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Constitution of Beth Israel Anshei Minsk [textual record] – 1912.

Accession Number: 1988-5-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-5-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1912

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the Constitution of the Beth Israel Men of Minsk (Congregation Anshei Minsk) in the form of a small booklet. Material is in Yiddish and English.

Administrative History: The booklet belonged to Joshua Meslin, the grandfather of the donor. Joshua was a member of the congregation from its inception and its Shames for forty-two years. It was printed by the Royal Printing Company owned by Benjamin Meslin, Joshua's son.

Subjects: Synagogues

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Congregation Anshei Minsk minute book [textual record] – 1958-1984.

Accession Number: 2004-2-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-2-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records (1 v.)

Date: 1958-1984

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the minute book of Congregation Anshe Minsk with entries written in Yiddish.

Descriptive Notes: Language note: Yiddish

Subjects: Synagogues

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Anshe Minsk Synagogue [graphic material] – 1978.

Accession Number: 2004-1-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-1-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 drawing : pen & ink ; 36 x 30 cm

Date: 1978

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a drawing by Martin Mendelow of the Anshei Minsk synagogue.

Subjects: Drawing; Synagogues

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Robert Burley [graphic material] – 2002-2004.

Accession Number: 2005-12-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2005-12-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 22 photographs

Date: 2002-2004

Scope and Content: This accession consists of twenty-two photographs taken by the prominent architectural photographer Robert Burley. The photographs document the interior and exterior features of six of Toronto's original synagogues: the Kiever, Knesseth Israel, First Narayever, Anshei Minsk, Shaarei Tzedec, and the Beach Hebrew Institute.; These photographs were part of an exhibit held at the Arthur Anderson Gallery that ran from February to May 2005. Burley selected these synagogues for his project because they were the only synagogues in the city still operating in their original buildings. His images reveal the architectural details of the buildings as well as the rich interiors, highlighting the murals, religious artifacts, and interior structure of each building.

Administrative History: Robert Burley graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from the School of Art Institute in Chicago in 1986. He is an accomplished architectural photographer who has exhibited his work around the world. He is a professor at the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University.

Use Conditions: Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Architecture; Synagogues

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Beach Hebrew Institute (Toronto, Ont.); Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.); First Narayever Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Harold Kaplan [textual record, graphic material] – 1923, 1932, 1960.

Accession Number: 2009-6-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-6-1

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph: b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Date: 1923, 1932, 1960

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the naturalization certificate of Harold Kaplan, a souvenir program from his stag party, and an original photograph of New Year's Eve 1959–1960 at the Primrose Club.

Administrative History: Harold Solomon Kaplan (1895–1973) was a Toronto-based architect who, in partnership with Abraham Sprachman in the firm Kaplan & Sprachman, was well-known for the design of art deco and art moderne movie theatres in the 1930s and 1940s and for designing buildings for Jewish communities across Canada from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Descriptive Notes: Photograph #6561 is a copy of this original.; Related records may be found in the Harold S. Kaplan fonds 27.

Name Access: Kaplan, Harold, 1895-1973; Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Robert Burley [graphic material] – 2002-2004.

Accession Number: 2009-9-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-9-8

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 56 cm x 71 cm

Date: 2002-2004

Scope and Content: This accession consists of four framed photographs taken by Robert Burley. The photographs document the Anshei Minsk Synagogue and were part of the exhibit "Recurrent Memories: Historic Jewish Sites in Canada and Poland," which was held at Gallery 345 from 23 April 2008 to 18 May 2008. The photographs are as follows:; 1) Burned Books, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Toronto, 2002; 2) Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Toronto, 2002; 3) Fire Damage to the Women’s Gallery, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, 2002; 4) View from the Bima, Anshei Minsk Synagogue, Toronto, 2004

Administrative History: Robert Burley graduated with a master's degree in fine arts from the School of Art Institute in Chicago in 1986. He is an accomplished architectural photographer who has exhibited his work around the world. He is a professor at the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University.

Use Conditions: Robert Burley holds copyright for these photographs and should be credited.

Descriptive Notes: see 2005-12-1

Subjects: Architecture; Photographers; Synagogues

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Burley, Robert, 1957

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mel Lastman - 1 Jun. 2006

Name: Mel Lastman

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 1 Jun. 2006

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Mel Lastman

Number: OH 290

Subject: Religion; Families

Interview Date: 1 Jun. 2006

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Ellen Scheinberg

Total Running Time: 60 min.

Conservation: Copied November 2006

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Melvin Douglas Lastman was born in Toronto on 9 March 1933, the son of Rose and Louis Lastman. Raised in the Kensington Market area, he attended Ryerson Public School and Central High School of Commerce, where he was president of the school council. Lastman left high school to work at an appliance store and, in 1955, opened his own appliance store. By the late 1960s, he owned a chain of forty stores, Bad Boy Appliances, throughout Ontario. Lastman lived in North York and, in 1969, ran successfully for the North York Board of Control. In the 1972 municipal election, he was elected as mayor of North York, a position he held for twenty-five years until North York became part of the newly created City of Toronto on 1 January 1998. With the provincially-mandated creation of the new City of Toronto by the amalgamation of Metropolitan Toronto and the six local municipalities, Lastman decided to run for mayor against the other major contender, former City of Toronto mayor Barbara Hall. He won the 1997 election and was sworn in on 1 January 1998. Lastman was easily re-elected in the 2000 mayoralty election; however, in February 2003, Lastman announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the November municipal election.; In 1953, Mel Lastman married Marilyn Bornstein. They have two married sons and six grandchildren.

Material Format: moving images

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Lastman, Mel; Scheinberg, Ellen

Geographic Access: Toronto; Kensington Market

Original Format: Digital videocassette

Copy Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman remembers playing as a child at the Minsk Shul in Kensington Market.

Michele Landsberg - Aug. 2006

Name: Michele Landsberg

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: Aug. 2006

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Michele Landsberg

Number: OH 294

Subject: Religion; Families; Buildings

Interview Date: Aug. 2006

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Ellen Scheinberg and Aviva Heller

Total Running Time: 60 min.

Conservation: Copied November 2006

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: An award-winning columnist, staunch feminist, and tireless activist for social justice and progressive causes at home and abroad, Michele Landsberg was a well-known and prominent Torontonian during the mid-to-late twentieth century. According to a biography posted by the University of Windsor where Landsberg was a distinguished visitor in women's studies in October 2003, her "zest for wanting to change the world has its roots in her childhood: growing up as a Jewish girl in 1950s Toronto, where sexual stereotyping and objectification were rampant and overt antisemitism was acceptable." As a result, Ms. Landsberg tackled a wide-range of related issues, often grounding her columns in events, places, and issues of particular interest to Torontonians.; Born on 12 July 1939, Ms. Landsberg attended Toronto public schools, spent time on a kibbutz in Israel, and graduated from the University of Toronto with honors in English language and literature in 1962. She was dissuaded from pursuing a master's degree by her male professors and instead became a reporter at the Globe and Mail newspaper and launched a remarkable career as a journalist and writer. In addition to freelance and full-time stints with the Globe and Mail (1962–1965; 1985–1988), Chatelaine magazine (1965–1971), and the Toronto Star (1978–1983; 1989–2003), Ms. Landsberg frequently appeared on television and radio and wrote three best-selling books. She garnered awards, including the first National Newspaper Award for column-writing, the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, and the 2002 Governor-General's Award in Commemoration of the 1929 Persons Case, and received honourary degrees from several Canadian universities. She also served on the boards of many community organizations, such as CARAL (Canadian Abortion Rights League) and Opportunity for Advancement.; After her retirement from the Toronto Star in 2003, Ms. Landsberg planned to pursue other writing projects and to spend more time at home in her garden and with her family: husband Stephen Lewis, three grown children, and two grandchildren. In September 2005, she was acclaimed as the new Chair of the Women's College Hospital Board when the Hospital ended its partnership with Sunnybrook Hospital.

Material Format: moving images

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Landsberg, Michele; Scheinberg, Ellen; Heller, Aviva

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Digital videocassette

Copy Format: DVD

Source: Oral Histories

Canadian author and journalist Michele Landsberg provides recollections of attending the Minsk Synagogue with her grandfather in the 1940s.

Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine - 18 Oct. 2019

Name: Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 18 Oct. 2019

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine

Number: OH 451

Subject: AIDS (Disease); Homophobia; Judaism--Relations--Christianity; Same-sex marriage; Sexual minorities; Social movements; Synagogues

Interview Date: 18 Oct. 2019

Interviewer: Michael Friesen

Total Running Time: 1 hr. 18 min.

Notes: Associated material: Records of Chutzpah are located in the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives.; General note: The OJA has a copy of Harvey Brownstone's article "I Now Pronounce You Wife and Wife," which was originally published in the fall 2014 edition of Reform Judaism Magazine. The article mentions Chutzpah and may be of interest to researchers.

Use Restrictions: See administrative notes.

Biography: Harvey Brownstone was born on 24 July 1956 in Paris, France and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. His father was a social worker who worked at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre for thirty-five years and was director for twenty-one years (from 1967–1988). Brownstone obtained his LLB degree from Queen's University and was appointed a provincial judge with the Ontario Court of Justice in 1995. He was the first openly gay judge appointed in Canada. He resides in Toronto.; Howard Levine was born in Toronto on 29 June 1947. He earned his bachelor of arts (political science with urban planning) from the University of Waterloo and his master in environmental studies (urban planning and public transportation) from York University. From 1973 to 1975, he worked as a consultant with Peat, Marwick and Partners. From 1976 to 1982, he worked as an area and general planner with the City of Toronto's Planning and Development Department. From 1982 to 1988, he was sole proprietor of HJL Consulting. From 1988 to 1994, he served as councillor for Ward 14. After serving his second term as city councillor, Levine returned to HJL Consulting.

Material Format: moving images

Language: English

Name Access: Bolton, Elizabeth; Brownstone, Harvey, 1956-; Canadian Jewish Congress; Canadian Jewish News; Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives; Casey House (Toronto, Ont.); Cecil Community Centre (Toronto, Ont.); Church of the Holy Trinity (Toronto, Ont.); Chutzpah (Toronto, Ont.); Congregation B'nai Kehillah of Toronto; Eggleton, Art, 1943-; Farber, Bernie; Hamilton JCC; Hawkes, Brent, 1950-; Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985; Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.); Keshet Shalom (Toronto, Ont.); Levine, Howard, 1947-; Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto; Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre; Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.); Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.); Robinson, Svend, 1952-; Royal Ontario Museum; Slater, Ruth; Temple Emanu-El (Toronto, Ont.); World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations; York University (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: Amsterdam (Netherlands); Hamilton (Ont.); Kingston (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.); Waterloo (Ont.)

Original Format: Digital file

Transcript: 0:00.20 Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine introduce themselves.; 0:00:27 Harvey discusses what it was like coming of age as a gay Jewish man in Ontario. Harvey grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, where his father was the director of the Hamilton JCC. His mother had a French-imported ladies' wear store. After coming out to his parents in the 1970s, he moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he attended Queen's University.; 0:03:13 Howard discusses how his experience was different. He was born and raised in downtown Toronto. His father died when he was a teenager; his mother got sick soon after. As a result, Harvey was largely on his own. He went off to Waterloo for university and then York for graduate school. It's around that time he came to terms with who he was.; 0:05:05 Howard discusses a gay Jewish group, B'nai Kehillah, that existed before Chutzpah. It met at the Church of the Holy Trinity, an Anglican church in Toronto.; 0:06:19 Harvey and Howard discuss what Chutzpah was, when it started, and how they became involved.; 0:09:40 Harvey discusses a trip Chutzpah took to the Royal Ontario Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were being exhibited. It was on this trip that Harvey "really met" Howard.; 0:10:10 Harvey discusses how he and Howard came to the conclusion that Chutzpah could be more than "just a place to meet."; 0:11:11 Harvey discusses the impact the AIDS epidemic had on Chutzpah's focus. Harvey explains that after American Actor Rock Hudson's death, AIDS was front page news in big cities like Toronto.; 0:12:03 Harvey discusses the decision to have Friday night Oneg Shabbats in the late 1980s. Initially, these were held at the Cecil Community Centre on Cecil Street in Toronto. Howard used his position as city councillor to make this happen.; 0:13:14 Harvey discusses why the Cecil Community Centre was not an ideal location for the group's services. Howard, therefore, approached the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and got the group a room for Friday nights.; 0:14:52 Harvey discusses Chutzpah’s decision to join the World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organization (today, World Congress of GLBT Jews).; 0:15:40 Harvey discusses the group's decision to attend a World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations conference in Amsterdam.; 0:17:40 Harvey relates an event hosted by the then mayor of Amsterdam, in which the mayor laid a wreath with a pink triangle to honour gay victims of the Holocaust. Harvey and Howard discuss being moved by this.; 0:18:50 Harvey mentions some of the things that came out of the Amsterdam conference.; 0:20:05 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's decision to host a conference in Toronto. The conference, which took place in 1990, was held at the Primrose Hotel.; 0:23:16 Harvey and Howard discuss the decision to invite Svend Robinson, Canada's first openly-gay member of parliament, to speak at the conference.; 0:23:38 Howard interjects to explain that he was never "out" while on city council. Despite this, he "did a number of things," including getting benefits for same-sex couples and proclaiming Pride Day in Toronto. Howard notes that Art Eggleton, Toronto's mayor at the time, was opposed to proclaiming Pride Day.; 0:24:37 Harvey and Howard discuss the Toronto conference some more. Harvey discusses a group of five women cantors who performed at the banquet. The group included Elizabeth Bolton, a cantor at Temple Emanu-El, and Ruth Slater, a cantor at Temple Anshe Sholom.; 0:26:50 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of press coverage for the conference. An exception was the Canadian Jewish News.; 0:28:30 Harvey and Howard discuss some of Chutzpah's other initiatives: having a booth at Pride, selling corned beef sandwiches to raise money, and selling rainbow yarmulkes. The group also marched in Pride with a banner.; 0:28:56 Harvey discusses Chutzpah's support for Pflag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). He notes that many gay Jews found the most traumatic part of coming out to be the issue of the parents.; 0:29:48 Harvey and Howard discuss the mainstream Jewish community's response to the AIDS crisis. Howard says it was in denial. He also discusses his involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress' Community Relations Committee and Bernie Farber inviting him to join the committee.; 0:31:15 Howard discusses how things have changed. He says Chutzpah dissolved because it wasn't needed anymore.; 0:32:55 Harvey expands on Howard's point that there was no more need for Chutzpah.; 0:33:30 Harvey and Howard clarify Chutzpah's timeline: Harvey joined the group in the mid-1980s. It lasted until the mid-1990s. At that point, it transformed into Keshet Shalom. That group became defunct in the early 2000s. That's when Howard donated his records to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (now the ArQuives).; 0:34:14 Harvey and Howard discuss how they never agreed that Chutzpah should have become Keshet Shalom (a congregation). They discuss their reasons for not wanting to be a congregation.; 0:35:43 Harvey and Howard discuss how many members Chutzpah had at its peak.; 0:36:11 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's relationship with the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto and Brent Hawkes, one of the church's pastors. They also discuss an unnamed member of the church, a reverend, who identified as both Jewish and Christian and who attended several of Chutzpah's Friday night services.; 0:39:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of antisemitism they encountered in non-Jewish gay and lesbian communities.; 0:40:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the presence (or lack thereof) of Chutzpah ads in the Jewish press. They note that the Canadian Jewish News did cover the Toronto conference.; 0:41:59 Harvey and Howard discuss issues facing the Jewish LGBT community in 2019. Harvey mentions the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community as one area of concern. He also discusses elevated rates of suicide among gay youth.; 0:45:56 Howard discusses the isolation of gay and lesbian Hasids.; 0:46:22 Howard discusses the viewpoint of Toronto's established Jewish community today.; 0:47:34 Harvey and Howard share their final thoughts.

Source: Oral Histories

Joseph Marin [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1940].

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

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Cantor Rubien Schwebel [graphic material] – [ca. 1955].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 42

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 42

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1955]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Cantor Rubien (Reuben) Schwebel was a well-known cantor in Toronto. Most notably, he became the cantor of the Anshei Minsk Synagogue in Kensington Market in 1949, and led the congregation in Shabbat and holiday services for over fifty years.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Cantor Rubien Schwebel.

Name Access: Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Schwebel, Rubien

Subjects: Cantors (Judaism)

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Canada Israel Development Corporation [graphic material] – 20 June 1963.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3

File: 9

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 20 June 1963

Physical Description: 3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken at a meeting of the Canada Israel Development Corporation at the Primrose Club. The images depict several men seated at a table, speaking into a microphone, including Mark Levy.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Meetings; Speeches, addresses, etc

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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State of Israel Bonds meeting [graphic material] – 21 May 1963.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3; File 48

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3

File: 48

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 21 May 1963

Physical Description: 2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of two images taken at a State of Israel Bonds meeting at the Primrose Club. The images depict several people seated at a meeting table, as well as a group photograph of three individuals holding State of Israel Bonds certificates.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.); State of Israel Bonds Organization

Subjects: Meetings

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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State of Israel Bonds meeting [graphic material] – 21 Jun. 1966.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3; File 50

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3

File: 50

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 21 Jun. 1966

Physical Description: 3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken at a State of Israel Bonds meeting held at the Primrose Club. The images depict speakers at the podium, and an image of the head table. The banner behind the head table reads: celebrate the year of Chai - buy Israel bonds.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, hosts Mr. Leon Dultzin [graphic material] – 8 Dec. 1965.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3-5; File 16

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3-5

File: 16

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 8 Dec. 1965

Physical Description: 3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken at a Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region meeting held at the Primrose Club. The guest speaker was Leon Dultzin, executive member of the World Zionist Organization. The images depict members of ZOC sitting and standing with Leon Dultzin.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue High Holy Day services [textual record] – 1995.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

ID: Fonds 22; File 1

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

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations [textual record] – 1991-1992.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

ID: Fonds 22; File 2

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

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Primrose Club dues receipts [textual record] – 1932.

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

ID: Fonds 22; File 15

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: File

Fonds: 22

File: 15

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1932

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Drawing of the Primrose Club at 41 Willcocks St. [architectural drawing] – [ca.1921].

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Jewish community building plans and drawings series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 49; Series 1; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Benjamin Brown fonds; Jewish community building plans and drawings series

Level: File

Fonds: 49

Series: 1

File: 9

Material Format: architectural drawing

Date: [ca.1921]

Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : pencil and hand col. pencil crayon on cardboard ; 42 x 54 cm

Admin History/Bio: Originally named the Cosmopolitan Club, the Primrose Club was as an elite Jewish men's club (women were allowed to join in later years) that was founded in 1909 by prominent members of the Jewish Community. The building housing the club was located at 41 Willcocks Street, and was originally built in the 1880s as the residence of the Campbell family. In 1921, the home was redesigned by Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell as the new home of the Primrose Club. In 1959, it was appropriated by the University of Toronto and is currently the home of the University of Toronto Faculty Club. It was designated as a heritage building in 1980.

Scope and Content: File consists of an elevation drawing of the Primrose Club at 41 Willcocks Street.

Notes: See - http://magazine.utoronto.ca/feature/history-of-faculty-club-u-of-t/ - for a more detailed history of the building.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Clubs

Places: Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Primrose Club exterior [graphic material] – [194-].

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Other organizations series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 52; Series 7; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Other organizations series

Level: Item

Fonds: 52

Series: 7

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm on matte 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of the exterior of the Primrose Club on Willcocks Street in Toronto.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

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: Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Primrose Club award [textual record] – 1980-1981.

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Personal series; Personal awards and tributes sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 52; Series 8-1; File 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Dora Till fonds; Personal series; Personal awards and tributes sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 52

Series: 8-1

File: 9

Material Format: textual record

Date: 1980-1981

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Beth Tikvah Synagogue [textual record] – 2011-2012.

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.