Accession Number

1993-3-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1917-1919

Scope and Content

Accession consists of original and copies of documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to Lawrence Kert's service as a pilot during the First World War. Included are his graduation certificate from the Royal Flying Corps, his flight log, documents, and press clippings concerning his capture by the Germans.

Administrative History

Lawrence Kert left the University of Toronto to enlist in the 228th Battalion in 1915, and was transferred to the Royal Air Force in 1917. He was listed as missing, but was actually a prisoner of war. He survived and returned to Canada.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

Name Access

Kert, Lawrence

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1979-9-32

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

Physical Description

2 folders of textual records

1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm

Date

1917-1948

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a certificate of membership to the Independent Order of Foresters, membership dues slips from the Adoniram Council of the Masonic Lodge, and a photographic reproduction of a certificate of membership in the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society. Accession also includes business correspondence and newsclippings.

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MG 6 E 3

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Freemasonry--Lodges

Societies

Name Access

Independent Order of Foresters

Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society

Eisen, Solomon

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

1983-7-2

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

6 cm of textual records

Date

1899-1982

Scope and Content

Accession consists of material documenting the life and career of Rabbi Ernest Klein. Records include personal as well as professional correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings and book reviews, a marriage register, bar mitzvah invitations, and Klein's birth certificate.

Administrative History

Ernest Klein (1899-1983) was born in Szatmar, Hungary on 26 July 1899. He studied at the University of Vienna and served as a rabbi in several countries including Czechoslovakia, Romania, and France. The Second World War brought great hardship for Klein, who survived Auschwitz and Dachau (his wife and son were killed in Czechoslovakia just before the war). After the War, Klein came to Canada, where he became rabbi of Congregation Beth Yitshak in Toronto. A polyglot and a scholar, Klein wrote three etymological dictionaries, the most famous of which was his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1966-67). For his work, he received honourary degrees from McMaster University and the University of Guelph in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1978. He passed away on 4 February 1983.

Use Conditions

Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.

Descriptive Notes

USE CONDITION NOTE: Accession contains medical records that are closed to researchers until January 2034.

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MG 6 D

Subjects

Birth certificates

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Invitation cards

Marriage records

Rabbis

Name Access

Klein, Ernest, 1899-1983

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2009-11-4

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

2 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm and 9 X7 cm

1 matchbook

Date

1928-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of mementos, family documents and clippings from Nancy Draper (née Frankel). The records include a birth announcement card for Nancy in 1928 and a matchbook party favour from her wedding to Darrell Draper in 1949. There is also a scholarship application letter from the donor's granddaughter, Haley Draper, to UJA. Other records include a staff list from Camp Wabi-Kon in 1946; a Globe and Mail obituary of Dr. Martin Wolfish, a past volunteer of OJA; a photograph of David Steinhauer; a clipping about an Inuit sculpture inspired by the experience of Holocaust survivor Leon Kahn; and three eulogies for Patricia Drevnig Goldstein (1940-2005) (née Jacobs). Patricia was the granddaughter of Rabbi Solomon Jacobs of Holy Blossom, and her mother, Edna, was a Frankel. Finally, the accession includes a photocopy of a photograph of members of the Siglen family of Meaford with Maurice Frankel, the great-uncle of the donor, and Irwin Rosen, ca. 1928.

Administrative History

Nancy Frankel (b. 1928) is the daughter of Carl and Dorothy Jacobs Frankel, past prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community and members of Holy Blossom Temple. Nancy attended Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in northern Ontario near Temagami, and then worked there as a teenager. She married Darrell Draper on December 10th, 1949. Nancy is a longtime volunteer at the OJA.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Camps

Families

Letters

Obituaries

Name Access

Draper, Nancy

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Koffler Centre of the Arts fonds

Public Relations series

Level

File

Fonds

100

Series

5

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

2004-2005

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of newspaper clippings of artist works on display at the Koffler Gallery, and summer camp programs for children.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Related Material

See artist exhibition series TBD

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Rabbi Nachman Shemen fonds

Canadian Federation to Aid Polish Jews in Israel series

Level

File

Fonds

103

Series

1

File

23

Material Format

textual record

Date

1956-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of news clippings from the Yidishe Nayes ("Jewish News") publication.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2012-12-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

2 v : 36 x 29 x 5 cm and 36 x 29 x 1.5 cm

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two volumes of the Canadian Jewish War Memorial Book of Remembrance. The first of these two volumes contains lists of Jewish soldiers who served in the Canadian military during the South African war, the First and Second World Wars and Korea. It also lists current day Jewish peacekeepers. There are photos and lists of Jewish chaplains who served in the military. For each war, it lists awards, casualties, soldiers' positions and identification numbers. The second volume contains lists of American soldiers who served in the Canadian military.

Custodial History

This book was presented by the Canadian Jewish War Memorial Association to the US Consulate who subsequently donated it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Subjects

Korean War, 1950-1953

South African War, 1899-1902

World War, 1914-1918

World War, 1939-1945

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-1-1

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1917-1964

Scope and Content

Accession consists of records documenting Samuel Berger and his family. Included is Sam's marriage certificate, wedding invitation, naturalization certificates, and pay book and discharge papers from the First World War. Also included is a copy of the birth certificate for Sam's wife, Rebecca (nee Rotenberg) and a newsclipping of the obituary for Rebecca's father, Lazar Rotenberg.

Custodial History

The records were in the possession of Goldie Berger, the daughter-in-law of Samuel Berger and wife of Leonard Berger.

Administrative History

Samuel Berger enlisted in the Canadian army in Oct. 1918. He was discharged in Dec. 1918. He married Rebecca Rotenberg in 1917.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

World War, 1914-1918

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Pamphlets series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

51

File

7

Material Format

textual record

Date

1938

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a pamphlet issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States regarding Jews of many countries serving in the First World War.

Subjects

World War, 1914-1918

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Scrapbooks series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

2

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1929-1963

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a photocopied scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Folks Farein activities. The majority of the clippings are from the Daily Hebrew Journal (Yiddisher Zhurnal), the Daily Packet and Times, The Mail and Empire, Evening Telegram, The Toronto Daily Star, The Globe and Mail, The Jewish Standard. A large number of articles relate to the charitable activities of the Folks Farein such as the annual fund raising campaign, the annual beauty contest and New Years Eve Ball, concerts, and charity work in hospitals, sanatoriums and asylums. Of note is the motion of Kirshenbaum vs David Green, the official opening of the Folks Farein new home at 37 Cecil St., and the election of Rabbi Monson as treasurer of the Folks Farein. Included among the newspaper articles are photographs of David Green, H. Weiner, I. Grossman, M. Spiegel, A. Simon, Ben Fish, Ida Segal, Rabbi Samuel Sachs and Sam Kronick. Also included is a photocopied photograph of the Graner Family [192-?], seated is Joseph Graner, founder and first president of the Folks Farein

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Scrapbooks series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

2

File

2

Material Format

textual record

Date

1934-1943

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a photocopied scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Folks Farein activities. The majority of the clippings are from the Daily Hebrew Journal/The Yiddisher Zhurnal and the Toronto Daily Star. A large number of articles relate to the election of David Green as President of the Folks Farein, charitable activities such as the annual fund raising campaign, the annual beauty contest and New Years Eve Ball, and charity work in hospitals, sanatoriums and asylums. Of note is an interview with David Green at the time of his resignation as President, and an article regarding a meeting of the Labor Lyceum honoring Sholom Schwartzband.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Scrapbooks series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

2

File

3

Material Format

textual record

Date

1943-1964

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a photocopied scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Folks Farein activities. The majority of the clippings are from the Daily Hebrew Journal, The Jewish Standard, and The Telegram. Articles relate to Folks Farein charitable activities in the community, Passover meals and seders for the sick and needy, a pamphlet highlighting the activities of the Folks Farein in the community, the installation of officers of the Ladies Auxiliary, the Toronto Israel Bond Drive with photos of David Green, Louis Zuker of the Landsmanshaften Committee, Syd Applebaum, and Bert Godfrey of the State of Israel Bond campaign. Also included is a photocopied photograph of David Green.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Scrapbooks series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1948-1965

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a photocopied scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to Folks Farein activities. The clippings are from The Jewish Standard, View, The Toronto Jewish Reporter, and the Canadian Jewish News. Articles relate to Folks Farein's 50th Anniversary Jubilee Year celebration, the Children's Haven at Kfar Saba in Israel, and expanded activities of Chaplaincy services in prisons and hospitals. Of note is an article entitled Folks Farein 35 years of devoted service to the Jewish community. The article includes reprints of editorials from the Hebrew Journal in 1914 addressing the activity of missionary groups seeking to gain Jewish proselytes. Mentioned are Rabbi Kelman and Rabbi Monson.

Subjects

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Source

Archival Descriptions