Accession Number

1993-1-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1938-[ca.1980]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Goel Tzedec Synagogue in Toronto. Included are a script of a sisterhood play; copies of the religious-school newsletter Keren Ami; a program for Beth Tzedec's First Congregational (1955); a certificate for charter members of the North Toronto YMHA awarded to the law firm of Singer and Kert; a Young Judaea publication The Leader (1938), which includes a prize-winning address by Shelton Kert; and a menu from Old Ed's, one of Ed Mirvish's restaurants.

Administrative History

The Singer and Kert law partnership lasted from 1920-1965. Joseph Singer was a gold metalist at Osgoode Hall in 1911. He was the first Jewish Controller in Toronto, and legal adviser to the Primrose Club. At the time of his death in 1967 he had practiced law for 56 years.

Lawrence Kert helped organize the Associated Hebrew Schools and the Oakdale Golf and Country Club. He was on the board of Goel Tzedec Synagogue. When he passed away in 1976 he had been a lawyer for 56 years.

Name Access

Kert, Sheldon

Kert, Lawrence

Singer, Joseph

Goel Tzedec Synagogue

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1975-003

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1926-1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records pertaining to the Beach Hebrew Institute (Beth Jacob Synagogue). Included is a land title act documenting the history of the parcel of land at Queen Street and Kenilworth Avenue from 1919 and the congregation's financial arrangements with the Mutual Life Assurance Company and the United Jewish Welfare Fund. There are also letters patent, legal correspondence, and financial reports.

MG_RG

MG3A21

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Kenilworth Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Queen Street East (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1975-015

Material Format

object

textual record

Physical Description

1 name plaque

1 folder of textual records

Date

1906-[193-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an M. Gebirtig name plaque from the Beaches Hebrew Institute of Toronto. The plaque is gold-and-black metal. Also included is a seat deed for the McCaul Street Synagogue and a deed to plots at the McCaul Street Synagogue cemetery.

MG_RG

MG3A3

MG3A21

Subjects

Synagogues

Name Access

Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)

McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Mimi Wise fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

16

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Date

[ca. 1932]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Admin History/Bio

Asher and Rose Prtizker were friends of the Marin family. Both Joseph Marin and Asher Pritzker were founders of the Beach Hebrew Institute.

Scope and Content

This item is an electronic copy photograph of the Marin family and their friends in the Marin family's backyard, located at 37 Turner Road, in the Christie Street and Davenport area. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Joseph Marin, Sonia Marin, Ruth Marin, Rose Pritzker, Asher Pritzker.

Front row, left to right: Jay Marin, Grandmother Marin, Mimi Marin.

Name Access

Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)

Marin, Grandmother

Marin, Jay

Marin, Joseph

Marin, Mimi

Marin, Ruth

Marin, Sonia

Pritzker, Asher

Pritzker, Rose

Subjects

Families

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

Turner Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

2006-9-7

Source

Archival Descriptions