- Accession Number
- 1993-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?], 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File conists of one Rosh Hashanah postcard printed in Germany, [192?] and one Rosh Hashanah greeting card sent to Mr. Louis Farmell of Toronto from H. Schosloff of Glasgow, 1964.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2012-12-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1906-1909
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Hebrew Publishing Company Jewish greeting cards. The vintage cards depict Jewish holidays & rituals including Rosh Hashanah, Tashlikh, Kaparot (symbolic atonement ceremony for Yom Kippur), Sukkot, blessing children on Jewish holidays or Shabbat, birth and education.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Tashlikh
- Sukkot
- Yom Kippur
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-3-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records
- ca. 300 photographs : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller
- 2 objects
- Date
- 1912-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Glen Eker's family, particularly the Hurowitz/Horwitz and Strachman/Strathman family lines.
- Included are: ca. 300 photographs, mostly of friends and family, but also including numerous photographs of Banff, Alberta; certificates issued to members of the Horwitz family; family trees; letters from Elizabeth Gordon to Glen containing family history; a Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society member badge; a kiddush cup commemorating Pride of Israel's golden jubilee; print and microform copies of Glen's Jews Resident in ... series of indexes; medical records; a glass measuring cup with the logo of Bayview Pharmacy; and other assorted material.
- Photo Caption (001): Joseph Horwitz and Rebecca Strachman, [ca. 1920]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (058): [Alice Moon?], 1944. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (189):Wanda Louise Gordon, 2 May 1942. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (190): [Unknown girl, 194-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (199): Rosh Hashanah card featuring portrait of Joseph Horwitz, [ca. 1920]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (200): Irving Howard, [19--]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Administrative History
- Glen Eker was born in Toronto, Ontario to Paul Eker and Dorothy Horwitz. He grew up in the Forest Hill neighbourhood of Toronto before moving with his family to Hamilton. He received two master’s degrees (one in sociology, the other in political science) from McMaster University and a third master’s degree (in library science) from the University of Toronto.
- Glen's wife, Deborah Pekilis, was born in Montreal and lived there until her parents moved to Toronto. She was the librarian for the Jewish Genealogical Society and sat on the Hamilton Historical Board. She is currently a writer.
- Glen has worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at McMaster and has taught at Ryerson University and Mohawk College. At present, he works as an estate and genealogy researcher.
- Glen has published a book on Karl Marx, five indexes of Jews in Canada, and one index of Amish and Mennonites in Canada. His genealogy articles have appeared in various magazines and his short stories and poems have appeared in print as well.
- Glen has worked on his family genealogy for a number of years. His paternal family line derives from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland while his maternal line derives from Byelorussia and Romania. He is descended from the Horwitz and Strachman families on the latter.
- Descriptive Notes
- Associated materials: Other accessions donated by Glen Eker include 2018-4-1, 2018-4-2, 2018-4-16, and 2018-5-1.
- Subjects
- Genealogy
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Vacations
- Name Access
- Eker (family)
- Eker, Glen
- Horwitz (family)
- Hurowitz (family)
- Strachman (family)
- Strathman (family)
- Places
- Banff (Alta.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- 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
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 109
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of New Year's cards and Rosh Hashanah cards.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
