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

Accession Number: 1985-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1985-11-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 slide : col.

Date: 1983

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

Subjects: Architecture

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Smith family [graphic material] – [ca. 1940]-[ca. 1949].

Accession Number: 2006-2-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-2-10

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 32 photographs : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm

Date: [ca. 1940]-[ca. 1949]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of thirty-two copy photographs of the Smith family, including images of the donor's father David during the Second World War while stationed in Quebec City, Halifax, England and eventually imprisoned in prisoner of war (POW) camp Stalag Luft III in Germany. In addition there are photographs of the donor's grandparents Max and Rose's singles resort at Port Carling in the Muskokas called Smith's Bay House and holiday photos from Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and a Passover seder. Additional locations of photos include Young Judaea's Camp Hagshama in Perth, Ontario and Toronto city street views of Bloor Street and Palmerston Boulevard.

Administrative History: Max and Rose Smith opened a resort for Jewish singles in Port Carling, Muskoka in 1938. The resort was kosher and offered Jewish content to visitors. Boys and girls bunked seperately.; Rose Smith sold the resort in 1955 shortly after Max passed away.; According to David Smith's daughter Miriam "What my dad and my aunt told me is that Smith's Bay House is where the young people went, not the older folks, as is stated in Andrew's article. I think the discrepancy is that after the war, when the soldiers came home, there were more young people around working and going on vacation. They told me that my grandfather would go around at 11pm, making sure all the visitors were sleeping where they should be and that there were no shenanigans going on! Also of note, the first summer they opened, 1938, in the first group of visitors included a young man who would become my aunt's husband. They met there. My aunt loved to tell that story."; Suzanne Smith (née Beskin) and David Samuel Smith met at Cornell University in the spring of 1946, after David returned from service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Suzanne was living in the United States and attending Columbia University. She worked as a libraian at Cornell. David studied hotel administration. They married in 1947 and moved back to Toronto in 1948.

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

Subjects: Fasts and feasts--Judaism; Summer resorts; World War, 1939-1945

Places: Germany; Halifax (N.S.); Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality); Perth (Ont.); Québec (Province); Québec (Québec); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

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

Accession Number: 2007-10-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-10-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1977-2003

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

Subjects: Religion

Name Access: Congregation Iyr Hamelich

Places: Kingston, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

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

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

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 3; File 35

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 3

File: 35

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: 1924

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

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

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

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

Level: File

ID: Fonds 103; Series 1; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: File

Fonds: 103

Series: 1

File: 1

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1936

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

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

Subjects: Jews--Poland; Lectures and lecturing

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

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Apter Synagogue, 1918-unknown

Address: 216 Beverley Street

Source: Landmarks

The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.

Address: 216 Beverley Street

Time Period: 1918-unknown

Scope Note: The Apter Synagogue was formed by a group of people who came to Toronto from the area of Opatow (Apt) in Poland around the turn of the century. They first established a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in the Ward. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. Both the synagogue members and the Apter Friendly Society met there.

History: In later years, a bitter controversy between the synagogue and society erupted and the building was sold.

Category: Political; Religious; Private Clubs

Source: Landmarks

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

Accession Number: 2018-1-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2018-1-10

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1953

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

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

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

Subjects: Orphanages

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

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

Source: Archival Accessions

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

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

Level: File

ID: Fonds 67; Series 27; File 313

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: File

Fonds: 67

Series: 27

File: 313

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1977

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

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

Notes: Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: Item

ID: Item 2636

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2636

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 1 photograph

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

Subjects: Charities; Signs and signboards

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: Item

ID: Item 2637-2638

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 2637-2638

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1978]

Physical Description: 2 photographs

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

Subjects: Charities

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-9

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: Item

ID: Item 3411

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3411

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1938

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

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

Name Access: Jewish National Fund; United Jewish Appeal

Subjects: Congresses and conventions; Zionism

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

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-11-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

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

Level: Item

ID: Item 1545

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1545

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1948]

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

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

Subjects: Weddings

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

Places: Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-11-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

National Young Judaea Convention, Oneg Shabbat in garden, Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – 31 August, 1935.

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

Labour Zionist Movement dinner at new Chudleigh House, 136 Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1952].

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

Folk Shule students [graphic material] – [ca. 1916].

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

First annual Jewish Board of Education dinner, Murray House, Beverley Street, Toronto [graphic material] – 7 June 1951.

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

TJC-CJC Ontario Region Archives, 152 Beverley Street, Toronto [graphic material] – 1979.

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

Arbeiter Ring Peretz Shul graduation, Toronto [graphic material] – 1942.

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

Domestic science class, Lord Dufferin School, Berkeley St. [graphic material] – [1906 or 1907].

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

Jewish Immigrant Aid Service sign on 152 Beverley St., Toronto [graphic material] – 1974.

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

Agudath Achim Synagogue, Perth, Ontario [graphic material, textual record] – 1979.

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Ontario synagogues series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 64; Series 2; File 31

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: The Shuls Project fonds; Ontario synagogues series

Level: File

Fonds: 64

Series: 2

File: 31

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Date: 1979

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 29 photographs : col. slides, b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Subjects: 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: Perth (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Rev. J. K. Goldbloom at Camp Hagshama (near Perth, ON) [graphic material] – 1945.

Level: Item

ID: Item 6064

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6064

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1945

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rev. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist leader in the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rev. J. K. Goldbloom giving a speech at the head of a table at Camp Hagshama. The camp was located on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario, and was run by Young Judaea. Behind him is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.

Name Access: Goldbloom, Rev. J. K.

Subjects: Camps; Speeches, addresses, etc; Zionists

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: Perth (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1992-9-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Group at Camp Hagshama (near Perth, ON) [graphic material] – 1945.

Level: Item

ID: Item 6065

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6065

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1945

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rev. J. K. Goldbloom was a respected Zionist from the United Kingdom, who was sent to Canada for protection during the Second World War.

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of people at Camp Hagshama on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario. The camp was a Zionist youth camp run by Young Judaea. Pictured left to right are:; Chaim Kirshenbaum (later Dr. Hyman Kirshenbaum, the son of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum), Anne Brown, Max Bookman (from Ottawa), Mrs. J. K. Goldbloom (from England), Nathan Sheister (national president of Canadian Young Judaea), Rev. J. K. Goldbloom (Zionist from England), Martin Stoler, Harry Geffen (camp director and national executive director of Young Judaea). Hanging on the wall behind the group is a sign which reads: welcome delegates, in both Yiddish and English.

Name Access: Bookman, Max; Brown, Anne; Camp Hagshama; Geffen, Harry; Goldbloom, Jacob Koppel, 1872-1961; Goldbloom, Mrs. J. K.; Kirshenbaum, Chaim; Kirshenbaum, Dr. Hyman; Sheister, Nathan; Stoler, Martin

Subjects: Camps; Portraits, Group; Zionists

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: Perth (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1992-9-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Camp Hagshama (near Perth, ON) [graphic material] – Aug. 1942.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3422

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3422

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Aug. 1942

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 a a small group seated on chairs at the lakefront at Camp Hagshama. The photograph depicts the backs of the individuals.

Subjects: Camps

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: Perth (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-5-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Camp Hagshama beach (near Perth, ON) [graphic material] – Aug. 1942.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3426

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3426

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Aug. 1942

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 a group of campers sitting on the beach at Camp Hagshama, on Otty Lake near Perth, Ontario.

Subjects: Camps

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: Perth (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-5-6

Source: Archival Descriptions