- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4845
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4845
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1894
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Hyman Stein was a founder of Goel Tzedec Synagogue. He died in 1907 in Toronto at the age of 63.
- Notes
- Photo by A. J. Miller, 294 Queen St. W., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Stein, Hyman
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- 1989-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 49
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Goel Tzedec 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
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 50
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Goel Tzedec 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
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3163
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3163
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1904]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Admin History/Bio
- The University Synagogue was located at 151 University Avenue at the north-east corner of Elm Street. It was founded in 1883 and about three years later they bought a former Methodist Church. It was the immediate ancestor of Goel Tzedec Synagogue located further down University Avenue at 77-81 and then later 93 University Avenue, below Dundas Street.
- Notes
- Photograph printed from slide.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- 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
- St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1769
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1769
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-41
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1770
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1770
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-41
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1873
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1873
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1927 or 1928]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The teacher was David Siegel.
- Name Access
- Siegel, David
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- 1980-1-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1874
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1874
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The teacher was Mark Zimmerman.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Zimmerman, Mark
- Subjects
- College students
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1876
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1876
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph, pictured left to right, are: Israel Gang; Roy Shapiro; Rabbi Samuel Sachs; [unknown]; David Siegel; Sarah Siegel; Mark Zimmerman; [unknown]; [unknown]; [Carl or Murray] Keyfetz.
- This photograph was taken looking north on University Avenue.
- Notes
- Photo is the same as photo 3917.
- Name Access
- Gang, Israel
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Keyfetz, Murray
- Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
- Shapiro, Dave
- Siegel, David
- Siegel, Sarah
- Zimmerman, Mark
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4321
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4321
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : colour (2 photographs : colour and b&w, 1 negative)
- Notes
- Item is a colour slide transparency. There are two copy prints in the photo cabinet (one colour and one black-and-white) and one negative.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4320
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4320
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a colour slide transparency. There are two copy prints in the photo cabinet (one colour and one black-and-white) and one copy negative.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Rosh ha-Shanah
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3917
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3917
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph, pictured left to right, are: Israel Gang; Roy Shapiro; Rabbi Samuel Sachs; [unknown]; David Siegel; Sarah Siegel; Mark Zimmerman; [unknown]; [unknown]; [Carl or Murray] Keyfetz.
This photograph was taken looking north on University Avenue.
- Notes
- Photograph is the same as photo 1876.
- Name Access
- Gang, Israel
- Shapiro, Roy
- Keyfetz, Carl
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
- Subjects
- Education
- Religion
- 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
- 1979-11-15
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1923
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1923
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification notes, please see accession record.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- 1980-2-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2451
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2451
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1955]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4068
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4068
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Physical Description
- 1 postcard : col.
- Name Access
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Streets
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1723
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1723
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Hyman James was the son of Yuda and Esther James. He lived at 327 Palmerston Blvd. and he ran the Men's Clothing Manufacturing Company and later H. James and Company with his brother Philip. He married Augusta (Gussie) Rumm on February 22nd, 1916 at the University Avenue Synagogue. He was 33 years old at the time and she was 18. Her parents were Joseph and Rebecca Rumm. Hyman died at the age of 50 in 1933 due to accidental poisoning.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a wedding photograph of Hyman James and Augusta Rumm. It was taken at the University Avenue Synagogue where they were married. Augusta (Gussie) is located in the second row in the centre with the white hat and Hyman is on her left.
- Notes
- Original photo by Galbraith.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- James, Hyman
- Rumm, Augusta
- Rumm, Gussie
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1545
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1545
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Apter Synagogue
- Gary, Ethel
- Halter, Jack
- Zimmerman, Rabbi M.
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 471-472
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 471-472
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : (2 negatives)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a wedding at the University Avenue Synagogue in Toronto
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 22, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4295
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4295
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Back row, left to right: Isadore Marcus (President, Goel Tzedec); [unknown]; Rabbi Jesse Schwartz; [unknown]; Sol Kauffman.
- Front row, left to right: [unknown]; Ida Strauss; [unknown]; Capt. Lillian Smith.
- Notes
- Photo by Alexandra Studios.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kauffman, Sol
- Marcus, Isadore
- Schwartz, Rabbi Jesse
- Smith, Lillian
- Strauss, Ida
- Subjects
- Girl Guides
- 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.)
- Accession Number
- 1987-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4650
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4650
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph are those seated, left to right: Samuel J. Zacks; Rabbi Jesse Schwartz (Goel Tzedec); Morris Bearg (Maurice Berg?).
- Name Access
- Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jewish Organizations
- Schwartz, Rabbi Jesse
- Zacks, Samuel J.
- Subjects
- Meetings
- Portraits, Group
- Zionists
- 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
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 448-449
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 448-449
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1927
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is photographs of Ida Strauss in guides uniform on steps of University Avenue Synagogue, Toronto. In one photo she is holding two flags - a Union Jack and a 69th Toronto Guides flag.
- Notes
- Remnants of black paper backing from original placement in album (?).
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Strauss, Ida
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Girl Guides
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired April 7, 1975.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4435
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4435
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1914 or 1915]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Probably on the steps of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue.
- Leader: Ignatz Glass.
- Notes
- For identification, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bands (Music)
- 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
- 1988-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4981
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4981
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Annie was the daughter of Jacob Draimin.
- Ike was Treasurer of Goel Tzedec and succeeded his father-in-law as Chairman of the Chevra Kadisha.
- Notes
- Original photo by Dufresne Toronto Arcade.
- Name Access
- Brodie, Annie Draimin
- Brodie, Isaac (Ike)
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Draimin, Jacob
- 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
- 1989-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4991
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4991
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photograph is a composite of two photographs.
- Name Access
- Draimin, Jacob
- Draimin, Flora
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- 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
- 1989-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4989
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4989
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black-and-white photograph of Jacob Draimin.
- Notes
- Original photo by Thompson Bros. 177 1/2 Yonge St., Toronto.
- Name Access
- Draimin, Jacob
- Goel Tzedec 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
- 1989-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- General Wingate Branch 256, Royal Canadian Legion fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 74
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 Nov. 1934
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w and sepia toned ; 20 x 56 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait of World War One veterans standing outside Goel Tzedec Synagogue, also known as the University Avenue Synagogue, for Remembrance Day services of the General Wingate Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Also included is one copy photograph of the original.
- Notes
- Formerly photo 6129.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Remembrance Day (Canada)
- Veterans
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1995-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 65
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 65
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the wedding ceremony of Sally Greisman to Larry Brenzel. The photograph was taken inside the Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Weddings
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 66
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 66
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sally Greisman in her wedding dress with her father Henry Greisman and her mother Ethel Mehr. The photograph was taken just before she walked down the aisle at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. This photograph was taken two months before the death of Henry Greisman.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Brides
- Parent and child
- Weddings
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 67
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 67
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sally Greisman and Larry Brenzel walking down the aisle after their wedding ceremony at Goel Tzedec Synagogue.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Married people
- Weddings
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 68
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 68
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 June 1950
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of Sally Greisman and Larry Brenzel signing the marriage register on their wedding day. An unknown Rabbi is standing behind them.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Newlyweds
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1952]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Goldie Gary hanging up the wash on the clothesline at her Pontypool residence on Amelia Street.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nancy Halter is the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary and the youngest daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary). The Manettas also owned resort cabins and had the only pool in Pontypool.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Nancy Halter wading in the Manettas pool in Pontypool. Nancy's sister, Frances, is seen in the background with her bathing cap on.
- Name Access
- Manetta family
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Leslie
- Halter, Nancy
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the home of Joseph and Goldie Gary. There is a tree in the front yard with a handmade sign which reads: "Gary's Cottages RU-1-2913, To Rent".
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Leslie
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Aug. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Frances and Nancy Halter are the daughters of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary) and the granddaughters of Joseph and Goldie Gary.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Nancy Halter (sitting) and her older sibling Frances (standing) in a children's wading pool on the property of the Gary homestead in Pontypool.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photo.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Halter, Nancy
- Halter, Frances
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jul. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Ethel Halter's neice is the daughter of her sister Shirley Cohen (née Gary).
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Joseph Gary, Goldie Gary, Ethel Halter and her neice (crouching) in front of Gary's Cottages.
- Name Access
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Leslie
- Cohen
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of six of the ten cottages on the Gary property in Pontypool.
- Name Access
- Gary, Joseph
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Leslie
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Ethel Halter (née Gary) reclining on a lawn chair in her bathing suit at Gary's Cottages.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photograph.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Mrs. Burke owned a farm near the pond in Pontypool. The Garys rented a room from her in the summer of 1947 while they looked for a home to purchase in the town.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mrs. Burke, Ethel Halter and Goldie Gary standing in Mrs. Burke's cornfield.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Burke, Mrs.
- 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
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1947]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Joseph Gary and Goldie Gary (née Lawrence) married in 1921 in Rochester, N.Y. Shortly thereafter they moved to Toronto. Joseph and Goldie had three children; daughters Ethel (Halter) and Shirley (Cohen), and son Leslie. In 1950, after three years of visiting the region, Joseph and Goldie purchased a home on Amelia Street in Pontypool, ON. As the area was a popular summer resort spot for vacationing Jews from the 1940s to the 1960s, Joseph and Goldie decided to build 10 cottages on their land for rental, which they named Gary's Cottages. The cottages were sold around 1970 and are no longer in existence, however their home is still standing.
- Mrs. Burke owned a farm near the pond in Pontypool. Joseph and Goldie rented a room from her in the summer of 1947 while they looked for a home to purchase in the town.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Goldie and Joseph Gary standing in Mrs. Burke's cornfield. They are holding onto a large sunflower.
- Notes
- Title taken from back of original photograph.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Burke, Mrs.
- 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
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 97; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gary family fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 97
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- August 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 10 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nancy Halter is the daughter of Jack Halter and Ethel Halter (née Gary) and the granddaughter of Joseph and Goldie Gary.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Nancy Halter in her bathing suit, standing in front of Gary's cottages in Pontypool. She is holding a bucket of sand and there is a wooden chair directly behind her.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on back of original photograph.
- Name Access
- Gary, Ethel
- Gary, Leslie
- Gary, Shirley
- Gary, Goldie
- Gary, Joseph
- Halter, Nancy
- Subjects
- Outdoor recreation
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Pontypool (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 62
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 62
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Goel Tzedec was established in 1883. It was originally an Orthodox congregation founded by a group of recent immigrants from Lithuania. The first synagogue was situated in a room on Richmond and York Streets. Three years later they purchased and remodelled a building on University Avenue at Elm Street that was owned by the Methodist Church. Finally, in 1904, they hired an architect to construct a large building that was perfectly suited to their needs. In February 1907, the building on University Avenue was dedicated and became the largest synagogue in Toronto, accomodating 1200 congregants.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Sunday school graduation at Goel Tzedec in May 1943. Pictured in the second row from the back, far left is David E. Newman.
- Name Access
- Eisens
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Students
- 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
- Cantor Bernard Wladowsky fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 29
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1892-1959
- Physical Description
- 40 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Cantor Bernard Wladowsky was born in Smila, Poland in 1870. He graduated from the Imperial Music School in 1887. At the age of 17, he took on his first cantorial post in Kiev. Subsequently, he was hired as cantor in Bakmut, Sevastopol, Constantinople and Bucharest.
- In 1907 he emigrated to the United States to accept a position with the Ohev Tzedec Synagogue in New York City. In 1909, he became the cantor of the Anshe Knesset Synagogue in Chicago. In 1912 he was invited to Toronto to assume the post of uber-cantor at Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Later he served at the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, where he remained until his retirement in 1955.
- Cantor Wladowsky was invited to give concerts throughout Europe, the United States and Canada. He was one of the most popular and celebrated cantors in North America. He composed numerous and widely sung liturgical compositions, notably Modim. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Cantors Association of America and the President of the Agudath Ha'hazzanim of Toronto. In addition to his cantorial duties, he was also a mohel and performed circumcisions in Toronto during his career. Cantor Wladowsky died in 1963 at age 92 and is buried in Beth Tzedec Memorial Park.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds documents the life and activities of Cantor Bernard Wladowsky. The records consist of the following types of material: newspaper clippings, correspondence, record books of weddings and circumcisions, concert programs and liturgical compositions.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Occupations
- Creator
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-5
- 1980-1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4577
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4577
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of David E. Newman addressing the graduating class and guests at the Talmud Torah graduation ceremonies. The event was probably held at the University Avenue Synagogue (Goel Tzedec).
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University Avenue Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Graduation (School)
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- Talmud Torah (Judaism)
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 51
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Beth Midrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Goel Tzedec 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
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Weddings series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 6
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a wedding ceremony inside Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Marriage service
- 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
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Rose Dunkelman fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 39
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date
- 1896-1979
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 28 photographs : b&w (11 negatives) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- 2 scrapbooks
- Admin History/Bio
- Rose Dunkelman (1889–1949) was born Rose Miller in Philadelphia to Harry Miller and Dora Miller (née Belkin). At the age of thirteen, she moved to Toronto where she received her education and where she resided with her family until her death in 1949 at the age of fifty-nine. Rose Dunkelman devoted her life to helping the less fortunate, particularly children and orphans, and to championing the cause of Zionism at home and abroad. She was internationally known and respected for her philanthropic work and for her knowledge of, and dedication to, Zionist causes. She was a leader in the Canadian-Jewish community for more than thirty years.
- On 19 January 1910, she married David Dunkelman (1883–1978), founder and president of Tip Top Tailors Ltd. The couple had six children: Joseph, Ernest, Benajamin, Theodora, Veronica (Annenberg) (Ourisman), and Zelda (Wilner).
- Rose was a founding member of the Zionist Organization of Canada, vice-president of the Ontario Zionist Region, and founded and chaired the Canadian branch of Youth Aliyah in 1933. For over twenty-five years, Rose held various positions within the Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada, including president of the Toronto Council of Hadassah (1921), honorary president on the executive board (1938–40), joint chair of the war effort (1941), president of the Hadassah Organization of Canada Central Chapter of Toronto (1937–8, 1945-6), and honorary national vice-president. Rose also founded the Hadassah Bazaar in 1924. There is currently a Canadian Hadassah day care centre in Neve Sharett that is named in her honour, as well as the Rose Dunkelman Memorial Community Center in Hadassim erected in 1950 in her memory.
- In 1930, prompted by the 1929 attack on Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and in Hebron, Rose and David Dunkelman founded the magazine the Jewish Standard as a Zionist forum for the English-speaking Jewish population of Canada. She was the periodical's first publisher and managing editor.
- After the First World War, Rose worked as an officer with the Canadian Red Cross, bringing war orphans to Canada from eastern Europe, for which she was presented with the Coronation Medal by King George VI in 1937. She was also active in the rehabilitation of First World War veterans.
- During the Second World War, as chair of Ontario Youth Aliyah, Rose helped rescue children from Nazi persecution at Auschwitz, Treblinka, Buchenwald, and Dachau concentration camps and helped secure their passage to and resettlement in Palestine. Dunkelman held leadership positions in many domestic and international Jewish and Zionist programs and projects—many focused on the welfare of Jewish children—including the Jewish National Fund, Karen Hayesod, Karen Kayemeth, Young Judaea, the Toronto Hebrew Free Schools, and the YM-YWHA. She also served on the Canadian Family Allowance Board after the Second World War.
- After a lengthy illness, Rose died on 20 October 1949 in Toronto at the age of fifty-nine. She was buried at Goel Tzedec's cemetery on Dawes Road and was later re-interred in Israel's national cemetery at Degania on 14 January 1953, as she requested in her will.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of personal and business correspondence, family letters, newsclippings, event invitations, articles, two scrapbook albums and other textual material relating to Dunkelman's death and re-interment in Israel, her philanthropic activities with Hadassah and Youth Aliyah, and her business activities with the Jewish Standard.
- One scrapbook contains a testimonial certificate presented to Rose by Toronto Hadassah on her recovery from ill health (1926), while the other was presented to her by Toronto Hadassah on the occasion of her 57th birthday in 1946. This scrapbook contains photographs of the banquet along with several pages of signatures from members of local Hadassah chapters.
- The photographs include: Rose Dunkelman's re-interment in Israel (1953), a birthday banquet for Rose hosted by Hadassah (date uncertain), a portrait of Rose as a young woman (ca. 1905), David Dunkelman as a young boy in Brooklyn, NY (1896), the groundbreaking ceremony for the Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto) extension (1966), a portrait of Benjamin Dunkelman in Israel (1953), and one photograph of Rose Dunkelman with Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt (1941).
- Name Access
- Cohen, Israel
- Dunkelman, Ben, 1913-1997
- Dunkelman, David
- Dunkelman, Ernest
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949
- Dunkelman, Theodore
- Dunkelman, Veronica
- Dunkelman, Zelda
- Dunkelman, Joseph
- Family Allowance Board
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada
- Hebrew Free Schools
- Jewish Federated Charities
- Jewish National Fund
- Jewish Standard
- Karen Hayesod
- Karen Kayemeth
- Red Cross
- Steinglass, Meyer F.
- Tip Top Tailors
- Weisgal, Meyer
- YM-YWHA
- Zionist Organization of Canada
- Subjects
- Businesspeople
- Philanthropists
- Zionists
- Physical Condition
- Some of the documents are very brittle.
- Related Material
- Ben Dunkelman fonds 2: (accession 2000-3-4)
- Ben Dunkelman accession: 1978-6-6
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds 28, series 6, file 27
- photo #4690
- Hadassah accession: 1978-1-2, 1984-12-3, 2003-3-1, MG2 J1I
- The Jewish Standard: MG9
- Creator
- Dunkelman, Rose, 1889-1949
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 94
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait photograph of Ellis I. Shapiro. The photograph is attached to the inside cover of a United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto annual president's report (1961). The UJWF annual meeting honoured Ellis I. Shapiro.
- Name Access
- B'nai B'rith
- Shapiro, Ellis I.
- Northwood Golf and Country Club
- Primrose Club
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Jewish Camp Council of Toronto
- YM-YWHA
- United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto
- UJWF
- United Jewish Appeal
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 5-3
- File
- 245
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence regarding vandalism at the University Avenue Synagogue.
- Notes
- Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues--Vandalism
- Places
- University Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2009-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-11-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1903-[ca.1960]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of thirteen photographs documenting the Wagman family as well as wedding photographs of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene at the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. There is also a programme for the Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercises of 1944, with Charlotte Wagman as a graduate.
- The photographs are as follows:
- 1. Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercise program, 1944.
- 2. Tel Aviv Hadassah Chapter in Garden, ca. 1957.
- 3. State of Israel Bond Information Service reception in honour of the Toronto Israel Bond Oheh Regel Tour, at the home of the Canadian Ambassador, Margaret Meagher, in Ramat Gan, ca. 1960
- 4. Goel Tzedec Sunday School class, 1941.
- 5. El Al flight in Israel, ca.1961. The image features Mayor Nathan Phillips and his wife.
- 6. Portrait of the Wagman family, 1903. Includes from bottom row, left to right: Charles, Joseph, Zelic, Etta, Ceril (seated). Top row includes: Myer (nephew), Peter, Isadore and William.
- 7. Paskowitz family, ca. 1940. Includes Mary, Sadie, Hilda and Fanny.
- 8. Wedding photograph of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene taken in Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.
- 9. Martin and Charlotte under the chuppah at their wedding at Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.
- 10. Goel Tzedec graduation class in robes with Rabbi Sachs (centre), 1944. Front row (left to right): [unidentified], [unidentified], Selma Green, Selma Stone, [unidentified], Hoodis Sidonsky, Charlotte Wagman, Estelle Yolles, Rhea Tishler. Back row (left to right): [unidentified], Murray Mendelson, David Buckstein, Richard Greisman, Sheldon Kert, [unidentified], [unidentified], Austin Cooper, [unidentified].
- 11. Israel trip with David Ben-Gurion (centre), ca. 1952.
- 12. Trip to Israel with Nathan Philips at far right and Ambassador Meagher, taken in desert, ca. 1960.
- 13. Ladies Auxiliary from the Henry Street Synagogue, ca. 1908.
- Custodial History
- The photographs were donated by Charlotte Levine (née Wagman). She is the daughter of Charles Wagman.
- Administrative History
- The family patriarch, Zelick (also known as Zelig) Wagman, emigrated from Lodz, Poland to Canada around 1903. The following year, his wife Ceril and six children joined him. They included: Charles, Joseph, Etta, Peter, Isadore, and WIlliam. He arrived penniless and earned a living as a peddler. The family lived in the east end of Toronto at 34 Gerard Street.
- Zelick founded Z. Wagman & Sons and Toronto Cadmium Plating. Joseph took over his father's business. Charles became a supplier of electrical products, establishing Revere Electric. William and Isadore in turn ran Industrial Wire & Cable and owned the Fashion Building on Spadina Avenue. Finally, Peter owned his own business called P. Wagman & Sons and later Junior Maid Garment Company.
- The family became extremely successful over the years. They also were very active in the Jewish community. Zelick was one of the founders of the Henry Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob. William was the co-founder of the YMHA and the Talmud Torah. His brother Joseph was also involved in many Jewish organizations such as Mount Sinai Hospital, Baycrest and the Primrose Club. Joseph and his wife Minnie were also major philanthropists, funding the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre at Baycrest.
- Descriptive Notes
- ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to the Wagman family can be found
in Accessions 2017-7-6 and 2017-8-13.
- Subjects
- Families
- Weddings
- Name Access
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Israel
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Dr. Mattie Rotenberg
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 26 Feb. 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Mattie Rotenberg
- Number
- OH 63
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Rabbis
- Charities
- Influenza
- Balfour Declaration
- Immigrants--Canada
- Women's clothing
- Women
- Department stores
- Interview Date
- 26 Feb. 1976
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 2 WAV files
- Total Running Time
- 62:52 sec.
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003.
- Copied to digital file in June 2014.
- Side 2 of the original cassette is damaged. The tape continually speeds up and slows down.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Mattie Rotenberg was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She grew up in Toronto's Ward district and received her degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. In 1920, she became the first secretary of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society in Toronto.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto
- Hillcrest Progressive School
- Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- University of Toronto
- T. Eaton Co
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Introduction of Dr. Mattie Rotenberg to the audience
0:00-:49
Family History
0:50-4:00: Rotenberg, daughter of Russian immigrants, recounts the story of her parents’ immigration and arrival in Toronto during the early 1890s.
4:01-7:35: Rotenberg recalls her childhood memories of life growing up in Toronto’s Ward district during the era of “great” Jewish immigration.
7:40-11:10: Rotenberg recalls happy childhood memories living on Regent Street, then a primarily non-Jewish neighbourhood.
11:11-13:40: Rotenberg recalls the Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 that destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto.
13:45-15:19: Rotenberg recalls the open-air streetcar that ran along Toronto’s beltline, the City Dairy, and Riverdale Park.
15.20-18.02: Rotenberg recalls Rabbi Jacob Gordon of Goel Tzedec Synagogue and Rabbi Julius Price, the synagogue’s first English-speaking rabbi.
18:03-21:00: Rotenberg discusses her education at the Dufferin Elementary School and Jarvis Collegiate, her family’s first telephone, riding in a motor car, Massey Hall and Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets considered to be the choice residential district of the time.
21:01-22.00: Rotenberg recalls Dr. Sandler, Toronto’s first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto’s non-Jewish community.
22:01-22:59: Rotenberg recalls the Queen Street shopping district, the Willinsky’s department store, and Hadassah’s first bazaar held at Toronto Armory.
23:00-23:47: Rotenberg recalls antisemitic incidents that occurred in Toronto during the late 1920s.
23:48-24.33: Rotenberg discusses the Orange Lodges’ influence on civic politics, prejudice towards the Jewish and Catholic communities, and the anti-French-language campaign
Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto then and now
24.34-25.30: Rotenberg recalls the changes to Gerrard Sreet East, from a tree-lined street to concrete sidewalks.
25.31-26.48: Rotenberg recalls being the only Jewish student at Jarvis Collegiate.
26.49-27.20: Rotenberg discusses her Jewish education.
27.22-28.06: Rotenberg provides an anecdote about local Jewish news and gossip.
28.07-29.18: Rotenberg discusses the hardships of housekeeping.
29.20-30.25: Rotenberg discusses women’s fashion during the early 1900s.
30.26-31.05: Rotenberg discusses Eatons and Simpsons before the introduction of the cash register.
31:26-33.23: Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto during the early years of the First World War. Rotenberg recalls recruitment meetings held at the Armoury and the crowds that gathered to view war bulletins posted in the window the Telegram’s office on Bay Street.
33.24-36.28: In this portion of the interview, Rotenberg describes the University of Toronto as being an extremely “WASPish” place run by professors with chauvinistic attitudes
36.29-37.23: Rotenberg discusses the problem faced by Jewish women looking for a teaching position.
37:24-39:12: Rotenberg recalls Dr. (Canon) Cody, president of U of T, and his witch hunts for students believed to have Communist leanings.
39:13-40:05: Rotenberg recalls Toronto’s flu epidemic following the First World War.
40:06-41:07: Rotenberg recalls the announcement of the Balfour Declaration in 1918 and the city’s commemoration parade to honour the declaration.
Side 2
0:00-:46 : Commemoration of the Balfour Declaration continued.
0:47-4.09: Rotenberg discusses her job as secretary to JIAS during the 1920s. She describes JIAS as an “embryo” started by a few dozen men working to provide aid for Jewish immigrants.
*Speech garbled in some sections*
4:10-6:24: Rotenberg discusses the founding in 1929 of the Hillcrest Progressive Day School, whose main motive was to provide a comprehensive Jewish education.
6.25-6.36: Rotenberg discusses the making of liquid hydrogen at the University of Toronto’s physics building during the early 1920s.
6.36-10.00: Here the sound quality becomes poor and Rotenberg’s voice is garbled.
10:00- 21.45: Question period. Sound quality poor and garbled.
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