Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 27; File 436
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Photographic and audiovisual collection series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
27
File
436
Material Format
graphic material
Date
24 July 1979
Physical Description
3 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 28 x 28 mm
Scope and Content
File consists of three negatives of Martin Mendelow and Sol Edell examining a book outside in front of the Kiever Synagogue.
Notes
Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Mendelow, Martin
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2950
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2950
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1933
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Identified in this photograph are: Fischel Cooper in centre; [Al Green?].
Name Access
Cooper, Fischel
Green, Al
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Youth
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
1979-8-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1439
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1439
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1941]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Fischel Cooper with boys from his youth congregation. Cooper was associated with the Kiever Synagogue. Boy on far left is Norman Trachter.
Notes
Acquired June 22, 1975.
Name Access
Cooper, Fischel
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Trachter, Norman
Subjects
Youth
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
1977-6-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1437
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1437
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1941]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of men associated with the Kiever Synagogue in Toronto. Left to right: Harry Trachter; [unknown]; [unknown]; Fischel Cooper; Israel Sakowick; [unknown]; [unknown].
Notes
Acquired on June 22, 1975.
Name Access
Cooper, Fischel
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Trachter, Harry
Sakowich, Israel
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
1977-6-10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 283
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
283
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Exhibitions
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
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 288
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
288
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
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
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 289
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
289
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
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 290
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
290
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogue architecture
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 618
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
618
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Dec. 1974
Physical Description
2 photographs : (1 negative)
Notes
Negative: 2:4:22A.
Acquired 1975.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Breakfasts
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 619
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
619
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Dec. 1975
Physical Description
2 photographs : (1 negative)
Notes
Negative: 2:5:18A.
Acquired 1975.
Name Access
Canadian Jewish Congress
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Meetings
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1386
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1386
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Jan. 1977
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Item consists of colour slide displaying termite damage in the basement of the Kiever Synagogue.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Basements
Termites
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
George Morrison fonds
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 99; Item 100
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
George Morrison fonds
Level
Item
Fonds
99
Item
100
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1978]
Physical Description
1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
Name Access
Kiever 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 293-392
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
293-392
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Apr. 1974
Physical Description
198 photographs : b&w (99 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Interior and exterior views of Kiever Synagogue.
Photo #293: pictured leading services from the bimah are Michael David (taller boy) and Earl David (shorter boy).
Photo #306 includes Sam Ross, president of the congregation (left) and Cantor Federman (right).
Photos #353-358 are of Mr. and Mrs. Izekovitch (shammes) standing in the basement of the synagogue.
Notes
Photographs were acquired in November 1974.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3956
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3956
Material Format
graphic material
Date
March 1937
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Fischel Cooper founded the youth organization at the Kiever Synagogue to teach boys to lead services.
Name Access
Cooper, Fischel
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Children
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
1979-8-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 291
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
291
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. (1 slide) ; 15 x 10 cm and 35 mm
Name Access
Brown, Benjamin, 1890-1974
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Architects
Doors
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1930 and 1935]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original and copy photograph of the engagement party of Mr. Mont's eldest daughter in the social hall of the Kirkland Lake synagogue (Legion Hall) in the early 1930s. Outside, left to right: Fanny Scott, Alter Scott, Eli Dubinsky, Mrs. D., Mrs. Friedman and husband, Rabbi Rabinowitz, Mr. Mont, Mary Mont, Mont family.
In corner, a young Bill Jacks and wife Bella, Kay Kadish and wife.
Facing camera, starting left corner: Mrs. Ben Portnoy, Mrs. Faye (Kaplan) Atkins, Mrs. Nathan Kaplan, Max Berjansky, Rose Berjansky, next unknown.
Back to camera with hat on: Hyman Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Garshon, Mrs. Rabinowitz, her daughter and son-in-law, Rabbi now in Detroit.
Notes
Photo by Duke Studio.
Acquired in 1976.
Identifications of individuals on sheet included with photo; also see accession 2003-12-5 for further identifications.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Atkins, Faye
Berjansky, Max
Berjansky, Rose
Dubinsky, Eli
Mont, Mary
Scott, Alter
Scott, Fanny
Jacks, Bill
Kaplan, Hyman
Kadish, Kay
Kaplan, Nathan
Portnoy, Ben
Subjects
Bethrothal
Parties
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.
Related Material
2003-12-5
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photograph of the ark of Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured next to it is Saul Ross, station agent at Swastika, Ontario.
Notes
Acquired in 1976.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Ross, Saul
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
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
[1952 or 1953]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
This item is a photographic composite of Hebrew school students of the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Students include: Allen Atkins, Paul Jacks, Gary Scott, Herbert Kokotow, Stanley Sukerman, Paul Steinberg, Irving Brown, Sammy Mallin, Maureen Kokotow, Eleanor Langer, Sorena Kokotow, Trudy Kaplan, Sheila Moscoe, Allan Garshon, Adrienne Scott, Sharon Finkelman, Sidney Sukerman, Lorne Duke, Vivian Spiegelman, Harriet Kokotow, Lawrence Kokotow, and Pearly Jacks. In the centre is Rabbi J. Lieberman.
Notes
Acquired in 1976.
Name Access
Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Atkins, Allen
Brown, Irving
Duke, Lorne
Finkelman, Sharon
Garshon, Allan
Jacks, Paul
Jacks, Pearly
Kaplan, Trudy
Kokotow, Harriet
Kokotow, Herbert
Kokotow, Lawrence
Kokotow, Maureen
Kokotow, Sorena
Langer, Eleanor
Lieberman, Rabbi J.
Mallin, Sammy
Moscoe, Sheila
Scott, Adrienne
Scott, Gary
Spiegelman, Vivian
Steinberg, Paul
Sukerman, Sidney
Sukerman, Stanley
Subjects
Students
Related Material
2003-12-5
Places
Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 474-475
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
474-475
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Kayla Armel
Date
1975
Physical Description
2 photographs : col. ; 9 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kiever Synagogue, Toronto, during restoration and sandblasting.
Notes
Acquired June 11, 1975.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 533
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
533
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Rabbi Solomon Langner was the son of Rabbi Moishe Langner, the Strettiner rebbe of Toronto. His three brothers were Abraham, Isaac, and Mordecai, who all became rabbis as well.
Notes
Acquired June 22, 1975.
A 4 x 5 negative is available.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Langner, Solomon
Subjects
Rabbis
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 534
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
534
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[195-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Copy photograph of a reception at the Kiever Synagogue, Toronto. From left to right: Harry Bobrowsky, P. Balsky, Rabbi Solomon Langner, and Cantor Rosenberg.
Notes
Acquired June 22, 1975.
A 4 x 5 negative is available.
Name Access
Balsky, P.
Bobrowsky, Harry
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Langner, Solomon
Rosenberg, Cantor
Subjects
Cantors (Judaism)
Rabbis
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 535
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
535
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[194-]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 21 x 26 cm and 4x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a copy photograph of a procession at Kiever Synagogue, Toronto. Second from left is Isaac Belfer who was Gabbai of Kiever Shul for many years.
Notes
Credit Mr. Jack Belfer.
Name Access
Belfer, Isaac
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Processions
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
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
Acquired June 22, 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 583
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
583
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 7:7:19.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Stained glass windows
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 584
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
584
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 7:7:20.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Stained glass windows
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 585
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
585
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Oct. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kiever Synagogue, Toronto, ground floor window, south wall, showing vandalsim, Oct. 1975.
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 7:7:20A.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues--Vandalism
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 586
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
586
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Oct. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kiever Synagogue, Toronto, exterior, showing broken windows, Oct. 1975.
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 8:1:15.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues--Vandalism
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 587
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
587
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Oct. 1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kiever Synagogue, Toronto, exterior, broken window, Oct. 1975.
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 8:1:16.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues--Vandalism
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 588
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
588
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 8:1:17.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogues--Vandalism
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 589
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
589
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Notes
Acquired Dec. 1975.
35 mm negative location: 8:1:18.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Stained glass windows
Synagogues
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 281
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
281
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Talmud
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
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 280
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
280
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Tallith bags
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
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 424
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
424
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 photograph
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Committees
Places
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 1392
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
1392
Material Format
graphic material
Date
16 Jun. 1974
Physical Description
1 slide
Name Access
Canadian Jewish Congress
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Archives
Exhibitions
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 620-622
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
620-622
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Dec. 1975
Physical Description
6 photographs : (3 negatives)
Scope and Content
Left to right: Martin Mendelow (architect); Stephen Speisman (CJC archivist); Samuel Ross (president of the Kiever Synagogue).
Notes
Negative: 2:5:20A; 2:5:21A.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Mendelow, Martin
Ross, Samuel
Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-
Subjects
Meetings
Synagogues
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 516
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
516
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[19--]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm
Admin History/Bio
Mrs. Hundert was the first secretary of the the Kiever Ladies Auxiliary.
Notes
Acquired 22 June 1975.
No negative.
Name Access
Hundert, Jennie
Hundert, Nathan
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Families
Portraits, Group
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 515
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
515
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1925
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Nathan K. Hundert, secretary of the Kiever Synagogue.
Notes
No negative.
Name Access
Hundert, Nathan K.
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
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
Acquired 22 June 1975.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
The Shuls Project fonds
Reference series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 64; Series 5; File 81
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
The Shuls Project fonds
Reference series
Level
File
Fonds
64
Series
5
File
81
Material Format
textual record
Date
1979
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains a newspaper article, "Shul has historical interest" from The Canadian Jewish News (1979).
Name Access
Kiever 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
Part Of
The Shuls Project fonds
Reference series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 64; Series 5; File 87
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
The Shuls Project fonds
Reference series
Level
File
Fonds
64
Series
5
File
87
Material Format
textual record
Date
1977
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains the essay of Lynn Milstone and Sidney Tenenbaum, written as students in the University of Toronto School of Architecture, which first sparked their interest and research into synagogues. It considers the architecture of Holy Blossom Synagogue (Both the old location on Bond Street and the new one on Bathurst), the Minsker, the Kiever, the Palmerston synagogue, the Henry Street Synagogue, the Shaw Street Synagogue, and the Maria Street Synagogue (Knesset Yisrael).
Name Access
Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
Kiever 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 17
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
17
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1935
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Fischel Cooper with a group of children.
Notes
Acquired in 1974.
Name Access
Cooper, Fischel
Cooper, Ted
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Children
Portraits, Group
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
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[between 1935 and 1939]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Custodial History
Yisroel Sakowitch had a grocery store at the southwest corner of Major and Harbord Sts.
Scope and Content
Photograph is of a group of boys along with Fischel Cooper and Yisroel Sakowitch (Sacks) taken in High Park. One of the boys, seated second from the right in the second row, is Joe Berhowitz.
Notes
Acquired in 1974.
Name Access
Berhowitz, Joe
Cooper, Fischel
Cooper, Ted
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Sacks, Yisroel
Sakowitch, Yisroel
Subjects
Children
Portraits, Group
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
High Park (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 21
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
21
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Mordecai Gelber (1867–1930) was the older brother of Moses Gelber and Louis Gelber, who were prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community. He immigrated to Canada from Galicia, Austria in 1920 with his children Isaac, Rosa, and Abraham. Mordecai’s first wife, Beulah Rotenberg, passed away before he and the children came to Canada. In 1921, he was married to L. Kleinman. Mordecai was a retail grocer at 45 Grange in Toronto. He and his family belonged to the Kiever Shul. Mordecai passed away on 25 April 25 1930 from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Scope and Content
Item is a portrait of the Mordecai Gelber family.
Name Access
Gelber family
Gelber, Mordecai
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Stulberg, Mrs.
Subjects
Families
Immigrants--Canada
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.
Physical Condition
Good.
Places
45 Grange Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 53
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
53
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1940
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Admin History/Bio
Gutkin Fruitman arrived in Toronto in 1909. He operated the Sterling Rag and Metal Company on Turner Avenue.
Scope and Content
Item is a black-and-white photograph taken at the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Gutkin Fruitman at the Kiever Synagogue in 1940. The picture is of a large group of people.
Notes
There is a negative for this photograph.
Name Access
Fruitman, Gutkin
Fruitman, Mrs.
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Rosenblatt, Rebecca
Subjects
Portraits, Group
Wedding 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.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress fonds
Level
Item
ID
Item 71
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress fonds
Level
Item
Item
71
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1974
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 neg.) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Item is an exterior photograph of the Kiever Synagogue.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Synagogue architecture
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
Level
Item
ID
Item 6518
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
6518
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[192-?]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm
Admin History/Bio
Harry Goldman was the contractor who built the Kiever Shul, circa 1926.
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harry Goldman at a work site.
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Goodman, Harry
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
1974-007
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2021-10-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2021-10-1
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
object
Physical Description
30 cm of textual records
5 photographs : b&w & col. ; 30 x 20 cm or smaller
2 metal award certificates : 28 x 21 cm
1 key : framed in a wooden box
Date
1913-2013
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records related to the Kiever Synagogue or had been stored at the synagogue. Included are certificates (1930-[1961?]); a print of the 1913 Officers and Members of the Grand Order of Israel of Canada; a poster of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (president of Israel) presented by National Committee for Labour Israel for Israel Histadrut campaign; National Synagogue Directory issued by Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee (2011-2012); The Jewish Magazine (2006); Baycrest Men's Service Group Honour Roll books (1993-1997, 1999); shabbat, wedding, and bar mitzvah/bat mitzvah benchers (1965-2013); newspaper clippings; blessing guides; and administrative material such as receipt books (1933-1934), Synagogue Laws and Customs (1976), and a memorandum of agreement (1920). Also included are photographs featuring David Pinkus, Nate Leipciger, students of Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim (1936), and the top view of bimah and chuppah of the Kiever Synagogue, which was taken at Samara Kaplan’s wedding (2004); and miscellaneous material such as raffle tickets (1928), invitation tickets from Chevra Kadisha (1928), and record books of Toronto Free Loan Association. This accession also includes the following artifacts: two metal certificates of Recognition of Service Award granted by State of Israel Bond and Canada-Israel Securities Limited (1964 and 1965) and a skeleton key framed in a wooden shadow box, which is possibly the original key to the building. People identified in the photograph of students of Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim (1936) are: Solly Speisman (second row, fourth from left), Myer Orzench (second row, far right), Hymie Reingewietz (second row, sixth from left), Mr. Hoffman (teacher, left-hand side), and Mr. Nobleman (teacher, right-hand side). Myer Orzench was the second vice-president of the Kiever Synagogue; Mr. Nobleman was father of Ben Nobleman, the municipal politician of York Region.
Custodial History
Records deposited by David Moyal of the Kiever Synagogue.
Administrative History
The Kiever synagogue, also known as the Kiever Shul, is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Toronto. It was founded in 1912 by a small congregation of Jewish immigrants from the Kiev Gubernia of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) and formally incorporated in 1914 by the granting of the Letters Patent by the Provincial Secretary. The congregation’s formal name is "The First Russian Congregation of Rodfei Sholem Anshei Kiev." According to the earliest congregational records, Max Bossin was president in 1912. At first, services were held in members’ homes and later in a rented house on Centre Avenue in the Ward. Not being able to afford a rabbi, services were led by members, including Cantor Herschel Litvak. In 1917, sufficient funds were raised to mortgage a house at 25 Bellevue Avenue on the outskirts of Kensington Market. The congregation relocated there and the facilities were enlarged in 1921 with the acquisition of a second house. In 1927, a new synagogue, which was built on the site of the two houses and designed by a Jewish architect named Benjamin Swartz in the Byzantine Revival style, was completed to accommodate increasing number of congregants. During the construction from 1924 to 1927, religious services were conducted at the home of Mr. Silverman at 29 Wales Avenue. Equipped with a rabbi and a proper synagogue, the Kiever was able to play a larger role in the Toronto Jewish community. The shul offered Yiddish and bar-mitzvah lessons, a youth minyan led by Fischel Cooper, a credit society, as well as a women’s auxiliary. Several decades later, the Kiever’s membership declined in the 1950s and 1960s due to demographic changes—Jews began leaving the downtown core for the north end of town. The synagogue building deteriorated. In 1973, the Archives Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress Central Region decided to help preserve it, and by 1982, sufficient funds had been raised to restore the building. In 1979, the Kiever Synagogue became the first building of Jewish significance to be designated a historical site by the province of Ontario and has been protected under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act since then. Some of the founders included: B. B. Smith, Yehudah Leib "Louis" Bossin, Isaac Mosten, Jake Dubin, Harry Cohen, and Wolf Ganz. The congregation's first and longest-tenured rabbi was Solomon Langner, who served from around 1929 until his death in 1973. Sheldon Steinberg served as rabbi from the time of Langner's death until the mid-1990s. David Pinkus served as president of the Kiever Shul from the late 1970s to 2011. His parents, Molly and Isadore Pinkus, were co-founders of the shul. As of 2022, the synagogue president is Adam S. Cohen.
Descriptive Notes
LANGUAGE NOTE: material is in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English.
Availability of other formats: digital preservation copies for some documents have been created and are available in PDF, JPG, and TIF formats.
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2008-11-9
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2008-11-9
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
29 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
2 folder of textual records
Date
1988-1989
Scope and Content
This accession consists of photographs taken at the Kiever Synagogue and two pieces of correspondence regarding services at the shul. The photographs depict people inside the sanctuary during a service, possibly a bar mitzvah, as well as people seated outside at patio tables. The photographs were taken on 15 July 1989.
Custodial History
There is no acquisition information for these records. This accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Subjects
Synagogues
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (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
Name
Joseph Fremar
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
14 May 1974
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Joseph Fremar
Number
OH 21
Subject
Business
Food
Occupations
Interview Date
14 May 1974
Quantity
2 cassettes (1 copy)
1 MP3 file
Interviewer
Bess Shockett
Total Running Time
12:59 minutes
Conservation
Copied to cassette tape in August 2003.
Digitized in June 2010.
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Joseph "Joe the Orange Man" Fremar was a produce merchant in Kensington Market and opened his location at 234 Augusta Avenue in 1938. Fremar, commonly referred to as the "Orange Man," was a member of the Kiever Synagogue.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
Fremar, Joseph
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Shockett, Bess
Geographic Access
Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Source
Oral Histories

In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the social politics and financial expectations around belonging to certain Toronto synagogues versus others.

In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the changing population of Toronto

Name
Cantor Harry Friedman (Federman?)
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
5 Jun. 1982
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Cantor Harry Friedman (Federman?)
Number
OH 170
OH 171
Subject
Recollections of the First and Second World Wars Fair
Interview Date
5 Jun. 1982
Quantity
2
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Cantor Harry Federman was the cantor in one of Toronto's first synagogues, the Kiever, in the 1970s.
Material Format
sound recording
Name Access
Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Source
Oral Histories