- Accession Number
- 2022-3-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-3-11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- ca. 200 photographs (15 negatives): b&w ; 25 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 small metal pendant
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-[ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs, textual records, and an artifact relating to or collected by Mooney Stitt. Textual records include receipts, correspondence, immigration documents, a trademark certificate issued by the United States Patent Office, material related to Mooney’s municipal election in Sioux Lookout, and Mooney’s British Columbia free miner’s certificate. Photographs make up the majority of this accession, featuring Mooney’s family and personal life. Also included is a small metal pendant with Russian inscriptions.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Peter Marcovitz’s mother, Lillian Averson, until her death in 1965. Since then, the records have been stored possibly in the family house until being found and gifted to the Ontario Jewish Archives in 2021 by Peter and his wife, Joyce Borenstein.
- Administrative History
- Mooney Stitt (1904-1943), also known as Munya Studnitz, was born in 1904 in Poland to Simcha Studnitz and Miriam Woyler. He might also be referred to as Chaim Studnic or Hiame Studnitz. Mooney had four siblings: David, Dina (Dinah/Diana), Dora, and Miron. In 1923, Mooney and Dina Studnitz immigrated to Canada from Poland under the sponsorship of their uncle, Nathan Stitt, who resided in the City of Fort William (now Thunder Bay) and had a clothing store named Stitt & Sons. Mooney and Dina lived in the City of Lemberg (now Lviv) before moving to Canada. By taking the ship Laconia, Mooney landed in Halifax in 1923; then he made his way to Thunder Bay and started working on a farm of David J. Piper in the Township of Paipoonge. Later, he moved to Sioux Lookout, where he presented himself in a municipal election. Mooney relocated to Montreal in the mid-1930s and founded a company called Canadian Art Studios, which manufactured silk scarves. In 1939, he married Lillian Averson (1916-1965). It is possible that Lillian also helped him operate the business. On March 13, 1943, Mooney passed away of heart ailments in Montreal. Upon his death, one of Lillian’s brothers-in-law joined the company, and a children’s wear division was launched shortly afterwards. The company ceased manufacturing scarves in the early 1950s and grew into a successful children’s wear manufacturer under the name Tam O’Shanter (spelling uncertain). Lillian was bought out by her brother-in-law in the late 1950s. The company finally ceased operating in the late 1980s. Mooney and Lillian did not have children together. In 1945, Lillian married her second husband, Joel Marcovitz. Peter Marcovitz was born in 1947 to Lillian and Joel.
- 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
- Availability of other formats: photographs and documents have been scanned and are available in PDF, TIF, and JPG formats.
- LANGUAGE NOTE: A small number of records are in Russian and Polish.
- RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: See accession 2008-7-13 and OH 308 for additional information on the Stitt family and the Stitt & Sons clothing store.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Stitt, Mooney, 1904-1943
- Places
- Fort William (Ont.)
- Sioux Lookout (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Montréal (Québec)
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-5-20
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-5-20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a birth certificate issued in November 1943 under the name of Roman-Jan Domanski, which was used by Marian Domanski to survive the Holocaust. Accession also includes an identity card with Marian's photograph and the same falsified name, issued in Radzyn on 25 Jan. 1944 (the notes section of the identity card is separated, with an illegible Polish stamp on the back, dated 23 Nov. 1945).
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Marian Domanski's daughter Beata Domanska.
- Administrative History
- Marian Domanski (1928-2012) was born Moshe Finkielman on 20 June 1928 in Otwock, Poland, south of Warsaw. His father, Abraham Finkielman, died in 1939 as a soldier in the Polish army, and his mother, Brucha Rotenberg Finkielman, passed away in late 1941 from typhus in the Otwock Ghetto. In 1941, Marian began to regularly sneak out of the ghetto to search for food until his mother's death. In April 1942, he escaped the ghetto and posed as a Polish Catholic youth. He worked as a farm labourer in Eastern Poland for some time, until he was told that in order to get a permanent position he would have to register, which would require his birth certificate. In October 1942, in the town of Komarowka, he was caught and deported to the Treblinka extermination camp. He managed to jump off the transport, run away, and hide, eventually finding work as a farm labourer once again. In 1943, he managed to obtain a falsified birth certificate using information about a fellow herdsman, Roman-Jan Domanski, without his knowledge. He was also able to obtain identity papers, working at farms as a Polish Catholic boy until the end of the war. After the war, he traveled to the recovered territories in Western Poland, where he found work and resumed his education by attending evening school and specializing in aerial photography. He opened his own photography business in Wroclaw and was awarded the degree of Master Photographer in 1963, the same year he married his wife, Cesia. In 1968, Marian and his wife and daughter Beata left Poland for Denmark to escape the anti-Jewish campaign that was underway by the government, and in 1970, they emigrated to Canada. He attended a program in Graphic Arts at George Brown College and, after graduating, worked in several printing establishments for many years until retirement. He kept the name Marian Domanski for the remainder of his life. Marian Domanski passed away in 2012.
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors
- Refugees
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Domanski, Marian, 1928-2012
- Places
- Poland
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Date
- 1928-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of David Waserman's Polish passport, Canadian immigration identification card stamped at Halifax upon his arrival on the Megantic, two copies of his birth certificate, a Polish police clearance document, and an army service book. There is also a Polish passport for Syma Nachsztern and her immigration identification card stamped upon arrival on the SS United States.
- MG_RG
- MG1
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Name Access
- Waserman, David
- Places
- Canada
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (jpg)
- 1 painting : col. (jpg)
- Date
- [194-?]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one digital photograph of a painting depicting the Dodick family while in Poland, and one scanned copy of an original photograph. Identified in the painting are, left to right: Harry, Dora (mother), Sam (baby), Cecil, Fay, Abraham, Murray.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright 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
- Name Access
- Dodick, Vicki
- Dodick, Cecil
- Places
- Thunder Bay, Ont.
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ethel Abramsky
- Number
- OH 42
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Women
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 1981
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 CD
- 4 WAV files
- Interviewer
- M. Feldman
- Total Running Time
- 001: 30.53 minutes 002: 30.50 minutes 003: 31.25 minutes 004: 30.42 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003.
- Digitized in January 2015.
- Notes
- Sound quality poor in many sections.
- 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
- Ethel Abramsky (née Levin) came to live in Kingston after her marriage to Harry Abramsky in 1927. Ethel remained an active member of the Queen Esther Chapter of Hadassah throughout her life. Harry, an industrialist and business man, was a generous benefactor of Queens University and was instrumental in establishing Hillel House at Queens. Ethel and Harry had three children and eight grandchildren.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Ethel
- Abramsky, Harry
- Canadian Hadassah-WIZO
- International Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE)
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Florida
- Poland
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Audio cassette
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_003_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 42 - Abramsky\OH42_004_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Max Federman
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 19 Mar. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Max Federman
- Number
- OH 149
- OH 150
- Subject
- Communism
- Immigrants--Canada
- Labor unions
- Interview Date
- 19 Mar. 1976
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Ben Schneider
- Total Running Time
- OH149A: 30. minutes OH149B: 30. minutes OH150A: 1. minute
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Max Federman was born in Poland. In 1919, he moved to Germany where he attended school. He joined his father in Toronto in 1920. A union leader, labour Zionist, and ardent anti-Communist, Max became actively involved in the union movement and served as representative of the Local Fur Workers Union. He was involved in a twenty-year battle with the Communist leadership of the International Furrier Union until they disbanded and merged with the International Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union. Max was involved in Jewish community organizations including the Histadrut, Borochov School, and the United Jewish Welfare Fund.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Federman, Max
- Goldman, Emma
- Schneider, Ben
- Geographic Access
- Germany
- Poland
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 149, 150, Max Federman\OH 149, 150 notes.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Max Federman describes the conflict between the Federation of Labour and Communist International Union from 1938–1956. He discusses the steps by which the International Fur and Leather Union disaffiliated with the International Union to join the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union in 1956.
In this clip, Max Federman discusses his early involvement with a trade union while living in Germany in 1919.
- Name
- Mania Kay
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 27 Oct. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mania Kay
- Number
- OH 328
- Subject
- Kitchener-Waterloo
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- immigration
- Synagogues
- Kitchener Holocaust Committee
- keeping kosher
- Concentration camps
- Interview Date
- 27 Oct. 2007
- Quantity
- 1 mini DV; 1 archival DVD; 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 2 hours
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project. Copy of notes has been saved here: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 328 Kay
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Living in Oswiecim, Poland, Mania Kay was nineteen years old when the Nazis marched in and captured her and her family. Although her family perished, Mania survived the Holocaust and spent most of her life speaking out against racism and her experiences in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Mania's mission was to not allow those who perished to be forgotten. Mania was one of the founding members of the Waterloo Region Holocaust Education Committee.
- Mania came to Canada in 1948 with her husband, Moishe Yaakov, himself a Holocaust survivor. They lived in Kitchener, Ontario, where they opened a tailor shop. Mania and Moishe raised two daughters, Shirley and Molly. Mania died in November 2012 at the age of ninety.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Poland
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Waterloo (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rita Tate
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rita Tate
- Number
- OH 368
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Poland
- Polish underground
- People's Army
- Concentration camps
- Antisemitism
- Jewish ghettos
- Interview Date
- 8 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 referece DVD (WAV file)
- 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Shayla Howell
- Total Running Time
- 45:40 seconds
- Notes
- This interview is part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- http://www.thememoryproject.com/search?query=rita+tate
- Biography
- Rita was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 January 1932. Rita served in the Polish underground with the People's Army as a courier in the Armia Ludowa. Rita and her mother became involved in the Polish resistance and following the capture of her mother by the German Gestapo, Rita was placed in a Catholic orphanage located near the Warsaw Ghetto. Rita maintained a non-Jewish identity throughout the war. Rita’s mother who was murdered as a Polish political prisoner in Aushwitz, received a posthumous medal for being a war hero.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Poland
- Original Format
- DVD
- Transcript
- 2:05: Rita was born in Vienna, Austria on 10 January 1932. Her father was Austrian, and her mother was Polish, 3:10: Rita served with Army Ludova, the People’s Army of Poland, underground resistance. Rita explains there were 2 factions: the Land Army (which was antisemitic) and the much smaller Army Ludova (a left-wing faction supported by Communists in Russia and not antisemitic). 4:37: Rita explains how her mother and she became involved in the resistance movement. Rita explains that they had excellent counterfeit documents, her mother had a job, and they had a place to live. 6:55: Rita describes how she and her mother escaped from Lvov, where they had been living in squalor with her mother’s extended family. 8:32: Rita recounts an incident involving hiding in the home of a Polish woman. She and her mother miraculously escaped capture by German soldiers and trained police dogs. 13:50: Rita and her mother escape to Tarnow, Poland, where they have a friend. Rita explains how the friend, a young man, was able to acquire Polish documents for them, rent an apartment for them, and find a job for her mother at the German Club. 15:44: Rita recounts an incident involving police coming to their building. She explains how her mother had prepared her for this event and how she was familiar with Catholic prayer and practice. 19:50: Rita explains how her mother introduced the idea of getting involved in the underground resistance. She and her mother went to Warsaw to join the Army Ludova. 22:21: Rita describes her job as a courier with the resistance at the age of ten years from October 1942 to March 1943. Rita would deliver messages that were written on small pieces of paper that were braided into her hair. 24:09: Rita explains how her mother was taken by the Germans in March 1943 and how she evaded capture. She was taken into the home of a woman who was involved in the other branch of the Polish resistance. Rita’s mother had been arrested and sent to a German Gestapo prison in Warsaw, Pawiak. 31:46: Rita was placed in an antisemitic Catholic orphanage, located next to the ghetto. 32:41: Rita ran away from the orphanage. 33:41: Rita’s mother was murdered in Auschwitz as a Polish political prisoner. Her mother did not give any information. 35:52: Rita recalls how the resistance fighters celebrated the victory of the Red Army defending Stalingrad. 39:39: Rita maintained a non-Jewish identity throughout the war. After the war, she found a maternal aunt. Together, they moved to Silesia. When they attempted to secure official documents, they were advised by the secret police to never disclose that they were Jewish. 43:00: Rita explains that after the war, there were several pogroms carried out by Poles against surviving Jews (e.g., Kielce). 44:50: Rita’s mother received a posthumous medal for being a war hero.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Gang
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Gang
- Number
- OH 378
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945
- Interview Date
- 9 Jun. 2010
- Quantity
- 1 reference DVD (WAV file); 1 archival DVD (WAV file)
- Interviewer
- Stephanie Markowitz
- Total Running Time
- 34:19
- Notes
- Jack was interviewed as part of the Memory Project event held at Lipa Green on 13 May 2010 in partnership with the Historica Dominion Institute.
- Biography
- Jack was a private in the Polish Army from 1944 to 1946. He was stationed in Europe and involved in liberation campaigns in Poland and Germany.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Germany
- Poland
- Original Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Anne Stein
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 10 Dec. 2018
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Anne Stein
- Number
- OH 450
- Subject
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Beauty operators
- Canadian newspapers
- Immigrants--Canada
- Jewish neighborhoods
- Refugees
- Revisionist Zionism
- United States--Politics and government
- Interview Date
- 10 Dec. 2018
- Interviewer
- Naomi Raichyk
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 25 min.
- Biography
- Anne Stein was born in Ostrowitz, Poland in 1919. She immigrated to Canada in 1936 and worked as a hairdresser in Toronto's Kensington Market. She married her husband in 1941. After the war, she had two children, the first born in 1945 and the second in 1950. It was in the 1950s that Anne moved to the Cedarvale area of Toronto. Anne continued to be involved in the Jewish community after the move.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Abella, Irving, 1940-2022
- Betar
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jabotinsky, Vladimir, 1880-1940
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950
- Klein, Naomi, 1970-
- Obama, Barack
- Shaarei Tefillah (Toronto, Ont.)
- Stein, Anne, 1919-
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Geographic Access
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Israel
- Poland
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lebil Shternshis was Bill Stern's paternal grandfather. His aunt Peah was brought to Canada by his father Mosihe in 1927, while his aunt Rivka was brought in 1930. Peah later married a Tepperman and Rivka married Phillip Greenspan.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a postcard photo of the Shternshis family in Lagov, Poland. Pictured from left to right is Rivka, Lebil and Peah. There is writing in Yiddish on the verso of the card.
- Name Access
- Shternshis family
- Shternshis, Lebil
- Shternshis, Peah
- Shternshis, Rivka
- Subjects
- Postcards
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Moishe Stern was visiting his father, Libel Shternshis in Poland at the time of this photograph.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Moishe Stern, along with six other men in Warsaw, Poland. Pictured from left to right are:
- [unidentified], [unidentified], Mr. [Sam?] Nissenbaum, [unidentified], Moishe Stern, [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Men
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1917]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Lebil Shternshis was Bill Stern's paternal grandfather. Peah and Jonas were his aunt and uncle. Peah Shternshis was brought to Canada by Bill's father Moishe in 1927, and married a Tepperman in 1930. Jonas left Poland for Brazil in 1919.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph of Lebil Sternshis with his daughter Peah and son Lebil in Lagov, Poland.
- Pictured from left to right are: Peah, Lebil and Jonas.
- Subjects
- Father and child
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio photograph of Bill Stern's paternal aunt, uncle and young cousins from Lagov, Poland. His aunt had previously been brought to Canada by Bill's father, Moishe Stern, before the Second World War. However, she fell ill while in Toronto and returned to Poland. The whole family pictured here were killed in the Holocaust. This photograph was taken in Lublin, Poland. His aunt's name was Chana Shternshis.
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-96
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 3; File 35
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-5; File 47
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- General office records sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-5
- File
- 47
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and clippings relating to the re-emergence of antisemitism in Poland.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism--Poland
- Places
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 28-18; File 35
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Toronto Holocaust Museum series
- Special events and projects sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 28-18
- File
- 35
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1992-1994
- Physical Description
- 1 folder textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of itineraries, registration forms, and correspondence related to Jewish Missions to Poland
- Places
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 103; Series 1; File 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Committee of Ostrowtzer Jews in Szczecin sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 148; Series 2-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Ostrowtzer Hilfs Committee fonds
- Letters from organizations series
- Committee of Ostrowtzer Jews in Szczecin sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 148
- Series
- 2-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1946-1947
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Committee of Ostrowtzer Jews in Szczecin, likely founded after the end of the Second World War, served as a representative body for Ostrovtzer Jews residing in Poland. Legitimized through the Central Committee of Polish Jews in Warsaw, it primarily represented Ostrovtzer Jews who returned from the Soviet Union and were residing in Szczecin, Lower Silesia, Lódz, and Warsaw.
- Functioning as a liaison between the Ostrovtzer community in Poland and North American Ostrovtzer societies, the committee played a key role in soliciting aid. They sought assistance, particularly in the form of money and clothing, to support the Ostrovtzer Jews living in Poland. Additionally, the committee acted as a conduit for communication by passing on letters written by Ostrovtzers. The committee also engaged in advertising to help locate and unite friends and family.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of correspondence documenting the activities of the Committee of Ostrovtzer Jews in Szczecin during the post-Second World War period, specifically focusing on their efforts to solicit aid and support for the Jewish community in Szczecin and Lower Silesia.
- Places
- Poland
- 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
- 2013-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-3-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 71 photographs
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1919-1939, [ca. 2005]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists primarily of photographs documenting the early life of Bella Wilder (née Goldbach) and her family in Poland. Included are images of Bella with her siblings and friends, group photos of Bella at her Jewish school in Poland, a group image of Victor in the Polish army, and other photographs of Bella's family and friends. Also included are two family histories documenting the story of Bella's mother, Shifra Frimeth Goldbach, and the story of Max and Bella Wilder, which was written by their granddaughter Sandee Sharpe. Of particular note is a 1925 school photograph of the Workers Evening School in Opatow (?), which has Yiddish writing suggesting that the school may have received aid from an organization referred to as "Gives Relief" in Toronto.
- Custodial History
- The records were originally donated to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto section) by Bella's daughter Ann Sharpe. JGS Toronto donated the material to the OJA a few months later with her consent.
- Administrative History
- Bella (nee Goldbach) Wilder was born on May 12, 1910 in Opatow, Poland to Chaim Shlomo Goldbach and Shifra Frimeth Schatz Goldbach. Bella's older brothers, Victor, Jack and Hymie began immigrating to Toronto in the 1920s and had saved enough money by 1936 to bring Bella and her mother to Toronto. After arriving in Toronto Bella found work sewing in a factory.
- Bella married Max Wilder on September 29, 1939. Max worked at Superior Men's Tailoring where he sewed zippers into men's pants. They had two children together: Ann (born 5 April 1940, married Norman Sharpe) and Stan (born 21 Jan. 1945, died June 1974). Max passed away in 1999 and Bella passed away in 2002.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Photographs have been digitized and are available as digital images.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Name Access
- Goldbach, Shifra
- Sharpe, Ann
- Wilder, Bella, 1910-2002
- Wilder, Max, ?-1999
- Places
- Poland
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-17
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-1-17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1930-1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the immigration and settlement of Max Smith (Szmidt, Szmit, Szmita) and Pearl (nee Apelbaum?) Smith and their family. Included are Polish identification papers and correspondence with Canadian immigration officials. Also included is correspondence relating to Alexander Najmanowicz.
- Custodial History
- The records were found by UJA Federation employee Leanne Campbell while she was cleaning out her office for a move. She believes the records belonged to someone who had her office before her. The original owner/source of the records is unknown.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language note: Polish and English.
- Subjects
- Immigrants--Canada
- Name Access
- Smith, Max
- Smith, Pearl
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 150 photographs : b&w and col ; 21 x 27 cm or smaller
- 1 photograph : negative print on transparency
- 1 scrapbook
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1925-1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the family life of Henry and Bella Rosenbaum. Included are photos from Poland, Italy, Israel, and Canada. In addition, there is a scrapbook of photos prepared by their daughter Brenda on Henry and Bella's thirtieth wedding anniversary in 1976. In addition, there is a more comprehensive biography written by Henry and Bella's son-in-law Eric Bornstein.
- Administrative History
- Henry "Hanoch" Rosenbaum (1925-2015) was born in Radom, Poland. He was the seventh of eight children born to Rachel Rosenbaum (née Katz) and Moshe Rosenbaum. Henry learned the fate of his parents, two siblings and their families, after the war. All were innocent victims murdered during the Holocaust. Most of Radom's Jews were murdered in Treblinka following the August 1942 liquidation of its ghettos.
- Henry Rosenbaum met his Bella Rotbard (1925-2012) in Italy in the aftermath of the Second World War. Although Bella was also from Radom, she did not know the Rosenbaum family. Bella's parents, her sixteen-year-old sister and four-year-old brother along with most of her parents' extended families were murdered in the Holocaust.
- While in Italy, the Joint Distribution Committee funded 'mock' kibbutzim, preparing Holocaust survivors for immigration to Palestine and kibbutz life. Bella, a one-time member of the secular Jewish youth movement Hashomer Hatzair in Poland, believed that she was destined to be a kibbutznik. Henry would follow.
- Bella and Henry were part of the illegal immigration to Palestine in 1946 and spent their first few days in Atlit, a British Mandate detainee camp. Soon Bella settled on a kibbutz but soon after married Henry. In 1946, Bella and Henry married in their apartment in Ramat Gan. At the time, Henry was serving in the IDF’s motor pool. Finding the weather exasperating her migraine symptoms, Bella, Henry, and their toddler daughter Brenda (b. 1949) immigrated to Toronto in 1952.
- With the assistance of a relative, Henry gained employment in a print shop sweeping floors. Shortly thereafter, he advanced to machine operator and, in 1961, he opened his own print shop. Bella found employment in the garment industry sewing collars onto shirts and earning her wages by piece work. Bella stopped working when their son Murray (b. 1961) was born. Henry served as editor for the quarterly Yiddish and English journal the Voice of Radom and was an active life-long member of the Radom Society.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)
- Rosenbaum, Henry, 1925-2015
- Places
- Canada
- Israel
- Italy
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 95 cm of textual records
- 42 photographs : b&w and col. ; 9 x 13 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- 5 audiocassettes
- Date
- 1974-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records documenting Nathan Leipciger's role as the Chairman of the Holocaust Remembrace Committee, as well as his affiliation with other Holocaust commemoration organizations in Poland and Toronto. Organizations documented in this collection include: the Canadian Jewish Congress Holocaust Remembrance Committee and its Education Sub-Committee, the March of the Living, Yad Vashem, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the International Council to the Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto, the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, the Board of Education of North York, and the Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre (now Neuberger). Events documented include Yom HaShoah programs, the Canadian Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Children, and Holocaust Education Week. Records include Holocaust Remembrance Committee meeting minutes, correspondence (including correspondence between Mr. Leipciger and the director of the museum at Auschwitz), programming material, curriculum development material, event flyers, newsclippings, synagogue newsletters featuring published memoirs by Mr. Leipciger. Also included are architectural drawings of the Holocaust Memorial and Education Centre (now Neuberger), one copy of a small book entitled, "60 Days for 6 Million," published by Tribe UK, and five audiocasettes of recordings from the 22nd International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies conference on the topic of the shared history of Poles and Jews (August 2002, Toronto, Ont.).
- Administrative History
- Nate Leipciger was born in Chorzów, Poland, in 1928. He survived the Sosnowiec Ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Funfteichen, GrossRosen, Flossenberg, Leonberg, and Dachau. Nate and his father were liberated in May 1945, and immigrated to Canada in 1948. In Toronto Nate attended high school and eventually obtained a university degree in engineering. He later established an engineering firm with several partners. In 1982, Nate chaired the Toronto Holocaust Remembrance Committee, later becoming an executive member of the Canadian Jewish Congress National Holocaust Remembrance Committee. Nate was a member of the International Council to the Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau for fifteen years and has been an educator on March of the Living trips to Poland and Israel for fifteen years. In 2015, The Azrieli Foundation published Nate's 280-page memoir "The Weight of Freedom" as part of their series of Holocaust memoirs by survivors in Canada. In 2016, Mr. Leipciger guided Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Descriptive Notes
- General: Contains photographs of the Holocaust, some of which may be disturbing.
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Leipciger, Nate, 1928-
- Places
- Poland
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- ca. 30 cm of textual records
- 89 photographs : b&w and col. (7 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
- 1 CD-ROM (textual record)
- 19 videocassettes (ca. 22 hr.)
- Date
- [19--?]-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Abe and Margot Zukerman, their family, and the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society. Included are: awards, identity documents, legal documents, letters, photographs, publications, videocassettes, and vital records.
- Photo Caption (015): Abe Zukerman's father, [19--?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-6-5.
- Custodial History
- Mel Perlmutter, stepson of Abe Zukerman and son of Margot Zukerman, donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Administrative History
- Abe Zukerman (1914-2009) was born in Wierzbnik, Poland in 1914. He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. In 1948, he came to Canada, where he became involved in the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society and married. His first wife, Esther, predeceased him. In 1975, he married his second wife, Margot, who had two children from a previous marriage. In addition to serving as a senior executive member of the Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society for over 50 years, Abe volunteered with United Jewish Appeal and State of Israel Bonds. He passed away 8 Feb. 2009. Margot Zukerman (née Rubin) was born in Berlin, Germany on 31 December 1922. Still a child when the National Socialists came to power, she was denied schooling. She arrived in Toronto in 1939 never having received a formal education. Despite this, she was able to learn English and operate her father's small ladies' wear store in Hamilton for at least a dozen years. In 1944, she married her first husband Alexander Perlmutter, with whom she had two children: one in 1945 and another in 1948. In 1970, she moved to Toronto, where she acted as caregiver to her father. In 1974, she met Abe, whom she married on 14 February 1975. Like her husband, Margot was an active member of Toronto's Jewish community.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to Abe Zukerman can be found in Accession 2017-9-1.
- Subjects
- Families
- Societies
- Name Access
- Wierzbniker Friendly Mutual Benefit Society
- Zukerman, Abe, 1914-2009
- Zukerman, Esther, 1912-1972
- Zukerman, Margot, 1922-
- Zukerman family
- Places
- Canada
- Israel
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the lives of Eva and Jack Horwitz. Included are: correspondence and vital records, including birth, citizenship, and marriage certificates as well as passports.
- Custodial History
- Eva Horwitz took possession of the records that make up the accession following the death of her husband, Jack Horwitz, in 1980. Grace (Gloria) Waldman (née Horwitz) took possession of the records following the death of her mother, Eva Horwitz, in 1983. Marian Horwitz took possession of the records following the death of her sister, Grace Waldman, in 2017. Marian gifted the records to Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 4 October 2017.
- Administrative History
- Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz, 1897-1983) was born in Mlawa, Poland on 20 June 1897. She married Jack Horwitz in Toronto on 30 October 1924. Thereafter, she raised three children: Gloria, Marvin, and Marian. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Eva was an active member of the Workmen's Circle with her husband. She passed away on 17 February 1983. Jack Horwitz (1900-1980) was born in Polaniec, Poland on 13 December 1900. In 1920, he set sail from Antwerp and arrived in Canada. Four years later, on 30 October 1924, he married Eva Lipshitz. On 23 April 1927, he was naturalized as a British subject with his occupation listed as tailor. He passed away on 26 February 1980.
- Use Conditions
- Restricted. See administrative notes.
- Descriptive Notes
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH NOTE: Dates of birth for both Eva and Jack Horwitz are uncertain. The dates listed in the Biographical Sketch are taken from Eva and Jack's Canadian passports. Different spellings for both the given names and the family names of Eva and Jack can be found in the records. "Eva Horwitz" and "Jack Horwitz" are the preferred spellings, notwithstanding the fact that their names are spelled otherwise on official documents.
- LANGUAGE NOTE: A small number of records are in non-English languages including: French, Polish, and Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Birth certificates
- Immigrants--Canada
- Marriage records
- Name Access
- Horwitz, Eva, 1897-1983
- Horwitz, Jack, 1900-1980
- Horwitz family
- Places
- Canada
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-10-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 9 x 14 cm and 14 x 9 cm
- Date
- 1914-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 37 photographs documenting the extended family of Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz). Included also is one photograph of Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda Trunk (1878-1939), who was rabbi in Ciechanow from 1907-1912. (Ciechanow is approximately thirty kilometres from the town of Mlawa, where Eva was born.)
- Custodial History
- Marian Horwitz, daughter of Eva Horwitz, came into possession of the photographs subsequent to the death of her mother in 1983. Marian gifted the records to Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 30 October 2017.
- Administrative History
- Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz, 1897-1983) was born in Mlawa, Poland on 20 June 1897. She married Jack Horwitz in Toronto on 30 October 1924. Thereafter, she raised three children: Gloria, Marvin, and Marian. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Eva was an active member of the Workmen's Circle with her husband. She passed away on 17 February 1983.
- Photo Caption (037): Rabbi Yitzhak Yehude Trunk, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-10-9.
- All other photos are unidentified.
- Use Conditions
- Restricted. See administrative notes.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE NOTE: Captions on verso in Polish and Yiddish.
- Subjects
- Families
- Rabbis
- Name Access
- Horwitz, Eva, 1897-1983
- Horwitz family
- Trunk, Rabbi Yitzhak Yehuda, 1878-1939
- Places
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-11-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w, some sepia toned ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- [192-?] - [193-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 9 photographs documenting the Horwitz family including a number of individuals presumed to be relatives living in Europe.
- Photo Caption (002): Jacob "Jack" Horwitz (left) and six other men, November 1920. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-11-5.
- Photo Caption (004): Eva Horwitz (centre) and two other women, Mlawa, Poland, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-11-5.
- Photo Caption (007): Jack Horwitz posing with book, [192-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-11-5.
- Photo Caption (009): Marian Horwitz (first row standing, right) with other students, Clinton Street Public School, Toronto, Ont. [193-]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-11-5.
- All other photos unidentified.
- Custodial History
- Marian Horwitz, daughter of Eva Horwitz, came into possession of the photographs subsequent to the death of her mother in 1983. Marian gifted the records to Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 16 November 2017.
- Administrative History
- Eva Horwitz (née Lipshitz, 1897-1983) was born in Mlawa, Poland on 20 June 1897. She married Jack Horwitz in Toronto on 30 October 1924. Thereafter, she raised three children: Gloria, Marvin, and Marian. In addition to her duties as a homemaker, Eva was an active member of the Workmen's Circle with her husband. She passed away on 17 February 1983.
- Jack Horwitz (1900-1980) was born in Polaniec, Poland on 13 December 1900. In 1920, he set sail from Antwerp and arrived in Canada. Four years later, on 30 October 1924, he married Eva Lipshitz. On 23 April 1927, he was naturalized as a British subject with his occupation listed as tailor. He passed away on 26 February 1980.
- Marian Horwitz is the daughter of Eva and Jack Horwitz. The youngest of three children, she grew up with her two siblings in Toronto and attended Clinton Street Public School. Later, she moved to New York where she attended Fordham College at Lincoln Center and held a number of jobs. Eventually, she returned to Toronto where she currently resides.
- Use Conditions
- Restricted. See administrative notes.
- Subjects
- Families
- Name Access
- Clinton Street Public School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Horwitz, Eva, 1897-1983
- Horwitz family
- Horwitz, Jack, 1900-1980
- Horwitz, Marian
- Places
- Poland
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 objects
- Date
- [190-?]-1967
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting the Grosman family, in particular Max Grosman. Included are Max's certificate of naturalization, various Polish-language documents including Max's Polish passport, an old age security application, and an insurance book. The accession also includes a pin commemorating the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union's fortieth anniversary and two rings that belonged to Max.
- Custodial History
- Max Grosman's son, Wilfred Grosman, came into possession of the records constituting Accession 2018-1-5 following the death of his father. He donated the records to the Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre on 17 January 2018.
- Administrative History
- Max Grosman was born 25 March 1884 in Novoradomsk, Poland. He became a naturalized British subject in 1914. Max's wife, Minnie "Majja" Grosman (née Bocian), came to Canada in 1913. Together, they had four sons: Jack, Morris, Samuel, and Wilfred. Max made his living as a tailor. He passed away on 17 October 1960 at the age of seventy-seven.
- Descriptive Notes
- LANGUAGE: Accession contains records in both English and Polish.
- Subjects
- Families
- Immigrants--Canada
- Name Access
- Bocian, Majja
- Bocian, Minnie
- Grosman, Majja
- Grosman, Minnie
- Grosman, Max
- Grosman, Wilfred
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Places
- Canada
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-8
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 2 videocassettes (180 min.)
- Date
- 1986-1997
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two videocassettes.
- The first videocassette is titled Anguish to Hope: May 1-19, 1997 and records the travels of forty Canadian university students to Hungary, Poland, and Israel. During their travels, the students visited the birthplace of Theodor Herzl in Budapest, took part in the March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day, and celebrated Yom Ha'atsmaut in Jerusalem. Anguish to Hope was sponsored by the United Israel Appeal of Canada and local UJA/CJA Federations. Participants included: Gary Abenaim, Lesley Arbus, Andrew Bloom, Jessica Blumberger, Aaron Bockner, Shelly Brenner, Jason Brookman, Neshama Carlebach, Jennifer Cohen, Judy Cohen, Shoshana Cohen, Aliza Dwoskin, Alison Engel, Elissa Flagg, Cindy Goldbenberg, Henry Goldstein, Sarah Gonshor, Itai Hammer, Judy Heilik, Jocelyn Heisel, Daniel Hertzman, Gideon Hess, Naomi Hirshberg, Chaim Indig, Muki Jankelowitz, Andy Koltai, Yonina Machlis, Deborah Mervitz, Marla Munk, Oren Ognigwicz, Marla Pinsky, Bryan Rappaport, Eli Rubenstein, Lauren Schwartz, Ilana Sernick, Tammy Sitcoff, Elan Sloim, Noah Solomon, Julie Stevens, Rachel Stys, Nicole Sussman, Andrea Syrtash, Simone Vigod, and Laura Weinrib. The recording, which ends abruptly, is two hours in length.
- The second videocassette is a recording of a Rogers Cable 10 special presentation: The Official Opening of the Baycrest Hospital Ben & Hilda Katz Building. The opening took place on 4 May 1986, where it was broadcast live from the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in North York. The recording is one hour in length.
- Custodial History
- The videocassettes were donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives by Elissa Flagg, one of the participants in the Anguish to Hope trip. She is also the great-niece of Ben and Hilda Katz, the couple honoured in the Baycrest opening.
- 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 note: Available as DVD reference copies.
- Subjects
- Hospitals
- Name Access
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Flagg, Elissa
- Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA
- Rogers TV
- Places
- Canada
- Hungary
- Israel
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-10-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w
- Date
- [194-] - 2019
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of handwritten Yiddish poetry by Benzion Micfliker. Benzion (Ben) began writing poetry at the age of sixty-five after the death of his second wife Esther Micfliker (née Blutschitz). The poems, discovered by Benzion's daughter Rita, deal with personal themes of love and loss, reflections on Nazi imprisonment, liberation, relocations, Theodor Herzl, Canada, astronauts, Jewish holidays including Passover, Hanukkah, Purim, summer, nature and more. Seventeen of the Yiddish language poems have been translated into English. In addition, there is a photograph of Benzion and Esther (1940s), a detailed biography of Benzion Mickflker written by his daughter Rita, and newspaper clippings of Benzion's published poetry.
- Administrative History
- Benzion Micfliker (1910-1989) was born on 29 May 1910 in Chelm, Poland. He immigrated to Canada with his wife Esther and daughter Rita in 1951. Both Benzion and his wife had endured and survived the horrors of the Holocaust. They met after the war and lived in Barletta Italy in a displaced persons (DP) camp, where Rita was born. They settled in Israel for a short time and soon reunited with Benzion's sister Ita and her husband Mendel Silverman in Montreal, where Ben worked as a tailor and foreman and Esther as a seamstress. Benzion passed away at the age of 79 on 16 Jul. 1989.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish
- Related material: 2019-10-8; 2019-12-2
- Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Refugee camps
- Places
- Montréal (Québec)
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-11-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2019-11-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 73 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1963–2018
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Nate Leipciger. Included are records documenting Nate's involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Holoaust Remembrance Committee, and the March of the Living, as well as thank you letters from students whom Nate addressed.
- Administrative History
- Nate Leipciger was born in Chorzów, Poland, in 1928. He survived the Sosnowiec Ghetto and the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Funfteichen, GrossRosen, Flossenberg, Leonberg, and Dachau. Nate and his father were liberated in May 1945, and immigrated to Canada in 1948. In Toronto Nate attended high school and eventually obtained a university degree in engineering. He later established an engineering firm with several partners. In 1982, Nate chaired the Toronto Holocaust Remembrance Committee, later becoming an executive member of the Canadian Jewish Congress National Holocaust Remembrance Committee. Nate was a member of the International Council to the Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau for fifteen years and has been an educator on March of the Living trips to Poland and Israel for fifteen years. In 2015, The Azrieli Foundation published Nate's 280-page memoir "The Weight of Freedom" as part of their series of Holocaust memoirs by survivors in Canada. In 2016, Mr. Leipciger guided Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors
- Name Access
- Leipciger, Nate, 1928-
- Places
- Canada
- Israel
- Poland
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 313
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4032
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4032
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- In back: Sam Silver (with hat); Moishe Barsht, son of Yehoshua Yekl and Golda Barsht.
- Name Access
- Barsht, Yehoshua Yekl
- Barsht, Golda
- Barsht, Moishe
- Silver, Sam
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3872
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3872
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 31 August, 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are: David Newman; Jack Burke.
- For identification, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Burke, Jack
- Newman, David
- Young Judaea
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-1-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6031
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6031
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Labour Zionist banquet at the New Chudleigh House at 126 Beverley St. Invitees are seated around two long banquet tables. Identified are Myer Mandel, Mrs. Myer Mandel, Leibel Bagrad; Leibel Abella; Mr. Levinsky; Chaike Lovinsky; Nachman Lovinsky; Chaim Langer; Leah Langer; Archie Bennett; Sophie Bennett; Ida Krakover; Avrum Green; Charlie Krakover; I. S. Weinrot; and Baylke White.
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Labor Zionism
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1992-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6705
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6705
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Subjects
- Families
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1994-1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3760
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3760
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Two copy photographs of a Folk Shule, probably on Beverley Street, Toronto. Sadie Sorosky (Roebuck) is in the front row, second from right.
- Notes
- See also: photos #3757, #3758, and #3759.
- Name Access
- Sorosky, Sadie
- Subjects
- Children
- Education
- 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
- 1985-5-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 532
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 532
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph of Cantor Zalman Shechter, Poland.
- Name Access
- Shechter, Cantor Zalman
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 536
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 536
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (i negatve); 18 x 13 cm and 4 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph of Yaakov and Malka Liberman and son, Poland, June 13, 1926.
- Name Access
- Liberman, Yaakov
- Liberman, Malka
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- Acquired June 22, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6095
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6095
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Shmuel Toogfogel, Poland, who perished in the Holocaust.
- Name Access
- Toogfogel, Shmuel
- Subjects
- Holocaust victims
- 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
- Poland
- Accession Number
- 1984-8-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions