Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

75

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a 1979 newsletter, "Voice of Radom," and copies from the 10th and 30th anniversary booklets.

Name Access

Beth Radom Congregation (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

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds

Level

File

Fonds

21

File

38

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938-1956

Physical Description

1 folder textual records

Scope and Content

This file contains three Hebrew primers used at Yeshivah Torath Chaim.

Name Access

Indelman, Elchanan

Bachrach, Kalman

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds

Level

File

Fonds

45

File

11

Material Format

textual record

Date

1939

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Admin History/Bio

Edward "Eddie" Lindgren was born on 4 November 1926 to Betty and Tycko Lindgren in Toronto. He married Charlotte Minerva Nussbaum on 30 June 1952 and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Scope and Content

This file contains JNF Tree Fund certificate no. 2843, for two trees, made out "In the name of Elijah Lidgren," "on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, Nov. 4/39 Inscribed by the Western So. Hadassah Chapter, Toronto, Ont." Elijah is likely Betty's son Edward's Hebrew name.

Notes

Biographical information on Edward Lindgren taken from Betty Lindgren's book of "family research," Fonds 45, file 12.

Name Access

Elijah Lindgren

Edward Lindgren

Physical Condition

Certificate is slightly stained.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

73

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1920

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a group photo.

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

General community activities series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

11

File

72

Material Format

textual record

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes taken by Sol Edell for a Mizrachi youth meeting in Toronto.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

JIAS National Office sous-fonds

National annual reports series

Level

Series

Fonds

9-1

Series

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1929-1964

Physical Description

5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Series consists of bound reports of proceedings of annual meetings from 1929 to 1942, as well as annual meeting programmes with statistics from 1957 to 1964. Years 1933 and 1936-1938 are missing. The records consist of executive member lists, presidential addresses, treasurer’s reports, executive secretary’s reports, lists of subscriptions; and reports of activities. The series is arranged chronologically.

Notes

This series was formerly known as MG2 I1a B.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ben Kayfetz fonds

Collected materials series

Level

File

Fonds

62

Series

3

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1930?]

Physical Description

4 cm of textual records.

Scope and Content

File consists of a book for converting dates to and from the Gregorian and Jewish calendars from 1930-2000 in four different languages.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Scheuer family fonds

Level

File

Fonds

47

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1915-1933

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a copy of the Text Book of the Toronto Jewish Free School, written and published in Toronto by Edmund Scheuer in 1915. It was printed by the Traders Printing and Stationery Company. The book has been inscribed "Souvenir of Edmund Scheuer Sept. 1933" on the inside front cover.

The book contains prayers, songs and hymns, information on Jewish holidays, and a chronology of important dates in Jewish history.

Accession Number

2004-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

21

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Date

1937-[197-?]

Physical Description

37 cm of textual records

8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

2 posters : 36 x 28 cm

Admin History/Bio

Yeshivah Torath Chaim was incorporated in December 1937 and was in operation until the mid-1980s. It was the first yeshivah in Canada. Following the Orthodox tradition, the yeshivah offered rabbinical training and ordination, after-school Jewish education for boys in elementary and high school, and operated Gan Yelodim, a day nursery and kindergarten for boys and girls. The yeshivah had a synagogue and banquet hall. Many graduates of the yeshivah went on to occupy rabbinical positions in the United States and Canada, including Rabbis Erwin Schild of Adath Israel Congregation, Gedalia Felder, Joseph Kelman, and Bernard Rosensweig.

The yeshiva's history can be traced to 1935, when Rabbi Nachman Shemen organized a small class in the attic of the Chevra Shass building on Cecil Street. Soon thereafter, lessons were relocated to a small rented home on College street. Philanthropist Moses Oelbaum, first president of the yeshivah, purchased a building for the yeshivah at 414 Markham Street in 1938. In 1942 the yeshivah took possession of a second building at 399 Markham to use as a dormitory for out of town students and refugees, and a chapel. In 1946 the yeshivah bought a new facility at 709 College Street. In 1949 they opened Gan Yelodim Hebrew Day Nursery and Kindergarten for boys and girls. In September 1959, the yeshivah moved to 475 Lawrence Avenue, where they remained until they closed. Yeshivah Torath Chaim received financial support from the United Jewish Welfare Fund from 1944 to 1960, and was affiliated with the Bureau of Jewish Education for many years.

The yeshivah had a board of directors with elected officers. Moses Oelbaum was the first president, succeeded after his death by his son J. Irving Oelbaum, who served from 1942 until 1946. J.I. Oelbaum served as president from 1942 To 1946. Louis Zuker took over as acting president, until elected to the position of president in 1948. Zuker was president until at least the mid-1970s. Rabbi Abraham Price served as dean of the yeshivah from its founding until his death in 1994.

The yeshivah was involved in several instances of refugee sponsorship. In 1942, Rabbi Price orchestrated the release of around 50 refugee students from European Yeshivas who were being interned at a camp in Quebec, and brought them to Yeshivah Torath Chaim. In 1949 the yeshivah collaborated with the Canadian Jewish Congress to bring over around 55 Holocaust survivors from a yeshivah in Prague. These students worked in Toronto while studying at Torath Chaim.

Custodial History

The custodial history for this fonds is unclear. No accession records exists for this fonds.

Scope and Content

The fonds documents the administrative, educational, and religious functions of Yeshivah Torath Chaim from 1942 to 1977. The 38 files include minutes, financial reports, correspondence, legal documents, and enrollment records. Most of the records relate to the school, but there is some documentation and financial records relating to the yeshivah synagogue, and a very little relating to Gan Yelodim kindergarten. The fonds also includes some personal correspondence of Rabbi Price.

Also included are 8 photographs, including two of the building on College Street.

Name Access

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary of Canada

Subjects

Yeshivas

Related Material

See accession 1995-8-1.

Creator

Yeshivah Torath Chaim Theological Seminary

Accession Number

2005-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions