- Part Of
- Morley Torgov fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 108
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Date
- 1938-2011
- Physical Description
- 5.2 m of textual records and graphic material
- Admin History/Bio
- Morley Torgov (b. 1927) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer and former commercial lawyer.
- Torgov was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Allan (b. Russia, 8 July 1895-1964?) and Janey (née Colish) Torgov (b. England, 1901-d. Sault Ste. Marie, July 1926). Allan Torgov owned and operated a clothing store in Sault Ste. Marie named Allan's. Morley married Anna Pearl (née Cohen) in 1948 and had two children, Sarah Jane Steinberg and Alexander Torgov (b. 1959-d. 2009), and four grandchildren.
- Torgov was educated at the University of Toronto, receiving his bachelor of laws degree from Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1954. He became a partner in the law firm Olsch, Torgov, Cohen and specialized in commercial law. While practicing law in Toronto during the 1960s, he turned to writing. Torgov's first book, A Good Place to Come From (1974), a comic memoir of growing up Jewish in Sault Ste. Marie, was made into a CBC miniseries and won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Torgov continued to write other books including the Outside Chance of Maximillian Glick (1982), which won him his second Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The CBC produced a television series based on this work and the book was published in several languages. This success was followed by St. Farb's Day (1990), which won the Toronto Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award for fiction. Other published works include the Abramsky Variations (1977), the War to End All Wars (1998), Stickler and Me (2002), Murder in A-major (2008), and the Mastersinger from Minsk (2012).
- Torgov's writings also include several screenplays for television and film and numerous essays and articles for the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Montreal Gazette, the Canadian Lawyer and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Torgov has been honored by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, naming their annual award the TORGI after Torgov, the first recipient of that award in 1984. In 2005, he received the Order of Mariposa, a lifetime recognition award from the Leacock Society. In 2010, he received the Order of Canada as an acknowledgement of his contributions to Canadian society.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of material related to the life and work of Morley Torgov. Included are literary drafts and working papers, reviews, speeches, presentations, public addresses, memorabilia, sketches and drawings, photographs, correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, and Torgov's original file folders with jottings of ideas and references for future use.
- Notes
- SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The scope and content for most of the file level descriptions are taken verbatim from the original description provided by Mr. Torgov at the time of donation and therefore is written in the first person.
- Name Access
- Torgov, Morley, 1927-
- Subjects
- Authors
- Related Material
- Researchers should consult the Morley Torgov fonds at the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library for other records.
- Arrangement
- Records were arranged at the file level by the creator. This original arrangement has been maintained by the archivist.
- Places
- Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1984-12-8
- 1986-12-6
- 1989-12-7
- 1990-12-10
- 1992-12-4
- 1995-12-4
- 1998-12-2
- 1999-12-3
- 2000-12-2
- 2002-12-6
- 2003-12-4
- 2004-12-1
- 2005-3-2
- 2005-12-3
- 2006-12-6
- 2007-12-16
- 2008-12-7
- 2011-12-3
- 2018-8-18
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 69
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 72
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2556
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2556
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Bialik Club
- Farband
- Subjects
- Clubs
- 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
- 1981-3-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1273
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1273
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [before 1918]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are: Mr Causen, Mr Frankel, Zalman Cohen, Dave Gold, Mr Mitchell, Lewis Freedman, Gittel Shapiro
- Name Access
- Farband
- 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
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2463
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2463
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband group, taken in a yard. Identified are Willie Silverberg; Abi Shatz; Benny Shatz; and Mr. Frankel.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Frankel, Mr.
- Shatz, Abi
- Shatz, Benny
- Silverberg, Willie
- 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 2462
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2462
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of members of the Farband, taken in a yard. Identified are Joe Cash and Louis Shatz.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Farband
- 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 2920
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2920
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2919
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2919
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification, see accession record.
- Notes
- Photo by Schlochter.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- Students
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2471
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2471
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1920 or 1921]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Farband, Borochov Branch 124 at a picnic in Toronto. Pictured back row sixth from left, [?] Krackover; [?] Freedman.
- Pictured middle row, second from left: Joe Cash; Willie Silverberg.
- Pictured middle row, third from right: [?] Hoffman; Jack Herzog; Benny Cohen.
- Pictured first row, left: Benny Shatz; [?] Frankel; [?] Manson (third from right).
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Cash, Joe
- Cohen, Benny
- Farband
- Frankel
- Freedman
- Herzog, Jack
- Hoffman
- Krackover
- Manson
- Shatz, Benny
- 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 1268
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1268
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was taken at the Borochov Branch's 25th anniversary banquet.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Farband
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- 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
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2477
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2477
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 July 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- See items #1271 and #2453 for similar image.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Jewish National Workers' Alliance
- Farband
- Trafalgar
- 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 2466
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2466
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of delegates at the first Ontario conference of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance (Farband) in Toronto. Identified in the photograph are Steinhouse (George's father); Moshe [Kirshenbaum?]; Zalman Cohen; H. M. Kirshenbaum; Avrom Freiman; Benny Shatz; Louis Shatz; Abi Shatz.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Jewish National Workers' Alliance
- Farband
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- 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 2918
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2918
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Top row, far left: [?] Rigelhoff, choir master.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- 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
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2917
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2917
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [193-]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Farband
- 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
- 1981-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2915
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2915
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- 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
- 1981-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2916
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2916
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Seated, left to right: Esther Walerstein; Bayla Lax; Alte Freiman.
- Standing, left to right: Haim Noach Kirshenbaum; Yisroel Starr; E. Chaikes (teacher); Yosef Lubek; Shlomo Zuker.
- Notes
- Half-tone photograph from newspaper.
- Original photo by Schlachter.
- Name Access
- Chaikes, E.
- Farband
- Freiman, Alte
- Kirshenbaum, Haim Noach
- Lax, Bayla
- Lubek, Yosef
- Starr, Yisroel
- Walerstein, Esther
- Zuker, Shlomo
- Subjects
- 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
- 1981-6-3
- 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 2473
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2473
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy print of the members composite of the Borochov Branc 124 of the Jewish National Workers' Alliance.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Borochov
- Farband
- Jewish National Workers' Alliance
- Subjects
- Labor movement
- 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 1271
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1271
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 July 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- This photograph shows a group of people at a picnic for the Borochov Branch 124.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Borochov
- Trafalgar
- Jewish Organizations
- 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.
- Physical Condition
- Poor condition.
- Related Material
- See photo 2453 for a copy print and negative of this image.
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2561
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2561
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Notes
- Photo by Modern Studio, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Sholom Aleichem Club
- Farband
- Subjects
- Clubs
- 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
- 1981-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1617
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1617
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1939 or 1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photo by Modern Studio
- Name Access
- Farband
- Independent Workers' Circle Joint Committee
- Leivick, H.
- Jewish Organizations
- Subjects
- Committees
- Lectures and lecturing
- 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 Islands (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2933
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2933
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Name Access
- Farband
- Poalei Zion
- Subjects
- Zionism
- 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
- 1981-7-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1455
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1455
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Toronto Poalei Zion group in front of a house.
- Individuals in the photograph include: Abraham Walerstein, Esther Walerstein (child), [?] Lapidus, [Gertler?], Matisyohu Kramer, Leibe Bograd, H. H. Kirshenbaum, Louie Coldoff, S. Shapiro, Minnie Shapiro, Florence Manson, [?] Mitchell, [?] Green, Ziskind Socol, Taibeh Socol, Harry Sher, Mr. & Mrs. Schwartzbaum, [?] Heller, Archie Edelstein, [Kalman?] Wagner, Harry Green, [Mrs. Green?], Dave Gold.
- Notes
- Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.
- See accession form for information on the locations of these individuals in the photograph.
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- 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
- 1977-8-27
- 1992-8-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1454
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1454
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of Toronto Poalei Zion members.
- Notes
- Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- 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's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-27
- 1992-8-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1453
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1453
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1918]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Poalei Zion group standing in front of a statue at Queen's park in Toronto.
- Notes
- Photograph was copied by the archives in 1977 and the original was subsequently donated to the archives in 1992.
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- Subjects
- Statues
- 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's Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-27
- 1992-8-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2538
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2538
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- 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
- Queenston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2465
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2465
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1918 or 1919]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Poalei Zion assembled in front of an unidentified house in Toronto. Indentified in the photograph are: Archie Edelstein; Izzie Edelstein; Mr. and Mrs. Frankel; [?] Belke; Mr. Feldman; Zalman Cohen; Abie Shatz; David Gold; Abe Wolerstein; Esther Wolerstein (m. Grant); Sholom Katz; Chaim Langer; Mr. and Mrs. Sokol; Harry Sher; Louis Koldoff; H. M. Kirshenbaum; Leibe Bograd; Mr. Shapiro (Ben-Zion's father); Min Shapiro; Kalmen Wagner; David Lewis; Pesach Kates; Mr. Mitchell; Florence Monson; Max Monson.
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Poalei Zion
- 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 2914
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2914
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1925]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Poalei Zion
- Subjects
- Zionism
- 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
- 1981-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2913
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2913
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Borochov, Ber
- Farband
- Poalei Zion
- Subjects
- Zionism
- 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
- 1981-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2537
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2537
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- 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
- Queenston (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2557
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2557
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- March 1928
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Farband
- Poalei Zion
- Yehoash
- Subjects
- Clubs
- 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
- 1981-3-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2559
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2559
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of members of the Moses Hess, Young Poalei Zion Club.
- Top row: Louis Lazoniek; Daniel Jessel; [?] Garber; Akiva Skidell, [unidentified]; Ben Harold.
- Fourth row: Joshua Wohlgelenter; Hymie Kirshenbaum; Al Pearlstein; David Wise; Sam Greenbaum; Louis Sand.
- Third row: Harrie Steiner; Sadie Sorosky (m. Roebuck); Lillian Dworkin (m. Singer); Sophie Chait; Esther Sorosky (m. Steinhouse); [unidentified]; [unidentified].
- Second row: Sol Barkai (Borkofsky); Ben Taub; Jacob Katzman; Zalman Yonai (Yanofsky); [unidentified]; George Steinhouse.
- Front row: Esther Wallerstein (m. Grant); Elsie Freeman (m. Harold); [Mucie?] Brick (m. Kaplansky); Pearl Tennenbaum (m. Boxenbaum); [unidentified].
- Name Access
- Chait, Sophie
- Farband
- Hess, Moses
- Poalei Zion
- Roebuck, Sadie
- Sorosky, Sadie
- Sorosky, Esther
- Steinhouse, Esther
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Labor Zionism
- 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
- 1981-3-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2319
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2319
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Menachovsky, M.
- Poalei Zion
- Farband
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- 1980-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2562
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2562
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1925 or 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification see accession record.
- Notes
- Photo by M. Schlochter, 452 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Farband
- Subjects
- 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
- 1981-3-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1956-1978
- Physical Description
- 447 photographs : b&w and col. (392 negatives) ; 26 x 21 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- The Negev dinners were established in 1948, coinciding with the creation of the State of Israel, as an annual fundraising dinner. The Jewish National Fund hosted these annual dinners in honour of a leading Canadian citizen, and the proceeds from the dinners were used to establish JNF projects in Israel in the name of the honouree. The JNF projects have, and continue to do so today, raised money to purchase land in Israel's Negev desert and for re-forestation efforts.
- The annual dinner was dedicated to a member of the Toronto Jewish community, who had demonstrated outstanding support and commitment to the Community and to the State of Israel. In honour of this individual's contributions, the secured land in Negev was named after them. The honourary guests were presented with awards of appreciation from members of the Canadian and International Jewish community, often including delegates from Israel. The dinners were attended by prominent members of Toronto's Jewish community, including politicians, business men, and philanthropists.
- Each subsequent dinner became larger and more successful in its aim to raise funds for Israel, as a result this event soon became the most significant Jewish event in Toronto. As well, it was also the largest annual kosher meal served in Toronto.
- The JNF produced an annual Negev Dinner yearbook, commemorating the event, and documenting both the lives of the honouree's family and the current activities of the JNF. As well, the names of individuals who donated money for the JNF projects were recorded in the Souvenir books under patrons and sponsors of the dinners.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of negatives taken by Al Gilbert documenting eight Negev Dinners hosted by the Jewish National Fund. The images depict the various activities undertaken at these dinners including: the procession and introduction of the head table guests, the presentation of awards, speeches, toasts, presentation of flowers to the honouree or the wife of the honouree, and the entertainment. The majority of the negatives are portraits taken of the guests posing with the honouree and his or her family. One dinner in this series was dedicated to the Toronto Jewish Community (1956) on the year of its centenary, while the others are in honour of one significant member of the community.
- There were Negev dinners held across Canada; however, the dinners in this series were all held in Toronto and were primarily attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community. The honourees documented in this series include: 1956, Toronto Jewish Community; 1966, Bert Godfrey; 1967, Nathan Silver; 1968, Phil Givens; 1970, Leon E. Weinstein; 1973, Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker; 1974, Phil Granovsky; 1978, Eric and Esther Exton.
- Notes
- Selection for this series reflects the various activities of the Negev dinners, including: speeches, toasts, award presentations, dinner tables, introductions, honourees, entertainment and presentation of flowers. In addition, we selected a sample of images documenting the dinner tables and guests who were not part of the evening's programme, and therefore, would not be captured in the aforementioned criteria.
- Name Access
- Negev
- Jewish National Fund
- Godfrey, Bert
- Silver, Nathan
- Givens, Phil
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Diefenbaker, Rt. Hon. John G.
- Granovsky, Phil
- Exton, Eric
- Exton, Esther
- Subjects
- Awards
- Dinners and dining
- Fund raising
- Arrangement
- Series has been arranged into files representing each annual dinner.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Kent, Charles
- Weinstein, Leon
- Exton, Eric
- Lockshin, Louis
- 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
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 34
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Givens, Phil
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Weinstein, Leon
- Exton, Eric
- 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
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 36
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Exton, Eric
- 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
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 40
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of guests posing together with a JNF certificate at the 1968 Negev dinner held in honour of Phil Givens.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Givens, Philip
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Exton, Eric
- Kent, Charles
- Lockshin, Louis
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- 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
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, A. E. Diamond, and Eric Exton at the 1970 Negev dinner held in honour of Leon E. Weinstein.
- Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut gave the closing address; A. E. Diamond was the dinner chairman; and Eric Exton provided the greetings from the Jewish National Fund.
- Name Access
- Plaut, Rabbi W. Gunther
- Diamond, A.E.
- Exton, Eric
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- 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 Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Diamond, A. E.
- Finkler, Leona
- Finkler, Arnold
- Weinstein, Anne
- Weinstein, Leon
- Exton, Eric
- 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
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Dennis, David
- Granovsky, Phil
- Finkler, Leona
- Weinstein, Leon
- Kent, Charles
- Exton, Eric
- Diamond, A. E.
- Moses, L. J. E.
- 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 Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eric Exton speaking at the Negev dinner. Eric Exton was on the dinner program providing greetings from the Jewish National Fund. Also present in the photograph are Leon E. Weinstein [sitting to the left of the podium] and Ruth Diamond [sitting on the right].
- Name Access
- Exton, Eric
- Jewish National Fund
- Diamond, Ruth
- 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
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Exton's and Granovsky's sitting at the head table at the Negev dinner. Eric Exton provided the greetings from the Jewish National Fund for the dinner.
- Name Access
- Granovsky, Shirley
- Granovsky, Phil
- Exton, Esther
- Exton, Eric
- 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 Leon E. Weinstein file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of A. E. Diamond, Leon and Anne Weinstein, and Eric Exton at the Negev dinner. Allen Ephraim Diamond was the dinner chair, Eric Exton gave the greetings from the Jewish National Fund, and Leon E. Weinstein was the guest of honour.
- Name Access
- Diamond, A. E.
- Weinstein, Leon
- Weinstein, Anne
- Exton, Eric
- 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 4749
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4749
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1952]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Club One, Pioneer Women, Cecil Street, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Club One Pioneer Women
- Farband
- Subjects
- Clubs
- Women
- 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
- Cecil Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1989-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Ontario synagogues series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 2
- File
- 56
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 29 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and (1) negative ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6533
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6533
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 2003]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 26 cm
- Name Access
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Torah arks
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions