- Accession Number
- 1997-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 26 photographs : b&w and col ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1996-2001
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a souvenir program of the opening of Chabad Lubavitch of Markham (1997), programs for a Bais Yaakov High School Play (1997), a Canadian Holocaust Remembrance Association Yom Hashoah event (1997), and a flyer for a lecture at the Mizrachi Bayit (1997). As well there is an invitation to the First Annual Dinner and Auction of the Carrie and Adam Dream Fund (1997), a Firefly Books catalogue (1997) and a letter and photos regarding the opening of the caylefilm office.
- The photographs document a variety of community events and oganizations including Camp Ramah in Canada, Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT), Leo Baeck Day School, Temple Har Zion, Netivot Hatorah, Mizrachi, Israel Bonds, and Chabad Lubavitch.
- 001: Leo Baeck Day School in Thornhill celebrated Children’s Book Week this year with a week of visits by authors, book donations to Plaut Manor, and a Dress-up Day. Among the visitors were illustrator Heather Collins, and authors Sheryl McFarlane and Bernice Thurman Hunter. Enjoying Dress-up Day are [front row] Alana Bobet and [second row from left] Jamie Bregman, Matthew Sherman, Jamie Weksberg, Lisa Mark, Adina Mann, Mindy Perlmutter and Robbie Faibish. Photo by Barry Shainbaum. 009: Gertner family reception, [ca. 2000]. Back Row (L to R): Marlene (née Gertner) Brickman, Eric Gertner, Michael Brickman, Michael Brown, Director of York’s Centre for Jewish Studies, Henry Gertner, Berek Gertner, Elinor Gerner, Reginal Gertner and Cheryle Gertner. Front Row (L to R): Visual arts student Samara Enchin, history and education major Adam Segal, visual arts student Carolyne Novak and political science and Judaic studies major Jonathan Lasky.
- Custodial History
- These records were donated by Leila Speisman, a former employee of the Canadian Jewish News. The CJN would regulalry receive materials from institutions and organizations when writing about their events.
- Subjects
- Newspapers
- Name Access
- Mizrachi Bayit (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 19 cm and 20 x 26 cm
- 2 scrapbooks
- Date
- 1966-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a certificate of honour awarded by the Israel Histadrut Campaign of Canada to Henry Wolfson of the Shedlower Young Men (1966) and two photographs mounted on cardboard of the Shedlover Society yearly outings at Bathurst Lawn Cemetery in Toronto. In addition there are two scrapbooks with photos, certificates, and memorabilia documenting the society's involvement with Baycrest Centre, Pioneer Women Na'amat, United Jewish Appeal, and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records
- 1 microfilm reel
- Date
- 1889-2004, predominant 1950-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the Toronto Zionist Council. Included is a microfilm reel of correspondence between the Zionist Organization of Canada and various European offices (1889-1915), reports of the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada (1907), correspondence, meeting minutes, Director's reports, daily appointment books, Let the Truth Be Told newsletters, a programe for the 28th regional convention, and a Golden Jubilee dinner program (1957). Also incuded are United Jewish Welfare Fund Board of Directors meeting minutes, and Israel and the Jewish World newsletters (2000-2004).
- Also included are four scrapbooks documenting related groups such as the Balfour Club of Young Judaea (1934-1941); Hadassah-WIZO (1941); United Palestine Appeal (1942, 1945) and the Zionist Organization of Canada (1953-1954, 1958).
- Custodial History
- These records appear to have originated from the Toronto Zionist Council offices on Marlee Ave., but could in fact, be the provenance of the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region.
- Subjects
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Toronto Zionist Council
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-62
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-62
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 180 photographs : b&w and col. ( 24 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1928-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copy photographs and 35 mm slides documenting activities of the Jewish communities in Toronto and other cities, including organizations, synagogues, and schools. There are photographs of rabbis, cantors, and community leaders, as well as publicity photos of prominent politicians, artists, journalists, actors, and academics. Included are photos of Israeli politicians and events, as well as a few historic images from Toronto and archives in other cities. In addition there are several photos from newspapers and magazines and some 1990 textual material from Beit Halochem (Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel).
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-134
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-134
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 15 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1990]-[ca. 2000]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of Henry Springer outside and inside his kosher meat store on Bathurst Street in Toronto. His son, Jeff Springer, appears in one of the photographs.
- Administrative History
- Henry Springer (1921-2014) was born on 10 November 1921 to Mordechai and Leah Springer in Szczebrzeszyn, Poland. He had two sisters, Brenda and Faigie and one brother, Charles. Seven generations of Springers in Poland were butchers. During the Second World War, the whole family survived as prisoners of Russian labour camps. Following the end of the war, they spent four years in a displaced persons camp in Austria named Steyr, then immigrated to Canada, arriving in Quebec City in 1949. They migrated to Toronto with the assistance of JIAS and the Springer family in Kingston.
- After a few years of working in an upholstery factory, Henry and his brother Charles partnered to open a kosher butcher store called Springer’s Kosher Meats, on Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market. In 1958, they opened a second location at 3393 Bathurst St., following the Jewish community's move north. A year or so later they closed the location on Augusta and focused exclusively on the Bathurst St. location until its closing in 1995. Their father Mordechai also worked at the business up until his death in 1982.
- The store sold fresh meat, chicken and fish and some delicatessen and was well known for its chickens.
- Henry Springer was married to Shriley Springer and together had three children: Rochelle, Hannah and Jeff. He died on 3 November 2014 just shy of his 93rd birthday.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Butchers
- Kosher food
- Name Access
- Springer's Kosher Meats
- Springer, Jeff
- Springer, Henry, 1921-2014
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-156
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-156
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. and b&w (12 negatives)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1990-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photos and textual documents related to Chabad Lubavitch's Simchas Bais Hashoeva event.
- Subjects
- Habad
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-71
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-71
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 7 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 11 cm and 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1941-[ca. 2000]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to Leading Aircraftman David Richard Axler of Brantford, Ontario, who was killed in an air accident near Windsor, Ontario in 1941. Included are a photograph of Axler and photographs of his grave in the Brantford Jewish Cemetery, and the Beth David Synagogue in Brantford. In addition there is a photocopy of a page in a publication about Canadian Jews in the Second World War with information about Axler.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-12-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs
- Date
- 2002-2004
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of twenty-two photographs taken by the prominent architectural photographer Robert Burley. The photographs document the interior and exterior features of six of Toronto's original synagogues: the Kiever, Knesseth Israel, First Narayever, Anshei Minsk, Shaarei Tzedec, and the Beach Hebrew Institute.
- These photographs were part of an exhibit held at the Arthur Anderson Gallery that ran from February to May 2005. Burley selected these synagogues for his project because they were the only synagogues in the city still operating in their original buildings. His images reveal the architectural details of the buildings as well as the rich interiors, highlighting the murals, religious artifacts, and interior structure of each building.
- Administrative History
- Robert Burley graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from the School of Art Institute in Chicago in 1986. He is an accomplished architectural photographer who has exhibited his work around the world. He is a professor at the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.)
- First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 marble plaque : 10 x 10 cm
- 1 textual record
- Date
- 16 Oct. 2005
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one marble plaque from the opening commemoration of the Pardes Shalom Cemetery Memorial Garden. The plaque has the Magen David on carved into the averse, while on the reverse is the inscription: the Pardes Sholom Memorial Garden commemorating the opening, October 16, 2005.
- The textual record is an informational/promotional single-fold booklet containing information about the cemetery and the garden, along with contact information.
- Descriptive Notes
- Pardes Shalom Cemetery Memorial Garden.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 190 photographs: b&w and col. ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- 1 painting: oil on canvas ; 77 x 63 cm in frame 91 x 78
- 35 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1901-2005
- Scope and Content
- The accession includes a oil painting of Henry Dworkin, the grandfather of the donor. The painting was created by Sam Soboloff, who owned a tobacco store on St. Clair Avenue West during the 1920s.
- In addition, the accession consists of graphic and textual material including photographs of the Dworkin and Goldstick familes and the Dworkin travel business, correspondence written by the Dworkins, press clippings, an album of condolences on the death of Henry Dworkin in 1928, as well as other material. Item lists of the materials, compiled previously, are included in the box.
- Custodial History
- Item lists found in the boxes indicate that these records belonged to Ellen (Honey) Arthurs.
- Administrative History
- Harry William (Raxlen) Arthurs was born on May 9, 1935 in Toronto to Lewis and Ellen Honey Raxlen. He was adopted in 1942 by Leon Arthurs of Toronto, Honey's second husband. He is the grandson of Dorothy and Henry Dworkin. His sister Cinda was born on Sept. 1, 1942, also in Toronto. In 1958, Arthurs married Sheila Rubin. After their divorce, he remarried Penelope Milnes and together they had two sons, Joshua and Gideon.
- Harry Arthurs received his B.A. in 1955 and his LL.B. in 1958, both from the University of Toronto. He received his Masters of Law in 1959 from Harvard and joined Osgoode Hall Law School's faculty in 1961. Between 1968 and 1970, Arthurs served as Associate Dean and then as Dean, from 1972 to 1977. Arthurs served as president and vice-chancellor of York University from 1985 to 1992.
- Arthurs is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1982), an Officer of the Order of Canada (1989), a Member of the Order of Ontario (1995), and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (2003). He was awarded the D.W. Mundell Medal in 1988, the first Killam Laureate in the Social Sciences in 2002, and the first Bora Laskin Award for Distinguished Contribution to Labour Law in 2003. His many publications include his book "Without the Law: Administrative Justice and Legal Pluralism in Nineteenth Century England."
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Name Access
- Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-3-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1986-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material relating to the Latner Jewish Public Library and the Cultural Services Study Committee. Included is a report of the Cultural Services Study Committee (1986); 5 sets of meeting minutes of the Latner Jewish Public Library Board of Directors (2002-2004); a report on the library produced by Clare Lawton Beghtol, a professional library consultant (1988); two reports on restructuring and revisioning the library (2003); and a response to the restructuring report (2004).
- Name Access
- Albert and Temmy Latner Jewish Public Library.
- Cultural Services Study Committee.
- Beghtol, Clare Lawton.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-1
- Material Format
- text
- Physical Description
- 4 texts
- Date
- 1935-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 4 books of poetry written by Morris J. Granite / Morris Granatstein including Street Corners (1935), My City Lodz (1995), Welcome to the Year 2000 (1999), and Toronto, My City (2000).
- Administrative History
- Morris J. Granite was born in 1911 in Lodz, Poland. His parents had a small business dyeing textiles, which they operated out of their apartment on Constantinouska Street, Lodz. His father's family originally came from Glowaszow in Radom, Poland.
- In 1926, the family immigrated to Toronto. During the Great Depression, he worked in Toronto, New York City and Philadelphia as a waiter, power press operator, construction worker and teacher at Hebrew and Yiddish schools. Morris served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He later worked as a teacher and draftsman in his early years and then as a builder in his middle to later years. The buildings and homes that he worked on still stand in Cuba, Detroit and Toronto.
- He served as president of the Jewish Public Library, editor of the Canadian Jewish Outlook, and as a member of the League of Canadian Poets. He was also a major supporter of artistic and progressive causes.
- Throughout his life, he possessed a true passion for the written word. He published many articles and poems in literary magazines. He also produced four books of poetry: Street Corners (1935), My City Lodz (1995), Welcome to the Year 2000 (1999), and Toronto, My City (2000). At first, he published under the name Granite and later relied on Granatstein as his surname for his last three books.
- He had one daugher, Ettie and two grandchildren. His long-time companion was Barbara Moore.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-4-4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (tif)
- 5 documents (tif)
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 DVD
- 1 videocassette
- Date
- 1941-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of copies of electronic copies of photographs, postcards and telegrams as well as newsclippings, a video and a DVD documenting the career of Sam Shapiro in the RCAF and his time as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft 3 in Poland.
- Administrative History
- Sam Shapiro enlisted as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1940. He received his wings in Brantford and was sent overseas in April 1941 as a sergeant pilot. He was in Squadron ten and flew eight successful missions before his plane was shot down over Holland in August 1941, killing two of the crew.
- Shapiro was captured by German forces on 17 August 1941 and was taken to Stalag Luft 3 camp in Poland, where the "Great Escape" took place. Shapiro was not part of the breakout, but did help dig the tunnel that allowed seventy-six of his fellow prisoners to escape.
- While a Prisoner of War, Shapiro was promoted to warrant officer. He was liberated on 16 April 1945 and arrived in England five days later. Shortly after arriving home in 1945, Shapiro received the YMCA sports badge for his conduct in the POW camp and the Canadian Volunteer Service medal. He married his fiance Geraldine Perlman in 1945.
- 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
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Sam.
- Stalag Luft 3
- Perlman, Geraldine
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-5-2
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette
- 1 DVD
- Date
- [200-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one video cassette and a DVD documenting the history of Kirkland Lake. The material was originally aired on TV Ontario
- Descriptive Notes
- The video cassette has been converted to digital format.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1973-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual material relating to the Ontario Jewish Archives, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, Pardes Shalom Cemetery, the Latner Library and the Social Planning Committee. The bulk of the material is correspondence relating to various archival projects and grants between former Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives, Steve Speisman and former chair of the Archives Committee, Cyrel Troster.
- Use Conditions
- Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-16
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-16
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one DVD containing Toronto media coverage of the UJA emergency rally and campaign in support of Israel. The television coverage is from July and August of 2006 and was aired on CBC, CTV, City TV (CP 24) and Global.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-17
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-17
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD
- Date
- Aug. 2006
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one DVD of the United Jewish Communities Israel Emergency Campaign video from August 2006.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-18
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.7 m of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1978-2001
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual and graphic records relating to the Downtown Jewish Community School. The records include family education grants, applications and reports, class lists, board meeting minutes and correspondence, financial records and audited statements, photographs, children's artwork, news clippings, program material, and a scrapbook.
- Custodial History
- The records were kept in the offices of Joan Schoenfeld, principal of the Downtown Jewish Community School until their transfer to the OJA on 2006-08-24.
- Administrative History
- The Downtown Jewish Community School is an independent afternoon and Sunday school of approximately 200 students affiliated with the Board of Jewish Education UJA Federation of Toronto. It caters to children in the public school system. Although the objectives of the DJCS are primarily educational, encouragement of a sense of community among Jews in downtown Toronto has always been, and continues to be, a prime concern.
- The DJCS opened in the Bloor "Y" on Sunday, September 7, 1979 with a full student enrollment of forty-seven children in three grade levels. The full school-community consisted of seventy-seven families -- members, whose children attended the school, and associate members, most of whose children were on the waiting list. Programs included classes in Jewish heritage, culture, values and Hebrew language, community holiday celebrations as well as adult and family education.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-19
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-8-19
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.9 m of textual records
- Date
- 1988-2001
- Scope and Content
- This accession contains the records created by JIAS Canada, the national office of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Service, from 1988 to 2001. This includes executive correspondence, committee material, conference material, reference material, financial and budgetary records, executive and officer meeting schedules, minutes and reports, community relief files and administrative files.
- Custodial History
- The records were stored in the offices of JIAS Canada until donated to the archives on 2006-08-29.
- Administrative History
- Established in 1920 by the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC), The Jewish Immigrants Aid Society of Canada (which also operated under the moniker of the Emergency Jewish Immigrant Aid Committee), JIAS (now the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services), was charged with organizing emergency relief for European Jews in distress following the pogroms in the former Russian Empire and the First World War. It later became the central agency of the Jewish community to facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants into Canada and provided them with welfare services, transportation, and assistance with accommodation and employment after their arrival.
- In addition, JIAS offered consultation services for sponsors of potential immigrants, ran a competitive foreign remittance service, and campaigned to counter the activities of unscrupulous steamboat agents, lawyers and influence peddlers, or “shtadlanim”, who often victimized immigrants and sponsors alike. JIAS was also actively engaged in negotiating for the increased admission of Jewish immigrants to Canada, in conjunction with similar efforts by the CJC.
- JIAS was organized into a National Office in Montreal and a series of regional offices located in various other Canadian cities. The JIAS National Office moved from Montreal to Toronto in 1989, with the appointment of Susan Davis to National Director, and is now located at 4580 Dufferin St., Suite 306, Toronto, Ontario.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Date
- 2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession is a portrait photograph of Howard Sokolowski, UJA Federation campaign chair of 2003, taken by Al Gilbert for Lifestyles magazine. The photograph is signed by Gilbert in the bottom left hand corner.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-11-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 100 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1997-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting UJA Federation's community grant allocation ceremonies from 1997, 1999 and 2003. The photographs feature representatives of the Community Planning and Allocations Department and various representatives of chosen community organizations.
- Administrative History
- The Community Planning and Allocations Department was responsible for awarding financial grants to chosen community organizations and projects. They were involved in the selection and allocation processes.
- Under the former Toronto Jewish Congress, community grant allocations was handled by the Social Planning Department, which was responsible for selecting the winning applicants, and the Budget and Finance Department, which was responsible for distributing the grant money. When the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto was founded, the two functions merged and became the Community Planning and Allocations Department. Under UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, the two functions were once again separated into the Strategic Planning Department and the Budget and Finance Department.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 0.3 m. of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1973-2005
- Scope and Content
- The records in this accession consist of early minutes of the Executive Committee, high holiday sermons, sidureem (booklets) that were produced by the synagogue for Shabbat and the holidays, a cassette containing instructions for bar/bat mitzvah children, a CD of music entitled "Solel Sings "Kids" Songs!", and a videotaped recording of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the shul.
- Custodial History
- The records were donated to the OJA from their archives committee. This committee will be responsible for overseeing future transfers and for helping to establish an information management program within the synagogue.
- Administrative History
- Solel Congregation was established in1973. It is a reform synagogue, situated in Mississauga, that currently has a membership of 300 families.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Solel Congregation (Mississauga, Ont.)
- Places
- Mississauga (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-2-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1997-2006
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of UJA Federation annual reports from 1997 to 2006. One page of the 1997-1998 report is missing as well as the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 reports.
- Custodial History
- Reports were in the possession of Ina Glick before being transferred to the Archives on 2007-02-12.
- Administrative History
- The annual reports are prepared yearly by UJA Federation and distributed amongst members of the Jewish community in Toronto. They include updates on programming and the allocation of campaign funds, as well as lists of Federation committees and their members.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-36
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-36
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 1 textual record
- Date
- 1923-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one issue of the Jewish Standard, from June 2004, two scanned copy photographs of Sid Slepkov during the Second World War, and one scanned copy photograph of Sid's father Morris in front of his clothing store, the Fashion Cloak and Fur Co. in St. Catharines, Ontario.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 1. Sydney Slepkov in decompression chamber, Second World War.
- 2. Morris Slepkov outside his store, 1923.
- 3. Sydney Slepkov, 1944.
- Custodial History
- The original photographs are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the photos in June 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-06-04.
- 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
- World War, 1939-1945
- Business
- Communities
- Name Access
- Slepkov, Sid
- Slepkov, Morris
- Places
- St. Catharines, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm
- Date
- 1931-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Jewish community of Thunder Bay. It includes two copy photographs of the Talmud Torah class from 1931 and 1957. It also consists of copies of the deeds of land for the synagogue from 1956 and 1960; a B'nai Brith musical program and testimonial; a report produced on religious education in the public schools; notes relating to the history of the community; and finally, the exhibit booklet from the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada entitled "Jews in Thunder Bay: An Historical Overview" from 2003.
- Custodial History
- These records were acquired as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Identification is provided with the photographs.
- Places
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-9-2
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- architectural drawing (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 37 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg) + 2 identification keys
- 16 documents (28 jpgs)
- 2 architectural drawings (jpg)
- Date
- [189-]-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of scanned copies of original records documenting the Jewish community in Cornwall. The records relate to various individuals in the community, including the donor, as well as organizations such as B'nai Brith, Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society, and the Beth-El Congregation. The items include scans of cemetery plans, burial certificates, photographs, meeting minutes, memorial books and various legal documents.
- Photographs are as follows:
- 01. Sixtieth anniversary of D-Day program.
- 02. Abe and Rose Goldhamer, Long Sault Rapids before the seaway, ca. 1941.
- 03. Al Burnes in uniform. Al lived in Cornwall and moved to Toronto, [between 1939 and 1945].
- 04. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 1, 1962.
- 05. Archie Dover, first person buried in the new cemetery, pg. 2, 1962.
- 06. Beth El Synagogue, exterior, nd.
- 07. Beth El Synagogue, interior, nd.
- 08. Birdie Phillips Miller.
- 09. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [obverse]
- 10. B’nai Brith, ca. 1961. [reverse]
- 11. B’nai Brith entertaining seniors from Glen Stor Dun Lodge, 1964.
- 12. B’nai Brith girls temporary charter, 1967.
- 13. B’nai Brith Youth Organization temporary charter, 1967.
- 14. Boys playing hockey behind the shul, 1930s. Back row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Abrugov, Murray Berns, Julius Kolomier. Front row, left to right: unidentified, Jack Goldhamer, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.
- 15. Braham Goldhamer on piano.
- 16. Cemetery plan from office of LP Stidwill, civil engineer and Ontario land surveyor, April 18 1958.
- 17. Cemetery plan, nd.
- 18. Construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway, Robert Saunders Dam, 1957.
- 19. B’nai Brith emergency meeting minutes, 1967.
- 20. Entertainer, Helen Goldhamer and her father, Julius Miller.
- 21. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 1, Oct. 5, 1924.
- 22. General meeting regarding building of the synagogue, pg. 2, Oct. 5, 1924.
- 23. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [obverse] Pictured are, Standing left to right: Moe Helperin, Peter Solway, Oscar Niduvitch, Louis Dubinsky, Alex Abugor, Sam Nyman, Moe Schulman, Bernard Miller, I. Martin, Saul Schulman. Seated left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Sam Smolkin, Saul Kaye, Mrs. Eddie Cantor (guest speaker), Rabbi Matts, Julius Miller.
- 24. B’nai Brith Cornwall Lodge, 1961. [reverse]
- 25. Hebrew School, ca. 1958.
- 26. Helen, Mark and Brham Goldhamer, ca. 1958.
- 27. Helen Goldhamer on the St. Lawrence just west of Cornwall.
- 28. Helen Goldhamer speaking.
- 29. Helen Goldhamer thanking guest speaker.
- 30. Joel Horovitz, bar mitzvah programme, 1954.
- 31. Julius Miller and daughter Helen Goldhamer with father Moses Miller (seated) and grandson Braham Goldhamer at age 2.
- 32. Julius Miller and wife Birdie in front of their furniture company’s first truck, ca. 1946.
- 33. Julius Miller Grove invitation to ceremony, 1969.
- 34. Julius Miller Grove letter, 1969.
- 35. Julius Miller Grove plaque, ca. 1969.
- 36. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.
- 37. Annette Phillips and Mary Phillips, ca. 1948.
- 38. Julius Miller presented with a pin by Mrs. Eddie Cantor at an Israel Bonds drive, 1961.
- 39. Nathan Phillips with unidentified boy.
- 40. Left to right: Annette Phillips, Mary Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller and Riva Phillips, 1940s.
- 41. Left to right: Archie Dover, Julius Miller and Rabbi Lewin at the Memory Board dedication.
- 42. Left to right: Helen Goldhamer, Sarah Vineberg, Mrs. M. Phillips, Birdie Phillips Miller, Annette Phillips, ca. 1938.
- 43. Succot. Left to right: Margot Miller, Jack Miller and Braham Goldhamer, ca. 1956.
- 44. Left to right: Mark Goldhamer, Iruim Thaw, Saul Schulman and guest speaker, ca. 1961.
- 45. Nathan and Sam Phillips, ca. 1920.
- 46. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 1, 1929.
- 47. Legal letter regarding the deed to the cemetery, pg. 2, 1929.
- 48. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 1, 1945.
- 49. Markus Goldhamer RCAF discharge papers, pg. 2, 1945.
- 50. Markus Goldhamer RCAF photo, Second World War.
- 51. Mary Phillips, life member of Hadassah-WIZO card, April 5, 1954.
- 52. Memorial book, pg. 1, 1926.
- 53. Memorial book, pg. 2, 1926.
- 54. Memorial book, pg. 3, 1926.
- 55. Memorial book, pg. 4, 1926.
- 56. Memory board.
- 57. Moses Miller.
- 58. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 1, 1934.
- 59. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 2, 1934.
- 60. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 3, 1934.
- 61. Original minutes forming the B’nai Brith chapter in Cornwall, pg. 4, 1934.
- 62. Part of crowd at the annual dinner in Beth El Synagogue hall.
- 63. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 1, Nov. 29, 1922.
- 64. Photocopy of Hebrew Ladies’ Aid meeting minutes, pg. 2, Nov. 29, 1922.
- 65. President of B’nai Brith Mark Goldhamer speaking. Helen Goldhamer seated to his left.
- 66. Riva Phillips beside Julius Miller Furniture shop, 1950s.
- 67. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 1.
- 68. Thank you card to Mark Goldhamer, pg. 2.
- 69. [Phillips family?], ca. 1900.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in September 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-09-04.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Goldhamer, Mark
- Places
- Cornwall (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- 1915-2000
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of material accumulated by Vivian Ironstone Field. It includes an NHL contract for her father Joe Ironstone with the Ottawa Senators, a play about her father written in 1996, three volumes of Hadassah minutes, community executive minutes, correspondence and material -- including a photo album -- documenting a community reunion that they held in Sudbury in 1987.
- Subjects
- Hockey players
- Women--Societies and clubs
- Name Access
- Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
- Ironstone, Joseph, 1898-1972
- Places
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Ottawa (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-30
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-6-30
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 document : col. (jpg)
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[2003?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession is comprised of family and community photographs of two generations of the Albert family of Belleville. Images include rabbis Moses Lewin and Walter Seligman, friends, events such as bar mitzvahs, Ethnic Day and a Purim Party, and the Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen memorial. People pictured are identified in the finding aid. There is also one electronic copy of a newsclipping about Rabbi Moses Lewin.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 01. Joe Burke far right Norman Albert in middle Ruth Goldberg far right, 1950s.
- 02. Belleville Community Picnic at the Albert's Summer House.
- 03. David Albert, 1960.
- 04. David Albert bar mitzvah with Rabbi Seligmann and wife.
- 05. Ethnic Day at the Shul, mid-1970s.
- 06. Florence Yannover.
- 07. Jacob Albert with grandsons, 1958.
- 08. Left to right: Ruth Lear and Becky Shulmann and Sarah Lightstone in back.
- 09. Left to right: Selma Bochnek, Shirley Osborne, Ethel Burke, Walter and Mrs Seligmann at synagogue dinner dance.
- 10. Mark and Michelle and David Albert, March 20 1971, bar mitzvah.
- 11. Norm and Lil and Jacob Albert and Rose.
- 12. Purim Party, 1957.
- 13. Purim Party. Joe Burke and Mynra Crystal of Peterborough, April 1957.
- 14. Rabbi Moses Lewin.
- 15. Shulman Departure, May 1985.
- 16. Trenton Airbase Jewish Servicemen Memorial, ca. 2003.
- 17. Ted and Eleanor Schwab.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Families
- Name Access
- Albert, Carole
- Albert, Norm
- Places
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 DVD ; 20 min.
- Date
- 2007
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one DVD detailing the history of Ralph and Helen Cohen entitled: 1947: Once Upon a Time. The video was created by Alan, the son of Ralph and Helen, in honour of his parents 60th wedding anniversary. It features still photographs of his parents and family friends with a narrative voice-over. As well, the video features several archival photographs from various institutions, including the OJA. Additionally, there is a publicity brochure for Alan's business producing family commemorative DVDs.
- Name Access
- Cohen, Helen
- Cohen, Ralph
- Cohen Alan
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-10-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1977-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting Congregation Iyr Hamelich, the Reform synagogue in Kingston. The records include the constitution, Sunday school minutes and policy documents, synagogue bulletins, correspondence and "Welcome to our Congregation" booklets.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Name Access
- Congregation Iyr Hamelich
- Places
- Kingston, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 90 cm of textual records
- 1000 photographs [approx.]
- Date
- 1919-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual and graphic records documenting the programs and activities of Canadian Young Judaea. The records include newsletters and publications, photographs, anniversary books, and program books. There are also two compact discs containing scanned copies of the photographs from this accession.
- Custodial History
- These records were gathered together for an anniversary celebration held in November 2007. Most of the records were found in the basement of the office building on Marlee Avenue, before being donated to the archives.
- Administrative History
- Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.
- In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted at various Jewish communities throughout Canada and offices at the national level. In Toronto, Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.
- Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization of Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjunction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps. They were therefore dependent on ZOC.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Youth
- Zionism
- Name Access
- Canadian Young Judaea
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 95 video cassettes
- Date
- Sept. 1998-March 2000
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 95 video cassettes of lectures presented by the Wexner Heritage Foundation at their "Toronto sessions". There are 39 lectures in total, dealing with philosophical and religious based topics as well as one on the history of the Canadian Jewish community. The sessions are set up with a guest speaker at the head of a table facilitating the discussion amongst a group of participants.
- The guest speakers and facilitators include Rabbi Norman Laufer, Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, Rabbi Jacob Schacter, Dr. Benjamin Gampel, Dr. Michael Stanislawski, Dr. Steven Bayme, Dr. Michael Brown, Rabbi Shoshana Gelfand, Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard, Dr. Larry Hoffman, Erica Brown, Dr. Michal Chernick and Arna Poupko.
- The topics of discussion include:
- Genesis: cosmos and covenant.
- Genesis: Exodus, Abraham and Moses. The nature of leadership and relationship to the covenant.
- Books of Deuteronomy, Joshua. Judges, Samuel 1: land and politics.
- Prophets and kings or prophets vs. kings.
- Judaism and the destruction of the Temple.
- The Temple's end and beginnings of modern Judaism.
- Judaism in Middle Ages.
- Jews in the orbit of Islam.
- Sephardic and Ashkenaz Jews: 11th to 15th century.
- Crusades and expulsion of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews: 13th to 16th century.
- Jews in Ashkenazi lands.
- Roads to modernity: 1550-1789.
- Jews in Medieval Spain.
- Eastern European Jewry through 1981.
- Transitions to modernity
- Enlightenment and emancipation and the Jewish response to modernity.
- Immigration and acculturation.
- Zionism first 50 years.
- The rise and decline of civic Judaism and the emergence of Jewish continuity agenda.
- Canadian Jewish history.
- Who are the hero/ines of Rosh Hashanah?
- Priest, prophet and kings: authority and rivalry.
- Triumphs and failures in biblical leadership.
- Refusing leadership: the complex leader.
- Judah, Tamar and the Book of Ruth: autonomy and vision as a foundation for leadership.
- Leadership as an outgrowth of faith and kindness.
- The risk of a leader in the Diaspora: Joseph and the Book of Esther.
- The leader as courtier: the Book of Esther.
- Suffering divine justice and personal communal redemption.
- The leader as nurturer.
- The anatomy of the Siddur.
- From Bible to Mishna: the process of Midrash.
- Rabbinic "liturature": the Mishna.
- The Talmud.
- The Mishna and its social context.
- Codes and responsa.
- The Aggadah: the spiritual world of the Talmudic tale.
- Custodial History
- These video cassettes were donated to the OJA by the Media Library, however they did not contain the usual coding used by the library. Therefore, their origins are unknown. It is possible that they were once used as a resource by the staff at the Board of Jewish Education.
- Administrative History
- The Wexner Foundation and the Wexner Heritage Foundation (now part of The Wexner Foundation) were established by Leslie Wexner in 1984. The Wexner Heritage program was designed to provide young American Jewish lay leaders with a two-year intensive Jewish learning program, thus deepening their understanding of Jewish history, values, and texts and enriching their leadership skills. By the end of 2007, over 1500 North American Jewish leaders from 31 cities will have participated in the program.
- http://www.wexnerfoundation.org/TheFoundation/HistoryandMission/tabid/61/Default.aspx
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Date
- 2001-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of material from the UJA Federation's Jewish Tomorrow Campaign. The records include correspondence, reports, architectural plans and financial documents. The records relate to the planning of Tanenbaum CHAT at the Lebovic Campus, the Beit Rayim Synagogue and school proposal, policy for synagogues, day schools and supplementary schools on the Lebovic Campus, a study on Jewish day schools in Toronto, Central Campus planning and the Roots golf tournament that benefited the Miles Nadal JCC as well as the Canadian Diabetes Association and Olympic Aid.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the office of Patricia Tolkin Eppel and were transferred to the OJA after she vacated her position. There is no further acquisition information on these records.
- Administrative History
- UJA Federation's Tomorrow Campaign is Canada’s largest non-profit community development project. It is Federation's response to the need for new facilities and services brought about by the growth of Toronto’s Jewish community.
- The Tomorrow Campaign is mandated with the fundraising and creation of three campuses for Jewish life in the GTA. The Downtown District, serving Toronto's growing Jewish population in the city core, is anchored by the new Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre at Bloor & Spadina and the Wolfond Centre for Jewish Campus Life at Harbord & Huron. Central Campus, on Bathurst north of Sheppard, will include the new Prosserman Family Jewish Community Centre, where the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre is currently located, a new Koffler Centre for the Arts, the Centre for Jewish Knowledge & Heritage and a renovated Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services. The Lebovic Jewish Community Campus, at Bathurst & Weldrick north of Rutherford, is designed to provide programs and services for York Region's Jewish community of 60,000 - the fastest growing in Canada. The Lebovic Campus will be highlighted by the Kimel Family Education Centre, housing the northern branch of the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (CHAT); the Schwartz-Reisman Centre offering recreational, educational, cultural, social and fitness facilities; community services; a United Synagogue Day School and other schools as well.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two copies of the dedication programme for Congregation Darchei Noam's new building on Sheppard Avenue in Toronto. The dedication took place from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2, 2008.
- Administrative History
- Darchei Noam, Toronto's Reconstructionist Synagogue, is a close-knit community of over 340 families, which has been in operation for over 30 years. Religious services are traditional in form, and progressive and egalitarian in content. Members participate in leading services, chanting Torah, or presenting a D'var Torah. Women and men participate equally in all areas of synagogue life.
- Subjects
- Dedication services
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Congregation Darchei Noam (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Sheppard Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2.7 m of textual records and graphic material
- Date
- [197-]-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of 2.7 m of textual records and graphic material related to the functions and activities of the Solel Congregation in Mississauga. The records include general correspondence, B'nai Mitzvah sermons; board of director, executive, and brotherhood minutes and motions; memorabilia, brochures and pamphlets; leadership manuals; newsletters; photographs; and the synagogue's constitution.
- Administrative History
- Mississauga 's Solel Congregation was founded in 1973. It currently has a membership of over 300 families and has established itself within the broader Mississauga community and Region of Peel. It is a Reform congregation, led by Rabbi Lawrence Englander. Solel has both a religious school, an adult education program as well as many participatory groups and activities.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Solel Congregation (Mississauga, Ont.)
- Places
- Mississauga (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-2-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 1 photograph : col.
- 2 documents : col. (jpg)
- Date
- [1910?]-2008
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six photographs of the Greenspoon family of Sudbury, Ontario. There are also two scanned documents: Moe Greenspoon's 1918 birth certificate and his statement of service in the Canadian Armed Forces, issued in 1990.
- Photographs include the following:
- 01. Benjamin and Fanny Greenspoon ca. 1910. (photograph was a reprint of a scanned original)
- 02. Paul Allan Greenspoon with grandfather Benjamin and his second wife at bar mitzvah, ca. 1966.
- 03. Greenspoon family gathering ca. 1942. L to R (back): Nathan, Doris, Moses (Moe), Max, Sydney, Irving, Bill, Ruth, Louis. L to R (front): Dave, wife Ann, Ben, Fanny, Harry, wife Millie.
- 04. Greenspoons at the Nahala dedication plaque in Israel, Oct. 1972. L to R: Rose (married to Max), daughter Elaine, Max, son Ira, Ira's wife Merle, and Ben in front.
- 05. Zady's Boyz - basketball team of all the grandsons with Moe, 2008.
- 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
- Canada--Armed Forces
- Communities
- Families
- Name Access
- Greenspoon, Moe
- Places
- Sudbury, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-3-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- textual record (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. (jpg)
- 6 documents : b&w and col. (jpg)
- Date
- [1915?]-[200-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of brochures from the Cherney family businesses: their furniture store of fifty years, followed by Cherney Realty, established after 1984. Also included are a pamphlet on the Erica Cherney Inspiration Fund of the Community Counselling and Resource Centre of Peterborough. There is also a memorial card for the death of Harry Cherney in 1984. Electronic records include articles about Cherney's and Erica Cherney, City of Peterborough Awards of Merit for Harry and Erica Cherney, and four photographs.
- Photograhps are as follows:
- 01. Award of Merit, Erica Cherney, 1977.
- 02. Award of Merit, Harry Cherney, 1981.
- 03. Harry Cherney on a sailboat, ca. 1978.
- 04. 40th Anniversary of Cherney Store, 1975. Left to right: Myer and Harry and Lou Cherney.
- 05. Rebecca Cherney, ca. 1915.
- 06. Tree of Life donated in honour of Harry Cherney.
- 07. Cherney business story in Peterborough Industrial Review, 1975.
- 08. Erica Cherney article in Business Advantage February, 1997, page 13.
- 09. Cherney ad, 1975.
- 10. Harry Cherney newspaper article about his death, Peterborough Examiner, December 29 1984, page 1.
- 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
- Business
- Communities
- Name Access
- Cherney, Erica
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-4-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-4-7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Date
- 2006
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of Julia Koschitzky, taken by Al Gilbert for a feature article in Lifestyles magazine. Accompanying the photograph is the resulting cover of the magazine.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-17 [Processed]
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-17 [Processed]
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 119 photographs : b&w and col. (43 tifs, 32 negatives, 1 slide) ; 41 x 51 cm or smaller and 300 dpi
- Date
- 1960-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession includes forty-three black-and-white and colour portrait prints along with the accompanying digital images and some negatives. The sitters include nationally- and internationally-renowned entertainers, athletes, politicians, entrepreneurs, artists, and jurists. Individuals include: David Ben-Gurion, Dr. Charles Best, Conrad Black, A. J. Casson, John Diefenbaker, Gordie Howe, Yousuf Karsh, Betty Kennedy, Larry King, George Knudson, Jean Beliveau, Yehuda Menuhin, Lester Pearson, John Robarts, Sidney Robins, Peter Appleyard, Leona Boyd, George Cohon, David Crombie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dr. Bernie Goldman, Martin Luther King III, Murray Koffler, Moe Koffman, Eugene Levy, Edwin Mirvish, Raymond Moriyama, Frank Sinatra, Carl Schaeffer, Mandel Sprachman, Dr. Tile, Wayne and Shuster, Dr. Key, Joseph Biden, Matthew Teitlebaum, Guido Basso, Oscar Peterson, the director of the Department of Transportation in Maui, a man playing chess, and a diver in an aquarium.
- Administrative History
- Nathan Gittelmacher immigrated to Toronto from Kiev, Ukraine after the First World War. He first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios, and then in 1922, opened up his own studio, Elite Studios, at 615 Queen Street West. Many of Nathan’s portraits were produced with a large format view camera and from glass negatives.
- During the 1940s, the family changed its name to Gilbert and subsequently altered the name of the business to Gilbert Studios. Nathan’s son, Albert, who was born 18 November 1922, started working in the family business in 1941, when he was 19 years old. He eventually assumed control of it after his father retired. He moved the studio to Eglington Avenue and then later to Davenport Road, its current location, in order to accommodate its growing clientele.
- Al made a name for himself as a portrait photographer, using natural light in innovative ways to create more natural looking portraits. Al’s primary work involved producing portraits of families, weddings, bar mitzvahs, special events and dinners. Most of his early clients were from the Jewish community. In turn, he also was paid to produce portraits of local entrepreneurs, and his multi-year contract with the city, gave him sole responsibility for the production of portraits of the mayors and councilmen and women. He later branched out beyond the Jewish community, and began to produce images of businessmen and leaders from the Italian community in Toronto.
- n addition to the paid contracts involving local personalities and groups, Al Gilbert has also produced many artistic portraits of local, national and international celebrities, artists and leaders such as: Wayne and Shuster, Howie Mandel, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Robertson Davies, several Canadian prime ministers as well as Prince Charles, all of the Israeli prime ministers, which were made into stamps by the Israeli government, and finally, the last Pope. Gilbert’s work therefore captures a huge range of individuals from the ordinary bride to extraordinary world leaders.
- Al has won many awards as well as accolades from his peers throughout his career. He is the three-time recipient of the prestigious Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Photographer of the year honour. He has been named Fellow of the photographic societies in Canada, Britain and the United States. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of Canada and recently nominated for the Order of Ontario. In January 2007, the Professional Photographers of America presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor PPA can bestow on a person for their body of work and influence on professional photography.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- File list is available here: S:\Appraisal\00 Monetary appraisals\CPERB\2007-12-17, Gilbert\2007-12-17 CPERB list.xls
- Processed as Fonds 37, series 4.
- USE CONDITION NOTE: Permission for use must be granted by Mr. Al Gilbert or his children. Attribution beneath Mr. Gilbert’s work to read: Al Gilbert C.M. or Portrait by Al Gilbert C.M. Reproduction Prints can only be made by Gilbert Studios under Mr. Gilbert’s direction. Mr. Gilbert’s work cannot be reproduced by any third party off these web sites or exhibits without permission. No cropping or alterations to the original image is allowed.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Name Access
- Biden, Joseph R.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-18
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12-18
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 105 photographs : b&w and col. (27 negatives and 39 tifs) ; 41 x 51 cm or smaller and 300 dpi
- Date
- 1972-2006
- Scope and Content
- This accession includes thirty-nine black-and-white and colour portrait prints along with accompanying digital images (tifs) and negatives. The images were created by photographer Al Gilbert of national- and internationally-renowned entertainers, athletes, politicians, entrepreneurs, and artists. Individuals include: Lincoln Alexander, Harold Ballard, Pierre Berton, Boris Brott, Cardinal Emmett Carter, Raymond Chretien, Robertson Davies, Bill Davis, Brian Dixon, Art Eggleton, Paul Godfrey, Edward Greenspan, Rev. Andrew Hutchinson, Hal Jackman, Bora Laskin, Mel Lastman, Guy LaFleur, Howie Mandel, Paul Martin Sr., Hazel McCallion, Roy McMurtry, David Peterson, Paul Reichmann, Phillip Reichmann, Frank Stronach, Joey and Toby Tanenbaum, Kenneth Thompson, John Turner, Galen Weston, and Pinchas Zukerman.
- Administrative History
- Nathan Gittelmacher immigrated to Toronto from Kiev, Ukraine after the First World War. He first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios, and then in 1922, opened up his own studio, Elite Studios, at 615 Queen Street West. Many of Nathan’s portraits were produced with a large format view camera and from glass negatives.
- During the 1940s, the family changed its name to Gilbert and subsequently altered the name of the business to Gilbert Studios. Nathan’s son, Albert, who was born 18 November 1922, started working in the family business in 1941, when he was nineteen years old. He eventually assumed control of it after his father retired. He moved the studio to Eglington Avenue and then later to Davenport Road, its current location, in order to accommodate its growing clientele.
- Al made a name for himself as a portrait photographer, using natural light in innovative ways to create more natural looking portraits. Al’s primary work involved producing portraits of families, weddings, bar mitzvahs, special events and dinners. Most of his early clients were from the Jewish community. In turn, he also was paid to produce portraits of local entrepreneurs, and his multi-year contract with the city, gave him sole responsibility for the production of portraits of the mayors and councilmen and women. He later branched out beyond the Jewish community, and began to produce images of businessmen and leaders from the Italian community in Toronto.
- In addition to the paid contracts involving local personalities and groups, Al Gilbert has also produced many artistic portraits of local, national and international celebrities, artists and leaders such as: Wayne and Shuster, Howie Mandel, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Robertson Davies, several Canadian prime ministers as well as Prince Charles, all of the Israeli prime ministers, which were made into stamps by the Israeli government, and finally, Pope John Paul II. Gilbert’s work therefore captures a huge range of individuals from the ordinary bride to extraordinary world leaders.
- Al has won many awards as well as accolades from his peers throughout his career. He is the three-time recipient of the prestigious Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Photographer of the year honour. He has been named Fellow of the photographic societies in Canada, Britain and the United States. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of Canada and recently nominated for the Order of Ontario. In January 2007, the Professional Photographers of America presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor PPA can bestow on a person for their body of work and influence on professional photography.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- An item list is located here: S:\Appraisal\00 Monetary appraisals\CPERB\2007-12-18, Gilbert\2007-12-18 CPERB list.xls
- USE CONDITION NOTE: Permission for use must be granted by Mr. Al Gilbert or his children. Attribution beneath Mr. Gilbert’s work to read: Al Gilbert C.M. or Portrait by Al Gilbert C.M. Reproduction Prints can only be made by Gilbert Studios under Mr. Gilbert’s direction. Mr. Gilbert’s work cannot be reproduced by any third party off these web sites or exhibits with permission. No cropping or alterations to the original image is allowed.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-4-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-4-8
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette
- Date
- 22 Aug. 2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one copy audio cassette of an oral history of Karen Stekel, conducted by Doris Manetta. Karen's husband Moe can be heard making comments at the end of the interview.
- Custodial History
- The donor has the original copy of the cassette. She allowed the OJA to copy the original and donated the copy to the Archives.
- Administrative History
- Karen Stekel is the granddaughter of the Samuels family, who had a farm in Pontypool before moving to Toronto. After moving, the family went into the toy manufacturing business and started Reliable Toys.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
- Date
- [194-], 2004-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual records related to the Holy Blossom Temple renewal project, which is the controversial renovation campaign, and the Temple's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2007. The records include correspondence sent out to the congregation, pamphlets, flyers, and promotional material. Also included in this accession is an Oakdale Golf and Country Club membership roster from 2004 to 2006 and two photographs of David Steinhauer, a former teacher at Jarvis Collegiate standing in front of the school during the 1940s.
- Administrative History
- Nancy Draper is the daughter of Carl Frankel, a past prominent member of the Toronto Jewish community and formerly associated with Holy Blossom Temple, of which Nancy is still a member. She attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute for five years as a youth.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 14 shirts and other material
- Date
- 1998-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of eight Walk with Israel t-shirts (2002-2008), one hat (n.d), one necklace (2008), and two collection envelopes (2006, 2008) from that same event. Contents also include three t-shirts (1998-2000), and one hat (n.d) from Israel Fun Walk. Other items in this accession include one Ilan Ramon Street Festival t-shirt (2007), one Israel Emergency Campaign t-shirt (2007), and one Telethon t-shirt (2006).
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 2 hats, 1 necklace and 1 folder of textual records.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1997-2002
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of three binders of textual records relating to the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's internet initiatives, including the creation of the Doing Jewish in Toronto website. The records include reports, email correspondence, budgetary documents, and Internet Sub-Committee meeting minutes.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one program booklet created for the UJA Federation's awards ceremony entitled "celebrating the stars". The event, which honoured the philanthropic work of individuals within the Jewish community, took place on June 11, 2008. The booklet features a description of the various awards given out at the ceremony, as well as a short biography on the recipients.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 poster : col. ; 44 x 28 cm
- 6 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records related to the national historical designation of Kensington Market in Toronto, including materials from the unveiling ceremony, held on May 25, 2008. This includes the event package, media releases, formal invitations to politicians and guest speakers, the official invitation and programme, an historical backgrounder on the Market, Chair of UJA Federation David Koschitzky's speech, a poster, as well as six photographs taken at the event.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the possession of Cyrel Troster, who was a member of the Kensington Market National Historic Site Designation Working Group.
- Subjects
- Markets
- Name Access
- Koschitzky, David
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- graphic material
- textual record (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w and sepia (2 jpg) ; 14 x 9 cm
- 1 textual record (7 jpg files)
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1870]-2008
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records documenting the Posluns family of Toronto. They include two scanned copies of photographs and one original, depicting various members of the Posluns family such as the family patriarch, Yosef ben Abraham and a copy photograph of the Tip Top Tailors building under construction in 1928.
- The textual records consist of one electronic copy of a short history of the Posluns family, taken from Samuel Bernstein's biography, as well as a copy of a YMHA bulletin cover page from June 15, 1934, featuring a message from the president, Louis Posluns.
- Custodial History
- The records were loaned to the OJA on June 17, 2008 to be copied and returned to the donor.
- Administrative History
- A history of the Poslaniec (Posluns) family can be found online at: http://www.posluns.com/tree/pdfs/poslaniec.pdf
- 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.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred, 1932-2010
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-6-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 25 cm of textual records
- 11 artifacts
- Date
- [ca. 1967]-2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of records created by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, including the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto, Jewish Toronto Tomorrow and other affiliated departments, committees and agencies. Included is publicity material such as pamphlets, flyers and brochures from various UJA Federation sponsored events, Foundation annual reports, proposals on new developments in Vaughan, demographic surveys, newsletters, campaign materials, Walk With Israel buttons and clothing.
- Custodial History
- This accession consists of items that were transferred to the OJA over the course of one year by UJA Federation president, Ted Sokolsky. With exception is most of the pamphlets, flyers and brochures, which originated from the Communications Department (now Creative) and were contained in several binders as examples of past projects. All the records were pulled together into this one accession.
- Use Conditions
- UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-7-5
- Material Format
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 DVD (ca. 3 min.)
- Date
- 26 Nov. 2007
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one DVD of Ze'ev Bielski, chair of the Jewish Agency, paying tribute to David Engel on the occassion of his end of term as chair of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's Board of Directors.
- Name Access
- Engel, David
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-8-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 4 photographs : b&w (jpg)
- 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- [194-]-2005
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting the Belleville Jewish community and the Sons of Jacob Synagogue. The textual records include a dedication book from the Synagogue as well as documents related to the synagogue's reunion weekend in 2005. The photographs depict the Judaeans basketball team, a Young Judaea conference, the synagogue's dedication ceremonies, and a children's Purim play.
- 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
- Communities
- Purim
- Synagogues
- Places
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
