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

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Portraits series

Level

Item

Fonds

18

Series

1

Item

27

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1965]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio

Martin Irwin Lockshin was born in Toronto in 1952, the son of Louis Leon and Sylvia Lockshin (née Freedman). He received his PhD from Brandeis University in 1984 and is also an ordained rabbi.

Currently, Professor Martin Lockshin is an associate professor of humanities in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at York University. He has published extensively and recently completed a term as director of York's Centre for Jewish Studies.

Scope and Content

Item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Martin Lockshin.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

B'nai Brith lodges sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-1

File

13

Material Format

graphic material

Date

14 Feb. 1966

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two images of the B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge presenting a cheque to the Anti-Defamation League, and to a group of bar mitzvah boys.

Name Access

Anti-defamation League

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3-5

File

7

Material Format

graphic material

Date

20 Apr. 1961

Physical Description

11 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at the State of Israel's bar mitzvah celebration, held by the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, at Massey Hall. The images depict speakers at the podium, overhead photographs of the stage, several bar mitzvah boys taking part in the ceremonies, and group photographs of members of ZOC.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

4

File

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1958]

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of one bar mitzvah portrait of [Howard?] Reitapple. The boy is holding a prayer book and has a tallis wrapped around his shoulders.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series

Level

Series

Fonds

18

Series

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1958]-[196-]

Physical Description

17 negatives : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

Series consists of images of Jewish weddings, anniversary celebrations, and bar mitzvahs. Celebratory events such as these constituted a large percentage of Mendly's commissioned work, and most likely supported the operational expenses of his studio. This series represents a small sampling of his work in this area. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Bar mitzvah

Weddings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

4

File

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1 June 1963

Physical Description

4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at the bar mitzvah celebration for [?] Rotstein. The images depict the Rotstein family in their home, the bar mitzvah boy lighting the candles on his cake, and a group photograph of the invited children standing behind a beverage table.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

General office subject and correspondence files series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

2

File

1316

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[between 1965 and 1975?]

Physical Description

4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of four photographs of a bar mitzvah at the Kiever Shul. They depict a young man at various points in the temple.

Name Access

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2519

Material Format

graphic material

Date

4 Oct. 1936

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the Jewish community assembled in the Adath Israel Synagogue banquet hall for the bar mitzvah party of Larry Kussner. The large crowd is seated at several banquet tables in the hall, which is decorated for the occasion.

Notes

Title taken from writing on original photograph matte.

Duke Studio.

Name Access

Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)

Kussner, Larry

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Parties

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

19

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1931

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm

Admin History/Bio

Max was bar mitzvahed at the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society at 350 Dundas Street West, on the second floor.

Scope and Content

This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Max Stern, taken at Hardy Studio in Toronto.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1991-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Family photographs series

Level

Item

Fonds

33

Series

1

Item

25

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1934

Physical Description

1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Bill Stern at age thirteen. The portrait was used on the front of his invitation card.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

2006-2-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

William Stern fonds

Level

File

Fonds

33

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1917-1934

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

This file consists of one invitation to the wedding of Esther Rumianek and Joe Glass and an invitation to Bill Stern's bar mitzvah.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Weddings

Accession Number

1994-1-4

2004-5-135

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

14

Series

4-13

File

21

Material Format

textual record

Date

17 Mar. 1981

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a lunch menu.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Toronto Holocaust Museum series

Special events and projects sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

28-18

File

54

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Date

1995-2002

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

1 photograph: col., ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of a correspondence, meeting minutes, and clippings related to the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Project. Includes student projects a photograph and certificates of completion. Identified in the photograph: Max Eisen and Adam Banack.

Name Access

Eisen, Max

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Bat mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Level

File

Fonds

15

File

34

Material Format

textual record

Date

1896-1979

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of personal letters written by Ida to her daughter, Rivka. Also included is the bar mitzvah speech written by Ida Lewis to her father's dictation in 1896 for Charles S. Siegel.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Speeches, addresses, etc

Access Restriction

Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA director prior to accessing the records.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

13

Material Format

textual record

Date

1977-1994

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Bat mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Board of Jewish Education fonds

Subject files series

Level

File

Fonds

48

Series

4

File

17

Material Format

textual record

Date

1960-1961

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2010-1-1

Material Format

graphic material

object

Physical Description

2 objects

1 photograph : col. ; 36 x 28 cm

Date

1971

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a large portrait of Martin Shaffer during his bar mitzvah at Shaarey Shomayim Synagogue in 1971. There are also two Shaffer family kiddish cups, one inscribed with Hebrew lettering. Nancy's husband, Sam, received one of the cups at his bar mitzvah and the second was given to Martin.

Custodial History

Photograph and cups were mailed in by Nancy Shaffer to be included with the Shaffer family records.

Descriptive Notes

For related material see accessions 2007-7-4, 2009-8-4, 2009-9-3

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Families

Kiddush cups

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2011-5-5

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

1 album

2 cm of textual records

25 photographs : b&w

Date

1930-2006

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting the Shaffer family of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Records include photographs of Sam Shaffer and his family, wartime letters written by Sam to his mother, correspondence related to Sam's bid to serve on the Thunder Bay Port Authority as well as the bar mitzvah album for Martin Feld Shaffer from April 3, 1971. The album includes greeting cards and telegrams from relatives and friends as well as several photographs.

Subjects

World War, 1939-1945

Families

Bar mitzvah

Name Access

Shaffer, Nancy, 1929-2013

Shaffer, Martin, 1958-2012

Shaffer, Samuel, 1925-2011

Places

Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2012-10-3

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1970

Scope and Content

Accession consists of an invitation and guest list for the bar mitzvah of Dale Lastman, the son of former mayor Mel Lastman. The bar mitzvah took place at Adath Israel Synagogue on 28 March 1970, was followed by a luncheon the same day and then a dinner at the Royal York Hotel the following night.

Custodial History

There is no aquisition information for this material. The documents were found in the processing room in a box containing other unprocessed and orphaned material.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Name Access

Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-3-2

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

Physical Description

ca. 100 photographs

1 folder of textual records

Date

1920-1980

Scope and Content

Accession consists of photographs of the Hersch family, a screenplay by Phillip Hersch, school certificates from Landsdowne School, Canadian naturalization certificates, thank you notes, a New Year's greeting card, and a Polish passport. Included are photographs of weddings, Europe vacations, class photos, houses in Toronto, bar mitzvah, Niagara falls, Channukah, Farms, studio sets, the beach, and snow scenes.

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Norman Hersch until his death in the mid-1980s, at which point the donor took possession of the records and stored them until donating them to the OJA in March 2015.

Administrative History

Norman Hersch was a special effects technician for the CBC from the early 1950s until his retirement in the mid-1980s. He was married to a French woman from Western Canada named Margaret. He is buried in the Mount Albert area with his wife. He served in the Canadian military during the Second World War and graduated from Central Technical School upon his return. In later years, he started P & M Display in Yorkville. Norman's older brother Phillip was a screenwriter in Toronto. He wrote the CBC series Wojek. Their mother Lily (Polish) volunteered at Mount Sinai Hospital. Their father Alexander (Romanian) worked in stainless steel manufacturing. They lived around Cecil Street. Doug Wardle was a friend and colleague of Hersch's at CBC in the Special Effects Department.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Immigrants--Canada

Families

Name Access

Hersch, Norman

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2017-7-6

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

65 photographs : b&w and col. (tiff)

Date

1948-1964

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting Gary Wagman and his family. Included are: sixty-five photographs of the Gold-Wagman family. Twenty-eight of the photographs were taken at Gary's bar mitzvah party, which was held on 8 March 1964 at the North Bathurst Talmud Torah.

Administrative History

Gary Irving Wagman (1951–) was born 19 March 1951 and is the youngest son of Ann Wagman (née Gold, 1926–2017) and Sollie Wagman (1921–2014). His older brother Howard, known as Hushy (1947–2001), was born 9 October 1947. Gary is the grandson of David Gold and Rose Gold (his maternal grandparents) and Celia Wagman and Jacob Wagman (his paternal grandparents).

Photo Caption (027): Gary Wagman holding chumash given to him by his grandmother, 8 Mar. 1964. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-7-6.

Photo Caption (017): Gary Wagman swinging baseball bat, 1964. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2017-7-6.

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.

Descriptive Notes

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to the Wagman family can be found in Accessions 2009-11-1 and 2017-8-13.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Families

Name Access

North Bathurst Talmud Torah

Wagman family

Wagman, Gary, 1951-

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

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Accession Number

2018-12-4

Material Format

graphic material

textual record

moving images

Physical Description

7 cm of graphic material and textual records

1 film reel

Date

[194-]-1960

Scope and Content

Accession consists of textual records and photographs documenting Gerry Freiman and his family. Included are Gerry Freiman's Camp Föhrenwald identity card, an assignment card and meal ticket, photographs taken at the camp, photographs taken at Jack Freiman's bar mitzvah, and film footage of the bar mitzvah that was held at Murray House in Toronto on 24 April 1960, as well as other records documenting the Freiman family's immigration process.

Administrative History

Gerry Freiman was born on 20 June 1910 in Poland. Rose Freiman was born on 4 November 1914. After the Second World War, Freiman found himself at the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in Bavaria, Germany. On 13 September 1948, Gerry, Rose, and their son Jack departed Germany on the USS General Heintzelmann for Canada.

Upon arriving in Canada, the Freimans stayed with a family they met in Föhrenwald. (The name of the family has, unfortunately, been lost.) This family offered Gary and Rose employment in the shoe manufacturing trade. The Freimans subsequently moved to 348 Northcliffe Boulevard, where they bought a fourplex and lived in one of the units on the ground floor. Gary and Rose remained at this address until their deaths: Gerry died on 8 November 1960; Rose Freiman died on 13 June 1983.

Jack Freiman attended Rawlinson Community School and then Vaughan Road Collegiate. He did his postsecondary studies at the University of Toronto, where he studied pre-medicine and medicine. After graduating, he went on to specialize and practice as an internist in a hospital in Brampton, Ontario. Jack died on 6 November 2016.

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.

Descriptive Notes

Availability of other formats: Film also available as MP4 file. Photographs also available as JPEG and TIFF files.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Immigrants--Canada

Refugee camps

Name Access

Föhrenwald (Displaced persons camp)

Freiman (family)

Freiman, Gerry, 1910-1960

Freiman, Rose, 1914-1983

Places

Bavaria (Germany)

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-2-8

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

2 folders

Date

1970-1973

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Airst family. Included are photographs of Malcolm Airst at his bar mitzvah in 1970 and Randall Airst at his bar mitzvah in 1973. The b'nai mitzvah took place at Beth Tzedec in Toronto where the family were members and Malcolm completed ninth grade at the United Synagogue Day School.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-3-1

Material Format

graphic material

Physical Description

6 photographs : col. ; 21 x 15 cm or smaller

Date

[197-?]

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the Airst family. Included are five photographs taken at Malcolm Airst's bar mitzvah, which was held at Beth Tzedec in Toronto, and one photograph of Malcolm's sister, Lisa. Also depicted in the bar mitzvah photographs are: maternal grandfather Alexander Stolberg; parents Herman Airst and Faye Airst; and younger brother Randall Airst.

Descriptive Notes

Physical description: The five bar mitzvah photographs are glued to a matte board.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Families

Name Access

Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Julius P. Katz fonds

General correspondence series

Level

File

Fonds

55

Series

3

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1926

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

The file consists of an invitation for the bar mitzvah of Bennie, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Katz.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4162

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jan. 1948

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Notes

For identificaiton, see accession record.

Name Access

Grosbein, Norman

Shaw Street Synagogue

Weber family

Grosbein family

B'nai Israel Synagogue

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

1986-10-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1944]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of the Jewish community of Kirkland Lake assembled for the bar mitzvah of Joe Atkins, now a chartered accountant in Toronto. The photograph depicts that group seated at several banquet tables in the Legion Hall.

Notes

Typed notes on the back continue: "Rare view of Hyman with his hat off, the grandfather, standing next to Harry. The only one missing is the photographer - Eddie Duke - and to this day I wish I could have been included. Picture taken in the Legion Hall which was koshered for the occasion.".

Acquired in 1976.

Photo by Duke Studio.

Name Access

Atkins, Joe

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Communities

Dinners and dining

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

Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

947

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Day and his brother Jacob Day started a Hebrew school in Toronto on Major Street. Eventually, David Day started his own cheder on Markham Street and Jacob Day operated another cheder on Ulster Street. They both taught during the mid 1900s, from approximately 1925 to 1940.

David Day had two sons named Sam and Nat. Nat Day was in the army and was married to Evelyn Day.

Scope and Content

Copy photograph of Mr. Day's cheder that was taken for a student's bar mitzvah. David Day is in the middle of the group and his son is standing behind him in uniform. The photograph was taken in 1942.

Name Access

Day, David

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Heder

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.

Related Material

See accession #2003-8-3 for another copy of the same photograph

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

489

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1899]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 12 and 9 x 12

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph William Samuel on the occassion of his bar mitzvah.

Name Access

Samuel, William

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3420

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1941

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Name Access

Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits, Group

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

Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3425

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1941

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph taken inside the synagogue.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits, Group

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

Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1982-5-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3800

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1927?]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1214

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Samuel and Rebecca Weinberg with their son, Bernard on the occasion of his bar mitzvah.

Name Access

Weinberg, Samuel

Weinberg, Rebecca

Weinberg, Bernard

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

1977-1-5

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2456

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photo by L. Surdin, 26 Cameron Street, Toronto.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-12-2

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1251

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1905]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait, probably taken at Egmont Frankel's bar mitzvah. From left to right: Carl Frankel (b. 1894); Egmont Frankel (b. 1891); Roy Frankel (b. 1896).

Name Access

Frankel, Roy

Frankel, Egmont

Frankel, Carl

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Brothers

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-4-7

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Sammy Luftspring fonds

Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level

Item

Fonds

82

File

1

Item

26

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1953

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Sammy, Elsie, and Brian Luftspring at Brian's bar mitzvah at the Barclay Hotel, Toronto.

Notes

Image is located on page 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.

Name Access

Barclay Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

2009-10-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1930

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio

Jack Bernstein was born in Toronto in 1918. He was the son of Akiva Bernstain, the famous cantor at Beth Tzedec. They lived for some time on Major Street and then moved to 516 Palmerston Street during the 1930s.

Jack began his career at RKO as a contract clerk and moved up the ranks to become Toronto branch manager and sales manager during the late 1940s. He later became president of Famous Players Theatres Canada.

He married Mary and they had two children: Harriet and Mark. Bernstein passed away in 1988.

Scope and Content

The item is an original portrait along with a copy of Jack Bernstein wearing a tallis during his bar mitzvah.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits

Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects)

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

1992-7-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Frankel and Draper family fonds

Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

104

File

2

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1907

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 22 x 17 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel at age thirteen dressed in formal attire.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Portraits

Repro Restriction

Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

28

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1919

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph taken at Leonard Mehr's bar mitzvah in Toronto. Pictured are:

Back row, left to right: Mendel Mehr (father), Ethel, Pincus, Bessie (mother).

Front row, left to right: Lucille, Bernice, Leonard.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

28

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

File contains bar mitzvah year program for synagogue (1978) and photocopied architectural drawings.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

40

Material Format

textual record

architectural drawing

Date

1973, 1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

3 architectural drawings

Scope and Content

File contains booklet for bar mitzvah commemoration, 1975, and blueprints for the 1973 extension.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Reconstructionist Judaism

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

The Shuls Project fonds

Reference series

Level

File

Fonds

64

Series

5

File

46

Material Format

textual record

Date

1978

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains bar mitzvah anniversary book (1978).

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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

Montréal (Québec)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Melamed fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

7

Item

20

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Admin History/Bio

David Greenberg was an electrical engineer, who married at the age of nineteen. He later became a chiropracter in Toronto. His father, Louis Greenberg, was a tailor whose shop was located in the Jarvis and Parliament area on Queen Street East. The family originally belonged to the Berkeley Street Synagogue, but there was no minyan for David's bar mitzvah and they moved to the McCaul Street Synagogue. David's stepmother's name was Sadie.

Scope and Content

Item is a portrait of David Greenberg, his father Louis Greenberg and his stepmother Sadie. The picture was taken for David's bar mitzvah on October 13, 1935.

Name Access

Greenberg, David

Greenberg, Louis

Greenberg, Sadie

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Clanton Park Synagogue series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

6

File

21

Material Format

multiple media

Date

1985

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records and other material

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting the bar mitzvah anniversary celebration in honour of Rabbi Kerzner. Included is an invitation, a programme, a tribute poem, a congratulatory telegram, and audiovisual recordings of the event. Also included are photographs of speakers, the head table, and guests at their tables.

Notes

Includes 93 photographs (57 negatives), 2 videocassettes, and 2 audio cassettes.

Subjects

Anniversaries

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Clanton Park Synagogue series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

6

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1957

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper article about Eddy Weisblatt who learned to recite his bar mitzvah Torah and Haftorah readings even though he was deaf.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Committee for Soviet Jewry series

Protest activities sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

3-5

File

110

Material Format

textual record

Date

1981-1986

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File contains correspondence, administrative records and promotional materials concerning the programme to twin bar mitzvah celebrations between Jewish youth in Canada and the Soviet Union.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Bat mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Personal series

Life cycle and family events sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

1-5

File

14

Material Format

textual record

Date

[1989?]

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of lyrics for songs that were written for the bar mitzvah of Yoel Micha Meir.

Subjects

Bar mitzvah

Source

Archival Descriptions