- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 33
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1913]-1984
- Physical Description
- 264 photographs (98 negatives) : b&w and col. ; 28 x 35 cm or smaller
- 2 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- William (Bill) I. Stern (1921-2007) was born Izick Stern in Toronto on 24 February, 1921, to Moishe (Morris) Shternshis (ca. 1893-1976) and Fanny Rumianek (ca. 1896-1991). He was an active and respected member of both the Toronto and Hamilton Jewish communities.
- Bill began his education in Toronto at Grace Street and Givens Street elementary schools. He later attended the Central Technical Institute for chemistry. In the late 1930s, Bill left Central Tech to work for his father, but eventually returned to school until the start of the Second World War. At this time, Bill enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce and served as a Leading Aircraftsman for three years in France, Belgium and Germany. At the end of the war, he returned to Central Tech and completed his junior matriculation (grade 12) in January of 1946. In December 1946, Bill married his first wife, Toronto-born Laura Rubinstein (1923-1963). The couple had two children, Hershel (1953-) and Sheila (1957-1996).
- From 1946 to 1951, Bill studied social work at the University of Toronto through a government sponsored program for war veterans. When he graduated, he practiced social work at several community institutions such as the Children's Aid Society, the University Settlement House and St. Christopher House, in Toronto. In 1956, he was offered a position as director of activities for the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre (JCC). He remained in Hamilton at this post until 1960 and then returned to Toronto as a divisional director of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, where he initiated the fund's Social Planning Department. In 1963, upon the death of his wife Laura, Bill returned to Hamilton as the director of the JCC, and later the executive director of the Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations (CJO), a position which he held for nine years from 1964 until 1973.
- After two years with the United Jewish Welfare Fund of Buffalo, Bill returned to Toronto in 1975 and briefly served two years as the executive director of the Canadian Zionist Federation, Central Region. He then returned to private practice, working as a community consultant and later as a job placement coach at the University of Toronto's School of Social Work.
- Bill was an active supporter of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival and the author of "You Don't Have to Be Jewish", a book on Jewish film. He held several positions with philanthropic organizations such as the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest, and the Canadian Society for the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was also a volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives. Bill lived in Toronto with his second wife of more than thirty years, Elizabeth Uptegrove (1952-), until his passing on 18 April 2007.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Bill Stern until they were donated to the Archives.
- Scope and Content
- This fonds consists of photographs documenting the Stern and Rumianek families, individuals and organizations from the Hamilton and Toronto Jewish communities, as well as Bill Stern and his fellow servicemen during the Second World War.
- The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Family photographs; Military photographs; Hamilton Jewish community photographs; Toronto Jewish community photographs; and Camp photographs. The photographs have been described at the item level and have been arranged chronologically. The textual material consists of two files containing records related to Bill Stern's professional and philanthropic career, as well as some family invitations.
- Name Access
- Stern, William, 1921-2007
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- World War, 1939-1945
- Related Material
- See "Stern family" clipping file
- Creator
- Stern, William, 1921-2007
- Accession Number
- 1980-2-1
- 1981-9-4
- 1985-6-6
- 1986-1-8
- 1991-5-5
- 1991-5-6
- 1994-1-4
- 2004-5-96
- 2004-5-135
- 2004-5-141
- 2005-5-2
- 2005-5-9
- 2006-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Moishe Stern in London, Ontario as a young man.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 9 x 6 cm and 35 mm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Stern left Canada for Israel in 1933. Upon his arrival, he joined the Degania Bet Kibbutz, where he stayed until 1934, when he moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a bookkeeper. In 1936, he helped found the Ginosar kibbutz. He was killed in 1939 while on guard duty.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of young Torontonians from the Young Poale Zion Alliance, the precursor to Habonim, at Degania Bet kibbutz in Palestine. The man crouching in the centre is Sam (Shlomo) Stern. Standing over his left shoulder is Sol Berkofsky and over his right shoulder is [?] Kaplansky.
- Subjects
- Kibbutzim
- 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
- Palestine
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Stern left Canada for Palestine in 1933. Upon his arrival, he joined the Degania Bet Kibbutz, where he stayed until 1934, when he moved to Tel Aviv and worked as a bookkeeper. In 1936, he helped found the Ginosar kibbutz. He was killed in 1939 while on guard duty.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of young people in Palestine just before leaving for the Ginosar kibbutz. Sam Stern is lying on the ground in front and standing in the back row second from the right is his girlfriend, Yael.
- Subjects
- 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
- Palestine
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives); 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill's father Moishe Stern and his uncle Joseph Glass were active members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society, and both sat on the executive during the 1930s.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of the executive members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society in Toronto. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Joseph Frydman, Shime Dillick, [unidentified], [?] Zarnitsky.
- Front row, left to right: Hymie Pozner, Joseph Glass, Hartzke Kornblum (president), Iszhe Kornblum, and Joseph Frankel.
- Notes
- There is an original photograph, a 35mm negative and a 10 x 12 cm negative for this item.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- 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
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Camp photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 5
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 13 x 18 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of a group of campers and Bill Stern, a camp councilor, at the B'nai Brith Camp on Lake Couchiching in Ontario. They are standing on the front steps of one of the cabins. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], Moishe Sliffer, Bill Stern, [unidentified, [unidentified].
- Second row, left to right: [?] Starkman, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Front row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Oscar Witzman (from Hamilton).
- 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
- 1980-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 9 June 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 14 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of officers in the mobile signals unit stationed in Normandy, France during the Second World War. Pictured are (descriptions in parenthesis were written by Bill Stern on the back of the original photograph):
- Front row, left to right: Dori Landry (the padre of the outfit); Joe Maddigan (farm boy from Saskatchewan -- brother-in-law of Joe [Linachio] -- remember Joe?); Bill Stern (some guy you wouldn't know); Murray Smail (nursing a bottle of beer -- as usual).
- Second row, left to right: Barney Gordon (eating a Compo biscuit -- bread to us in those days); "Jack" Sinclair (our Scottish representative -- has since left this world -- his place was taken by a Canadian lad -- did I tell you that we are now 100% Canadian -- all 23 of us); "Red" Macdonald (our problem child. Red can put away more liquor than any ten men I've ever known); "Taffy" Meredith (our wireless [mub?] from Wales -- has also since left this world to make way for a Canadian); [Dines Pinard?].
- Third row, left to right: Ed Ross; "Chuck" [Parker]; Junior Loman; Sgt. Larry White; [Red Alter]; Cpl. Art Adamson.
- Fourth row, left to right: Cpl. Ronnie Wilfred; [?] Simpkins; Paul Reinhardt (from B.C.); Jimmy Barton (from around Manchester way -- also left); and "Johnny Be Careful" (our politician from the wilds of Quebec, Shawinigan Falls to be exact).
- Subjects
- Military uniforms
- 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
- France
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca.1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 11 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of friends from Crawford Street, standing with rifles in front of a car. They are most likely in the country north of Toronto, hunting for rabbits. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Irving Simon, Saul Cantor, Sam Simon, Sam Goodman, Carl Caplin.
- Front row: Phil Goldburn.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 31
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 11 x 17 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Willie Stern's wedding. Max Stern is pictured at the second table wearing his army uniform. Bill Stern's cousin, [?] Shedlovsky, is at the front table fifth from the right. Ben Lapin officiated at the wedding.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Weddings
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 35 mm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern attended Central Technical Institute before and after his service in the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph is of the Central Technical School Bantam basketball team and their coach. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Vern Dubinsky, Harold Shafman (now Chapman), Coach George Coulter, [unidentified], and Irving Salsberg.
- Front row, left to right: [unidentified], Bernie Kerzner, Samuel Madonick and [unidentified].
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on photograph.
- Subjects
- Sports teams
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 21 x 26 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of a group of Jewish soldiers and civilians who had gathered together in Brussels, Belgium to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. The group is standing on the front steps of a building. Harold Eisenberg is pictured in the suit and sunglasses, crouching in the front row on the far left.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah
- Soldiers
- 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
- Belgium
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a large group of men, holding a banner with Manning A.C. 1923-1976, printed on it.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 10 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of Bill Stern's mother, Fanny (Rumianek) Stern, his maternal grandfather Moishe Hamelech Rumianek, and his aunt Esther (Rumianek) Glass. This photograph was taken the same year the family arrived in Toronto.
- Notes
- Matte is inscribed with the studio stamp: Fraser, 694 Yonge, Toronto
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 7 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern's parents were not supposed to take the train with him, but they insisted, and travelled as far as Newcastle, Ontario with their son.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill Stern with his parents, Moishe and Fanny Stern. The photo was taken at Exhibition grounds, before Bill boarded the train for Halifax, where he would sail overseas to the fighting in Europe. Bill is dressed in his uniform and is standing in front of the train with his arms around his parents.
- Subjects
- Parent and child
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill Stern's parents were not supposed to take the train with him, but they insisted, and travelled as far as Newcastle, Ontario with their son.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill and his mother Fanny Stern. The photograph was taken at Exhibition grounds before Bill boarded the train to Halifax, where he would sail overseas to the fighting in Europe. Bill is standing in front of the train with his arm around his mother's shoulder.
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1929]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 10 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of the Stern family, taken at a photo studio in Toronto. Pictured are:
- Back row, Sam Stern.
- Middle row, left to right: Fanny Stern, Max Stern, Moishe Stern.
- Front row, Bill Stern.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Harry Glass was Joe and Esther (Rumianek) Glass' son.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a postcard photo of Bill Stern's cousin, Harry Glass, standing with Irving Ungerman's sister. Harry is dressed in a formal top hat and tails, and the young girl is dressed in a formal dress and veil and carrying a bouquet of flowers.
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Rumianek family in New York visiting Harry Zimmerman (front left). In the back row, from left to right, are Moishe Stern, Fanny (Rumianek) Stern, Ester (Rumianek) Glass, and Joe Glass. Moishe Hamelech Rumianek is seated in the front on the right.
- Harry Zimmerman was the brother of Bill Stern's maternal grandmother, Golda (Zimmerman) Rumianek.
- Notes
- The location of this photograph is unknown. It currently exists in electronic format only. A photocopy has been filed in the box in place of the original, until it is located.
- 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
- New York (N.Y.).
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 19 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of Moses Hess Young Poale Zion Alliance (Y.P.Z.A.), a Zionist youth organization in Toronto. Bill's brother Sam Stern was a member of the organization, although he is not pictured here and may have been absent for the photo. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Fourth row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], David Weiss, [unidentified],, [unidentified].
- Third row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Second row, left to right: Sol Berkofsky, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], George Steinhouse.
- Front row, left to right: Esther [?], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Notes
- The print of this item cannot be located at this time.
- 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
- 1985-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lebil Shternshis was Bill Stern's paternal grandfather. His aunt Peah was brought to Canada by his father Mosihe in 1927, while his aunt Rivka was brought in 1930. Peah later married a Tepperman and Rivka married Phillip Greenspan.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a postcard photo of the Shternshis family in Lagov, Poland. Pictured from left to right is Rivka, Lebil and Peah. There is writing in Yiddish on the verso of the card.
- Name Access
- Shternshis family
- Shternshis, Lebil
- Shternshis, Peah
- Shternshis, Rivka
- Subjects
- Postcards
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 15
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Max and Moishe Stern standing in front of Goldenberg's Restaurant in Toronto. Max is dressed in uniform on the left and Moishe is on the right. The photograph was sent to Bill during his time overseas with the airforce. The back of the photograph has the inscription "From your old man Genelal (sic) Moshe Stern and Corperal Maxie"
- Subjects
- Restaurants
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1966]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Victor Copps, former Mayor of Hamilton, shaking hands with Bill Stern.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1966]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm and 6 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group photograph taken in the social hall of the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre. Pictured are:
- From left to right: Meyer Sharzer (Director, Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region), Sydney Paikin (Vice President, Hamilton Council of Jewish Organizations), Dr. Phil Yanover (Council of Jewish Organizations), Morley Goldblatt (Honourary President, Canadian Jewish Congress), Saul Hayes (National Director, Canadian Jewish Congress), Sam Brownstone (Assistant Director, Council of Jewish Organizations), and Bill Stern (Director, Hamilton Jewish Community Centre).
- Notes
- There are two copies of this image. One features an additional individual standing next to Bill Stern.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- This photograph is faded and in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 9 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a Rosh Hashana postcard with a photograph of Bill Stern's paternal aunt Peah. The card used for the New Year greeting is from a general design stock, since it has a drawing of an eagle, a canon and the American flag on it, but the photograph was taken at Bronstein's Studio, located at 618 Dundas Street West in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 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 photograph of the executive members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Front row, left to right: Joe Glass, [unidentified], [unidentified], Hartzig Kornblum, [?] Dillick, [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1933]
- 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 photograph of the manual training class at the Givens Street School, which Bill attended as a young boy. The photograph depicts a group of students and their teacher in the classroom with several tool benches. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: David Green, [unidentified], Bert West, [unidentified], Moshe Kurtz, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Bill Stern, [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Front row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Wilfred Rovansky (Rovan), [unidentified], [unidentified], Sam Titcher, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Percy Leibovitz (Lyons), Alec Estrin (Wheezer).
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Moishe Stern was visiting his father, Libel Shternshis in Poland at the time of this photograph.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern, along with six other men in Warsaw, Poland. Pictured from left to right are:
- [unidentified], [unidentified], Mr. [Sam?] Nissenbaum, [unidentified], Moishe Stern, [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Men
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill Stern and Maxie Lieberman in London, England. They are both in uniform and are standing in the street.
- Subjects
- Military uniforms
- 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
- England
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1944]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Jacob Eisen was originally from Edmonton. He later moved to Toronto and became the Rabbi for Holy Blossom Synagogue. He was a chaplain with the Canadian service during the Second World War.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Rabbi Jacob Eisen in his serviceman's uniform, standing on a road. There is writing on the front that reads, "To Mike, with all the very best, Rabbi Eisen."
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers in London, England. The man on the far right is Sammy Kwinter who died in the war in 1944.
- Subjects
- Military uniforms
- 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
- England
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of uniformed army and airforce servicemen in London, England, during the Second World War. They are standing in front of a brick house. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Corporal Mike Atkins, [unidentified], [unidentified], L.A.C. Meyer Atkins.
- Front row, left to right: David Solomon, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Military uniforms
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1942 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of a group of men and women, including several uniformed soldiers, in London, England, during the Second World War. The people in the photo are standing in front of a brick house. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Dave Solomon, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Corporal Mike Atkins.
- Front row, left to right: L.A.C. Meyer Atkins, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- 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
- England
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- March 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill Stern in uniform holding a little dog. The photo was taken while he was in Holland during the Second World War. On the back of the photograph is a caption that reads, "the one on the left is the dog".
- Name Access
- Stern, Bill
- Subjects
- Dogs
- 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
- Netherlands
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1917]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lebil Shternshis was Bill Stern's paternal grandfather. Peah and Jonas were his aunt and uncle. Peah Shternshis was brought to Canada by Bill's father Moishe in 1927, and married a Tepperman in 1930. Jonas left Poland for Brazil in 1919.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Lebil Sternshis with his daughter Peah and son Lebil in Lagov, Poland.
- Pictured from left to right are: Peah, Lebil and Jonas.
- Subjects
- Father and child
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 35mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Bill Stern at age three, standing outside 306 Crawford Street.
- Subjects
- Boys
- 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
- Crawford Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1931]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait of Moishe Hamelech Rumianek, taken at a studio in Toronto.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Bill Stern with his brothers Sam (Shlomo) Stern, Max Stern and Howard Atin, the son of Irving Atin, tenants living in the Stern house on Crawford Street. This photograph was taken the day Sam Stern left for Palestine. Pictured from left to right are:
- Back row: Bill Stern, Sam Stern, Max Stern.
- In front: Howard Atin.
- Subjects
- Brothers
- 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
- Crawford Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 35
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Fanny and Moishe Stern's 50th wedding anniversary. They are seated centre front and are surrounded by family members, many of whom Moishe Stern had arranged to bring to Canada from Poland years earlier.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits, Group
- Wedding anniversaries
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio photograph of Bill Stern's paternal aunt, uncle and young cousins from Lagov, Poland. His aunt had previously been brought to Canada by Bill's father, Moishe Stern, before the Second World War. However, she fell ill while in Toronto and returned to Poland. The whole family pictured here were killed in the Holocaust. This photograph was taken in Lublin, Poland. His aunt's name was Chana Shternshis.
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Toronto Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1936]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 13 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Both Joseph B. Salsberg and Bill's father, Moishe Stern, were from Lagov, Poland.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Joseph B. Salsberg and his wife, Dora Wilenksy. They are both seated in a chair.
- Name Access
- Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
- Wilensky, Dora, 1902-1959
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- 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
- 1991-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1965]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 13 x 19 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Sols were Max Stern's inlaws.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of the Sols family reunion. Max Stern is pictured in the second row in the centre and his parents, Fanny and Moishe Stern, are in the back row 2nd and 3rd from the left. Standing to the left of Fanny Stern is Paul Sols.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- This is a copy photograph made from a faded original, which was in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1932]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sam (Shlomo) Stern with his friends in High Park. Pictured from left to right are: David Weiss, Sam Stern, Harry Steiner and [?] Weiss (the brother of David).
- 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
- High Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1945
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill Stern in Celle, Germany with six other army and airforce servicemen. They are sitting in an army jeep, holding their rifles. Seated on the far right is Bill Stern and leaning against the jeep on the far left is Jimmy Thompson.
- Notes
- The photograph is mounted on cardboard.
- 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
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 1944
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 6 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bill Stern and his friends during Passover at Piccadilly Circus in London, England. All four men are in their airforce uniforms, standing on the street in front of several storefronts and billboards. Pictured from left to right are: Nicky Gluskin (Jack Gluskin's cousin), Bill Stern, Charlie "Chuck" Appel, and David Burman.
- Subjects
- Bands (Music)
- Passover
- 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
- England
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Military photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Dave Solomon standing on a beach in his swim trunks.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Hamilton Jewish community photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Bert Raphael at the Hamilton Youth Centre on John Street North. He is standing on a dirt path, in front of a bush.
- 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
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions