- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 190
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 190
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1939
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding "Gentiles Only" signs and ads.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Subjects
- Signs and signboards
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials pertaining to the life of Saul Einhorn of Oshawa, Ontario. Included are his Canadian naturalization certificate, ketubah for his first marriage, newspaper obituaries, and a letter of condolence to his widow from the Canadian Jewish Congress.
- Administrative History
- Saul "Sol" Einhorn was born in Galicia on 12 December 1904. Sol moved to Oshawa, Ontario, in 1924, where he resided for the rest of his life. In 1927, he married Eva Collis. Eva and Sol had one daughter: Eleanor Grill. Eva died in 1950. In 1957, Sol married Tillie Newton.
- Sol Einhorn was the proprietor of Oshawa Appliances Ltd., which was located at 78 Simcoe Street North in Oshawa. He was a supporter of both the Canadian Brotherhood of Christians and Jews and the Zionist movement and an active member of Beth Zion Synagogue. According to an obituary that appeared in the Oshawa Times, Sol was known as "Mr. Synagogue" by other synagogue members.
- Sol died in 1962 on a Friday morning while at Beth Zion Synagogue just before the start of the service; he was fifty-eight years old. At the time of his death, he resided at 424 Rossland Road West. His funeral service was held Sunday morning in Toronto in the Park Memorial Funeral Chapel.
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Letters
- Obituaries
- Name Access
- Einhorn, Saul
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-12-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 56 photographs : b&w and col. (27 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- 1 postcard
- Date
- 1909-[ca. 1980]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a collection of copy and original photographs documenting the life of the Dime family and their relatives in locations including Belleville, Oshawa, Toronto, the Muskoka Sanitorium, and Goose Bay, Labrador.
- Photo Captions:
- 001: Sam and Dorothy Dime, Dime’s Drug Store, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, [1957?].
- 002: Street view of Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, 1960.
- 003: Sgt. Sam Dime, Pharmacy, Goose Bay Labrador, 1944.
- 004: Ada Dime, with Ben [Safe] and Sam Dime, secondhand furniture, 56 King St. West, Oshawa, ON, 1921.
- 005: Sam Dime with dog [4F], Goose Bay, Labrador, 1944.
- 006: Sam Dime, 56 King St. W., Oshawa, ON, ca. 1920-21.
- 007: Rabbi Isaac Stein with grandchildren Izzie (left) and Donna, Toronto, 1930.
- 008: Portrait of Ada Dime (née Aronson) with her brother Sammy Aronson, 273 Yonge Street, Toronto, ca. 1915.
- 009: Portrait of David and Sammy Tobe, Belleville, ON, [1909]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 010: Morris Bernard of Belleville, Overseas, First World War, ca. 1918.
- 011: David Dime, (age 25), 1914. The Dutch Studio Vander Feen, 318 Yonge St. Toronto, ON, [192-?].
- 012: Unidentified group of children, [19--?].
- 013: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Tobe with their children David and Sammy, Belleville, ON, [1920]. Photograph by R. McCormick Belleville.
- 014: Portrait of David and Ada Dime with daughter Anne, Belleville, ON, ca. 1915.
- 015: Mickey and Riva Marcus, Belleville, ON, ca. 1917-18.
- 016: Ada Dime, 30 Simcoe Street, Oshawa, ON, 1930.
- 017: Tobie Green (m. Dime), her brother Hershel Goldman and Goldie Fryman, St. Patrick Street Between Elm & Dundas, [Toronto], ON, 1924.
- 018: Cheder class, Oshawa Hebrew Congregation, Beth Zion,45 Albert Street in Oshawa, Ontario, 1922. Back row (L to R): Simma Engel, Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Annie Dime, Annie Hennick, Sara Rainish. Front row (L to R): Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.
- 019: David Dime (back row, right), Muskoka Sands, July ca. 1922
- 020: Oshawa Belleville group, Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1930. Back row: Mr. Diamond, Goldie Engel, Abe Swartz, [unidentified], Faige Swartz, Sarah Golub, Sue [Sape], Hymie Golub. Front row: Mrs. Lepofsky, Mildred Golub.
- 021: National Council of Jewish Women, 44 St. George Street, ca. 1943. Also pictured is Betty Stone and Dora Stein (4th left).
- 022: Sam Dime, Dime’s Pharmacy, 568 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ca. 1951.
- 023: Dorothy Stein (m. Dime) at closing of canteen, 44 St. George Street, Toronto, 1945. Photographer Globe & Mail.
- 024: Ada and David Dime, Muskoka Sands, Gravenhurst, ca. 1922.
- 025: Canadian Jewish Congress Service Mens Club postcard, ca. 1940s.
- 026: Mrs. Ada Dime, Dime’s Dry Goods, 30 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, ON, 1926.
- 027: David Dime (left), with orphans in Baron de Hirsch Farm in Saskatchewan, ca. 1906.
- Administrative History
- The donor Sam Dime served in the Second World War. In 1947 Sam and his wife Dorothy Dime (née Stein) opened Dime's Drug Store at 568 Jarvis Street in Toronto. The pair operated the Jarvis Street institution for thirty-nine years and officially closed their store in 1986.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Saskatchewan
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1912]-1930
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Collis family of Oshawa, 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
- Families
- Name Access
- Berg, Helen
- Berg, Morris
- Collis, Anne
- Collis, Ben
- Collis, Eva
- Collis family
- Collis, Mac
- Collis, Sam
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-4-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)
- Date
- 1916-1988
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.
- 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
- Camp counselors
- Camps
- Farms
- Farm tractors
- Purim
- Name Access
- Camp Winnebagoe
- Places
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Whitby (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an original photograph, two copy photographs, and one negative of a group of young members of Hashomer Hadati (Shomer Hadati). They were en route to a Hachshara in Guelph, Ontario (information provided by the donor); or to Moshavah Mizrachi in Bronte, Ontario, 1946.
- Individuals identified in photograph from left to right include (Back row): Joseph Goldwasser, Sydney Eisen, David Wohlgelernter, Yumi Kurtz, Yossi Glatt, Percy Urbach, Wayne Tannenbaum; (Centre row): Suey Halberstadt, [Shoshana Naiman?], Rachel Burack; (Front row): Anne (Chana) Spiegel, Esther Wolf.
- Photograph by Pringle & Booth, Limited.
- 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.
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Friedman, Morris
- Markish, Esther
- Eisenberg, Joe
- Wexler, Boris
- Acker, Abe
- Brownstone, Sam
- Klafter, Gershon
- Rosen, Marty
- Fackenheim, Emil
- Rosensweig, Philip
- Saiger, Norman
- Sadowski, David
- Gryfe, Mark
- Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)
- Frey, Marcus
- Horowitz, Shlomo
- Katz, Stan
- Pliscow, Morris
- Places
- Cambridge (Ont.)
- Chatham (Ont.)
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- London (Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Barrie (Ont.)
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Beth Isaiah Congregation fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 59
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1929-1976
- Physical Description
- 65 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Guelph Hebrew Congregation, precursor of Beth Isaiah Congregation, was established in the early 1900s by the Jewish families which settled in Guelph shortly after 1900. Rev. Pearl was the congregation's first spiritual leader and teacher. Services were held in private homes until 1925, when the congregation purchased a building at the intersection of Surrey and Dublin Streets and remodeled it as a synagogue. An extension was added to this building in 1935 to meet the needs of the increasing membership. Planning for a new synagogue began in the early 1940s, and construction was completed in 1949 of the new synagogue on the same site. The name of the congregation was changed to Beth Isaiah, in honour of congregation member Isaiah (Sidney) Acker, who was killed on active service on 3 November 1942, while with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
- Over the years, congregation members formed other organizations whose activities were tightly intertwined with the congregation, given the relatively small size of Guelph's Jewish community. These organizations included the Beth Isaiah Congregation Hebrew School, the Guelph Jewish Welfare Fund, the Ir Shalom Chapter of Hadassah, and the B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge. The B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge was chartered in Apr. 1942. It held the first Brotherhood dinner in Canada in 1947, which gave impetus to the formation of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Beth Isaiah celebrated the 100th anniversary of the congregation in 2004.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds documents the activities, membership, and finances of Beth Isaiah Congregation and affiliated organizations, including the Beth Isaiah Ladies' Auxiliary, Beth Isaiah Congregation Hebrew School, the Guelph Jewish Welfare Fund, the Ir Shalom Chapter of Hadassah, and the B'nai Brith Guelph Lodge. The records in the fonds include financial records, membership ledgers, meeting minutes, correspondence and newsletters, and fundraising materials. The fonds also includes blueprints and other records relating to the construction of Beth Isaiah Synagogue in 1949.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Creator
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Pauline Burns
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 6 Jun. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Pauline Burns
- Number
- OH 92
- Subject
- Kosher food
- Jewish youth--Religious life
- Jewelry stores
- Fasts and feasts--Judaism
- Berit milah
- Jewish day schools
- Interview Date
- 6 Jun. 1976
- Quantity
- 1 audio cassette (1 copy) 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Total Running Time
- 31.54 minute
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Pauline Burns was born in Oshawa, Ontario on 3 July 1935. She attended North Simcoe Public School and O’Neill High School (formerly OCVI) in Oshawa and studied dental nursing at the University of Toronto. Pauline married Sidney Burns in 1956 and had two children. She worked in the family business, Burns Jewellers. In her youth, Pauline was involved in Young Judaeans and BBYO. Once married, she became a member of Hadassah.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- BBYO
- University of Toronto
- Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 92 - Burns\OH92_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ben Collis
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1 Jun. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Ben Collis
- Number
- OH 93
- Subject
- Musicians
- Cemeteries
- Synagogues
- Antisemitism
- Farmers
- Yiddish language
- Interview Date
- 1 Jun. 1976
- Quantity
- 2 audio cassettes (1 copy)
- 2 WAV files
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster and Elaine Kahn
- Total Running Time
- OH93_001:43.50 minutes OH93_002:18.45 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized 2014
- Notes
- poor sound quality in some sections
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Ben Collis, the son of Russian immigrants, was born in 1911. He grew up in Oshawa, Ontario. In 1944, he moved to Peterborough, Ontario. Ben's interest in music led him to form his own dance band and play gigs throughout Ontario.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 93 - Collis\OH93_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 93 - Collis\OH93_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Elinor Einhorn Grill
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 13 Jul. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Elinor Einhorn Grill
- Number
- OH 99
- OH 100
- Subject
- family history
- Jewish education
- Refugees
- Antisemitism
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Farmers
- Young Judaea
- Camp Elohim
- Queen's University Hillel
- Rabbi Rosen
- St. Catharines
- Einhorn, Sol
- Israel
- Soviet Jewry
- Interview Date
- 13 Jul. 1976
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Total Running Time
- 2 hrs 25 minutes
- Conservation
- February 2009
- Notes
- Detailed transcription: file://s-oja01\data\Grants\Trillium2005\Oral%20Histories\interview%20summaries\St.%20Catharines%20OH%20099-100.doc Original tapes are damaged. Copies have been made, but the white noise interference is considerable.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Raised and educated in Oshawa, Elinor Grill was an active member of the Jewish community and a keen bridge player. She was married to Earl Grill, with whom she had three daughters.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Geographic Access
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Alex Enchin
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- Jul. 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Alex Enchin
- Number
- OH 118
- Subject
- Businessmen
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- Jul. 1977
- Quantity
- 1 cassette (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- David Enchin
- Total Running Time
- 31.20 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitized in June 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Alex Enchin emigrated from Russia to Guelph, Ontario, in 1912. Enchin was one of Guelph's earliest Jewish settlers and an active member of the Jewish community. His son, David, ran two businesses, the Arcade and the House of David, both located in downtown Guelph.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 118 - Enchin\OH118_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rose Kaplan
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 Aug. 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Rose Kaplan
- Number
- OH 211
- Subject
- Zionism
- Communism
- Reform Judaism
- Interview Date
- 4 Aug. 1986
- Quantity
- 2 (1copy)
- 2 WAV files
- Total Running Time
- 53 min.
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette August 2003
- Digitized January 2015
- Notes
- Participants in the discussion are not clearly identified.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Rose and Julius Kaplan were married in a Reform synagogue in 1924. They lived in Dundas, Ontario, where Julius ran a ladies' wear business. They were both members of a large extended family living in Dundas, Ontario; Hamilton, Ontario; and Guelph, Ontario. Rose passed away of a tumor.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Geographic Access
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Side One: A – female main interviewee (Ida’s niece), B- female, secondary participant (Rose?, Ida’s granddaughter, Millie’s daughter), C – male, secondary participant 00:25: Discusses B?’s mother, Millie’s childhood. Born in 1912. Had two brothers, Julius and Oscar. The family lived above a furniture store on a main street in Dundas, Ontario. Store sold general merchandise and furniture. 1:05: Discussion about photos and their location. Mentions that Julius has photos. 3:29: A’s father moved to St. Catharines and later to London. 3:40: Lou and Jenny Levine lived in St. Catharines and later Niagara Falls. Families would get together for family occasions, not Jewish holidays. 4:32: A’s parents were Max and Sophie. Adele was born in 1934, after Harry’s death. 4:55: A reminisces about family get-togethers. 5:55: Harry had a successful ladies wear store. Julius joined the business. 6:14: Harry bought a large home in Dundas, Ontario. A describes the grandeur and mentions servants. A mentions that Rose has a picture of the mansion. 8:00: Rose and Julius were married in 1924. 8:33: B is Millie’s daughter. Millie liked “the good life.” A discusses Millie’s relationship with her brothers. 9:58: Both Oscar and Julius were musical. Oscar played piano and Julius played violin. 10:43: A reports that the family (Harry and Ida) was not involved with the synagogue and felt isolated from Jewish society. 12:06: Harry and Ida joined a Reform temple in Hamilton (with services held on Sunday). 13:20: Rose and Julius were married in the Reform synagogue. 13:56: Rose’s family (Stoller) was more traditional and later became involved in a Conservative synagogue in London. 14:33: Oscar was never involved in religion but was involved with Jewish Congress. 15:00: Reminisce about Millie. Millie married Dave at age twenty-four. She ran the household and raised two children. Millie’s daughter was born in 1943. 18:00: Millie was devoted to her mother. Her mother died from cancer. 18:34: A discusses Ida and Harry’s marriage. 19:18:Oscar was married to Eva. 20:33: Ida, Millie and Nathan – all family members with hearing loss. 24:00: Henry, Harry’s brother, lived in Guelph. Harry also had a sister who lived in the United States. 25:17: Henry had two daughters, Celia and ? 26:32: Max went to Guelph when he came from Europe. He worked with Henry. A’s brother was born in Guelph. 28:17: A lists members of the family: Ida, Max, Nathan, Molly and Gertrude. Gertrude, who had Communist leanings, moved to a commune in Petaluna, California. Later, Gertrude moved to Israel, where she died of a heart ailment. Side Two: Side 2 focuses on a discussion of the family tree involving three-to-four individuals. 00:06: The family was anti-Zionist, but after the Holocaust views changed. Gertrude moved to Israel in the late 1950s. 1:38: Ida’s (B’s grandmother) siblings were Nathan, Molly (Carson), Gertrude, Max, Rose (died from a tumor), Chana, another sister(?Motla remained in Poland whose last name was Frank List and discusses the offspring of the siblings: Nathan’s children, Molly’s children, Chana’s daughters (Jenny Levine and Genia and Genia’s children) and grandchildren who lived in Israel, Frank family children 9:50: The Frank brothers went to Palestine in the 1930s. The family that remained in Poland were exterminated during the war. 10:29: Genia’s son, Elisha, survived the war in Russia and Genia’s daughter, Raya escaped to Sweden. Elisha and Raya independently went to Israel after the war. 13:24: The participants discuss the family members in California. Nathan’s family. Eugene married with daughter, Leah, married with two children, Jackie and ?, Lou married to Edith with 2 children, Trudy (joined a cult), Greg married twice, David married with 2 daughters, Ellen Berg and Jamie 19:35: Chana’s daughter, Jenny, was the only family member who came to Canada. The rest of the family died during the war. Jenny had two children, Harold Levine and Adele (Berg). 20:21: Max had two children, Leo and A. Discuss Leo’s family. Leo was married to Molly with daughter, Susie (married with two children) and Dick (married with two children). 21:35: A is married with three sons, ?, Bob, and Dave.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Colleen "Chips" Klein and Paul Klein
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 13 Mar. 2017
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Colleen "Chips" Klein and Paul Klein
- Number
- OH 444
- Subject
- Canada--Emigration and immigration
- Jews--South Africa
- South Africa--Emigration and immigration
- Interview Date
- 13 Mar. 2017
- Interviewer
- Lisa Newman
- Total Running Time
- OH 444 part 1: 7 min.
- OH 444 part 2: 7 min.
- OH 444 part 3: 37 min.
- OH 444 part 4: 2 min.
- Biography
- Although they both grew up in Jewish neighbourhoods, Chips and Paul met for the first time at Margate, a decidedly non-Jewish seaside resort on South Africa’s southern coast. Chips’ grandmother, who was with Chips at the time, scouted the area for Jewish men, which is when she spotted Paul. Convinced the two were bashert, she indulged in a little matchmaking, with the result that Paul phoned Chips when he returned home. While they did break up at one point, Chips’ grandmother’s judgment was vindicated when the two married at Cyrildene Shul in Johannesburg a few years later.
- When their children were three and five years old, the couple made the decision to immigrate to Canada. Paul, an engineer by training, was transferred to Guelph. There, the family joined the local synagogue and enrolled their children in public education. It was while living in Guelph that Chips and Paul became involved in work combating antisemitism. Growing up in Jewish communities, neither had encountered much antisemitism, but living in a small town they were forced to come to terms with being different.
- Once their children were grown up, Chips and Paul moved to Toronto, purchasing a house in Thornhill in order to be close to the South African community. Both Chips and Paul are involved in Jewish education through their local synagogue and remain active in a variety of sports. In addition to their faith, sport is one of the ways they stay in touch with their grandchildren, which is why Chips says, “As long as we’re able, we’re going to keep doing it.”
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Klein, Colleen
- Klein, Paul
- Geographic Access
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Thornhill (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Part 1:
- 00:00 Chips discusses the areas in Johannesburg where she was born and raised.
- 01:30 Chips discusses her education. She attended King David School. She notes that her parents may have been founding members of King David.
- 02:37 Chips discusses her career in dance as a dancer and as a teacher in her own dance school.
- 05:22 Chips describes growing up in South Africa. She discusses her family's warm relationship with their servants.
- 06:20 Chips mentions her own political involvement as a teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She explains why and her husband decided to leave South Africa.
- Part 2:
- 00:00 Paul discusses his parents' arrival to South Africa. His father fled from Berlin in 1937. His mother fled from Frankfurt, Germany in 1936. His father served in the British army during the war.
- 01:34 Paul explains why his father did not join a synagogue. Paul did not have a bar mitzvah. He recounts an incident that he attributes to his connection to Judaism.
- 02:55 Paul explains that having Jewish friends only became an issue for him when he started dating.
- 03:20 Paul explains that his father's fellow workers were secular German Jews.
- 03:40 Paul discusses his limited Jew upbringing. He discusses how and why he started to learn about and practice Judaism.
- 05:02 Paul has one sister living in Montreal. He discusses other relatives, some of whom survived the Holocaust.
- 06:30 Paul discusses how he met Chips.
- Part 3:
- 00:00 Chips discusses how she met Paul.
- 00:48 Chips and Paul describe how they reconnected with Chips when Paul graduated from engineering.
- 03:49 Paul discusses their early marriage. He explains the factors that contributed to his decision to leave South Africa and immigrate to Canada. He expresses satisfaction with their decision to come to Canada.
- 05:25 Chips notes their children's positive comments about growing up and living in Canada.
- 05:56 Paul discusses his professional career.
- 07:30 Chips discusses their friends' and relatives' reactions to their decision to leave South Africa. They left in 1975. Chips' and Paul's parents immigrated to Canada around 1981.
- 09:18 Paul describes his parents' reaction to their decision to emigrate.
- 10:14 Chips discusses her parents' comments about leaving South Africa.
- 10:49 Chips and Paul discuss their return visits to South Africa. Chips describes her children's impressions of South Africa.
- 12:45 Chips discusses their early time in Canada. They first came to Guelph. She discusses establishing a Jewish home/environment for their children.
- 13:42 Paul recounts antisemitic incidents while living in Guelph.
- 15:20 Paul discusses their involvement with a program out of Lipa Green focused on assisting small Jewish communities. He comments on the program's success. Paul served as vice-chair.
- 16:50 Paul discusses the impact of the program on his children. He describes their strong connection to Israel.
- 17:37 Chips and Paul explain the program and how it was implemented.
- 18:46 Paul discusses his involvement with the synagogue in Guelph and in Toronto.
- 20:39 Paul explains why they decided to move to Thornhill in 1991. They belong to a synagogue on Green Lane.
- 21:33 Paul explains that the company he worked for in South Africa transferred him to Canada.
- 22:32 Chips discusses her community involvement including participation in Hadassah-WIZO and participation in the synagogue.
- 23:26 Chips discusses the creation of a business. She discusses her involvement in a women's inventors project. Chips mentions that she and Paul run a business together.
- 25:47 Chips describes her involvement in the development of a book to assist women with the patenting and marketing of products. She describes a federal government initiative that she was involved in to develop a book for the government to help women entrepreneurs. She also assisted with the development of a books for teachers and Girl Guides geared toward female inventions.
- 27:52 Paul discusses an acclaimed dance program that Chips was involved with South Africa.
- 30:22 Chips and Paul discuss their involvement in Jewish education. Chips spearheaded an adult education program for women and men. Paul discusses his involvement teaching Parshat HaShavuah.
- 35:45 Chips discusses her family's involvement in sport, including marathons and skiing.
- 36:47 Paul ponders the question of feeling Canadian.
- Part 4:
- 00:34 Chips comments on when she first considered herself Canadian.
- 02:02 Paul mentions a National Film Board documentary about Jews in small communities and their inclusion in the film.
- Source
- Oral Histories
An Entrepreneurial Spirit
Always a Stranger
Antisemitism in Canada
Small Town Life
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3534
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3534
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1914]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 10 x 7 cm (oval) on matte 19 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Clara Bochner was sister to Mosie Bochner. She married Palmer/Perlmutter, an accountant.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original studio portrait of Clara Bochner as an infant, of Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Title taken from identification list provided by the donor.
- Photographer was Charles Burgess, Guelph, Ont.
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3533
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3533
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1921]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 7 cm (sight) in matte 19 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Al Bochner became a psychiatrist in the United States. Mosie Bochner married the daughter of Yolles, who owned a furniture store on Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street in Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original studio portrait of Al and Mosie Bochner of Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Title taken from identification list provided by the donor.
- Photographer was C. Burgess of Guelph, Ont.
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4105
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4105
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Oscar Smith sitting in front of his boot and shoe repair shop on Surry Street in Guelph, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Smith, Oscar
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4110
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4110
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1908]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 17 x 12 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of an infant David Smith, from Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Photographer was C. Burgess of Guelph.
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4112
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4112
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 12 x 17 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Ezra Smith, his wife Fegal, and six children. Children are, from left to right: Sarah, David, Bessey, Sylvia, Ida, Martha.
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4130
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4130
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 8 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and negative of the exterior of the Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4131
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4131
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 8 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and negative of the front steps and doors of the Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4132
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4132
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1978
- Physical Description
- 2 photograph : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 8 cm and 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and negative of the exterior of the Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 772
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 772
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Rabbi Harold Lerner, of Beth Isaiah Congregation in Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Lerner, Harold
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3542
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3542
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mollie and Rose are probably the daughters of a Myer Bochner (1878-1968?) who immigrated from Austria in 1900. He and his wife Mollie (or Malka) (b. 1881) lived at 90 Gordon Street in Guelph. They had five children: Thomas (b. 1900); Rosie (1904-1978); Henery (b. 1906); Minnie (or Mollie?) (b. 1908), and Bella (b.1910).
- Rose Bochner married Charles Rotstein, who owned a furniture business on Queen Street. Her daughter married Kertzer. Her nephew was television actor Lloyd Bochner (1924-2005).
- Notes
- Title taken from identification list provided by the donor.
- Subjects
- Sisters
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3552
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3552
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 9 x 7 cm (sight) on matte 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original studio portrait of an unidentified infant from Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Photographer was Charles Burgess, Guelph, Ont.
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3553
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3553
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 7 cm (oval) on matte 14 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rosie Bochner married Mr. Rotstein, who owned a furniture store on Queen Street in Toronto. Her daughter married a man named Kertzer and her nephew was Lloyd Bochner.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original studio portrait of Rosie Bochner as an infant, of Guelph, Ontario.
- Notes
- Photographer was Charles Burgess, Guelph, Ont.
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Religion
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Klinghofer, Joseph
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Manitoba
- United States
- Maritime Provinces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-2-12
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 45 cm of textual records and other material
- 230 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 23 x 30 cm and smaller
- 8 sound recordings (50 wav files; 1 microcassette)
- 1 artifact
- Date
- 1937-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records, photographs and audio recordings documenting the lives of Dick Steele, his wife Esther, and friend Bill Walsh. The materials are mostly correspondences between Dick and Esther during his internment at the Don Jail and Ontario Reformatory in Guelph, and from Dick and Bill's military service overseas during the Second World War. They also include correspondences between Esther and Bill, Bill and Anne Walsh, "Jack" and Esther, and other family and friends. Some of the letters show evidence of being censored. There are news clippings in English and Yiddish about the family from various newspapers including the Canadian Tribune (a Communist Party paper). There is a letter Esther wrote to campaign for Dick's release from internment, part of women's activism in this period. There is also a photocopy of a memoir written by Moses Kosowatsky and Moses Wolofsky "From the Land of Despair to the Land of Promise" ca. 1930s.
- The photographs include Dick and Bill in the army during the Second World War, a signed picture of Tim Buck addressed to Esther and the twins and a photo of Dick delivering a speech related to the Steel Workers. Also included is a recording of edited sound clips of Bill and Esther talking about Dick, Esther speaking about the letters, (how she received letters and flowers from Dick after he had already been killed), Bill reading a letter Dick wrote to Esther that he left with friends in England to send her in the case that he was killed (which he was), recordings of "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2 compiled by Leib Wolofsky's (Bill's nephew), and 5 audio recordings by Adrianna Steele-Card with her grandparents Bill and Esther. There is also a microcassette labelled "Joe Levitt."
- The accession also includes the stripe of a German corporal that Bill captured as a prisoner, peace stamps and an early copy of Cy Gonick's A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh, edited by Bill.
- Administrative History
- Richard "Dick" Kennilworth Steele is the name adopted by Moses Kosowatsky. He was born in 1909 in Montreal to Samuel Kosowatsky and Fanny Held. He lived in a laneway off Clark Street, below Sherbrooke, where his father collected and recycled bottles. He grew up with his siblings, Joseph, Mortimer, Matthew, Gertrude, and Edward.
- Bill Walsh (birth name Moishe Wolofsky) was born in 1910, to Sarah and Herschel Wolofsky, the editor of the Keneder Adler (Montreal's prominent Yiddish newspaper). He attended Baron Byng and then Commercial High School, where he met Dick Steele. Bill recalled that Dick denounced militarism in the school when a teacher tried to recruit students to be cadets.
- Bill moved to New York City in 1927. His brother, who was living there, helped him get a job as a messenger on Wall Street. He also worked in the drug department at Macy's while attending courses at Columbia University in the evening. Dick worked on a ship for a year and then joined Bill in New York City in 1928. Dick worked at a chemical plant called Linde Air Products while also studying in the evenings at Columbia University.
- In 1931, Dick and Bill boarded a ship together in New York bound for Copenhagen. Together, they travelled across Europe, witnessed a Nazi demonstration in Breslau, Germany, and found work in Minsk and Moscow, Russia. This trip inspired them to become Communists. In 1933, Bill's father was on a Canadian trade mission to Poland, which he left to "rescue" his son from the Bolsheviks. Bill agreed to return to Canada after being advised to do so by the Comintern. He then changed his name to Bill Walsh to protect his family.
- In 1934, Bill moved to Toronto. He worked as the educational director for the Industrial Union of Needle Trade Workers and the Communist Party, where he met Esther Slominsky/Silver, the organization's office manager. Dick joined Bill in Toronto soon after. Bill introduced Dick and Esther, who then married. In 1940, Esther gave birth to twin sons, Michael and John Steele. Esther was born in Toronto in 1914 to Joseph Slominsky and Fanny (Blackersany?). Her siblings were Bella, Eileen, Morris, and step-sister Eva. Her father, Joseph, was a cloak maker and Esther also worked in the garment industry. Her mother Fanny passed away in 1920 at the age of twenty-six from tuberculosis.
- Dick was a metal worker and became a union organizer in the east end of Toronto. He was the head organizer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of Canada (SWOC) until 1940, when he was dismissed for being a Communist. Bill helped organize Kitchener's rubber workers into an industrial union and was also an organizer for the United Auto Workers of Windsor, Ontario.
- Jack Steele, an alias for Dick's brother Mortimer, fought with the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Jack Steele was recalled to Canada in October 1937 to rally support for the efforts in Spain, returned to the front in June 1938, and was killed in action in August. Some of Dick's letters to his wife, Esther, are signed "Salud, Jack" and were likely written in 1940 when the Communist Party (CP) was banned by the Canadian government under the War Measures Act.
- In November 1941, after Mackenzie King's call for enlistment, Dick wrote to the Department of Justice to ask permission to join the army. He never received a reply. On 1 April 1942, Dick's home was raided and he was interned at the Don Jail until September 1942, when he was moved to the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. Esther wrote a letter to the minister of justice, Louis St. Laurent, to appeal on his behalf.
- Major public campaigning by Communists and the wartime alliance with the USSR after 1941 shifted public opinion toward the CP, and the Canadian government slowly began releasing internees in January 1942. Dick was released in October 1942 and enlisted at the end of the month. Dick died on 17 August 1944 in Normandy, France. He was a tank driver in the Canadian Army.
- Bill was similarly arrested in 1941, spending time in jail and then an internment camp with other members of the CP. He joined the Canadian Army in 1943 and fought in Holland and Belgium. Bill was first married to Anne Weir who died of a brain hemorrhage in 1943, just before he enlisted. The family believes this may have been due to drinking unpasteurized milk. Encouraged by Dick Steele to take care of his family should he pass in the war, Bill married Esther Steele in 1946. They had a daughter named Sheri and were members of the United Jewish People's Order. For twenty years, Walsh worked for the Hamilton region of the United Electrical Workers (UE). Bill remained a member of the CP until 1967, when we was expelled for criticizing another union leader. He died in 2004. Esther passed away in 2010 at age ninety-six.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Descriptive Notes
- RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Library and Archives Canada has the William Walsh fonds and MG 28, ser. I 268, USWA, vol.4, SWOC Correspondence, has various letters from Dick Steele ca. 1938. Museum of Jewish Montreal has an oral history with Leila Mustachi (daughter of Max Wolofsky, Bill's brother) where she speaks about Bill, Dick and Esther. USE CONDITION NOTES: For "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2, some contributors stipulate that recordings are restricted to personal use only and must not be used for any commercial purpose.
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945
- Politics and government
- Labour and unions
- Name Access
- Steele, Michael
- Steele, Dick
- Walsh, Bill
- Walsh, Esther Steele
- Places
- England
- Fort William (Ont.)
- Germany
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Montréal (Québec)
- Netherlands
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 555
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 555
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Albert Fine standing with his peddler's cart in front of a farm house near Guelph, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Fine, Albert
- Subjects
- Peddlers
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3527
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3527
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1913 or 1914]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm, (oval) on matboard, 16 x 23 cm
- Notes
- Photo by C. Burgess, Guelph.
- Name Access
- Bochner, Mosie (Moses Fred)
- Subjects
- Children
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3526
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3526
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: b&w ; 9 x 13, (oval) on matboard
- Admin History/Bio
- Mosie Bochner was born in 1910.
- Notes
- Photo by Kennedy, Guelph.
- Name Access
- Bochner, Mosie
- Subjects
- Infants
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-4-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 2; File 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 44 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print, b&w negatives ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 2; File 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : col. slides, (1) b&w print ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 64; Series 5; File 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains photocopied pages from the synagogue's 1949 Dedication program.
- Name Access
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3796
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3796
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- 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 photograph and corresponding negative of Bill Engel, of Oshawa, Ontario, on the track field at University College in Toronto. Engel was the first place winner at the track meet. He is wearing a Varsity track suit and is leaning up against a hurdle.
- Name Access
- Engel, Bill
- Subjects
- Track and field athletes
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3797
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3797
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1934]
- 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 photograph and corresponding negative of Bill Engel, a sprinter from Oshawa, Ontario, at a track meet. He is wearing running shorts and a tank top.
- Name Access
- Engel, Bill
- Subjects
- Sprinters
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4102
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4102
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 10 x 15 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of a cheder class in Oshawa, Ontario. The photograph depicts twelve children standing in front of a bricked building with the rabbi. The building was probably a rented hall where the early services of the synagogue were held, before the move to 45 Albert Street. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Simma [Engel?], Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Anne Dime, Anne Hennick, Sara Rainish.
- Front row left to right: Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.
- Notes
- This photo is the original of photo #4103.
- Subjects
- Heder
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4103
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4103
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print of a cheder class in Oshawa, Ontario. The photograph depicts twelve children standing in front of a bricked building with the rabbi. The building was probably a rented hall where the early services of the synagogue were held, before the move to 45 Albert Street. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Simma [Engel?], Rabbi Primack's son, Rabbi Primack's daughter, Anne Dime, Anne Hennick, Sara Rainish.
- Front row left to right: Clara Engel (m. Rubin), Maxie Rainish, Irving Oilgissor, Becky Rainish, Sam Dime, [Primack child?], Rabbi Primack.
- Notes
- This photograph is an exact copy of photo #4102.
- Subjects
- Heder
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1008
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1008
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 July 1927
- 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 Anne Collis (m. Pinsky) standing on the back of a truck in Rouge Hill, Ontario near Oshawa. She is wearing a summer dress and is holding an umbrella.
- Name Access
- Pinsky, Anne
- Subjects
- Women
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1009
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1009
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- 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 Morris Berg, Anne Collis and Ben Collis standing in front of the Collis Store in Oshawa, Ontario. Anne is also holding a bicycle.
- Name Access
- Berg, Morris
- Collis, Anne
- Collis, Ben
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1010
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1010
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1926
- 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 Anne Collis seated on delivery motorcycle with a sidecar. The photo was taken on King Street in Oshawa, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Collis, Anne
- Subjects
- Motorcycles
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1011
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1011
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1930
- 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 Ben Collis standing in a field holding a tennis racquet. He is also wearing a tank top which reads: Oshawa Y.
- Name Access
- Collis, Ben
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1012
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1012
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925
- 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 Helen Berg (m. Sacks) and Anne Collis (m. PInsky) standing on the street in Oshawa, Ontario.
- Notes
- .
- Name Access
- Pinsky, Anne
- Sacks, Helen
- Subjects
- Women
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1141
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1141
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1945
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 25 x 20 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of a B'nai Brith dinner in Oshawa, Ontario. The photograph depicts several men and women seated at banquet tables in a hall. Pictured are:
- Seated at the back table, back row, left to right: Mrs. Marks, Mr. Marks, Eva Einhorn (née Collis), Max Einhorn, Mac Collis.
- Seated at the back table, front row, left to right: Isaac Collis, Ruth Climans, Bea Collis, Ben Collis.
- Standing at back, left to right: Essie Collis, Rose Marks (née Marder).
- Front table is a group from Peterborough, Ontario.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Climans, Ruth
- Collis, Bea
- Collis, Ben
- Collins, Essie
- Collis, Eva
- Collis, Isaac
- Collis, Mac
- Einhorn, Eva
- Einhorn, Max
- Marder, Rose
- Marks, Rose
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1145
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1145
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a hosiery sale at Allan B. Collis' ladies' and children's wear store in Oshawa, Ontario. The pictures depicts a line-up of women waiting to be let into the store.
- Subjects
- Shopping
- 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
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Beth Isaiah Congregation fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 59
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is of the sod-turning for Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph, Ontario.
- Individuals in the photograph include: Nimoy Wolfond, Lou Brown, Joe Brown, Sam Acker, Jacob Adler, Joe Wolfond, Henry Rozen, Moshe Enushevsky, Mothie Brown, and Rubin Brown.
- Notes
- Identifying information is with accession record.
- Name Access
- Acker, Sam
- Adler, Jacob
- Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.)
- Brown, Joe
- Brown, Lou
- Brown, Mothie
- Brown, Rubin
- Enushevsky, Moshe
- Rosen, Henry
- Wolfond, Joe
- Wolfond, Nimoy
- Subjects
- 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
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1993-1-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions