- Accession Number
- 1998-3-30
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca.1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a copy print and corresponding negative of Boruch Mordechai Himmel. Boruch also went by the name of Benjamin.
- Administrative History
- Boruch Himmel was the grandfather of Brooky Robins. He was a peddler who lived at 18 Kensington Avenue, Toronto. He was born in 1859 and died in December 1934. He is buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim section.
- Subjects
- Peddlers
- Name Access
- Himmel, Benjamin, 1859-1934
- Himmel, Boruch, 1859-1934
- Places
- Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-6
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 poster
- 3 cm of textual records
- Artifacts
- Date
- 1928-[ca. 1944]
- Scope and Content
- This accession includes a Standard Theatre poster for the play Sheindele from Slabodke, staring Mischa and Lucy German (1928). This production was also known as Papirosn-makherin (Cigarette Maker) and Reizele from Slabodke and was staged in 1927 in the Hopkinson Theatre then in Philadelphia with Clara Young, Lucy German, and Vera Rosanka.
- Also included are pages from a scrapbook with Jewish Standard editorial writings from the 1930s by Hye Bossin. Topics include life on Spadina Avenue and in Kensinton Market, Yiddish entertainers, Emma Goldman's visit to Toronto, Caplan's Cafe, athletes, and the Toronto Islands. As well, there is a metal plate for F. B. Harris, circa 1944, with an inscription on it in memory of Sgt. F. B. Harris who "died in his country's service 6 June, 1944."
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: The Standard Theatre poster and Emma Goldman interview are available as digital files.
- Subjects
- Newspapers
- Theatrical posters, Yiddish
- Name Access
- Bossin, Hye
- Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
- Harris, Fred. B.
- Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-6
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 7 drawings : blueline prints ; 61 x 50 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Kiever Synagogue in downtown Toronto. Included are architectural drawings of south and west elevations, cross section, details of window frames and balcony basement, the ground floor, and roof and balcony plans. Benjamin Swartz was the architect.
- 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
- Synagogue architecture
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Swartz, Benjamin, 1899-1961
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm
- Date
- Aug. 1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs of Kensington Market taken by the donor. Depicted is the Augusta Fruit Market, Lottman's Bakery and an unidentified general store.
- Custodial History
- Photographs were in the possession of Wilfred Grosman.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Markets
- Name Access
- Augusta Fruit Market
- Lottman's Bakery
- Grosman, Wilfred
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, 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
- 2008-8-26
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1920]-1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs pertaining to the Salit family and the Jewish community of Niagara Falls, Ontario. There is a newspaper clipping, an advertisement for Myer Salit Limited and a fiftieth-anniversary commemorative book for Congregation B'Nai Israel, St Catharines, Ontario (1975).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- Synagogues
- Places
- Niagara Falls (Ont.)
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-8-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-8-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 48 photographs : b&w and col. (1 jpg) ; 21x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of family snapshots and portraits of members of the Zet family of St. Catharines. They include images of the donor's grandmother, Sadie (Hyatt) Zet, and grandfather Morris Zet, their friends, children and grandchildren. Among the events documented are the wedding of Bernice Zet to Albert Shecter in 1946 at the Congregation B'nai Israel, officiated by Rabbi Herschel Shapiro (who officiated weddings from 1931-1956), and summer scenes at Crystal Beach including Bernice Zet, Freda Caplan, Claire Zet and Deborah Caplan. There are several photographs of a group of high school girls, including Anne Granek, Minnie Lefstein, Ann Caplan, Ethel Friedman, Sylvia and Frieda Greenberg, Rae Rosenberg, and Eve Luntz. There is also an image of twenty little girls dressed in white holding British flags on the occasion of the opening of the shul in 1925, and one of Celia Taube with her children. As well, there are pictures of "the gang" of couples at social occasions in the 1950s. Persons pictured include Bayla Katzman, Joel Zeldon, Anne Granek, Abe Herzog, Margaret Zeldon, Jenny Katzman, Joe Katzmean, Gert Granek, Bea Magder, Dave Kates, Sybil Cowitz, Elsie Kates, Chippie (Helen) Feldman, [unknown man], Syd Magder, Dolly Cooperman, Eleanor Lambert, Sarah (Sookie) Slepkov, and Sheila Newman.
- Finally, there is a ca. 1908 portrait of Berel and Nachama Kaplan, great-aunt and uncle of the donor.
- Administrative History
- Morris Zet (Zatulove) immigrated to Toronto in 1913 at age 18. In Romania his family enjoyed prosperity as dairy farmers, but after being conscripted into the Russian army, he left, walking from Russia to Austria. After a year in Toronto, Morris moved to St. Catharines, where he boarded with the Adelsteins. There, he made a living peddling to the many workers building the Welland Canal. In 1917, Morris married Sadie Hyatt (her brother changed the family name to Goldberg in Canada), who had come to Toronto in 1914. Morris opened a men’s wear store on St. Paul’s Street in St Catharines called Zet’s Clothing. Ten years later in 1929, he closed this store and opened Zet’s Men’s Wear in nearby Thorald, though the family continued to live in St Catharines. In 1935, Sadie opened Zet’s Ladies Wear across the street in Thorald. Morris and Sadie Zet had 3 daughters whom they raised in St Catharines: Anne, Clare and Bernice. Anne is the donor's mother. She married Kelley Granek in St. Catharines in 1939. Clare married Sam Kranitz in 1940; Bernice married Albert Schecter of Toronto, also at the St. Catharines shul, in 1946.
- 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
- Physical Desription note: two of the photographs are colour copies.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- Name Access
- Zet, Morris
- Zet, Sadie
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Joseph Fremar
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 14 May 1974
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Joseph Fremar
- Number
- OH 21
- Subject
- Business
- Food
- Occupations
- Interview Date
- 14 May 1974
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 MP3 file
- Interviewer
- Bess Shockett
- Total Running Time
- 12:59 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette tape in August 2003.
- Digitized in June 2010.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Joseph "Joe the Orange Man" Fremar was a produce merchant in Kensington Market and opened his location at 234 Augusta Avenue in 1938. Fremar, commonly referred to as the "Orange Man," was a member of the Kiever Synagogue.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Fremar, Joseph
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shockett, Bess
- Geographic Access
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the social politics and financial expectations around belonging to certain Toronto synagogues versus others.
In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the changing population of Toronto
- Name
- Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 26 Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith
- Number
- OH 147
- OH 148
- Subject
- Theater, Yiddish
- Interview Date
- 26 Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Stephen Spiesman
- Total Running Time
- OH147A: 44. minutes
- OH148B: 45. minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Jennie Goldstein emigrated from Russia to Toronto in 1914. While living and working in the Ward, Jennie married Harry Goldstein, who was noted as both a "dresser" and an actor in Toronto's Lyric and Standard Theatres. After Harry's passing, Jennie became a supplier of costumes for the Yiddish theatre. In 1920, to help support the family, Jennie opened a deli stand alongside the original Shopsy's deli located in the area of Kensington Market. Jennie and Harry's daughter Bess married Boris Coppersmith whose parents, Yossel and Nessie, owned a variety store at Spadina Avenue and Baldwin Street.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Coopersmith, Bess
- Coopersmith, Boris
- Goldstein, Jennie
- Harris, Harry
- Lyric Theatre
- Pasternak, Chanina
- Speisman, Stephen
- Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the early years of Toronto's Yiddish theatres such as the Tivoli and the Standard and cantors such as Harry Harris and Chanina Pasternak.
In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the performances and cantors of the Lyric Theatre circa 1914.
- Name
- Charna Galper
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 15 Aug. 2018
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Charna Galper
- Number
- OH 448
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Synagogues
- Camps
- Musicians
- Yiddish language
- Yiddish literature
- Interview Date
- 15 Aug. 2018
- Quantity
- 1 MP4 file
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- 1:42 minutes
- Biography
- Charna Galper was born in 1921 in Bershet, Ukraine and immigrated with her family to Toronto in 1923. Charna grew up and lived in the Kensington Market area until 1955, when she moved north of the downtown core. Charna attended Landsdowne Public School and Harbord Collegiate, where she graduated as a legal secretary. She was a member of Hashomer Haztair and attended its summer camp at the Stroud, Ontario location. Charna married Abe Galper in 1947. Abe's career as a musician allowed them to travel to New York, Israel, and China. Charna has volunteered for Circle of Care and today spends her time pursuing her interest in Yiddish and attending programs at the Baycrest Centre.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Transcript
- 0:40: Charna born in 1921 in Bershet, Urkaine, tells the story of how she her parents and siblings fled Ukraine for Canada. Sponsored by Joe and Philip Finkler her mother’s brothers, the family arrived in Toronto in 1923. 3:24: Charna describes the living conditions of the family’s first home at 237 Beverley St., Fitzroy Terrace in the Kensington area and Grange Ave. 4:55: Charna talks about her elder sister’s contracting diphtheria and the resulting quarantine her family had to endure 5:2: Charna talks her parents first home at 210 Robert St. and the family’s move to Albany Ave. 6:15: Charna describes in detail the family’s living conditions prior to their move to 210 Robert St. 7:15: Charna talks about some of the challenges her parents faced when they first came to Toronto. She describes the hardships her father endured working as a carpenter during the depression 9:40: Charna talks about Joe and Philip Finkler as instrumental in helping her parents buy the house on Robert St. in 1926, the year her brother Shloime was born 10:00: Charna recalls some memories of the Robert St neighborhood, a closely knit Jewish immigrant community with Yiddish spoken as the primary language and her experiences at the Landsdowne Public school 11:40: Charna recalls her grandmother as being a wonderful davener 13:00: Charna talks about the details of the Robert St. house mortgage 14:1: Charna talks about her first job working for Harry Grainer as a legal secretary and later with Lou Rasminsky, the first Jewish governor of the Bank of Canada. 15:33: Charna recalls the area around Rasminsky’s storefront at 418 Spadina Ave. Spadina was filled with many businesses, egg stores, Hyman’s bookstore and Goodmans on the corner of Oxford, “we all knew each other, it was a leibedik velt. 16:00: Charna talks in more detail about her job as a legal secretary for Lou Rasminsky 18.45: Charna describes her daily walk to Harbord Collegiate 19:30: Charna talks about not having enough money for carfare and riding the bus for free 20:33: Charna talks about her best friend Rose Ruskin 21:35: Charna talks about how as a child she was spoiled by her older sisters Nechama and Ethel 22:04: Charna talks about helping with the household chores 22:15: Charna describes family laundry day on Sunday. We had laundry tubs in the backyard, my sisters and I had scrubbing boards and my mother was good at wringing, it was a team effort 22:46: Charna talks about the Kosoys who owned a home laundry at Borden and Harbord St. They had what was called wet wash, they would bring the clean laundry back to us wet and we would hang it to dry. 23:27: Charna talks about getting their first refrigerator 23:41: Charna describes their first refrigerator 24:01: Charna describes their icebox and Katz the iceman who came once a week to deliver ice 24:44: Charna talks about buying groceries on credit 25:37: Charna talks about why her parents wanted her to go to school rather than working in a factory 25:50: Charna talks about helping with the shopping in Kensington market 26:05: Charna talks about going to Kensington market on Thursday morning to buy a big carp, bring it home, put it in the tub until Friday morning when her grandmother would kill it and turn it into gefilte fish 27:33: Charna describes her own gefilte fish recipe 28:35: Charna recalls going to the market on Friday to buy a live chicken for Shabbat and taking it to the Schoichet on Major St. to be killed and plucked 29:03: Charna describes how to hold a live chicken 29:23: Charna describes bargaining for goods in the market 30:41: Charna recalls the pickled crabapple treats from a delicatessen located at Dundas in Kensington Market 32:04: Charna recalls Tryman’s family run grocery store on Baldwin St., Little Eaton’s on Kensington that sold Eaton’s castoffs, Hyman’s bookstore on Spadina Ave that sold office supplies, religious books and had a registry for bar-mitzvahs and weddings. 34:45: Charna describes her brother Shloime’s bar-mitzvah held at their Robert St. home and catered by her grandmother 35:42: Charna recalls about the days when her grandmother was a caterer in Russia and also in Toronto 37:12: Charna describes her grandmother’s cooking 37:49: Charna talks about her grandmother as a very orthodox woman who wore both a sheitel and kerchief 38.22: Charna talks about the family’s traditional observance of Shabbos and Jewish holidays, the Russian Shul on Centre St, and her grandmother’s cooking for Rosh Hashanah 40:36: Charna talks about the Russian Shul’s move to Markham St. and describes its interior 42:39: Charna talks about Joe and Philip Finkler’s connection with the Kiever Shul 43:42: Charna talks about her grandmother’s passing in 1939 44:04: Charna talks about her sisters Elsie and Nechama 45:35: Charna talks about her surprise birthday party in celebration of her 95th year 46:08: Charna talks about her sister Nechama’s move to Palestine 46:34: Charna talks about her father in-law’s move to Palestine in 1930 47:30: Charna talks about her involvement with Hashomer Hatzair 49:24: Charna talks about Hashomer Hatzair’s summer camp locations in Keswick, Stroud, Parry Sound, and Lake Ooty in Perth, Ontario 50:25: Charna describes her camp experience at the Stroud location 52:05: Charna talks about accompanying her husband Abe, a clarinet teacher to camp Hashomer Hatzair in Perth, Ontario 52:59: Charna talks about her past and present affiliation with schlichim coming to Toronto 53:45: Charna talks about her affiliation with Pioneer Women, now known as Na’amat 54:32: Charna tells the story of how she met her husband Abe in 1947 57:18: Charna describes her first date with Abe 57:43: Charna talks about walking with Abe to the Tivoli theatre at Victoria and Shuter. “Who used cars, who used streetcars, we walked. On the way back I got the most terrible blisters, I was with new shoes, with high heels.” 58:26: Charna continues to describe her first date with Abe 59:01: Charna describes the inside of the Tivoli theatre 59:49: Charna talks about City Dairy where she and Abe went for ice cream on their first date. City Dairy was located at Spadina Crescent near College St. 1:00:36: Charna explains why she and Abe decided to get their marriage license in May 1948 1:02:08: Charna talks about the attraction she and Abe had for one another 1:02:42: Charna talks about her wedding held in the family’s backyard at Albany Ave. in August of 1948 1:04:47: Charna describes her wedding cake and how she preserved it in a tin box until her 25th wedding anniversary 1:06:04 Charna talks about her first apartment with Abe at College and Crawford 1:06:52: Charna talks the period following her marriage and her mother’s stroke 1:07:45: Charrna talks about her first pregnancy and birth of Batsheva in November 1949 1:07:54: Charna talks about moving into her parent’s home on Albany St. 1:09:25: Charna talks about thinking of buying their own home 1:10:16 Charna talks about why they waited a year before moving into their own home. She explains everything she needed was close by the house on Albany, including Starkman’s and Honest Ed’s. 1:11:28: Charna describes their first house as it looked when they moved in 1955 1:12:14: Charna talks about the shifting demographics of the neighborhood from primarily Gentile to Jewish 1:12:40: Charna talks about the neighborhood Daysbury public school her children attended 1:12:55: Charna talks about how life became easier for them when Abe’s work with the symphony increased from 26 weeks to 42 weeks a season 1:13:34: Charna talks about the death of her mother before the move to their own home and her father who moved in with them 1:13:50: Charna talks about Abe’s music students and his work with the Conservatory 1:14:26: Charna talks about her 2 youngest children attending the Bialik School 1:14:59: Charna gives the ages of her 5 children, Batsheva 69 years old, Chaya 68 years old, Devora 64 years old, Penina 56 years old, and Yanke 55 years old1:16:03 1:14:60: Break in interview as Charna speaks with her daughter Devora 1:17:40: Charna talks about Abe’s relationship with her parents 1:18:07: Charna talks about Abe’s career as a musician 1:19:02: Charna talks about Abe playing for the Israel Philharmonic in 1962 and their thoughts about making Aliyah 1:19:39: Charna talks about their return from Israel to Toronto, his work with the conservatory and some of his music students 1:20:36: Charna talks about Abe’s medical condition 1:20:51: Charna talks about how she and Abe worked as a team 1:21:11: Charna talks about accompanying Abe to New York when he played with the New York Philharmonic 1:22:08: Charna talks about Abe’s work following his heart attack 1:22:22: Charna talks about Abe giving a master class in Israel for Israeli clarinetists 1:24:00: Charna talks about Abe’s experience playing with the Palestine Symphony 1:26:25: Charna talks about how she came to know famous people such as Frank Shuster, John (Louie) Wayne, Sylvia and Ben Lennick, and pianist Leo Barkin 1:29:14: Charna talks about musicians from Israel who moved to Toronto 1:31:08: Break in conversation as Charna gets up from her chair 1:31:57: Charna talks about her children being what is most important to her 1:32:41: Charna talks about her son Jacob’s 25th wedding anniversary 1:33:15: Charna talks about her current interest in Yiddish, going to the Baycrest program and meeting interesting people 1:36:13: Charna talks accompanying Abe to China during a 3 week master class program 1:40:17: Charna talks about the evening’s upcoming anniversary party and invited guests 1:42:00: Charna talks about her service volunteering for Circle of Care and the Jewish elderly 1:42:33: Charna talks about learning to drive her first car, a blue and white chevy with wings
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Anne Stein
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 10 Dec. 2018
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Anne Stein
- Number
- OH 450
- Subject
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Beauty operators
- Canadian newspapers
- Immigrants--Canada
- Jewish neighborhoods
- Refugees
- Revisionist Zionism
- United States--Politics and government
- Interview Date
- 10 Dec. 2018
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 25 min.
- Biography
- Anne Stein was born in Ostrowitz, Poland in 1919. She immigrated to Canada in 1936 and worked as a hairdresser in Toronto's Kensington Market. She married her husband in 1941. After the war, she had two children, the first born in 1945 and the second in 1950. It was in the 1950s that Anne moved to the Cedarvale area of Toronto. Anne continued to be involved in the Jewish community after the move.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Abella, Irving, 1940-2022
- Betar
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950
- Klein, Naomi, 1970-
- Obama, Barack
- Shaarei Tefillah (Toronto, Ont.)
- Stein, Anne, 1919-
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Geographic Access
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Israel
- Poland
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 42
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 42
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Cantor Rubien (Reuben) Schwebel was a well-known cantor in Toronto. Most notably, he became the cantor of the Anshei Minsk Synagogue in Kensington Market in 1949, and led the congregation in Shabbat and holiday services for over fifty years.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Cantor Rubien Schwebel.
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Schwebel, Rubien
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 3 Oct. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group image of the officers of the Cloakmakers' Union, taken at the Labour Lyceum at 348 Spadina Avenue.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3; File 53
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 53
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sept. 1960
- Physical Description
- 19 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken during a Cloakmakers' Union rally. The images depict garment workers arriving at and participating in the rally held at the Victory Theatre (Standard) on Spadina Avenue. Images include workers standing in front of 468 King Street West, also known as the Samuel and Benjamin Building, just west of Spadina Avenue, as well as in front of Lou Leed's Agencies in the Darling Building and in front of the Tower Building, both located on Spadina Avenue. The Title Dress building on the southwest corner can be seen in the background. Also included are photos of a group of workers walking up Spadina Avenue at Camden Street, workers getting off of chartered city buses stopped just below D'Arcy Street and the workers entering the Victory, seated inside the theatre and several images of officers of the union speaking on stage at the podium. There is also one photograph of workers walking along Spadina Avenue beneath the awning of the Victory (Standard) Theatre in which the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue can be faintly seen in the background.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- Prints of a couple of these images are located in accession 1984-1-6.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3; File 54
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 54
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 28 Jun. 1961
- Physical Description
- 5 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of members of the Cloakmakers' Union, taken at the Labor Lyceum on Spadina Avenue. The images depict several members signing cheques and the officers of the union addressing the crowd.
- Name Access
- Labor Lyceum (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Labor unions
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 2; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 May 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a negative of the exterior of F. Goldstien's (sic) butcher shop at the corner of Augusta and Baldwin Avenues in Kensington Market.
- Name Access
- F. Goldstien Butcher Shop
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 2; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Businesses series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 2
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 May 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a negative of the exterior of Percy's Fruit Market, 232 Augusta Avenue, at the corner of Augusta Avenue and Nassau Street in Kensington Market.
- Name Access
- Percy's Fruit Market
- Subjects
- Markets
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Nassau Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 418
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 418
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of children in white dresses marching down the street alongside several men and women.
- Notes
- Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Subjects
- Parades
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 419
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 419
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a marching band and a group of men carrying a banner thanking Great Britain.
- Notes
- Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Subjects
- Parades
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired 6 Feb. 1975
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a decorated car leading the parade down the street.
- Notes
- Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Subjects
- Parades
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 417
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 417
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of young girls dressed in white, marching down the street alongside several men and women.
- Notes
- Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Subjects
- Parades
- Access 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 756
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 756
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of S. Halperin of St. Catharines, Ontario.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 6 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 20 cm and 9 x 15 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- 1 photograph (electronic) : jpg
- Date
- 1930-2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three colour photographs from the reunion of the Baldwin Club, a young men's club from the 1940s based in Kensington Market. The reunion took place in 2006 at the Steeles Deli (the time stamps on these photographs indicate 2007). The photographs feature: Pearl Godfrey with Rose Simon Zand and her husband David Zand (Rose Simon Zand grew up in the market and her family owned a grocery store); Jack Gelman (founder of the Baldwin Club. His parents owned P. Gelman Fruit and Groceries at 174 Baldwin Street). To his right is his wife. Seated are Rose Simon and Pearl Godfrey; Left to right: Solly Raykeff, Jackie Gelman, Mel Lastman.
- Also included are three black and white photographs depicting 1) Three women in front of 172 Baldwin, left to right: Sandy Shabinsky, Katie Lottman Grossman, Ruth Berman; 2) Two girls in front of 172 Baldwin: left to right: Bella Tichberg (Judy Lottman Tichberg's daughter) and her cousin Henry; 3) Jake Lottman and his father Sam Lottman at 181 Baldwin shown cracking eggs for a photo taken for Queen Elizabeth's visit to Toronto.
- Also included is one electronic photo of three women working at Lottman's bakery (Helen Wiseman who worked at the bakery for 50 years, Katie Lottman Grossman's mother in law Brancha Loffman, and Gertie who also worked at the bakery for many years)
- There is also a small amount of textual records including two newspaper articles entitled "From Humble Beginnings in Kensington" (National Post, 2006) and "Demise of Lottman's Bakery mounred by all" (CJN, Thursday, November 29, 1984); a cookbook of recipes by Rose Simon entitled Recipes by Rose (2001); as well as five photocopies of photos of the Baldwin Street Boys (1940s).
- Administrative History
- Pearl Godfrey's father was Sam Lottman, owner of Lottman's Bakery which opened in the 1920s and was originally located at 172 Baldwin Street. It had a brick oven and on Friday nights women would bring their pots to keep the chollent warm for the Sabath. Sam Lottman was born in Poland and arrived in Toronto when he was 12 years old. He arrived with nothing but soon got a job as a baker. Sam's first wife Bella died in the 1920s. They had two children Judy Tichberg and Joe Lottman. There was also another daughter that died. Sam was a founder of the Hebrew Loan Society (Axia), where members donated 25 cents per week.
- Pearl's mother was Emma (Birkin) Lottman. She arrived from Poland with her sister and mother in 1919 and was a wig maker. Emma Lottman mother would go with neighbours to collect household items for new immigrants. She also worked alongside Sam in the bakery. They lived on top of the bakery until Pearl was 12 years old. Emma and Sam had three children: Jake Lottman, Katie Grossman and Pearl Godfrey. Pearl went to Ryerson Public School and then to Harbord Collegiate for a year before transferring to Forest Hill.
- The family lived on top of the store until 1947 when they moved to 50 Ava Road in Forest Hill. They built a new store at 191 Baldwin. It had a traveling oven which was very rare at the time, which allowed for the baked goods to move along a conveyer belt through the heat.
- Jake who had built the business alongside his father moved to California. Joe Lottman took over the business when Sam retired. Joe died at the age of 60 in 1981 and his daughter Bonnie Lottman and son Terry Lottman ran the business.
- The bakery closed in 1984.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Business
- Name Access
- Lottman, Sam
- Lottman, Emma
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-25
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : col. (slides) ; 35 mm
- Date
- [ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of five 35 mm slides documenting Kensington Market, Toronto. Included is an image of N. Goldlist's poultry truck with an unidentified man holding chickens, Brodsky's Fruit Market, A. Litvak Hardware, and the street sign for Kensington Avenue.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Markets
- Street vendors
- Street signs
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-5-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1945-[1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession record consists of business cards from several Gwartzman family owned business first established on Baldwin Street by Moshe Aaron Gwartzman and his wife Bella (née Weinstock) as M. A. Gwartzman Silks and Wollens. In addition, there is a 1945 change of address card indicating that the business moved from 421 Spadina Avenue to 448 Spadina Avenue along with business cards from the 448 Spadina location for Gwartzman's Drapery Bargain Centre, Gwartzman's Canvas, Art and Graphic Supplies, and Masters, Fine Art and Stationary Products.
- Subjects
- Stores, Retail
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-6-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926-1990
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of Esther and Jack Gelman, as well as of a sports team at the YMHA and the "Afro Communitee Negro Fliers" sports team. In addition, two copies of Yiddish dictionary books written by Jack Gelman and one copy of a book about Kensington Market by Jean Cochrane. Also included are two pieces of poetry by Jack Gelman, one about Toronto (1974) and one about Terry Fox (1981).
- Accession also consists of a number of original and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding the history of Kensington Market in Toronto (ca. 1988-2010). In addition, two booklets of self-guided tours and the history of Kensington Market are included in accession.
- Custodial History
- Donated by Esther Gelman. Clippings about the history of Kensington Market are from the collection of husband Jack Gelman.
- Administrative History
- Jack Gelman was born in Toronto, ON on October 28, 1929. Jack's parents emigrated to Canada from Eastern Europe in 1926. In the 1930s, the Gelman family lived at 105 Denison Street in Toronto, south of Dundas and near Spadina. His father, Philip Gelman, owned a horse and wagon that would stable at Sarah Kegerman's house, 26 Nassau St. Philip operated a vegetable stall at 206 Baldwin St. weekly from Thursday to Saturday. Jack attended Ryerson Public School in Alexander Park, and would often fight back at his peers that would beat and bully him for being Jewish.
- Esther Gelman (nee Davidson) was born August 18, 1934. In 1950 she worked at Homebread, and had her Sweet Sixteen party at Club Elgamour on Bloor Street. In 1951, after meeting at the YM-YWHA, Jack Gelman and Esther Davidson married.
- In 1953, Jack became a truck driver for Canadian Paper and Specialties. Esther and Jack's son Alan was born in 1953. The family lived above Jack's parents' shop on Baldwin Street. The couple had three other children: Sharon, Glenn (b. 1960), and Mandy. The children attended Camp Northland and Camp B'nai Brith.
- In 1959, the family moved from Baldwin Street to Bathurst Manor (235 Pannahill Road), as a group of Esther's friends had moved to the neighbourhood. Son Alan had his bar mitzvah at Beth Emeth Bais Yehudah in 1966.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Yiddish language
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)--Tours
- Sports
- Places
- Bathurst Manor (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4169
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4169
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Summer 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 on mat 28 x 36
- Notes
- Photographer unknown.
- Name Access
- Light, Chaim
- Subjects
- Shehitah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Saint Andrew Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4032
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4032
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- In back: Sam Silver (with hat); Moishe Barsht, son of Yehoshua Yekl and Golda Barsht.
- Name Access
- Barsht, Yehoshua Yekl
- Barsht, Golda
- Barsht, Moishe
- Silver, Sam
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 650
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 650
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Identity of the couple in the photograph is unknown.
- Subjects
- Couples
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Oxford Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1902
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1902
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1910 or 1911]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and operated out of a building on Simcoe Street. Its first synagogue building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chevre Gemilas Chasodim Anshei England, Toronto, taken in the back yard of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue, Toronto (Simcoe Street).
- Identified in this photograph are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified]; Jacob Fine; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; Greenberg; Shlomo Taub.
- Second row, left to right: [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [Max Landau]; [unidentified]; Solomon Blumstein, 1870-1931; Blumstein's son Charles, age 5; Rabbi [?]; [unidentified]; [unidentified].
- First row, left to right: [unidentified]; Yanikoff; Yarmolinsky (child); [unidentified]; [unidentified].
- Notes
- 11/30/2017: Max Landau identified by Marilyn Platnick Glass.
- Name Access
- Blumstein, Charles
- Blumstein, Solomon
- Chevre Gemilas Chasodim Anshei England
- Fine, Jacob
- Greenberg
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Landau, Max
- Taub, Shlomo
- Yanikoff
- Yarmolinsky
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The original photograph is quite brittle and the upper right corner is cracked. It is in need of conservation work.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Simcoe Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2482-2486
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2482-2486
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1967
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 negative)
- Notes
- No restrictions on access.
- Name Access
- Anshei Libavitch Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Denison Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2478-2481
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2478-2481
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1967
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- No restrictions on access.
- Name Access
- Anshei Libavitch Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Denison Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 988
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 988
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Circa 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. The photograph depicts members in formal dress standing on the front steps. Cantor Jacob Dorskind and Rabbi Jacob Gordon are pictured.
- Standing third row from the top is David Cohen (second from the left), and Chaim "Israel" Biback (fourth from the left), the president of the synagogue. Standing second row from the top is Jacob Fine (third from left).
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 989
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 989
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 Sept. 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and it's first building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. In c.1960 the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of members of the Hebrew Men of England in formal wear standing on the front steps of the Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1903
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1903
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and its first building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a group photograph taken at the opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. It features members of the synagogue seated in the backyard wearing top hats and tails. Rabbi Jacob Gordon is pictured in the first row, third from the left.
- Name Access
- Gordon, Rabbi Jacob
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 996
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 996
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Custodial History
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Circa 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Notes
- Photo from the Toronto Telegram.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Processions
- Synagogues
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 993
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 993
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. In ca 1960 the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of three young men leaning on the side of a decorated car.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 283
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 283
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Exhibitions
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 288
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 288
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 290
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 290
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogue architecture
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1768
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1768
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Tzemech Tzedec
- Anshei Libavitch Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Denison Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-7-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 270
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 270
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide
- Notes
- Credit: Syd Shoub.
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogue architecture
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 291
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 291
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Jun. 1974
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. (1 slide) ; 15 x 10 cm and 35 mm
- Name Access
- Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architects
- Doors
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 528
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 528
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 28, 1918
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of David Eisen in the backyard amid sunflowers at 12 Bellevue Ave., Toronto
- Name Access
- Eisen, David
- Subjects
- Physicians
- 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
- Bellevue Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired July 23, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 529
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 529
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 24 Aug. 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Daid Eisen and Morris Shatz on Cecil St. East of Spadina, Toronto
- Name Access
- Eisen, David
- Shatz, Morris
- Places
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired July 23, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6705
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6705
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- 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
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3757
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3757
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1918 or 1919]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Notes
- See also: photo # 3758, #3759, #3760.
- Name Access
- M. Sorosky Dry Goods Store
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 474-475
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 474-475
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Kayla Armel
- Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Kiever Synagogue, Toronto, during restoration and sandblasting.
- Notes
- Acquired June 11, 1975.
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 533
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 533
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Solomon Langner was the son of Rabbi Moishe Langner, the Strettiner rebbe of Toronto. His three brothers were Abraham, Isaac, and Mordecai, who all became rabbis as well.
- Notes
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- A 4 x 5 negative is available.
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Langner, Solomon
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 534
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 534
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of a reception at the Kiever Synagogue, Toronto. From left to right: Harry Bobrowsky, P. Balsky, Rabbi Solomon Langner, and Cantor Rosenberg.
- Notes
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- A 4 x 5 negative is available.
- Name Access
- Balsky, P.
- Bobrowsky, Harry
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Langner, Solomon
- Rosenberg, Cantor
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Rabbis
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions