- Name
- Joe and Minna Loewith
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Jun. 1984
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Joe and Minna Loewith
- Number
- OH 37
- OH 38
- Subject
- Agriculture
- Immigrants--Canada
- Interview Date
- 3 Jun. 1984
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- OH 037_001: 31 minutes OH 037_002: 31 minutes OH 038_001 8 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Joe and Minna Loewith immigrated to Canada in November 1938 from the Sudetenland. After arriving in Canada, they settled on the Wren Farm outside of Hamilton, Ontario, along with their family and other members of the immigration group. They got married in 1942. Afterwards, they bought a farm from their brother-in-law and then lived with their three sons on the farm.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Loewith, Joe
- Loewith, Mina
- Silbert, Morris
- Geographic Access
- Hamilton (Ont.)
- Sudetenland (Czech Republic)
- Burlington (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 37, OH 38 - Loewith\OH37_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 37, OH 38 - Loewith\OH37_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 37, OH 38 - Loewith\OH38_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Minna Loewith recalls the events beginning in the summer through the fall of 1938 that led her family to emigrate from Czechoslovakia to Canada.
In this clip, Minna shares some of her earliest recollections of when she and her family arrived in Canada in November 1938.
In this clip, Joe Loewith explains the conditions for Czech immigration to Canada set by the CPR and how they were met.
- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Morris Silbert
- Number
- OH 123
- OH 124
- Subject
- Agriculture
- Immigrants--Canada
- Nonprofit organizations
- Communities
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Brooky Robins
- Total Running Time
- OH123_001: 30 minutes OH123_002: 31 minutes OH124_001: 46 minutes OH124_002: 44 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Morris Silbert was born in 1912 on a farm outside of Hamilton. His parents came from Lithuania. His father arrived in Canada in 1905, and his mother and three older siblings joined him in 1906. Morris spent his youth growing up on farms. At the age of sixteen in 1928, he and his family moved to Hamilton. In his youth, Morris was involved in several Jewish organizations, including Young Judaea, AZA, and Hashomer Hatzair. He was married in 1938. He served in the army in 1943 during the Second World War. Morris was the second vice president of the Council of Jewish Organizations. He also served on the executive board as chair of the nursery school board and participated in several committees.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Silbert, Morris
- Robins, Brooky
- Geographic Access
- Hamilton
- Wentworth
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH123_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH123_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH124_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 123, OH 124 - Silbert\OH124_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Morris Silbert shares memories about Jewish peddlers who were welcomed on his family's farm in southern Ontario. He includes names of peddlers with descriptions of their wares and their carts.
In this clip, Morris Silbert shares memories about Jewish peddlers who were welcomed on his family
In this clip, Morris Silbert describes the restructuring of the Hamilton Jewish community as a result of the Depression in the 1930s. He explains how the Council of Jewish Organizations was formed to replace United Hebrew Association.
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-10
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 9 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 19 MB
- 586 KB of textual records
- Date
- [2015?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 9 digital photographs of Daniel Hoffman, owner of The Cutting Veg, teaching urban farming with the Global Garlic Project, and planting onions and garlic. Also included is one electronic textual document depicting The Cutting Veg's mission statement, issued as promotional material.
- Administrative History
- The Cutting Veg (TCV) is an eco-social enterprise rooted in organic farming. TCV runs four programs aimed at cultivating personal, social, environmental, and economic health. They cultivate multiple acres of mixed vegetables, making organic food more accessible to vegetable lovers of Southern Ontario. In addition to produce sales, TCV runs the “Global Garlic Project.” Specifically, they grow approximately 20 varieties of garlic from around the world, including Polish, Persian, Italian, Russian, Korean, and Israeli. TCV also provides Food Coaching Services, which offers garden & composting project support, agri-business training, food-based workshops, and part-time farming internships. Finally, TCV offers one-on-one “Wellness Counselling” for individuals who want to take steps forward with their health and happiness. Collectively, these programs are helping TCV towards the achievement of its quadruple bottom line: Personal health, Social health, Environmental health, and Economic health. TCV is owned and managed by Daniel Hoffmann. Daniel is an Organic Farmer, Social Worker (BSW), Counsellor, and has been farming in B.C. and Ontario since 2000.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: The textual record is in a graphic file format but is a document.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Education
- Name Access
- Hoffmann, Daniel
- The Cutting Veg (Sutton, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-12-63
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 72 MB
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [2014?]-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 19 digital photos of Shoresh activities including beekeeping, farming, the Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Maxie's Garden in Kensington Market, a map of Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and gardening at Baycrest. Also included is a copy of Shoresh 2016 Year in Review.
- Administrative History
- Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish environmental organization in Southern Ontario. They exist to nurture a regional Jewish community that sees environmental ethics as a core element of Jewish identity, and is actively committed to responsible stewardship of the earth. They do this through educational programs that link Jewish texts and teachings with experiences of awe and wonder of the natural world; leadership opportunities that invest in the next generation of Jewish environmental leaders; and responsive action including environmental advocacy and the production of sustainable products that enrich Jewish life. They operate out of Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and through schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
- Descriptive Notes
- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: There is a PDF version of image #19 of Bela Farm
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Food
- Name Access
- Shoresh (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-3
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. (jpg) ; 10.3 MB
- Date
- 2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one digital photo of Ran Goel with produce. This is a publicity photo for Fresh City Farms.
- Administrative History
- Fresh City Farms is Canada’s largest commercial city farm located on six acres at Downsview Park in Toronto. Its mission is to create and perfect new ways to connect food makers and eaters. Founder Ran Goel lists “his grandmother’s stories about growing up on a Kibbutz, feeling democracy awaken in his childhood home of South Africa and his mom’s stuffed peppers” as inspiration.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Farms
- Food
- Name Access
- Fresh City Farms
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-11-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one photograph of Dave and Carl Loewith with a newborn calf as Wentworth County Farmers of the Year.
- Photo Caption: Wentworth County's Farmers of the Year, Dave and Carl Loewith, with newborn calf, (Ancaster, ON), 1980. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Heritage Centre, Accession # 2016-11-4. Permission for use given by the Hamilton Spectator.
- Administrative History
- The Loewith family operates J. Loewith and Sons Ltd. Summitholm Holsteins located in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. The Loewith family began dairy farming in 1947, nine years after Joe and Minna Loewith arrived as refugees from Czechoslovakia. In its early days, Joe and Minna operated the farm with 16 cows. As of 2016, the farm maintained about 700 cows, 320 of them being milked daily. The farm produced 4.4 million litres of milk in 2008. Including rented land, about 700 acres are in production. The farm has won numerous awards, including being named the top managed dairy herd in Ontario and western Canada in 2008. Care and concern are the keystones of the operation, which is headed by Carl, Dave, and Carl’s son Ben. The philosophy of the farm is to ensure cows are never yelled at or abused physically, that the cows are properly cleaned and rested, and that their individual health is constantly monitored. The progressive nature of the farm has attracted the attention of nearby University of Guelph, a Canadian leader in farm research that has been involved in several studies at the Loewith farm.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Communities
- Name Access
- Loewith, Dave
- Places
- Ancaster (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-7-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-7-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 41 photographs : b&w and col. (1625 kb jpgs) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1932-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting the Latchman Triplets. Included are family photographs of Donald, Marvin and Victor Latchman, a family portrait taken at the wedding of Philip and Sally Latchman, class photos, summer camp photos, and images of the triplets' 75th and 80th birthdays (5 November 2013).
- Identified in photographs are: Donald and Annette Latchman, Victor and Rosalie Latchman, Marvin and Shirley Latchman, Philip and Sally Latchman, Morris Latchman, Vera Latchman Berrin, Mari Latchman Lipton, Irv Lipton, and Belle Latchman.
- Textual records include Beth Sholom Bulletin June-August 1997, Beth Sholom Brotherhood Ball and Installation 1971, photocopies of news paper articles about the triplets, class photos and letter regarding payment of King's Bounty.
- Administrative History
- Philip and Sally (Sugarman) Latchman were married in 1932. In November 1933, Sally gave birth to identical triplets Donald, Marvin and Victor. In celebration, they were sent the King's Bounty of 3 British pounds. The boys were interviewed every year on their birthday by Toronto newspapers until they decided to stop the publicity. The family lived in the Bloor-Markham area until the boys were 11. The family then moved to Montclair Avenue where the boys attended Forest Hill Public School. They had their bar-mitzvahs at the Hebrew Men of England Synagogue. The triplets' father, Philip Latchman was a founding members of Beth Sholom Synagogue. Donald Latchman was on the board and Rosalie Latchman was active in the congregation.
- Philip and his younger brother Morris Latchman started Federal Farms Limited in 1948 on 150 acres of Holland March in Brantford, Ontario. They grew vegetables: potatoes, carrots, celery and rutabegas. They also had a potato chip company Mad Hatter Snack Foods which was Kosher for Passover. Federal Farms Ltd. went public in 1961 and Loblaws bought 51% of the shares.
- Donald attended Ryerson business school and founded Latchman Insurance Brokers. He married Annette Bachst, a Holocaust survivor who grew up in New York.
- Marvin attended Ryerson business school then worked for Federal Farms at the Ontario Food Terminal. Later he became a real estate broker. He married Shirley Wolkofsky.
- Victor worked on the family farm and at Federal Fruit Company at the Ontario Food Terminal. Victor took a business course at Shaw's Business School. In 1966 he bought Taylors shoes, a business at 2934 Dundas Street. West started in 1920 by Sid Taylor. Victor helped start the Junction Business Improvement Association and was twice pesident of Junction Gardens BIA. He retired in 2009. Victor and Rosalie Greenspan (d. 2014) were married at Beth Sholom in 1958 by Rabbi David Monson. Their children are Howard, and Faith and Mitchell Sherman. Their grand-children are Matthew, Jennifer and Russell Sherman. Victor and Rosalie were honoured at Beth Sholom Synagogue on 26 October 2013 for their 55th wedding anniversary.
- In 2012 at age 78, the triplets believed themselves to be the oldest male identical triplets alive in Canada.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- RELATED MATERIALS NOTE: Federal Farms Limited fonds at Simoce Country Archives. ASSOCIATED MATERIALS NOTE: See accession 2016-12\45 (Victor Latchman) and 2002-10\66 (Morris Latchman).
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Families
- Name Access
- Latchman, Donald
- Latchman, Marvin
- Latchman, Victor
- Places
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
