- Accession Number
- 2019-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs : b&w & col. (jpeg)
- Date
- 1948-2010
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the Schein family. Included are Liza and Sam's wedding celebration in Salzburg, Austria (1948), Liza on board the RMS Samaria (1948), family portraits and snapshots of Liza, Sam and their daughter Gilda (1953-1954), their businesses Apex Uniforms (1960) and Apex Textiles (1980), and the front and back of Sam Schein's grave stone.
- Administrative History
- (Szymon (Sam) Schein (1923-2010) was born in Krakow, Poland, and was the eldest of three sons of Yitzchak and Leia Schein. Szymon's younger brothers were Alek, and Gershon. As a child, Szymon attended yeshiva and enjoyed singing. The Scheins were shopkeepers, and lived a modest lifestyle. Sam's immediate family were all murdered in the Holocaust. Szymon was the only member of his immediate family to survive. At the outset of the war he was sixteen years old. Sam survived four concentration camps – Plaszow, Mauthausen, Melk, and Ebensee. While living in a Displaced Persons camp in Bad Gastein, Austria, he met his wife, Liza Esanu. They were engaged in July 1948, and married a month later. Liza Esanu (1928-2017) was born in Romania in 1928, in the small town Tirgu Neamts, the third of four surviving children of Leib and Chaia Sura Esanu. Liza's father Leib died when Liza was only four years old, from a gall bladder attack. Chaia raised her four children on her own. In 1939, the family was forced to leave their home in the countryside, and over the next few years, were in hiding within Romania. Liza was eleven years old when the Second World War began in 1939. She was given a Singer sewing machine and learned how to sew. Her education as a seamstress progressed in the old European apprentice system, and before long, as a very young teenager, she was supporting her family with the money that she made with her sewing. After the war, she and her sister left Romania and ended up in a DP camp in Austria - Bad Gastein - where she met and married Szymon Schein. Liza and Sam sailed to Canada in September 1948 on the SS Samaria, and settled in Toronto. Although, Sam was accepted as a participant in the Tailor Project, it was Liza who was the sewer in the family. Eventually, they owned several businesses, including "Honest Sam's Cleaners" and a children's wear store. Their final two businesses were strongly related to the sewing –Apex Uniforms, where they manufactured and sold uniforms for gas station attendants and Apex Textiles, where they sold fabrics for clothing and drapery. Liza's sewing expertise was crucial to the success of those two businesses, while Sam handled the finances. Sam and Liza had one child, Gilda, born in Toronto in 1952. Their marriage broke up in 1986, and they each spent the rest of their lives separately. Sam died on New Year's Day, 2010, and Liza on October 15, 2017.
- 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
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- Accession Number
- 2021-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-6-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1952-1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs of Rho Sigma Phi, a Jewish high school sorority. The first photograph was taken at a sorority formal circa 1953/1954; the second photograph was taken at a tea circa 1953/1954; and the third photograph was taken at a tea circa 1952. The following individuals are identified in the photographs: Ruthie Baker, Leila Blandis/Leila Brandis [illegible], Sheila Davids, Frances Diesenhause, Renee Drevnick, Merle Frankel, Sheila Green, Sheila Meiteen, Ethel Rosenberg, Millie Rotman, Tanya Rubinoff, Marcia Sandler, Libby Saunders, Shirley Shekter, Joanne Shulman, Dina Skelly, Marcie Spillman, Annette Stork, Sandra Title/Sandy Title, Sharyn Title, Barbar Wahl, Faith Wintrob, and Elinor Zaltzman.
- Administrative History
- Rho Sigma Phi was made up of high-school girls from numerous schools, mostly in Forest Hill and the surrounding area.
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Places
- Forest Hill (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-10-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w (15 x 10cm)
- Date
- [ca. 2000]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of five photographs of the Bagel Restaurant located at 285 College Street. The photographs depict a table setting and framed autographed photo display, a waiter working behind the counter, menu card posted in their front window advertising the breakfast special and afternoon tea, closeup of plated home fries and sliced tomatoes, and a partial view of the chef working the grill next to dozens of eggs.
- Photographs by Lisa Abram.
- Administrative History
- The Bagel Restaurant also knwon as the Bagel and by some the Dirty Bagel, was a popular diner located at 285 College Street, a few doors west of Spadina Avenue. The restaurant opened around 1952 and was favoured by local office workers, garment workers, and students enrolled at nearby U of T. The Bagel specialized in homestyle, eastern European Jewish foods. On the menu were offerings such as chicken soup and kreplach, borsht (both cold beet and hot cabbage varieties), kishka, chicken fricassee, boiled beef (flanken), and kasha (buckwheat). The service, often of note in local newspaper reviews, was described as both caring and instructive: “they fuss over you; they’re surrogate mothers.” The former tenant of 285 College Street was photographer Gordon Mendly, who lived and ran Famous Studios out of the same location from the 1940s–1960s.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related Material Note: See accession 2022-5-4
- Subjects
- Restaurants
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 7 photographs : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm or smaller
- 1 photograph : col. slide
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1945-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of the 604A College Street and 938 Eglinton Avenue West locations of Goldy's Dairy & Appetizer.
- Photo captions
- 001: Goldie Goldberg (standing left) with two customers in front of Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer decorated in celebration of V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day), 604A College Street, (Toronto, ON), May 1945.
- 002: Store clerk working behind the counter, Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 938 Eglinton Avenue West, (Toronto, ON), 1950s.
- 003: Exterior view of Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 938 Eglinton Avenue West, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1960. Also visible in photo Wembley Custom Cleaners and [Giblons] Kosher Meats & Poultry.
- 004; Employee working behind Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer prepared food counter, serving items such as Shopsy’s potato salad, olives, cream cheese, gefilte fish and more, Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 938 Eglinton Avenue West, (Toronto, ON), 1960s.
- 005: Marvin Goldberg (left) and his older brother Sidney Goldberg (right), standing in front of Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer decorated in celebration of V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day), 604A College Street, (Toronto, ON), 8 May 1945.
- 006: Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer Passover window display, 938 Eglinton Avenue West, (Toronto, ON), 1970s.
- 007: Marvin Goldberg pictured in front of Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 604A College Street, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1947.
- 008: Sidney Goldberg (standing right) with friend in front of Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 604A College Street, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1947.
- 009: Magazine clipping promoting Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer, 938 Eglinton Avenue West, (Toronto, ON), 1970s. Identified (L to R): Sharon Shaindy Dubinsky (m. Nathanson), Betty Dubinsky (m. London), Lyn Dubinsky (m. Lubelski)
- 010: Dave Goldberg (left), receiving bread delivery at Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer 604A College Street, (Toronto, ON), May 1945.
- Administrative History
- Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer was founded by Dave and Goldie Goldberg at 604A College Street, Toronto, in 1944. Dave Goldberg was born in Tarnopol, Russia in 1908; Goldie Goldberg (née Heiber) was born in Galicia, Poland in the same year. Goldie immigrated to Canada in 1911, and Dave came to the United States in the early 1920s, where he was employed as a shoe salesman in Detroit and Chicago until he moved to Toronto in the early 1930s. Dave and Goldie were married in June 1932. In February 1942, Dave was involved in a deadly motor vehicle accident on an icy road near Hamilton Ontario, in which two of the other passengers died. He was fortunate to survive, but the accident brought out a latent asthmatic condition, which prevented him from continuing his job as manager of Arliss Shoes on Yonge Street in Toronto. After unsuccessful efforts as an insurance salesman, and with some financial assistance from the Grand Order of Israel, a benevolent society of which he was a member, Dave, who often said he would “put his wife’s name up in lights,” opened Goldy’s Dairy & Appetizer with Goldie as his partner.
- The store was located just west of Clinton Street on the same block that housed the Pylon Theatre, Pylon Drugs, the Health Bread, and Home Bread Bakeries, as well as Shapiro’s Delicatessen. Goldy’s specialized in fresh creamery and delicatessen products, smoked fish, and assorted dry groceries. Many of the “take-out specialties,” such as potato salad, egg salad, and chopped herring were personally prepared by Goldie Goldberg. In 1947, observing the migration of the Jewish population to the north Bathurst Street corridor, Dave and Goldie opened a second location at 938 Eglinton Avenue West (near Bathurst), which was eventually taken over and operated by Goldie’s sister, Sylvia (Chippy), better known as “Mrs. Goldy,” and her husband, Danny Dubinsky. Both locations were very successful with the owners offering tasty delicacies along with friendly personalized service to their clientele. Customers also enjoyed getting the latest news and gossip relating to their neighbourhood as well as the wider Jewish Community.
- The College Street location was sold in 1953, while the Eglinton Avenue store was a fixture of the Forest Hill Jewish scene until the mid-1970s when it too was sold. Likely, many Jewish Torontonians have fond memories of shopping at Goldy’s and receiving the best of food served in a meticulously clean environment and a haimishe atmosphere.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : col. 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1992-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs from Camp Ramah. The photographs document the interior of buildings, such as cabins and the dining hall; exterior shots of the waterfront and sports field; and activities, such as the annual colour wars program.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Camp Ramah in Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. 20 x 30 cm
- Date
- Jul. 2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a colour photograph of Camp Kinneret taken in July 2000.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Camp Kinneret
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-20
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1915-1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the activities of members of the Forman, Findlay, and Olin families. Documents include a 1922 Goel Tzedec Synagogue religious school diploma (Minnie Forman); a McCaul Street School class photo, Senior IV (Henry Findlay, back row, second left); Palestine Lodge Masons sheet music and lyrics for the composition "We Have Travelled Fiftee," music by Isha Goodman, lyrics by Jack S. Olin; and “Dimensions of 69 Senior Wardens District No. 7,” music and lyrics by Jim Johnson. In addition, there are two group photographs of Palestine Lodge Masons officers (ca. 1969).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Music by Jewish composers
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-12-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 70 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 37 x 58 cm
- Date
- 1927,1937
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs documenting the 1927 B'nai Brith Grand Lodge No. 1 convention and the 1927 sixth national convention of the Federation of Young Judaea of Canada, which was held in Toronto.
- The B'nai Brith Grand Lodge No 1 Convention took place on 23 May 1937 at the Hotel Statler. Identified in the photograph is Dr. Nicholas Sole and Bertha Minden Sole, the parents of Louise Sole Rotman. The photograph is by Famous Studio, photographer Bob Hauser.
- Sole Family history book entitled "Sole Family Legacy Book." The book was created by the donor's daughter, Tami Martino (née Rotman), and is compiled from the collections of all the families across Canada and the United States. We all share a common ancestry, descended from Joseph Nuszen and Regina (Berman Sole), who came to Canada from Hungary. It covers 150 years of our collective history down Joseph Nuszen Sole's line, 6 generations, and every family member is represented to the publishing date (2009). Additional information is provided for 55 family members down the maternal (Regina Berman's) line. Her father was a Rabbi, and most of that side did not get out of Hungary and they perished in the Holocaust, their names are all provided. For those of us whose descendants came to Canada, we have families involved in numerous professions and contributing to the vibrant Jewish life in Canada in many ways.
- Administrative History
- Louise Rotman (née Sole) was born in 1942 in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the daughter of Dr. Nicholas Sole (1901–1971), who emigrated from Kisvárda, Hungary in 1927, and Bertha Minden (née Sole, 1909–1994), who emigrated from Zhytomyr, Russia with her family in 1911. Her brother was Dr. Mickey Sole (1938–2018). From the age of a teenager, she was involved as a volunteer for Jewish organizations and assisting as a fundraiser for the United Jewish Appeal. She was a treasurer of the Temple Youth Group and a secretary of the Senior Youth Council. Later, as an adult, she was treasurer of the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre, chair of the Camp Committee, treasurer of the UJA Federation, president of B'nai B'rith Women Hamilton chapter, president of the Deborah Sisterhood of Temple Anshe Sholom, and the first female president of the oldest Reform synagogue in Canada: Temple Anshe Sholom. She continued to watch over the temple's finances for twenty-one years. Louise graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor of science degree and married Laurence Rotman (1937–2021). She had a short teaching career at Westdale Secondary School before the birth of her children: Tami Martino (née Rotman), Mark Rotman, and Rachelle McGurrin (née Rotman). She has six grandchildren. She was a stay-at-home mom for thirteen years, and later returned to McMaster University, where she received a master of business administration degree and designation as a chartered accountant from the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants. She specialized in taxation (mainly in corporate tax planning) and US and Canadian personal tax for a forty-year career, twenty-four of which were spent at MacGillivray Partners in Hamilton. During this period, she assisted the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, marking their uniform final exam, and the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants, marking the provincial tax exams. She retired from public practice in 2007. After retirement, Louise maininted her involvement in the Hamilton Jewish community as captain for the United Jewish Appeal and a permanent board member of Temple Anshe Sholom.
- Laurence Rotman was born in 1937 in Toronto, Ontario. He was the son of Hyman Rotman and Adele Rotman (née Kaplan). His sister was Marcia Levy (née Rotman). As a youth, he was president of AZA, a youth-led fraternity for Jewish teenagers and the male wing of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization. He was also involved in Young Judaea. In addition, Laurence was involved in the Gamma lota Beta Fraternity in high school and was frosh president at Waterloo Lutheran. In later years, he played major roles in the Jewish community. Some of the highlights were that he was president of B'nai B'rith Hamilton and a past recipient honoree of the State of Israel Bonds. When he and Louise co-chaired the State of Israel bond dinner in 1971, they raised $167,000, which (adjusted for inflation) is equivalent to $1.2 million in 2021. He also led a very eclectic business career. A mainstay business was always Reco Distributors and Mfg. Ltd. He also worked on the board of directors for Creative Arts, as Heart Fund publicity chair, and he was director of sales and marketing for the public company Lawn-A-Mat Chemical and Equipment. He was also a co-owner of Feathers Restaurant, a dinner-and-dancing club in Hamilton, which he described as one of his favourite businesses to run. He was a life master in bridge.
- 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
- Congresses and conventions
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith. New York Lodge No. 1 (New York, N.Y.)
- Federation of Young Judaea of Canada
- Places
- New York (N.Y.).
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-1-5
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (5 jpg, 1 heic)
- 5 textual records (png)
- Date
- 16 Jan. 2022
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photos and promotional material created for Jewish Cookbook Workshop "Capunti with Matthew Calverley." The Zoom program was hosted by Jewish&. The photographs depict Matthew Calverley in his kitchen leading the workshop and includes views of the camera and laptop set up. In addition, there is a copy of the recipe, an Instagram promotional post, and the logo for "Building the Jewish Cookbook."
- Administrative History
- Jewish& is department of Miles Nadal JCC. Jewish&'s mission is to create programs that engage multi-faith, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic families. Programs are designed to promote exploration, education, and celebration of their Jewishness.
- Capunti with Matthew Calverley was the first of of a series of monthly workshops planned for 2022. The recipes workshoped will celebrate traditions and cultures from blended households.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-3-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 34 x 34 cm or smaller
- Date
- [19--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of four photographs of Morris "Murray" Rose. Three of the four photographs show Murray atop horse. In addition to M. Rose, Mrs. J Chesney (owner) and J. Chesny (trainer) are also identified in the 1929 photograph.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were donated by Roz Tobias, the daughter-in-law of Morris Rose (the subject of the photographs).
- Administrative History
- Morris "Murray" Rose was born in Poland and came to Toronto as a child. His love of riding dates back to this time: at the age of ten, he would ride his grandfather's horse up and down the lanes of Kensington. Rose never completed secondary school; instead, he ran away from home at the age of fourteen and became a stable boy at the Woodbine Racetrack. Subsequently, he became a jockey. The high point of his career came on 23 May 1931, when, at the Churchill Downs Racetrack in Kentucky, he ran five winners in a six-card race. Rose retired from riding horses after sustaining a serious head injury during a race.
- After retiring from racing, Rose worked at a textile store on College Street. Later, he opened his own store on the south side of College Street at Spadina Avenue. He and his wife ran the store for many years with one or two employees. Rose eventually purchased the building in which his store was located and rented out space to a variety of businesses, including a smoke and confectionary store, a ticket agency, and an eyeglass store.
- Rose's entrepreneurial activity extended to purchasing bankrupt businesses and building apartment buildings with a group of friends. In the 1960s, he was a co-partner in Triangle Billiards at Bathurst Sreet and Sheppard Avenue. He also purchased a fifty-acre farm in Buttonville on Woodbine Avenue, which he rented out until his death.
- Rose died in July 1989 at the age of seventy-eight. He left behind a wife, Mary; two sons, Bobby and Ken; two daughters, Marjorie Swartz and Elaine Rubinoff; two sisters, Lil and Rae; a brother, Sam; fourteen grand children; and one great-grandchild.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- General note: The information for the biographical sketch was taken from an obituary written by Ben Rose titled "Leading Jockey Rose Dies at 78."
- Subjects
- Horses
- Jockeys
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2022-4-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-4-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 64 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- ca. 7 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1940-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Mark Drutz's personal life; educational and professional experience; and his active engagement with Ha Mishpacha, which is one of the earliest gay-Jewish groups in Toronto and was co-founded by him. Included are: sixty-four photographs depicting Mark's personal life; newspaper and magazine clippings documenting the announcement of Mark's birth in 1951, an introduction to Ha Mishpacha (4 Nov. 1977), the assistance that Mark and his mother, Evelyn Quitt, provided for the Preyra family's immigration from India to Canada (1968, 1972, 1996), and Mark's support to the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (2014). The accession also includes three yearbooks, two school photographs, certificates, diplomas, and academic records, which document his educational experience; and letters of recommendation, CV, and other documents related to his career and professional activities. Also included are: a newsletter of Ha Mishpacha (Nov. 1977), a divorce certificate of Mark's parents (8 Feb. 1972), and a certifiate of change of his name (28 Mar. 1978).
- Administrative History
- Mark Drutz is the youngest child of Harold "Hy" Drutz and Evelyn Sandra Drutz (née Quitt). Harold (1913–1998) was born to Phillip (Fyvish) and Annie Drutz of Russia. In 1946, he married Evelyn Quitt (1924–1999), the daughter of Samuel Quitt (1891–?) and Bertha Quitt (1890–1953), also of Russia. They had two children: Paul, who ultimately succumbed to AIDS (1947–1994) and Mark (aka Donald, 1951–). 'Evelyn raised Paul's son, her grandson Ezra Matthew (1975–).
- Harold worked in the garment trade as a pattern cutter and also served in the Canadian Medical Corps during the Second World War. He was one of seven children. His siblings were: Meyer, Daniel, Harry (Drue), David, Pauline, and Mollie (Simmons). Evelyn was one of five chidren. Her siblings were: Estelle (Drue - married Harold's brother Harry), Rivka (Smolkin), Gordon (Gerhson), and Beverley (Brown).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Digitized material.
- Subjects
- Families
- Sexual minorities
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-11-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Date
- 2022
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting City Shul, a Reform synagogue in downtown Toronto. Included is "Siddur Shirat HaLev: The City Shul Community Prayerbook." The siddur was designed by Baruch Sienna and edited by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein. Baruch described the siddur thus: "A contemporary, illustrated, liberal siddur for Shabbat, weekday, and festivals." The siddur features content from Canadian poets (e.g., Leonard Cohen, A. M. Klein) and artists. According to the donor, the siddur was "the product of many volunteer congregants over several years of effort."
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Three pages of the siddur are available as digital files: page 80 (available as a PDF file), and page 98 (available as a JPEG file), and page 160 (available as a PDF file).
- Rights: Copyright © 2022, City Shul. Translations, readings, and commentaries from Mishkan T'filah, World Union Edition: A Progressive Siddur, copyright © 2010 by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
- Subjects
- Reform Judaism
- Siddurim
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- City Shul (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-3-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1967-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a pilot's log book belonging to Gerda Frieberg, documenting flights taken between 1967 and 1978. Also included is an accompanying form from the Department of Transport regarding the issuance of Gerda's licence and log book. On the inside cover, there is a newsclipping of a poem entitled High Flight taped to the inside front cover of the book. Notations made by Gerda include: her first solo flight on 24 Oct. 1967; completion of her government approved course in flying following her flight test on 15 Feb. 1968; and her last flight on 25 April 1978, logging a grand total of 978 hours and 45 minutes in the air.
- Entries include dates, aircraft type and registration, names of first pilots and second pilots or passengers, routes flown and instrument notations. Airtime totals are tallied at the bottom of each page. Of note are flights taken as part of derbies as well as flights in Israel in 1973. Aircraft included both Cherokee and Cessna single-engine aircraft.
- Administrative History
- Gerda Frieberg (1925-2023) was a Holocaust survivor and educator born in 1925 in Bielschowitz, Poland to the sole Jewish family in the largely German speaking village. Her father was taken in October 1939. In 1940, Gerda, her mother Elfrieda and sister Hana were deported to the Jaworzno Ghetto. In 1942, Gerda was sent to the Oberaltstadt concentration camp where her sister was already interned. Their mother joined them in 1943. Gerda worked in the machine shop of a spinning mill until she was liberated on May 9, 1945. For four years after liberation Frieberg, her sister and mother were in displaced persons camps in Landserg, near Munich. There, she became a proficient seamstress and met her husband, Louis Frieberg. After moving to Canada in 1953, Gerda devoted herself to Holocaust education and various human rights causes. She began speaking of the Holocaust in 1962, first in local schools, then across Canada. Frieberg served as chair of the Ontario region of the Canadian Jewish Congress in the early 1990s and led fundraising efforts for the Toronto Holocaust Centre. Gerda Frieberg had three children, Josey, Jack, and Sandra, eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Gerda passed away on January 3rd, 2023, at the age of 97 in her home in Toronto.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors
- Air pilots
- Name Access
- Frieberg, Gerda, 1925-2023
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1961]-1984
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created and collected by Morton Bernholtz. Records document Morton Bernholtz's involvement within the Windsor Jewish community.
- There are newspaper clippings about the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School in Windsor and specifically about Bernholtz's participation with the school, including as chair for several years. Programmes are included from some of the graduation exercises and bar mitzvah ceremonies held by the school. Included is a black-and-white photograph depicting members of the school's staff.
- The records also include materials of the Windsor Jewish Community Council, for which Morton Bernholtz was president from 1966–1968. There is also a playbill, newspaper review, and a photograph from a production of Guys and Dolls put on by the Centre Theatre Workshop at the Jewish Community Centre in 1963. Both Morton Bernholtz and his wife Lottie played roles in the musical.
- Administrative History
- Morton Bernholtz was an active member of the Jewish community in Windsor, Ontario, where he held positrons as president of the Windsor Jewish Community Council and was chair of the Shaar Hashomayim Religious School. He was married to Lottie Bernholtz.
- Places
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Date
- 1930-1955
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a scrapbook created by Morris Lofsky. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of Zionist and labour materials. Of particular note is a stop-work broadside featuring information about the march and demonstration at Queen's Park from 1933 in protest of the pogroms of German Jews leading up to the Second World War. There are also several strike notices from the furrier, dressmakers, and other unions.
- Administrative History
- Morris Lofsky lived with his family in the downtown Kengsington market area of Toronto. He worked as a fur worker and was an active member of the Jewish community.
- 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
- Demonstrations
- Labor
- Zionism
- Places
- Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1926
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of the Chestnut Street Synagogue. One photograph is of the exterior of the synagogue with Yankel Jessel and Shlomo Dov Jessel standing in front. The other photograph is of the interior and shows the front arch.
- Administrative History
- The Shomrai Shabbos Synagogue, also known as the Chestnut Street Synagogue, was located at 109 Chestnut Street 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.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Chestnut Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 69 photographs
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1910-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs, a marriage certificate, a notebook and several pocket books. The photographs are of Rose Freidman's family and friends, including the Solomon family. Some of the photographs are pasted into a scrapbook that has been annotated to include the names of the photograph subjects and some additional commentary. The notebook contains goodwill messages from Rose's friends prior to her wedding. There is a marriage ceritificate for Harry Solomon and Dora Rogowitch dated August 23, 1907.
- In addition, there several small pocket size books including a Jewish calendar from the Jewish National Fund of Canada, six annual hebrew calendars from the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home, and an abridged five year calendar from the Hebrew National Kosher Sausage Company. Finally, there is a booklet entitled "Afikim: The Story of a Kibbutz" by Lionel Feitelberg.
- 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
- Freidman, Rose
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-9-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1929-1942
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of material donated by Sid Caplan. The records document Sid as a child, his parents, and their barbershop, which was located at 468 College Street. The records consist of the wedding ketubah of his parents from 1928 as well as photographs of Sid Caplan and his classmates at King Edward Public School, and finally, photographs of the family barbershop.
- Administrative History
- Alexander Caplan and Fannie Gangbar married in Toronto in 1928. They had a son named Sid Caplan. The Caplan's ran a barbershop located on College Street near Bathurst Street from the 1930s until the 1970s. The couple both worked there along with their employee, Sid Sugarman.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Barbershops
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1943-1947
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of four photographs that document YMHA basketball teams. Ben Atkin was the coach of both the bantam and senior teams. The 1947 team became the Ontario champions
- Administrative History
- Ben Atkin as a young man was very involved in the YMHA. During the late 1930s, he was involved in handball. Then during the 1940s, he acted as coach of the batam and senior boys basketball teams
- 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
- Sports teams
- Name Access
- YMHA.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-5-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 36 photographs (1 vol., 10 negatives) : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- [192-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photo album that belonged to Yankel Jessel. This album was presented to him in 1927 by his friends as a going away gift before he left for Palestine. The album consists of sixteen photographs depicting synagogues from Toronto including: Shomrei Shabbos, Goel Tzedec, the Shaw Street Synagogue, Holy Blossom, the McCaul Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob, the Ostrovtzer Synagogue, the Russian Synagogue on Centre Avenue, and the Hebrew Men of England Congregation. Also included in the album are photographs of the auditorium of the Hebrew Free School Temple Emanuel and Shearith Israel Synagogues in New York City, a synagogue in Brooklyn, New York; and the Englewood Synagogue in New Jersey. There are copy prints and negatives of the photos depicting Toronto institutions as well as an additional print and copy negative of staff standing in front of United Bakers on Spadina Avenue.
- 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
- Synagogues
- Places
- New Jersey
- New York (N.Y.).
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 90 cm of textual records
- 2 artifacts
- Date
- 1938-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the life and communal service of Dr. Hyman O. Singer. Included are records related to B'nai Brith District No. 22, Eastern Canadian Council, and the Jacob Goldblatt Lodge; Canadian Jewish Congress, the Welland Hebrew Congregation; and other organizations such as the Canadian Council fo Christians and Jews and the National Council of Jewish Women. In addition, there are two objects: a B'nai B'rith badge and a plastic portfolio for the B'nai Brith Triennial Convention in 1965.
- Administrative History
- Born in Montreal, Dr. Hyman O. Singer (1908-1981) graduated with an M.D. degree from the University of Toronto in 1937. In 1940 he settled in Welland, Ontario. He was the first member of the Lord Melchett Lodge in St. Catharines and later became a member of the Jacob Goldblatt Lodge and served as its president, from 1949-1950. He served on the national executive of B'nai Brith, and as their vocational service commissioner. During his term as president of the Anshe Yosher Congregation (Welland Hebrew Congregation), a new synagogue and centre was built. He was a member of the National Executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, and served as vice-chairman of the Educational and Cultural Committee. He was also the president of the medical staff of the Welland County General Hospital and Chief of the Department of General Practice. He died in St. Catharines in 1981.
- Name Access
- Singer, Hyman 1908-1981
- Places
- Welland, Ont.
- St. Catharines, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-12-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1930--1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Cantor Nathan Stolnitz, his interests, and the organizations he was involved in. Included are clippings, bulletins, letters, minutes, and promotional materials for a variety of events and organizations.
- Administrative History
- Cantor Nathan Stolnitz was born in Vilna. He settled in Toronto in 1926. He founded the Ontario Cantors Association and was involved with Yivo, the Canada Jewish Congress, and Toronto's Jewish Public Library. He was also an author. Cantor Stolnitz died on 11 March 1969 while vacationing in Miami Beach. He was seventy-seven.
- MG_RG
- MG6C
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Name Access
- Stolnitz, Nathan
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2003-12-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual and graphic records
- Date
- [192-]-1984
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a variety of items collected by Harvey Frankel. It includes: a YWHA ladies' basketball team card from 1925, originally issued by the Dominion Chocolate Company and featuring Bobbie Rosenfeld; the constitution for the Grand Order of Israel Benefit Society; a postcard of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; a postcard of University Avenue in Toronto; and eight invitations to meetings held by Hadassah, the Hebrew Weston Sanatorium Club, the Toronto Hebrew Free School, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Cloakmakers' Union
- Administrative History
- Harvey Frankel is a real estate agent for Royal LePage. He is an avid collector of Judaica who donated this material to the OJA.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-1
- Material Format
- text
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- 8 microfiche sheets
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1889-1917
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created by Goel Tzedec Congregation. Included are microfiche of minutes and ledgers, a copy of a Seder T'filas Yisroel donated to Goel Tzedec by Chaim Smith in 1917, and a class photograph for the Farband Shule taken in the late 1930s.
- Included in the photograph are Hershel Fogle, Rivkah G, Fayge Weingarten, Sarah Gingold, Aaron Hermaub, Shangle Atkin, Lil Newman, Etle Brody, Rochel Blumenshtein, Chava Smith, Sora Zweig, Yaacov Drexler, Malka, Yaacov Rosenzweig, Aaron Shnipper, Klumann, Shore, Aaron Folk and the teachers Fogle, Leah Lander, Shopsai Rappaport, Moishe Rigelhaupt, and Dr. Isaiah Rabinowich
- Custodial History
- Records were kept by Goel Tzedec and later Beth Tzedec and were donated by the museum on behalf of Dr. Fred Weinberg
- Administrative History
- Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania. The first synagogue was situated in a room on Richmond and York Streets. Three years later they purchased and remodelled a building on University Avenue at Elm Street that was owned by the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1904 they hired an architect to construct a large building that was perfectly suited to their needs. In February of 1907, the building on University Avenue was dedicated and became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accommodating 1200 congregants.
- During the early decades of the twentieth century, Goel Tzedec became more ethnically mixed and established a religious school and women's auxiliary to help raise money and run special events. In 1925, the Congregation joined the Conservative Synagogue Movement and introduced changes to its services.
- After the Second World War, Goel Tzedec and its sister synagogue, Beth Hamidrash Hagadol amalgamated in September 1952 to form Beth Tzedec. The two congregations worked together to build a synagogue which was built in the North end of the city on Bathurst and was dedicated 9 December 1955. Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg served as Beth Tzedec's first Rabbi and J. Benjamin Friedberg as its Assistant Rabbi. The Chazzan at the time was Cantor Joseph Cooper. The synagogue adhered to the principles of the Conservative Movement and represents the largest synagogue in Toronto
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1930-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records from the Bureau of Jewish Education, including a pamphlet and memorandum. There are also bulletins from the Canadian Jewish Congress Youth Division Bulletins (1938, 1939) and several Yiddish journals including Bascheiden (1930), Heftn (1929), and two copies of In Gevirbl a monthly journal for literature and art (1930). Some of the topics and authors included in the 1938 Youth Division bulletin include: Editorial by Percy Kaplan, A Report on the Hamilton Conference of the Central Division of the Jewish Congress by Harry Steiner; The Youth Rally by Bertha Freed; The Youth Division of the United Jewish Welfare Fund by Boris Adelberg; Jewish Youth and Palestine by M. Kraicer; The Refugee Problem by Dr. James Parkes, (CBC broadcast 12. Nov. 1938).
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Eiran Harris who was a member of the CJC National Archives committee and is an archivist at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1995-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a pamphlet in English and Yiddish entitled "No Gentlemen - We Will Not Be Silenced". This is a statement of the National Executive of the United Jewish People's Order to the Jewish people in Canada protesting German rearmament and release of Nazi war criminals and UJPO's opposition to the Canadian Jewish Congress' support for the rearmament.
- Administrative History
- The United Jewish People's Order is a nation-wide fraternal, cultural, and educational organization which offers medical benefits, educational opportunities, and cultural centres and activities. The organization began as the Labour League in 1926 and changed its name to UJPO in 1945.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-32
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-32
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs: b&w (negatives) ; 23 x 28 cm
- Date
- 1922
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three black-and-white photographs depicting the Peretz School at 194 Beverly Street and another location at 131 Maria Street in the West Toronto Junction. Both were actually close-ups of segments of the cover of the 1922 anniversary book and are not original prints. There is also a class photograph taken in front of the Maria Street school. Standing second from the right in the back row is I. Matenko.
- All three photographs were originally produced in a 1922 Workmen's Circle Anniversary Book
- Administrative History
- The Peretz Shules were affiliated with the Workmen's Circle, Arbeter Ring
- 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
- Workmen's Circle.
- Arbeter Ring.
- Peretz Shule.
- Peretz School
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 1998-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a High Holiday ticket for Beth Hamidrash Achdus Israel Umerchoz Harav Synagogue at 257 Euclid Avenue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-35
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-35
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1885-1886
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a program for a Grand Masquerade and Fancy Dress Roller Skating Carnival held at the Princess Roller Skating Rink on December 3, 1885, and a dance card from a Purim Ball that took place at Union Hall on March 22, 1886. In addition, there is a copy of a newspaper clipping about the Purim Ball.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1936
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photocopy of the diary of Sammy Luftspring, recounting an aborted trip to Barcelona, Spain for a competition during his boycott of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
- Name Access
- Luftspring, Sammy, 1916-2000
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1974
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of programs for music concerts in Toronto including a childrens' Yiddish concert at Farband Folk Shule (1928), the Toronto Centennial Public and High School Concert (1934), the Jewish National Choir "Hazamir" (1939-1941), Hashomer Hatzair Ninth Annual Concert (1940), The Toronto Star Good Music Concert (1955) and a concert at Beth Tikvah Synagogue (1974). There is a newspaper clipping about a choir concert at Beth Sholom Synagogue (1950). Also included are pages from a book which display cameo photos of teachers at Peretz School, and the Toronto Arbeiter Ring Workmen's Circle School and Camp Committees (1927-1928). This material was collected by Cantor Louis Danto of Toronto.
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Name Access
- Danto, Louis
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm and 12 x 8 cm
- 12 postcards : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1909-1912
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs and a collection of black-and-white postcards in with one tinted.The postcards were manufactured in Russia, Poland, and Germany and have inscriptions in Yiddish. Several feature likenesses of prominent individuals such as Sholem Asch, Sholem Aleichem, and Jacob Gordon.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish and Russian language
- Places
- Russia
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1940
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one original photograph of a Consumers' Gas Labour Day Parade float that appears in front of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto, 1940.
- 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
- 1992-2-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1992-2-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 21 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1991
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a colour photograph of Hanna Schusheim, Emunah Toronto Council co-president (centre) with bazaar co-chairman Agnes Deutsch (left) and Malka Deutsch; a photograph of the entrance to Pardes Shalom cemetery with (L-R) Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg, Jewish community chaplain; Sidney Freedman, founding president of Toronto Hebrew Memorial Park; Bill Draimin, current president; and Lorna Jackson, mayor of the city of Vaughan; a photograph of Rabbi Yitzchak Witty (right) and Mr and Mrs. Yitz Feldman; and a photograph of Anna Cohen and family.
- Custodial History
- Thes pohtographs came to the OJA from the Canadian Jewish News through Leila Speismanm, a former journalist with the paper.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Newspapers
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish News
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1947
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a photograph of the London Ontario Chapter of B'nai Brith, St. Thomas, March 24, 1947. Some of the members identified include: David Rubinoff, Abe Siskind, Isaac Siskind, David Wolfe, Mayer Lerner (president), Nate Fox, Laibe Wolfe, Sam Lerner, Dr. Isadore Goedrich, Harry Silverstein (incoming president), Pat Silverstein, Bernard Wolfe, Lou Kaufman and others. The Honourable Mitchell Hepburn was speaker.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-5-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca.1932]-[ca. 1933]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photograph of the Dolman (Dauman) family in Chenstechov (?), Poland. In centre are mother, Gitel, and father, Leib. From left to right are children: Chaim, Berel, Rhoda, and Lipsha. Berel and Rhoda are twins.
- Name Access
- Dolman, Gitel
- Dolman, Leib
- Dolman, Chaim
- Dolman, Berel
- Dolman, Rhoda
- Dolman, Lipsha
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.
- Subjects
- Children
- Camps
- Name Access
- Krever, Terry
- Strauss, Naomi
- Danilak, Mrs.
- Camp Yungvelt
- Places
- Pickering, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Date
- 1947-1948
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of Evelyn Weinrib's graduation diploma from the Jewish Folk Shul (in Yiddish), a photograph from the Jewish Folk School and photographs of her class and the Senior Football team from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.
- 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
- There are some inscriptions on the front and back of the photographs with identifying information as well as photocopies of the photographs with identifying informaiton.
- Name Access
- Weinrib, Evelyn
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-1-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photo of Ray Havelock with other young men of Balfour Lodge with identifying information, a photo of Ray Havelock with Allan White and Toronto Mayor Nathan Phillips, and a photo of Ray Havelock with United Synagogue Day School students at Beth Tzedec Synagogue.
- 001: Ray Havelock presents shofar to USDS students, Beth Tzedec Synagouge, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1961. Identified in photo are Ray Havelock, Director of Youth (left) and Kenny Orenstein (right).
- 002: Members of Balfour Lodge, young men’s fundraising drive, (Toronto, ON), 1960. Photo by Barsky. Text written on reverse indicates that the photo was used for Havelock’s editorial entitled “Hogwash”. Identified in the photo: Back row (L to R): Earl Levi, Cy Flacks, Al White, Sheldon Greenberg and Lionel Miskin. Middle row (L to R): Roy Havelock, Joel Greenspan, Tom Shatsky, Henry (Shlomie) Goldbach. Front row (L to R): Leonard Sigel and Charles (Chuck) Freedman.
- Havelock annotated a photocopy of this photograph identifying the eventual professions of these young men aged 17-21. Back row (L to R): Earl Levi (Chemist), Cy Flacks (Engineer), Al White (Bookkeeper), Sheldon Greenberg (TV production and Engineering), Lionel Miskin(Lawyer and member of Jewish Scholar Society). Middle row (L to R): Roy Havelock, Joel Greenspan (accountant), Tom Schatsky (worked for CIDA, Canadian International Development Agency, executive for Oxfam), Henry (Shlomie) Goldbach (Accountant and CJC). Front row (L to R): Leonard (Len) Sigal (accountant) and Charles (Chuck) Freedman (economist, Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada).
- 003: Balfour Lodge publicity photo, “Beacon of Hope” campaign, (Toronto, ON), ca. 1964. Photo by Mayfair Camera Centre. Identified in the photo are Alan White, Mayor Nathan Phillips and Ray Havelock.
- Administrative History
- Balfour Lodge was founded in 1956.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-6-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm and 18 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca.1900]-[ca. 1918]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one original photograph, one copy photograph, and one negative of Louise Cornblum's grandfather Harry Fein in front of the West Toronto Decorating store at 3132 Dundas Street West in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-5-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w ; 30 x 35 cm or smaller
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1919-[ca.1932]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of five photographs of the Arbeiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), two photographs of unidentified men, two photographs of the Jewish brigade in Palestine after the First World War, and three photographs of Jewish soldiers in the Polish army during the interwar years. The accession also contains a small amount of textual material, related to the career of Sarah Rhinewine, Abraham's sister.
- Most of the Arbeiter Ring photographs feature Abraham Rhinewine, who was a member of the Circle and also the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal (Yiddisher Zhurnal), and Isaac Matenko, who was a teacher and principal of the Workmen's Circle Peretz School in the Junction. The photos include group portraits of members of the Circle, teachers, staff and students of the Peretz School, and a meeting of Jewish journalists at the Arbeiter Ring convention in Toronto.
- Some identified individuals include: Abraham Rhinewine; I. Weinrot; Dr. S.B. Hurwich; Yisroel Meriminski; Kalman Wagner; Mr. Freeman; Mr. Coldofsky, Mr. Bromberg; Paul Frumhartz; Mr. Rigelhaupt; Mr. Kleiman; Dave Gordon; Yisroel Libman (Paul Mann); "Daddy" Brick; Isadore Tepperman; Morris Nisnevitch (Nesbitt); Shulamith Rhinewine; Helen Nelson; Eva Langbord; and Toby Rosenberg.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were in the possession of Aviva Bakerspigel, the daughter of Abraham Rhinewine, before they were donated to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) was born in Poland and immigrated to London, England in 1902, at the age of 15. There he met his wife, Annie and together they immigrated to Toronto in 1907. They had two (possibley three) children, Shulamith and Avivah (Bakerspigel). Abraham had a sister named Sarah, who was involved with UNRAA after the Second World War and was the Assistant Director of Jewish Family and Child Services for many years. Abraham was a prominent scholar and the editor of the Toronto Daily Hebrew Journal.
- 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
- 1988-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- [1940 or 1941]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two copy photographs and one negative of William "Bill" Laber standing in front of S. Laber's Meat Market and Poultry (Kosher) on Harbord Street, Toronto. A small Yiddish sign in the bottom-left of the shop window certifies it as kashruth.
- 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
- Storefronts
- Poultry
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm on matte 23 x 27 cm and 19 x 24 cm on matte 21 x 24 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1930]-1937
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph of the Freiheit Gezang Farein Toronto (1937) and a group photograph of the Labour League Branch 3.
- 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
- 1988-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 84 photographs : b&w ; 19 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 collage (9 photos)
- Date
- [ca.1890]-[ca.1935]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs which include portraits and group photos taken in Vilna, Poland, Montreal, Quebec, and New York. Many are photo postcards. Identified individuals include Miriam and Isadore Zelker, Benjamin and Dora Zelker and Dr. Serge Koussevitzky. In addition there is a United States Certificate of Citizenship issued to Isadore Zelker by the Supreme Court in Bronx, New York (1930), a Polish passport belonging to Mary Dreazen of Vilno (1921), and her United States States Certificate of Naturalization issued in New York in 1927. Lastly there is an undated Western Union Telegram congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Dreazen of New York on their marriage.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-2-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 10 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1932-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of the extended Gladstone, Naftolin and Rubinoff families and of the opening of the Mildred Arnoff Hebrew Day School at Beth Shalom Synagogue. Also included are photocopies of the 10th, 45th, and 50th Jubilee Books for the Agudas Hamishpocha (United Families) organization, and a photocopy of the Jewish Boys Club News with a story about Russell Gladstone's election as a Commissioner of the organization.
- Administrative History
- Agudas Hamishpocha was founded in Toronto in 1928 by members of the vast Rubinoff-Naftolin cousinhood, and was modeled after the mutual benefit societies, landsmanshaft organizations and similar associations founded by other local Jewish groups in the early twentieth century. As of 2013, this organization is still active.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 16 cm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1941-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photo of Sgt. Ben Sugarman RCAF, correspondence between Pte. Jack Schwartz and Jewish Military Chaplans J. Eisen, S. Gershon Levi, and Samuel Cass, and newletters prepared by the chaplains for the Jewish troops. In addition there are copies of miscellaneous newspaper clippings about subjects such as Harry Pullan (Toronto War Savings Drive) and the Myer Cohen First World War Memorial in a church in Montreal.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1989-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [ca.1925]-1949
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copy photographs and negatives of Mrs. Papernick's class at Clinton Public School, a performance of Pirates of Penzance at Harbord Collegiate, and a group from Club Masada on a sleigh ride at Fantasy Farms in Toronto.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs : b&w and col. (27 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 postcard
- Date
- 1909-[ca. 1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a collection of copy and original photographs documenting the life of the Dime family and their relatives in locations including Belleville, Oshawa, Toronto, the Muskoka Sanitorium, and Goose Bay, Labrador.
- Photo Captions:
- 001: Sam and Dorothy Dime, Dime’s Drug Store, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, [1957?].
- 002: Street view of Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, 1960.
- 003: Sgt. Sam Dime, Pharmacy, Goose Bay Labrador, 1944.
- 004: Ada Dime, with Ben [Safe] and Sam Dime, secondhand furniture, 56 King St. West, Oshawa, ON, 1921.
- 005: Sam Dime with dog [4F], Goose Bay, Labrador, 1944.
- 006: Sam Dime, 56 King St. W., Oshawa, ON, ca. 1920-21.
- 007: Rabbi Isaac Stein with grandchildren Izzie (left) and Donna, Toronto, 1930.
- 008: Portrait of Ada Dime (née Aronson) with her brother Sammy Aronson, 273 Yonge Street, Toronto, ca. 1915.
- 009: Portrait of David and Sammy Tobe, Belleville, ON, [1909]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 010: Morris Bernard of Belleville, Overseas, First World War, ca. 1918.
- 011: David Dime, (age 25), 1914. The Dutch Studio Vander Feen, 318 Yonge St. Toronto, ON, [192-?].
- 012: Unidentified group of children, [19--?].
- 013: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Tobe with their children David and Sammy, Belleville, ON, [1920]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 014: Portrait of David and Ada Dime with daughter Anne, Belleville, ON, ca. 1915.
- 015: Mickey and Riva Marcus, Belleville, ON, ca. 1917-18.
- 016: Ada Dime, 30 Simcoe Street, Oshawa, ON, 1930.
- 017: Tobie Green (m. Dime), her brother Hershel Goldman and Goldie Fryman, St. Patrick Street Between Elm & Dundas, [Toronto], ON, 1924.
- 018: Cheder class, Oshawa Hebrew Congregation, Beth Zion,45 Albert Street in Oshawa, Ontario, 1922. Back row (L to R): Simma Engel, Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Annie Dime, Annie Hennick, Sara Rainish. Front row (L to R): Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.
- 019: David Dime (back row, right), Muskoka Sands, July ca. 1922
- 020: Oshawa Belleville group, Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1930. Back row: Mr. Diamond, Goldie Engel, Abe Swartz, [unidentified], Faige Swartz, Sarah Golub, Sue [Sape], Hymie Golub. Front row: Mrs. Lepofsky, Mildred Golub.
- 021: National Council of Jewish Women, 44 St. George Street, ca. 1943. Also pictured is Betty Stone and Dora Stein (4th left).
- 022: Sam Dime, Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ca. 1951.
- 023: Dorothy Stein (m. Dime) at closing of canteen, 44 St. George Street, Toronto, 1945. Photographer Globe & Mail.
- 024: Ada and David Dime, Muskoka Sands, Gravenhurst, ca. 1922.
- 025: Canadian Jewish Congress Service Mens Club postcard, ca. 1940s.
- 026: Mrs. Ada Dime, Dime’s Dry Goods, 30 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, ON, 1926.
- 027: David Dime (left), with orphans in Baron de Hirsch Farm in Saskatchewan, ca. 1906.
- Administrative History
- The donor Sam Dime served in the Second World War. In 1947 Sam and his wife Dorothy Dime (née Stein) opened Dime's Drug Store at 568 Jarvis Street in Toronto. The pair operated the Jarvis Street institution for thirty-nine years and officially closed their store in 1986.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Saskatchewan
- Source
- Archival Accessions
