- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1901]-1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Galt, Ont.)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records (1 vol.)
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one bound register documenting the students of the Toronto Hebrew Free School (Brunswick Talmud Torah) in Toronto from 1953 to 1956.
- MG_RG
- MG2G1E
- Subjects
- Schools
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- 2007-10-5
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1127
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1127
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rosie Spring, Max Bleiberg and Joseph Spring in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). Max Bleiberg was a teacher.
- Name Access
- Bleiberg, Max
- Spring, Joseph
- Spring, Rosie
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 752
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 752
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mr. Aber was associated with the Congregation B'nai Israel in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge).
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of one original photograph of Mr. W. Aber.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Name Access
- Aber, W.
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1125
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1125
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the house at 63 Water Street in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge), which was purchased from the Canadian Bank of Commerce for use by the community synagogue.
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1126
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1126
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1901]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a religious service in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). The service is being held either at the city hall or at the Masonic lodge. The photo depicts a group of men and boys seated around a table. The men are wearing tallisot and two are holding torahs.
- Subjects
- Rites and ceremonies
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1263
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1263
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Sep. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative ) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Torah dedication in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario). The dedication ceremony took place at the home of Harry Spring, at 37 Beverly Street in Galt.
- Name Access
- Spring, Harry
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1264
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1264
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Sep. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Torah dedication in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario). Identified left to right are:
- Harry Spring, Charlie Shapiro, Reuben Brown and Harry Adler.
- Name Access
- Adler, Harry
- Brown, Reuben
- Shapiro, Charlie
- Spring, Harry
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1458
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1458
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Hirsh Enushevsky standing in a cornfield in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge).
- Name Access
- Enushevsky, Hirsh
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1460
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1460
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 1913
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative ) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Maurice and Esther (née Gutfeild) Enushevsky in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). The photograph was taken the day after their marriage.
- Name Access
- Enushevsky, Esther
- Enushevsky, Maurice
- Gutfeild, Esther
- Subjects
- Newlyweds
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1128
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1128
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Daniel Spring, Max Bleiberg and Rosie Spring from Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). Max Bleiberg was a teacher.
- Name Access
- Bleiberg, Max
- Spring, Daniel
- Spring, Rosie
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Cyrus Coppel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 21 Jul. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Cyrus Coppel
- Number
- OH 61
- OH 62
- Subject
- Communities
- Families
- Interview Date
- 21 Jul. 1976
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Total Running Time
- 061A: 46:22 minuets 061B: 45:27 minuets 062A: 45:55 minuets 062B: 28:58 minuets
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Cassette tapes were digitized in 2012
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Cyrus Coppel, son of Aaron Coppel and Chaya (Gertrude) Seigel, was born in 1911 in Galt, Ontario. Cyrus remained in Galt throughout his life and became a central figure within its Jewish community. Cyrus initially worked as a mechanic and later worked in the office of an auto shop trading in auto parts. Cyrus also traded in livestock as a hobby. Cyrus Coppel was one of the founders of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Galt.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Coppel, Cyrus
- Troster, Larry
- B'nai Israel Synagogue (Galt, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH61_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH61_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH62_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH62_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Cyrus Coppel discusses the growth of Galt's Jewish community following the Second World War and the need to purchase a new and larger synagogue to accommodate the growing population.
In this clip, Cyrus Coppel discusses the difficulties of raising Jewish children in a small town.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1459
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1459
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Krivy came from Vilna. He was a shochet and teacher who served in Welland and Galt, Ontario, and by 1911, in Cobalt. Around 1917, he moved to Kitchener. He later moved to Toronto and opened a butcher shop at Dundas Street and Kensington Avenue. His store was subsequently bought by Barenholtz.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait and corresponding negative of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Krivy, taken in Kitchener or Galt, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Krivy, Joseph
- Krivy, Mrs.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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.
- Related Material
- Jewish Business Directory listing for Slaughterers, Joseph Krivy, 589 Dundas St. West (p. 292, 1931)
- Jewish Business Directory listing for Slaughterers, Rev. W. Barneholtz, 584 Dundas Street West. (p. 217, 1925)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 1; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca. 1922]
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col., watercolour, on cardboard backed paper ; 90 x 73 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah Day School was established in 1907 and was originally situated on Simcoe Avenue. In 1922 the school received a charter from the Province of Ontario and relocated to Brunswick Avenue the same year. The new school opened in 1925 as a non-denominational afternoon school. It was the precursor to the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one drawing of the exterior of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See File 49-5-13 for plans of the Yorkville Talmud Torah Day School in New York, designed by Benjamin W. Levitan.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 2; File 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 5 architectural drawings : pencil, 1 hand col., watercolour, 2 on tracing paper ; 46 cm length or smaller and 5 cm diam.
- Scope and Content
- File contains architectural drawings of alterations to the two storey house, and a new garage for Mr. Frank S. Hutner. It is unknown whether the new garage was completed, since similar plans exist for a new garage to be shared by Mr. Hutner and Mr. Doidge at about the same time. Elevation drawings, a section, a block plan and watercolour drawings of windows and stairs are included.
- Related Material
- See File 49-2-12 for plans of garage to be shared by Mr. Hutner and Mr. Doidge.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 2; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 2
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- [ca.1924]
- Physical Description
- 3 architectural drawings : blueprints ; 55 cm length or smaller and 4 cm diam.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a block plan, floor plan and elevation drawings of a garage to be shared by Mr. Hutner and Mr. Doidge, at 410 and 412 Brunswick Avenue respectively. It is unknown if this structure was built, since Benjamin Brown created plans of a private garage for Mr. Hutner at approximately the same time.
- Notes
- Formerly listed as Commission 1.
- Physical Condition
- Material is torn.
- Related Material
- See File 49-2-5 for plans of alterations to Mr. Hutner's house and the plans for his private garage.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 49; Series 2; File 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 49
- Series
- 2
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 architectural drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; 47 cm length and 3 cm diam.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of floor plans of alterations to a dwelling to be converted into a duplex for Mr. S. Wineberg.
- Name Access
- Wineberg, S.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- 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
- 2012-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-8-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 18 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1884-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Coppel and Cooper families of Galt (now Cambridge) and Toronto respectively. Coppel family records include family correspondence, photocopies of Moses Kappel's discharge papers from the Austro-Hungarian military (1884), B'nai Israel Synagogue sisterhood meeting minutes, financial records, photographs, Hadassah booklets and programmes, and a photo album documenting the closing of B'nai Israel Synagogue in 1985. Also included are records relating to Elizabeth Cooper (née Coppel)'s involvement in Canadian Young Judaea and her work as a camp counselor at a Jewish day camp near Kitchener-Waterloo (Judaean Day Camp/Camp Ruach). These records include correspondence, publications, activity schedules, lists of camp counselors, and a Young Judaean scarf. Coppel family records also include marriage and burial records of Aaron Coppel, audio cassettes of an oral history interview conducted with Cy Coppel in 1976, and military records documenting Max David Simonoff's service in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Finally, included is a Farband Shule (Folks School) program book (1927) and class photo (ca. 1931). Identified in the photograph is Ethel Raicus (first row, third from the right).
- Cooper family records include digital photographs of Sam Cooper and the weightlifting club at the YMHA in Toronto (1930s), portraits of Jacob Cooper (Cooperberg), a school photo of Sam and Max Cooper, and a photo of Hilda Cooper.
- Finally accession consists of program books for various events, including a Canadian Jewish Congress song book, an Israel Dance Theatre at the Royal Alexandra, and a Queen Esther Purim play.
- Administrative History
- Aaron Selig (Archie Aaron) Coppel (Kappel / Koppel / Cappell / Kappele) was born to Moses Kappel and Perl (nee Pistenfeld) in Galicia in 1882. He came to Canada in 1903 and lived with a landsmen family, the Siegels. Mr. Siegel was a horse dealer who took Aaron under his wing and taught him the horse trade. Aaron married Mr. Siegel's daughter, Chaya Geitel (Gertrude) Seigel, in 1905. Aaron and Geitel had seven children: Helen, Rose, Newt, Cyrus ("Cy," born in 1911), Les, George, and Harry. After marrying, Aaron and Geitel remained in Galt, and Aaron continued dealing in livestock. Although he was eager to assimilate into Canadian society (he gave his children British names and spoke with no accent), the family kept kosher and Aaron hired itinerant Hebrew teachers for the children.
- Cyrus Coppel married Channa "Anna" Simonoff on 25 August1946. Anna was born in Russia to Avraham Dov and Chashe Bryna Tzaitzeck. Anna had three siblings: Sarah Merle, Faigle (died en route to Canada), and Mordecai Doved. She immigrated to Ottawa in 1914 with her family. An uncle already living in Ottawa had changed his last name to Simonoff and the family decided to change their name to Simonoff as well. Avraham worked as a tailor in Russia and likely continued in this profession in Canada. The family moved to Toronto sometime after 1919 and was actively involved in the Labour Zionist movement. Anna was in the milliner's union and two of her aunts, Slaava Raicus and Esther Cohen, were members of Club One (Pioneer Women). Anna and Cyrus had two children together: Bryna (24 February 1949-12 January 2006) and Elizabeth (b. 16 Dec. 1950). Cyrus initially worked as a mechanic, but later worked in the office of an auto shop and traded in auto parts. He also traded in livestock as a hobby. Cyrus was one of the founders of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Galt. Initially, synagogue services were held in the homes of local residents, such as the Spring family; however, a building was finally purchased in 1946. After the synagogue closed, the Torahs and plaques went to the synagogue in Kitchener. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Jacob Cooperberg (Kupferberg, Cooper) came to Canada around 1910 from Kielce, Poland. His wife and children (Max, Sam, and Aidel or Ida) remained in Poland, waiting for Jacob to earn enough money for them to come to Canada as well. His family was unable to join him until after the First World War had ended, arriving in 1920. Jacob and Sarah had three more children in Canada: Irving, Joey, and Hilda. Jacob worked as a peddler in Toronto and later opened a scrap yard, Cooper Iron and Medal. The family lived on Oxford Street in the Kensington Market area.
- Sam Cooper married Kay Gernstein in 1948. They had two children together: Neil and Donna (married name is Speigel). Sam initially worked as a tailor, but later worked as a scrap dealer. Neil married Donna Coppel and also works in the scrap trade. Donna is a librarian.
- 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
- Includes 1 photo album, 7 photographs (tiff), 3 photographs, 2 audio cassettes, and 1 scarf.
- Subjects
- Families
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- 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
- 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 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 1447
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1447
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 3 Jan. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Zagon, Rabbi Zoltan
- Donsky, Mr. H.
- Hungarian-Jewish Congregation
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Talmud Torah (Judaism)
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 52
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Kol Yaakov Anshei Emes Synagogue
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 145
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1977]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 146
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1977]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- 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
- Fonds 61; Series 6; Item 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 61
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative and 1 glass slide) ; 11 x 13 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- This item is a glass slide of the exterior of the first YM-YWHA building on Brunswick Avenue.
- Notes
- The copy print and negative were made from the original glass slide by the Archives.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-9
- 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 423
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 423
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Benjamin Brown that was taken in Brown's apartment on Avenue Road, Toronto.
- Notes
- Photo by Stephen Speisman.
- Not for reproduction without written permission from donor.
- Acquired February 19, 1975.
- Name Access
- Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
- Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-
- Subjects
- Architects
- Places
- Avenue Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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 4234
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4234
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duncan McLaren
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Tenenbaum's Kosher Poultry shop at 182 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, Feb. 1979.
- Name Access
- Tenenbaum's Kosher Poultry
- 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
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3968
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3968
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 June 1951
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the first annual Board of Jewish Eduacation dinner at Murray House in Torotno. The dinner took place on 7 June 1951. The speaker is Sam Posluns, to his left (partially hidden) is Joe Diamond and Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig.
- Name Access
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1283
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1283
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- 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 (August 26, 1911) (m. Walfish) and Ethel (dob 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.
- Subjects
- Delicatessens
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2858-2864
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2858-2864
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 7 slides
- Notes
- Original by Simpson Bros., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress. Ontario Region
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Archives
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4036
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4036
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Posters
- Yeshivas
- 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
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3727
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3727
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Probable location is on Beverley Street.
- Notes
- For identification, see photo file.
- Subjects
- Graduation (School)
- 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
- 1985-1-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1306
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1306
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1906 or 1907]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a domestic science class at Lord Dufferin School on Berkeley St. Second from the left in the front row is Mattie Levi.
- Name Access
- Levi, Mattie
- Lord Dufferin School
- 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
- 1977-5-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1449
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1449
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- The children pictured are refugees of the Hungarian revolution. They are receiving the first Jewish education of their lives.
- Name Access
- Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah
- Hungarian Jewish Congregation
- Subjects
- Children
- Hanukkah
- Refugees
- 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
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1450
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1450
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Subjects
- Hanukkah
- Parties
- Places
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1390
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1390
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col.
- Name Access
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services
- Subjects
- Signs and signboards
- Places
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Mehr and Sapera families of Toronto visiting Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge) for a picnic. The photo depicts the group seated on the grass in front of a house.
- Pictured from left to right are: Matt Sapera, [unidentified], Pincus Mehr (in behind), Leonard Mehr, [unidentified woman], [unidentified women], [unidentified man standing], [unidentified woman], Flo Sapera (in front), Ethel Mehr.
- Subjects
- Families
- Picnics
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah first graduating class.
- Front row seated on floor, left to right: Jack (Jacob) Sacks (Sachovitz); [unidentified - killed in WWII?]
- Front row, seated on chairs, left to right: Shoshana Dobushin in Hashomer Hatzair uniform (her father was a Jewish bookbinder on Harbord Street); Florence Hurwitz (lived on Wells Hill); Ida Greenberg (family was from Romania); Moshe Frank; Sadie Kanowitch; Goldie Sacks (sister of Jack); Bea Swartz (Rifka) (married Shamai Ogden; borrowed Aunt Frances Shafer's clothes to take photo. The Shafers came from Fort William in the 1920s and lived on Palmerston Blvd).
- Second row, standing, left to right: Helen Peltz; [? Torno]; Miriam Parl; Lillian Swartz (sister to Bea); [unknown]; Bessie Melamed (sister to Gordon and Lily Hedich. The family had ten girls and one boy); Miriam Perl.
- Back row, standing, left to right: Archie Shulman (lived at Brunswick and Harbord); [unknown]; Abraham Joel Zeldin (his father was chazan. They lived on Euclid Ave.); [Ephraim ?]; [Brother to blonde boy in front row on right (perhaps also killed in WWII)]; [? Fine]; Gordon Donsky.
- Notes
- Identified by Beatrice Swartz Ogden, 19 April 1995.
- Name Access
- Dobushin, Shoshana
- Donsky, Gordon
- Fine
- Frank, Moshe
- Greenberg, Ida
- Hurwitz, Florence
- Kanowitch, Sadie
- Melamed, Bessie
- Ogden, Shamai
- Parl, Miriam
- Peltz, Helen
- Perl, Miriam
- Sacks, Goldie
- Sacks, Jacob
- Shafer, Frances
- Shulman, Archie
- Swartz, Beatrice
- Swartz, Lillian
- Toronto Talmud Torah
- Torno
- Zeldin
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions