- Part Of
- Workmen's Circle / Arbeiter Ring fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 30
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919-1921
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- The Workmen's Circle / Arbeiter Ring was founded in 1900. It was originally created to protect the rights of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe who were trying to enter the North American labour force. The Workmen's Circle's main purpose was to protect the labour movement and ensure economic justice for its members
- Still strong today, the organization promotes Jewish and Yiddish culture through educational and cultural programs, and as well, is a leader against injustice in the Middle East. They also organize protests for a variety of causes, including unethical labour practices, abortion rights, and gun violence prevention
- Some of their programs include adult lecture series, secular Jewish children's schools, summer camps, and dramatic and choral organizations
- Workmen's Circle / Arbeiter Ring's call to action is "for all to create a more beautiful and better world"
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs depicting the Peretz Shule's students and staff members.
- Name Access
- Arbeòter-ring Y.L. Perets-Shuln
- Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Schools
- Creator
- Workmen's Circle
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2444
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2444
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Photo is a group shot of campers and staff at Camp Yungvelt with posters which read: "War is murder, the promoters - murderers" and "We want our fathers with us and not in war."
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Camp Yungvelt
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- 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
- Pickering (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2443
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2443
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Director: Mrs. Diamond.
- 2nd row, rear: Norman Nelson.
- Name Access
- Nelson, Norman
- Diamond, Mrs.
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Choirs (Music)
- Jews--Music
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1184
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1184
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Workmen's Circle mandolin orchestra.
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Mandolin orchestras
- 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
- 1977-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1185
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1185
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Individuals in the photograph include Sam Shopsowitz (with accordian), Mannie Farber, Percy Lipshitz, Muni Frumhartz, [Mr. Gluskin?], and Al Rosenberg.
- Name Access
- Shopsowitz, Sam
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Mandolin orchestras
- 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
- 1977-1-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3664
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3664
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Left to right: Abraham Rhinewine; Mrs. Rhinewine; Max Helfand; [unknown]; [unknown]; [unknown]; [unknown]; Sheiner; Paul Frumhartz.
- Name Access
- Arbeiter Ring
- Arbeter Ring
- Workmen's Circle
- Rhinewine, Abraham
- Rhinewine, Mrs.
- Helfand, Max
- Sheiner
- Frumhartz, Paul
- 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
- 1984-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4231
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4231
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1915
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification, see accession record.
- Name Access
- National Radical School
- Workmen's Circle
- I.L. Peretz
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Education
- Picnics
- Children
- 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
- High Park (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4233
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4233
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- For identification, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Ladies' Auxiliary
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- I.L. Peretz
- Subjects
- Education
- Women
- 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
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3693
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3693
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Identified in this photograph in the second row, third from right: Abe Magerman.
- Name Access
- Magerman, Abe
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Workmen's Circle
- Subjects
- Youth
- 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
- 1983-6-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3054
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3054
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This is a composite photograph.
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeiter Ring
- Arbeter Ring
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-5
- 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
-
Item 443
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 443
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w, mounted on board ; 14 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is an original photograph of Carl and Rose (Rosen) Strauss and (L-R) (Dr.) Samuel, (Dr.) Harry, and Nathan. Mr. Strauss was a plasterer and one of the founders of the Workmen's Circle in Toronto.
- Notes
- A negative is available.
.
- Name Access
- Strauss, Carl
- Strauss, Rose
- Strauss, Samuel
- Strauss, Harry
- Strauss, Nathan
- Workmen's Circle
- Subjects
- Families
- 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
- Acquired April 7, 1975
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3961
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3961
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by Simon.
- For identification see accession record.
- Name Access
- I.L. Peretz
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Education
- 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
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3963
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3963
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1938
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- Photo by Schlochter.
- Name Access
- I.L. Peretz
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Education
- 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
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3962
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3962
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1937
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Notes
- For identification see accession record.
- Photo by Simon.
- Name Access
- I.L. Peretz
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Education
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Accession Number
- 1986-4-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2447
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2447
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- I.L. Peretz
- Subjects
- School boards
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2442
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2442
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Dec. 1960
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Teacher is Mrs. Fenigstein.
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Subjects
- Flags--Israel
- Students
- Teachers
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2446
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2446
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- I.L. Peretz
- Subjects
- Children's costumes
- Children's theater
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2448
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2448
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 2 Dec. 1965
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Head table from left to right: Mrs. M. Rosenberg; Mrs. Atkin; Joe Silver; I. Matenko; Wargan; Norman Nelson (chairman); Dr. J. Diamond (director, Bureau of Jewish Education); Mrs. Reinhartz (principal, Peretz Shul); Mrs. Dworkin; I. Immergluck; Mrs. B. Nelson.
- Name Access
- Arbeiter Ring
- Arbeter Ring
- Atkin, Mrs.
- Diamond, Dr. J.
- Dworkin, Mrs.
- I. L. Peretz
- Immergluck, I.
- Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960
- Nelson, Mrs. B.
- Nelson, Norman
- Reinhartz, Mrs.
- Rosenberg, Mrs. M.
- Silver, Joe
- Wargan
- Workmen's Circle
- Subjects
- Students
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2445
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2445
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Teacher is Mrs. Reinhartz.
- Name Access
- Workmen's Circle
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- I.L. Peretz
- Subjects
- Students
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-4-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Isaac Matenko fonds
- Level
- Fonds
- Fonds
- 89
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Date
- 1911-1971, predominant 1911-1935
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- 17 photographs
- Admin History/Bio
- Isaac Matenko (1874–1960) was a founder, teacher, and principal of the I. L. Peretz School. He worked tirelessly to preserve and promote secular Jewish culture and the Yiddish language in Toronto. He was also a prominent member of local Jewish organizations, such as the Socialist-Territorialist Club and the Yiddish Kultur Gesellshaft.
- Isaac was born on 1 February 1874 in the town of Makariv, located in the Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. He married Elke Yelia Moshkevitch (1878–19 November 1953) on 4 August 1900 in Yekaterinoslav (today Dnipro). They immigrated from czarist Russia to Toronto in 1906, passing first through New York with their two children, Percy (30 June 1901–May 1987) and Theodore (1903–1906, died of measles at Ellis Island), and Yelia’s three sisters, Dvora, Bracha, and Celia, and Isaac’s younger half-brother, Paul Frumhartz. They had two more children after arriving: Abraham (14 August 1908–October 24, 1989) and Shoshana (Sue) (1911–2001). Although he had been a teacher in Russia, Isaac worked as an operator in a cloak factory in Toronto, where he was instrumental in forming the union (likely the Cloakmakers’ Union of Toronto, which later affiliated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union).
- As a child, Isaac received a traditional Jewish education. This, combined with his self-taught secular education and the teachings of Yiddish nationalist Dr. Chaim Zhitlovski, informed his future career and philosophies. He was described as an idealist by his friends, whose dedication to Yiddish culture and language motivated him to bring this knowledge to a younger generation.
- On 11 July 1911, Isaac and his fellow Socialist-Territorialist members established the Toronto Yiddish National-Radical School. By 1916, it had been taken over by the Workmen’s Circle and renamed the I. L. Peretz School, after the well-known Yiddish author and playwright. The school began in a rented room at the Zionist Institute on Simcoe Street, moving to larger locations on Richmond Street West, then Beverley Street as it grew. Eventually, several more branches opened, such as the Maria Street school that Isaac was affiliated with. He taught at the school for free in the evenings after working during the day in a shop. His brother Paul was also a founding teacher at the school.
- Isaac was described by family, friends, and community members as a passionate teacher with an iron will. He was well-versed in Jewish knowledge, with a desire to pass it on to a younger generation and his fellow union members. He remained involved in the school and in teaching, even after retirement. He died on 2 June 1960 at the age of eighty-six.
- Custodial History
- These records were donated to the OJA by Sue Levy, daughter of Isaac Matenko.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records documenting Isaac Matenko's involvement with the Workmen's Circle and other Jewish organizations. Included are photographs, programmes, certificates, I. L. Peretz School jubilee books, a songbook, a yearbook, articles, and newsclippings.
- Fonds has been arranged into one series for the Workmen's Circle. There are also two files attached to the fonds-level. The records are described at the series and file-level, with some item-level descriptions.
- Name Access
- Arbeiter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring Schools
- Arbeter Ring
- Camp Yungvelt
- Frumhartz, Paul
- I.L. Peretz
- Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960
- Matenko, Percy
- National Radical School
- Peretz Shule
- Workman's Circle
- Workmen's Circle
- Subjects
- Schools
- Teachers
- Yiddish language
- Related Material
- For additional Workmen's Circle records, see: accessions 1979-4-4, 1980-2-2, 1983-6-3, 1984-10-1, 1986-4-1, 1992-1-2, 1997-2-1, 1998-3-32, 2004-5-41, 2004-5-105, and fonds 30.
- For additional Camp Yungvelt records, see: accessions 1979-4-4, 1986-4-1, 1991-12-4, 1993-6-6, 1999-5-1, 2004-5-37, 2005-6-4, 2006-12-3, photographs # 2964, # 4014, # 6021, MG2N1K, Benjamin Brown fonds 49, and Dorothy Dworkin Fonds 10 (item 14).
- Creator
- Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960
- Accession Number
- 1987-11-4
- 1991-4-2
- 2007-5-3
- 2007-6-28
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 256
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 256
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1923]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 23 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- The item is a photograph of students of the Peretz Shule.
- Notes
- This photograph is not the original print.
- The photograph has been plaque mounted.
- Name Access
- Peretz Shule
- Subjects
- Students
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Creator
- Workmen's Circle
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 262
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 262
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1919]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the Workmen's Circle Peretz Shule in Montreal. The photo features the students and teachers on the front steps of the school.
- Notes
- Acquired May 1974.
- Name Access
- Peretz Shule
- Workmen's Circle
- I.L. Peretz
- Arbeter Ring
- Arbeiter Ring
- Subjects
- Students
- Teachers
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Passenger Names
- Zwetnick, Yossel & Sore
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger
- Passenger Names
- Zwetnick, Yossel & Sore
- Page Number
- 270
- Date Range
- June 6, 1911 to January 19, 1915
- Photographer
- Harvey and Adena Glasner
- Source
- Rotenberg Ledger