- Accession Number
- 2004-5-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 16 cm and 13 x 18 cm
- Date
- [ca. 1915?]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of an original and copy photograph of Sydney Wise's bris, May 1, 1915, and a Wladowsky family photograph.
- Administrative History
- Dr. Sydney Wise was a volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives. He passed away in January 2013.
- Descriptive Notes
- An identification key is provided.
- Subjects
- Berit milah
- Families
- Volunteers
- Name Access
- Wise, Sydney, 1915-2013
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-5-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 17 cm
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1916]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one original photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a top hat. The writing on the photograph reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, Der -- Goal -- Zedek -- Gemeinde, 42 Boldwin (sic) Street, Toronto Canada.
- Custodial History
- This item was left on top of one of the exhibit display cases on the fourth floor of the Lipa Green building. There is no information on the original owner of the item.
- Descriptive Notes
- This item is the same image as photo 985.
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- Dr. Minnie Cohen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- October/November 1976
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Minnie Cohen
- Number
- OH 143
- Subject
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Discrimination in higher education
- Women physicians
- Interview Date
- October/November 1976
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- Interviewer
- Doris Newman
- Total Running Time
- 1:25 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Digitied
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please conact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Minnie Cohen was born in Russia in 1900. She immigrated to Toronto around 1910. After graduating as the first Jewish woman from the University of Toronto's medical school, she interned and joined the staff of Women's College Hospital. Dr. Cohen specialized in pediatrics. worked as a clinician in the 1920s for Toronto's first well baby clinic, and was on the staff of Mount Sinai's pediatric clinic. Her husband, Dr. Benjamin Cohen, was the first Jewish specialist in obstetrics and gynecology to practice in Toronto, and he was chief at the old Mount Sinai Hospital on Yorkville Avenue.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Cohen, Ben
- Cohen, Minnie
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Geographic Access
- Berlin (Germany)
- Boston (Mass.)
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Dublin (Ireland)
- Moscow (Russia)
- New York (N.Y.).
- Paris (France)
- Romania
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- Personal Family History
0-14.20-25.35: Minnie born in Russia in 1900 tells the story of her family’s move from Russia to Turkey and subsequently to Romania, where they remained from 1907–1909. Minnie talks about her father, Bernard, a renowned cantor, and about her life in Romania as an accomplished child pianist. In 1909, the family moved to New York and then Chicago, where Bernard Wladowsky continued his cantorial career.
Education
29.00-32.00: Minnie graduated high school from Jarvis Collegiate and went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto’s medical school between 1919 and 1922.
Life in Toronto
32.04-38.38: In 1912, the family moved to Toronto, where Bernard Wladowsky began a five-year contract as cantor of the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. Bernard Wladowsky and Goel Tzedec went into arbitration, with Wladowsky subsequently leaving Goel Tzedec prior to the end of his contract. In 1915, Wladowsky become the cantor of the Londoner Shul, and for the following thirty-four years Wladowsky remained cantor of the McCaul Street Synagogue
Side 2:
University of Toronto Medical School
0.18-8.04: Minnie discusses the discrimination she experienced as the first and only Jewish woman enrolled in the University of Toronto’s medical school. Minnie discusses her internship and personal experiences at Women’s College Hospital and talks about her medial school colleagues David Eisen, Joe Trachman, Ivan Vale, and Aaron Volpe
Medical Career
8:09-8:57: Minnie tells about her job offer with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Rather than leave her husband, Minnie gave her job offer to her classmate Dr. Glenna Garrett, one of the leading psychiatrists in the United States.
8:58-9:59: Minnie talks about her husband, Dr. Ben Cohen, and his medical education and service overseas during the First World War.
10:00-11:37: Minnie discusses Ben's medical career at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and his close relationhip with Robert Briscoe, the then mayor of Dublin.
11:38- 14:06: Minnie talks about Ben's return to Toronto in 1920 and their marriage in 1922.
14:07-15:11 Minnie talks about her first office at 62 Brunswick Avenue and Ben's first office on Dundas Street. Minnie limited her practice to pediatrics and as a fill in for other doctors.
15:12:- 15:45: Minnie talks about her husband's practice, which he shared with Dr. Abe Roby and Dr. Soloway
15:46-16:36: Minnie talks about how they found their first apartment.
16:37-17:32: Minnie recounts how her husband was the first surgeon who operated at Mt. Sinai Hospital. In 1928, he was the first doctor in the world to make his patients get out of bed and walk after surgery.
17:33-18:16: Minnie discusses how the idea of the first Mt. Sinai Hospital came to be in 1923 and the physicians who were instrumental in the formation of the original Mt. Sinai Hospital in 1923. Mentioned are Drs. Ben Cohen, Abraham Wilinsky, M. A. Pollack, Louis Breslin, and Simon Fine.
18:17- 19:37: Minnie explains the Ezras Noshim Women’s Auxillary, which, together with Dorothy Dworkin, worked to fundraise for Mt. Sinai Hospital.
19:38:- 20:23: Minnie describes some the Mt. Sinai fundraising campaigns.
20:24:-20:31: Minnie talks about Ben's role with the hospital's planning committee and his passing before the hospital's completion.
20:32:-21:23: Minnie talks about going with Ben to Boston to investigate the obstetric and gynecology services of the Beth Israel Hospital.
21:24:-22:44: Minnie talks about becoming part of the Mt. Sinai staff following the passing of her husband and working in the outpatient department doing free pediatric clinics.
21:45:-25:28: Minnie discusses the billing of patients for their medical care.
25:29-25:56: Minnie talks about working as a clinician in the 1920s at Toronto’s first “Well Baby Free Clinic,” which was located at Euclid and College.
25:57:-27:06: Minnie talks about working for the government for free as a restaurant inspector.
27:07-28:08: Minnie talks about working on the staff of the Mt. Sinai Hospital's pediatric clinic.
28:09-29:00: Minnie recalls Dr. Lowry, with whom she brought soup to miners and their families living in northern Ontario during the Depression.
29:01:-30:32: Minnie talks Toronto's first social service on McCaul Street and bringing soup to women frequenting the service.
30:33:-31:12: Minnie talks about her work as she travelled to locations outside of Toronto.
31:13:-32:55: Minnie recalls Ben's invitation in to perform a surgical operation in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in 1932.
32:56:-34:49: Minnie recalls the honour bestowed on Ben for the surgery he performed.
34:50:-36:07: Minnie recalls their experiences traveling by train through Communist Russia.
36:08:-36:56: Minnie recalls relatives they visited in the Ukraine.
36:57:-38:37: Minnie recalls her first plane ride from Leningrad to Paris.
38:38:-39:13 Minnie recalls refueling in Berlin during the time when there was already Hitler talk.
39:14:-40:10: Minnie describes the quality of life in Leningrad during the late 1930s.
40:11:-41:10: Minnie recalls their experiences dealing with customs while aboard a ship.
41:11:-42:54: Minnie recalls their hotel, the Metropol, in Moscow.
42:53-45:00: Minnie recalls overhearing a conversation with a relative who spoke out against the Communist government.
45:01-46:15 Minnie recalls the tense atmosphere in Berlin during the late 1930s.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1266
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1266
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Negative #1266A has no writing.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 51 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Bert Godfrey was born on June 1, 1908 to Minnie Reisman and Solomon Godfrey. He married Ruth Grossman and they had two children named Corrine Leigh and Sheldon. Bert Godfrey was president of S. Godfrey Co. Ltd, a wool import and export company founded by Samuel Godfrey.
- Godfrey contributed much time and energy to the cause of Israel and other philanthropic pursuits. Mr. Godfrey was founding president of Beth Tzedec and former president of Goel Tzedec. He served as president of the Bureau of Jewish Education and was founding president of of the United Synagogue Day School. He also sat on several different boards including: Mount Sinai, Jewish home for the Aged, United Jewish Welfare Fund and the Canadian Jewish Council.
- Other awards presented to Bert Godfrey include, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America's Louis Marshall Award in 1961 and the National Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews in 1964.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of negatives documenting the 1966 Negev Dinner held in honour of Bert Godfrey. The dinner was hosted by the Jewish National Fund at the Royal York Hotel and was attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community.
- Images are of the main activities and participants of the event including speeches and presentations from the following guests: Alfred Green, Rabbi Gedalia Felder, Rabbi Erwin Schild, Nat Hurwich, Manny Rotman, Honourable Gabriel Lourie, Honourable Allan A. Grossman, Mayor Philip G. Givens, Samuel Shainhouse, Morris B. Kaufman, Rabbi David Monson, Max Schecter, Honourable Mr. Justice Abraham H Lieff, Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg, Louis L. Lockshin, Rabbi Louis J Cashdan, and Julius Hayman.
- Name Access
- Negev Dinner
- Jewish National Fund
- Godfrey, Bert
- Green, Alfred
- Felder, Rabbi Gedalia
- Schild, Rabbi Erwin
- Hurwich, Nat
- Rotman, Manny
- Lourie, Honourable Gabriel
- Grossman, Allan A.
- Givens, Philip G.
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Kaufman, Morris B.
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Schecter, Max
- Lieff, Mr. Justice Abraham H.
- Rosenberg, Rabbi Stuart E.
- Lockshin, Louis L.
- Cashdan, Rabbi Louis J.
- Hayman, Julius
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 77 photographs : b&w (53 negatives) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Philip Gerald Givens (1922-1995) was born to Hyman and Mary Givens. He was married to Minnie Rubin and they had two children named Eleanor and Michael. He worked as a lawyer for the firm Pivnick, Givens, & Chusid, was Senior Alderman for the City of Toronto for ten years, a member of the Metropolitan Council for seven years, and in 1961, he was elected Controller of City of Toronto. After his term as mayor expired, Givens was elected into the House of Commons for York West in 1968.
- Philip Givens was founder and first president of the Upper Canada Lodge of B'nai Brith and past president of the Metropolitan Coordinating Council of B'nai B'rith. He was an active member of the Jewish community.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs documenting the 1968 Negev dinner held in honour of Philip G. Givens.The dinner was hosted by the Jewish National Fund at the Royal York Hotel and was attended by members of the Toronto Jewish community.
- The programme for the evening included speeches and presentations made by the following guests: Morley J. Pape, Rabbi Erwin Schild, Rabbi David Monson, Honourable Dr. Aba Gefen, Wm. R. Allen, Louis L. Lockshin, Charles Kent, Nathan Silver, Samuel Shainhouse, Nathan O. Hurwich, Stuart E. Rosenberg, Honourable Allan Grossman, and Leon E. Weintstein.
- Name Access
- Givens, Philip G.
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Pape, Morley J.
- Schild, Rabbi Erwin
- Monson, Rabbi David
- Gefen, Hon. Dr. Abba
- Allen, Wm. R.
- Lockshin, Louis L.
- Kent, Charles
- Silver, Nathan
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Hurwich, Nathan O.
- Rosenberg, Stuart E.
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Negev dinners
- Related Material
- See also Accession # 1990-9-7 for materials related to Phil Givens
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 50 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Nathan Silver was born in Warsaw, Poland to Blima and Shul Silver. He married Lily Anne Cooper and they had four children: Shul David, Deborah Ruth, Joseph Baruch, and Bonnie Suzanne. Nathan served in the Second World War as an artillery gunner in the Canadian Army. His occupation was that of a builder and developer and he played an active role within the Toronto Jewish community, operating as National Chairman of the Zionist Revisionist Organization of Canada, executive member of the United Zionist Congress, and, as well, he was a member of the World Executive Zionist Revisionist Movement. Nathan Silver was also an advocate of Jewish education and was Chairman for the Executive of the Associated Hebrew Schools.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images documenting the Negev dinner held in honour of Nathan Silver at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
- Included on the evening's programme were: Lewis J.E. Moses; Rabbi Emanuel Forman; Rabbi Joseph Kelman; Hon. Dr. Aba Gefen; Louis L. Lockshin; Eric Exton; Rabbi Dr. David Monson; Cantor Zvee Aroni accompanied by Leo Spellman; Philip G. Givens; William Stevenson; Samuel Shainhouse; and Stephen Berger. This file features several images of the aforementioned individuals participating in their assigned roles for the event.
- Name Access
- Moses, Lewis J.E.
- Forman, Rabbi Emanuel
- Kelman, Rabbi Joseph
- Gefen, Hon. Dr. Aba
- Lockshin, Louis L.
- Exton, Eric, 1907-1997
- Monson, Rabbi Dr. David
- Aroni, Cantor Zvee
- Spellman, Leo
- Givens, Philip G.
- Stevenson, William
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Berger, Stephen
- Negev dinners
- Jewish National Fund
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Revisionist Zionists
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. and Mr. Bert Godfrey at the Negev dinner held in the latter's honour. Mrs. Godfrey is holding a bouquet of flowers that were presented to her during the dinner by Samuel Shainhouse.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Godfrey, Bert, 1908-2006
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Subjects
- Married people
- 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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Bert Godfrey file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Item
- 40
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Samuel Shainhouse presenting flowers to Ruth Godfrey at the Negev Dinner held in her husband's honour. Bert Godfrey is seated behind his wife.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Godfrey, Ruth
- Godfrey, Bert, 1908-2006
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- 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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Samuel Shainhouse giving a speech at the 1968 Negev dinner held in honour of Philip G. Givens. Sitting beside Mr. Shainhouse is Leon Weinstein.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Givens, Philip G.
- 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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 40
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of guests posing together with a JNF certificate at the 1968 Negev dinner held in honour of Phil Givens.
- Notes
- Photograph by Al Gilbert.
- Name Access
- Givens, Philip
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Exton, Eric
- Kent, Charles
- Lockshin, Louis
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- 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
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Negev dinner honouring Phil Givens file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 4
- Item
- 48
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 9 cm and 6 x 6 cm
- Name Access
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Givens, Min
- Givens, Philip G.
- Jewish National Fund
- 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 6075-6079
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6075-6079
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto honouring past presidents, 1983. From left to right: Donald Carr (dinner chairman), honoree, and Mel Finkelstein (president of CHAT). Honorees: 6075 - Samuel J. Sable; 6076 - Wilferd Gordon; 6077 - Harold Dessen; 6078 - Samuel Shainhouse; 6079 - David Rotenberg.
- Notes
- Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
- CHAT
- CHAT presidents
- Carr, Donald
- Finkelstein, Mel
- Sable, Samuel J
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Dessen, Harold
- Shainhouse, Samuel
- Rotenberg, David
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4750
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4750
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1945 or 1946]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jewish community meeting at Massey Hall, Toronto. Includes: Rabbi Sachs, Edward Gelber, Rabbi Kamenetsky, Julius Katz, Cantor Wladowsky, and Wilferd Gordon.
- Notes
- Credit: W. H. James, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi
- Gelber, Edward
- Kamenetsky, Rabbi
- Katz, Julius
- Gordon, Wilferd
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- 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
- 1989-2-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4039
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4039
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1935]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- High Holidays
- Posters
- 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
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3662
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3662
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1945 and 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by Alex Gray.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Choirs (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
- 1980-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 982
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 982
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky wearing a winter coat and hat.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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
- Romania
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 983
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 983
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1932
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky (centre), Cantor L. Glanz (left) and an unidentified person.
- Name Access
- Glanz, Cantor L.
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 984
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 984
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1915 or 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 985
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 985
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1916]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a New Year's card with a portrait of Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky in top hat and tails. Writing under the photo reads: Bernhard Wladowsky, Obercantor, DER-GOEL-TZEDEC-GEMEINDE, 42 Baldwin St., Toronto, Canada.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 986
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 986
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a concert ticket advertising a Hanukkah festival featuring Cantor Bernhard Wladowsky at Massey Music Hall on Wed. Dec. 4, 1912. The festival was for the benefit of the Hebrew Free School. Tickets were $100 each.
- Name Access
- Massey Music Hall (Toronto, Ont.)
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Benefit performances
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Hanukkah
- 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
- 1976-10-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1265
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1265
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1906]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Bernhard Wladowsky was an obercantor in Bucarest.
- Notes
- Originally a New Year's card.
- Name Access
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- 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
- Romania
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2372
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2372
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [195-]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Cantor Bernard Wladowsky in centre.
- 2nd from right in 2nd row: Sam Richman.
- Name Access
- Richman, Sam
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Cantors (Judaism)
- Choirs (Music)
- Portraits, Group
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-7-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 2363
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2363
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam Richman sang with Cantor Wladowksy and operatic companies.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of Sam Richman.
- Name Access
- Richman, Sam
- Wladowsky, Bernard, 1870-1963
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Singers
- 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
- 1980-7-2
- 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
