- 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
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2000
- Physical Description
- 49 cm of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell, the son of Paul and Mollie Edell, was one of five siblings. He and Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock, had two daughters and two sons and lived in Toronto. After Dolly died in 1961, he married Celia (née Rogen) Hoffman, a widow, in 1966. He became the stepfather to the two sons of Max and Celia Hoffman who had been residents of Hamilton. Some members of the family remained in Toronto while others moved to other parts of Canada, the United States and Israel. Sol Edell was actively involved in or provided financial support to many educational, professional and religious organizations.
- Scope and Content
- Series includes correspondence, invitations, publications, photographs, family films and a sound recording. The series is made up of seven sub-series: Associations, Charities, Community Activities, Education and Extra-Curricular Activities, Life Cycle and Family Events, Religious, and Residence.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 12 photographs, 7 film reels, 1 audio reel, 1 plaque, 4 badges, and 47 architectural drawings.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, Celia
- Rho Pi Phi
- Harbord Collegiate
- Subjects
- Education
- Greek letter societies
- Physical Condition
- Film and sound reels should be digitized.
- 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
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of calendar published by B'Nai Brith, Hamilton Chapter.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, Celia
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954-1958
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Hoffman was a member of the Central Fund for Traditional Institutions Committee and raised funds on their behalf.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to fundraising as well as lists of donors and their donations to the Central Fund of Traditional Institutions.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Community activities series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Max Hoffman and his brother, David Hoffman, were members of the board of the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a letter from the United Hebrew Memorial Chapel giving details about the progress of the building campaign.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, David
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 3
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1956-1959
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Beverly Golf and Country Club was a club founded by members of the Jewish community living in the vicinity of the city of Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Max Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Hoffman and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Kam were members.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the Beverly Golf and Country Club regarding general rules, membership fees and club programmes. As well, there is a copy of the constitution, an annual report for the year 1959 and a membership list.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, Sol
- Kam, Morris
- Subjects
- Golf
- Places
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 3
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957-1958; 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of donations requests and receipts for donations made by the Hoffman family. The majority of the organizations are religious institutions located in Canada, the United States and Israel.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Hoffman family fonds
- Personal series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 6
- Series
- 3
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- The Hoffman residence in Hamilton had been custom built for the family.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from the contractor listing the materials which would be used to build the Hoffman residence, the details of work which would be done and the construction timeline.
- Name Access
- Hoffman, Max
- Hoffman, Celia
- 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 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
- 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
- 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 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 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
