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The Bagel Restaurant [graphic material] – [ca. 2000].

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

Crowd outside movie theatre [graphic material] – 1960.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1960

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a crowd of people standing outside of a movie theatre in Toronto which may have been the Royal Theatre on College Street.

Notes: Photographer was Gordon Mendly of Famous Studio.

Subjects: Crowds; Motion picture theaters

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Related Material: See Fonds 18, series 3, file 53 for the negative of this image.

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1984-1-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Sid Caplan [graphic material, textual record] – 1929-1942.

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

B'nai Brith Lord Melchett Lodge (St. Catharines) [textual record] – [1930-?]-[198-?].

Accession Number: 2002-10-28

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2002-10-28

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records

Date: [1930-?]-[198-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the activities of the B'nai Brith Lord Melchett Lodge in St. Catharines, Ontario. Included is correspondence, booklets, ledgers, financial records, and lists.

Subjects: Fraternal organizations

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Saul Einhorn [textual record] – 1927-1962.

Accession Number: 1976-7-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1976-7-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1927-1962

Scope and Content: Accession consists of materials pertaining to the life of Saul Einhorn of Oshawa, Ontario. Included are his Canadian naturalization certificate, ketubah for his first marriage, newspaper obituaries, and a letter of condolence to his widow from the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Administrative History: Saul "Sol" Einhorn was born in Galicia on 12 December 1904. Sol moved to Oshawa, Ontario, in 1924, where he resided for the rest of his life. In 1927, he married Eva Collis. Eva and Sol had one daughter: Eleanor Grill. Eva died in 1950. In 1957, Sol married Tillie Newton.; Sol Einhorn was the proprietor of Oshawa Appliances Ltd., which was located at 78 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa. He was a supporter of both the Canadian Brotherhood of Christians and Jews and the Zionist movement and an active member of Beth Zion Synagogue. According to an obituary that appeared in the Oshawa Times, Sol was known as "Mr. Synagogue" by other synagogue members.; Sol died in 1962 on a Friday morning while at Beth Zion Synagogue just before the start of the service; he was fifty-eight years old. At the time of his death, he resided at 424 Rossland Road West. His funeral service was held Sunday morning in Toronto in the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel.

Subjects: Ketubah; Letters; Obituaries

Name Access: Einhorn, Saul

Places: Oshawa (Ont.); St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Nesker & Co., Wholesale and Retail Produce, 193 1/2 Baldwin Street, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1922].

Accession Number: 1994-1-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1994-1-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Date: [ca. 1922]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a copy photograph of Joe Nesker, Bella Nesker and their son, Manny Nesker, standing in the doorway of Nesker & Co. Wholesale and Retail Produce, located at 193 1/2 Baldwin Street, Toronto.

Subjects: Families; Small business

Name Access: Nesker, Joe; Nesker, Bella; Nesker, Manny; Nesker & Co.

Places: Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Leslie Train [textual record] – [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1945].

Accession Number: 1976-9-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1976-9-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: [ca. 1920]-[ca. 1945]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of originals and photocopies of posters in Yiddish (some with English translations) advertising events such as lectures, memorial meetings for Vladimir Jabotinsky, and concerts. Sponsors are Zionist organizations, including Betar, for events held in Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; and St. Catharines, Ontario.

Places: Montreal (Que.); Toronto (Ont.); St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Yom Ha'atzmaut parade on College St., Toronto [graphic material] – May 1948.

Accession Number: 2004-5-43

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-43

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Date: May 1948

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs and negatives of a parade on College Street, Toronto celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel. Identified is Mrs. Greenberg, the leader of the girl guides. The girl guide carrying the British flag is Gloria Mosoff (her married name is Roden).

Subjects: Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948; Parades

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

First Israel Day Parade in Toronto [graphic material] – 1948.

Accession Number: 2004-5-74

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-74

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: 1948

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs taken on College Street in Toronto of a parade celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.

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: Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948; Parades

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Norman Grosbein [textual record] – 1948.

Accession Number: 2004-5-116

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-116

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1948

Scope and Content: Accession consists of flyers regarding the mass meeting held at Maple Leaf Gardens on the occassion of the establishment of the State of Israel. The meeting followed a parade by the community down College St. There are also news stories and correspondence from the Jewish Agency For Palestine concerning the issues of the Irgun, the Haganah, and the attack on the Altelena ship on the beach of Tel Aviv.

Subjects: Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948; Parades

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

152 Beverley Street, Toronto [graphic material] – 1983.

Accession Number: 1985-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1985-11-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 slide : col.

Date: 1983

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a coloured slide of the former UJA Federation Building at 152 Beverley Street.

Subjects: Architecture

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Nash family (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material (electronic), textual record (electronic)] – [191-]-1980.

Accession Number: 2007-6-33

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-33

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 9 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg); 1 document (jpg)

Date: [191-]-1980

Scope and Content: This accession consists of nine electronic copies of original photographs documenting the Nash family of St. Catharines, Ontario. Included are studio portraits and snapshots, taken in St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Also included is one electronic copy of a typwritten remembrances of Buncie Nashman written by Harold Nash and Rhonda Applebaum.; The photographs are as follows:; 1. Rose Nash and Tzeine (sister) – two young women in photo, possibly before marriage to Jack.; 2. Clara Cohen with baking at cottage at Port Dalhousie (not Rose as suspected) perhaps 1940s.; 3. Jack and Rose Nash; 4. Nash children, ca. 1930. Top, left to right: Molly, Maurice. Bottom, left to right: Dorothy, Ruth.; 5. Nash family, 21 May 1929.; 6. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army early 1940s.; 7. Maurice Nash in uniform (air force) with cousin, Henry Wexler, in US Army, and unidentified woman, early 1940s.; 8. Nash women at Harold’s 50th birthday party, 1980.; 9. Harold and Eleanor in Port Dalhousie with cousins, ca. 1935.

Custodial History: The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-05.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Families

Name Access: Nash family

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Congregation Iyr Hamelich (Kingston, ON) [textual record] – 1977-2003.

Accession Number: 2007-10-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-10-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1977-2003

Scope and Content: Accession consists of materials documenting Congregation Iyr Hamelich, the Reform synagogue in Kingston. The records include the constitution, Sunday school minutes and policy documents, synagogue bulletins, correspondence and "Welcome to our Congregation" booklets.

Subjects: Religion

Name Access: Congregation Iyr Hamelich

Places: Kingston, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Salit family (Niagara Falls, ON) [graphic material, textual record] – [ca. 1920]-1994.

Accession Number: 2008-8-26

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-26

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1920]-1994

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs pertaining to the Salit family and the Jewish community of Niagara Falls, Ontario. There is a newspaper clipping, an advertisement for Myer Salit Limited and a fiftieth-anniversary commemorative book for Congregation B'Nai Israel, St Catharines, Ontario (1975).

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Subjects: Communities; Families; Synagogues

Places: Niagara Falls (Ont.); St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) Canada [textual record] – 1980.

Accession Number: 2009-3-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-3-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1980

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a report prepared by JIAS Canada detailing the situation of recent immigrant arrivals to various small communities in Ontario. The communities discussed are Cambridge, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Ottawa, St. Catharines and Windsor.

Custodial History: The custodial history for this item is unknown. The accession number has been assigned by the assistant archivist.

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada; Communities

Name Access: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Cambridge (Ont.); Hamilton (Ont.); Kitchener (Ont.); London (Ont.); Ottawa (Ont.); St. Catharines (Ont.); Windsor (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Howard Slepkov (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1940]-1974.

Accession Number: 2009-8-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-8-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 19 photographs (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1940]-1974

Scope and Content: Accession consists of nineteen scanned photographs of the Slepkov family of St. Catharines, friends, and community members at special events. These include B'nai Brith picnics, beach trips, Hebrew School, bar mitzvah classes, the synagogue board, and a B'nai Brith Cub Scout troop.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Tomarin family photographs (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca.1925]-[ca.1932].

Accession Number: 2009-9-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-9-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs (jpg) : b&w

Date: [ca.1925]-[ca.1932]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs. The first image is an early photograph of the Tomarin family. Identified from left to right: Geraldine Woolfson, Rhona Tomarin, Rachael Shube, Millie Tomarin (née Rudolph), Harry Tomarin, Tillie Revzen, and Benjamin Newman. The second photograph is of Samuel and Millie Tomarin.

Administrative History: The individuals in the photograph were all members of the St. Catharines’ Jewish community.; The Tomarin, Revzen, and Newman families were junk dealers whose plants flourished during the war, and the three families, who were related by marriage, became leading Canadian steel manufacturers.; Abraham Newman emigrated to St. Catharines from Russia in 1909, living with his aunt and uncle and helping them with their junk business. His wife, Mary, arrived in 1914, and later their two children, Rhoda and Harry, arrived in 1919. They had four children in Canada: Norman, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Gordon. Benjamin took over the company after Abe’s retirement and turned it into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Canada.; Abraham was also responsible for bringing many of his family members to Canada from Russia, including Morton Revzen in 1914; his orphaned niece, Geraldine Woolfson, in 1926; his mother, Rachael Shube; and his in-laws, the Tomarin family.; Aided by Abe Newman, Samuel and Millie Tomarin, their children Harry and Rhona, and Geraldine Woolfson, all moved to St. Catharines in 1926. Harry later married Adele Slepkov, and Rhona married Max Alexandroff. Rhona and Max’s son, Alan Alexandroff, donated the photographs.

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: Families

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Zet and Granek families (St. Catharines, Ont.) [graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980].

Accession Number: 2009-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-8-9

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 48 photographs : b&w and col. (1 jpg) ; 21x 25 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1910]-[ca. 1980]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of family snapshots and portraits of members of the Zet family of St. Catharines. They include images of the donor's grandmother, Sadie (Hyatt) Zet, and grandfather Morris Zet, their friends, children and grandchildren. Among the events documented are the wedding of Bernice Zet to Albert Shecter in 1946 at the Congregation B'nai Israel, officiated by Rabbi Herschel Shapiro (who officiated weddings from 1931-1956), and summer scenes at Crystal Beach including Bernice Zet, Freda Caplan, Claire Zet and Deborah Caplan. There are several photographs of a group of high school girls, including Anne Granek, Minnie Lefstein, Ann Caplan, Ethel Friedman, Sylvia and Frieda Greenberg, Rae Rosenberg, and Eve Luntz. There is also an image of twenty little girls dressed in white holding British flags on the occasion of the opening of the shul in 1925, and one of Celia Taube with her children. As well, there are pictures of "the gang" of couples at social occasions in the 1950s. Persons pictured include Bayla Katzman, Joel Zeldon, Anne Granek, Abe Herzog, Margaret Zeldon, Jenny Katzman, Joe Katzmean, Gert Granek, Bea Magder, Dave Kates, Sybil Cowitz, Elsie Kates, Chippie (Helen) Feldman, [unknown man], Syd Magder, Dolly Cooperman, Eleanor Lambert, Sarah (Sookie) Slepkov, and Sheila Newman.; Finally, there is a ca. 1908 portrait of Berel and Nachama Kaplan, great-aunt and uncle of the donor.

Administrative History: Morris Zet (Zatulove) immigrated to Toronto in 1913 at age 18. In Romania his family enjoyed prosperity as dairy farmers, but after being conscripted into the Russian army, he left, walking from Russia to Austria. After a year in Toronto, Morris moved to St. Catharines, where he boarded with the Adelsteins. There, he made a living peddling to the many workers building the Welland Canal. In 1917, Morris married Sadie Hyatt (her brother changed the family name to Goldberg in Canada), who had come to Toronto in 1914. Morris opened a men’s wear store on St. Paul’s Street in St Catharines called Zet’s Clothing. Ten years later in 1929, he closed this store and opened Zet’s Men’s Wear in nearby Thorald, though the family continued to live in St Catharines. In 1935, Sadie opened Zet’s Ladies Wear across the street in Thorald. Morris and Sadie Zet had 3 daughters whom they raised in St Catharines: Anne, Clare and Bernice. Anne is the donor's mother. She married Kelley Granek in St. Catharines in 1939. Clare married Sam Kranitz in 1940; Bernice married Albert Schecter of Toronto, also at the St. Catharines shul, in 1946.

Use Conditions: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes: Physical Desription note: two of the photographs are colour copies.

Subjects: Communities; Families

Name Access: Zet, Morris; Zet, Sadie

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman - 4 Jan. 1975

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 4 Jan. 1975

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman

Number: OH 19

Subject: Families

Interview Date: 4 Jan. 1975

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Spiesman

Conservation: Copied August 2003.

Use Restrictions: Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Ben Newman was born in July 1920 in St Catharines, Ontario. He married Sheila Gould from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ben's father, Abraham, immigrated to St. Catharines from Russia in 1909, living with his aunt and uncle and helping them with their junk business. His wife, Mary, and two children followed later. Four more children were born in Canada: Norman, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Gordon. Benjamin took over the company after Abraham’s retirement and turned it into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Canada. Ben Newman was active in all phases of Jewish life in the community and was the first Jewish aldermen in St. Catharines, a position he held for several years.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Newman, Benjamin; Newman, Sheila

Geographic Access: St. Catharines (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Larry Cohen - 7 Jun. 2007

Name: Larry Cohen

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 7 Jun. 2007

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Larry Cohen

Number: OH 302

Interview Date: 7 Jun. 2007

Quantity: 2 mini DV's, archival and reference copies

Interviewer: Sharon Gubbay Helfer

Notes: Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.; Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V video file

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Larry Cohen lived in Buffalo for many years, where he met and married his wife,, Marlene. He joined the US Army during the Korean War and was stationed in New Jersey. After the army, he began working at his grandfather’s steel business and then in 1959 moved back to Niagara Falls. He held several positions with the synagogue in Niagara Falls including treasurer and president. He has three children—Bobby, Steven, and Michelle—and numerous grandchildren.; Myer Salit, Larry Cohen's grandfather, was born in Brest Litovski, Poland. At the age of twenty-three, he booked passage to America on the SS Norge. On 28 June 1904, the ship struck a reef off the coast of Scotland and sank. Mr. Salit survived, along with approximately 160 other passengers, and made his way to New York and then St. Catharines, Ontario, where his brother-in-law, Harry Rubin, was a scrap metal dealer.; In 1905, Mayer Salit moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario, and set up his own scrap metal business. He was the first Jewish resident of that community. Over time, the business prospered and grew. After the Second World War, his son-in-law, Irvin Feldman, joined the company followed by his grandson, Larry Cohen, in 1955. The company began to diversify, selling new and used steel products to local industry. Myer Salit passed away in 1958 and left the business in the hands of Irvin and Larry. By the 1960s, the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator and changed its name to Salit Steel. During the 1980s, the family sold off the scrap metal division of the company. Mr. Feldman retired, and the responsibility for managing the firm was shared by Larry Cohen and Steven Cohen, Myer's great-grandson. The company has continued to expand and diversify and currently serves the needs of southern Ontario.

Material Format: moving images

Geographic Access: St. Catharines (Ont.); Niagara Falls (Ont.)

Original Format: Mini DV

Copy Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

Norine Fenig - 19 Jul. 2007

Name: Norine Fenig

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 19 Jul. 2007

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Norine Fenig

Number: OH 303

Interview Date: 19 Jul. 2007

Quantity: 2 mini DV's, archival and reference copies

Interviewer: Sharon Gubbay Helfer

Notes: Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.; Physical condition: The last 5 minutes of CD 1 are missing; it may be worthwhile to redigitize the original media; Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V video file

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Norine Fenig (née Revzen)’s father, Morton, came to St. Catharines from Russia in the early 1900s. Her mother, Caroline, came to Rochester, New York with her family. Her father and uncle went into the scrap metal business, eventually starting Niagara Structural Steel. Norine went to the University of Wisconsin and taught elementary school in Buffalo after graduating. She met her husband Leonard in Rochester, New York and they lived there for a year before moving back to St. Catharines so that Leonard could take over the steel business. Norine and Leonard had two children – Abraham and Celia.; Norine was involved in St. Catharines Young Judaea organization, which was founded in the community in 1931. During that time, they had two groups, one of which was an arts and crafts group led by Norine. She recalls attending meetings with members from Niagara Falls and Hamilton. They organized parties as well as other functions. She states that many of the teens met their spouses this way and “that’s how most of the marriages took place.”; Norine Fenig was a member of her local Hadassah and was also involved in the group bat mitzvah at St. Catharines Congregation B’nai Israel, which occurred in 2003, and the preparation it entailed.; Norine is a keen bridge player, playing duplicate bridge in clubs and competitions in St Catharines, Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Florida. She has reached life master status in the American Contract Bridge League.

Material Format: moving images

Geographic Access: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Original Format: Mini DV

Copy Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

Gordon Mendly in his studio [graphic material] – [ca. 1960].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 29

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Gordon Mendly in his studio on College Street.

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Sarah Mendly [graphic material] – [ca. 1960].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 30

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 30

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm

Admin History/Bio: Sarah (née Rawet) Mendly was born to Shapsa and Feiga Rawet. The family immigrated to Canada sometime around 1926. Sarah was the president of the Toronto Chapter of the B’nai Brith Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Herzl Zion Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. Sarah Mendly was the wife of photographer, Gordon Mendly. She died on 31 December 1992.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Sarah Mendly in her husband's studio on College Street.

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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F. Goldstien Butcher Shop, 231 Augusta Avenue [graphic material] – 16 May 1959.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Businesses series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 2; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Businesses series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 2

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 16 May 1959

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a negative of the exterior of F. Goldstien's (sic) butcher shop at the corner of Augusta and Baldwin Avenues in Kensington Market.

Name Access: F. Goldstien Butcher Shop

Subjects: Storefronts

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.); Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Jewish community parade to commemorate the Balfour Declaration (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material] – 1917.

Level: Item

ID: Item 418

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 418

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1917

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of children in white dresses marching down the street alongside several men and women.

Notes: Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access: Balfour Declaration

Subjects: Parades

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish community parade to commemorate the Balfour Declaration (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material] – 1917.

Level: Item

ID: Item 419

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 419

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1917

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a marching band and a group of men carrying a banner thanking Great Britain.

Notes: Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access: Balfour Declaration

Subjects: Parades

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired 6 Feb. 1975

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish community parade to commemorate the Balfour Declaration (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material] – 1917.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1917

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a decorated car leading the parade down the street.

Notes: Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access: Balfour Declaration

Subjects: Parades

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish community parade to commemorate the Balfour Declaration (St. Catharines, ON) [graphic material] – 1917.

Level: Item

ID: Item 417

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 417

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1917

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of the Jewish community on parade in St. Catharines, in celebration of the Balfour Declaration. The photo depicts a group of young girls dressed in white, marching down the street alongside several men and women.

Notes: Credit photographer Franklin Caplan when used.

Name Access: Balfour Declaration

Subjects: Parades

Access Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Accession Number: Acquired 6 Feb. 1975.

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rabbi Richard J. Belson, St. Catharines, Ontario [graphic material] – [196-].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [196-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original portrait of Rabbi Richard J. Belson, the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Notes: Acquired June 1976.

Name Access: Belson, Rabbi Richard J.; Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines, Ont.)

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

Repro Restriction: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Bill and Laura Stern [graphic material] – [ca. 1946].

Part Of: William Stern fonds; Family photographs series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 32

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: William Stern fonds; Family photographs series

Level: Item

Fonds: 33

Series: 1

Item: 32

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1946]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 7 cm and 35 mm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of Bill Stern and his first wife Laura (Rubinstein) Stern, standing in front of the Forestry building at St. George Street and College Street.

Subjects: Married people

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: College Street (Toronto, Ont.); Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2006-2-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Alterations to rooming house at 1077 College Street [architectural drawing] – [ca. 1935].

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 3; File 22

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 3

File: 22

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: [ca. 1935]

Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on tracing paper ; 53 cm length and 4 cm diam.

Scope and Content: File consists of floor plans of a three storey rooming house at 1077 College Street.

Physical Condition: Material is fragile.

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Apartment building on Beverley Street [architectural drawing] – 1924.

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 3; File 35

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Commercial building plans and drawings series

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 3

File: 35

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: 1924

Physical Description: 7 architectural drawings : blueprints ; 41 cm length or smaller and 8 cm diam.

Scope and Content: File consists of architectural drawings of an apartment building located on Beverley St. for Mr. Benjamin Brown (in trust). Floor plans, sections and elevation drawings are included.

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Shemen's lecture on Polish Jewry and the struggle between existence and ruin [textual record] – 1936.

Part Of: Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds; Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 103; Series 1; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds; Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level: File

Fonds: 103

Series: 1

File: 1

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1936

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten lecture notes and a newspaper clipping documenting Shemen's lecture on Polish Jewry and the struggle between existence and ruin. Shemen presented this lecture to the "Not to Worry!" Club (or "Be of Good Cheer!" Club) in Radomer Hall, 210 Beverley Street.

Subjects: Jews--Poland; Lectures and lecturing

Physical Condition: The lecture notes are rolled and difficult to unfurl.

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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S. Halperin, St. Catharines [graphic material] – [195-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 756

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 756

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [195-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of S. Halperin of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Subjects: Portraits

Repro Restriction: Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Apter Synagogue, 1918-unknown

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

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Wellts Delicatessan [graphic material (electronic)] – 1920-1977.

Accession Number: 2013-9-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-9-7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Date: 1920-1977

Scope and Content: 5 electronic copies of black and white photographs relted to Wellts Deli: 1) Peter and Fannie Wellts 2) Peter Wellts with cleaver in hand in the deli. 3) Exterior of Wellts Deli (1959) taken by realtor when it closed. 4-5) exterior of Wellt's Deli taken in 1977 before building was being torn down. The word "Kosher" in Yiddish/Hebrew is still visible.

Administrative History: Wellts Delicatessen was founded by Peter and Fannie Wellts in the 1910s at 350 College Street. Peter Wellts was born in Tarnigrad, Poland in 1888 and Fannie Brown was born in New York City in 1889. They met in New York and moved with Fannie’s family to Toronto in 1910. Peter worked in the garment district prior at the start of the restaurant business. Fannie’s father David Brown had come earlier from New York to work for Eaton’s in the men’s clothing business. The rest of the Brown family, Fannie’s parents and siblings eventually returned to New York. Peter and Fannie married in Toronto on November 26, 1910. They had two daughters Sylvia (b. August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (b. January 7, 1928) (m. Rochwerg). They lived in an apartment above the delicatessen. When Ethel married her husband Nathan Rochwerg in 1948, they moved in with Fannie and Peter above the deli. Ethel and Nathan had three children Martin, Arlene (m. Kochberg), and Sidney. When Peter was in his 70s, it was decided that the family would move north into the Bathurst Manor and close the deli. Peter had a heart attack on December 26, 1959, before the move, and Fannie moved in with Nathan and Ethel and their three children. The deli closed in 1959. The deli was known for 5 cent pastrami/corned beef sandwiches sold during the depression. Peter Wellts never let anyone go hungry during this period. They had Vernor's ginger ale on tap during a time when everything was in bottles. Deliveries would come in through the backyard by the garage. It was kosher. Ethel remembers people coming in to use the phone in the kitchen or the washroom in the basement.

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: an article on the deli from one of the local daily newspapers from 1969 is in a vertical file on Wellt's Deli

Subjects: Delicatessens

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Snitman family home movies [moving images] – [ca. 1939]-[ca. 1957].

Accession Number: 2013-8-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-8-1

Material Format: moving images

Physical Description: 3 film reels (ca. 1 hr.) : b&w and col. ; 8 mm

Date: [ca. 1939]-[ca. 1957]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of home movie footage documenting the activities of the Snitman and Bernard families. The bulk of the footage is of family activities and celebrations outside the Bernard family home at 410 Crawford Street and along neighbouring College St. Also included is footage of an outing to Niagara Falls, family picnics and trips, and a fire truck in Hastings, Ont. Of note is footage of Seymour Bernard, a tail gunner for the RAF during the Second World War, in uniform playing with children at a family event.

Administrative History: Beatrice Bernard (1913-1998) was born to Louie Bernard (1895?-1956) and Esther Berger (1892-1983) in Toronto in 1913. She had two younger siblings: Seymour (was a tailgunner in the RAF during the Second World War) and Gertrude. The family lived at 410 Crawford Street and Louie owned his own dress store at St. Clair Ave. and Yonge St. Beatrice helped her father in the dress store in the 1930s. Louie eventually owned a coat manufacturing business which was located in the Balfour Building. Beatrice married Michael Snitman in 1935.; Michael Snitman (1910-1978) was born to Harry and Lottie in Russia in 1910. He immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1912 and had two younger siblings who were born in Toronto: Bill (1912-2013) and Judy (Judith). Michael attended Harbord Collegiate and ran his own business called Plastwood Products in the early 1940s. Around 1947 he entered the photographic business as a distributor. He ran the Toronto branch of Montreal-based Anglophoto, which was owned by his brother-in-law, Abe Feigelson.; Michael and Beatrice had two children together: Joel (b. 1943) and Bernard (Bernie) (b. 1948). Joel received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto and taught Biology for five years before entering the real estate and property management business. He met his wife Blossom (nee Houpt) in the B'nai Brith Youth Organization and they had their first date on April 9, 1960. They later married in Aug. 1964 and had three children together: Aryeh, Sheri, and Aviella.

Subjects: Families

Places: Niagara Falls (Ont.); College Street (Toronto, Ont.); Crawford Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region [textual record] – 1950-1972.

Accession Number: 2015-9-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1950-1972

Scope and Content: Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects: Education; Religion; Communities

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.); Klinghofer, Joseph

Places: St. Catharines (Ont.); Timmins (Ont.); Belleville (Ont.); Peterborough (Ont.); Kirkland Lake (Ont.); Guelph (Ont.); Hamilton (Ont.); Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.); North Bay (Ont.); Windsor (Ont.); Manitoba; United States; Maritime Provinces

Source: Archival Accessions

E. Miller [textual record] – [192-?]-1953.

Accession Number: 2016-3-63

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-3-63

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: [192-?]-1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material primarily documenting kosher meat scandals and strikes in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s as well as the Kehilla (Toronto Rabbinical Board). There are complete pages of some documents and portions of others. The documents are flyers (public notices) in Yiddish (with some Hebrew in religious context and quotations) to do with a scandal or several scandals in which it became clear a number of butchers were operating outside Rabbinical Board supervision and therefore selling (assumed to be) treif meat to Toronto Jews. Secondary scandal with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart, who allegedly split off from the Rabbinical Board with six butchers to do business outside the union, with wholesalers, and gaining more money than union butchers and the rabbis working with them. Another thread relates to a strike for cheaper meat, including meetings of women picketers, and then for better conditions for local butchers. The flyers mostly fall between 1920-1940. All are from Toronto. Lists of local butchers’ shops with addresses and names are included.; Additional flyers cover Communist protests and protest meetings against German fascism and pogroms, specifically Hitler's government's prosecution of the Communist Party of Germany related to the Reichstag fire. Also included are a 1953 flyer for the tenth anniversary commemoration of the Latvian-Lithuanian Jews’ annihilation, and an open letter to Rabbi Abraham Aaron Price regarding his title.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material. However, retrieved from the original package in which the material was lodged was a note "Kashruth fliers from E. Miller" or Mitler.

Descriptive Notes: Language: Yiddish with some Hebrew (phrases and quotations).

Subjects: Demonstrations; Kosher food; Rabbis

Places: Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.); College Street (Toronto, Ont.); Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.); Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.); Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Paskowetz's Meat Inn [graphic material] – [between 1940 and 1945].

Accession Number: 2016-11-26

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-26

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 6 x 9 cm

Date: [between 1940 and 1945]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one original negative and one copy print of Paskowetz's Meat Inn on College St.

Administrative History: Paskowetz's delicatessen was located on the north side of College Street between Brunswick Avenue and Major Street. Other businesses in the neighbourhood described by one time area resident Harry Turk included: The [Playhouse Theatre] (next door to Paskowetz's deli); Wellts Delicatessen owned by Peter Wellts (west of Paskowetz's deli), Imperial Gas station at College and Major Streets owned by the Rubinoff family and Beckers Delicatessen, owned by the Becker family, located on the south side of College Street. Milt Moskowitz, a Major Street kid recalls "the fragrance of hot dogs boiling in a big pot in the window. They cost 5 cents and I only ate one that my older brother (he was twenty and working and I was seven) bought me once. Wow. It was delicious."

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: DATE RANGE NOTE: A victory bonds sticker can be seen in the bottom left corner of the deli window.

Subjects: Delicatessens

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Children's Aid and Infant's Home [textual record] – 1953.

Accession Number: 2018-1-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-1-10

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of correspondence from the acting director of the Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto located at 32 Isabella Street to the executive director of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society located at 145 Beverly Street. The subject of the correspondence concerns a reference for an applicant for the position of investigator in the Protection Department of the Children's Aid and Infants' Homes.

Custodial History: Item was discovered while processing CJC Fonds 17 holdings.

Use Conditions: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects: Orphanages

Name Access: Children's Aid and Infants' Homes of Toronto

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.); Isabella Street(Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Eker family [multiple media] – 2006.

Accession Number: 2018-8-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-8-13

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records and architectural drawings; 1 videocassette (ca. 27 min.)

Date: 2006

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the Eker family. Included are: a videocassette of home video footage; a memoir written by P. M. Eker, Glen Eker's father, in 2006; and architectural drawings of Eker residences at 1050 College Street in Toronto and 5034 Esplanade Avenue in Montreal.

Administrative History: Glen Eker was born in Toronto, Ontario to Paul Eker and Dorothy Horwitz. He grew up in the Forest Hill neighbourhood of Toronto before moving with his family to Hamilton. He received two master’s degrees (one in sociology, the other in political science) from McMaster University and a third master’s degree (in library science) from the University of Toronto.; Glen's wife, Deborah Pekilis, was born in Montreal and lived there until her parents moved to Toronto. She was the librarian for the Jewish Genealogical Society and sat on the Hamilton Historical Board. She is currently a writer.; Glen has worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at McMaster and has taught at Ryerson University and Mohawk College. At present, he works as an estate and genealogy researcher.; Glen has published a book on Karl Marx, five indexes of Jews in Canada, and one index of Amish and Mennonites in Canada. His genealogy articles have appeared in various magazines and his short stories and poems have appeared in print as well.; Glen has worked on his family genealogy for a number of years. His paternal family line derives from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland while his maternal line derives from Byelorussia and Romania. He is descended from the Horwitz and Strachman families on the latter.

Subjects: Families

Name Access: Eker (family); Eker, Glen

Places: College Street (Toronto, Ont.); Montréal (Québec)

Source: Archival Accessions

Telethon at Beverley Street [graphic material] – Nov. 1977.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 27; File 313

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 27

File: 313

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1977

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of two negatives depiciting a group of telethoners in the office at Beverley Street.

Notes: Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Yehoshua Yekl and Golda Barsht at their home, 157 Baldwin St., Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1920 and 1925].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4032

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4032

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1920 and 1925]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: In back: Sam Silver (with hat); Moishe Barsht, son of Yehoshua Yekl and Golda Barsht.

Name Access: Barsht, Yehoshua Yekl; Barsht, Golda; Barsht, Moishe; Silver, Sam

Subjects: Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places: Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-3-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Exterior sign of the Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services (G'Milath Chassodim), 152 Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1978].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2636

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2636

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Name Access: Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services; G'Milath Chassodim

Subjects: Charities; Signs and signboards

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Leon Neuschul, director of the Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services (G'Milath Chassodim), 152 Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1978].

Level: Item

ID: Item 2637-2638

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2637-2638

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 2 photographs

Name Access: Neuschul, Leon; Toronto Hebrew Re-establishment Services; G'Milath Chassodim

Subjects: Charities

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society, Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1930 and 1935].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1511

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1511

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1930 and 1935]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photo of the Kieltzer Sick Benifit Society. Pictured in the back row from left to right are: Gordon Mendly (1902-1998); [unknown]; Avrum Urman (?-1967) (president of Bakers' Union); Nathan (?) Rotfoge (?- 1964); Avromele Stancer (bakery on College St.); Getzel Tannenbaum (recording secretary); [?] Sugar (Sugar Bros. Tailors, College St.).; Seated left to right: Dovid Levy (worked at Eaton's); Aaron Ladovsky (United Bakers, called "Tate Fun Keltzer"); Noson Yasne (president); [?] Bader (vice-president); [unknown].

Notes: Photo by Famous Studios.

Name Access: Bader; Eaton's; Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society; Ladovsky, Aaron; Levy, Dovid; Mendly, Gordon, 1904-1998; Rotfogel; Stancer, Avromele; Sugar Bros. Tailors; Tannenbaum, Getzel; Urman, Avrum; United Bakers; Yasne, Noson

Subjects: Societies

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: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-3-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish National Fund Ussishkin Jubilee Conference, Zionist building, Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – 1938.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3411

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3411

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1938

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Many prominent individuals are shown in this photograph, with names written on the bottom.

Name Access: Jewish National Fund; United Jewish Appeal

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Zionism

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: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-11-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Wedding ceremony, Ethel Gary and Jack Halter, Rabbi M. Zimmerman, Apter Synagogue, 216 Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1948].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1545

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1545

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1948]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access: Apter Synagogue; Gary, Ethel; Halter, Jack; Zimmerman, Rabbi M.

Subjects: Weddings

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: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-11-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Wedding reception of Pearl Nelson, Belvin House, College St., Toronto [graphic material] – 1938.

Level: Item

ID: Item 2912

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2912

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1938

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: For identification information, please see accession record.

Name Access: Belvin House; Nelson, Pearl

Subjects: Weddings

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: College Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-4-1

Source: Archival Descriptions