- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 304
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of women at a UJA canvasser training event held at Holy Blossom Temple. Identified on the back of the photo are (L to R) Marsha Slivka, Lorraine Cooper, Elaine Cooper, Caren Pass, and Roy Davidson.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4137
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Mrs. Leo M. Frankel.
- Mr. Morley Pape.
- Mrs. Arthur Jacobs.
- Mrs. David Palter.
- Mrs. Howard Fisher.
- Mrs. Mort Levy.
- Mrs. Samuel Hellen.
- Name Access
- Frankel, Mrs. Leo M.
- Pape, Morley
- Jacobs, Mrs. Arthur
- Palter, Mrs. David
- Fisher, Mrs. Howard
- Levy, Mrs. Mort
- Hellen, Mrs. Samuel
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 980
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 980
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black and white phtotograph of an original watercolour by artist Aba Bayefsky of the former Richmond St. location of Holy Blossom Temple.
- Name Access
- Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Watercolor painting
- 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
- Richmond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4138
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sep. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Mrs. Gunther Plaut; Rabbi Gunther Plaut; Mr. Mort Levy; Mrs. B. Barry Shapiro.
- Name Access
- Plaut, Mrs. Gunther
- Plaut, Rabbi Gunther
- Levy, Mort
- Shapiro, Mrs. B. Barry
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 979
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 979
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1856
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing
- Admin History/Bio
- From its inception in 1856 until the building of its first synagogue a block east on Richmond Street at Victoria Street in 1876, the Holy Blossom congregation held traditional Orthodox services in a rented room over Coombe's Drugstore on the south-east corner of Yonge and Richmond Streets.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a drawing of Coombe's Drugstore that appeared in the 1856 Toronto City Directory as part of an advertisement for said drugstore.
- Name Access
- Coombe's Drugstore
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Drugstores
- Synagogues
- Places
- Richmond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1388-1389
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1388-1389
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : (2 col. slides, 1 b&w negative)
- Notes
- Item is a postcard of the Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Postcards
- 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
- Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 932
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 932
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired September 1976.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 933
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 933
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Acquired September 1976.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 934
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 934
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Acquired September 1976.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4141
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4141
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- King Edward Hotel
- Subjects
- Balls (Parties)
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4175
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4175
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1938]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : sepia (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This is a copy photograph taken from the Holy Blossom Temple dedication book, 1938.
- Name Access
- Eisendrath, Maurice Nathan, 1902-1973
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Occupations
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4139
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4139
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- There is a 4 x 5 negative.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1228
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1228
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [190-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Mark Geldzaeler was born in 1862 in Galicia, probably Kolbuszowa, and died in Toronto in 1932. His wife Yetta [Shumer] (1870-1952) had immigrated to Toronto from Stanislau with her parents, Louis (Leib) and Chava Shumer, in the mid-1880s. Mark and Yetta were married in Toronto on February 2, 1890.
- Prior to his arrival in Toronto, Mark Geldzaeler had been a religious scholar and teacher in the old country. In 1892, he became the Assistant Chazan at Holy Blossom synagogue on Bond Street. This official title notwithstanding, he was also the synagogue's shamus [caretaker], religious school teacher, and bar mitzvah tutor. He lived with his family just behind the synagogue, in a property owned by the synagogue, before eventually moving to a house on Walmer Road.
- The family had six children: Bernard (1891-1974) m. Hortense; Rose (1892-1966) m. Samuel Aaron Harris; Rachel (1897-?) m Isidore Ruskin; Solly (1899-1902); Alfred ("Alfie") Benjamin (1901-1918) d. of influenza during the epidemic; and Freda Frances (1907-2002) m. Simon Ramm.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Mark Geldzaeler.
- Notes
- Photo by A. Barrett, 324 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Geldzaeler, Mark
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Immigrants--Canada
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 67
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 193 photographs : col. slides, b&w and col. prints and negatives ; 21 x 25 cm and smaller
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 87
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains the essay of Lynn Milstone and Sidney Tenenbaum, written as students in the University of Toronto School of Architecture, which first sparked their interest and research into synagogues. It considers the architecture of Holy Blossom Synagogue (Both the old location on Bond Street and the new one on Bathurst), the Minsker, the Kiever, the Palmerston synagogue, the Henry Street Synagogue, the Shaw Street Synagogue, and the Maria Street Synagogue (Knesset Yisrael).
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Dr. A. I. Willinsky fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 81
- Item
- 18
- Material Format
- moving images
- Date
- [ca. 1936]-1938
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel (ca. 19 min.) : original, b&w, si. ; 16 mm
- 1 film reel (ca. 19 min.) : duplicate, 16 fps, b&w, si. ; 16 mm
- 1 DVD (ca. 19 min.) : duplicate, digital, b&w, si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a documentary film about the rationale for, the construction of, and the opening ceremonies of the Holy Blossom Synagogue. Seen are shots of the crowded and dim classrooms within the old Bond St. Synagogue, its predecessor. Also seen are scenes of the official sod turning, the laying of the corner-stone, and some of the construction work on Holy Blossom at its new location at the corner of Bathurst Street and Ava Road. These are followed by various scenes of the new building’s interior and exterior. The film ends with the May 16, 1937 official opening ceremonies of, and the transfer of the Torah scrolls to, the new facility. Identified in the footage is Edmund Scheuer.
- Notes
- In 1988 a dupe negative and new check print were struck from the original positive print. As part of the new print production, both the original magnetic and optical sound tracks were utilized. This work was commissioned by and paid for by the Toronto Jewish Congress for its Archives.
- Previously reel # 12
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Building
- Synagogues
- Torah scrolls
- Physical Condition
- Film has slight vinegar smell
- Places
- Ava Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections statement of expenditures, statements of expenses for the administrative and general of the Regional office, the national conference on Israel and Jewish Rehabilitation, the programme and education, materials for Israel, the regional office of Canadian Young Judaea, the regional office of the Jewish National Fund and of the Negev Dinner for for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections and statement of expenditures and statements of expenses for programme and education, the regional office of Canadian Young Judaea, the regional office of the Jewish National Fund and the Negev Dinner for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of administrative and general expenses, collections expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten, Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statement of collections, and statements of expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures, and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten, Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 17
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 18
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants. It also contains a photocopy of the report used for distribution to members of the executive.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 23
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. It also includes a schedule of furniture and equipment on hand. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Auditor's reports series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 2
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of the accounting certification report for the affairs of Central Region. It contains the balance sheet, an analysis of the national headquarters account, statements of collections, expenditures and expenses for the fiscal year. The report was prepared by Hauser and Garten Chartered Accountants.
- Name Access
- Hauser and Garten
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 23
- Item
- 1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- Mar. 1973-Apr. 1973
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence, a press release, and photographs concerning the art exhibit at Holy Blossom Temple.
- Name Access
- Pénson, Boris, 1946-
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Exhibitions
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Committee for Soviet Jewry series
- Protest activities sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 138
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- Apr. 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a programme for a special seder service for Soviet Jewry held 27 April 1986 at the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Seder
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 139
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Scheuer family fonds
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 47
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 3 Nov. 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a certificate of marriage and a ketubah (marriage contract) prepared for Isadore Scheuer and Jessie Bloom on the occasion of their marriage at Holy Blossom Congregation in Toronto on November 3rd, 1918. Rabbi Solomon Jacobs officiated their wedding with Edmund Scheuer and I. Simonski serving as witnesses.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Ketubah
- Marriage records
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- 1 commemorative book
- 1 bulletin
- Date
- 1938-1939, 1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three items. The first item is a Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood scrapbook for the years 1962–64. The second item is a commemorative book released on the occasion of the 1938 dedication of Holy Blossom Temple. The third item is a Holy Blossom Temple bulletin dated 26 November 1939.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Women
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- David Hart
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- David Hart
- Number
- OH 289
- Subject
- Family history
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Ellen Scheinberg
- Biography
- David Hart was the archivist at the Holy Blossom Temple. He is related to the famous Hart family, who were one of the first Jewish families to settle in Canada.
- David's father, Alfred, was in the Canadian infantry during the First World War and fought in four major battles. David was in the Naval Home Guard, Royal Regiment, during the Second World War from September 1942 to May 1944 on the homefront in Halifax and Calgary.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 18 Oct. 2019
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine
- Number
- OH 451
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease)
- Homophobia
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity
- Same-sex marriage
- Sexual minorities
- Social movements
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 18 Oct. 2019
- Interviewer
- Michael Friesen
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 18 min.
- Notes
- Associated material: Records of Chutzpah are located in the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives.
- General note: The OJA has a copy of Harvey Brownstone's article "I Now Pronounce You Wife and Wife," which was originally published in the fall 2014 edition of Reform Judaism Magazine. The article mentions Chutzpah and may be of interest to researchers.
- Use Restrictions
- See administrative notes.
- Biography
- Harvey Brownstone was born on 24 July 1956 in Paris, France and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. His father was a social worker who worked at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre for thirty-five years and was director for twenty-one years (from 1967–1988). Brownstone obtained his LLB degree from Queen's University and was appointed a provincial judge with the Ontario Court of Justice in 1995. He was the first openly gay judge appointed in Canada. He resides in Toronto.
- Howard Levine was born in Toronto on 29 June 1947. He earned his bachelor of arts (political science with urban planning) from the University of Waterloo and his master in environmental studies (urban planning and public transportation) from York University. From 1973 to 1975, he worked as a consultant with Peat, Marwick and Partners. From 1976 to 1982, he worked as an area and general planner with the City of Toronto's Planning and Development Department. From 1982 to 1988, he was sole proprietor of HJL Consulting. From 1988 to 1994, he served as councillor for Ward 14. After serving his second term as city councillor, Levine returned to HJL Consulting.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Bolton, Elizabeth
- Brownstone, Harvey, 1956-
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Canadian Jewish News
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
- Casey House (Toronto, Ont.)
- Cecil Community Centre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Church of the Holy Trinity (Toronto, Ont.)
- Chutzpah (Toronto, Ont.)
- Congregation B'nai Kehillah of Toronto
- Eggleton, Art, 1943-
- Farber, Bernie
- Hamilton JCC
- Hawkes, Brent, 1950-
- Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Keshet Shalom (Toronto, Ont.)
- Levine, Howard, 1947-
- Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Robinson, Svend, 1952-
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Slater, Ruth
- Temple Emanu-El (Toronto, Ont.)
- World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations
- York University (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Waterloo (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- 0:00.20 Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine introduce themselves.
- 0:00:27 Harvey discusses what it was like coming of age as a gay Jewish man in Ontario. Harvey grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, where his father was the director of the Hamilton JCC. His mother had a French-imported ladies' wear store. After coming out to his parents in the 1970s, he moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he attended Queen's University.
- 0:03:13 Howard discusses how his experience was different. He was born and raised in downtown Toronto. His father died when he was a teenager; his mother got sick soon after. As a result, Harvey was largely on his own. He went off to Waterloo for university and then York for graduate school. It's around that time he came to terms with who he was.
- 0:05:05 Howard discusses a gay Jewish group, B'nai Kehillah, that existed before Chutzpah. It met at the Church of the Holy Trinity, an Anglican church in Toronto.
- 0:06:19 Harvey and Howard discuss what Chutzpah was, when it started, and how they became involved.
- 0:09:40 Harvey discusses a trip Chutzpah took to the Royal Ontario Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were being exhibited. It was on this trip that Harvey "really met" Howard.
- 0:10:10 Harvey discusses how he and Howard came to the conclusion that Chutzpah could be more than "just a place to meet."
- 0:11:11 Harvey discusses the impact the AIDS epidemic had on Chutzpah's focus. Harvey explains that after American Actor Rock Hudson's death, AIDS was front page news in big cities like Toronto.
- 0:12:03 Harvey discusses the decision to have Friday night Oneg Shabbats in the late 1980s. Initially, these were held at the Cecil Community Centre on Cecil Street in Toronto. Howard used his position as city councillor to make this happen.
- 0:13:14 Harvey discusses why the Cecil Community Centre was not an ideal location for the group's services. Howard, therefore, approached the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and got the group a room for Friday nights.
- 0:14:52 Harvey discusses Chutzpah’s decision to join the World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organization (today, World Congress of GLBT Jews).
- 0:15:40 Harvey discusses the group's decision to attend a World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations conference in Amsterdam.
- 0:17:40 Harvey relates an event hosted by the then mayor of Amsterdam, in which the mayor laid a wreath with a pink triangle to honour gay victims of the Holocaust. Harvey and Howard discuss being moved by this.
- 0:18:50 Harvey mentions some of the things that came out of the Amsterdam conference.
- 0:20:05 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's decision to host a conference in Toronto. The conference, which took place in 1990, was held at the Primrose Hotel.
- 0:23:16 Harvey and Howard discuss the decision to invite Svend Robinson, Canada's first openly-gay member of parliament, to speak at the conference.
- 0:23:38 Howard interjects to explain that he was never "out" while on city council. Despite this, he "did a number of things," including getting benefits for same-sex couples and proclaiming Pride Day in Toronto. Howard notes that Art Eggleton, Toronto's mayor at the time, was opposed to proclaiming Pride Day.
- 0:24:37 Harvey and Howard discuss the Toronto conference some more. Harvey discusses a group of five women cantors who performed at the banquet. The group included Elizabeth Bolton, a cantor at Temple Emanu-El, and Ruth Slater, a cantor at Temple Anshe Sholom.
- 0:26:50 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of press coverage for the conference. An exception was the Canadian Jewish News.
- 0:28:30 Harvey and Howard discuss some of Chutzpah's other initiatives: having a booth at Pride, selling corned beef sandwiches to raise money, and selling rainbow yarmulkes. The group also marched in Pride with a banner.
- 0:28:56 Harvey discusses Chutzpah's support for Pflag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). He notes that many gay Jews found the most traumatic part of coming out to be the issue of the parents.
- 0:29:48 Harvey and Howard discuss the mainstream Jewish community's response to the AIDS crisis. Howard says it was in denial. He also discusses his involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress' Community Relations Committee and Bernie Farber inviting him to join the committee.
- 0:31:15 Howard discusses how things have changed. He says Chutzpah dissolved because it wasn't needed anymore.
- 0:32:55 Harvey expands on Howard's point that there was no more need for Chutzpah.
- 0:33:30 Harvey and Howard clarify Chutzpah's timeline: Harvey joined the group in the mid-1980s. It lasted until the mid-1990s. At that point, it transformed into Keshet Shalom. That group became defunct in the early 2000s. That's when Howard donated his records to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (now the ArQuives).
- 0:34:14 Harvey and Howard discuss how they never agreed that Chutzpah should have become Keshet Shalom (a congregation). They discuss their reasons for not wanting to be a congregation.
- 0:35:43 Harvey and Howard discuss how many members Chutzpah had at its peak.
- 0:36:11 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's relationship with the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto and Brent Hawkes, one of the church's pastors. They also discuss an unnamed member of the church, a reverend, who identified as both Jewish and Christian and who attended several of Chutzpah's Friday night services.
- 0:39:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of antisemitism they encountered in non-Jewish gay and lesbian communities.
- 0:40:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the presence (or lack thereof) of Chutzpah ads in the Jewish press. They note that the Canadian Jewish News did cover the Toronto conference.
- 0:41:59 Harvey and Howard discuss issues facing the Jewish LGBT community in 2019. Harvey mentions the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community as one area of concern. He also discusses elevated rates of suicide among gay youth.
- 0:45:56 Howard discusses the isolation of gay and lesbian Hasids.
- 0:46:22 Howard discusses the viewpoint of Toronto's established Jewish community today.
- 0:47:34 Harvey and Howard share their final thoughts.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 47
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one black-and-white photograph of a sketch by Aba Bayefsky of Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, 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
- Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zelda Young fonds
- Ben Kayfetz segment series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 17
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 6 May 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (3 min., 39 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of Ben Kayfetz's segment. He gives a eulogy to Rabbi David [Grobart?], who had died earlier in the week; talks about a protest attended by 700 people against the proposed sale of West German munitions and armours to Saudi Arabia; gives his impressions of Holy Blossom's new rabbi, Doug [surname unintelligible], after his address at the Community Assembly on the Holocaust at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. There is also a section in Yiddish. Finally, Kayfetz briefly mentions the upcoming 36th anniversary of Israel.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions