Accession Number

2004-5-45

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

1 photograph

Date

1924-1925

Scope and Content

Item is a group portrait photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive members from 1924-25. Pictured (left to right) is: top row; B. Weinberg, arts rep. E. E. Gelber, ex. president. M. Pusitz, medical rep. middle row; E. Lazaresco, BA gen. secretary. I. Greenberg, dental rep. R. Rotenberg, women's arts rep. I. L. Kenen, publicity. S. Soskin, treasurer. bottom row; B. Bain, Cor. secretary D. Garfinkel, president L. Sher, Vice president

Administrative History

The University of Toronto Menorah Society (1917) was founded on 11 October 1917, as a constituent of the Intercollegial Menorah Society formed at Harvard in 1906. Its purpose, as stated in the Torontonenensis Yearbook of 1918, was “to study Jewish history and culture and modern Jewish life and thought.” The Menorah Society was non-sectarian and open to members of the university of any faith. During its tenure the Menorah Society published the Menorah Journal and the Menorah Mentor magazine. Bi-weekly meetings held at the University YMCA featured lectures by prominent speakers, or student forums, and had an average attendance of two hundred people. The Menorah Society organized study circles, debates, annual plays, a “smoker” (party for men only), teas, and dances. It also maintained a Jewish Collection at the University Library. As Greek-letter fraternities proliferated at the University in the 1920s, the popularity of the Menorah Society waned, and it dissolved in 1931. The University of Toronto Menorah Society grew out of a series of organizations for Jewish students at U of T in the early twentieth century, a Toronto Hebrew Students’ association and a Yiddish club. Both these organizations and the Menorah Society were Predecessors of Hillel.

Use Conditions

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as TIF file.

Subjects

Societies

Name Access

University of Toronto Menorah Society

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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

Gilbert Studios fonds

Jewish clubs, businesses and organizations series

Level

Item

Fonds

37

Series

8

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1917-1918

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Menorah Society grew out of the Yiddish Club at the University of Toronto in 1917. The had a semi-official status and superseded most of the other Jewish student groups. Most often they met off campus, but they did have a faculty advisor named Professor W. R. Taylor, who taught Hebrew at University College. The society was a branch of an intercollegiate Jewish society formed at Harvard in 1906 for the study of Jewish history and culture. In Toronto, they flourished until it was undermined by the Greek-letter fraternities in the late 1920s. It dissolved in 1931.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executives for 1917–1918.

Name Access

University of Toronto Menorah Society

Subjects

Portraits, Group

Societies

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Larry Becker collection

Level

File

Fonds

34

File

43

Material Format

textual record

Date

[ca. 1950]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of blank stationery with Graduate Menorah Society of Toronto letterhead.

Name Access

University of Toronto Menorah Society

Subjects

Societies

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory

Date

1931

Publisher

International Advertising Agency

Format

Directory

Subject

City Directories

Genealogy

Language

English

Source

1931 Toronto Jewish Directory