- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6128
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6128
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Custodial History
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph. Identified from left: Mr. Itzkowitz, David Newman, Leon Zelicki, Conductor A. Lutsky, Mr. Weiner, Cantor Jacob Zigelman, Mr. Shilit, [unknown], and Mr. Ber.
- Notes
- For identification, see accession record.
- No restrictions on access.
- Name Access
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Zigelman, Cantor
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Choirs (Music)
- Synagogues
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1993-10-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1902
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1902
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1910 or 1911]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and operated out of a building on Simcoe Street. Its first synagogue building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chevre Gemilas Chasodim Anshei England, Toronto, taken in the back yard of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue, Toronto (Simcoe Street).
- Identified in this photograph are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified]; Jacob Fine; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; Greenberg; Shlomo Taub.
- Second row, left to right: [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [unidentified]; [Max Landau]; [unidentified]; Solomon Blumstein, 1870-1931; Blumstein's son Charles, age 5; Rabbi [?]; [unidentified]; [unidentified].
- First row, left to right: [unidentified]; Yanikoff; Yarmolinsky (child); [unidentified]; [unidentified].
- Notes
- 11/30/2017: Max Landau identified by Marilyn Platnick Glass.
- Name Access
- Blumstein, Charles
- Blumstein, Solomon
- Chevre Gemilas Chasodim Anshei England
- Fine, Jacob
- Greenberg
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Landau, Max
- Taub, Shlomo
- Yanikoff
- Yarmolinsky
- Subjects
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- The original photograph is quite brittle and the upper right corner is cracked. It is in need of conservation work.
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Simcoe Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 988
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 988
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Circa 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of opening of the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue. The photograph depicts members in formal dress standing on the front steps. Cantor Jacob Dorskind and Rabbi Jacob Gordon are pictured.
- Standing third row from the top is David Cohen (second from the left), and Chaim "Israel" Biback (fourth from the left), the president of the synagogue. Standing second row from the top is Jacob Fine (third from left).
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 989
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 989
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 Sept. 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and it's first building was opened on Spadina Ave. in 1921. In c.1960 the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the Synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of members of the Hebrew Men of England in formal wear standing on the front steps of the Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 996
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 996
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Custodial History
- The congregation was formed in 1909, and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Circa 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975, the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Notes
- Photo from the Toronto Telegram.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Processions
- Synagogues
- Torah scrolls
- Places
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 993
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 993
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. In ca 1960 the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of three young men leaning on the side of a decorated car.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Automobiles
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 607-611, 695-701
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 607-611, 695-701
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : (12 negatives)
- Admin History/Bio
- The congregation was formed in 1909 and its first building was opened on Spadina Avenue in 1921. Around 1960, the congregation moved to the Bathurst and Sheppard area after the synagogue was damaged by fire. In 1975 the congregation merged with Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda.
- Notes
- Negatives: 8:6:17; 8:6:18; 8:7:19; 8:7:20; 8:7:20A; 9:2:0A; 9:2:1A; 9:3:2A; 9:3:3A; 9:3:4A; 9:3:5A; 9:4:6A.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- 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
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 995
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 995
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of the members of the Hebrew Men of England Ladies' Society. Pictured are Ms. Levy, Ms. Abrams; Ms. Katz; Ms. Neiman; Mrs. Rosen; Mrs. Brass.
- Name Access
- Abrams, Ms.
- Brass, Mrs.
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Katz, Ms.
- Levy, Ms.
- Neiman, Ms.
- Rosen, Mrs.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- Women
- 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
- 1977-8-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 495
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 495
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Club Executive.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- 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
- Acquired Jan. 17, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 496
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 496
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs: b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Subjects
- Societies
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions on access
- 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
- Acquired Jan. 14, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 494
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 494
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [bewteen 1926 and1927]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society Executive.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- 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
- Acquired 17 Jan. 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1277
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1277
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are:
M. Wladowsky, B.B. Enushevsky, Sol. Eisen, J.A. Sweet, Abram Slone, M. Schott, F.A. Silverman, Prof. Taylor, S. Orechkin, H. Godelph, M. Levi, Lilian C. Smith
- Name Access
- Eisen, Sol.
- Enushevsky, B. B.
- Godelph, H.
- Levi, M.
- Orechkin, S.
- Schott, M.
- Silverman, F. A.
- Smith, Lilian C.
- Slone, Abram
- Sweet, J. A.
- Taylor, Prof.
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Wladowsky, M.
- 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 1278
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1278
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1918-1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are:
M. Schott, Abe Greenbaum, Chas. Rotenberg, Jean Goldstick, L. Jessel, Prof W.R. Taylor, Mattie Levi, Sol Eisen, J. Markus, T.L. Granovsky, Lilian C. Smith
- Name Access
- Eisen, Sol
- Goldstick, Jean.
- Granovsky, T. L.
- Greenbaum, Abe
- Jessel, L.
- Levi, Mattie
- Markus, J.
- Rotenberg, Chas.
- Scott, M.
- Smith, Lilian C.
- Taylor, Prof. W. R.
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- 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 2865
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2865
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1928-1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 23 cm mounted on card frame
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society Executive for 1928 to 1929. In the back row, from left to right are: H. Graner, McMaster representative; M. Zackheim, dental representative; W. Schlein, School of Practical Science representative; Miss L. Prager, musical director; N. Borinsky, corresponding secretary; Miss R. Abramowitz, junior meds. representative; S. J. Bochner, senior meds. representative; and P. H. Barrs, Osgoode Hall representative. In the front row, from left to right are: N. S. Goldhar, BA, second vice-president; Miss F. Gordon, first vice-president; Miss R. Neveren, senior arts representative; F. M. Catzman, BA president; Miss B. Kaplan, junior arts representative; Miss A. Gussack, recording secretary; and J. Kaplan, treasurer.
- Notes
- Photographer: Simpson Brothers, Toronto.
- The names of the individuals are printed on the card mount.
- Name Access
- Abramowitz, Miss R.
- Barrs, P. H.
- Bochner, S. J.
- Borinsky, N.
- Catzman, F. M.
- Goldhar, N. S.
- Gordon, Miss F.
- Graner, H.
- Gussack, Miss A.
- Kaplan, J.
- Kaplan, Miss B.
- Neveren, Miss R.
- Prager, Miss L.
- Schlein, W.
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Zackheim, M.
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Card mount is torn and fragile.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-3-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2958
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2958
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1925-1926
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- For identification notes, see negative.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- 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
- 1979-3-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1219
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1219
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of members of the University of Toronto Menorah Society Executive.
- Back row, left to right: B. Weinberg (arts representative); E. E. Gelber (executive president); M. Pusitz (medicine representative).
- Middle row, left to right: E. Lazaresco (BA general secretary); I. Greenberg (dental representative); R. Rotenberg (women's arts representative); I. L. Kenen (publicity); S. Soskin (treasurer).
- Front row, left to right: B. Bain (corresponding secretary); D. Garfinkel (president); L. Sher (vice-president).
- Absent: R. Breslin (BA, medicine representative).
- Name Access
- Bain, B.
- Breslin, R.
- Garfinkel, D.
- Gelber, E.E.
- Greenberg, I.
- Kenen, I.L.
- Lacaresco, E.
- Pusitz, M.
- Rotenberg, R.
- Sher, L.
- Soskin, S.
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Weinberg, B.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- 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
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2957
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2957
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1924 or 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph, in the back, left to right: Bernard Weinberg; Edward Gelber.
- For complete identification, see negative.
- Name Access
- Gelber, Edward
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Weinberg, Bernard
- 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
- 1979-3-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2468
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2468
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the Ladies' auxiliary of Farband Borochov Branch 124, at a picnic in Toronto. Identified are Lillian Edelstein, Max Hoffman, Charlie Krackover; Ida Krackover; Joe Cash; [?] Frankel; Fanny Herzog; [?] Herzog; Willie Silverberg; [Leiblele?] Monson; Max Monson; Florence Monson; Chaika Levinsky; [Loyke?] Freedman; Penny Shatz; Mr. Freedman; Nachman Levinsky.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Cash, Joe
- Edelstein, Lillian
- Farband
- Frankel
- Freedman, Loyke
- Herzog, Fanny
- Hoffman, Max
- Krackover, Charlie
- Krackover, Ida
- Levinsky, Chaika
- Levinsky, Nachman
- Monson, Florence
- Monson, Leiblele
- Monson, Max
- Shatz, Penny
- Silverberg, Willie
- Subjects
- Picnics
- 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
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 50 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nathan Silver was born in Warsaw, Poland to Blima and Shul Silver. He married Lily Anne Cooper and they had four children: Shul David, Deborah Ruth, Joseph Baruch, and Bonnie Suzanne. Nathan served in the Second World War as an artillery gunner in the Canadian Army. His occupation was that of a builder and developer and he played an active role within the Toronto Jewish community, operating as National Chairman of the Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, executive member of the United Zionist Congress, and, as well, he was a member of the World Executive Zionist Revisionist Movement. Nathan Silver was also an advocate of Jewish education and was Chairman for the Executive of the Associated Hebrew Schools.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images documenting the Negev dinner held in honour of Nathan Silver at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
- Included on the evening's programme were: Lewis J.E. Moses; Rabbi Emanuel Forman; Rabbi Joseph Kelman; Hon. Dr. Aba Gefen; Louis L. Lockshin; Eric Exton; Rabbi Dr. David Monson; Cantor Zvee Aroni accompanied by Leo Spellman; Philip G. Givens; William Stevenson; Samuel Shainhouse; and Stephen Berger. This file features several images of the aforementioned individuals participating in their assigned roles for the event.
- Name Access
- Moses, Lewis J.E.
- Forman, Rabbi Emanuel
- Kelman, Rabbi Joseph
- Gefen, Hon. Dr. Aba
- Lockshin, Louis L.
- Exton, Eric, 1907-1997
- Monson, Rabbi Dr. David
- Aroni, Cantor Zvee
- Spellman, Leo
- Givens, Philip G.
- Stevenson, William
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Berger, Stephen
- Negev dinners
- Jewish National Fund
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Revisionist Zionists
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- Rotman, Manny
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 13 x 11 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Stephen Berger was married to Dr. Edith Steinbach and they had two sons named John and Michael. He worked as a civil engineer and was actively involved in the Jewish community holding positions with the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Welfare Fund, Zionist Organization of Canada and others.
- Berger was nominated Man of the Year at a Negev Dinner in 1959 and a Nachla was founded in his name in Israel.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Stephen Berger, chairman of the Jewish National Fund of Toronto, giving a speech at the 1956 Negev dinner.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- Jewish National Fund of Toronto
- Steinbach, Dr. Edith
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of standing behind the podium presenting certificates at the 1956 Negev Dinner.
- Standing from left to right are: unidentified, Mark Levy, Stephen Berger, unidentified woman, D. Lou Harris, unidentified woman.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Levy, Mark
- Harris, D. Lou
- Berger, Stephen
- Jewish National Fund
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Stephen Berger was married to Dr. Edith Steinbach and they had two sons named John and Michael. He worked as a civil engineer and was actively involved in the Jewish community holding positions with the Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Welfare Fund, Zionist Organization of Canada and others.
- Berger was nominated Man of the Year at a Negev Dinner in 1959 and a Nachla was founded in his name in Israel.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Stephen Berger, chairman of the Jewish National Fund of Toronto.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the presentation of certificates at the Negev Dinner. Standing from left to right are: Mark Levy, Stephen Berger and D. Lou Harris.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Levy, Mark
- Berger, Stephen
- Harris, D. Lou
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Rotman, Manny
- Gulko, Harris
- Berger, Stephen
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 29
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- Rotman, Manny
- Jewish National Fund
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group portrait at the 1956 Negev dinner.
- Standing from left to right are: Eddie Gelber, unknown, unknown, Sam Kronick [seated], Stephen Berger, Manny Rotman, and Harris Gulko.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Kronick, Sam
- Gelber, Eddie
- Berger, Stephen
- Rotman, Manny
- Gulko, Harris
- Jewish National Fund
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- Jewish National Fund
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring the Toronto Jewish community file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 1
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Dinner honouring Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the head table at the 1970 Negev dinner held in honour of Leon E. Weinstein.
- Seated fourth from the left is Stephen Berger.
- Name Access
- Berger, Stephen
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6080
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6080
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910s-1920s]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Graner, son of Leizer and Chaya Graner, was born in Russian-controlled Ukraine in 1879. He was educated in cheders and emigrated to England in the early twentieth century, where he remained for two and a half years. He settled in Toronto in 1907. He was the founder and first president of the Hebrew National Association and one of the founders of the Kehillah of Toronto. He was on the Board of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Canada, the Hebrew Free School, the Old Folks Home and the Goel Zedeck Synagogue. He was president of the Ukraine Verband of Toronto and Ontario in 1919, and directed the relief campaigns for the distressed. He was also chairman of the Ukraine Orphans' Campaign and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 1919. He had three children: Harry, Irwin, and Ida.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of exterior of Graner & Company Bankers and steamship agents, Queen St. W., Toronto, n.d. Probably 1920s (perhaps 1910s). Standing in doorway is Joseph Graner.
- Name Access
- Graner & Company Bankers
- Graner, Joseph
- Subjects
- Storefronts
- 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
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6081
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6081
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 193-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Irwin Graner, son of Joseph Graner, aboard steamship, possibly in the 1930s.
- Name Access
- Graner, Irwin
- Graner, Joseph
- Subjects
- Transportation
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6082
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6082
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 26 x 21 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Graner, son of Leizer and Chaya Graner, was born in Russian-controlled Ukraine in 1879. He was educated in cheders and emigrated to England in the early twentieth century, where he remained for two and a half years. He settled in Toronto in 1907. He was the founder and first president of the Hebrew National Association and one of the founders of the Kehillah of Toronto. He was on the Board of the United Orthodox Synagogues of Canada, the Hebrew Free School, the Old Folks Home and the Goel Zedeck Synagogue. He was president of the Ukraine Verband of Toronto and Ontario in 1919, and directed the relief campaigns for the distressed. He was also chairman of the Ukraine Orphans' Campaign and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in July 1919. He had three children: Harry, Irwin, and Ida.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph of the Graner family, Toronto, 1920s. Seated from left to right are Joseph and his wife Temma (née Geller) and standing from left to right are their three children, Irwin, Ida, and Harry.
- Notes
- Original: Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Graner family
- Graner, Joseph
- Graner, Temma
- Graner, Irwin
- Graner, Ida
- Graner, Harry
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6085
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6085
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of steamship company owners aboard the Queen Mary, probably 1930s. Includes: Dorothy Dworkin (8th from left, front) and Joe Graner (2nd from right, front).
- Name Access
- Dworkin, Dorothy, 1890-1976
- Graner, Joseph
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6086
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6086
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Joseph Graner with his son, Irwin, changing a flat tire at the side of the road.
- Name Access
- Graner, Joseph
- Graner, Irwin
- Subjects
- Fathers and sons
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6087
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6087
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Joseph Graner changing a flat tire at the side of the road with his daughter Ida Graner.
- Name Access
- Graner, Joseph
- Graner, Ida
- Subjects
- Fathers and daughters
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6090
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6090
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Grunier was a furrier.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Enoch "Henry" Grunier (left) and Joseph Graner, probably Toronto, 1910s.
- Name Access
- Grunier, Enoch (Henry)
- Graner, Joseph
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6091
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6091
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [191-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy photograph from a carte de visite of Joseph Graner and Temma Graner, probably Toronto, 1910s.
- Name Access
- Graner, Joseph
- Graner, Temma
- 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
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3045
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3045
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- April 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph from left to right are: Joseph Graner; E.F. Singer; Samuel Factor, M.P.
- Name Access
- Factor, Samuel
- Graner, Joseph
- Singer, E. F.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ladovsky family fonds
- Photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 83
- File
- 9
- Item
- 22
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1942 or 1943]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a family party at the Londoner Shul. Aaron Ladovsky is seated on the far left, between the third and fourth tapestry.
- Notes
- Formerly identified as photo # 3831.
- Name Access
- Anshei England
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Londoner Shul
- Zarnitsky, Faivel
- Zarnitsky, Rochel
- Subjects
- Parties
- 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
- Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1983-11-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 63
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 63
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Menorah Society grew out of the Yiddish Club at the University of Toronto in 1917. The had a semi-official status and superseded most of the other Jewish student groups. Most often they met off-campus, but they did have a faculty advisor named Professor W. R. Taylor, who taught Hebrew at University College. The Menorah Society was a branch of an intercollegiate Jewish society formed at Harvard in 1906 for the study of Jewish history and culture. In Toronto, they flourished until it was undermined by the Greek-letter fraternities in the late 1920s and in 1931 they dissolved.
- Lillian Rappaport (Horwitz) was born 15 May 1909 in Toronto. She was married 2 Jan. 1936 to Sidney A Horwitz in Atlanta, Georgia and lived nearly all the rest of her life in Atlanta. She died on 8 Feb. 1998 in New York State. Lillian's parents were Aaron and Jennie Rappaport. They owned several movie theaters in Toronto, Brighton, and Campbellford.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executives for 1929-1930. Seated in the front row are Philip Barrs, Sam Bochner, Vera Alexander (Eisen), Sam Goldhar, Renee L., unknown, Joe Kardish. Standing in the back row are Edward Richmond, Toby Ellias (Isaacs), Sydney Hermont, Vera Weinstein, Mannie Brown, Lillian Rappaport (Horwitz), Harry Luzuer.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1958-1960
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- 14 architectural drawings : 68 x 102 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Hoffman and Sam Katz were the co-chairmen of the Adas Israel Building Fund Committee.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the construction and fundraising activities for the erection of a new building for Adas Isreal Synagogue. Included are brochures, bulletins, correspondence, a meeting invitation, floor plans, detail sketches, a site plan, photographs of the proposed model of the synagogue, and an architectural sketch of proposed menorahs for the synagogue. Also included are floor plans for the cantor's home at 126 Cline Ave. and the Ritualarium (Mikvah) at 11 Cline Ave.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Katz, Sam
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 film reel (ca. 15 min.) : col., si. ; 16 mm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Hoffman's brother, David, was vice president of Adas Israel.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of material relating to the turning of the sod ceremony for the Adas Israel synagogue. It contains an invitation to the membership and the programme as well as the speech Max Hoffman delivered at the ceremony. It also includes a letter outlining the duties that David Hoffman performed during the ceremony and a home movie film of the event.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, David
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- The film should be digitized to improve access and needs to be housed in an archival canister.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Date
- 1959-1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 audio reels (ca. 60 min.) : 9.5 cm/sec.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the programmes and order of services for the dedication of the Adas Israel synagogue as well as the speech given by Max Hoffman. In addition, the file contains lists of the dedication book advertisers and prospective members as well as audio recordings of the ceremony.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 25 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The cornerstone was laid by Rabbi Morton Green, Max Hoffman and Samuel Katz.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letter listing the individuals involved in laying the cornerstone of the Adas Israel synagogue as well as photographs of the ceremony. Identified in the photographs are: Rabbi Morton Green, Max Hoffman, and Samuel Katz.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Aron Studio.
- Name Access
- Green, Morton, Rabbi
- Hoffman, Max
- Katz, Samuel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with the Hebrew Men of England congregation regarding the loan of a sefer Torah, and correspondence with the Community Service Division of Yeshiva University regarding the loan of prayer books. Also included is a letter thanking Beth Tzedec synagogue for donating a lectern, reading table, and other items to the newly established congregation.
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Yeshiva University
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Adas Israel Synagogue series
- Building sub-series
- Synagogue dedication and laying of the cornerstone file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 5-1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 22 Oct. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the crowd gathered outside Adas Israel Synagogue for its dedication ceremony.
- Notes
- Photograph is by Aron Studio.
- Name Access
- Green, Morton, Rabbi
- Hoffman, Max
- Katz, Samuel
- Subjects
- Crowds
- Synagogue dedication services
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-5-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- [193-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of Cantor Bornstein's choir of boys and young men at Hebrew Men of England Synagogue on Spadina Avenue, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Choirs (Music)
- Name Access
- Bornstein, Cantor
- Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1910-1950
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the business career and community involvement of Joseph Graner. Included are receipts, insurance release foms, bills, and an auditor's financial report. His company is decribed on letterheads as dealing with steamship tickets, real estate, foreign exchange, insurance, loans, mortgages, valuations, and rent collection. There are three items of historic paper foreign currency from Germany and Russia. As well there are order forms for Universal Garment Company Sportswear Specialists, and a seal for Joseph Graner, Justice of the Peace for Toronto and the County of York. Finally there are press clippings and correspondence pertaining to his community activities with organizations such as Associated Hebrew Schools, Goel Tzedec Synagogue, Ontario Zionist Association, the Conservative Association, and committees protesting the persecution of Jews in Poland and Gemany before the Second World War.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Graner was one of the founders of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the Jewish Dispensary (the forerunner of Mount Sinai Hospital). A biography is included with the Instrument of Donation.
- Name Access
- Graner, Joseph
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Date
- 1924-1925
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive members from 1924-25. Pictured (left to right) is:
top row;
B. Weinberg, arts rep.
E. E. Gelber, ex. president.
M. Pusitz, medical rep.
middle row;
E. Lazaresco, BA gen. secretary.
I. Greenberg, dental rep.
R. Rotenberg, women's arts rep.
I. L. Kenen, publicity.
S. Soskin, treasurer.
bottom row;
B. Bain, Cor. secretary
D. Garfinkel, president
L. Sher, Vice president
- Administrative History
- The University of Toronto Menorah Society (1917) was founded on 11 October 1917, as a constituent of the Intercollegial Menorah Society formed at Harvard in 1906. Its purpose, as stated in the Torontonenensis Yearbook of 1918, was “to study Jewish history and culture and modern Jewish life and thought.” The Menorah Society was non-sectarian and open to members of the university of any faith.
During its tenure the Menorah Society published the Menorah Journal and the Menorah Mentor magazine. Bi-weekly meetings held at the University YMCA featured lectures by prominent speakers, or student forums, and had an average attendance of two hundred people. The Menorah Society organized study circles, debates, annual plays, a “smoker” (party for men only), teas, and dances. It also maintained a Jewish Collection at the University Library. As Greek-letter fraternities proliferated at the University in the 1920s, the popularity of the Menorah Society waned, and it dissolved in 1931.
The University of Toronto Menorah Society grew out of a series of organizations for Jewish students at U of T in the early twentieth century, a Toronto Hebrew Students’ association and a Yiddish club. Both these organizations and the Menorah Society were Predecessors of Hillel.
- 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
- Availability of other formats: Also available as TIF file.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions