Part Of

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Women's Auxiliary series

Festival Committee sub-series

Purim program, photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

14

Series

4-5

File

11

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1969

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a woman in a bridal gown with a speech bubble above her that reads: "I waited this long, I'll wait a little longer."

Subjects

Costume

Access Restriction

Conditional Access. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to accessing the records. Please contact the OJA for more information.

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

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

590

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1982

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographs from the Walk with Israel. In one photo, a large group crosses Sheppard Avenue West and proceeds south on Bathurst Street. In the other photo, people approach the registration table. Paul Godfrey is identified.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Name Access

Godfrey, Paul, 1939-

Subjects

Zionism

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Sheppard Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1198

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1910 or 1911]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 11 cm

Admin History/Bio

Bernard Weinberg lived on Elm St.

Scope and Content

Item is a studio portrait of Bernard Wienberg in a cowboy costume.

Name Access

Weinberg, Bernard

Subjects

Children

Costume

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

1977-1-5

1983-10-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4771

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

JCRC Box 44, File 155A.

Copyright: Globe and Mail.

See photos for negative number.

Name Access

Simchat Torah

City Hall

Subjects

Demonstrations

Human rights

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4428

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Apr. 1986

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

North American High School Network

Subjects

Demonstrations

Human rights

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

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

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

Item

4626

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1935

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a group photograph of members of Young Judaea. Identified are:

Front row, 2nd from left: Esther (Frideman) Exton; Toby Taback; Dr. Mark Zimmerman; Rose Shuster; Myer Bromberg.

Middle row, left to right: [unknown]; Luba (Friedman) Heiber; [unknown]; Lou Zimmerman; Libby Sigal; [unknown]; Manny Brown.

Back row: [unknown] (Extreme left); Gerald Groship; [unknown]; John Devor (tallest man); [unknown]; [unknown]; David Newman (profile).

Name Access

Exton, Esther

Taback, Toby

Zimmerman, Mark

Shuster, Rose

Bromberg, Myer

Heiber, Luba

Zimmerman, Lou

Brown, Manny

Groship, Gerald

Devor, John

Newman, David

Sigal, Libby

Canadian Young Judaea

Subjects

Youth

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.

Accession Number

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1624

Material Format

graphic material

Date

March 1931

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Credit the Estate of Max Speisman.

Name Access

Poalei Zion

Jewish Organizations

Subjects

Anniversaries

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.

Accession Number

1978-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2933

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1930]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Name Access

Farband

Poalei Zion

Subjects

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-7-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2914

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1925]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access

Farband

Poalei Zion

Subjects

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2913

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1913

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

For identification notes, please see accession record.

Name Access

Borochov, Ber

Farband

Poalei Zion

Subjects

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-4-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

524

Material Format

graphic material

Date

31 Jul., 1932

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of the delegates to the first conference of Ontario Young Judea in Toronto.

Notes

Credit: Courtesy of Maurice Berg and Willie Zimmerman.

Name Access

Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993

Young Judaea

Zimmerman, Willie

Subjects

Congresses and conventions

Portraits, Group

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

Acquired July 9, 1975.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

George Morrison fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

99

Item

45

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1978]

Physical Description

1 slide : col. ; 35 mm

Name Access

Zionist Centre

Subjects

Architecture

Zionism

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

Marlee Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1980-6-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

952

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1957]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Custodial History

Item is a photograph of youth at a meeting at an unknown location on Markham St.

Name Access

Bnei Akiva

Subjects

Youth

Zionism

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Markham Street (Toronto, Ont.).

Accession Number

1975-12-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gilbert Studios fonds

Zionist Centre cornerstone ceremony series

Level

Series

Fonds

37

Series

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1962

Physical Description

21 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Zionist Centre's new building, home for the Toronto Zionist Council, was located at 788 Marlee Avenue.

The Toronto Zionist Council, the Toronto branch for the Zionist Organization of Canada, was founded in 1907.Their mandate was to promote the ideals of Z.O.C in Toronto, which necessitated the responsibility of heading up and organizing local programmes for the Toronto Jewish community.

This organization played a prominent role within the community, renting space to several Jewish organizations including: Ajalon Lodge, Camp Shalom, Canadian Zionist Federation, Hadassah Wizo, Herzl Zion Organization, Israel Medical Association, Jewish Agency, Jewish National Fund, Keltzer Sick Benefit Society, Keren Hatarbut, Linitzer Society, Sons of Abraham, Mozirer Society, Toronto Independent Benevolent Society, United Israel Appeal, Yavne Zion Congregation, Young Judaea, Youth & Hechalutz Zion Benevolent Society. The building also housed the Zionist Organization of Canada's national headquarters.

Many of these organizations were affiliated with the Toronto Zionist Council. Due to the volume of Zionist organizations operating out of the Zionist Centre, the building came to be regarded as the official centre for all Zionist activities in Toronto.

Plans for the new Zionist Centre of T.Z.C. were conceived in 1962 after the earlier building on Spadina Ave. was sold to the St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Institute.

Ground was broken on November 1, 1962 and a drawing of the building was put on display at the Diamond Jubilee Convention of the Zionist Organization of Canada held in Toronto.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday December 23, 1962 at 11:00 am. The ceremony was officiated by members of the Toronto Zionist Council's building committee, which was comprised of: Louis L. Lockshin, Stephen E. Berger, John R. Devor, Controller Philip G. Givens, and Julius Hayman. Phil Givens--president--and Louis L. Lockshin--chairman of the building committee--conducted the ceremony.

Also present were Eliezer N. Dembitz, Consul of Israel; Joseph N. Frank, National President of the Zionist Organization of Canada; and Julius Hayman, President of the Central Division of Z.O.C.

Scope and Content

Series consists of the negatives documenting the laying of the cornerstone ceremony for the new Zionist Centre of the Toronto Zionist Council.

Notes

Selection for this series was based on the following criteria: site building, ceremonial, and members of the building committee.

Name Access

Zionist Centre

Toronto Zionist Council

Lockshin, Louis L.

Berger, Stephen E.

Devor, John R.

Givens, Philip G.

Hayman, Julius

Dembitz, Eliezer N.

Frank, Joseph N.

Zionist Organization of Canada

Ajalon Lodge

Camp Shalom

Canadian Zionist Federation

Hadassah-Wizo

Herzl Zion

Israel Medical Association

Jewish Agency

Jewish National Fund

Keltzer Sick Benefit Society

Keren Hatarbut

Linitzer Society

Sons of Abraham

Mozirer Society

Toronto Independent Benevolent Society

United Israel Appeal

Yavne Zion Congregation

Young Judeae

Youth & Hechalutz

Zion Benevolent Society

Subjects

Building

Zionism

Physical Condition

Negatives are cellulose triacetate.

Related Material

see also Zionist Organization of Canada fonds [fonds 28]

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

14

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. Demonstrators are carrying banners in support of socialist and Communist organizations and their tenets.

Notes

Image is slightly blurred.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Banners

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

15

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1933

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

On July 11, 1933 over 15,000 people (mostly Jewish and working class) walked off the job to protest Nazism, fascism, and other human rights issues. Reported in the Globe and Mail as the largest protest of its kind in Canada since the 1919 Winnipeg general strike, a united front of all the needle trade unions and over fifty Jewish organizations took part.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of participants holding various banners at an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration which took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Anti-fascist movements

Banners

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.

Related Material

See also accession #1988-4/8 for a broadside notice for this strike and demonstration. For additional images of this protest see Fonds 32, items 6, 8, 9, 11, and 13.

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

16

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of an International Left Opposition demonstration depicting participants carrying banners for the Workers Party of Canada, Toronto Branches and banners containing slogans against fascism.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Workers' Party of Canada

Subjects

Banners

Communism

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

17

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of International Left Opposition demonstrators standing in a park holding banners for the Workers Party of Canada, Toronto Branches and others with slogans such as "To Victory Under the Banner of Lenin and Trotsky", and "Forward to the New 4th International".

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Banners

Communism

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Harry Clairmont fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

32

Item

10

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of International Left Opposition demonstrators walking down Bathurst Street in Toronto carrying banners with socialist slogans.

Name Access

International Left Opposition

Subjects

Banners

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

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1979-11-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4406

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1985

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Wally Reinstein, National Hillel Co-ordinator.

Notes

Original photos by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Hanukkah

Refuseniks

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

Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1340-1373

Material Format

graphic material

Date

28 Oct. 1967

Physical Description

slide: col.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Jews--Soviet Union

Simhat Torah

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-6-6

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4203

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1986

Physical Description

1 photograph : col.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Refuseniks

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

Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4241

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Photography by Gadi Hoz.

Date

1972

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph depicting David Satok speaking at a podium. He is addressing protesters assembled at Nathan Phillips Square on the occassion of the anniversary of the Night of the Murdered Poets.

Name Access

Satok, David

Subjects

Demonstrations

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

Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-1-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4242

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Photograph by Gadi Hoz.

Date

[ca. 1972]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of a man addressing protesters assembled on the occasion of the anniversary of the Night of Murdered Poets. Visible in the background is Old City Hall.

Subjects

Demonstrations

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

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-1-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4240

Material Format

graphic material

Date

19 May 1971

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Notes

Availability of other formats: Also available as a digital image.

Name Access

Rabinovitch, Nachum L., 1928-2020

Subjects

Demonstrations

Jews--Soviet Union

Rabbis

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-1-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2647-2651

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Jul. 1979

Physical Description

5 slides

Name Access

Sharansky, Anatoly

Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Demonstrations

Refuseniks

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3078

Material Format

graphic material

Date

31 May 1981

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ernst Zundel (pictured centre in a hard hat) with his supporters on the front lawn of his home in Cabbagetown. They are holding signs with various slogans denying the Holocaust.

Notes

Photo by Ben Lechtman.

Name Access

Zundel, Ernst, 1939-2017

Subjects

Demonstrations

Holocaust deniers

Portraits, Group

Places

Carlton Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

3076

Material Format

graphic material

Responsibility

Photograph by Ben Lechtman.

Date

31 May 1981

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of anti-Nazi demonstrators in front of neo-Nazi Ernst Zündels home.

Notes

Statement of responsibility: Photograph by Ben Lechtman.

Name Access

Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017

Subjects

Demonstrations

Neo-Nazis

Places

Carlton Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2624

Material Format

graphic material

Date

30 Apr. 1978

Physical Description

1 slide

Scope and Content

Julius Hayman.

Name Access

Hayman, Julius

Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Demonstrations

Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2630

Material Format

graphic material

Date

30 Apr. 1978

Physical Description

1 slide

Scope and Content

Honourable John Roberts, secretary of state.

Name Access

Roberts, John

Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Demonstrations

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

2608-2635

Material Format

graphic material

Date

30 Apr. 1978

Physical Description

26 slides

Name Access

Toronto City Hall (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Demonstrations

Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-2-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Level

Item

Item

1622

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1925

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

Individuals identified in photograph include, Max Federman, Lipa Green, Harry Green, Sam Green, Benny Himmel, Edith Himmel, Moishe Hoffmitz, Abie Magerman, Moishe Meslin, Morris Speisman, Max Speisman.

Notes

Credit: Estate of Max Speisman.

Name Access

Poalei Zion

Subjects

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

Toronto Islands (Ont.)

Accession Number

1978-4-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

434

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1916]

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative) : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is photograph of Harry Goldstein in costume.

Name Access

Goldstein, Harry

Subjects

Costume

Actors

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

397

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1927 or 1928]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content

The item is a photograph of Clara Love in a costume.

Name Access

Love, Clara

Subjects

Costume

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

6703

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1937]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph depicting Chaim Weizmann speaking at a rally in Toronto at Varsity Stadium on Bloor Street. The photo was taken by Mel Hundert, the donor, who was present at the rally.

Pictured from left to right are: Rabbi Samuel Sachs; J. J. Glass; Chaim Weizman; David Dunkelman.

Name Access

Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Dunkelman, David

Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi

Glass, John Judah, 1895-1973

Subjects

Demonstrations

Presidents--Israel

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

2004-9-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ajalon Lodge fonds

Level

Fonds

Fonds

72

Material Format

textual record

graphic material

object

Date

1929-1986

Physical Description

ca. 1.25 metres of textual records

ca. 15 scrapbooks

ca. 20 objects

Admin History/Bio

The Ajalon Lodge was first organized on 10 March 1929 as the Ajalon Club of Young Judaea. The founding members were Abe Bohnen, Hyman Cohen, Isaac Gringorten, George (Hamell) Himmelstein and Lou Hochman. The group met at the Zionist Institute at 206 Beverley Street in Toronto. The name was selected by Abe Bohnen and Mark Zimmerman, the Young Judaea supervisor, from a map of Palestine which hung in the Young Judaea library.

The first leader of the club was Morris Kertzer followed by Al Zimmerman. In 1930 the lodge began to record its activities in scrapbooks, which it later named the Ajalon Archives. The archivists over the years included Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman.

The club was actively involved in Young Judaea literary, social, and fundraising activities. In 1935, the club graduated from the Young Judaea movement and become a lodge of the Zionist Order Habonim. By 1939 however, the Ajalon, Balfour, Bialik, and Jaffa lodges merged into the Toronto Habonim Lodge due the waning membership as many men went off to war. After the war, the four lodges returned to their original state. In 1940, the lodge acquired club rooms on the third floor of the Zionist Building and in 1944 several wives of lodge members organized the Ajalon Ladies Auxiliary. By 1953, Habonim became the Zionist Men’s Association of Canada, an affiliate organization of the Zionist Organization of Canada and by the 1960s, Ajalon Lodge became directly affiliated with ZOC. Over the course of its existence membership in the lodge has been between 40 and 90 members.

Ajalon Lodge participated in many fundraising campaigns for Jewish organizations in Toronto, such as the Jewish National Fund and the United Palestine Appeal. Many of its members also served on the board of directors for organizations such as the Toronto Zionist Council and Young Judaea. The lodge was involved in several fundraising initiatives, including the establishment of a kindergarten in Ashkelon, Israel in 1972. In later years the Ajalon Lodge was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada.

Custodial History

The records were in the custody of both Willie Zimmerman and Meyer Bromberg before they were donated to the Archives in 1984, 1988, and 1994.

Scope and Content

This fonds primarily consists of the records collected and created by the Ajalon Archives Committee, under the direction of Max Schwadron, Ben Marks, Myer Bromberg, and Willie Zimmerman. The archives are organized into scrapbooks by year and relate first to activities of Ajalon Club as a chapter of Young Judaea and then to Ajalon Lodge as a chapter of the Zionist Order Habonim. Later scrapbooks represent the lodge’s activities as part of the broader Zionist network affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada. The scrapbooks consist of photographs, event invitations, pamphlets and flyers, correspondence, editorial writings, newsletters, newsclippings, meeting minutes, activity reports, and ephemera. They begin in 1929 and run to 1983.

Also included in the fonds are the meeting minutes, financial reports and general correspondence files of the lodge, as well as several artifacts collected by Meyer Bromberg while he was the acting archivist.

Name Access

Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Zionism

Physical Condition

Some of the early scrapbooks are in poor condition. The pages are brittle and are crumbling along the edges. As well, the scrapbooks require tissue-paper linings between the pages to separate the various media contained within and to prevent any further degredation, particularly of the photographs. Many of the photos in the later scrapbooks require rehousing in acid-free melanex.

Related Material

Related material can be found in the Zionist Organization of Canada fonds 28, the Meyer Bromberg fonds, the Maurice Berg fonds and the Willie Zimmerman fonds 41.

Creator

Ajalon Lodge (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1984-11-2

1988-6-5

1994-10-3

2005-4-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Leonard Berger fonds

Level

Item

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Item is a postcard photograph of two unidentified girls in clown costumes.

Subjects

Costume

Girls

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1965-1966

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of detailed documentation about the public meeting and demonstration by the Canadian Nazi Party at Allan Gardens, 30 May 1965. This event provoked a a much larger same-day counter-demonstration at the park by members of Toronto's Jewish community, actions sometimes referred to as the Allan Gardens riot. Documentation of these events and the reactions of Toronto's Jewish community and the general populace are also contained within this file.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Riots

Places

Allan Gardens (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

17

Series

5-3

File

16

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of one news clipping documenting a rally held by John Beattie (leader of the Canadian National Socialist Party or Nazi Party of Canada) and one letter written by Beattie to apply for a salesclerk job.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4408

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1985

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Wally Reinstein, the national Hillel co-ordinator, lighting a candle for Soviet refuseniks at Nathan Phillips Square. A Jewish Student's Union B'nai Brith Hillel banner can be seen in the background.

Notes

Original photos by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Hanukkah

Refuseniks

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

Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4407

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1985

Physical Description

1 photograph

Scope and Content

Wally Reinstein, National Hillel Co-ordinator.

Notes

Original photos by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Subjects

Demonstrations

Hanukkah

Refuseniks

Places

Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1986-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

78

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1973

Physical Description

21 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of twenty-one photographs from the Canada-Israel Committee rally at the Royal York Hotel. Most photos depict speakers at the rally; there are also two photos of a table in the lobby with the sign "Pay UJA-ISF Pledge Here." Several photos depict Murray Koffler at the podium.

Notes

Photos by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Availability of other formats: Also available as digital images.

Name Access

Canada-Israel Committee

Koffler, Murray, 1924-2017

Royal York Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Demonstrations

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Philip Givens fonds

Jewish communal series

Canadian Zionist Federation sub-series

Level

File

Fonds

51

Series

9-2

File

4

Material Format

textual record

Date

1975

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of correspondence documenting Phil Givens' activities as president of the Canadian Zionist Federation. The correspondence concerns relations with other Zionist organizations, budgeting, the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, and the United Nations and Canadian Government's policies vis-à-vis Zionism.

Name Access

Canadian Zionist Federation

Palestine Liberation Organization

United Nations

Subjects

Arab-Israeli conflict

Canada--Foreign relations

Zionism

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ethel Mehr fonds

Level

Item

Fonds

68

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1915]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 25 x 31 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Jewish girls group, dressed up in male costumes. Pictured in the centre row, fourth from the left is Ethel Mehr.

Subjects

Children

Costume

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.

Accession Number

1988-12-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Solomon Edell fonds

Clanton Park Synagogue series

Level

File

Fonds

4

Series

6

File

56

Material Format

textual record

Date

1969-1988

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of records documenting fundraising programs sponsored by State of Israel Bonds in conjunction with Clanton Park synagogue. Included is correspondence, an invitation to a tribute dinner honouring Dr. Norman Shaul, one of the founding members of Clanton Park and a newspaper article about Sol Edell receiving the Tower of David Award.

Name Access

Israel

Subjects

Israel

Zionism

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

67

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1918

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Zionist Circle was a society formed at the University of Toronto. They were also called the Kadenich Society.

Scope and Content

Item is a black-and-white photograph of the University of Toronto Zionist Circle in March 1918. A group of men are standing outside of the Zionist Building at Cecil and Beverley Streets. From left to right are: David Eisen, S. Appel, R. Lieberman Levic Jessel, Aaron Glassberg and Volpe I. Lavine.

Name Access

Eisen, David

Kader

University of Toronto

Zionist Circle

Subjects

Societies

Zionism

Repro Restriction

Permission required from Dr. Eisen.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1456

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1951]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Purim party in Port Colborne, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large group dressed in various costumes.

Subjects

Costume

Parties

Purim

Places

Port Carling (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-18

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1457

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1952]

Physical Description

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

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Purim party in Port Colborne, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large group dressed in various costumes.

Subjects

Costume

Parties

Purim

Places

Port Colborne (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-18

Source

Archival Descriptions