- Name
- Sarah Green
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 7 Jan. 1975
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Sarah Green
- Number
- OH 4
- Subject
- Families
- Immigrants--Canada
- Neighborhoods
- Interview Date
- 7 Jan. 1975
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Sophie Milgram
- Total Running Time
- 38 minutes 44 seconds
- 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
- Sarah Green (née Patlik) grew up living in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood. The family home and scrap yard business were both located on Maria Street, which served as the centre for Jewish life in the Junction during the early 1900s. Sarah Patlik was involved with numerous charitable organizations including the Ontario Hospital School of Orilla and the Rubinoff and Naftolin Mishpocha.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Green, Sarah
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Maria Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Portland Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Stanley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 4 - Green\OH4_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mort Abramsky
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 17 Oct. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mort Abramsky
- Number
- OH 322
- Subject
- Families
- Rotary Club
- retail business
- Synagogues
- B'nai Brith
- Interview Date
- 17 Oct. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini-DVs, 2 archival DVDs, 2 reference DVDs
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr 45 mins
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Mort Abramsky was born in Montreal but spent his life in Kingston. He inherited a family business empire started more than a century ago by his grandfather, Polish immigrant Joseph Abramsky, and his parents, Harry and Ethel.
- Joseph Abramsky turned a door-to-door trade in clothes, sheets and towels into a business empire that at one time counted ten department stores spread across eastern Ontario. It was handed down through successive generations of family who gradually diversified into real estate and property management, as the margins in downtown general merchandise retailing shrank and then disappeared entirely. The flagship of that empire was Abramsky's general store, which closed in 1996, a victim of the poor economy of the time and increased competition from other retailers in the sector.
- Abramsky also owned Mort Enterprises, which managed and developed properties and was responsible for initially bringing chains, including McDonald's Restaurant and Blockbuster Video, to downtown Kingston. He was a philanthropist and tireless booster of Kingston, active with local organizations including the Beth Israel Synagogue, the B'nai Brith and Jewish Council, the YMCA, the Rotary Club, St. John Ambulance, Kingston General Hospital, and the Masonic Order. The family's Abramsky Charitable Foundation has also helped hundreds of local organizations and families in causes large and small, ranging from Queen's campus construction to assisting local families who had been burned out of their homes.
- Abramsky was married to Shirley, his wife of fifty-three years. The couple had three children, Jay, Karen and Leonard, and nine grandchildren. Abrahamsky died in November 2009, aged eighty-two.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Geographic Access
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Montréal (Québec)
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Walker, Benjamin
- Walker, Edith
- Walker, Leah
- Walker, Mrs. Benjamin
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 24 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Identified from left to right are: Geshia & Joseph Abramsky and daughter Katherine.
- Notes
- Original photograph by J. W. Wilson Co., 169 Queen St. W, Toronto
- Photograph is a copy.
- Name Access
- Abramsky, Geshia
- Abramsky, Joseph
- Abramsky, Katherine
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Stores, Retail
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1909]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Notes
- Photograph is a copy.
- Original photograph by J. L. Louckhead, Kingston.
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait of the Rosen family of Kingston, Ontario. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Jennie (née Rosen?) Cohen, Clara (née Rosen) Shapiro.
- Front row, left to right: Fruma Basha Rosen, Harold Shapiro, Moshe Velvel Rosen.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Jennie
- Rosen, Clara
- Rosen, Fruma Basha
- Rosen, Jennie
- Rosen, Moshe Velvel
- Shapiro, Clara
- Shapiro, Harold
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1921]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait of the Tevan family of Kingston, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Tevan family
- 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
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions