- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4437
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4437
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Moffett: Chicago.
- Subjects
- Bands (Music)
- 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
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 83; File 9; Item 30
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a group portrait taken at the General Assembly to the 2nd Conference of the Kielcer Landsleit for Resettlement of Kielcer Jews held from Dec. 27 to 28, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Aaron Ladovsky is in the third row, fifth from right.
- Notes
- Originally cited as photo # 6225.
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Accession Number
- 1999-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 104; File 2; Item 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 104
- File
- 2
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Dorothy Jacobs taken at Kamen Hyde Park Studio, Chicago.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Places
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 10; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 10
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Libby Soskin Rothbart taken at a studio in Chicago.
- Notes
- Mounted on card.
- Photographer: N. L. Gordon, 663 W. Taylor St., Chicago.
- Name Access
- Rothbart, Libby Soskin
- 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
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 13; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 13
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photographic portrait of Miss Sax, niece of Sarah Levine, taken in Chicago.
- Notes
- Albumen print mounted on cabinet card.
- Photographer: J. B. Scholl, 547 S. Halsted Street, Chicago.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 25; Series 13; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 13
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm (oval)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mr. Sax, possibly Morris, likely taken in Chicago.
- Notes
- Mounted on card frame.
- Name Access
- Sax, Morris
- 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
- Photograph is in fairly good condition, however, there are some visible stains.
- Places
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Page One series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 135; Series 20; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Page One series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 20
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (6 min., 6 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, stereo ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of Page One about the Soviet–Afghan War with an interview with Janice Prager, a nurse from California who served as a volunteer at an Afghan refugee camp on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan between November and December 1985. She classifies the conflict as a genocide and believes that her Jewishness was the driving factor for her choice to serve as a volunteer, according to her, to make sure that genocides never happen again. She talks about what inspired her to work in the region, how she arrived there, and the several Afghan organizations involved in the war.
- Subjects
- Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-1989
- Access Restriction
- Closed. Records are closed for conservation reasons.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in poor condition. Audio quality is good, but there is some stickiness and squealing, indicative of SBS. No signs of mold.
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 148; Series 2-14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 20 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Established in 1936 as a landsmanshaft society, the Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago became a resource for Ostrovtzers globally. The society collaborated with fellow Ostrovtzer societies to send financial aid overseas and participated in an international conference of Ostrovtzer organizations. It provided assistance to those wishing to immigrate to the United States and organized fundraisers to support its initiatives.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence and bulletins from the Ostrowiec Aid Society of Chicago sent to the United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee and the Central Committee of Ostrovtzer Aid Societies. The materials document the activities of, and challenges faced by the society, reflecting its efforts to support Ostrovtzers worldwide and participate in broader relief initiatives.
- Places
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Source
- Landmarks
The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- Address
- 216 Beverley Street
- Time Period
- 1918-unknown
- Scope Note
- The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.
- History
- In later years, a bitter controversy between the synagogue and society erupted and the building was sold.
- Category
- Political
- Religious
- Private Clubs
- Source
- Landmarks
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 optical disc (48:20 min.) : col. ; DVD
- 35 photographs : col. ; 16 x 11 cm
- Date
- 2006-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the military career of Corporal Tamar Freeman, particularly her 6-month deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Included is postcard and email correspondence sent to her parents detailing issues of camp life, her religious observance, as well as her role as a medic; a DVD of the film "Sisters in Arms" written and directed by Tamar's sister, Beth Freeman; newspaper clippings and articles on Tamar and the film "Sisters in Arms"; photographs of Tamar receiving an award from the Canadian Jewish Congress, of her family greeting her at the airport upon return to Canada, a portrait of Tamar with another soldier and General Hillier, as well as images taken of fellow soldiers and the surroundings while in Afghanistan.
- Administrative History
- Corporal Tamar Freeman (1967-) is the daughter of Harvey and Gilda Freeman. She began her military career as an army reservist in 1990. As a reservist, she committed one day per week and one weekend per month to working in hospitals on board ships and in defence research facilities. In 2006, she joined the regular infantry as a medic in the Second Field Ambulance unit. She served in Kandahar for 6 months between 2006 and 2007 as a medic treating wounded soldiers, Afghan allies and civilians. She also served as part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team at a village medical clinic. She received the Alan Rose Award for International Human Dignity from the Canadian Jewish Congress in 2007. Corporal Freeman is currently stationed at Base Borden in Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Use restrictions note: Personal emails are confidential and require the permission of Tamar Freeman before accessing.
- Subjects
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Soldiers--Canada
- Name Access
- Freeman, Tamar
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- ca. 35 photographs : b&w and col. ; 33 x 27 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1891-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting members of Harvey Freeman's family, several of whom served in the armed forces. Included are: family photographs, a Krugel family tree, a copy of Itzik Kriegel (Harvey's grandfather)'s army discharge, an attestation paper for Louis Krugel (Harvey's uncle), a signed program for a "stag whoopee dinner and night of blissful freedom" in honour of Lou Krugel's approaching marriage, and printed images of Harvey's daughter Tamar Freeman in Afghanistan. One of the photographs depicts Louis Krugel with professional wrestler and actor Tor Johnson, aka the Swedish Angel.
- Photo Caption (001): Wellesley Public School, [ca. 1915]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (002): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (003): Buba Sluva with Sara, Moe, Lou, and Harry, 1909. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (004): Berel Krugel in front of 22 Gerard Street West, Toronto, [ca. 1919]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (005): Wedding, 28 September 1926. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (006): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (007): Baba Tzluva with Harry, [189-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (008): Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (009): Shabbat dinner, [ca. 1940]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (010): Norman, Buba Sluva, and Bert, [ca. 1922]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (011): Family portrait, 1909. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (012): Harry and Sara, 1916. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (013): Louis Krugel, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (014): Louis Krugel and unknown man posing with boxing gloves, [1918?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (015): Louis Krugel, 1918. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (016): Harvey Freeman at Camp Borden, 1945. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (017): Unknown. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (018): Louis Krugel and unknown man, 1918. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (019): Louis Krugel with Tor Johnson, aka the Swedish Angel, [194-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (020): Signed portrait of Louis Krugel. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Photo Caption (021): Louis Krugel, [192-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-4-4.
- Administrative History
- Harvey Freeman was born on May 22, 1928. As a youth, he attended Harbord Collegiate and went on to join the militia, where he was the lone Canadian Jewish bagpiper.
- Harvey made his living in business, working in different areas including furniture manufacturing and property management. As part of a change in lifestyle, he took up marathons in his early seventies.
- Harvey has four children.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Records for Harvey's daughter Tamar can be found in Accession 2013-7-8.
- Subjects
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Families
- Soldiers--Canada
- Name Access
- Freeman, Harvey
- Freeman, Tamar
- Johnson, Tor, 1903-1971
- Places
- Afghanistan
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Dr. Minnie Cohen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- October/November 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Minnie Cohen
- Number
- OH 143
- Subject
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Discrimination in higher education
- Women physicians
- Interview Date
- October/November 1976
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- Interviewer
- Doris Newman
- Total Running Time
- 1:25 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitied
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please conact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Minnie Cohen was born in Russia in 1900. She immigrated to Toronto around 1910. After graduating as the first Jewish woman from the University of Toronto's medical school, she interned and joined the staff of Women's College Hospital. Dr. Cohen specialized in pediatrics. worked as a clinician in the 1920s for Toronto's first well baby clinic, and was on the staff of Mount Sinai's pediatric clinic. Her husband, Dr. Benjamin Cohen, was the first Jewish specialist in obstetrics and gynecology to practice in Toronto, and he was chief at the old Mount Sinai Hospital on Yorkville Avenue.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Cohen, Ben
- Cohen, Minnie
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Geographic Access
- Berlin (Germany)
- Boston (Mass.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Dublin (Ireland)
- Moscow (Russia)
- New York (N.Y.).
- Paris (France)
- Romania
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Personal Family History 0-14.20-25.35: Minnie born in Russia in 1900 tells the story of her family’s move from Russia to Turkey and subsequently to Romania, where they remained from 1907–1909. Minnie talks about her father, Bernard, a renowned cantor, and about her life in Romania as an accomplished child pianist. In 1909, the family moved to New York and then Chicago, where Bernard Wladowsky continued his cantorial career. Education 29.00-32.00: Minnie graduated high school from Jarvis Collegiate and went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto’s medical school between 1919 and 1922. Life in Toronto 32.04-38.38: In 1912, the family moved to Toronto, where Bernard Wladowsky began a five-year contract as cantor of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Bernard Wladowsky and Goel Tzedec went into arbitration, with Wladowsky subsequently leaving Goel Tzedec prior to the end of his contract. In 1915, Wladowsky become the cantor of the Londoner Shul, and for the following thirty-four years Wladowsky remained cantor of the McCaul Street Synagogue Side 2: University of Toronto Medical School 0.18-8.04: Minnie discusses the discrimination she experienced as the first and only Jewish woman enrolled in the University of Toronto’s medical school. Minnie discusses her internship and personal experiences at Women’s College Hospital and talks about her medial school colleagues David Eisen, Joe Trachman, Ivan Vale, and Aaron Volpe Medical Career 8:09-8:57: Minnie tells about her job offer with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Rather than leave her husband, Minnie gave her job offer to her classmate Dr. Glenna Garrett, one of the leading psychiatrists in the United States. 8:58-9:59: Minnie talks about her husband, Dr. Ben Cohen, and his medical education and service overseas during the First World War. 10:00-11:37: Minnie discusses Ben's medical career at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and his close relationhip with Robert Briscoe, the then mayor of Dublin. 11:38- 14:06: Minnie talks about Ben's return to Toronto in 1920 and their marriage in 1922. 14:07-15:11 Minnie talks about her first office at 62 Brunswick Avenue and Ben's first office on Dundas Street. Minnie limited her practice to pediatrics and as a fill in for other doctors. 15:12:- 15:45: Minnie talks about her husband's practice, which he shared with Dr. Abe Roby and Dr. Soloway 15:46-16:36: Minnie talks about how they found their first apartment. 16:37-17:32: Minnie recounts how her husband was the first surgeon who operated at Mt. Sinai Hospital. In 1928, he was the first doctor in the world to make his patients get out of bed and walk after surgery. 17:33-18:16: Minnie discusses how the idea of the first Mt. Sinai Hospital came to be in 1923 and the physicians who were instrumental in the formation of the original Mt. Sinai Hospital in 1923. Mentioned are Drs. Ben Cohen, Abraham Wilinsky, M. A. Pollack, Louis Breslin, and Simon Fine. 18:17- 19:37: Minnie explains the Ezras Noshim Women’s Auxillary, which, together with Dorothy Dworkin, worked to fundraise for Mt. Sinai Hospital. 19:38:- 20:23: Minnie describes some the Mt. Sinai fundraising campaigns. 20:24:-20:31: Minnie talks about Ben's role with the hospital's planning committee and his passing before the hospital's completion. 20:32:-21:23: Minnie talks about going with Ben to Boston to investigate the obstetric and gynecology services of the Beth Israel Hospital. 21:24:-22:44: Minnie talks about becoming part of the Mt. Sinai staff following the passing of her husband and working in the outpatient department doing free pediatric clinics. 21:45:-25:28: Minnie discusses the billing of patients for their medical care. 25:29-25:56: Minnie talks about working as a clinician in the 1920s at Toronto’s first “Well Baby Free Clinic,” which was located at Euclid and College. 25:57:-27:06: Minnie talks about working for the government for free as a restaurant inspector. 27:07-28:08: Minnie talks about working on the staff of the Mt. Sinai Hospital's pediatric clinic. 28:09-29:00: Minnie recalls Dr. Lowry, with whom she brought soup to miners and their families living in northern Ontario during the Depression. 29:01:-30:32: Minnie talks Toronto's first social service on McCaul Street and bringing soup to women frequenting the service. 30:33:-31:12: Minnie talks about her work as she travelled to locations outside of Toronto. 31:13:-32:55: Minnie recalls Ben's invitation in to perform a surgical operation in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1932. 32:56:-34:49: Minnie recalls the honour bestowed on Ben for the surgery he performed. 34:50:-36:07: Minnie recalls their experiences traveling by train through Communist Russia. 36:08:-36:56: Minnie recalls relatives they visited in the Ukraine. 36:57:-38:37: Minnie recalls her first plane ride from Leningrad to Paris. 38:38:-39:13 Minnie recalls refueling in Berlin during the time when there was already Hitler talk. 39:14:-40:10: Minnie describes the quality of life in Leningrad during the late 1930s. 40:11:-41:10: Minnie recalls their experiences dealing with customs while aboard a ship. 41:11:-42:54: Minnie recalls their hotel, the Metropol, in Moscow. 42:53-45:00: Minnie recalls overhearing a conversation with a relative who spoke out against the Communist government. 45:01-46:15 Minnie recalls the tense atmosphere in Berlin during the late 1930s.
- 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
