Name
Dr. Mattie Rotenberg
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
26 Feb. 1976
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Dr. Mattie Rotenberg
Number
OH 63
Subject
Antisemitism
Rabbis
Charities
Influenza
Balfour Declaration
Immigrants--Canada
Women's clothing
Women
Department stores
Interview Date
26 Feb. 1976
Quantity
2 cassettes (1 copy)
2 WAV files
Total Running Time
62:52 sec.
Conservation
Copied to cassette in August 2003.
Copied to digital file in June 2014.
Side 2 of the original cassette is damaged. The tape continually speeds up and slows down.
Use Restrictions
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Mattie Rotenberg was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She grew up in Toronto's Ward district and received her degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. In 1920, she became the first secretary of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society in Toronto.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
Hillcrest Progressive School
Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
University of Toronto
T. Eaton Co
Geographic Access
Toronto (Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Transcript
Introduction of Dr. Mattie Rotenberg to the audience 0:00-:49 Family History 0:50-4:00: Rotenberg, daughter of Russian immigrants, recounts the story of her parents’ immigration and arrival in Toronto during the early 1890s. 4:01-7:35: Rotenberg recalls her childhood memories of life growing up in Toronto’s Ward district during the era of “great” Jewish immigration. 7:40-11:10: Rotenberg recalls happy childhood memories living on Regent Street, then a primarily non-Jewish neighbourhood. 11:11-13:40: Rotenberg recalls the Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 that destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. 13:45-15:19: Rotenberg recalls the open-air streetcar that ran along Toronto’s beltline, the City Dairy, and Riverdale Park. 15.20-18.02: Rotenberg recalls Rabbi Jacob Gordon of Goel Tzedec Synagogue and Rabbi Julius Price, the synagogue’s first English-speaking rabbi. 18:03-21:00: Rotenberg discusses her education at the Dufferin Elementary School and Jarvis Collegiate, her family’s first telephone, riding in a motor car, Massey Hall and Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets considered to be the choice residential district of the time. 21:01-22.00: Rotenberg recalls Dr. Sandler, Toronto’s first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto’s non-Jewish community. 22:01-22:59: Rotenberg recalls the Queen Street shopping district, the Willinsky’s department store, and Hadassah’s first bazaar held at Toronto Armory. 23:00-23:47: Rotenberg recalls antisemitic incidents that occurred in Toronto during the late 1920s. 23:48-24.33: Rotenberg discusses the Orange Lodges’ influence on civic politics, prejudice towards the Jewish and Catholic communities, and the anti-French-language campaign Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto then and now 24.34-25.30: Rotenberg recalls the changes to Gerrard Sreet East, from a tree-lined street to concrete sidewalks. 25.31-26.48: Rotenberg recalls being the only Jewish student at Jarvis Collegiate. 26.49-27.20: Rotenberg discusses her Jewish education. 27.22-28.06: Rotenberg provides an anecdote about local Jewish news and gossip. 28.07-29.18: Rotenberg discusses the hardships of housekeeping. 29.20-30.25: Rotenberg discusses women’s fashion during the early 1900s. 30.26-31.05: Rotenberg discusses Eatons and Simpsons before the introduction of the cash register. 31:26-33.23: Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto during the early years of the First World War. Rotenberg recalls recruitment meetings held at the Armoury and the crowds that gathered to view war bulletins posted in the window the Telegram’s office on Bay Street. 33.24-36.28: In this portion of the interview, Rotenberg describes the University of Toronto as being an extremely “WASPish” place run by professors with chauvinistic attitudes 36.29-37.23: Rotenberg discusses the problem faced by Jewish women looking for a teaching position. 37:24-39:12: Rotenberg recalls Dr. (Canon) Cody, president of U of T, and his witch hunts for students believed to have Communist leanings. 39:13-40:05: Rotenberg recalls Toronto’s flu epidemic following the First World War. 40:06-41:07: Rotenberg recalls the announcement of the Balfour Declaration in 1918 and the city’s commemoration parade to honour the declaration. Side 2 0:00-:46 : Commemoration of the Balfour Declaration continued. 0:47-4.09: Rotenberg discusses her job as secretary to JIAS during the 1920s. She describes JIAS as an “embryo” started by a few dozen men working to provide aid for Jewish immigrants. *Speech garbled in some sections* 4:10-6:24: Rotenberg discusses the founding in 1929 of the Hillcrest Progressive Day School, whose main motive was to provide a comprehensive Jewish education. 6.25-6.36: Rotenberg discusses the making of liquid hydrogen at the University of Toronto’s physics building during the early 1920s. 6.36-10.00: Here the sound quality becomes poor and Rotenberg’s voice is garbled. 10:00- 21.45: Question period. Sound quality poor and garbled. END
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Ben Lappin
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
14 May 1981
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Ben Lappin
Number
OH 69
Subject
A.M. Klein and S.Bronfman
Interview Date
14 May 1981
Quantity
1
Interviewer
Adam Fuerstenberg
Total Running Time
OH69_001: 31.36 minutes
OH69_002: 11.28 minutes
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Notes
Very poor sound quality; difficult to make out the content of this oral history.
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.
Biography
Ben Lappin was bom in Kielce, Poland, in 1915, the son of Leibish and Sarah Lapidus. Ben moved with his family to Canada in 1924. He married Adah Auerbach, and they had four children: Shalom, David, Naomi, and Daniel.
Ben received his undergraduate degree from McMaster University and his master's and doctoral degrees in social work from the University of Toronto. He spent several years at the Training Bureau for Jewish Communal Service in New York and returned to the University of Toronto in 1958, where he was a professor in the School of Social Work until 1970. He then accepted an appointment at the School of Social Work at Bar Ilan University in Israel, later becoming its director.
In 1963, he published "The Redeemed Children: The Story of the Rescue of the War Orphans by the Jewish Community of Canada." He later wrote a number of other books, several humorous pieces for the CBC and Macleans Magazine, and served as editor of the Toronto Yiddisher Zhurnal’s English-language page.
From 1948 to 1958, he was the executive director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and was involved with the national executive committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress; the Canadian Association of Social Workers; and the Farband Labour Zionist Organization of Canada.
He died in January 2001 at the age of eighty-four.
Material Format
sound recording
Language
English
Name Access
University of Toronto
Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
Geographic Access
Kielce (Poland)
Toronto (Ont.)
Hamilton (Ont.)
Israel
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Pauline Burns
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
6 Jun. 1976
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Pauline Burns
Number
OH 92
Subject
Kosher food
Jewish youth--Religious life
Jewelry stores
Fasts and feasts--Judaism
Berit milah
Jewish day schools
Interview Date
6 Jun. 1976
Quantity
1 audio cassette (1 copy) 1 WAV file
Interviewer
Larry Troster
Total Running Time
31.54 minute
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Digitized 2014
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Pauline Burns was born in Oshawa, Ontario on 3 July 1935. She attended North Simcoe Public School and O’Neill High School (formerly OCVI) in Oshawa and studied dental nursing at the University of Toronto. Pauline married Sidney Burns in 1956 and had two children. She worked in the family business, Burns Jewellers. In her youth, Pauline was involved in Young Judaeans and BBYO. Once married, she became a member of Hadassah.
Material Format
sound recording
Language
English
Name Access
BBYO
University of Toronto
Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
Geographic Access
Oshawa (Ont.)
Brantford (Ont.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Transcript
G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 92 - Burns\OH92_Log.pdf
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Lillian Gordon
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
1 Jan. 1985
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Lillian Gordon
Number
OH 209
Subject
Lawyers
Antisemitism
Discrimination
Interview Date
1 Jan. 1985
Quantity
2 cassettes (1 copy)
2 WAV files
Interviewer
Phyllis Platnick
Total Running Time
60 min.
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Digitzed September 2014
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Lillian Gordon was born in Toronto in 1908. She was one of three women to graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1928. Gordon opened her own real estate law practice in Toronto and continued her practice until she retired in 1981.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
University of Toronto
Geographic Access
Toronto (Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Transcript
0:00-6.56: Lillian Gordon was born in Toronto in 1908 to Annie and Aaron Sandler. In this portion of the interview, Gordon discusses her parents, the family catering business, and her father’s work as a union organizer in the needle trade. 7:15-8:59: Gordon discusses the requirements for entry into the Osgoode Law School in 1926. 9:00-10:19: Gordon discusses her fellow students at Osgoode Hall from 1926–1929. 10:20-11:48: Gordon discusses looking for a job within the legal profession after graduating from Osgoode Hall in 1929. 11:49-13:10: Gordon discusses looking for a location to open her own law office. 13:11-14:20: Gordon discusses being hired as an investigator for Eaton’s and being dismissed when it was learned she was Jewish. 14:21-15:34: Gordon discusses looking for a real estate office in which to open her own practice. 15:35-16:56: Gordon discusses antisemitism within the legal profession. 16:57-19:24: Gordon discusses her move to California in 1936. 19:25-20:34: Gordon discusses how the scarcity of male lawyers during the Second World War resulted in increased business within her own legal practice. 20:35-22:05: Gordon discusses the problems of being a woman within the legal profession (discussion strays). 22:06-24:45: Gordon discusses the challenges she faced as a female lawyer during the 1930s. 24:46-28:40: Gordon discusses her professional and personal dealings with financial institutions. 28:41-28:54: Gordon discusses how she came to be accepted as a woman and a Jew by her colleagues and clients. 28:55-29:42: Gordon discusses the reaction by colleagues to the hiring of the first Black person to work in the office. 29:43-31:13: Gordon discusses her choice of wardrobe for the office and the courtroom. Side 2: 0-9:20: Gordon discusses early childhood memories. 9:21-11:32: Gordon discusses the diversity of her fellow students at Jarvis Collegiate. 11:33-13:32: Gordon discusses learning to skate and to ride a bicycle. 13:33-16:10: Gordon discusses learning to drive a car. 16:12-22:30: Gordon talks about the early years of her marriage to Sandy Gordon. 22:31-24:30: Gordon reminisces about her law career from her student days until her retirement from law. 24:31-29:00: Gordon discusses working for J. L. Cohen at the beginning of her law career. Photo: Item 1216 Osgoode Hall graduation 1928
Source
Oral Histories
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Family photographs series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 33; Series 1; Item 33
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
William Stern fonds
Family photographs series
Level
Item
Fonds
33
Series
1
Item
33
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1951]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is Bill Stern's graduation portrait from the University of Toronto's School of Social Work.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Social workers
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Accession Number
2004-5-96
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Solomon Edell fonds
Personal series
Education and extracurricular activities sub-series
Level
Sub-series
ID
Fonds 4; Series 1-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Solomon Edell fonds
Personal series
Education and extracurricular activities sub-series
Level
Sub-series
Fonds
4
Series
1-4
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Date
1921-1999
Physical Description
4 folders of textual records
1 photograph
4 badges
Admin History/Bio
Sol Edell attended Harbord Collegiate and was an honours student winning awards in several extra curricular activities. His children and grandchildren also excelled scholastically while attending a variety various Jewish parochial schools in Toronto such as the Associated Hebrew Day Schools, Eitz Chaim, Netivot Hatorah and Yeshivat Bnei Akiva Or Chaim Ulpanat Orot.
Scope and Content
Sub-series consists of material relating to the educational and recreational activities of the Edell family. There are newspaper clippings relating to Sol Edell’s participation in the Harbord Collegiate’s First Aid team and a University of Toronto graduation photograph. Sub-series includes correspondence, notices and booklets from his sisters’ and children’s elementary, high school and university graduation commencement exercises. In addition, sub-series consists of correspondence with the Associated Hebrew Day Schools relating to a scholarship awarded in memory of Sol Edell's grandfather, Rabbi Yosef Weinreb.
Name Access
Harbord Collegiate
First Aid team
Rabbi Yosef Weinreb Scholarship
University of Toronto
Subjects
Education
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 102; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Cowan family fonds
Level
File
Fonds
102
File
1
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1926-1995
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w and col. ; 15 x 10 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs of Saul Cowan. Included are images of Saul on Maria Street in Toronto, at Humber River, Saul's University of Toronto Honours of Philosophy graduation portrait (1931), Saul at a cottage in Jackson's Point, in Mexico and at other locations. Identified in the photograph from Cancun, Mexico is Trudy Cowan and Nancy [Wargny?].
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--Toronto.
Places
Jackson's Point (Ont.)
West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)
Humber (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2013-7-3
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2013-7-3
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 51 x 44 cm on mat 62 x 55 cm
Date
1909
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one composite photograph of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine's graduating class of 1909. Included is L. J. Solway.
Custodial History
There is no acquisition informaiton for this photograph. It was found in the processing room in July 2013.
Subjects
Education
Physicians
Name Access
University of Toronto
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-12-8
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-12-8
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm and 9 x 12 cm
Date
1921, 1927
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a photograph of the confirmation class at Holy Blossom Temple from 1927 and a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive from 1920–21. The following individuals are pictured in the society photograph:
Back row, left to right: B. Caplan (correspondence secretary); David Goldstick (treasurer); Martin Zodroff (science representative); Joseph Greenberg (medicine representative); Jessie Lavine (arts representative); Jacob M. Stucken (general secretary); James Zimmerman (dental representative); and Charles Rotenberg (ex-president).
Front row, left to right: Jacob Markus (first vice-president); Rabbi Barnett Brickner (advisor); David Eisen (president); Prof. W. R. Taylor (honorary vice president).
Absent: Sir Robert Falconer (honorary president); Miss Matti Levi (second vice president); I. B. Levin (Osgoode representative.)
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
Students
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
University of Toronto
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-10-14
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-10-14
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
7 cm of textual records
Date
1964-2018
Scope and Content
Accession consists of material documenting different public and Jewish organizations in Toronto. Included are: 1964 and 1965 issues of the William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute's Advocate yearbook; a record of the Eglinton chapter of B'nai Brith Women of Canada's opening meeting on 16 September 1992; a booklet with short profiles of the 1998-99 UJA Federation Board of Directors; a 2013 commemorative booklet celebrating Darchei Noam's fortieth anniversary and Rabbi Tina Grimberg's ten-year anniversary at the synagogue; a program for the 8th Annual Symposium in Germanic Studies University of Toronto, which was titled Global Yiddish Culture, 1938-1948; various materials from the 2018 Ashkenaz Festival; newspaper clippings; and informational material for the Canadian Jewish Congress/Toronto Jewish Congress' Heritage-in-a-Box project
Subjects
Festivals
Public schools
Synagogues
Name Access
Ashkenaz Festival
B'nai Brith Women of Canada
Canadian Jewish Congress. Central Region
Congregation Darchei Noam (Toronto, Ont.)
Grimberg, Tina
Toronto Jewish Congress
Troster, Cyrel
University of Toronto
William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3277
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3277
Material Format
graphic material
Date
June 1940
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
This photograph was probably taken on the University of Toronto campus.
Name Access
Farber, Devorah
Farber, Pia
Spencer, Jacob
Spencer, Sara Molly
University of Toronto
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
1982-6-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1211
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1211
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1925
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Admin History/Bio
Bernard Weinberg graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto.
Scope and Content
Item is a graduation portrait of Bernard Weinberg.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Weinberg, Bernard
Subjects
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
1977-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1732
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1732
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1938
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
This photograph is a class composite of Honours Sociology class, University of Toronto. Included are: Rose Senderowitz (Wolfe), and Bea Mirvehich (Wolfe).
Name Access
University of Toronto
Senderowitz, Rose
Mirvehich, Bea
Wolfe, Rose
Wolfe, Bea
Subjects
College students
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1979-9-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 558
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
558
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1925
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 46 cm
Name Access
University College
University of Toronto
Subjects
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae--Ontario--Toronto
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.
Accession Number
Acquired Aug. 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3065
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3065
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1930
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Name Access
Hashmall, Harry
University of Toronto
Subjects
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
1981-7-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4687
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4687
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1932
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of graduating class, University College, University of Toronto. Includes T.K. Draimin, D. Newman, Manny Spring.
Name Access
University College
University of Toronto
Draimin, T.K.
Newman, D.
Spring, Manny
Subjects
Education
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Physical Condition
Item is in poor condition. It is ripped in several places.
Accession Number
1981-11-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4644
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4644
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1932
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of University of Toronto or Osgoode Hall graduation, Toronto. L. David E. Newman.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Osgoode Hall
Newman, David E.
Subjects
Education
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Accession Number
1981-11-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2490
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2490
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1967
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
No restrictions on access.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Class reunions
Dentists
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1980-2-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1166
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1166
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Feb. 1918
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of engineering students standing on the front steps of the University of Toronto engineering building. Pictured in the back row, second from the left is Ben Zion Hyman.
Name Access
Hyman, Ben Zion
University of Toronto
Subjects
Engineering students
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4415
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4415
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1985]
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
No restrictions on access.
Name Access
Hillel
University of Toronto
Subjects
Food
Repro Restriction
Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-12-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1469-1470
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1469-1470
Material Format
graphic material
Date
3 Jan. 1978
Physical Description
1 photograph
Notes
No restrictions on access.
Name Access
Hillel House (Toronto, Ont.)
University of Toronto
Subjects
Architecture
Fires
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1279
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1279
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1919-1920
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
This photograph shows the members of the Exexcutive Committee of the Mathematical and Physical Society.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Societies
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
1977-5-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3556
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3556
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1920]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 20 cm on mat 36 x 32 cm
Scope and Content
Identified in this photograph is David Eisen. He is pictured in the centre wearing glasses.
For locations, see accession record.
Notes
Original photo by Alex J. McLean, 435 Spadina Ave., Toronto.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Bochner, David Eisen
Subjects
Physicians
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.
Accession Number
1981-4-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4198
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4198
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1913
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
University of Toronto
Subjects
Architects
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
1987-9-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 4669
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4669
Material Format
graphic material
Date
30 Nov. 1941
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Notes
Physical description: Yiddish note on back translates as: "To David, Simply because of jealousy - maybe".
Name Access
Hart House
Mandel, Jack
University of Toronto
Subjects
Married people
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
1981-11-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 551
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
551
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Peake & White, Toronto
Date
1934
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Alpha Sigma Phi Delta Epsilon, University of Toronto, Nov. 1934. Back row: Dr. M. Bochner, J. Solway, A. Shulman, S. Wise, J. Minden, A. Zarsky, C. Hanish, A. Bochner, C. Trimble, I. Fine. Third row: P. Gold, D. Wise, C. Kaplan, E. Chankin, D. Trimble, S.H. Solway, L. Berenbaum, J. Goodfriend, S. Lichtman, O. Pollock. Second row: Dr. L. Kazdan, S. D. Solway, I. Speigel, S. Hart, B. Wintrob, A. Culiner, I. Herman, H. Himel, M. Lewis, M. Seltzer, Dr. H. Winesanker. Front row: Dr. S. Norris, Dr. B. Manace, Dr. I. R. Smith, Dr. J. Rosenthal, Dr. H. Falk, H. Saunders, Dr. Aaron Brown, Dr. J. Braun, Dr. G. Manace, Dr. I. Vaile, Dr. P. Ticktin, Dr. T. Lefton.
Name Access
Alpha Sigma - Phi Delta Epsilon Fraternity
Berenbaum, L.
Bochner, A.
Bochner, Dr. M
Braun, Dr. J
Brown, Dr. Aaron
Chankin, E.
Culiner, A.
Falk, Dr. H.
Fine, I.
Gold, P.
Goodfriend, J.
Hanish, C.
Hart, S.
Herman, I.
Himel, H.
Kaplan, C.
Kazdan, Dr. L.
Lefton, Dr. T.
Lewis, M.
Lichtman, S.
Manace, Dr. B.
Manace, Dr. G.
Minden, J.
Norris, Dr. S.
Pollock, O.
Rosenthal, Dr. J.
Saunders, H.
Seltzer, M.
Shulman, A.
Smith, Dr. I. R.
Solway, J.
Solway, S. H.
Solway, S. D.
Speigel, I.
Ticktin, Dr. P.
Trimble, C.
Trimble, D.
University of Toronto
Vaile, Dr. I.
Winesanker, Dr. H.
Wintrob, B.
Wise, D.
Wise, S.
Zarsky, A.
Subjects
Greek letter societies
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1977-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2984
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2984
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Dr. Elie Borowski, professor of archaeology at the University of Toronto, studying a piece of sculpture to be exhibited in the Jewish Art Institute at the Zionist Building on 22 February 1950 under the auspices of Hadassah of Toronto.
Name Access
Borowski, Dr. Elie
University of Toronto
Subjects
College teachers
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 500
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
500
Material Format
graphic material
Date
22 Jan. 1967
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Guest speaker: Professor David Patterson, Oxford University, England. Present among others: Dr. Claude Bissel and Dr. Murray Ross, Presidents of University of Toronto and York University; Rabbis Plaut and Wurzberger, David Newman, Jacob Finkelman, and Meyer W. Gasner.
Notes
Acquired July 9, 1975.
Name Access
Agnon, S. Y
Bissel, Claude
Convocation Hall
Finkelman, Jacob
Gasner, Meyer W.
Newman, David
Patterson, David
Plaud, Rabbi
Ross, Murray
University of Toronto
Wurzberger, Rabbi
Subjects
Nobel Prize winners
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1472
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1472
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1924 or 1925]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
This photograph is a studio portrait of members of the Alpha Omega Fraternity for Dentists at the University of Toronto. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: Archie Rabinovitch; "Itch" Israelson; "Lou" Goldtstone; "Rube" Brown; "Charley" Feader; Sam Hellen; and "Sammy" Rosen.
Front row, left to right: Irving Abramson; "Mike" Stitt; "Jess" Schlosberg; Joe Finmark; "Scotty" Leith; "Sally" Copeland; and Maurice Dyment.
Name Access
Abramson, Irving
Alpha Omega (Fraternity)
Brown, Rube
Copeland, Sally
Dyment, Maurice
Feader, Charley
Finmark, Joe
Goldtstone, Lou
Hellen, Sam
Israelson, Itch
Leith, Scotty
Rabinovitch, Archie
Rosen, Sammy
Schlosberg, Jess
University of Toronto
Subjects
Dentists
Greek letter societies
Portraits, Group
Repro Restriction
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1978-1-8
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1167
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1167
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1917
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
Scope and Content
Item is a studio graduation portrait of Ben Zion Hyman.
Name Access
Hyman, Ben Zion
University of Toronto
Subjects
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
1977-1-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 6131
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6131
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[193-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 18 cm on mat 41 x 31 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original portrait of Sigmund Samuel, one of Toronto's earliest Jewish community members, pictured in his honourary doctorate robe from the University of Toronto.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
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
1996-1-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 64
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
64
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1927-?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm
Admin History/Bio
Phi Delta Epsilon was a medical fraternity at the University of Toronto with mainly Jewish membership.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Phi Delta Epsilon Medical fraternity at the University of Toronto for the year 1926-1927.
Seated in the front row are D. Eisen, N. Shaul, I. R. Smith, P. A. Ticktin, M.A. Pollock, L.J. Solway. In the second row are D. Scher, B. Cohen, A. Cardish, S. Harris, Archie Fine, and S. Soskin. In the last row are Leo Fineman, J. Slavens, B. Sakler, S. Hurwitz, W. Rosenberg, and H. Reinhorn.
Name Access
Eisen, David
Phi Delta Epsilon
University of Toronto
Subjects
Greek letter societies
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 65
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
65
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1926?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Admin History/Bio
Phi Delta Epsilon was a medical fraternity at the University of Toronto that had a predominently Jewish membership.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a black-and-white photograph of the 1926–1927 members of Phi Delta Epsilon at the University of Toronto. Pictured are:
Back row, left to right: David Scher, Archie Fine, Phil A. Ticktin, H. Reinhorn.
Middle row, left to right: B. Cohen, N. Roseberg, Nathan Shaul, Ben Sakler, David Perlman, David Eisen.
Front row, left to right: Joseph Schwab, Mitchell Kohn, I. Reuben Smith, Louis Kazdan, H. P. Fine, Charles A. Markson, Benjamim Cohen.
Notes
Acquired on 25 April 1974.
Name Access
Phi Delta Epsilon
University of Toronto
Subjects
Greek letter societies
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 66
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
66
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1936
Physical Description
1 photograph
Admin History/Bio
Dr. Bernard Manace was a Toronto pediatrician. There is an award in his name at the University of Toronto for a medical student who is undertaking an elective or summer medical experience in Israel.
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph at Dr. Bernard Manace's stag party. The photographs depicts a large group of men seated in a dining hall.
Back row, left to right: [Jack Slavens?]; [Trachter?]; [Solway?]; Dr. Louis Kazdan, father of Dr. Manace; Dr. Bernard Manace; Dr. M.A. Pollock; Dr. Harry Leizner; Dr. Charles Markson (Markowitz); Dr. Samuel Norris; Dr. M.K. Bochner; Dr. Bernard Willinsky; Dr. Joseph Gollom; Dr. David Perlman; [unknown]; Dr. Adolf A. Appell; Dr. I.M. Golden; Dr. Jacob Markowitz (at U.of T.); Dr. William Harris; Dr. Samuel Perlman, dentist, brother of David Perlman.
Front row, left to right: Emanuel Pullan; [Ed or Gordon Pullan]; Dr. Lou Harris; Dr. Murray Dyment; Dr. Ben Garfield; Dr. Irwin Smith; Dr. Milton Raymers; Dr. David Eisen; Dr. Gordon Manace; Dr. Nathan Shaul; Dr. Max Sibberman; Dr. Mitchell Cohen; Dr. Jacob Goldstein; Dr. Benjamin Cohen; Dr. Aaron G(lassberg) Volpe; Dr. A.A. Track; Dr. Oscar Lewin; Dr. Harold Taube; Dr. Jacob Pollack; Dr. Maurice Selznick; [unknown]; Mannie Starkman.
Notes
See photo for identification order of front row.
Name Access
Manace, Dr. Bernard
University of Toronto
Slavens, Dr. Jack
Trachter
Solway
Kazdan, Dr. Louis
Pollack, Dr. M.A.
Leizner, Dr. Harry
Markson, Dr. Charles
Norris, Dr. Samuel
Bochner, Dr. M.K.
Willinsky, Dr. Bernard
Gollom, Dr. Joseph
Perlman, Dr. David
Appell, Dr. Adolf
Golden, Dr. I.M.
Markowitz, Dr. Jacob
Harris, Dr. William
Perlman, Dr. Samuel
Pullan, Dr. Emanuel
Pullan, Dr. Gordon
Pullan, Dr. Ed
Harris, Dr. Lou
Dyment, Dr. Murray
Garfield, Dr. Ben
Smith, Dr. Irwin
Raymers, Dr. Milton
Eisen, Dr. David
Shaul, Dr. Nathan
Sibberman, Max
Cohen, Dr. Mitchell
Goldstein, Dr. Jacob
Cohen, Dr. Benjamin
Volpe, Dr. Aaron
Track, Dr. A.A.
Lewin, Dr. Oscar
Taube, Dr. Harold
Pollack, Dr. Jacob
Selznick, Dr. Maurice
Starkman, Mannie
Subjects
Parties
Physicians
Access Restriction
Restricted until April 1984.
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 67
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
67
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1918
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
The Zionist Circle was a society formed at the University of Toronto. They were also called the Kadenich Society.
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph of the University of Toronto Zionist Circle in March 1918. A group of men are standing outside of the Zionist Building at Cecil and Beverley Streets. From left to right are: David Eisen, S. Appel, R. Lieberman Levic Jessel, Aaron Glassberg and Volpe I. Lavine.
Name Access
Eisen, David
Kader
University of Toronto
Zionist Circle
Subjects
Societies
Zionism
Repro Restriction
Permission required from Dr. Eisen.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Dorothy Dworkin fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 10; Item 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Dorothy Dworkin fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
10
Item
5
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1918
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm
Admin History/Bio
Dr. Abram (Abe) Slone graduated from the University of Toronto in 1918 and practiced as a dentist in Toronto for two years. In 1921, he began his dental practice in Ottawa, becoming the first Jewish dentist in Ottawa. He served both as president of the Ottawa Dental Society and of the Eastern Ontario Chapter. He served in the Canadian Army during the First World War and an officer in the reserves after the war. He was closely associated with Poale-Zion and Histadrut Campaigns, and was Chairman of the Zionist Organization in Ottawa. He was also a founder of the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society. He was a member of Beth Shalom Congregation (honoured for 50 years of affiliation), Masonic Lodge (50 year member), and founder of the first Jewish Boy Scout troop. His wife was Jean (Goldstick) Slone and he had two sons, Morton and Joel. He died in November 1971.
Scope and Content
Item is a graduation photograph of Dr. Abram Slone from the University of Toronto.
Notes
Photograph is in brown card folder with "Farmer Bros Limited Toronto" imprint on front.
Name Access
Slone, Abram
Slone, Abe
University of Toronto
Subjects
Dentists
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
Ottawa (Ont.)
Accession Number
2005-4-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Henry Rosenbaum fonds
Photograph series
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 121; Series 1; Item 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Henry Rosenbaum fonds
Photograph series
Level
Item
Fonds
121
Series
1
Item
25
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 photograph : col ; 21 cm x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a colour portrait of Brenda Rosenbaum, on her graduation from the University of Toronto, in fine arts, (Toronto, Ontario), 1971.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Portraits
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
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 253
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-3
File
253
Material Format
textual record
Date
1939
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding antisemitism in the Engineering Department of the University of Toronto.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Name Access
University of Toronto
Subjects
Discrimination in education
Source
Archival Descriptions