- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w
- Date
- [ca. 1901]-1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs of B'nai Israel Congregation in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario).
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Galt, Ont.)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1127
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1127
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rosie Spring, Max Bleiberg and Joseph Spring in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). Max Bleiberg was a teacher.
- Name Access
- Bleiberg, Max
- Spring, Joseph
- Spring, Rosie
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 752
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 752
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [196-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mr. Aber was associated with the Congregation B'nai Israel in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge).
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of one original photograph of Mr. W. Aber.
- Notes
- Acquired in June 1976.
- Name Access
- Aber, W.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1125
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1125
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1946
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the house at 63 Water Street in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge), which was purchased from the Canadian Bank of Commerce for use by the community synagogue.
- Subjects
- Dwellings
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1126
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1126
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1901]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a religious service in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). The service is being held either at the city hall or at the Masonic lodge. The photo depicts a group of men and boys seated around a table. The men are wearing tallisot and two are holding torahs.
- Subjects
- Rites and ceremonies
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1263
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1263
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Sep. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative ) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Torah dedication in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario). The dedication ceremony took place at the home of Harry Spring, at 37 Beverly Street in Galt.
- Name Access
- Spring, Harry
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1264
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1264
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 7 Sep. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Torah dedication in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario). Identified left to right are:
- Harry Spring, Charlie Shapiro, Reuben Brown and Harry Adler.
- Name Access
- Adler, Harry
- Brown, Reuben
- Shapiro, Charlie
- Spring, Harry
- Subjects
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1458
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1458
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Hirsh Enushevsky standing in a cornfield in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge).
- Name Access
- Enushevsky, Hirsh
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1460
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1460
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 1913
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative ) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Maurice and Esther (née Gutfeild) Enushevsky in Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). The photograph was taken the day after their marriage.
- Name Access
- Enushevsky, Esther
- Enushevsky, Maurice
- Gutfeild, Esther
- Subjects
- Newlyweds
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1128
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1128
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Daniel Spring, Max Bleiberg and Rosie Spring from Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge). Max Bleiberg was a teacher.
- Name Access
- Bleiberg, Max
- Spring, Daniel
- Spring, Rosie
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Cyrus Coppel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 21 Jul. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Cyrus Coppel
- Number
- OH 61
- OH 62
- Subject
- Communities
- Families
- Interview Date
- 21 Jul. 1976
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Larry Troster
- Total Running Time
- 061A: 46:22 minuets 061B: 45:27 minuets 062A: 45:55 minuets 062B: 28:58 minuets
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Cassette tapes were digitized in 2012
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Cyrus Coppel, son of Aaron Coppel and Chaya (Gertrude) Seigel, was born in 1911 in Galt, Ontario. Cyrus remained in Galt throughout his life and became a central figure within its Jewish community. Cyrus initially worked as a mechanic and later worked in the office of an auto shop trading in auto parts. Cyrus also traded in livestock as a hobby. Cyrus Coppel was one of the founders of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Galt.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Coppel, Cyrus
- Troster, Larry
- B'nai Israel Synagogue (Galt, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH61_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH61_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH62_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 61, OH 62 - Coppel\OH62_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Cyrus Coppel discusses the growth of Galt's Jewish community following the Second World War and the need to purchase a new and larger synagogue to accommodate the growing population.
In this clip, Cyrus Coppel discusses the difficulties of raising Jewish children in a small town.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1459
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1459
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Rabbi Krivy came from Vilna. He was a shochet and teacher who served in Welland and Galt, Ontario, and by 1911, in Cobalt. Around 1917, he moved to Kitchener. He later moved to Toronto and opened a butcher shop at Dundas Street and Kensington Avenue. His store was subsequently bought by Barenholtz.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy portrait and corresponding negative of Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Krivy, taken in Kitchener or Galt, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Krivy, Joseph
- Krivy, Mrs.
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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.
- Related Material
- Jewish Business Directory listing for Slaughterers, Joseph Krivy, 589 Dundas St. West (p. 292, 1931)
- Jewish Business Directory listing for Slaughterers, Rev. W. Barneholtz, 584 Dundas Street West. (p. 217, 1925)
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-8-1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- ca. 18 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1884-1985
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Coppel and Cooper families of Galt (now Cambridge) and Toronto respectively. Coppel family records include family correspondence, photocopies of Moses Kappel's discharge papers from the Austro-Hungarian military (1884), B'nai Israel Synagogue sisterhood meeting minutes, financial records, photographs, Hadassah booklets and programmes, and a photo album documenting the closing of B'nai Israel Synagogue in 1985. Also included are records relating to Elizabeth Cooper (née Coppel)'s involvement in Canadian Young Judaea and her work as a camp counselor at a Jewish day camp near Kitchener-Waterloo (Judaean Day Camp/Camp Ruach). These records include correspondence, publications, activity schedules, lists of camp counselors, and a Young Judaean scarf. Coppel family records also include marriage and burial records of Aaron Coppel, audio cassettes of an oral history interview conducted with Cy Coppel in 1976, and military records documenting Max David Simonoff's service in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Finally, included is a Farband Shule (Folks School) program book (1927) and class photo (ca. 1931). Identified in the photograph is Ethel Raicus (first row, third from the right).
- Cooper family records include digital photographs of Sam Cooper and the weightlifting club at the YMHA in Toronto (1930s), portraits of Jacob Cooper (Cooperberg), a school photo of Sam and Max Cooper, and a photo of Hilda Cooper.
- Finally accession consists of program books for various events, including a Canadian Jewish Congress song book, an Israel Dance Theatre at the Royal Alexandra, and a Queen Esther Purim play.
- Administrative History
- Aaron Selig (Archie Aaron) Coppel (Kappel / Koppel / Cappell / Kappele) was born to Moses Kappel and Perl (nee Pistenfeld) in Galicia in 1882. He came to Canada in 1903 and lived with a landsmen family, the Siegels. Mr. Siegel was a horse dealer who took Aaron under his wing and taught him the horse trade. Aaron married Mr. Siegel's daughter, Chaya Geitel (Gertrude) Seigel, in 1905. Aaron and Geitel had seven children: Helen, Rose, Newt, Cyrus ("Cy," born in 1911), Les, George, and Harry. After marrying, Aaron and Geitel remained in Galt, and Aaron continued dealing in livestock. Although he was eager to assimilate into Canadian society (he gave his children British names and spoke with no accent), the family kept kosher and Aaron hired itinerant Hebrew teachers for the children.
- Cyrus Coppel married Channa "Anna" Simonoff on 25 August1946. Anna was born in Russia to Avraham Dov and Chashe Bryna Tzaitzeck. Anna had three siblings: Sarah Merle, Faigle (died en route to Canada), and Mordecai Doved. She immigrated to Ottawa in 1914 with her family. An uncle already living in Ottawa had changed his last name to Simonoff and the family decided to change their name to Simonoff as well. Avraham worked as a tailor in Russia and likely continued in this profession in Canada. The family moved to Toronto sometime after 1919 and was actively involved in the Labour Zionist movement. Anna was in the milliner's union and two of her aunts, Slaava Raicus and Esther Cohen, were members of Club One (Pioneer Women). Anna and Cyrus had two children together: Bryna (24 February 1949-12 January 2006) and Elizabeth (b. 16 Dec. 1950). Cyrus initially worked as a mechanic, but later worked in the office of an auto shop and traded in auto parts. He also traded in livestock as a hobby. Cyrus was one of the founders of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Galt. Initially, synagogue services were held in the homes of local residents, such as the Spring family; however, a building was finally purchased in 1946. After the synagogue closed, the Torahs and plaques went to the synagogue in Kitchener. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Jacob Cooperberg (Kupferberg, Cooper) came to Canada around 1910 from Kielce, Poland. His wife and children (Max, Sam, and Aidel or Ida) remained in Poland, waiting for Jacob to earn enough money for them to come to Canada as well. His family was unable to join him until after the First World War had ended, arriving in 1920. Jacob and Sarah had three more children in Canada: Irving, Joey, and Hilda. Jacob worked as a peddler in Toronto and later opened a scrap yard, Cooper Iron and Medal. The family lived on Oxford Street in the Kensington Market area.
- Sam Cooper married Kay Gernstein in 1948. They had two children together: Neil and Donna (married name is Speigel). Sam initially worked as a tailor, but later worked as a scrap dealer. Neil married Donna Coppel and also works in the scrap trade. Donna is a librarian.
- 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
- Includes 1 photo album, 7 photographs (tiff), 3 photographs, 2 audio cassettes, and 1 scarf.
- Subjects
- Families
- Places
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1917
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Mehr and Sapera families of Toronto visiting Galt, Ontario (now Cambridge) for a picnic. The photo depicts the group seated on the grass in front of a house.
- Pictured from left to right are: Matt Sapera, [unidentified], Pincus Mehr (in behind), Leonard Mehr, [unidentified woman], [unidentified women], [unidentified man standing], [unidentified woman], Flo Sapera (in front), Ethel Mehr.
- Subjects
- Families
- Picnics
- 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
- Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Address
- 1 Camp Gesher’s Rd
- Source
- Landmarks
Camp Gesher originated in 1963 from a merger between Camp Revivim (serving campers from Ottawa and Toronto) and Camp Kissufim (serving campers from Montreal). It is part of Habonim Dror, the Labour-Zionist youth movement and is located near Cloyne, Ontario.
- Address
- 1 Camp Gesher’s Rd
- Time Period
- 1963-present
- Scope Note
- Camp Gesher originated in 1963 from a merger between Camp Revivim (serving campers from Ottawa and Toronto) and Camp Kissufim (serving campers from Montreal). It is part of Habonim Dror, the Labour-Zionist youth movement and is located near Cloyne, Ontario.
- History
- Camp Gesher’s small size is central to the spirit of the camp where a culture of acceptance, individuality and mutual respect is fostered. The camp philosophy revolves around socialist ideals and its structure is similar to that of a kibbutz. Hebrew is used in day-to-day conversation and there are many opportunities to learn about Jewish and Israeli history and culture. There is a kosher kitchen and Shabbat and Havdalah are celebrated.
- Category
- Camps and Resorts
- Source
- Landmarks
