Accession Number

2004-3-2

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

ca. 3 cm of textual records and other material

7 photographs b&w and col ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date

1900-1979

Scope and Content

This accession consists of material documenting the donor's grandparents Dora and Bernard Coffler. It includes portraits of her grandparents and an exterior photograph of the Coffler Bedding Co., activities and fiftieth wedding celebration. This accession also includes: documents such as their passports, wedding certificate and identification cards; correspondence from David Croll; press clippings relating to their wedding and anniversary; an Ezras Noshem Society pin (1927); an Adath Israel Congregation Golden Jubilee Book and key chain (1952); and a Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary 25th Anniversary Year Book.

Administrative History

Bernard and Dora Coffler arrived in Canada from Roumania in 1900 and 1901 respectively. They met in 1902 and married on 21 May 1904 in Toronto. They reportedly were the first couple to be married on a Sunday in Toronto. They had three children: Myer (1905), Goldie (1910), and Sam (1914).

The Coffler's opened up a business called Coffler Bedding Co., which was located at 391 Parliament Street.

Dora Coffler was very active in two organizations, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary called the Ezras Noshem Society.

Bernard and Dora Coffler passed away in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 1 key chain, 1 pin and 1 coin.

Subjects

Weddings

Storefronts

Name Access

Coffler Bedding Co.

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Croll, David, 1900-1991

Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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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

1979-12-13

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

5 newsletters

Date

1978–1979

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Mount Sinai Hospital. Included are issues of Highlights for February 1978, June 1978, October 1978, April 1979, and November 1979.

MG_RG

MG2 01c

Subjects

Hospitals

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

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

2005-7-3

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

2012-7-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

37.8 m of textual records

Date

1958-[199-]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of general office files of the CJC as well as records related to the Education and Culture Committee, the Toronto Jewish Cultural Committee, Planning and Priorities/Assimilation, the Youth Committee, CJC plenaries, small communities, Chaplaincy, Orthodox Division, Political Liaison Committee, community services, the Audit Committee, Joint Community Relations Committee, Camp Massad and Moess Chitton.

Custodial History

There is no acquisition information for this material. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.

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

2015-6-7

Material Format

multiple media

Physical Description

30 cm of textual records and other material

Date

1964-2003

Scope and Content

Accession consists of Canadian Jewish Congress Joint Community Relations Committee files pertaining to incidents of antisemitism in Canada. Files include examples of material distributed by neo-Nazi groups, clippings documenting hate crimes trials and antisemitism in scholarship, and JCRC correspondence.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Subjects

Antisemitism

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-4

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1973-1977

Scope and Content

Accession consists of the Rules and Conditions for the Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest, essays submitted, correspondence from the Board of Jewish Education and the vote casting process for the 1976 contest.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Administrative History

The Morris Black Memorial Essay Contest was established by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region's Department of Education and Culture. The rules and conditions stated in a booklet dated 1973 was that the 'prize or prizes for the best essay or essays or oral address or addresses on men famous in Jewish history...'. The Contest was open to 'All Jewish children in the Province of Ontario outside of Metropolitan Toronto and Ottawa.' The essays submitted in 1973 appeared to follow the Rules and Conditions. However, in the 1976 contest, now sponsored by The Board of Jewish Education, there were no restrictions on where the Jewish children lived or on the gender of the person in Jewish history being written about.

Subjects

Education

Children

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Board of Jewish Education (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-6

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1950-1972

Scope and Content

Accession consists of letters to and from Dr. Joseph Klinghofer, the Educational Director of Canadian Jewish Congress. The correspondence relates to the search for ritual and educational leaders for placement in Jewish communities outside of Toronto such as St. Catharines, Timmins, Belleville, Peterborough, Kirkland Lake, Guelph, Hamilton, Bramalea, North Bay, Windsor, Maritimes, Manitoba and the USA.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects

Education

Religion

Communities

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Klinghofer, Joseph

Places

St. Catharines (Ont.)

Timmins (Ont.)

Belleville (Ont.)

Peterborough (Ont.)

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Guelph (Ont.)

Hamilton (Ont.)

Bramalea (Brampton, Ont.)

North Bay (Ont.)

Windsor (Ont.)

Manitoba

United States

Maritime Provinces

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-12

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual material

Date

1973-1974

Scope and Content

Accession file consists of letters, posters, press releases, minutes of meeting and policy statements regarding Israeli prisoners of war in Syria. The documents are from many organizations such as the Labor Zionist Alliance, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Toronto Jewish Youth Council, and the Canada-Israel Committee.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Israel--Armed Forces

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-28

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a Kashruth Directory of kosher products and services issued by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects

Religion

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2018-10-11

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

24 cm of textual records

Date

1954-2013

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Louise Starkman's involvement with the Mount Sinai Women's Auxiliary; Mount Sinai Hospital reports; and records documenting Dr. Stanley Starkman's involvement with Alpha Omega, Beta Sigma Rho, Kappa Sigma Rho, and the YMHA.

Subjects

Greek letter societies

Hospitals

Married people

Name Access

Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Toronto Chapter

Alpha Omega (Fraternity)

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Starkman, Louise

Starkman, Stanley

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Rabbi Sheldon Steinberg fonds

Level

Item

Item

247

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1974

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

President and board during or shortly after the mezuzah affixing ceremony.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Mezuzah

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

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

63

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Radom Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

64

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Radom Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

69

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

72

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

59

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (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

Item

579

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Sep. 1975

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Unfinished bronze ark doors for Mount Sinai Hospital Synagogue, Toronto (Sorel Etrog), Sept. 1975.

Notes

Acquired Dec. 1975.

35 mm negative location: 7:6:11.

Name Access

Etrog, Sorel

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bronze doors

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

580

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm

Notes

Acquired Dec. 1975.

35 mm negative location: 7:6:12.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bronze doors

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

581-582

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : col. ; 13 x 9 cm

Notes

Acquired Dec. 1975.

35 mm negative location: 7:6:13 and 7:6:14.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Steinberg, Rabbi Sheldon

Subjects

Bronze doors

Rabbis

Synagogues

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Level

Item

Item

4317

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1942]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Sinais were a women's organization of about thirty-five people formed in 1939 to raise money for Mount Sinai Hospital, Yorkville.

Scope and Content

Left to right: Mrs. Lillian Gollom; Mrs. Dorothy Dworkin.

Notes

Photo by Zifkin.

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Fund raising

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

1987-6-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1464

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Places

Yorkville Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-7-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3680

Material Format

graphic material

Date

26 Oct. 1975

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogue dedication services

Places

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1983-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3675

Material Format

graphic material

Date

26 Jun. 1973

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-

Subjects

Heads of state

Hospitals

Lawyers

Places

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1983-5-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1465

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1976]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Places

University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-7-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1446

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

1 photograph

Name Access

Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Hospitals

Portraits, Group

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

54

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

8 photographs : b&w (6 negatives) ; 12 x 9 cm and 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Radom Congregation (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

Ontario synagogues series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

2

File

56

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1979

Physical Description

29 photographs : col. slides, b&w prints and (1) negative ; 35 mm and 12 x 9 cm

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

75

Material Format

textual record

Date

1935-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains a 1979 newsletter, "Voice of Radom," and copies from the 10th and 30th anniversary booklets.

Name Access

Beth Radom Congregation (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

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

[197-?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of an undated list of the synagogue's activities for the Soviet Jewry cause.

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

70

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

71

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Architecture

Synagogues

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions