- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- 1 commemorative book
- 1 bulletin
- Date
- 1938-1939, 1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three items. The first item is a Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood scrapbook for the years 1962–64. The second item is a commemorative book released on the occasion of the 1938 dedication of Holy Blossom Temple. The third item is a Holy Blossom Temple bulletin dated 26 November 1939.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Women
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs
- Date
- [nd], 1966
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs of sketches detailing former Holy Blossom Temple locations. The first is a sketch by an unknown artist of Coombe's Drugstore and the second is a sketch by artist Aba Bayefsky of the Richmond St. building.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1982-9-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 7 microfilm reels
- Date
- 1856-1969
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of seven microfilm reals documenting the early years of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Reels are as follows:
- Reel 1: Minutes, 1856-1901; Building Committee, 1894-1897.
- Reel 2: Minutes, 1894-1900; Collection Books, 1902-1919; By-laws and Minutes, 1939-1956; By-laws for Holy Blossom Cemeteries; Minutes, 1930-1947; Building Committee, 1937; New Synagogue, 1938.
- Reel 3: By-laws and Minutes, 1939-1956.
- Reel 4: Register of Toronto Hebrew Congregation; Births, 1857-1868; Marriages, 1851-1894; Burials, 1848 -1900; Large Marriage Register 1858 -1878; By-laws 1876-? (Handwritten), 1894, 1904, 1929, 1949,1955 (printed); By-laws Cemeteries ?-1921; Cash Books, 1900; Monthly Cash Books, 1919; Letterpress copy book and instructions for use; Records and letters from 1891; Letterbooks, 1891-1894; Aliyah Book (which is a small hard cover indexed book containing names of members in English and Hebrew, used for calling members to bless and read the Torah) ca. 1890; January 1921- Ecumenical Service; February 1928- first Canadian exchange of pulpits with Rev. E. Crossley Hunter of Carlton Street United Church and Rabbi Abraham Feinberg participating; Toronto Hebrew Ladies Sick and Benevolent Society Minutes instituted in January 1868, original charter 9 July 1877, later became Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society; Centennial preparation, committee, service, memorials and interview reports with older members of the congregation.
- Reel 5: Collection Books, 1884 -1919.
- Reel 6: Officers' Minutes, 1952-1964; Board and Annual Meeting Minutes, 1964-1965; Board Minutes, 1966-1967; Board of Trustees Minutes, 1968-1969; Officers, Trustees & Committee Chairmen; Minutes, 1965-1969.
- Reel 7: 11 May 1967 onward
- MG_RG
- MG 3 A1
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-11-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1934-1956
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of historical material collected by the CJC Central Region Centenary Committee or Historical Committee (both committee names appear in the file). These materials include several CJC Ontario Division documents dating from 1934. The bulk of the accession consists of reports of interviews conducted in 1956 with members of Holy Blossom as part of a Holy Blossom Centennial research project.
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2008-1-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 19 May 1950
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one letter from Rabbi Abraham Feinberg of Holy Blossom Temple to Mrs. Jack Silverman of Sudbury regarding the bar mitzvah of her son, Stephen. The letter includes instructions and procedures for bar mitzvahs held at Holy Blossom.
- Administrative History
- Lilian Rosenthal is the daughter of Rabbi William Rosenthal. Rabbi Rosenthal had been the rabbi in Sudbury for many years. The family currently owns a Judaica store on Bathurst Street, named Miriam's.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as PDF.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Name Access
- Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Name
- David Hart
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- David Hart
- Number
- OH 289
- Subject
- Family history
- Interview Date
- 17 Jun. 2005, 30 Jun. 2005
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Ellen Scheinberg
- Biography
- David Hart was the archivist at the Holy Blossom Temple. He is related to the famous Hart family, who were one of the first Jewish families to settle in Canada.
- David's father, Alfred, was in the Canadian infantry during the First World War and fought in four major battles. David was in the Naval Home Guard, Royal Regiment, during the Second World War from September 1942 to May 1944 on the homefront in Halifax and Calgary.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 18 Oct. 2019
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine
- Number
- OH 451
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease)
- Homophobia
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity
- Same-sex marriage
- Sexual minorities
- Social movements
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 18 Oct. 2019
- Interviewer
- Michael Friesen
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 18 min.
- Notes
- Associated material: Records of Chutzpah are located in the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives.
- General note: The OJA has a copy of Harvey Brownstone's article "I Now Pronounce You Wife and Wife," which was originally published in the fall 2014 edition of Reform Judaism Magazine. The article mentions Chutzpah and may be of interest to researchers.
- Use Restrictions
- See administrative notes.
- Biography
- Harvey Brownstone was born on 24 July 1956 in Paris, France and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. His father was a social worker who worked at the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre for thirty-five years and was director for twenty-one years (from 1967–1988). Brownstone obtained his LLB degree from Queen's University and was appointed a provincial judge with the Ontario Court of Justice in 1995. He was the first openly gay judge appointed in Canada. He resides in Toronto.
- Howard Levine was born in Toronto on 29 June 1947. He earned his bachelor of arts (political science with urban planning) from the University of Waterloo and his master in environmental studies (urban planning and public transportation) from York University. From 1973 to 1975, he worked as a consultant with Peat, Marwick and Partners. From 1976 to 1982, he worked as an area and general planner with the City of Toronto's Planning and Development Department. From 1982 to 1988, he was sole proprietor of HJL Consulting. From 1988 to 1994, he served as councillor for Ward 14. After serving his second term as city councillor, Levine returned to HJL Consulting.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Bolton, Elizabeth
- Brownstone, Harvey, 1956-
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Canadian Jewish News
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
- Casey House (Toronto, Ont.)
- Cecil Community Centre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Church of the Holy Trinity (Toronto, Ont.)
- Chutzpah (Toronto, Ont.)
- Congregation B'nai Kehillah of Toronto
- Eggleton, Art, 1943-
- Farber, Bernie
- Hamilton JCC
- Hawkes, Brent, 1950-
- Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Keshet Shalom (Toronto, Ont.)
- Levine, Howard, 1947-
- Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
- Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
- Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)
- Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
- Robinson, Svend, 1952-
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Slater, Ruth
- Temple Emanu-El (Toronto, Ont.)
- World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations
- York University (Toronto, Ont.)
- Geographic Access
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Kingston (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Waterloo (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- 0:00.20 Harvey Brownstone and Howard Levine introduce themselves.
- 0:00:27 Harvey discusses what it was like coming of age as a gay Jewish man in Ontario. Harvey grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, where his father was the director of the Hamilton JCC. His mother had a French-imported ladies' wear store. After coming out to his parents in the 1970s, he moved to Kingston, Ontario, where he attended Queen's University.
- 0:03:13 Howard discusses how his experience was different. He was born and raised in downtown Toronto. His father died when he was a teenager; his mother got sick soon after. As a result, Harvey was largely on his own. He went off to Waterloo for university and then York for graduate school. It's around that time he came to terms with who he was.
- 0:05:05 Howard discusses a gay Jewish group, B'nai Kehillah, that existed before Chutzpah. It met at the Church of the Holy Trinity, an Anglican church in Toronto.
- 0:06:19 Harvey and Howard discuss what Chutzpah was, when it started, and how they became involved.
- 0:09:40 Harvey discusses a trip Chutzpah took to the Royal Ontario Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were being exhibited. It was on this trip that Harvey "really met" Howard.
- 0:10:10 Harvey discusses how he and Howard came to the conclusion that Chutzpah could be more than "just a place to meet."
- 0:11:11 Harvey discusses the impact the AIDS epidemic had on Chutzpah's focus. Harvey explains that after American Actor Rock Hudson's death, AIDS was front page news in big cities like Toronto.
- 0:12:03 Harvey discusses the decision to have Friday night Oneg Shabbats in the late 1980s. Initially, these were held at the Cecil Community Centre on Cecil Street in Toronto. Howard used his position as city councillor to make this happen.
- 0:13:14 Harvey discusses why the Cecil Community Centre was not an ideal location for the group's services. Howard, therefore, approached the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre and got the group a room for Friday nights.
- 0:14:52 Harvey discusses Chutzpah’s decision to join the World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organization (today, World Congress of GLBT Jews).
- 0:15:40 Harvey discusses the group's decision to attend a World Congress of Gay & Lesbian Jewish Organizations conference in Amsterdam.
- 0:17:40 Harvey relates an event hosted by the then mayor of Amsterdam, in which the mayor laid a wreath with a pink triangle to honour gay victims of the Holocaust. Harvey and Howard discuss being moved by this.
- 0:18:50 Harvey mentions some of the things that came out of the Amsterdam conference.
- 0:20:05 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's decision to host a conference in Toronto. The conference, which took place in 1990, was held at the Primrose Hotel.
- 0:23:16 Harvey and Howard discuss the decision to invite Svend Robinson, Canada's first openly-gay member of parliament, to speak at the conference.
- 0:23:38 Howard interjects to explain that he was never "out" while on city council. Despite this, he "did a number of things," including getting benefits for same-sex couples and proclaiming Pride Day in Toronto. Howard notes that Art Eggleton, Toronto's mayor at the time, was opposed to proclaiming Pride Day.
- 0:24:37 Harvey and Howard discuss the Toronto conference some more. Harvey discusses a group of five women cantors who performed at the banquet. The group included Elizabeth Bolton, a cantor at Temple Emanu-El, and Ruth Slater, a cantor at Temple Anshe Sholom.
- 0:26:50 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of press coverage for the conference. An exception was the Canadian Jewish News.
- 0:28:30 Harvey and Howard discuss some of Chutzpah's other initiatives: having a booth at Pride, selling corned beef sandwiches to raise money, and selling rainbow yarmulkes. The group also marched in Pride with a banner.
- 0:28:56 Harvey discusses Chutzpah's support for Pflag (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). He notes that many gay Jews found the most traumatic part of coming out to be the issue of the parents.
- 0:29:48 Harvey and Howard discuss the mainstream Jewish community's response to the AIDS crisis. Howard says it was in denial. He also discusses his involvement with the Canadian Jewish Congress' Community Relations Committee and Bernie Farber inviting him to join the committee.
- 0:31:15 Howard discusses how things have changed. He says Chutzpah dissolved because it wasn't needed anymore.
- 0:32:55 Harvey expands on Howard's point that there was no more need for Chutzpah.
- 0:33:30 Harvey and Howard clarify Chutzpah's timeline: Harvey joined the group in the mid-1980s. It lasted until the mid-1990s. At that point, it transformed into Keshet Shalom. That group became defunct in the early 2000s. That's when Howard donated his records to the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (now the ArQuives).
- 0:34:14 Harvey and Howard discuss how they never agreed that Chutzpah should have become Keshet Shalom (a congregation). They discuss their reasons for not wanting to be a congregation.
- 0:35:43 Harvey and Howard discuss how many members Chutzpah had at its peak.
- 0:36:11 Harvey and Howard discuss Chutzpah's relationship with the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto and Brent Hawkes, one of the church's pastors. They also discuss an unnamed member of the church, a reverend, who identified as both Jewish and Christian and who attended several of Chutzpah's Friday night services.
- 0:39:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the lack of antisemitism they encountered in non-Jewish gay and lesbian communities.
- 0:40:28 Harvey and Howard discuss the presence (or lack thereof) of Chutzpah ads in the Jewish press. They note that the Canadian Jewish News did cover the Toronto conference.
- 0:41:59 Harvey and Howard discuss issues facing the Jewish LGBT community in 2019. Harvey mentions the ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) community as one area of concern. He also discusses elevated rates of suicide among gay youth.
- 0:45:56 Howard discusses the isolation of gay and lesbian Hasids.
- 0:46:22 Howard discusses the viewpoint of Toronto's established Jewish community today.
- 0:47:34 Harvey and Howard share their final thoughts.
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 47
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 47
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of one black-and-white photograph of a sketch by Aba Bayefsky of Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Zelda Young fonds
- Ben Kayfetz segment series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 135
- Series
- 17
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Date
- 6 May 1984
- Physical Description
- 1 audio reel (3 min., 39 sec.) : polyester, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono ; 1/4 in.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of Ben Kayfetz's segment. He gives a eulogy to Rabbi David [Grobart?], who had died earlier in the week; talks about a protest attended by 700 people against the proposed sale of West German munitions and armours to Saudi Arabia; gives his impressions of Holy Blossom's new rabbi, Doug [surname unintelligible], after his address at the Community Assembly on the Holocaust at Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue. There is also a section in Yiddish. Finally, Kayfetz briefly mentions the upcoming 36th anniversary of Israel.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Physical Condition
- Tape is in good condition. Audio quality is good. No signs of mold or SBS.
- Accession Number
- 1986-12-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2014-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-3-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1944, 2006-2007, 2013-2014
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Holy Blossom Temple Bulletins dated Sept. 2006, Nov. 2006, Jan. 2007, June 2013, Sept. 2013, Dec. 2013, calendar of events for Fall/Winter and Winter/Spring 2013, and family programming for 2013/2014. Also includes an obituary of Irving Milchberg and a scanned copy of a reunion of confirmation class (1944) that pictures Nancy Draper and others.
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Draper, Nancy
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-5-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-5-8
- Material Format
- textual record
- moving images
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 m of textual records
- 10 film reels : 8mm
- ca. 300 photographs
- Date
- [192-]-[200-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Steinberg family. The bulk of the material was collected and created by Elise Steinberg. Included are photographs and slides, family films, Israel and Miriam's wedding album and honeymoon scrapbook, correspondence and greeting cards, newsletters, Holy Blossom Temple bulletins, newsletters, certificates, Elise's school notebooks and assignments, and financial and legal records pertaining to the estate of Joseph Steinberg. Of particular note are Elise Steinberg's diaries which span the years from 1974 to 1984. Also of note is material documenting the family's resignation from Holy Blossom Temple.
- Custodial History
- The material came into the possession of Charles Levi and his parents after the death of Israel and Miriam Steinberg.
- Administrative History
- Irving (Israel) Steinberg was born to Joseph and Leah Steinberg (Schindermann) on January 16, 1919. Joseph and Leah had immigrated to Canada in 1914. They initially lived in Peterborough, but moved to Toronto by 1921. They lived in Toronto for a few years, but evetually settled in Sudbury and opened the Toronto Bargain Store.
- Irving joined the Canadian army in 1942 and served in Canada. He married Miriam (from Philadelphia) and they lived in Toronto. They had one daughter, Elise, on September 25, 1955. Israel worked as an accountant and Miriam was a musician and patron of the arts. In her teen years, Elise developed an intellectual and physical disability (possibly scoliosis). Elise was an avid doll collector and volunteered for many years at Holy Blossom Temple's library. The family were members of Holy Blossom Temple for many years and tried advocating for better access to the synagogue for individuals with disabilities. They resigned their membership in the 1990s.
- Elise passed away on April 5, 2005. Miriam passed away on February 28, 2011. Irving passed away the following day on March 1, 2011.
- Subjects
- Diaries
- Families
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Steinberg, Elise, 1955-2005
- Steinberg, Irving, 1919-2011
- Steinberg, Miriam, ?-2011
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-11-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2015-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records relating to Holy Blossom Temple and includes an Adult Education Guide (2015), L’Shanah Tovah Bulletin (2015) and Family & Youth Education Centre Programs 2015/2016 – 5776.
- Administrative History
- Nancy Draper is an active member of the Jewish community and has been a volunteer at the Ontario Jewish Archives for many years.
- Subjects
- Education
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Draper, Nancy
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Bathurst St. (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-30
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-30
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records (3 vol.)
- Date
- 1953-1956, 1960-1961
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three bound volumes of the Holy Blossom Temple Bulletin for the years September 1953 to June 1954; August 1955 to May 1956; and September 1960 to July 1961.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of these records. The accession number has been assigned by the archivist.
- Descriptive Notes
- RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Holy Blossom Temple bulletins can also be found in MG3 A1.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-4-21
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-4-21
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2006-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records documenting the history and activities of Holy Blossom Temple. Included are synagogue bulletins (2014-2016), pamphlets and a calendar of events. Of note are a series of pamphlets created by the Holy Blossom Temple Archives Committee on various topics including, the history of the synagogue, the synagogue building, the history of education at the synagogue and early founders/leaders (Edmund Scheuer, Abraham Nordheimer, Lewis Samuel, Sigmund Samuel, Alfred Benjamin, and Frank D. Benjamin).
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-1-3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- [before 1937]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photograph of Holy Blossom Synagogue on Bond Street, Toronto. It was located at this location from 1897-1937.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm and 9 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1921, 1927
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the confirmation class at Holy Blossom Temple from 1927 and a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive from 1920–21. The following individuals are pictured in the society photograph:
- Back row, left to right: B. Caplan (correspondence secretary); David Goldstick (treasurer); Martin Zodroff (science representative); Joseph Greenberg (medicine representative); Jessie Lavine (arts representative); Jacob M. Stucken (general secretary); James Zimmerman (dental representative); and Charles Rotenberg (ex-president).
- Front row, left to right: Jacob Markus (first vice-president); Rabbi Barnett Brickner (advisor); David Eisen (president); Prof. W. R. Taylor (honorary vice president).
- Absent: Sir Robert Falconer (honorary president); Miss Matti Levi (second vice president); I. B. Levin (Osgoode representative.)
- Use Conditions
- 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.
- Subjects
- Students
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- University of Toronto
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Photographic and audiovisual collection series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 27
- File
- 304
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1977
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 20 x 25 cm and 28 x 28 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one photograph and two negatives of women at a UJA canvasser training event held at Holy Blossom Temple. Identified on the back of the photo are (L to R) Marsha Slivka, Lorraine Cooper, Elaine Cooper, Caren Pass, and Roy Davidson.
- Notes
- Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4137
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Mrs. Leo M. Frankel.
- Mr. Morley Pape.
- Mrs. Arthur Jacobs.
- Mrs. David Palter.
- Mrs. Howard Fisher.
- Mrs. Mort Levy.
- Mrs. Samuel Hellen.
- Name Access
- Frankel, Mrs. Leo M.
- Pape, Morley
- Jacobs, Mrs. Arthur
- Palter, Mrs. David
- Fisher, Mrs. Howard
- Levy, Mrs. Mort
- Hellen, Mrs. Samuel
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 980
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 980
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a black and white phtotograph of an original watercolour by artist Aba Bayefsky of the former Richmond St. location of Holy Blossom Temple.
- Name Access
- Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Watercolor painting
- 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
- Richmond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4138
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Sep. 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Mrs. Gunther Plaut; Rabbi Gunther Plaut; Mr. Mort Levy; Mrs. B. Barry Shapiro.
- Name Access
- Plaut, Mrs. Gunther
- Plaut, Rabbi Gunther
- Levy, Mort
- Shapiro, Mrs. B. Barry
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Rabbis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-3-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
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Item 979
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 979
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1856
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing
- Admin History/Bio
- From its inception in 1856 until the building of its first synagogue a block east on Richmond Street at Victoria Street in 1876, the Holy Blossom congregation held traditional Orthodox services in a rented room over Coombe's Drugstore on the south-east corner of Yonge and Richmond Streets.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a drawing of Coombe's Drugstore that appeared in the 1856 Toronto City Directory as part of an advertisement for said drugstore.
- Name Access
- Coombe's Drugstore
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Drugstores
- Synagogues
- Places
- Richmond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-9-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1388-1389
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1388-1389
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : (2 col. slides, 1 b&w negative)
- Notes
- Item is a postcard of the Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street in Toronto.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Postcards
- 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
- Bond Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1976-8-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 932
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 932
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- Acquired September 1976.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 933
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 933
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Acquired September 1976.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 934
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 934
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1956]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Notes
- Credit: Harold Robinson.
- Acquired September 1976.
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Synagogues
- Places
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- George Morrison fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 99
- Item
- 137
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (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
- 138
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1978]
- Physical Description
- 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (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 4141
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4141
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [192-?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- King Edward Hotel
- Subjects
- Balls (Parties)
- 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
- 1985-3-7
- 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
