- Accession Number
- 2007-6-38
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-38
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 documents (13 jpgs)
- Date
- 1948-1991
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of electronic copies of original textual records, documenting the Jewish community of Owen Sound, Ontario. The records include a community draw ticket (1959); the Canadian Jewish Congress Educational Department code of practice, for discussion at the sixth regional conference on Jewish education (1957); a page from a donation ledger for the United Palestine Appeal (1948); the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue historic plaquing program book (1991); and an employment contract between the Synagogue and Rabbi H. Lasher (1962).
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the documents in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-11.
- Administrative History
- Jeff Elie is the current president of Beth Ezekiel Synagogue in Owen Sound. For a history of the Synagogue and the Owen Sound Jewish community, see the OJA's Small Communities Exhbit: http://ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/owensound/index.html
- 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
- Synagogues
- Communities
- Name Access
- Beth Ezekiel Synagogue
- Places
- Owen Sound, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-40
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-40
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 16 documents (pdf and jpg)
- 7 photographs (jpg)
- Date
- 1954-1992
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned copies of material reflecting Lee Jourard's involvement in theatre in the Belleville area. There are eight theatre programmes, most of them of plays produced by the Belleville Theatre Guild, in which Jourard was a cast member and/or on the backstage crew. The records also include scanned newspaper clippings about Jourard's talks and plays (including photographs), and seven scanned copy photographs of Jourard.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 01. A Thurber Carnival programme, 1964
- 02. Albert-St Catharines Review Playbill, Dec 3 1960
- 03. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page 21. Cast of The Drunkard. Lee Jourard in top hat far left.
- 04. Belleville Advertiser, June 1971, page21. Lee Jourard and Linda Archer dressed for their roles in The Drunkard.
- 05. Belleville Intel, April 17 1969, page 3.
- 06. Belleville Intel, Feb 13 1970. Flo Yannover as Queen Mother Yoland in the Lark.
- 07. Lee Jourard talk advert.
- 08. Programme Diary of Anne Frank, 1992.
- 09. Belleville Theatre. Lee Jourard in A Man For All Seasons.
- 10. Belleville Theatre. Photo of Lee Jourard at Rehersal, 1962.
- 11. Belleville Theatre Programme, 1962.
- 12. Birth announcement for Matthew Jourard, 1994.
- 13. Lee Jourard in costume receiving news of birth of grandson Mathew Joseph Jourard, 1994.
- 14. Cable Communications, Vol 43, No 10, Oct 1977.
- 15. Lee Jourard. CableVue 4 went colour, 1977.
- 16. Lee Jourard as Robert de Baudricourt and Milton A. Crystal as Brother Ladvenu in The Lark, March 1, 1970.
- 17. My Three Angels, 1960.
- 18. The Drunkard, June 2 to 12, 1971. Lee Jourard as Lawyer Cribbs and Edward Middleton as Stewart Arnott.
- 19. The Lark, 1970.
- 20. The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1956.
- 21. You Can't Take It With You, cast photo on stage, 1954.
- 22. You Can't Take It With You programme, 1954.
- Administrative History
- Entertainer Lee Jourard is well-known in the city of Belleville for his support of the arts and his community involvement. He worked as a broadcaster for CJBQ radio, was the first Community Programs Director at the Cablevue 4 television station, and was a founding member of Belleville's Cultural Awards Committee and the Harbour Improvement Committee. He is a longtime member of the Belleville Theatre Guild, having been in the cast and crew of many of its producations from the 1950s through the 1990s. Jourard is also a member of the Bay of Quinte Power Squadron and the Moira River Conservation Authority Advisory Board. In 2007 he was named Senior of the Year in the City of Belleville.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Theater
- Name Access
- Jourard, Lee
- Places
- Belleville, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-33
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-33
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 document (jpg)
- Date
- [191-]-1980
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of nine electronic copies of original photographs documenting the Nash family of St. Catharines, Ontario. Included are studio portraits and snapshots, taken in St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Also included is one electronic copy of a typwritten remembrances of Buncie Nashman written by Harold Nash and Rhonda Applebaum.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 1. Rose Nash and Tzeine (sister) – two young women in photo, possibly before marriage to Jack.
- 2. Clara Cohen with baking at cottage at Port Dalhousie (not Rose as suspected) perhaps 1940s.
- 3. Jack and Rose Nash
- 4. Nash children, ca. 1930. Top, left to right: Molly, Maurice. Bottom, left to right: Dorothy, Ruth.
- 5. Nash family, 21 May 1929.
- 6. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army early 1940s.
- 7. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army, and unidentified woman, early 1940s.
- 8. Nash women at Harold’s 50th birthday party, 1980.
- 9. Harold and Eleanor in Port Dalhousie with cousins, ca. 1935.
- Custodial History
- The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-05.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Nash family
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-31
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-31
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 document (4 jpgs) : col.
- Date
- [19--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned copy of the constitution of the B'nai Jacob Congregation of Niagara Falls, 4 pages in four separate files.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Communities
- Name Access
- B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
- Places
- Niagara Falls (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-9-2
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- architectural drawing (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg) + 2 identification keys
- 16 documents (28 jpgs)
- 2 architectural drawings (jpg)
- Date
- [189-]-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned copies of original records documenting the Jewish community in Cornwall. The records relate to various individuals in the community, including the donor, as well as organizations such as B'nai Brith, Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society, and the Beth-El Congregation. The items include scans of cemetery plans, burial certificates, photographs, meeting minutes, memorial books and various legal documents.
- Photographs are as follows:
- 01. Sixtieth anniversary of D-Day program.
- 02. Abe and Rose Goldhamer, Long Sault Rapids before the seaway, ca. 1941.
- 03. Al Burnes in uniform. Al lived in Cornwall and moved to Toronto, [between 1939 and 1945].
- 04. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 1, 1962.
- 05. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 2, 1962.
- 06. Beth El Synagogue, exterior, nd.
- 07. Beth El Synagogue, interior, nd.
- 08. Birdie Phillips Miller.
- 09. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [obverse]
- 10. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [reverse]
- 11. B’nai Brith entertaining seniors from Glen Stor Dun Lodge, 1964.
- 12. B’nai Brith girls temporary charter, 1967.
- 13. B’nai Brith Youth Organization temporary charter, 1967.
- 14. Boys playing hockey behind the shul, 1930s. Back row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Abrugov, Murray Berns, Julius Kolomier. Front row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Goldhamer, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.
- 15. Braham Goldhamer on piano.
- 16. Cemetery plan from office of LP Stidwill, civil engineer and Ontario land surveyor, April 18 1958.
- 17. Cemetery plan, nd.
- 18. Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Robert Saunders Dam, 1957.
- 19. B’nai Brith emergency meeting minutes, 1967.
- 20. Entertainer, Helen Goldhamer and her father, Julius Miller.
- 21. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 1, Oct. 5, 1924.
- 22. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 2, Oct. 5, 1924.
- 23. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [obverse] Pictured are, Standing left to right: Moe Helperin, Peter Solway, Oscar Niduvitch, Louis Dubinsky, Alex Abugor, Sam Nyman, Moe Schulman, Bernard Miller, I. Martin, Saul Schulman. Seated left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Sam Smolkin, Saul Kaye, Mrs. Eddie Cantor (guest speaker), Rabbi Matts, Julius Miller.
- 24. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [reverse]
- 25. Hebrew School, ca. 1958.
- 26. Helen, Mark and Brham Goldhamer, ca. 1958.
- 27. Helen Goldhamer on the St. Lawrence just west of Cornwall.
- 28. Helen Goldhamer speaking.
- 29. Helen Goldhamer thanking guest speaker.
- 30. Joel Horovitz, bar mitzvah programme, 1954.
- 31. Julius Miller and daughter Helen Goldhamer with father Moses Miller (seated) and grandson Braham Goldhamer at age 2.
- 32. Julius Miller and wife Birdie in front of their furniture company’s first truck, ca. 1946.
- 33. Julius Miller Grove invitation to ceremony, 1969.
- 34. Julius Miller Grove letter, 1969.
- 35. Julius Miller Grove plaque, ca. 1969.
- 36. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.
- 37. Annette Phillips and Mary Phillips, ca. 1948.
- 38. Julius Miller presented with a pin by Mrs. Eddie Cantor at an Israel Bonds drive, 1961.
- 39. Nathan Phillips with unidentified boy.
- 40. Left to right: Annette Phillips, Mary Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller and Riva Phillips, 1940s.
- 41. Left to right: Archie Dover, Julius Miller and Rabbi Lewin at the Memory Board dedication.
- 42. Left to right: Helen Goldhamer, Sarah Vineberg, Mrs. M. Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller, Annette Phillips, ca. 1938.
- 43. Succot. Left to right: Margot Miller, Jack Miller and Braham Goldhamer, ca. 1956.
- 44. Left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Iruim Thaw, Saul Schulman and guest speaker, ca. 1961.
- 45. Nathan and Sam Phillips, ca. 1920.
- 46. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 1, 1929.
- 47. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 2, 1929.
- 48. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 1, 1945.
- 49. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 2, 1945.
- 50. Markus Goldhamer RCAF photo, Second World War.
- 51. Mary Phillips, life member of Hadassah-WIZO card, April 5, 1954.
- 52. Memorial book, pg. 1, 1926.
- 53. Memorial book, pg. 2, 1926.
- 54. Memorial book, pg. 3, 1926.
- 55. Memorial book, pg. 4, 1926.
- 56. Memory board.
- 57. Moses Miller.
- 58. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 1, 1934.
- 59. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 2, 1934.
- 60. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 3, 1934.
- 61. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 4, 1934.
- 62. Part of crowd at the annual dinner in Beth El Synagogue hall.
- 63. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 1, Nov. 29, 1922.
- 64. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 2, Nov. 29, 1922.
- 65. President of B’nai Brith Mark Goldhamer speaking. Helen Goldhamer seated to his left.
- 66. Riva Phillips beside Julius Miller Furniture shop, 1950s.
- 67. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 1.
- 68. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 2.
- 69. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in September 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-09-04.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Goldhamer, Mark
- Places
- Cornwall (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-5
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 document (pdf)
- Date
- 1962
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Food
- Women
- Name Access
- Safir, Shari-Lyn
- Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-29
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-29
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- 1 document : col. (jpg)
- Date
- 1927, 1970
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a scanned photograph of Joe and Fanny Diamond and a digital image of the Belleville Fashion Show Program from 1970.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Name Access
- Diamond, Joe
- Diamond, Fanny
- Places
- Belleville, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-30
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-30
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 document : col. (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[2003?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession is comprised of family and community photographs of two generations of the Albert family of Belleville. Images include rabbis Moses Lewin and Walter Seligman, friends, events such as bar mitzvahs, Ethnic Day and a Purim Party, and the Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen memorial. People pictured are identified in the finding aid. There is also one electronic copy of a newsclipping about Rabbi Moses Lewin.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 01. Joe Burke far right Norman Albert in middle Ruth Goldberg far right, 1950s.
- 02. Belleville Community Picnic at the Albert's Summer House.
- 03. David Albert, 1960.
- 04. David Albert bar mitzvah with Rabbi Seligmann and wife.
- 05. Ethnic Day at the Shul, mid-1970s.
- 06. Florence Yannover.
- 07. Jacob Albert with grandsons, 1958.
- 08. Left to right: Ruth Lear and Becky Shulmann and Sarah Lightstone in back.
- 09. Left to right: Selma Bochnek, Shirley Osborne, Ethel Burke, Walter and Mrs Seligmann at synagogue dinner dance.
- 10. Mark and Michelle and David Albert, March 20 1971, bar mitzvah.
- 11. Norm and Lil and Jacob Albert and Rose.
- 12. Purim Party, 1957.
- 13. Purim Party. Joe Burke and Mynra Crystal of Peterborough, April 1957.
- 14. Rabbi Moses Lewin.
- 15. Shulman Departure, May 1985.
- 16. Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen Memorial, ca. 2003.
- 17. Ted and Eleanor Schwab.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- Name Access
- Albert, Carole
- Albert, Norm
- Places
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-3-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 6 documents : b&w and col. (jpg)
- Date
- [1915?]-[200-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of brochures from the Cherney family businesses: their furniture store of fifty years, followed by Cherney Realty, established after 1984. Also included are a pamphlet on the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund of the Community Counselling and Resource Centre of Peterborough. There is also a memorial card for the death of Harry Cherney in 1984. Electronic records include articles about Cherney's and Erica Cherney, City of Peterborough Awards of Merit for Harry and Erica Cherney, and four photographs.
- Photograhps are as follows:
- 01. Award of Merit, Erica Cherney, 1977.
- 02. Award of Merit, Harry Cherney, 1981.
- 03. Harry Cherney on a sailboat, ca. 1978.
- 04. 40th Anniversary of Cherney Store, 1975. Left to right: Myer and Harry and Lou Cherney.
- 05. Rebecca Cherney, ca. 1915.
- 06. Tree of Life donated in honour of Harry Cherney.
- 07. Cherney business story in Peterborough Industrial Review, 1975.
- 08. Erica Cherney article in Business Advantage February, 1997, page 13.
- 09. Cherney ad, 1975.
- 10. Harry Cherney newspaper article about his death, Peterborough Examiner, December 29 1984, page 1.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Business
- Communities
- Name Access
- Cherney, Erica
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 textual records (5 jpg files)
- 15 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- Date
- 1981
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records related to the dedication of the Pearl and Carl Cole Athletic Wing at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre in May 1981. The money for the wing was donated in their honour by their sons, Bruce and Ted.
- The records consist of fifteen digital scans of photographs originally taken at the dedication ceremonies on 10 May 1981 along with a digital scan of the speech given by Ted Cole at the event. Also included is a digital copy of a brunch invitation and of two letters written to Pearl and Carl by Rabbi Irwin Schild and Rabbi Michael Stroh, as well as two hard copy invitations to the dedication ceremonies.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives in June 2008 for digitization.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- graphic material
- textual record (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia (2 jpg) ; 14 x 9 cm
- 1 textual record (7 jpg files)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1870]-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records documenting the Posluns family of Toronto. They include two scanned copies of photographs and one original, depicting various members of the Posluns family such as the family patriarch, Yosef ben Abraham and a copy photograph of the Tip Top Tailors building under construction in 1928.
- The textual records consist of one electronic copy of a short history of the Posluns family, taken from Samuel Bernstein's biography, as well as a copy of a YMHA bulletin cover page from June 15, 1934, featuring a message from the president, Louis Posluns.
- Custodial History
- The records were loaned to the OJA on June 17, 2008 to be copied and returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/tree/pdfs/poslaniec.pdf
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred, 1932-2010
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-18
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 47 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 2 textual records (pdf)
- Date
- 1919-2000, predominant 1940s
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of forty-seven digital copies of family photographs and photocopied documents belonging to the Wichefsky (later Witchel) family of Sudbury, Ontario. The photographs are images of family members, the family's cabin near town, and their friends. There is also a Yiddish language letter from the yeshiva in Poland attesting to David Wichefsky's graduation and a family tree.
- Administrative History
- Doris Witchel Laskin is the daughter of Jacob Witchel and granddaughter of Rabbi David Wichefsky. David Wichefsky was Sudbury's first rabbi and Hebrew teacher. He arrived in 1894 and together with his wife Esther raised seven children. The family name was later changed to Witchel. David's son Jacob, the second eldest, was born before the family immigrated. Jacob married Bella Cohen in Montreal in 1918. They had six children: Doris, Jess, Shirley, David, Thora, and William (Bill). The Witchels are related to the Moses and Magder families of Sudbury.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Yiddish
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-24
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w & col. (jpg)
- 1 textual record (pdf)
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1950]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four scanned photographs and one scanned newspaper clipping relating to the Gorbet family of Owen Sound, Ontario.
- Administrative History
- Benjamin Gorbach was born in Kiev, Russia in 1885, one of 13 children. Escaping harsh conditions there, he immigrated to North America at the age of 18, going first to New York City and then to Toronto in 1904. With his name changed to Gorbet, Benjamin met Russian-born Pearl Rudnitsky (b. 1890) and they married in 1909. Three children, Harry, Reuben and Bess, were born in Toronto. Reuben died tragically in a bathtub accident. Following an adventurous but unsuccessful attempt to make a living as farmers outside the city, the family returned to Toronto, where their son Frank was born. Previously, Gorbet had studied to be a furrier in New York, and when the couple moved to Owen Sound in 1919, he established Gorbet's Furs. Two more sons and a daughter, Avraham (Abe), Norman and Taubyl, were born in Owen Sound. Benjamin died at his home in 1955 at the age of 70. His wife, affectionately known as “Mom Gorbet” lived on in the community for 13 years.
- 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.
- Places
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Annual Campaign series
- Walk with Israel sub-series
- Walk with Israel 2003 sub-sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 17-1-29
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Date
- 25 May 2003
- Physical Description
- 317 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs taken on the day of the Walk at the kick-off party, along the route and at the Festival that followed. The images are of volunteers, kids, flags, dogd, the chairs of the Walk, the registration table, sponsors' banners, some people 'laying' tefillin, the kickoff speakers and performers, crowd shots, dancing, people along the route, rest stops and the Western Wall replica. VIPs pictured include Mel Lastman. Groups with banners include the Downtown Jewish Day School, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Canada, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, March of the Living, and Jews for Jesus.
- The Festival photographs feature performers, MC Corey Mandell, members of the Walk committee, audience shots, people dancing, a drumming centre, an activity centre for kids, students' murals and inflatables.
- Notes
- Though the CD is not marked, it is likely these photographs are Steven Epstein's, since he usually included the html pages for viewing the thumbnails online.
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 2009-9-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2010-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 88 photographs (jpg) : b&w
- 3 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1940-2008], predominant 1940-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document Harry Wolfson's experiences during the Second World War. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs of Harry's military activities, his travels across Canada, and his experience working on Vancouver Island. Scanned records are selections from an album maintained by Harry.
- Administrative History
- Harry Wolfson served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from December 1942 to August 1945. After the war he spent a year maintaining the runways and telephone lines on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-7
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 65 Photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 3 scanned documents (jpg)
- Date
- 1925-1945, predominant 1940-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Roy Waisberg's childhood and later his experiences as an airplane electrician in the Royal Canadian Air Force during during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Waisberg on leave and repairing airplanes in Europe, as well as a certificate of service and a Description of Person record. The verso of scanned photographs were also scanned to show the annotations and dates on the originals. The photographs were originally maintained together in two separate albums by the donor.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related Material Note: for Roy's account of his war experiences see oral history 369
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-8
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned (jpg)
- 1 textual record (jpg.)
- Date
- [ca. 1940]-1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned photographs and one scanned discharge certificate documenting Isaac's experience in the Royal Canadian Army during the Second World War.
- Administrative History
- Isaac served in the Royal Canadian Army in Europe during the Second World War. He had a menswear store in Brantford.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-5-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 cm textual records (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1942] - 2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs, certificates, newspaper clippings, military routine orders and ephemera that document Harold Kates's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
- Administrative History
- Harold Kates was born in Toronto on August 4, 1921 to Rose and Sholom Katz. The family lived on Roberts Street and Harold went to Lansdown school. He enlisted in the army in September 1939, but left in 1940 to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as an airplane mechanic after realizing his regiment would not be going overseas. While serving overseas, Harold was stationed in England, Africa and Greece. After the war, Harold returned to Toronto and received his auto mechanic license. He soon became interested in electricity and opened his own business, Kates Elect, which he operated for sixteen years. In addition, Harold was a member of Toronto's Auxillary Police Force. On October 20, 1954 he married Terry Rafalove.
- 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
- Last name was previously Katz
- Related material note:See also oral history 391
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-6-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-6-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 2 textual records (pdf)
- Date
- [ca. 1910] - [ca. 1955]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned photographs and textual records that document the professional activities of members of the Natanson family and their family life. Photographs include images of the family's pickle business (ca. 1910) and store Moffat's North York Bargain House (ca. 1955), portraits of Nathan Natanson with his violin (ca. 1925) and Albert Natanson in his tap dancing outfit (ca. 1925), as well as images of Ida Natanson as a nurse (1938) and childhood photographs of Lazar and Bob. Textual records include a brochure for Nathan's dancing school and a notice announcing the employment of Albert at Helwig & Leitch, Inc.
- Administrative History
- Originally from Romania, Benjamin and Rose (nee Gratz) Natanson immigrated to Ottawa in 1902 and eventually settled in Toronto in 1905. Benjamin owned a pickle company at 3242 Dundas Street West which he operated until it was destroyed in a fire on August 13, 1930.
- Benjamin and Rose had six children together: Albert (b. 1900), Freida (b. 1902), Celia (b. 1905), Nathan (b. 1909), Ida (b. 1916) and Lazar (b. 1918). Three of their children were involved in the arts; Celia and Nathan were both musicians and Albert was a tap dancer. At 15 years of age, Nathan won a scholarship at the Institute of Musical Art (now known as the Julliard School) and moved to New York with Celia and Freida. As a child, Albert was a tapdancer in Showboat on Broadway and later operated his own dancing school in Montreal; Nat Anson's Dancing School.
- Ida became one of the first Jewish nurses in Ontario. She moved to Saskatchewan after marrying Doctor Nathan Jacks. Lazar married Muriel Weinstein (b. 1923) in 1951 and they opened a store, Moffat's North York Bargain House, at 1291 Wilson Avenue that same year. They were likely one of the first Jewish families to move to the Downsview area. Lazar and Muriel had two children: Eileen and Bob.
- 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
- Families
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-7-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-7-6
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 1 letterhead (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scans of three black and white photographs of Arthur Warren with others in Geraldton and one Warren's Mens Wear letterhead.
- Custodial History
- Margaret Warren Singer is married to OJA volunteer Les Singer, who brought in the materials. Margaret provided the history of her family and Geraldton and retains the original documents.
- Administrative History
- Margaret Warren Singer's parents, Arthur and Lucille Warren, lived in Geraldton for five years during the Depression. Geraldton is a mining town 200 miles north of Thunder Bay. The family moved there as they had difficulties making a living in Toronto. At the time, Geraldton had no road leading to the town, just a daily train. It has been said that it took only five minutes to sort the mail when the train arrived.
- Arthur had a men's wear store which catered to the miners and residents. Their first daughter, Carole, was born in Toronto, but spent her early years in the town. When she slept in her carriage outside the store, the miners would occasionally toss money into it.
- There were several Jewish families in the town who met for social occasions. Alfie Schwartz, a Toronto lawyer who told Arthur of the town, lived there with his wife Myra for a number of years. There was also a pharmacist named Leon [Sher?]. Others living in Geraldton were Sam and Mary Chesin, and Gladys Hurtig and her husband. Gladys was not Jewish, but her husband was a distant relative of Mel Hurtig, the publisher and political activist. Myra Schwartz now lives in Toronto.
- Arthur's brother, Sydney Warren, and brother-in-law, Irving Rother, were both medical students at the time and spent summers in Geraldton with the Warren family. They lived with the family and had jobs in the copper mines. Dr. Sydney Warren is now deceased, but Dr. Irving Rother is 91 and lives in Toronto.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 5 photographs (tiff and jpg) : b&w and col.
- 4 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1965-2009
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records relating to the military career of Mikhail Lakrets. Included are five photograhs of Mikhail in uniform, two of which are attached to military documents detailing Mikhail's injury in the line of duty and his military file. Also included is a certificate of disability and a certificate confirming an official statement that he made about 3811 Jews being murdered in the town where his parents grew up. There are also photocopies of several newsclippings and a letter from the Canadian government relating to Russian veterans and social benefits.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program. The orignals were returned to the the donor on 22 November 2010.
- Administrative History
- Mikhail Lakrets was born in Proskurov, Ukraine. He was nineteen years of age when the war began. Lakrets was a private in aviation and reconnaissance and he later graduated from Tank College as a lieutenant. Lakrets was involved in the liberation of Leningrad, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. He received many decorations for his involvement in the liberation of these territories, as well as the Order of Patriotic War First Class, the Order of Red Star, two medals for courage and one medal for combat service.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Records are in Russian.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-14
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 7 textual records (jpgs)
- 4 photographs (tiff and jpgs)
- Date
- 1943-1999
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of electronic copies of documents and photographs related to Isaak Zarembo's military career. The documents include certificates of disability, illness and participation in the war, a discharge booklet, and two booklets that accompanied his medals. The four photographs are of Isaak in his uniform, two of which are attached to documents.
- Custodial History
- The originals are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying and returned to the donor on 22 November 2010 as part of the Russian Jewish war veteran oral history program.
- Administrative History
- Isaak Zarembo was born in 1925 in Riga, Latvia. He was 16 years old when the Second World War began and joined the 43 Guards Latvian Division, 1st Attack Army in 1943 at the age of 20. He began as a private but later became a sergeant. He participated in battles of the Central Front in Latvia, on the river Ivekstve. He was wounded twice and was demobilized in 1945 due to his injuries. Zarembo received the Conspicuous Gallantry medal, the Order of Glory 3rd Class medal and the Order of Patriotic War 1st Class medal.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-11-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- 11 photographs (jpg)
- 1 cm of textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1933-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records that document Liya's experience in the Soviet Union's military during the Second World War. Included are photographs of Liya with her battalion, the military portraits of her husband, Vladimir Liberova, and portraits of other relatives. Also included are scans of her military identification card, her certificate of injury, credentials for medals that she earned, her discharge certificate, and a document certifying that she was a member of the defense of Leningrad.
- Administrative History
- Liya was born in 1923 in Novozybkov, and later moved to Leningrad. She was drafted in 1942 to serve in the Soviet Union's anti-aircraft battalion. She was in the administration platoon where she was responsible for enforcing (?) blackouts, and searching the ruins for survivors to provide medical assistance. She was demobilized in 1945 and participated in the Victory Parade in Leningrad.
- 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
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Soviet Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2010-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (jpg and tiff) : b&w and col.
- 4 textual records (jpg)
- Date
- 1937-2009
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of digital copies of several photograhps and documents related to the military career and the famiy of Eugene Katz. Included are two photos of Katz in military dress, one family photo, two photos and an accompanying letter about a memorial to his brother Ephraim, a portrait of Katz and his wife Mara and a few scanned copies of commemorative and Russian war medal booklets, which originally accompanied the medals bestowed on Katz.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. They were loaned to the Archives for copying as part of the Russian Jewish War Vet oral history program and were returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- Eugene (Zalman) Katz was born in Vilnius, Latvia in 1925. He was fifteen years old at the onset of the Second World War and witnessed the destruction of his village, Disna, and the murder of his entire family by the Nazis. Katz was one of only twelve people to escape. He later became a partisan and then enlisted in the Soviet army, participating in battles near Konigsberg and Belarus. He was a machine-gunner in the infantry and artillery and helped halt a number of German attacks, including shooting down two tanks. For his heroism, he was decorated with eighteen medals, including the prestigious Medal for Courage.
- 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
- Related material note: See vertical file under "Katz, Eugene"
- Subjects
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Guerrillas
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-8-6
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and graphic material : b&w and sepia (tiff and jpg) ; 780 MB
- Date
- 1915-[ca. 1955]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of electronic copies of original records documenting the Zack and Levy families from Hamilton and Toronto. Records included family photographs, a border crossing identification card, a military identity document and a war service badge certificate, Irving Levy's intern registration card for Barnert Memorial Hospital, a graduation diploma and a sworn declaration regarding Irving Levy's name.
- Administrative History
- Isaac (d. 1955) Zack and Rose (d. ca 1965) Chertkoff were both born in Russia and came separately to Canada in the early 1900s. They married in Toronto in 1907 and then moved to Hamilton. Together, they had five children: Hy (b. ca. 1909); Betty (Joseph) (b. ca. 1911); Sadie (Levy) (1913-2013); Mannie (b. ca. 1915); and Gordie (b. ca. 1922). Isaac and Rose ran "Zack's Furniture" store on York Street in Hamilton. They were ardent Labour Socialists.
- Nathan (d. 1965) Levy and Annie (d. 1975) Persofsky both came spearately to Toronto with their families. They married in Toronto sometime before 1908 and had seven children: Frances (Hendricks) (b. ca. 1908); Morris; Mary (Rubin); Irving (1916-ca. 1998); Godie (Nass); Larry (b. ca. 1924); and Jackie. Nathan was a barber.
- Nathan's son Irving studied medicine at the University of Toronto. Following graduation in 1941, Irving went to the United States and interned for one year at the Barnert Memorial Hospital in Patterson, New Jersey. Following his internship, Irving returned to Canada and married Sadie Zack sometime after February 1943. The two had met at a National Council of Jewish Women's party in Hamilton. Irving enlisted in the Royal Canadan Army Medical Corps in February of 1943 and served on active duty until 1946. He attained the rank of Captain and served in Italy as a physician. Upon returning to Canada, Irving opened his own medical practice in Hamilton. Together, Irving and Sadie had three children: Marsha (Slavens) (b. 1947); Richard (b. 1949); and Ira (b. 1952). Irving and Sadie were active memebers of the Hamilton Jewish community, Sadie being a long-time member of the National Council of Jewish Women and the Temple Ahshe Shalom Sisterhood and Irving a member of B'nai Brith. Irving died ca. 1998 and Sadie died in 2013 in Hamilton.
- Name Access
- Slavens, Marsha, 1947- (subject)
- Levy, Irving, 1916-1998 (subject)
- Levy, Sadie, 1913-2013 (creator)
- Zack, Isaac, -1955 (subject)
- Zack, Rose, -1965 (subject)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 27 photographs : b&w and col. (26 tiff) ; 21 x 26 cm
- 1 document (electronic)
- Date
- 1948-[198-], predominant 1948-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists predominantly of photographs documenting the athletic career and family life of Maurice Strauss. Included are photos of Maurice performing gymnastic stunts and with his family in Belgium prior to coming to Canada, Maurice with his wife and children in Ontario, and shots of Maurice practicing his weightlifting and competing at various locations across Ontario including, the Brunswick Y, the Bloor YMHA (now known as the Miles Nadal Community Centre), and the Northern Y (now the Prosserman Centre on the Sherman campus). Also included are images of Maurice in Israel at the Maccabiah Games and shots of his son, Joel, competing in various weightlifting competitions. Finally, accession also includes a memoir in which Maurice recounts his memories of living in German occupied Belgium during the Second World War.
- Identified in the photographs are: Maurice Strauss, Ruth Strauss, Dave Strauss, Daniel Strauss, Joel Strauss, Ida Strauss, Urin Strauss, Helen Strauss, George Chuvalo, Nate Mudrick (?), and Sherwin Desser.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Daniel Strauss, Maurice's son.
- Administrative History
- Maurice Strauss, a weightlifting champion, was born in Poland in 1929. When he was two, he moved to Brussels with his parents and older sister. A younger brother was born in Brussels. Like his father, Maurice eventually became a tailor. His father made strategic moves to protect the family, such as sending Maurice's sister to work as a maid for a non-Jewish family. Maurice wa able to move around freely by using the papers of a friend who was shot. His youngest brother did not make it out alive: he died of tuberculosis in the concentration camps. Maurice, his sister, and parents came to Toronto in 1929.
- Eventually, Maurice opened up Sunny Cleaners at Sunnyside. In 1964, he opened a menswear store at Yonge and Eglinton called Maurice Menswear. He had acumen as a businessman despite his grade seven education. He owned three laundry mat locations
- He married Ruth Speigel in 1956. She was from a cultured family. Maurice went on to university, as he felt that this was important. He studied business and French and received an honours degree. He attempted to go to Teachers College but didn't get in. He did, however, received a business degree at the age of fifty-eight. At sixty, he taught at a high school in Etobicoke; he also taught at CHAT.
- His weightlifting career began in Brussels. When he came to Toronto, he was at an advantage because of his European training, which was more advanced than Canada's athletic training. When he arrived in Toronto, he worked out at the YMHA on Brunswick and then at the newly opened YMHA at Bloor. He also coached weightlifting there.
- The family was raised in Bathurst Manor on Baycrest Avenue, where Maurice bought a home in 1957. Maureice had three sons. While the children grew up, they went to the Bathurst JCC regularly. "It was their religion," according to son Daniel. Son Joel was also a successful weightlifter and participated in the Commonwealth Games.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-9-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- architectural drawing (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- ca. 30 photographs (tiff)
- ca. 15 architectural drawings (tiff)
- 3 textual records (pdf)
- Date
- [1945?]-[ca. 1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and architectural drawings documenting Jaime Levy-Bencheton's architectural career in Ontario and Morocco. The bulk of the material relates to projects Levy-Bencheton designed while working for the Government of Ontario including: a greenhouse for the Ontario Science Centre, OPP Headquarters building in London, ON, Rideau Correctional Centre, and Chestnut Hill (Southwestern Ontario regional archaeological office). Also included are architectutal drawings and photographs related to Levy-Bencheton's private practices in Morocco and Toronto and work for architect Martin Mendelow.
- Administrative History
- Jaime Levy-Bencheton was born on July 6, 1918 in Casablanca, Morocco. Jaime started a private architectural practice in Morocco in 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1963 and initially found work with the architect Martin Mendelow. In 1965, he started working for the Government of Ontario's Department of Public Works as a draftsman. Starting in 1969, he worked for the Ministry of Government Services as an architectural job captain until his retirement in 1985. During his career Levy-Bencheton specialized in designing facilities for persons with disabilities and worked on a variety of buildings across Ontario including, industrial, institutional, and office use buildings. In his retirement, Levy-Bencheton became devoted to the study of the Bible and creating Jewish religious art.
- Subjects
- Architects
- Occupations
- Name Access
- Levy-Bencheton, Jaime, 1918-
- Places
- Casablanca, Morocco
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-9
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 4 documents (jpg)
- Date
- [195-?]-1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six electronic copies of photographs of Irving Levine and the Levine family and electronic copies of three invitations to Irving Levine's birthday party, and one newspaper clipping. Included is Irving and Ruth's wedding portrait and wedding photo with their parents (Sept. 6, 1952), two photographs of Irving with his mother Anne at Crystal Beach, a photograph of the Irving brothers in Grimsby, and a photo of Irving with business partner Lionel Robins (ca. 1978). Identified individuals in the photographs include: Irving Levine, Lionel Robins, Harry Levine, David Levine, Anne Levine, Ruth Levine, Sam Levine, Abraham Feldman, and Jennie Feldman.
- Administrative History
- Irving Levine was born in 1929 to Sam and Anne Levine. He was born in Grimsby, Ontario, where his father owned a junior department store. They were members of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Hamilton. Irving moved to Toronto in 1953, he married Ruth Fern in 1952 and they had three children: Alan, born in 1953, Suzy, born in 1956 and Michael, born in 1961. He has six grandchildren. He purchased Braemar clothing store in the early 1960s, with the first location in Cloverdale Mall. He became the top vice-president of Dylex, Ltd.,one of Canada's largest retail clothing companies, and general manager of Fairweather's division. Lionel Robins became his business partner in 1964.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Further identification can be found with the accession record.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Levine, Irving, 1929-
- Places
- Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.)
- Grimsby (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 92 photographs (jpgs) : col. and b&w
- 1.55 MB of textual records
- Date
- 1965, 1990-2015
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting the activities and history of Dr. Mark Friedlander and his family. Included is a family history written by Mark's father, Bertie Friedlander and a personal CV written by Mark. Also included are photographs documenting a wide variety of Mark's activities, including his work as an anesthesiologist, Jewish holiday celebrations, his cottage life in Buckhorn, his outdoor activities (such as skiing, canoeing, hiking, cycling, fishing, and ice hockey), Danny's bar mitzvah at Kehillat Shareei Torah, Mark's marriage to Lila, the university graduations of family members, Mark's involvement with March of the Living, his participation in Walk With Israel, and his various trips to Zimbabwe, South Africa and other parts of the world. Of note is a photograph of Mark and his son Danny on Mount Kilimanjaro and images of the Sharon School Reunion which took place at Mark's house in Thornhill. Individuals identified in the photographs include: Dr. Mark Friedlander, Lila Speigel, Eli Friedlander, Danny Friedlander, Paul Ciapparelli, Sergio Ciapparelli, Lou Silver, Dennis Scolnik, Bertie Friedlander, Jarred Goldberg, Mike Green, Warren Liebowitz, Sue Holmes, Hilda Cohen, Florence Weinberger, Vickie Campbell, Joe Feldman, and Martha Shemtov.
- Custodial History
- The material was in the possession of Dr. Mark Friedlander. All the images he has are digital. He does not have the original prints in his possession.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Mark Friedlander was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) in May 1958 to Bertie and Selma Friedlander. Bertie was a pharmacist whose career went from retail manufacturing to regulations, and later an academic in learning and teaching.
- Mark attended the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1976 to 1981. Between 1982 and 1987, he lived and worked in : Cape Town, South Africa; London, England; Saskatchewan, Canada and New York City, USA. In 1987 he married Lesley Kane (from London) in London, England and moved to Toronto for Specialty Residency in Anesthesia at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. During his four year residency, he and Lesley had two sons: Danny (1989) and Eli (1991).
- Since 1992 Mark has worked as a staff anesthesiologist at North York General Hospital, Toronto. He is also a part time consultant at the Chronic Pain Management Allevio and Pinnacle Pain Clinics.
- Mark and Lesley divorced In 2011. In 2015, Mark married Lila Speigel. Lila had immigrated to Toronto in about 1986 after living in Israel and before that from Caracas, Venezuela. Mark’s community involvement includes acting as a chaperone and physician on the March of the Living in 1994, as a UJA supporter since 1991 and as host of a Sharon Jewish Day School Zimbabwe reunion. He has also volunteered on numerous surgical missions to various countries including, Ecuador, Peru, Russia and Vietnam. He has been a member of Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue since 1996.
- Mark has an older sister, Wendy (born in 1956), and a younger brother, Gary (born in 1960). Gary is married to a South African and Wendy is married to Dennis Scolnik also from Zimbabwe and they all live in the Toronto area. Mark’s parents, who moved to Israel with Gary in 1977, immigrated to Toronto in 1992 to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Mark's father passed away in 2012.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Travel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-2-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : col.
- 44.5 KB of textual records
- Date
- 2015
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one family history and photograph documenting Les Krawitz and his family. Identified in the photograph (taken in Muskoka) are:
- Back row: Son-in-law Shaun Levy, daughter Delia Krawitz Levy, Daughter-in-law Randi Katz Krawitz, son Evan Krawitz (Delia's twin), wife Joan Krawitz, Les Krawitz, son Stan Krawitz, Stan's partner Laura Vasic, grandchildren Chloe and Max (Stan's kids)
- Front row: grandchildren Jordana (Delia & Shaun's child), Adriana and Jake (Evan & Randi's children)
- Administrative History
- Les Krawitz was born in 1940 in Brakpan, South Africa to Abraham and Ella Krawitz. In 1964, he married Joan Marks. They had three children together: Stan (b. 1968) and twins Evan and Delia (b. 1971). The Krawitz family immigrated to Toronto in October 1987. Les initially worked with Tandem International (a marketing and sales consulting firm). In 1994, he joined the Sales Development Group (a human resources firm). After four years, he branched out with his own human resources company, Just Solutions Inc. In 2003 he joined his son, Stan's, real estate brokerage, Real Facilities, as a sales manager and realtor. He retired in 2011.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 19 MB
- 586 KB of textual records
- Date
- [2015?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 9 digital photographs of Daniel Hoffman, owner of The Cutting Veg, teaching urban farming with the Global Garlic Project, and planting onions and garlic. Also included is one electronic textual document depicting The Cutting Veg's mission statement, issued as promotional material.
- Administrative History
- The Cutting Veg (TCV) is an eco-social enterprise rooted in organic farming. TCV runs four programs aimed at cultivating personal, social, environmental, and economic health. They cultivate multiple acres of mixed vegetables, making organic food more accessible to vegetable lovers of Southern Ontario. In addition to produce sales, TCV runs the “Global Garlic Project.” Specifically, they grow approximately 20 varieties of garlic from around the world, including Polish, Persian, Italian, Russian, Korean, and Israeli. TCV also provides Food Coaching Services, which offers garden & composting project support, agri-business training, food-based workshops, and part-time farming internships. Finally, TCV offers one-on-one “Wellness Counselling” for individuals who want to take steps forward with their health and happiness. Collectively, these programs are helping TCV towards the achievement of its quadruple bottom line: Personal health, Social health, Environmental health, and Economic health. TCV is owned and managed by Daniel Hoffmann. Daniel is an Organic Farmer, Social Worker (BSW), Counsellor, and has been farming in B.C. and Ontario since 2000.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: The textual record is in a graphic file format but is a document.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Education
- Name Access
- Hoffmann, Daniel
- The Cutting Veg (Sutton, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- ca. 30 cm of textual records
- 89 photographs : b&w and col. (7 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- 1 CD-ROM (textual record)
- 19 videocassettes (ca. 22 hr.)
- Date
- [19--?]-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Abe and Margot Zukerman, their family, and the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society. Included are: awards, identity documents, legal documents, letters, photographs, publications, videocassettes, and vital records.
- Photo Caption (015): Abe Zukerman's father, [19--?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-6-5.
- Custodial History
- Mel Perlmutter, stepson of Abe Zukerman and son of Margot Zukerman, donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Administrative History
- Abe Zukerman (1914-2009) was born in Wierzbnik, Poland in 1914. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. In 1948, he came to Canada, where he became involved in the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society and married. His first wife, Esther, predeceased him. In 1975, he married his second wife, Margot, who had two children from a previous marriage. In addition to serving as a senior executive member of the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society for over 50 years, Abe volunteered with United Jewish Appeal and State of Israel Bonds. He passed away 8 Feb. 2009.
Margot Zukerman (née Rubin) was born in Berlin, Germany on 31 December 1922. Still a child when the National Socialists came to power, she was denied schooling. She arrived in Toronto in 1939 never having received a formal education. Despite this, she was able to learn English and operate her father's small ladies' wear store in Hamilton for at least a dozen years. In 1944, she married her first husband Alexander Perlmutter, with whom she had two children: one in 1945 and another in 1948. In 1970, she moved to Toronto, where she acted as caregiver to her father. In 1974, she met Abe, whom she married on 14 February 1975. Like her husband, Margot was an active member of Toronto's Jewish community.
- 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.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to Abe Zukerman can be found
in Accession 2017-9-1.
- Subjects
- Families
- Societies
- Name Access
- Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society
- Zukerman, Abe, 1914-2009
- Zukerman, Esther, 1912-1972
- Zukerman, Margot, 1922-
- Zukerman family
- Places
- Canada
- Israel
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-3-8
- Material Format
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 21.1 MB of textual records
- Date
- 2016-2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Kulanu Toronto. Included are minutes, agendas, information on upcoming events, posters, and instructions for volunteers.
- Custodial History
- Former executive director Sheri Krell emailed records in electronic format to an OJA archivist in March 2019.
- 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.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Sexual minorities
- Name Access
- Kulanu Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Date
- [194-] - 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of handwritten Yiddish poetry by Benzion Micfliker. Benzion (Ben) began writing poetry at the age of sixty-five after the death of his second wife Esther Micfliker (née Blutschitz). The poems, discovered by Benzion's daughter Rita, deal with personal themes of love and loss, reflections on Nazi imprisonment, liberation, relocations, Theodor Herzl, Canada, astronauts, Jewish holidays including Passover, Hanukkah, Purim, summer, nature and more. Seventeen of the Yiddish language poems have been translated into English. In addition, there is a photograph of Benzion and Esther (1940s), a detailed biography of Benzion Mickflker written by his daughter Rita, and newspaper clippings of Benzion's published poetry.
- Administrative History
- Benzion Micfliker (1910-1989) was born on 29 May 1910 in Chelm, Poland. He immigrated to Canada with his wife Esther and daughter Rita in 1951. Both Benzion and his wife had endured and survived the horrors of the Holocaust. They met after the war and lived in Barletta Italy in a displaced persons (DP) camp, where Rita was born. They settled in Israel for a short time and soon reunited with Benzion's sister Ita and her husband Mendel Silverman in Montreal, where Ben worked as a tailor and foreman and Esther as a seamstress. Benzion passed away at the age of 79 on 16 Jul. 1989.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish
- Related material: 2019-10-8; 2019-12-2
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Refugee camps
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2020-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. (jpg)
- 1 invitation (html)
- Date
- 8 Apr. 2020
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Shinder Family Virtual Seder. The seder, which was celebrated on 8 April 2020, was hosted by Sol and Zelaine Shinder of Ottawa, Ontario over Zoom. Adam Sherman of Toronto acted as the Zoom controller. Included are four images of the seder and a copy of the invitation to join the seder.
- The first image is a screenshot from the second half of the seder and shows dialogue and a link to the words of Had Gad Ya. The second image is a photograph of a computer on the Gewurtz family seder table. The third image is another screenshot. The fourth image is a photograph of a computer on the seder table at the home of Ian Sherman of Ottawa, Ontario. Ian is the newphew of Sol Shinder; his son, Adam Sherman of Toronto, organized and was the Zoom controller.
- Custodial History
- Items were submitted to the archives via the OJA website.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Seder
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Places
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Georgian Bay (Ont. : Bay)
- Miami (Fla.)
- New York (N.Y.).
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : col. (jpg)
- 1 slideshow (pdf)
- Date
- 2022
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting a virtual seder held by Sam Mogelonsky and her partner on 17 April 2022. Included are three photographs and a slideshow. The latter includes prayers for Ukraine and prayers for those who aren't Jewish. Sam and her partner, Mat, used a humanist Haggadah to pull it together.
- Commenting on the seder, the donor wrote:
- "My partner and I did a virtual seder last night for the third night of Passover. We started doing this the first year of Covid, and now it’s sort of a tradition. It’s a mix of jewish and non-Jewish friends and very fun and inclusive. We made a special presentation deck for it so people could read off the screen. There are a lot of Simpsons, pop culture and baseball references.
- "You are seeing the view as we did. I should have taken a photo of the set up! We had a webcam on a plinth and a microphone set up. Then we had the laptop and a wireless mouse.
- "Also, mat is allergic to horse raddish, so we have Calabrian hot pepper paste for Maror!"
- In a separate email, Sam explained that the chili paste was a nod to Mat's Italian background.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease)
- Passover
- Seder
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Ukraine
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Passenger Names
- Zwetnick, Yossel & Sore
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Zwetnick, Yossel & Sore
- Page Number
- 270
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abadjis, Miltides
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abadjis, Miltides
- Page Number
- 610
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abbiss, G. H.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abbiss, G. H.
- Page Number
- 707
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abel, Alex
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abel, Alex
- Page Number
- 353
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abel, J. & Ch.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abel, J. & Ch.
- Page Number
- 449
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abela, L.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abela, L.
- Page Number
- 532
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abramowitch, Lazarus
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abramowitch, Lazarus
- Page Number
- 258
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abramowitz, Solomon, Annie, Lazarus
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Abramowitz, Solomon, Annie, Lazarus
- Page Number
- 227
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Achber, Mr. & Mrs. H.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Achber, Mr. & Mrs. H.
- Page Number
- 277
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackerman, Isaac & Leah
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackerman, Isaac & Leah
- Page Number
- 226
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackerman, Mrs.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackerman, Mrs.
- Page Number
- 428
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackroyd, Harry
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Ackroyd, Harry
- Page Number
- 338
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Geog.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, Geog.
- Page Number
- 604
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H.
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Adams, H.
- Page Number
- 287
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger