- Accession Number
- 2023-2-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-2-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 29 cm
- Date
- [19--]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material that belonged to the late Gilbert Seltzer. Included are handwritten copies of a Camp Yungvelt paper, the Whoosis, and a photograph of a Yiddish youth group, the Yiddisher Kunst-Tsenter (Yiddish/Jewish Art Centre). The Whoosis issues are undated, while the photograph is from 1929/30.
- Custodial History
- Richard Seltzer discovered the material after his father's death and donated it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.
- Administrative History
- Gilbert Seltzer was born on 11 October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, to Julius Seltzer and Marion Seltzer (née Liss). Gilbert's parents were both Russian immigrants. Julius owned a knitting mill, and Marion was a homemaker. Julius was also an anarchist, and he and Marion had a cottage in the Workmen's Circle Colony in Pickering, Ontario. As a child, Gilbert attended Camp Yungvelt, a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. His son, Richard, would later recall that Gilbert "sang songs from there and vaguely spoke of the Whosis," the camp's publication.
- Gilbert studied architecture at the University of Toronto, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1937. After graduating, he worked for an architectural firm in Manhattan. During the Second World War, he served with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a secret army unit that would become known as the Ghost Army. According to Gilbert's obituary in the New York Times, "The unit fooled German forces with inflatable tanks, dummy airplanes, fake radio transmissions and sound effects." In later years, Gilbert would serve as an ambassador for the unit's veterans.
- After the war, Gilbert resumed work as an architect. His projects included the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York; buildings at West Point and the US Merchant Marine Academy; and the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. He worked as an architect until January 2020.
- Gilbert met his future spouse, Molly Gold (m. Seltzer), in New Jersey. The couple had two children together: Joan Seltzer and Richard Seltzer. Molly died in 1994, and Gilbert died on 14 August 2021. He was 106.
- 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
- Architects
- Camps
- Portraits, Group
- Name Access
- Camp Yungvelt
- Seltzer, Gilbert, 1914-2021
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2002-10-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records of the Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees, responsible for the maintenance and operations of the Dawes Road Cemetery. The Trustees reported to the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Amalgamated Dawes Road Trustees (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1993-6-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1943]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.
- Subjects
- Children
- Camps
- Name Access
- Krever, Terry
- Strauss, Naomi
- Danilak, Mrs.
- Camp Yungvelt
- Places
- Pickering, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1939-1947
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress records related to a study carried out by Saul Hayes and Jacob Finkelman on discriminatory employment practices in Ontario. The title of the resulting report is "Evidence of Unequal Opportunity in Employment and a Suggested Fair Employment Practices Legislation". Included are reports, memorandi, correspondence, sample applications from different employers, and a booklet by Gurston Allen entitled "Jewish Occupational Difficulties" (1939).
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Hayes, Saul
- Finkelman, Jacob
- Allen, Gurston
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1926-1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material relating to the Associated Hebrew Schools, including correspondence and a certificate awarded to the school choir. In addition there is a Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region timeline of the history of the Toronto Jewish Community (1954), a CJC abstract of the proceedings of the Sixth Regional Conference on Jewish Education (1957), as well as editions of the Jewish Herald, the Jewish Standard, and the Canadian Jewish News. In addition, there is material documenting the activities of the Kehillah of Toronto, a religious organization of synagogues and organizations, such as mutual benefit societies. Included are correspondence, a ballot page listing congregations and organizations, a financial report, and a legal document in the form of an agreement between the Kehilla of Toronto and shochtim regarding the ritual slaughter of beef.
- Administrative History
- Samuel Kurtz was the executive vice president of the Associated Hebrew Schools.
- MG_RG
- MG3A5
- Name Access
- Kurtz, Samuel A.
- Associated Hebrew Schools
- Kehilla of Toronto
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-5-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-5-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records relating to the work of the JPRC Summer Resorts Sub-Committee, which Hart D. Wintrob chaired. Material includes advice offered to Jews on appropriate behaviour at resorts frequented by non-Jews and efforts to have "Gentiles only" signs removed from resorts and other businesses. Also included is a list of JPRC members from which the members of the subcommitte were chosen and an agenda for a meeting of this group.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Resorts
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-6-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the records created or accumulated by the Committee for Yiddish, which operated under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and later, the Toronto Jewish Congress (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto).
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-37
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-37
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 36 photographs : b&w and hand col. (12 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1938-1943
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken at Camp Balfour Manor on Morrison Lake in Muskoka, Ontario and Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. Scenes include a group of young people on the steps of a building, a Shabbat service, a flag lowering ceremony, boxing lessons, an arts and crafts class, and a photograph of Hyman Riegelhaupt at Camp Yungvelt.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Name Access
- Balfour Manor Camp
- Camp Yungvelt
- Places
- Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality)
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 18 photographs : b&w (9 negatives)
- 1 film reel
- Date
- 1959-1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring) Peretz School and Camp Yungvelt. Also included is a film reel of activities at Camp Yungvelt from 1959.
- Subjects
- Camps
- Schools
- Name Access
- Camp Yungvelt
- Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960
- Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Ontario
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1.2 m of textual records
- Date
- 1986-1987
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Executive Director files of the CJC, Central Region. The files were created and accumulated by E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-5-3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 12 m of textual records
- Date
- [197-]-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting various activities of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region, including the small communities, regional committees, eduction and culture. The records appear to have originated with E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- ca. 92 m of textual records and sound recordings
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The records cover a variety of topics but primarily consist of general office files from E. Y. Lipsitz.
- Also included are audio recordings, including one of Golda Meir's visit to Toronto in 1970, and a community meeting following the Allen Gardens open-air speech by William John Beattie in 1965.
- Audio cassette recordings (4) of Saul Hayes attending National Executive Officers Meeting, 19 Jun. 1971 & 20 Jun. 1971.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 300 slides : col. ; 35 mm
- Date
- 1977-1978
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken during visits by CJC Central Region officers to Ontario Jewish communities, and at Canadian Jewish Congress events and meetings in various communities. Accession also includes photos of Jewish interest in Italy.
- Subjects
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Friedman, Morris
- Markish, Esther
- Eisenberg, Joe
- Wexler, Boris
- Acker, Abe
- Brownstone, Sam
- Klafter, Gershon
- Rosen, Marty
- Fackenheim, Emil
- Rosensweig, Philip
- Saiger, Norman
- Sadowski, David
- Gryfe, Mark
- Hillel (Kingston, Ont.)
- Frey, Marcus
- Horowitz, Shlomo
- Katz, Stan
- Pliscow, Morris
- Places
- Cambridge (Ont.)
- Chatham (Ont.)
- Sudbury (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Thunder Bay (Ont.)
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Oshawa (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Pembroke (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- London (Ont.)
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Owen Sound (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Barrie (Ont.)
- Orillia (Ont.)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1934-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of historical material collected by the CJC Central Region Centenary Committee or Historical Committee (both committee names appear in the file). These materials include several CJC Ontario Division documents dating from 1934. The bulk of the accession consists of reports of interviews conducted in 1956 with members of Holy Blossom as part of a Holy Blossom Centennial research project.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2006-12-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (tif)
- Date
- [ca. 1925-1926]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of electronic copies of three photographs of Syd at Camp Yungvelt on Lake Wilcox. Also pictured are some of Syd's relatives and childhood friends. Identified individuals include Sydney Wise, Isadore Tepperman, David Wise, Leo Tepperman, Reuben Goldstein, Ben Lapidus (Lappin), George Trimble, Sam Stellman, Lil Stellman, Min Stellman, Lillian Wise, Rose Hoffman, Archie Gordon, Nathan Langbord, and Jack Weinzweig.
- Custodial History
- The original records are in the possession of Dr. Sydney Wise. He loaned the records to the Archives for copying on 2006-12-20.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Name Access
- Camp Yungvelt
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m of textual records
- Date
- 2001-2003
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of the files of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Regions' Community Relations Committee. Included are meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, incidence reports and complaints, interventions, newsclippings and a small amount of other reference material.
- Custodial History
- The records were created and used by Len Rudner, former director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region Community Relations Committee. They were donated to the Archives by the CJC's executive assistant, Cindy Osheroff on 4 May, 2009.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-6-4
- Material Format
- object
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- M6 artifacts
- 1 postcard
- 1 textual record
- Date
- [193-?]-[195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Tip Top Tailors wall clock and five tzedakah boxes from Israel. Also included is a postcard of the Mossington Park resort on Lake Simcoe featuring a Gentiles Only sign, several copies from the mid-1940s of the CJC Committee on Social and Economic Studies Information and Comment bulletins, as well as a programme for the twenty-seventh anniversary celebrations for the Soviet Union, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1944. The program included a message from the prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, and a broadcast from Paul Robeson. The master of ceremonies was Lorne Greene. The content of the CJC studies include: research projects of the CJC (1946), racial discrimination and public policy (1946), the use of the terms "racial origin" and "religion" in the Canadian census (1946), opinion polls and social control (1946), intermarriage and children of intermarriages (1946), prejudice and Canadian unity (1946), comparative occupational distribution (1947), community action versus racial prejudice (1947), audience reaction analysis to the film "Don't Be a Sucker" (1947), Fair Employment Practices Laws for Canada (1947), age distribution of Jewish population in Ontario (1949), Immigration of Jews to Canada (1948), Saskatchewan Bill of Rights Act (1949), Jews in the professions in Canada (1949), answering the bigot: a summary of the Incident control project (1949), Canadian public opinion on racial restrictive covenants (1949), anti-minority discrimination and the law: a Canadian progress report (1950), immigration to Canada 1945 to 1949: official figures, refugee industries in Canada: latest available statistics (1947), and from juvenile immigrant to Canadian citizen (1950). Authors of CJC reports include Dr. A. F. Citron, Dr. J. Harding, Dr. Louis Rosenberg, Dr. Manfred Saalheimer, Professor F. R. Scott and Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher.
- Custodial History
- The items were bought by Morris Norman, a collector of Judaica, and donated to the archives on 3 June 2009.
- Subjects
- Human rights
- Discrimination in employment
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Tip Top Tailors
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 16; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Mimi Wise fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 16
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Marin was a founder of the Beach Hebrew Institute and was involved in the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan and Farband.
- Scope and Content
- This item is an electronic copy photograph of a portrait of Joseph Marin.
- Name Access
- Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.)
- Farband
- Toronto Hebrew Free Loan
- 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
- 2006-9-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- High Holidays
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2010
- Physical Description
- 3.1 metres of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell (1919-2000) was a prominant member of the Toronto Jewish community who initially pursued a career as a pharmacist and was later founder and president of the property development company, Elmdale Investments. He held positions as board member or chair in a wide variety of religious, educational and social service organizations and institutions both in Canada and Israel. In Toronto, these included: Clanton Park Synagogue, Adas Israel Synagogue, Jones Avenue Cemetery, Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto (formerly Toronto Jewish Congress, and now the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto).
- Edell was born in Toronto on 5 March 1919, the son of Pesach and Molly Edell. He attended Harbord Collegiate and graduated from the Toronto College of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, in 1943 while on leave of absence from the army. He was enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War and served in the signal corps.
- After he completed his army service, he opened Edell’s Drug Store at 1978 Queen Street in Etobicoke in 1948, the first shomer Shabbat drug store in the city. He operated a second store at 494 Spadina Avenue in the late 1940s. In 1955 the Queen Street location was expropriated by the City of Toronto. Subsequently, Edell founded Elmdale Investments, the company which built and managed the Elmhurst Plaza in Etobicoke. He reopened the drug store, which was renamed Elmhurst Drugs in the plaza. He also invested in two retail textile stores, Deltex Drapery and Dodd’s Drapery which had been founded by group of businessmen including his cousin Israel Edell.
- In 1952 he married Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock. They lived in the newly developed suburb of North York with their four children: Ethel, Simcha, Malka and Joseph. After 10 years of marriage, Dolly died and in 1966, he married Celia Rogen Hoffman.
- Sol Edell was a founding member and first president of the Clanton Park Congregation. He was actively involved in the construction of the synagogue and its development. He continued to be affiliated with Shomrai Shabbos where his grandfather Rabbi Yosef Weinreb had been the rabbi. He was also involved with Adas Israel, the synagogue in Hamilton where his wife Celia had been an active member.
- He was chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region -- Toronto Jewish Congress Archives Committee, which subsequently became the Ontario Jewish Archives. During his tenure, the archives was responsible for the reconstruction of the Kiever Synagogue which had been built in the early 1900s but had fallen into a state of disrepair by the 1960s.
- Sol Edell was also involved in a number of Zionist organizations. He was the founding chair of the Aliyah Support Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, whose mandate was to assist Torontonians who had moved to Israel and ease their transition into Israeli society. He was also an active member of the Mizrachi organization and its affiliated institutions. Another one of Sol Edell’s interests was ensuring the preservation of local cemeteries. He was president of the Jones Avenue Cemetery and on the board of Pardes Shalom and the Bathurst Lawn Cemetery, Clanton Park section.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting Sol Edell's business activities, community involvement and personal life. Included is correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, financial records, legal records, publications, audio-visual material, invitations, newspaper clippings, artifacts, lists, reports, speeches, and architectural drawings.
- The fonds is organized into the following eleven series: Personal; Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy; Elmdale Investments; Deltex Drapery and Dodd's Drapery; Adas Israel Synagogue; Clanton Park Synagogue; Shomrai Shabbos; Aliyah; Cemetery and funeral home; Historical materials; and, Activities and organizations.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 739 photographs, 232 architectural drawings, 11 audio cassettes, 9 audio reels, 13 film reels, 7 videocassettes, 4 slides, 1 plaque, 4 badges, and 1 key.
- Name Access
- Edell Solomon, 1919-2000
- Clanton Park Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Edell, Dolly
- Edell, Celia
- Edell's Drug Store
- Elmhurst Pharmacy
- Jones Avenue Cemetery
- Canadian Jewish Congress/ Toronto Jewish Congress Archives
- Aliyah Support Committee
- Subjects
- Business
- Pharmacists
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Physical Condition
- The bulk of the architectural drawings are currently being stored rolled up. They should be flattened and encapsulated in melinex.
- Film and sound reels should be digitized.
- Related Material
- See fonds #5 for material related to Paul Edell.
- See accession #2012-10/9 for material related to the Edell family.
- Creator
- Edell, Solomon, 1919-2000
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-2
- 2008-8-29
- 2011-5-4
- 2012-10-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947-1969
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- 7 architectural plans
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell graduated with a degree in pharmacy in 1943. After completing his military service, he opened Edell's Drug Store and began working as a pharmacist. He subsequently opened two other drug stores, Edell's Drug Store located on Spadina Avenue and Elmhurst Drugs. Although he continued to own Elmhurst Drugs until his death in 2000, he retired from pharmacy in 1962.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of material relating to the establishment and operation of Sol Edell’s pharmacy from the three locations where he operated drug stores. Series consists of financial records, newspaper advertisements, ink blotters, and flyers and prescription envelopes from the 1940s and 1950s with the name and logo of Edell’s Drug Store. In addition, there is correspondence and legal documents pertaining to a planned renovation of the Queen Street Store and the expropriation of the building by the City of Toronto. Also included is a photograph of a group of Toronto pharmacists.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Elmhurst Pharmacy
- Elmhurst Plaza
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of advertising flyers announcing an anniversary drug sale and promotional prescription envelopes from Edell's Drug Store at 1978 Queen Street West. The name, address and phone number of the store are printed on the prescription envelopes. Also included is a blank prescription slip of Dr. I.A. Grenville, which advertises Edell's Drug Store on Queen Street.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to medications ordered by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Sunnybrook Hospital. The letters list the name and number of the patient and the price of the medication ordered.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 presentation drawing : brownline drawing, hand col. ; 41 x 82 cm
- 3 technical drawings : brownline prints ; 52 x 54 cm and 54 x 78 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invoices from the architect relating to the construction of a new building which Sol Edell wanted to build on the site occupied by Edell's Drug Store. Also included is correspondence with the Municipality of Etobicoke regarding a building permit and a report from the Ontario Municipal Board regarding by-laws for apartment buildings. File also consists of a presentation drawing of what the proposed apartment building would look like and preliminary floor plans and elevation drawings by architect Sidney Samuels.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to the expropriation of the Queen Street property by the Metropolitan Toronto. An appraisal report which outlines the compensation that Sol Edell would receive is also included.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1947, Sol Edell opened his drug store at 1978 Queen Street in a building which he had rented from Ross Cameron.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lease agreement between Sol Edell and Ross Cameron, the owner of the building. Also included is a description of the janitor services referred to in the lease.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documents relating to Sol Edell's purchase of the Queen Street store and adjacent property from Ross and Yvonne Cameron. Also included is Sol Edell's mortgage for the property.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 15 Oct. 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a legal document relating to the sale of the Queen Street store to Metropolitan Toronto.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of annual trading, profit and loss statements for Edell's Drug Store.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 9.3 m of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Canadian Jewish Congress, in particular, their committees dealing with Israel affairs and Jews in Arab lands.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2012-7-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 37.8 m of textual records
- Date
- 1958-[199-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of general office files of the CJC as well as records related to the Education and Culture Committee, the Toronto Jewish Cultural Committee, Planning and Priorities/Assimilation, the Youth Committee, CJC plenaries, small communities, Chaplaincy, Orthodox Division, Political Liaison Committee, community services, the Audit Committee, Joint Community Relations Committee, Camp Massad and Moess Chitton.
- Custodial History
- There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Use Conditions
- Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 11.1 m of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 2000]-[ca. 2010]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the operations of the CJC Ontario Region. Included are records related to the activities of the Community Relations Committee, reports, correspondence, political affairs records, communications, meeting minutes and agendas, photographs, and moving images of various events.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: Includes graphic material and audio-visual records
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-6-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1956-1962
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists CJC correspondence and conference notes, Ottawa JCC building campaign materials, a Beth David congregation of Brantford report and the Mizrachi Women's Work report.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth David Congregation (Brantford, Ont.)
- Ottawa Jewish Community Centre
- Mizrachi Women (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Brantford, Ont
- Ottawa, Ont
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-6-7
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1964-2003
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress Joint Community Relations Committee files pertaining to incidents of antisemitism in Canada. Files include examples of material distributed by neo-Nazi groups, clippings documenting hate crimes trials and antisemitism in scholarship, and JCRC correspondence.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Rules and Conditions for the Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest, essays submitted, correspondence from the Board of Jewish Education and the vote casting process for the 1976 contest.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Administrative History
- The Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest was established by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region's Department of Education and Culture. The rules and conditions stated in a booklet dated 1973 was that the 'prize or prizes for the best essay or essays or oral address or addresses on men famous in Jewish history...'. The Contest was open to 'All Jewish children in the Province of Ontario outside of Metropolitan Toronto and Ottawa.' The essays submitted in 1973 appeared to follow the Rules and Conditions. However, in the 1976 contest, now sponsored by The Board of Jewish Education, there were no restrictions on where the Jewish children lived or on the gender of the person in Jewish history being written about.
- Subjects
- Education
- Children
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1972
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Religion
- Communities
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Klinghofer, Joseph
- Places
- St. Catharines (Ont.)
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Belleville (Ont.)
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Guelph (Ont.)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.)
- North Bay (Ont.)
- Windsor (Ont.)
- Manitoba
- United States
- Maritime Provinces
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1950-1953
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a letter from Rabbi Slonim convening a meeting and minutes of meetings of the Rabbinical Welfare Committee over the period.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the aquisition of the documents. However, the first letter in the textual records is from Rabbi Reuben Slonim and his name is included on all of the documents in the textual record.
- Administrative History
- The purpose of the Rabbinical Welfate Committee was (quoting from a document dated March 22, 1950) 'to consider matters that are strictly religious in nature. In matters of a community or public relations nature, the Committee will work closely with Congress.'
- Subjects
- Committees
- Meetings
- Religion
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual material
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Scope and Content
- Accession file consists of letters, posters, press releases, minutes of meeting and policy statements regarding Israeli prisoners of war in Syria. The documents are from many organizations such as the Labor Zionist Alliance, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Toronto Jewish Youth Council, and the Canada-Israel Committee.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Israel--Armed Forces
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-24
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [195-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of an undated document 'Rules and Regulations Concerning the Organization of the Hebrew Schools in Ontario'.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-25
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1945-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound document on Religious Instruction in Public Schools of Ontario, presented by Rabbi Abraham Feinberg to the Royal Commission on Education and a fact and discussion sheet of similarities and contrasts between Canadian and US Jewries and Judaism.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Education
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-28
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a Kashruth Directory of kosher products and services issued by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Religion
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-31
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 audiotapes
- Date
- 1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession cosists of two audiotapes of a Regional Executive Meeting of January 1969 and a Community Town Hall Meeting of February 1969. The second tape may be of speeches at a plenary session.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2011-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two editions of Hakol bulletin published by Beth Tikvah and dated September/October 2011 and November/December 2011. Contents of the bulletins are messages from the rabbi and president, Sisterhood and Men's Club, activities, programs, donations, bereavements, as well as paid advertisements. Inserted in the November/December edition is a letter from Maurice Kulik, president, addressed to the members, informing them of proposed amendments to their constitution for consideration at the AGM. Also included is a flyer promoting their Pre-Hanukkah Choral concert on December 11, 2011.
- Subjects
- Synagogue bulletins
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory
- Date
- 1931
- Publisher
- International Advertising Agency
- Format
- Directory
- Subject
- City Directories
- Genealogy
- Language
- English
- Source
- 1931 Toronto Jewish Directory