Accession Number

2023-2-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 29 cm

Date

[19--]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material that belonged to the late Gilbert Seltzer. Included are handwritten copies of a Camp Yungvelt paper, the Whoosis, and a photograph of a Yiddish youth group, the Yiddisher Kunst-Tsenter (Yiddish/Jewish Art Centre). The Whoosis issues are undated, while the photograph is from 1929/30.

Custodial History

Richard Seltzer discovered the material after his father's death and donated it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History

Gilbert Seltzer was born on 11 October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, to Julius Seltzer and Marion Seltzer (née Liss). Gilbert's parents were both Russian immigrants. Julius owned a knitting mill, and Marion was a homemaker. Julius was also an anarchist, and he and Marion had a cottage in the Workmen's Circle Colony in Pickering, Ontario. As a child, Gilbert attended Camp Yungvelt, a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. His son, Richard, would later recall that Gilbert "sang songs from there and vaguely spoke of the Whosis," the camp's publication.

Gilbert studied architecture at the University of Toronto, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1937. After graduating, he worked for an architectural firm in Manhattan. During the Second World War, he served with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a secret army unit that would become known as the Ghost Army. According to Gilbert's obituary in the New York Times, "The unit fooled German forces with inflatable tanks, dummy airplanes, fake radio transmissions and sound effects." In later years, Gilbert would serve as an ambassador for the unit's veterans.

After the war, Gilbert resumed work as an architect. His projects included the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York; buildings at West Point and the US Merchant Marine Academy; and the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. He worked as an architect until January 2020.

Gilbert met his future spouse, Molly Gold (m. Seltzer), in New Jersey. The couple had two children together: Joan Seltzer and Richard Seltzer. Molly died in 1994, and Gilbert died on 14 August 2021. He was 106.

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

Architects

Camps

Portraits, Group

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Seltzer, Gilbert, 1914-2021

Places

Ontario

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1997-11-3

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

1 folder of textual records

Date

[ca. 1925]-1986

Scope and Content

Accession consists of one black-and-white photograph taken of a group of campers at Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hill. Identified in the photograph is Rae Watson (standing at the far left).

Also included were several newspaper clippings from 1976–1986, which have been integrated into the clipping files.

Administrative History

Camp Kindervelt was a Labour Zionist League camp in Rough Hill, in the east end of Toronto in the Rouge Valley.

Subjects

Camps

Labor Zionism

Name Access

Camp Kindervelt

Shiner, Sol

Places

Toronto, Ont.

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Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1992-10-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date

[ca. 1930]

Scope and Content

This accession consists of three copy photographs. Two of these photographs are of Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hills, north of Ontario; the other photograph is of Branch 3, Labor League, Toronto.

Subjects

Camps

Places

Ontario

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1997-4-2

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date

1916-1988

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

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

Camp counselors

Camps

Farms

Farm tractors

Purim

Name Access

Camp Winnebagoe

Places

Oshawa (Ont.)

Whitby (Ont.)

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Accession Number

1980-2-2

Material Format

text

graphic material

Physical Description

15 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1935-1962

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.

Administrative History

The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.

Descriptive Notes

Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.

Subjects

Camps

Cottages

Nonprofit organizations

Name Access

Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Pickering (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2004-3-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

ca. 3 cm of textual records and other material

7 photographs b&w and col ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1900-1979

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material documenting the donor's grandparents Dora and Bernard Coffler. It includes portraits of her grandparents and an exterior photograph of the Coffler Bedding Co., activities and fiftieth wedding celebration. This accession also includes: documents such as their passports, wedding certificate and identification cards; correspondence from David Croll; press clippings relating to their wedding and anniversary; an Ezras Noshem Society pin (1927); an Adath Israel Congregation Golden Jubilee Book and key chain (1952); and a Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary 25th Anniversary Year Book.

Administrative History

Bernard and Dora Coffler arrived in Canada from Roumania in 1900 and 1901 respectively. They met in 1902 and married on 21 May 1904 in Toronto. They reportedly were the first couple to be married on a Sunday in Toronto. They had three children: Myer (1905), Goldie (1910), and Sam (1914).

The Coffler's opened up a business called Coffler Bedding Co., which was located at 391 Parliament Street.

Dora Coffler was very active in two organizations, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary called the Ezras Noshem Society.

Bernard and Dora Coffler passed away in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 1 key chain, 1 pin and 1 coin.

Subjects

Weddings

Storefronts

Name Access

Coffler Bedding Co.

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Croll, David, 1900-1991

Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2004-5-37

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

36 photographs : b&w and hand col. (12 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Date

1938-1943

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs taken at Camp Balfour Manor on Morrison Lake in Muskoka, Ontario and Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. Scenes include a group of young people on the steps of a building, a Shabbat service, a flag lowering ceremony, boxing lessons, an arts and crafts class, and a photograph of Hyman Riegelhaupt at Camp Yungvelt.

Subjects

Camps

Name Access

Balfour Manor Camp

Camp Yungvelt

Places

Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)

Pickering (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2007-12-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

90 cm of textual records

1000 photographs [approx.]

Date

1919-2007

Scope and Content

This accession consists of textual and graphic records documenting the programs and activities of Canadian Young Judaea. The records include newsletters and publications, photographs, anniversary books, and program books. There are also two compact discs containing scanned copies of the photographs from this accession.

Custodial History

These records were gathered together for an anniversary celebration held in November 2007. Most of the records were found in the basement of the office building on Marlee Avenue, before being donated to the archives.

Administrative History

Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.

In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted at various Jewish communities throughout Canada and offices at the national level. In Toronto, Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.

Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization of Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjunction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps. They were therefore dependent on ZOC.

Subjects

Camps

Youth

Zionism

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2008-11-8

Material Format

graphic material

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key

55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi

Date

1934-1975

Scope and Content

This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Custodial History

The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.

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

Camps

Communities

Families

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2009-11-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

13 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1903-[ca.1960]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of thirteen photographs documenting the Wagman family as well as wedding photographs of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene at the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. There is also a programme for the Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercises of 1944, with Charlotte Wagman as a graduate.

The photographs are as follows:

1. Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercise program, 1944.

2. Tel Aviv Hadassah Chapter in Garden, ca. 1957.

3. State of Israel Bond Information Service reception in honour of the Toronto Israel Bond Oheh Regel Tour, at the home of the Canadian Ambassador, Margaret Meagher, in Ramat Gan, ca. 1960

4. Goel Tzedec Sunday School class, 1941.

5. El Al flight in Israel, ca.1961. The image features Mayor Nathan Phillips and his wife.

6. Portrait of the Wagman family, 1903. Includes from bottom row, left to right: Charles, Joseph, Zelic, Etta, Ceril (seated). Top row includes: Myer (nephew), Peter, Isadore and William.

7. Paskowitz family, ca. 1940. Includes Mary, Sadie, Hilda and Fanny.

8. Wedding photograph of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene taken in Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.

9. Martin and Charlotte under the chuppah at their wedding at Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.

10. Goel Tzedec graduation class in robes with Rabbi Sachs (centre), 1944. Front row (left to right): [unidentified], [unidentified], Selma Green, Selma Stone, [unidentified], Hoodis Sidonsky, Charlotte Wagman, Estelle Yolles, Rhea Tishler. Back row (left to right): [unidentified], Murray Mendelson, David Buckstein, Richard Greisman, Sheldon Kert, [unidentified], [unidentified], Austin Cooper, [unidentified].

11. Israel trip with David Ben-Gurion (centre), ca. 1952.

12. Trip to Israel with Nathan Philips at far right and Ambassador Meagher, taken in desert, ca. 1960.

13. Ladies Auxiliary from the Henry Street Synagogue, ca. 1908.

Custodial History

The photographs were donated by Charlotte Levine (née Wagman). She is the daughter of Charles Wagman.

Administrative History

The family patriarch, Zelick (also known as Zelig) Wagman, emigrated from Lodz, Poland to Canada around 1903. The following year, his wife Ceril and six children joined him. They included: Charles, Joseph, Etta, Peter, Isadore, and WIlliam. He arrived penniless and earned a living as a peddler. The family lived in the east end of Toronto at 34 Gerard Street.

Zelick founded Z. Wagman & Sons and Toronto Cadmium Plating. Joseph took over his father's business. Charles became a supplier of electrical products, establishing Revere Electric. William and Isadore in turn ran Industrial Wire & Cable and owned the Fashion Building on Spadina Avenue. Finally, Peter owned his own business called P. Wagman & Sons and later Junior Maid Garment Company.

The family became extremely successful over the years. They also were very active in the Jewish community. Zelick was one of the founders of the Henry Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob. William was the co-founder of the YMHA and the Talmud Torah. His brother Joseph was also involved in many Jewish organizations such as Mount Sinai Hospital, Baycrest and the Primrose Club. Joseph and his wife Minnie were also major philanthropists, funding the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre at Baycrest.

Descriptive Notes

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to the Wagman family can be found in Accessions 2017-7-6 and 2017-8-13.

Subjects

Families

Weddings

Name Access

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Israel

Toronto (Ont.)

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Accession Number

2009-11-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 X7 cm

1 matchbook

Date

1928-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of mementos, family documents and clippings from Nancy Draper (née Frankel). The records include a birth announcement card for Nancy in 1928 and a matchbook party favour from her wedding to Darrell Draper in 1949. There is also a scholarship application letter from the donor's granddaughter, Haley Draper, to UJA. Other records include a staff list from Camp Wabi-Kon in 1946; a Globe and Mail obituary of Dr. Martin Wolfish, a past volunteer of OJA; a photograph of David Steinhauer; a clipping about an Inuit sculpture inspired by the experience of Holocaust survivor Leon Kahn; and three eulogies for Patricia Drevnig Goldstein (1940-2005) (née Jacobs). Patricia was the granddaughter of Rabbi Solomon Jacobs of Holy Blossom, and her mother, Edna, was a Frankel. Finally, the accession includes a photocopy of a photograph of members of the Siglen family of Meaford with Maurice Frankel, the great-uncle of the donor, and Irwin Rosen, ca. 1928.

Administrative History

Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel, past prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community and members of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy attended Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in northern Ontario near Temagami, and then worked there as a teenager. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Camps

Families

Letters

Obituaries

Name Access

Draper, Nancy

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2010-5-17

Material Format

moving images

Physical Description

1 DVD ( 58 mins., 41 secs.)

Date

2010

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 1 DVD titled "Reclaiming Our Pride: A documentary film about Pride and Prejudice" by Martin Gladstone. The film explores the controversy that surrounded the 2009 Gay Pride Parade generated by the inclusion of groups that branded Israel an apartheid state.

Descriptive Notes

Produced by Queer Films Corporation.

Subjects

Gay pride parades

Israel

Sexual minorities

Name Access

Gladstone, Martin

Pride Toronto

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2014-10-3

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

40 cm textual records

ca. 50 photographs

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1940-2012

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records of Canadian Young Judaea. Records include correspondence, camp committee meeting minutes, camp committee and staff lists, the CYJ constitution, organizational newsletters, donation lists, flyers and camp reunion ephemera. Records also include clippings and reproductions from the Zionist Archives, and Camp Solelim photographs, as well as publications from other Jewish organizations.

Administrative History

Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel. In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted to various Jewish communities throughout Canada and to offices at the national level in Toronto Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes

Access restriction note: Files contain personal information of donors, campers, committee members and applicants for subsidies.

Subjects

Camps

Youth

Zionism

Name Access

Canadian Young Judaea

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-7-13

Material Format

moving images (electronic)

Physical Description

1 moving image (18 min., 53 sec.) : si., b&w ; mp4

Date

15 July 1930

Scope and Content

Accession consists of footage of the wedding of Lyla Rotenberg to Lou Rasminsky in Forest Hill at Lyla’s home at 181 Warren Road. Included is footage of a procession of the married couple and their guests just after the wedding ceremony, guests having lunch in the garden, wedding toasts, the cutting of the cake, and the couple leaving for their honeymoon. Identified in the footage is: Lou Rasminsky, Lyla Rasminsky, Meta Rotenberg, Lil Salamon, Moe Salamon, Alec Rasminsky, Ken Rotenberg, Arthur Rotenberg, and Phyllis Greisman.

Custodial History

The video was in the possession of Michael Rasminsky, the son of Lyla and Lou. This file was created off of a VHS copy of the wedding film. The donor is not sure where the original film reels are.

Administrative History

Lyla Rotenberg and Lou Rasminsky were sweethearts at the University of Toronto. Lyla’s father, Harry Rotenberg, was a prosperous builder and developer. Lou’s father, David Rasminsky, a small business man. After graduation Lou spent two years at the London School of Economics and returned to Toronto to marry Lyla on July 15, 1930. They were both 22 years old. They went immediately to Geneva where Lou had his first job at the League of Nations. They remained in Geneva until 1939 when they returned to Ottawa and Lou’s initial appointment at the Bank of Canada where he ultimately became Governor in 1961.

Subjects

Weddings

Name Access

Rasminsky, Lyla

Rasminsky, Lou

Rasminsky, Michael

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-8-7

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

ca. 70 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1928-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the activities of Ben Zion Shapiro and his family. The bulk of the records document the Shapiro family's involvement in Young Judaea. The Young Judaea material includes: yearbooks, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, event programmes, song books, newsletters, and two Camp Biluim flags made by Bunny Shapiro. One flag contains Camp Biluim's crest (1951) and the other one was created for Camp Biluim's colour war and contains the text "We will try and we will succeed Camp Biluim" (1954?). Also included is a VHS tape containing a copy of the Toronto Zionist Council's video about Camp Shalom (1991?). Of note are minute books maintained by Roy Shapiro for the Toronto Young Judaea Administrative Board (1928-1934) and for the Leadership Club (1940-1948).

Accession also contains material relating to Roy and Ben Zion's involvement with the following organizations: the Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care), B'nai Israel Beth David Congregation, Beth Tzedec's Mispacha Program, Beth Tzedec's Israel Action Program, Congregation Beth Haminyan, and Holy Blossom Temple's Department for Jewish Living. These records include, minutes, correspondence, newsletters and publications, evaluation reports and other reports. Also included is a demographic report entitied "Rapid Growth and Transformation: Demographic Challenges Facing the Jewish Community of Greater Toronto" (1995), material from a conference at the University of Toronto on the university's partnership with Israel, CHAT alumni directories, and a CHAT book entitled, "Voices: Jewish Teens of the 90's". Of note are buttons, photographs, reports and correspondence documenting Bunny and Ben Zion's trip to the Soviet Union on behalf of the CJC's Committee for Soviet Jewry.

Finally accession includes material documenting family activities of the Shapiro and Sherman family. Included is a transcript of Bessie Sherman telling her life story (1978), haggadot, PowerPoint presentations created by Ben Zion for his grandchildren and for a family reunion outlining the family history of his family and Bunny's family. There is also a video of Ben Zion presenting his PowerPoint at the Michalski / Cohen family reunion. Also included are family films and videos containing footage of Bunny and Ben Zion's wedding and honeymoon, Camp Biluim, Young Judaea events, Bunny on Machon, family wedding anniversaries and birthday parties, trips to Israel, the United States, and Europe as well as footage of the Cousin's Club. Also included is a VHS tape containing a recorded segment from CityPulse News featuring the family's Pesach festivities in 1995.

Photo identification: Back row, left to right: Ray Markus, Michelle Landsberg, Menachem ?, Frank Narrol. Front row, left to right: Gilda Mitchell, Bunny Shapiro, BenZion Shapiro, Malka Rabinowitz.

Administrative History

Ben Zion Shapiro was born in Toronto in 1931 to Roy Shapiro and Beck Shapiro (née Cohen). He has a younger brother, Morden "Mort" Shapiro (b. 1940). His father worked as an office manager at Rotstein Furniture and Maple Leaf Cleaners, and his mother worked as a legal secretary until marriage. Roy was active in a number of organizations including: Young Judaea, Sons of Jacob Society, Toronto Camera Club, a founding member of Beth David Synagogue, Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly (Circle of Care) and president of the Association of Jewish Seniors. Beck was active in Young Judaea and Pioneer Women (president of the Golda Meir Club).

Ben Zion received a master of social work degree from the University of Toronto and attended the Jewish Agency Institute for Youth Leaders from Abroad in Jerusalem (1951-1952). He has worked for a number of organizations throughout his career, including: Young Judaea (he was director of both Camp Shalom [1962-1969] and Camp Biluim [1954-1956]), B'nai Brith Youth Organization, University Settlement, St. Christopher's House and director of the Novomeysky Centre in Jerusalem (1957-1961). He was also professor and associate dean of social work at the University of Toronto and three times visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Ben married Bunny "Bernice" Shaprio in 1955. Bunny was born in 1934 in Noranda, Quebec to Irving Sherman and Bessie (née Consky). Bunny attended public school in Noranda, Noranda High School and Forest Hill Collegiate in Toronto, University of Toronto (BA), the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (M.Ed. in special education), and the Jewish Agency Institute for Jewish Leaders from Abroad (1952-1953).

Bunny graduated from the first Camp Biluim Institute for leadership training in 1951 and worked with Ben Zion at Camp Shalom as Camp Mother in 1962 and from 1964-1969. She also worked at Camp Biluim from 1955-1956. In 1983, Bunny and Ben Zion went to the Soviet Union to visit refuseniks on behalf of the Soviet Jewry Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region.

Bunny and Ben have two children: Ayala and Ilan. Since Ben Zion's retirement in 1996, he and Bunny have been living in Jerusalem for half of each year. In 2015, they moved full-time to Jerusalem.

Use Conditions

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

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: includes ca. 300 photographs (256 tiff), 2 PowerPoint presentations, 1 textual record (doc), 4 buttons, 2 flags, 5 VHS tapes, and 18 film reels (8 mm).

Subjects

Camps

Youth

Zionism

Name Access

Shapiro, Ben Zion, 1931-

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Accession Number

2016-2-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1932

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the wedding invitation for the marriage of Sylvia Mehr and Arthur Warshavsky, as well as photocopies of original announcments of the marriage in the Jewish Standard and another unknown publication, and a copy of M. Mehr & Co. Limited letterhead. The company dealt in iron, steel and metals and was located at the foot of Bathurst St.

Administrative History

Sylvia Mehr was the daughter of Mandel Mehr. She married Arthur Warshavsky in 1932 at her parent's home at 126 Lauder Ave.

Subjects

Invitation cards

Weddings

Name Access

Mehr, Mandel

Mehr, Sylvia

Warshavsky, Arthur

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-5-12

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 photographs (jpeg)

Date

[201-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two photographs taken of Les Singer and Margaret Singer at a Pride parade in the 2010s. They are holding Kulanu Toronto signs in both photographs.

Photo Caption (001): Les Singer and Margaret Singer, [201-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-5-12.

Photo Caption (002): Margaret Singer with sign, [201-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-5-12.

Subjects

Gay pride parades

Name Access

Kulanu Toronto

Singer, Les

Singer, Margaret

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-9-1

Material Format

textual record (electronic)

graphic material (electronic)

moving images (electronic)

Physical Description

ca. 2.26 GB of textual records and other material

Date

2007-2018

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Kulanu Toronto. Included are: meeting minutes, budgets, photographs, videos, Pride materials, and a copy of the letters patent incorporating Kulanu Toronto.

Custodial History

Former executive director Justine Apple kept the records on a USB flash drive. In September 2018, she transferred copies of the records to a computer belonging to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre.

Administrative History

Kulanu Toronto was founded in 2000. It incorporated as a not-for-profit in 2014. Following its dissolution in 2018, some of its functions were taken over by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre LGBTQ Initiative.

Use Conditions

Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.

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

Subjects

Gay pride parades

Nonprofit organizations

Sexual minorities

Name Access

Kulanu Toronto

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-10-1

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

6 photographs : col. ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller

Date

2005–2011

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Kulanu Toronto. Included are photographs taken Pride celebrations in Toronto in 2009 or 2010; a copy of Kulanu Toronto's constitution dated 12 February 2005; a list of synagogues and other Jewish organizations that marched with Kulanu at Pride in 2010; a letter addressed to Justine Apple from the Holocaust Centre of Toronto regarding the former's program for Holocaust Education Week in 2009; and a printout of a letter to the Kulanu listerve from Helen Zukerman, executive director of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, regarding the problematic pairing of two films.

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

Availability of other formats: Photographs also available as TIFF files. The textual records are also available as PDF files.

Subjects

Gay pride parades

Politicians

Sexual minorities

Name Access

Apple, Justine

Chow, Olivia, 1957-

Layton, Irving, 1912-2006

Kulanu Toronto

Queers Against Israeli Apartheid

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2019-7-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 photographs (jpg) : col.

Date

2019

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two colour photographs. The first photograph is of Jewish Family & Child marching at Pride in 2019. The second photograph is of the JF&CS staff meeting in 2019.

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

Gay pride parades

Meetings

Portraits, Group

Name Access

Jewish Family and Child

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

457

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick (Kanowich) now Hersh at Camp Camperdown, July 1937.

Notes

Inscribed on front: "Camp Camperdown 1937" and on back "Camp Camperdown July 25, 1937 Ida Strauss and Rose Kenwick".

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Kenwick, Rose

Strauss, Ida

Subjects

Camps

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

Ontario

Accession Number

Acquired April 7, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Nov. 1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Admin History/Bio

Minnie came to Kirkland Lake in the 1920s with her father, Elia Dubinsky, a musician, who was hired in Montreal to conduct the orchestra in the Strand Theatre. He and his wife opened Kirkland Lake's first delicatessen called the Tel Aviv.

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of Anne Dubinsky (Dubin) and Irving Goldstein. Pictured to the left of Anne is her sister, Minnie Dubinsky (Dubin). Pictured to the right of Irving is his brother Harry.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

There are typed notes on the back of the photograph with background information on the Dubinsky family.

Name Access

Dubinsky, Anne

Dubinsky, Minnie

Goldstein, Harry

Goldstein, Irving

Subjects

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1938 or 1939]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Mont wedding party in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

Notes

Typed notes on back read: "The Mont wedding party. Abe Black, now of California. Schwartz best man. Ella Helfie bridesmaid. Joe Rogow, now in Peterborough then selling for Yolles".

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Black, Abe

Helfie, Ella

Rogow, Joe

Subjects

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

7 Nov. 1937

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Scope and Content

Item is an original wedding portrait of Anne Dubinsky and Irving Goldstein.

Notes

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Dubinsky, Anne

Goldstein, Irving

Subjects

Portraits

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.

Places

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2912

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification information, please see accession record.

Name Access

Belvin House

Nelson, Pearl

Subjects

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.

Places

College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2964

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a young boy and girl fishing in a river at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes

Title taken from writing on photograph.

Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Subjects

Camps

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

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-3-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3102

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of female campers in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: [unidentified], Lil Goldstick, Miriam Mayson, [unidentified], Reggie [?], Ida Crystal, Frances Hadler, Mildred Turofsky, Rivvy Oren.

Middle row, left to right: Leah Kronick, Riva Goldstick, Phyllis Carmen, Ruthie Freeman.

Front row: left to right: [unidentified], Rita Steinhouse.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Carmen, Phyllis

Crystal, Ida

Freeman, Ruthie

Goldstick, Lil

Goldstick, Riva

Hadler, Frances

Kronick, Leah

Mayson, Miriam

Oren, Rivvy

Reggie

Steinhouse, Rita

Turofsky, Mildred

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3103

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of underprivileged campers at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. They are pictured in the ball field.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3104

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of campers playing volleyball in the ball field at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3105

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of three campers standing in the field in front of the main building at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3106

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of counsellors at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are: Leah Kronick, [unidentified camper laying down], Lil Goldstick, Reggie [?], [unidentified].

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3107

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of campers returning from a swim at Camp Camperdown, near Collingwood, Ontario.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

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

Collingwood (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3694

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1936

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 30 x 36 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of members of the Labour League's Camp Naivelt Committee. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Harry Levin, Mr. Boxenbaum, Sam Lipshitz, [unidentified], Fishel Rose.

Middle row, left to right: P. Hoffman, Harry Goldstein, Rose Freedman, Morris Starkman, Mrs. Nobleman, Mr. Sniderman, Philip Larger.

Front row, left to right: I. Milton, Harry Holtzman, I. Strasuner, Becky Lapides, Jack Cowan, Sam Speisman.

Name Access

Labor League (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Committees

Camps

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

1983-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3701

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Workers' Sport Group

York Mills Tourist Camp

Subjects

Camps

Sports

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

York Mills (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3810

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification, see accession record.

Name Access

Grant, Gert Wilson

Grant, Moe

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

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.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4014

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1939

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio

Founded in the 1920s, Camp Yungvelt was originally situated on Lake Wilcox. It later moved to Pickering, where it operated until it closed in the 1950s. It was established by the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring), as a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. Camp Yungvelt was known for accepting the children of poor immigrants for a small fraction of the regular fee.

Scope and Content

This item is an original print of a group of female campers seated on the front steps of a building located at Camp Yungvelt, in Pickering, Ontario.

Notes

Original photograph by Simon.

Name Access

Camp Yungvelt

Subjects

Camps

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

Pickering (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-1-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4619

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of guests at Malca Kagan's wedding at Chudleigh House in Toronto. The guests are assembled outdoors in a garden. Pictured from left to right are: Nettie Magder (m. Harris), David Newman, Dr. Mac Rockman, Doris Witchell (m. Nefsky) (2nd m. Laskin), Syd Paul, and Betty Magder (m. Sweet).

Subjects

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4766

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1 Sep. 1930

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Joseph and Mary Alexandroff were residents of the Junction in West Toronto. Joseph was the son of Boris Alexandroff, one of the founding members of the Knesseth Israel Synagogue.

Notes

USE CONDITIONS: As a courtesy, kindly notify Joseph Alexandroff's daughter Cheryl Zener in advance of publishing.

Name Access

Alexandroff, Mary

Alexandroff, Joseph

Subjects

Married people

Portraits

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.

Places

West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1989-3-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

6028

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1938

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 47 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the staff and campers at the Balfour Manor Camp on Morrison Lake in the Muskoka region of Ontario. Identified individuals include: Irene Granovsky, Israel Gang, Nurse Haber, Cliff Fotheringham, Reuben Frank, Lahmi Frankel, Jack Granovsky, Martin Friedland, Sheldon Friedland and Audrey Rothschild.

Notes

See accession record for position of identified individuals.

Subjects

Camps

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

Ontario

Accession Number

1991-12-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of campers and staff at Camp Winnebagoe near Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows the campers and counsellors in their uniforms, lined up for the photograph in front of one of the cabins.

Subjects

Camps

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

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1938]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

Camp Winnebagoe is still operating today as a private co-ed Jewish summer camp for children eight to sixteen years of age. It was founded by Joseph B. and Sadie Danson and was located on 500 acres of land near Huntsville in Ontario's Muskoka region. The camp catered to the Jewish community and provided a variety of different athletic and social programmes, such as arts and crafts, canoeing, baseball, swimming, music and nature studies. Ida Siegel's son David, was a counsellor at the camp.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a group of swimmers at Camp Winnebagoe in Huntsville, Ontario. The image shows both male and female swimmers in the lake.

Subjects

Camps

Outdoor recreation

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

Huntsville (Ont.)

Accession Number

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

41

Material Format

textual record

Date

1937-1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence regarding a "Gentiles Only" sign at Clapperton's Camps in Port Loring, Ontario.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Camps

Places

Port Loring (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Level

File

Fonds

33

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1917-1934

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of one invitation to the wedding of Esther Rumianek and Joe Glass and an invitation to Bill Stern's bar mitzvah.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Weddings

Accession Number

1994-1-4

2004-5-135

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Weddings series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1895-1966

Physical Description

8 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Series consists of images taken at weddings by both Nathan and Al Gilbert.

The wedding images are of brides and grooms, guests, the head table and dessert tables, and the ceremony. Some of the images are taken in synagogues.

Subjects

Weddings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada fonds

Toronto Section series

Toronto Section archival material sub-series

Camp Camperdown file

Level

Item

Fonds

38

Series

7-13

File

23

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1934?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of Camp Campdown. Written on the back of the photograph is the following: "Camp Camperdown opened July 1934." It's possible, therefore, the photo was taken after 1934.

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a TIF file.

Name Access

Camp Camperdown

Subjects

Camps

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Orillia (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Group photograph of Sammy Luftspring and his campers while Sammy was a junior counsellor at Camp B'nai Brith in Orillia, Ontario. Also pictured is Neddie Adler, another counsellor.

Notes

Image is located on page 50 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Camp B'nai Brith (Orillia, Ont.)

Subjects

Camps

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

Orillia (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

18

Material Format

graphic material

Date

6 Nov. 1938

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a wedding photograph of Elsie and Sammy Luftspring. Taken at the McCaul Street Synagogue (Beth Hamidrash Hagadol) on 6 November 1938.

Notes

Image is located on Page 17c of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

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.

Places

McCaul Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions