unknown. Second row, left to right: Gary ?, Art Waiser, Bill Waiser, Henry Wiseman, unknown, Louis Ritter, unknown, Sol Waiser, unknown, unknown.; 08. North Bay Hebrew School 1948-49. Identified are, top left: Henry Wiseman (father of Ricky Pasternak), Nathan Rivilis, Jack Stoller. Middle left: Rifkay (Ricky) Pasternak, Faegi Hoffman, Michael Cohen, Cynthia Waiser, Gloria Hockman. Bottom left: Irwin (Butch) Rivilis, Peter Brown, Bernice (Brooky) Himmel, Herbie Herman, Sandra Hockman.; 09. Soloman Waiser naturalization papes.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Waiser, Solomon

Places: North Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Joel Moldaver [moving images, graphic material (electronic), graphic material] – [195-]-[196-].

Accession Number: 2008-1-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-1-4

Material Format: moving images; graphic material (electronic); graphic material

Physical Description: 4 film reels (57 min., 32 sec.) : 16 mm; 1 DVD; 8 photographs (jpgs) : b&w; 1 photograph : b&w

Date: [195-]-[196-]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of four 16 mm films and one copy DVD, documenting the Moldaver family in Peterborough. The films were taken during the 1950s and 1960s and include images of a Camp Wahanowin family visit featuring people by the lake, boating, playing badminton and softball and waterskiing, as well as other cottage scenes of kids swimming and jumping off the dock, canoeing, and several families sitting by the lake.; The films also document several family and community events, such as a family vacation to Chicago, fancy parties, Hanukkah and Purim celebrations, family dinners, and bar mitzvahs, including the bar mitzvah of the donor Joel Moldaver. There are also several scenes of family life in Peterborough including people skating outdoors, and group shots of people standing outside of their homes and getting into cars.; In addition, the accession contains electronic scans of eight family photographs, including the donor's grandparents and great-parents, his parents' wedding which was the first Jewish wedding in Peterborough, and three images of his own bar mitzvah. There is also one oversize photograph of the 1942 Plenary session of the Canadian Jewish Congress, where the formation of Israel was addressed (photo credit: Federal Photos, Montreal).; Photographs are as follows:; 1. Annie and Philip Black in Peterborough, ca. 1939.; 2. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street.; 3. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street.; 4. Bar mitzvah at Reid Street with father Irving Moldaver, Aaron Black, and Rabbi Babb.; 5. David and Faigh Florence possibly on Aylmer Street, ca 1939.; 6. Irving Moldaver wedding portrait, 1938.; 7. Peterborough wedding, Ernie Fine, Annie Black, Ruth and Irving Moldaver, Clara and Oskar Moldaver, 1938.; 8. Ruth Moldaver (nee Black) wedding portrait, 1938.; 9. CJC fifth plenary session, Jan. 10-12, 1942, Montreal.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Religion

Name Access: Moldaver, Joel; Moldaver, Ruth; Moldaver, Irving

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

David Hart [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1914]-1942.

Accession Number: 2008-1-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-1-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w and sepia (tiff)

Date: [ca. 1914]-1942

Scope and Content: This accession consists of five scanned photographs of David Hart and his father Alfred E. Hart in military dress. Three of the photographs feature Alfred during the First World War in an army uniform and one photograph features Alfred in his uniform standing with David in a naval dress on the street in Toronto. The final photograph is of a victory parade on Yonge Street after the First World War (original source: the City of Toronto Archives, fonds 1568, Item 314). The photograph features Brodey Draimin Fur Co. in the background and was originally published in the Toronto Star.

Administrative History: Alfred E. Hart was in the Canadian infantry during the First World War and fought in four major battles. He was the owner of the Brodey Draimin Fur Company, located on Yonge Street in Toronto. His son, David, was in the Naval Home Guard, Royal Regiment, during the Second World War.

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.

Descriptive Notes: Related material note: see oral history 375 for David Hart's account of his wartime experiences.

Subjects: Canada--Armed Forces; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945

Name Access: Hart, David; Hart, Alfred E.

Source: Archival Accessions

Moe Greenspoon (Sudbury, ON) [graphic material, graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – [1910?]-2008.

Accession Number: 2008-2-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-2-4

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 photograph : col.; 2 documents : col. (jpg)

Date: [1910?]-2008

Scope and Content: Accession consists of six photographs of the Greenspoon family of Sudbury, Ontario. There are also two scanned documents: Moe Greenspoon's 1918 birth certificate and his statement of service in the Canadian Armed Forces, issued in 1990.; Photographs include the following:; 01. Benjamin and Fanny Greenspoon ca. 1910. (photograph was a reprint of a scanned original); 02. Paul Allan Greenspoon with grandfather Benjamin and his second wife at bar mitzvah, ca. 1966.; 03. Greenspoon family gathering ca. 1942. L to R (back): Nathan, Doris, Moses (Moe), Max, Sydney, Irving, Bill, Ruth, Louis. L to R (front): Dave, wife Ann, Ben, Fanny, Harry, wife Millie.; 04. Greenspoons at the Nahala dedication plaque in Israel, Oct. 1972. L to R: Rose (married to Max), daughter Elaine, Max, son Ira, Ira's wife Merle, and Ben in front.; 05. Zady's Boyz - basketball team of all the grandsons with Moe, 2008.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Canada--Armed Forces; Communities; Families

Name Access: Greenspoon, Moe

Places: Sudbury, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Erica Cherney (Peterborough, Ont.) [textual record, textual record (electronic), graphic material (electronic)] – [1915?]-[200-].

Accession Number: 2008-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-3-2

Material Format: textual record; textual record (electronic); graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 4 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 6 documents : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [1915?]-[200-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of brochures from the Cherney family businesses: their furniture store of fifty years, followed by Cherney Realty, established after 1984. Also included are a pamphlet on the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund of the Community Counselling and Resource Centre of Peterborough. There is also a memorial card for the death of Harry Cherney in 1984. Electronic records include articles about Cherney's and Erica Cherney, City of Peterborough Awards of Merit for Harry and Erica Cherney, and four photographs.; Photograhps are as follows:; 01. Award of Merit, Erica Cherney, 1977.; 02. Award of Merit, Harry Cherney, 1981.; 03. Harry Cherney on a sailboat, ca. 1978.; 04. 40th Anniversary of Cherney Store, 1975. Left to right: Myer and Harry and Lou Cherney.; 05. Rebecca Cherney, ca. 1915.; 06. Tree of Life donated in honour of Harry Cherney.; 07. Cherney business story in Peterborough Industrial Review, 1975.; 08. Erica Cherney article in Business Advantage February, 1997, page 13.; 09. Cherney ad, 1975.; 10. Harry Cherney newspaper article about his death, Peterborough Examiner, December 29 1984, page 1.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Business; Communities

Name Access: Cherney, Erica

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rose Brewda (Peterborough, ON) [textual record, graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1910]-1984.

Accession Number: 2008-3-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-3-7

Material Format: textual record; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 7 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1910]-1984

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two photocopied letters exchanged between Rose Brewda and Campbellford District High School in 1984 after her visit with students to speak as a survivor of the Holocaust. Two photocopied newspaper clippings relate to this visit. The scanned photographs include aerial photographs of three of the Brewda's four livestock farms; three were in Peterborough and one in Lindsay. There are two older family portraits with Rose's Zaidie taken in Rumania before the Second World War, one of the Brewda family in the 1950s, and one of Rose dancing with her son Irvin at his bar mitzvah, the first one held in Peterborough's new shul in 1965. Photo identification, L to R:; Formal portrait, ca. 1918: Rose's mother Ita, Zaidie Isaac Hert, father Nathan Rosenberg, older sisters Mindle and baby Rivka; In front of house, ca. 1930: Rose (in polka dots), Mindle, mother Ita, toddler Chai, Zaidie Isaac Hert, brother Mayer, sister Rivka. Sister Zisel was missing.; Brewda family on farm, ca. 1957: Kalman and Rose, children Ethyl, Joseph and Irvin.

Descriptive Notes: Textual records are photocopies.

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Hockman family (North Bay, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1926, [ca. 1944], 1949.

Accession Number: 2008-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-4-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: 1926, [ca. 1944], 1949

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three scanned photographs from North Bay. The first is a Hebrew school compositite, the second is of Gloria Hockman and Brooky Robins as little girls, and the third is of Shirley and Marvin Martin Hockman just before their arrival from Russia in 1926.; Hebrew school photo, 1948-49: Top left: Henry Wiseman (father of Ricky Pasternak), Nathan Rivilis, Jack Stoller Middle left: Rifka (Ricky) Pasternak, Faegi Hoffman, Michael Cohen, Cynthia Waiser, Gloria Hockman Bottom left: Irwin (Butch) Rivilis, Peter Brown, Bernice (Brooky) Himmel, Herbie Herman, Sandra Hockman.

Source: Archival Accessions

Joan Aaron [graphic material (electronic)] – 22 May 1948.

Accession Number: 2008-4-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-4-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Date: 22 May 1948

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a scanned photograph of a group of children in Cornwall, Ontario, taken on 22 May 1948. The children are identified on the photograph: Eunice Shulman, Joan Horovitz, Evelyn Smolkin, Barbara-Ann Horovitz, Sydney Horovitz, Jack Miller, Cynthia Nyman, Avrona Miller, and Jack Horovitz.

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: Children

Places: Cornwall (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Greenspoon family (Sudbury, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1925]-[ca. 1975].

Accession Number: 2007-9-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1925]-[ca. 1975]

Administrative History: Accession consists of scanned photographs of Goldie Barth's (nee Greenspoon) family in Sudbury, Ontario, including pictures of her parents Mary and Samuel, their backyard with scrap metal, and their general store. Other images include Mary Singer, Ghital Halman, a children's event in the basement of the synagogue, a group of Young Judea youth, and a group of young children.; Photographs include:; 01. Children outside shul, early 1940s.; 02. Event in basement of synagogue, late 1930s or early 1940s.; 03. Greenspoons inside shul, nd.; 04. Left to right: Mary Greenspoon and Mary Singer at Jewish community camp.; 05. Left to right: Ghital Halman, Mary Greenspoon, unidentified. Unidentified man behind.; 06. Mary Greenspoon in backyard with chickens, late 1930s.; 07. Mary Greenspoon with children in front of her grocery store, 1930s.; 08. Samuel Greenspoon in backyard with chickens and scrap metal.; 09. Young Judea event, February 1964. Far left Goldie Barth. Other children are Jewish and Catholic.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Barth, Goldie

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Ted Cole [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic), textual record] – 1981.

Accession Number: 2008-6-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-6-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic); textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 4 textual records (5 jpg files); 15 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: 1981

Scope and Content: This accession consists of records related to the dedication of the Pearl and Carl Cole Athletic Wing at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre in May 1981. The money for the wing was donated in their honour by their sons, Bruce and Ted.; The records consist of fifteen digital scans of photographs originally taken at the dedication ceremonies on 10 May 1981 along with a digital scan of the speech given by Ted Cole at the event. Also included is a digital copy of a brunch invitation and of two letters written to Pearl and Carl by Rabbi Irwin Schild and Rabbi Michael Stroh, as well as two hard copy invitations to the dedication ceremonies.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives in June 2008 for digitization.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Posluns family [graphic material (electronic), graphic material, textual record (electronic), textual record] – [ca. 1870]-2008.

Accession Number: 2008-6-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-6-10

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); graphic material; textual record (electronic); textual record

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w and sepia (2 jpg) ; 14 x 9 cm; 1 textual record (7 jpg files); 1 folder of textual records

Date: [ca. 1870]-2008

Scope and Content: This accession consists of records documenting the Posluns family of Toronto. They include two scanned copies of photographs and one original, depicting various members of the Posluns family such as the family patriarch, Yosef ben Abraham and a copy photograph of the Tip Top Tailors building under construction in 1928.; The textual records consist of one electronic copy of a short history of the Posluns family, taken from Samuel Bernstein's biography, as well as a copy of a YMHA bulletin cover page from June 15, 1934, featuring a message from the president, Louis Posluns.

Custodial History: The records were loaned to the OJA on June 17, 2008 to be copied and returned to the donor.

Administrative History: A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/tree/pdfs/poslaniec.pdf

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.

Name Access: Posluns, Wilfred, 1932-2010

Source: Archival Accessions

Joe Roseman (Kitchener, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [192?]-[1978].

Accession Number: 2007-9-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-10

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [192?]-[1978]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of nine scanned copy photographs of the donor's parents, relatives, and community events in Kitchener, Ontario.; Photographs are the following:; 01. Bessie and David Roseman.; 02. Bessie and David Roseman.; 03. Beth Jacob Centre ribbon-cutting ceremony, Feb. 18, 1961. Left to right: Alex Orzy, Jack Rosen, and Rabbi Rosensweig.; 04. Kitchener gang at Joe Roseman’s daughter, Helene’s wedding, 1978. Bottom row, left to right: Burk and Rennie Brown, Fred and Nettie Steinhouse, Jules and Beatrice Speigel, Alex and Alice Orzy, Raymond and Shirley Cohen. Top row, left to right: Roy and Rose Klein, Jack and Eve Gordon, Morris and Freda Gartenberg, Murray and Mrs. Walman.; 05. Kitchener Jewish community picnic near Petersberg, ca. 1920s.; 06. Left to right: Sholom Brown (no relation), Al Brown (cousin) and Sam Moldaver (brother-in-law), Trafalgar Square, 1940s.; 07. Port Carling, 1950s. Left to right seated: Norman Orzy and wife,Alice Orzy, Bill Kosky with daughter on lap and Dora Kosky, Bessie Roseman and Sheldon Kosky. Left to right standing: Alex Orzy, Jean Roseman and Joe Roseman.; 08. Ruth Roseman Katz and Joe Roseman, 1940s.; 09. Sam Roseman, Sam Moldaver (brothers-in-law), 1940s.

Administrative History: Joe Roseman's parents, Bessie Baranski and David Roseman, came to Canada separately from Poland in 1918. Bessie had siblings already in Ontario: her sister Channah and brother-in-law Charles Glass, living in Kitchener at the time; brother Gordon; and brother Joe. All three brothers worked in second hand furniture and eventually switched to new furniture. They Anglicized the family name from Baranski to Brown.; Settling in Kitchener by 1920, David Roseman had a job running the tuck shop at McBrine Baggage. By 1922 he had joined his brother-in-law Charles Glass in his store, Central Furniture on King Street East. David's wife Bessie helped deliver furniture until her brother Joe came on. Joe died in 1945 after being hit by a car in front of the store.; David and Bessie had five children: Samuel, Esther (who married Sam Moldaver), Max, Ruth (married Henry Katz of Hamilton), and Joe. Samuel served and was killed in action in the Second World War. Joe began working at the furniture business in his second year of high school (1938) and stayed there until 1962 with his father retired and the business was sold. After this, Joe's brother Max opened his own store in Brantford; Joe opened one in Stratford; and Sam remained in Kitchener, opening his own small furniture store next to the original Central Furniture.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities

Name Access: Roseman, Joe; Roseman, David; Roseman, Bessie

Places: Kitchener, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Eve Rosen Gordon (Kitchener, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic)] – [193-]-1962.

Accession Number: 2007-9-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-9-9

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [193-]-1962

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three scanned family photographs as follows:; 01. Bat mitzvah of Richelle Gordon, 1962. Left to right: Moishe Laeb, Shaina Hanna, Jack Gordon, Richelle Gordon, Eve Gordon, Raizel Rosen, Yisroel Rosen, Brian Gordon. In front: Sheri Gordon.; 02. Family portrait, 1930s. Left to right: Mathew Gordon, Shaina Hana Gordon, Joe Gordon, Moishe Laeb Gordon, Sarah Polen. In front: Jack Gordon.; 03. Raizel and Yisroel Rosen (parents of Eve Gordon).

Administrative History: Eve Rosen Gordon was born in Russia in 1923. When she was three years old, her parents and paternal grandparents came to Canada with Eve's sister and brother. Her uncle Aaron Rosen had been in Kitchener, Ontario, since 1903. His business was scrap metal, and Eve's father joined him in the work to pay off their tickets from Russia. Following that, he peddled with a horse and buggy. In 1933, he launched his own business, clearing and filling the swampy land by hand to build a multi-generation business, Rosen and Sons, which eventually moved into industrial waste.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Gordon, Eve

Places: Kitchener (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Norman Springer (Kingston, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1941]-[ca. 1955].

Accession Number: 2008-7-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1941]-[ca. 1955]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 4 scanned photographs relating to the Springer and Palmer families of Kingston, Ontario. included are anniversary, wedding and family photos. Identified in the photograhs are: Hinda Palmer, Jerry Springer, Sarah Rebecca Springer, Nate Hendin, Sam Springer, Miriam Palmer, Morris Palmer, Moses Cramer, Maury Kaye, Eva Hendin, Ben Palmer, Leah Cramer, Sheina Kaye, Aaron Palmer, Seddy Springer, Samuel Springer, Moe Cramer, Birdie Cramer, Edith Cramer, and Fern Cramer.

Administrative History: Norman Springer is the son of Leddy Palmer and Samuel Springer of Kingston, Ontario. His maternal grandparents, Ben and Hinda Palmer, arrived in Kingston around 1900. They had five children: Lean, Sarah (Seddy; Norman's mother), Eva, Morris, and Shana. Around the same time Ben and Sarah Springer arrived in Belleville. They had four children: Fanny, Samuel (Norman's father), Jenny, and Charles.; Samuel and Seddy met in Sandbanks (near Picton) on holidays in the 1920s. They lived in Belleville for two years and then moved to Kingston in 1934/35. Sam had a strong affiliation with Belleville; he ran the Artistic Ladies’ Wear clothing store (taken over by Julius and Jenny Abramsky) in town. Later he swapped clothing stores with his brother-in-law (Abramsky) because the women wanted to be close to their families (Jenny Abramsky was originally from Belleville).; Norman's maternal grandfather, Ben Palmer, was very involved with the synagogue in Kingston, serving on the 1910 building committee. Sam was a business leader in Kingston and was also involved in Jewish activities and committees. He was the sole building chairman in charge of building the new synagogue in Kingston. His son, Jerry, and grandson, Ryan, were the committee chairs when the Robinson wing was built. Norm and his son Douglas (grandson) were chairs on the Otterburn House (Hillel) committee when major renovations were needed to it.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Kastner family (Cornwall, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1933]-[ca. 1962].

Accession Number: 2008-7-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-8

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1933]-[ca. 1962]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 4 scanned photographs. One is a family snapshot of Tilla Kastner and the other three relate to Kastner's Clothing Store in Cornwall.

Administrative History: Sheila Kastner was born in Cornwall, Ontario in 1928, the same year her family moved there. Her father, Jacob Wolf Kastner, was born in the 1870s in Bukavina which was then part of Austria. He came to Canada in 1901. Sheila's mother was Tilla Brucer, born in 1895 in Rumania. She met and married Jacob in Montreal in 1923. Kastner's Clothing Store was originally located in what had been a house, on Pitt Street. The family lived behind the premises. Sheila's mother then rented a better location at 100 Pitt Street, as well as a house at 11 Augustus Street for the family. In 1939 the Kastners moved to Montreal. They moved four times there and had three stores. In 1942 her mother Tilla left her husband to return to Cornwall, accompanied by 14-year-old Sheila. After high school, Sheila went to Carleton College to study journalism. She married and had a child, which interrupted her degree. She and her husband moved to Cornwall and ran the successful men's and boy's clothing store Tilla had created, T. Kastner Limited, until they sold it in 1968. The new owners retained the respected name of Kastner and the store is still in business nearly seventy years later at 27 First Street East.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Miller family (Cornwall, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1955].

Accession Number: 2008-7-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-9

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1930]-[ca. 1955]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of five scanned photograps: four of members of the Miller family of Cornwall, Ontario, and one photograph of the women of the Israel Bond Drive circa 1953.; Identification: Miller family photo -- Front row LtoR: Mark Goldhamer, Robin Miller, Joyce Miller, Helen Goldhamer, Julius Miller, Ann Miller, Bertie Miller, Bernard Miller, Sarah Miller. Back row LtoR: Berle Miller, Howard Miller, Jack Miller, Braham Goldhamer, Sharon Goldhamer, Margot Miller, Alvin Miller.; Israel Bond Drive LtoR: Beulah Miller, Ada Abugov, Sara Nyman, Birdie Miller, Ray Horovitz, Lillian Schulman, Edith Schulman, Gert Solway, Lillie Miller, Cookie Rice, Ray Kaye, Tillie Dubinsky.

Use Conditions: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Accessions

Dover family, Cornwall [graphic material (electronic)] – [193-]-1960.

Accession Number: 2008-7-11

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-11

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [193-]-1960

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 6 scanned photographs relating to Cornwall businessman Archie Dover, his family, and street scenes of Cornwall.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Rosensweig family (Kitchener, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1973.

Accession Number: 2008-7-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-12

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Date: 1973

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one scanned photograph of Rabbi Rosensweig with his son Avrum at the bar mitzvah of the latter in Kitchener in 1973.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Stitt & Sons (Thunder Bay, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1935].

Accession Number: 2008-7-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-13

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs

Date: [ca. 1935]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 2 scanned photographs of the storefront of Stitt & Sons shoe store in Thunder Bay and of David Stitt standing outside it.

Custodial History: Jerry Stitt is the son of David Stitt.

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.

Source: Archival Accessions

Frank Gishman (Peterborough, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1942-1944.

Accession Number: 2008-7-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-14

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs (jpg)

Date: 1942-1944

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one military portrait of Frank Gishman and two wedding portraits of Frank and Ruth Gishman of Peterborough, Ontario.

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: Portraits

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Hurtig family (Thunder Bay, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1948-1951.

Accession Number: 2008-8-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-1

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w and sepia (jpg)

Date: 1948-1951

Scope and Content: This accession consists of five electronic scans of original photographs documenting the Hurtig family of Thunder Bay (formerly Fort William and Port Arthur). The photographs depict Dave and Bert Hurtig in front of the Empire Hotel, the Hurtig family at Izzy and Rhona Baron's wedding and a children's Hanukkah celebration in the B'nai Brith hall.; Identified in the photographs is: Rabbi Wolfson, Sheila Hurtig, Dora Hurtig, Chava Hurtig, Reva Hurtig, Theresa Hurtig, Doreen Hurtig, Larry Hurtig, Terry Hurtig, Marshall Hollenberg, Gary Polonsky, Nathan Stitt, Jack Orenstein, Larry Jurtig, Don Bass, Harvey Cogas, Jack Dodick, Michael Helper, Benny Hurtig, Bernie Hurtig, Harry Hurtig, Morley Hurtig, Bert Hurtig, Dave Hurtig, Matas Hurtig, Max Hurtig

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.

Source: Archival Accessions

Percy Marcus (Belleville, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1930-1977.

Accession Number: 2008-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: 1930-1977

Scope and Content: This accession consists of nine scanned copies of original photographs documenting the Samuel and Marcus families of Belleville. Pictured in the photographs are: Harry Samuels, Rose (née Samuels) Berman, Sidney Samuels, Dorey (née Samuels) Safe, Helen (née Samuels) Sussman, Reta (née Samuels) Marcus, Max Marcus, Percy Marcus, Sidney Marcus, Sophie Marcus, Samuel Springer and Thomas Samuels.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Belleville Jewish community [textual record, graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – [194-]-2005.

Accession Number: 2008-8-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-4

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records; 4 photographs : b&w (jpg); 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Date: [194-]-2005

Scope and Content: This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.

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: Communities; Purim; Synagogues

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Witchel family, Sudbury [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – 1919-2000, predominant 1940s.

Accession Number: 2008-8-18

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-18

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 47 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 2 textual records (pdf)

Date: 1919-2000, predominant 1940s

Scope and Content: Accession consists of forty-seven digital copies of family photographs and photocopied documents belonging to the Wichefsky (later Witchel) family of Sudbury, Ontario. The photographs are images of family members, the family's cabin near town, and their friends. There is also a Yiddish language letter from the yeshiva in Poland attesting to David Wichefsky's graduation and a family tree.

Administrative History: Doris Witchel Laskin is the daughter of Jacob Witchel and granddaughter of Rabbi David Wichefsky. David Wichefsky was Sudbury's first rabbi and Hebrew teacher. He arrived in 1894 and together with his wife Esther raised seven children. The family name was later changed to Witchel. David's son Jacob, the second eldest, was born before the family immigrated. Jacob married Bella Cohen in Montreal in 1918. They had six children: Doris, Jess, Shirley, David, Thora, and William (Bill). The Witchels are related to the Moses and Magder families of Sudbury.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes: Language note: Yiddish

Source: Archival Accessions

Greenspan family (Niagara Falls, ON) [graphic material (electronic), graphic material] – [ca. 1940]-1973.

Accession Number: 2008-8-21

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-21

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); graphic material

Physical Description: 17 photographs (jpgs); 2 photographs : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm and 9 x 9 cm

Date: [ca. 1940]-1973

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 17 scanned photographs of the Greenspan family of Niagara Falls.Included are photos of local children, special family and local events, couples and a B'nai Brith picnic. In addition to the Greenspan family, other families identified in the photographs include the Enchin, Bogomolny and Schneiderman families.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions

Saul Laskin (Thunder Bay, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [193-]-1995.

Accession Number: 2008-8-19

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-19

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 10 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)

Date: [193-]-1995

Scope and Content: This accession consists of ten electronic copies of photographs documenting the Laskin family and the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. The photographs depict a 1937 royal coronation parade float created by the Jewish community, as well as a portrait of Saul Laskin and members of the Laskin family and some photos of Saul during his political election campaign and during a store giveaway. Also included is the sod turning ceremony of the new synagogue and the street naming of Saul Laskin Drive in Thunder Bay. Also identified in the photographs are: Murray Stitt, Rabbi Sternberg, and Mayor Norman Wilson.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the OJA for the small Jewish communities project for copying.

Use Conditions: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Places: Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Horovitz family (Cornwall, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [1945?]-1946.

Accession Number: 2008-8-22

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-22

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: [1945?]-1946

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs of Saul and Frances Horowitz and their home in Cornwall.

Custodial History: Joan Aaron is the daughter of Frances Horowitz.

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.

Places: Cornwall (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Bogomolny/Greenspan families (Niagara Falls, ON) [multiple media] – ca.1928-1994.

Accession Number: 2008-8-23

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-23

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 5 cm textual records; 22 photographs : b&w (4 jpg)

Date: ca.1928-1994

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records and photographs pertaining to the interrelated Bogomolny and Greenspan families of Niagara Falls. Included is correspondence and speeches relating to Hadassah, a 1957 Sisterhood cookbook, a Hadassah-WIZO 75th anniversary Commemorative Book, a syngagogue yearbook 1960-1961, B'nai B'rith certificates of Abe Bogomolny's, programmes and invitations to special events, two picture postcards and other family photographs, newspaper clippings relating to the Bogomolnys, and immigration documents from 1928. Also included is a senior undergraduate research paper written by Gerald Enchin (originally of Kitchener), entitled, "A Locational Analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo Jewish Community," 1971.

Custodial History: Many of these records were collected and created by Jennie Greenspan Bogomolny, mother of the donor. They were passed to Brenda upon Jennie's death and kept until they came to the OJA.

Administrative History: Brenda Bogomolny Enchin is the daughter of Jennie Greenspan and Abe Bogomolny. Jennie was 8 years old in 1928 when she came to Canada with her mother and three brothers. Jennie's mother, Faige Bracha Pomerantz, posed as a widow coming to marry Morris Greenspan, even though they were already married. Morris had come ahead to Ontario where his brother Samuel was already settled. The accession includes documents from the rabbi in Poland attesting to Faige's widowed status so that she could get into Canada. Jennie's older brother was Joseph (father of Eddie and Brian Greenspan). Her younger brother, Abram, is living in Dundas as of 2008. The youngest child was Samuel, who was born in Sept. 1927 just a month after Morris had left Poland, so he met his youngest son a year later. Samuel died at age 48 in 1975.; Brenda’s mother Jennie married Abraham Bogomolny in 1946. He came to Niagara Falls in the 1930s, and with his brother Hymie opened the Niagara Rug Company, with braided and woven rugs. They were the biggest suppliers to department stores like Woolworths and Eaton’s. There was a fire in May 1968. Jennie was an elementary school teacher, she taught at Memorial School where the Greenspan children went, and Battleford Elementary School, which now gives out the Jennie Bogomolny Citizenship Award every year.

Use Conditions: 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 Accessions