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
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
1976-9-5
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1976-9-5
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs
Date
[nd], 1966
Scope and Content
Accession consists of two photographs of sketches detailing former Holy Blossom Temple locations. The first is a sketch by an unknown artist of Coombe's Drugstore and the second is a sketch by artist Aba Bayefsky of the Richmond St. building.
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
Places
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
1975-005
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1975-005
Physical Description
15 cm of textual records
Date
1928, 1936-1959
Scope and Content
Accession consists of the account books and constitution for the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
MG_RG
MG3B14
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Places
Kirkland Lake, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1981-2-1
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
Date
1940-1945
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a photograph of the interior and one of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake with corresponding negatives.
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1982-9-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1982-9-2
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
7 microfilm reels
Date
1856-1969
Scope and Content
Accession consists of seven microfilm reals documenting the early years of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Reels are as follows:
Reel 1: Minutes, 1856-1901; Building Committee, 1894-1897.
Reel 2: Minutes, 1894-1900; Collection Books, 1902-1919; By-laws and Minutes, 1939-1956; By-laws for Holy Blossom Cemeteries; Minutes, 1930-1947; Building Committee, 1937; New Synagogue, 1938.
Reel 3: By-laws and Minutes, 1939-1956.
Reel 4: Register of Toronto Hebrew Congregation; Births, 1857-1868; Marriages, 1851-1894; Burials, 1848 -1900; Large Marriage Register 1858 -1878; By-laws 1876-? (Handwritten), 1894, 1904, 1929, 1949,1955 (printed); By-laws Cemeteries ?-1921; Cash Books, 1900; Monthly Cash Books, 1919; Letterpress copy book and instructions for use; Records and letters from 1891; Letterbooks, 1891-1894; Aliyah Book (which is a small hard cover indexed book containing names of members in English and Hebrew, used for calling members to bless and read the Torah) ca. 1890; January 1921- Ecumenical Service; February 1928- first Canadian exchange of pulpits with Rev. E. Crossley Hunter of Carlton Street United Church and Rabbi Abraham Feinberg participating; Toronto Hebrew Ladies Sick and Benevolent Society Minutes instituted in January 1868, original charter 9 July 1877, later became Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society; Centennial preparation, committee, service, memorials and interview reports with older members of the congregation.
Reel 5: Collection Books, 1884 -1919.
Reel 6: Officers' Minutes, 1952-1964; Board and Annual Meeting Minutes, 1964-1965; Board Minutes, 1966-1967; Board of Trustees Minutes, 1968-1969; Officers, Trustees & Committee Chairmen; Minutes, 1965-1969.
Reel 7: 11 May 1967 onward
MG_RG
MG 3 A1
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
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
2008-1-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2008-1-2
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
19 May 1950
Scope and Content
This accession consists of one letter from Rabbi Abraham Feinberg of Holy Blossom Temple to Mrs. Jack Silverman of Sudbury regarding the bar mitzvah of her son, Stephen. The letter includes instructions and procedures for bar mitzvahs held at Holy Blossom.
Administrative History
Lilian Rosenthal is the daughter of Rabbi William Rosenthal. Rabbi Rosenthal had been the rabbi in Sudbury for many years. The family currently owns a Judaica store on Bathurst Street, named Miriam's.
Use Conditions
Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Descriptive Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF.
Subjects
Bar mitzvah
Name Access
Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
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
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 2; File 63
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
2
File
63
Material Format
textual record
Date
1993 - 1994
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Accession Number
2005-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Name
David Hart
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
Source
Oral Histories
Name
David Hart
Number
OH 289
Subject
Family history
Interview Date
17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
Quantity
2
Interviewer
Ellen Scheinberg
Biography
David Hart was the archivist at the Holy Blossom Temple. He is related to the famous Hart family, who were one of the first Jewish families to settle in Canada.
David's father, Alfred, was in the Canadian infantry during the First World War and fought in four major battles. David was in the Naval Home Guard, Royal Regiment, during the Second World War from September 1942 to May 1944 on the homefront in Halifax and Calgary.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Source
Oral Histories
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 47
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
47
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of one black-and-white photograph of a sketch by Aba Bayefsky of Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street.
Name Access
Holy Blossom Temple (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
Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1054
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1054
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:2:3.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Classrooms
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1055
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1055
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:2:4.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Classrooms
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1056
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1056
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:2:5.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1057
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1057
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:2:6.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1058
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1058
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue hall in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph features the synagogue's stage.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:3:7.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1059
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1059
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the aron kodesh at the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:3:8.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1060
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1060
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the seating in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:3:9.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogue seating
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1061
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1061
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the seating in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:3:10.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogue seating
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1062
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1062
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the aron kodesh in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:4:11.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1063
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1063
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:4:12.
This print is missing.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1064
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1064
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the Torah scrolls inside the aron kodesh in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:4:13.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
Torah scrolls
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1065
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1065
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the aron kodesh in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:4:14.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1066
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1066
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the woodworking details on the aron kodesh of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:5:15.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1067
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1067
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the interior of the sanctuary in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph was taken while facing the west wall.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:5:16.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1070
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1070
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the hall in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:6:21.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1072
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1072
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:6:22.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1073
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1073
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:7:23.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1051
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1051
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior front of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:1:0.
This photograph is similar to photo #1052 and photo #1053.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1052
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1052
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior front of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:1:1.
This photograph is similar to photo #1051 and photo #1053.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1053
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1053
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1976
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 negative) ; 9 x 12 cm and 35 mm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and corresponding negative of the exterior front of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Notes
Location of negative: 12:1:2.
This photograph is similar to photo #1051 and photo #1052.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 866
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
866
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Mr. Katz was a junior school teacher in Kirkland Lake.
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of Mr. Katz standing on the bimah with S. Finkleman in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. There are some other men and women in the sanctuary.
Notes
Acquired in 1976.
Photo by Duke Studio.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Finkleman, S.
Katz, Mr.
Subjects
Synagogues
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 820
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
820
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1947]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of people assembled in the synagogue hall in Kirkland Lake for a Purim festival. The woman pictured on the left is Mrs. Sam Goldstein. Her daughter is seated behind her. Mrs. Sam Speigelman, a war bride, is seated on the right.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studio.
Acquired in 1976.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Goldstein, Mrs. Sam
Subjects
Purim
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 795
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
795
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a tribute dinner held in honour of Sam Davis of Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The dinner took place in the Adath Israel Synagogue hall. The photograph depicts several individuals seated at a banquet table.
Pictured from left to right are: [unidentified woman], Rabbi and Rebbetzen Rabinovitch, Esther Davis, Sam Davis, Harry Atkins, and Fagie Atkins.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studio
Acquired in 1975
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Atkins, Fagie
Atkins, Harry
Davis, Esther
Davis, Sam
Rabinovitch, Rabbi
Rabinovitch, Rebbetzen
Subjects
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 796
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
796
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of a tribute dinner in honour of Sam Davis. The dinner took place at the Adath Israel Synagogue hall. The photograph features several people seated at a banquet table.
Pictured left to right are: Fay Atkins, Sam Finkleman, Annie Finkleman, Mr. Gashon (Gabbai), Mrs. Gashon, Simcha Kaplan, Hyman Kaplan.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studio.
Acquired in 1975
Finkelman may be an alternate spelling for Sam and Annie Finkleman.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Atkins, Fay
Davis, Sam
Finkelman, Annie
Finkleman, Annie
Gashon, Mr., Gabbai
Gashon, Mrs.
Hyman, Kaplan
Kaplan, Simcha
Subjects
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 868
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
868
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the exterior of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The photograph was taken from across the street.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 790
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
790
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of the bimah and the aron kodesh in the sanctuary of the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. There is an unidentified man standing on the bimah.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Torah arks
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 801
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
801
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
[195-]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of four women seated in the pews of the newly-remodeled Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured on the far right is Fanny Goldstein.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Goldstein, Fanny
Subjects
Women
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 833
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
833
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of Max Kaplan and his daughter Pearl walking down the aisle at her wedding in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Kaplan, Max
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Fathers and daughters
Weddings
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 834
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
834
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a copy print of the Kaplan wedding party standing under the chuppah in the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Kaplan, Pearl
Subjects
Weddings
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
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions