- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3
- File
- 42
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 Apr. 1970
- Physical Description
- 6 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at the Pride of Israel Synagogue during the United Jewish Appeal Campaign. The images include group photographs of members of the synagogue, and members of the United Jewish Appeal seated at a head table addressing the assembled crowd.
- Name Access
- Pride of Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- 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
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 4
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- [ca. 1900]-2010
- Physical Description
- 3.1 metres of textual records and other material
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell (1919-2000) was a prominant member of the Toronto Jewish community who initially pursued a career as a pharmacist and was later founder and president of the property development company, Elmdale Investments. He held positions as board member or chair in a wide variety of religious, educational and social service organizations and institutions both in Canada and Israel. In Toronto, these included: Clanton Park Synagogue, Adas Israel Synagogue, Jones Avenue Cemetery, Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto (formerly Toronto Jewish Congress, and now the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto).
- Edell was born in Toronto on 5 March 1919, the son of Pesach and Molly Edell. He attended Harbord Collegiate and graduated from the Toronto College of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, in 1943 while on leave of absence from the army. He was enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War and served in the signal corps.
- After he completed his army service, he opened Edell’s Drug Store at 1978 Queen Street in Etobicoke in 1948, the first shomer Shabbat drug store in the city. He operated a second store at 494 Spadina Avenue in the late 1940s. In 1955 the Queen Street location was expropriated by the City of Toronto. Subsequently, Edell founded Elmdale Investments, the company which built and managed the Elmhurst Plaza in Etobicoke. He reopened the drug store, which was renamed Elmhurst Drugs in the plaza. He also invested in two retail textile stores, Deltex Drapery and Dodd’s Drapery which had been founded by group of businessmen including his cousin Israel Edell.
- In 1952 he married Dolly Weinstock, the daughter of Moishe and Sylvia Weinstock. They lived in the newly developed suburb of North York with their four children: Ethel, Simcha, Malka and Joseph. After 10 years of marriage, Dolly died and in 1966, he married Celia Rogen Hoffman.
- Sol Edell was a founding member and first president of the Clanton Park Congregation. He was actively involved in the construction of the synagogue and its development. He continued to be affiliated with Shomrai Shabbos where his grandfather Rabbi Yosef Weinreb had been the rabbi. He was also involved with Adas Israel, the synagogue in Hamilton where his wife Celia had been an active member.
- He was chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region -- Toronto Jewish Congress Archives Committee, which subsequently became the Ontario Jewish Archives. During his tenure, the archives was responsible for the reconstruction of the Kiever Synagogue which had been built in the early 1900s but had fallen into a state of disrepair by the 1960s.
- Sol Edell was also involved in a number of Zionist organizations. He was the founding chair of the Aliyah Support Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, whose mandate was to assist Torontonians who had moved to Israel and ease their transition into Israeli society. He was also an active member of the Mizrachi organization and its affiliated institutions. Another one of Sol Edell’s interests was ensuring the preservation of local cemeteries. He was president of the Jones Avenue Cemetery and on the board of Pardes Shalom and the Bathurst Lawn Cemetery, Clanton Park section.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting Sol Edell's business activities, community involvement and personal life. Included is correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, financial records, legal records, publications, audio-visual material, invitations, newspaper clippings, artifacts, lists, reports, speeches, and architectural drawings.
- The fonds is organized into the following eleven series: Personal; Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy; Elmdale Investments; Deltex Drapery and Dodd's Drapery; Adas Israel Synagogue; Clanton Park Synagogue; Shomrai Shabbos; Aliyah; Cemetery and funeral home; Historical materials; and, Activities and organizations.
- Notes
- Physical description note: includes 739 photographs, 232 architectural drawings, 11 audio cassettes, 9 audio reels, 13 film reels, 7 videocassettes, 4 slides, 1 plaque, 4 badges, and 1 key.
- Name Access
- Edell Solomon, 1919-2000
- Clanton Park Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Edell, Dolly
- Edell, Celia
- Edell's Drug Store
- Elmhurst Pharmacy
- Jones Avenue Cemetery
- Canadian Jewish Congress/ Toronto Jewish Congress Archives
- Aliyah Support Committee
- Subjects
- Business
- Pharmacists
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Physical Condition
- The bulk of the architectural drawings are currently being stored rolled up. They should be flattened and encapsulated in melinex.
- Film and sound reels should be digitized.
- Related Material
- See fonds #5 for material related to Paul Edell.
- See accession #2012-10/9 for material related to the Edell family.
- Creator
- Edell, Solomon, 1919-2000
- Accession Number
- 2002-12-2
- 2008-8-29
- 2011-5-4
- 2012-10-9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- Date
- 1947-1969
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- 3 photographs
- 7 architectural plans
- Admin History/Bio
- Sol Edell graduated with a degree in pharmacy in 1943. After completing his military service, he opened Edell's Drug Store and began working as a pharmacist. He subsequently opened two other drug stores, Edell's Drug Store located on Spadina Avenue and Elmhurst Drugs. Although he continued to own Elmhurst Drugs until his death in 2000, he retired from pharmacy in 1962.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of material relating to the establishment and operation of Sol Edell’s pharmacy from the three locations where he operated drug stores. Series consists of financial records, newspaper advertisements, ink blotters, and flyers and prescription envelopes from the 1940s and 1950s with the name and logo of Edell’s Drug Store. In addition, there is correspondence and legal documents pertaining to a planned renovation of the Queen Street Store and the expropriation of the building by the City of Toronto. Also included is a photograph of a group of Toronto pharmacists.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Elmhurst Pharmacy
- Elmhurst Plaza
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of advertising flyers announcing an anniversary drug sale and promotional prescription envelopes from Edell's Drug Store at 1978 Queen Street West. The name, address and phone number of the store are printed on the prescription envelopes. Also included is a blank prescription slip of Dr. I.A. Grenville, which advertises Edell's Drug Store on Queen Street.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to medications ordered by the Department of Veteran's Affairs, Sunnybrook Hospital. The letters list the name and number of the patient and the price of the medication ordered.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1953-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 presentation drawing : brownline drawing, hand col. ; 41 x 82 cm
- 3 technical drawings : brownline prints ; 52 x 54 cm and 54 x 78 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invoices from the architect relating to the construction of a new building which Sol Edell wanted to build on the site occupied by Edell's Drug Store. Also included is correspondence with the Municipality of Etobicoke regarding a building permit and a report from the Ontario Municipal Board regarding by-laws for apartment buildings. File also consists of a presentation drawing of what the proposed apartment building would look like and preliminary floor plans and elevation drawings by architect Sidney Samuels.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1955-1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence relating to the expropriation of the Queen Street property by the Metropolitan Toronto. An appraisal report which outlines the compensation that Sol Edell would receive is also included.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- In 1947, Sol Edell opened his drug store at 1978 Queen Street in a building which he had rented from Ross Cameron.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lease agreement between Sol Edell and Ross Cameron, the owner of the building. Also included is a description of the janitor services referred to in the lease.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1947-1952
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of legal documents relating to Sol Edell's purchase of the Queen Street store and adjacent property from Ross and Yvonne Cameron. Also included is Sol Edell's mortgage for the property.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 15 Oct. 1956
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a legal document relating to the sale of the Queen Street store to Metropolitan Toronto.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1951-1955
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of annual trading, profit and loss statements for Edell's Drug Store.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4205
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4205
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- Director Sharyn Stein Hurwitz on far left.
- Tevye's daughters, left to right: Natalie Riback; Joanna Levitt; Leora Erez.
- Performances held February 15, 16 at 3630 Bathurst St. Proceeds to Associated Leslie Building Fund and UJA.
- Notes
- Photo appeared in CJN?
- Name Access
- Hurwitz, Sharyn Stein
- Riback, Natalie
- Levitt, Joanna
- Erez, Leora
- Associated Hebrew Schools
- Fiddler on the Roof
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Students
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4215
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4215
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Prime ministers--Israel
- 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
- 1986-1-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4216
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4216
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Synagogues
- Accession Number
- 1986-1-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4217
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4217
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Prime ministers--Israel
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-1-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 912
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 912
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired 1976.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Fund raising
- 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 6147
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6147
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- Cole, Albert Tubby
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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 6152
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6152
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1972 and 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- President: United Jewish Welfare Fund 1973-1974.
- Campaign chairman: United Jewish Appeal 1972.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Granovsky, Phil
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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 6154
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6154
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- Plaut, Rabbi Gunther
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rabbis
- 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 1217
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1217
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- See accession record.
- Acquired September 9, 1975.
- Name Access
- Israel
- Slonim, Rabbi Reuben
- Phillips, Nathan, 1892-1976
- Phillips, Mrs. Nathan
- Weinberg, Bernard
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Charities
- Politicians
- Rabbis
- Places
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5025
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5025
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Standing on first step of ladder: Murray Atkins.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Atkins, Murray
- Subjects
- Charities
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5030
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5030
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Far left: partner of Sussman.
- 3rd from left: Sussman (Consolidated Building).
- 5th from left: J.I. Oelbaum.
- 7th from left: Fisher (brother of Alex).
- Second row, far left: Rosenberg.
- Second row, 2nd from left: Teddy Richmond.
- Second row, 3rd from right: Bert Fine.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Fine, Bert
- Fisher
- Oelbaum, J. Irving, 1899-1966
- Richmond, Teddy
- Rosenberg
- Sussman
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Charities
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5037
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5037
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 6 Nov. 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- 2nd from right: Dr. Ralph Halbert.
- Extreme right: Hugh Bearg.
- 5th from right: Bill Kagan.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Halbert, Dr. Ralph
- Bearg, Hugh
- Kagan, Bill
- Subjects
- Charities
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 5041
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5041
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Front row, 3rd from left: Black.
- Front row, 2nd from right: Arthur Minden.
- 2nd row, left: Buddy Rothschild.
- 2nd row, at bottom of steps: Murray Atkins.
- Top row, left: Noel Zeldin.
- Top row, right: Ben Winbaum.
- Notes
- This is a photocopy.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Black
- Minden, Arthur
- Rothschild, Buddy
- Atkins, Murray
- Zeldin, Noel
- Winbaum, Ben
- Subjects
- Charities
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3411
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3411
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Many prominent individuals are shown in this photograph, with names written on the bottom.
- Name Access
- Jewish National Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Zionism
- 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
- 1982-11-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6149
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6149
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [19--]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm b&w ; 10 x 12 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Campaign Chairman: United Jewish Appeal 1976.
- President: Toronto Jewish Congress1980-1982.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of an original portrait, which is hanging on the fourth-floor wall, and a copy negative. The negative is housed in the OJA's photo cabinet.
- Name Access
- Posluns, Wilfred
- United Jewish Appeal
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Subjects
- Portraits
- 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 1218
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1218
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- See accession record.
- Name Access
- Weinberg, Bernard
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Charities
- Places
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6014
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6014
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Aquired May 1990.
- Name Access
- Nemal ha-te ufah Ben-Guryon
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Airports
- Immigrants--Israel
- Jews--Soviet Union
- 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
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1991-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6015
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6015
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired May 1990.
- Name Access
- Nemal ha-te ufah Ben-Guryon
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Airports
- Immigrants--Israel
- Jews--Soviet Union
- 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
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1991-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6016
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6016
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired May 1990.
- Name Access
- Nemal ha-te ufah Ben-Guryon
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Airports
- Immigrants--Israel
- Jews--Soviet Union
- 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
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1991-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 6018
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 6018
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- May 1990
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Acquired May 1990.
- Name Access
- Nemal ha-te ufah Ben-Guryon
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Airports
- Immigrants--Israel
- Jews--Soviet Union
- Places
- Israel
- Accession Number
- 1991-9-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2355
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2355
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 Jun. 1965
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Possibly taken at Beth Tzedec.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
- Smith, Mr.
- United Jewish Appeal
- Sugar, Mrs. David
- Subjects
- Awards
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gilbert Studios fonds
- Negev dinners series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 1
- File
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 53 negatives : b&w and col. ; 6 x 6 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Leon E. Weinstein was born in the back room of his family's grocery store in Toronto on August 19, 1909. His parents names were Sam and Sarah Weinstein. Leon married Anna Sackin and together they had three children named: Carol Joy, Frances Lee, and Henry Jacob. Continuing in his family's line of work, Leon was President and General Manager for a large grocery corporation called Power Super Markets Limited.
- He was also actively involved in the Toronto Jewish community and held several appointments with B'nai B'rith, United Jewish Appeal Toronto, Israel Bond Drive, United Appeal of Greater Toronto, United Jewish Welfare Fund, Toronto Jewish Home for the Aged and many more. He was a member of the Holy Blossom Temple.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of negatives documenting the Negev dinner held in tribute to Leon E. Weinstein. 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: Robert R. Hall, Rabbi Dr. Moses J. Burak, James F. Kay, Rabbi Harold Lerner, Eric Exton, Charles A. Kent, Lewish J. E. Moses, Philip Granovsky, David L. Dennis, Mrs. Arnold Finkler, Hon. Dr. Aba Gefen, Hon. Allan Grossman, Philip Givens, Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, and Allen Ephraim Diamond.
- Name Access
- Weinstein, Leon E.
- Hall, Robert R.
- Burak, Rabbi Dr. Moses J.
- Kay, James F.
- Lerner, Rabbi Harold
- Exton, Eric, 1907-1997
- Kent, Charles A.
- Moses, Lewis J.E.
- Dennis, David L.
- Finkler, Mrs. Leona
- Gefen, Hon. Dr. Aba
- Grossman, Allan, 1910-1991
- Givens, Phillip
- Plaut, Rabbi W. Gunther
- Diamond, Allen Ephraim
- Granovsky, Philip
- Jewish National Fund
- Negev dinners
- B'nai B'rith
- United Jewish Appeal
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Israel Bonds Drive
- Toronto Jewish Home for the Aged
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 5002
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5002
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Apr. 1962
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a United Jewish Appeal (UJA) dinner in Toronto. Seated at the head table is (left to right): Mrs. and Mr. Ray Wolfe, [unidentified], Alvin Rosenberg (at microphone). Hanging above their heads is a sign reading: $3,180,000 in 1962 for Jewish needs at Home and Overseas. Give and Let Live.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Appeal
- Wolfe, Ray
- Rosenberg, Alvin
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an inventory of the non prescription goods in Edell's Drug Store and an assessment of its monetary value.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two photographs of the exterior of Sol Edell's Drug Store at 1978 Queen Street.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Edell's Drug Store and Elmhurst Pharmacy series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 2
- File
- 6
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 3 technical drawings : blueprints ; 64 x 89 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a floor plan and glass and metal detail drawings.
- Name Access
- Edell's Drug Store
- 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
- Ellis I. and Fanny Shapiro fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 94
- Item
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1953]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Fanny Shapiro with a group of women at a campaign tea. The women are probably from the Women's Service Council of the United Jewish Welfare Fund or the Women's Division of the United Jewish Appeal. Standing far right: Fanny Shapiro.
- Name Access
- Shapiro, Fanny
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- United Jewish Appeal
- Subjects
- Charities
- Women
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Photograph has suffered water damage and is in poor condition.
- Accession Number
- 2005-8-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 67
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1936-2010, predominant 1938-1976
- Physical Description
- 14.3 m of textual records
- 5593 photographs, 25 x 20 cm and smaller, and other media
- Admin History/Bio
- The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto (FJPT) was incorporated in Ontario in March 1917 to coordinate the fundraising activities of Jewish charitable, philanthropic, and social service agencies in Toronto. In 1918, ten separate agencies were funded by the FJPT. By 1937, fourteen agencies were funded. The Great Depression of the 1930s and the development of several newer Jewish aid, education, and medical care organizations created both increased need for resources and growing competition for ever-more scarce dollars. Within a very few years, this funding crisis forced a major review of the organization.
- During 1936, a series of special meetings of leading individuals were held to examine the income and expenditures of all Toronto Jewish agencies and also to speculate about the need for a new Toronto Jewish "community chest" as the sole fund-raising organization for a federation of all Jewish agencies, including the FJPT. In 1938, the new United Jewish Welfare Fund was formally constituted. Added to the FJPT's previous list of Toronto client agencies in 1938 were: the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Hebrew National Association, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Association, the Mizrachi Society, the Toronto Free Loan Association, the Geverkshaften, and Old Folks Home, and the United Palestine Appeal, raising the total number of agencies to twenty-two.
- When the State of Israel was established in 1948, the UJWF's annual fundraising campaign was combined with the CJC's United Palestine appeal to form a new, combined campaign named the United Jewish Appeal (UJA). In 1967, the UJA name was legally changed to the United Jewish Appeal of Metropolitan Toronto.
- In mid-1976, the organization's public name was changed to the Toronto Jewish Congress. Although initially thought of as a merger between the UJWF and the CJC, the actual result was the expansion of the UJWF responsibilities to include local education and welfare services previously shared with the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. The UJWF, however, remained the legal senior entity.
- In 1991, the public name was again changed to the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto and, in 1999, to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. By this date, over thirty beneficiary and affiliated agencies, forty-nine affiliated schools and five federation departments were fully or partly funded by the federation.
- In June 2010, the organization altered its legal structure, with the senior legal entity becoming the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of 25 series: Annual Meetings, Annual Reports, Board of Directors, Constitution Committee, Executive Committee, Officers Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Administration Committee, Social Planning Committee, Committee on Capital Needs and Planning, Central Committee on Scholarships in Aid, Joint Committee of the BJE and UJWF Study on Jewish Education, Nominations Committee, Pension Fund Committee, Coordinating Committee, Special Ad Hoc and Temporary Committees, Annual Campaign, Client Agencies, Joint Committee of the CJC and the UJWF, Committee on Community Organization, Sub-Committee on Construction and Administration of Community Schools, Joint Committee on Fundraising, Personnel Committee, Community Leadership Development Council, and Israel at Fifty Community Celebration.
- Over 4500 photographs and a variety of other media are managed within Series 17, Campaign records.
- Notes
- For exact details about the contents of individual series and sub-series, please review their scope and contents notes.
- Name Access
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto
- United Jewish Appeal
- Toronto Jewish Congress
- Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto
- UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
- Subjects
- Charities
- Fund raising
- Access Restriction
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Related Material
- For records of the predecessor of the UJWF, see Fonds 66, the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Toronto fonds.
- Further detailed documentation of the proposed merger between the UJWF and the CJC (creation of the TJC) may be found in Fonds 67, Sub-sub-series 5-5-1, Files 171 and 221.
- Further documentation on the United Jewish Welfare Fund may be found within Fonds 9, Series 7, records of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society.
- For further detailed records of a key community leader's involvement with the UJWF see Accession 1982-8-8, the records of Samuel Godfrey, 1943-1972.
- Creator
- United Jewish Welfare Fund (1938-)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions