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Yael Bendat-Appell, Camp Ramah [graphic material] – 1992-1995.

Accession Number: 2021-11-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2021-11-10

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 24 photographs : col. 10 x 15 cm or smaller

Date: 1992-1995

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs from Camp Ramah. The photographs document the interior of buildings, such as cabins and the dining hall; exterior shots of the waterfront and sports field; and activities, such as the annual colour wars program.

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

Subjects: Camps

Name Access: Camp Ramah in Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Alexandra Sipos-Kocsis, Camp Kinneret [graphic material] – Jul. 2000.

Accession Number: 2021-11-11

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2021-11-11

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. 20 x 30 cm

Date: Jul. 2000

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a colour photograph of Camp Kinneret taken in July 2000.

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

Subjects: Camps

Name Access: Camp Kinneret

Source: Archival Accessions

Ashkenaz Foundation [textual record] – 1997-[ca. 2012].

Accession Number: 2022-3-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2022-3-12

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records

Date: 1997-[ca. 2012]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the Ashkenaz Foundation. Included are memorandums of understanding between UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Ashkenaz Foundation (2004–2010), a copy of the original letters patent that was issued on 21 July 1997, brochures and flyers, and Ashkenaz records for the years 2004–2012.

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.

Subjects: Festivals; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Ashkenaz Festival; Ashkenaz Foundation

Places: Canada

Source: Archival Accessions

Samuel Posluns [graphic material, textual record] – 1948-1970.

Accession Number: 2022-8-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2022-8-1

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 9 photographs : b&w

Date: 1948-1970

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Samuel Posluns. Included are nine black-and-white photographs, an El Al certificate certifying Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Posluns flew non-stop between the United States and Israel, one invitation to the bar mitzvah of Michael Wilfred Posluns, copies of an article by Bernard Shane about the Tailor Project that appeared in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle, and an issue of North York General Hospital News from 1970 that features Samuel Posluns.

Administrative History: Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.; During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.; Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.

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: Photographs and textual records have been scanned and are available in digital form.

Subjects: Bar mitzvah; Clothing trade; Hospitals

Name Access: Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994

Source: Archival Accessions

Gilbert Seltzer [textual record] – [19--].

Accession Number: 2023-2-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2023-2-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 29 cm

Date: [19--]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material that belonged to the late Gilbert Seltzer. Included are handwritten copies of a Camp Yungvelt paper, the Whoosis, and a photograph of a Yiddish youth group, the Yiddisher Kunst-Tsenter (Yiddish/Jewish Art Centre). The Whoosis issues are undated, while the photograph is from 1929/30.

Custodial History: Richard Seltzer discovered the material after his father's death and donated it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History: Gilbert Seltzer was born on 11 October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, to Julius Seltzer and Marion Seltzer (née Liss). Gilbert's parents were both Russian immigrants. Julius owned a knitting mill, and Marion was a homemaker. Julius was also an anarchist, and he and Marion had a cottage in the Workmen's Circle Colony in Pickering, Ontario. As a child, Gilbert attended Camp Yungvelt, a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. His son, Richard, would later recall that Gilbert "sang songs from there and vaguely spoke of the Whosis," the camp's publication.; Gilbert studied architecture at the University of Toronto, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1937. After graduating, he worked for an architectural firm in Manhattan. During the Second World War, he served with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a secret army unit that would become known as the Ghost Army. According to Gilbert's obituary in the New York Times, "The unit fooled German forces with inflatable tanks, dummy airplanes, fake radio transmissions and sound effects." In later years, Gilbert would serve as an ambassador for the unit's veterans.; After the war, Gilbert resumed work as an architect. His projects included the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York; buildings at West Point and the US Merchant Marine Academy; and the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. He worked as an architect until January 2020.; Gilbert met his future spouse, Molly Gold (m. Seltzer), in New Jersey. The couple had two children together: Joan Seltzer and Richard Seltzer. Molly died in 1994, and Gilbert died on 14 August 2021. He was 106.

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: Architects; Camps; Portraits, Group

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt; Seltzer, Gilbert, 1914-2021

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Accessions

National Camps Association [textual record, graphic material] – 1958-1978.

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; National Camps Association series

Level: Series

ID: Fonds 28; Series 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; National Camps Association series

Level: Series

Fonds: 28

Series: 2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Date: 1958-1978

Physical Description: 31 cm of textual records; 25 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio: The National Camps Association was established by the Zionist Organization of Canada as an administrative body responsible for overseeing the operation of the ZOC-owned summer camps in Canada. The Executive Vice-President was in charge of supervising the Camps Association which, after 1970, included a National Camps Committee comprised of regional camp chairmen and alternate representatives appointed by the regional presidents. The National Committee members were also de-facto members of the Regional Camp Committees.; The National Camps Association created all of the standards and guidelines for the camps, which were implemented by the Regional Camp Committees as a way of streamlining operations. The Association also handled all budgetary matters. Staffing and daily camp operation was conducted in co-operation with Canadian Young Judaea, a Zionist organization of Canadian youth and young adults.; The National Camps Association was responsible for Camp Biluim, the leadership training institutue; the Biluim Summer Programme in Israel; Camp Solelim and Camp Shalom in Ontario; Camp Hagshama and Camp Kinneret in Quebec; Camp Hatikvah in British Columbia; and Camp Kadima in Nova Scotia.

Scope and Content: The files in this series consist of textual records and photographs created between 1958 and 1978. These recordes relate to the administrative functioning of the National Camps Association and the operations of the various summer camps under its governance.

Name Access: Camp Shalom; Camp Kadima; Camp Biluim; Camp Solelim; Camp Hatikvah; Camp Hagshama; Camp Kinneret; National Camps Committee

Subjects: Camps

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Arab protest [graphic material] – 1966.

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Central Region sous-fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 28-1; Series 7; File 13

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Zionist Organization of Canada fonds; Central Region sous-fonds; Subject files series

Level: File

Fonds: 28-1

Series: 7

File: 13

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1966

Physical Description: 7 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: The file consists of photographs taken of an Arab protest against Israel.

Subjects: Demonstrations; Israel

Source: Archival Descriptions

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International Left Opposition demonstration [graphic material] – 1933.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1933

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 13 x 18 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 an International Left Opposition (ILO) demonstration depicting a large group of protestors walking carrying banners. This is likely the large anti-fascist protest, which took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

Notes: One copy is a close-up photograph.

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 8, 9, 11, 13, and 15.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Workers' Party of Canada, Toronto Branches [graphic material] – [193-?].

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 7

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a demonstration, likely organized by the International Left Opposition. Several people are walking together displaying banners, one of which reads the Workers' Party of Canada, Toronto Branches.

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

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Woman holding banner at International Left Opposition demonstration [graphic material] – 1933.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 8

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 a woman holding a banner at an International Left Opposition demonstration. There are others holding banners behind her and people sitting along the side watching the demonstration. This image 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, 9, 11, 13, and 15.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Protestors holding banners [graphic material] – 1933.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 9

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 9

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 a group of male and female demonstrators holding banners at an International Left Opposition demonstration. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration 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, 11, 13, and 15.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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International Left Opposition demonstrators with banners [graphic material] – 1933.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 11

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 a group of International Left Opposition demonstrators standing together with their banners. 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, 13, and 15.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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International Left Opposition demonstrators marching along Bathurst Street [graphic material] – [193-?].

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 12

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 12

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 held in Toronto. The demonstrators are walking down Bathurst Street at Ulster and are carrying banners saying "Fight Wage Cuts", "Workers Organize or Starve", and "For the Revolutionary Defense of the Soviet Union".

Name Access: International Left Opposition

Subjects: Banners; Demonstrations; Socialism

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.); Ulster Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Demonstrators holding banner at International Left Opposition demonstration [graphic material] – 1933.

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 32; Item 13

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Harry Clairmont fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 32

Item: 13

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 two men holding a banner with a slogan which reads "To Victory! Under the Banner of Lenin and Trotsky" at an International Left Opposition demonstration in Toronto. This photo was likely taken during the large anti-fascist demonstration that took place in Toronto on July 11, 1933.

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.

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 15.

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1979-11-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Western Guard [graphic material] – 1966.

Part Of: Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds; Community Relations Committee series; Anti-Semitism cases sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 260

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: 260

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1966

Physical Description: 15 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of members of the Western Guard white supremacist group at a mass demonstration in Toronto.

Notes: Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Name Access: Western Guard Party

Subjects: Demonstrations; White supremacy movements

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Morris Lofsky scrapbook [textual record] – 1930-1955.

Accession Number: 1988-4-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-4-8

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook

Date: 1930-1955

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a scrapbook created by Morris Lofsky. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of Zionist and labour materials. Of particular note is a stop-work broadside featuring information about the march and demonstration at Queen's Park from 1933 in protest of the pogroms of German Jews leading up to the Second World War. There are also several strike notices from the furrier, dressmakers, and other unions.

Administrative History: Morris Lofsky lived with his family in the downtown Kengsington market area of Toronto. He worked as a fur worker and was an active member of the Jewish community.

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: Demonstrations; Labor; Zionism

Places: Queen's Park (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Raxlen family [multiple media] – [192-?]-1975.

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Material Format: multiple media

Date: [192-?]-1975

Scope and Content: The records in this accession document the Raxlen family and the Raxlen Clinic and Doctor's Hospital that was set up by the Raxlen brothers. The records also include personal correspondence between Katie Cherney and her mother, family photographs, greeting cards, press clippings and a booklet of articles written by Rabbi Fine of Peterborough. This booklet includes translated documents that he produced as rabbi from 1926 to 1934. Finally, there are three historic postcards documenting Holy Blossom's building on Bond Street, Jarvis Collegiate, and the Doctor's Hospital

Custodial History: Records were collected by Karen Fejer, the daughter of Alexander Raxlen.

Administrative History: The Raxlen brothers were born in Toronto in Cabbagetown, where their father operated a grocery store. The four brothers were Saul, Benjamin, Alexander, and Sam. All of the brothers graduated in medicine during the 1930s, except for Sam, who became a dentist. Together, they opened up the Raxlen Clinic in 1937, which was located on Carleton Street.; In 1953, the brothers opened their own private hospital, the Doctor's Hospital, which was located on Brunswick Avenue. The hospital started in a ninety-year-old building that was owned by a religious order. The brothers modernized and expanded it from a facility accomodating 59 patients to one that could hold up to 168 beds by 1955. It soon became the largest privately-held, non-profit hospital in North America. By the time the brothers sold it during the late 1970s, it had 554 full-time staff and five hundred hospital beds.; The other family documented in this accession is the Cherney family from Peterborough. The patriarch and matriarch were Abraham and B. Cherney. They had two children, Katie ("Kaye") and Meyer. Abraham and B. divorced, and Abraham remarried and had three more kids: Harry, Helen, and Louis. The family remained in Peterbough, but the ex-wife moved to Toronto. Kaye married Dr. Alexander Raxlen, and they had three children. Karen Fejer, their daughter, is the donor.

Use Conditions: Correspondence is restricted. Researchers must contact donor for permission to access them. The rest of the collection is open.

Descriptive Notes: Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Some of the photographs are the property of the City of Toronto Archives.

Subjects: Families; Hospitals; Rabbis

Name Access: Doctor's Hospital (Toronto, Ont.); Fine, Abraham

Places: Peterborough (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Sol Shiner [graphic material, textual record] – [ca. 1925]-1986.

Accession Number: 1997-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-11-3

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm; 1 folder of textual records

Date: [ca. 1925]-1986

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one black-and-white photograph taken of a group of campers at Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hill. Identified in the photograph is Rae Watson (standing at the far left).; Also included were several newspaper clippings from 1976–1986, which have been integrated into the clipping files.

Administrative History: Camp Kindervelt was a Labour Zionist League camp in Rough Hill, in the east end of Toronto in the Rouge Valley.

Subjects: Camps; Labor Zionism

Name Access: Camp Kindervelt; Shiner, Sol

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Camp Kindervelt|Branch 3, Labor League [graphic material] – [ca. 1930].

Accession Number: 1992-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1992-10-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Date: [ca. 1930]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of three copy photographs. Two of these photographs are of Camp Kindervelt in Rouge Hills, north of Ontario; the other photograph is of Branch 3, Labor League, Toronto.

Subjects: Camps

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Accessions

Camp Yungvelt, Pickering [graphic material] – [ca. 1943].

Accession Number: 1993-6-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1993-6-6

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 14 x 9 cm and 13 x 10 cm

Date: [ca. 1943]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one photographic postcard and one negative of a group of girls at Camp Yungvelt in Pickering. Some of the girls have been identified as follows: Terry Krever is in front row on far left; Miss Simon (M. Shainhouse) is next to her in center; Miss Naomi Strauss is in the far left-hand corner; Mrs. Danilak is in back row, second from right; and "Creed" is in back row, far right.

Subjects: Children; Camps

Name Access: Krever, Terry; Strauss, Naomi; Danilak, Mrs.; Camp Yungvelt

Places: Pickering, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Louis Levine [graphic material] – 1916-1988.

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date: 1916-1988

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

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: Camp counselors; Camps; Farms; Farm tractors; Purim

Name Access: Camp Winnebagoe

Places: Oshawa (Ont.); Whitby (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Jewish Medical Association and Mount Sinai Hospital [textual record] – 1925-1960.

Accession Number: 1976-10-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1976-10-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 26 cm of textual records and graphic material

Date: 1925-1960

Scope and Content: Accession consists of: Toronto Jewish Medical Association minute book (1925–1936); minutes, clinical records, research papers and other records of the Mount Sinai Clinical Association (1932–1953); Mount Sinai Hospital medical staff minute book (1943–1953); a copy of Dr David Eisen's publication "Toronto's Jewish doctors" (1960); and a photograph of the installation of officers of the Mt. Sinai Hospital Clinical Society (1939).

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

Descriptive Notes: Availability of other formats: Dr. Eisen's "Toronto's Jewish Doctors" publication has been digitized and is available as a PDF file. The photograph of the officers' installation has also been digitized and is available as a JPEG image.

Subjects: Hospitals; Physicians

Name Access: Eisen, David; Pollock, Ira; Mount Sinai Hospital; Toronto Jewish Medical Association

Source: Archival Accessions

Camp Tamarack [moving images] – 1943.

Accession Number: 2003-10-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2003-10-4

Material Format: moving images

Physical Description: 1 videocassette : b&w, si., VHS

Date: 1943

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one VHS videocassette copy of an 8mm silent film that was taken by Hy Rossman of campers at Camp Tamarack in 1943. The film includes scenes of the boys engaged in activities at camp as well as "mess hall" gatherings, training sessions and drills

Administrative History: Hy Rossman was the father of one of the campers. The donor, Dr. Martin Wolfish, was a friend of his son and was a camper in 1943 as well.

Descriptive Notes: A clip of the film can be viewed at: //www.youtube.com/embed/eFGNoca4vkw

Subjects: Camps; Children

Name Access: Camp Tamarack; Rossman, Hy

Places: Bracebridge, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Workmen's Circle [text, graphic material] – 1935-1962.

Accession Number: 1980-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1980-2-2

Material Format: text; graphic material

Physical Description: 15 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1935-1962

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring). Included are: three architectural drawings of the summer cottage for Camp Yunvelt (Pickering, Ont.); two group portraits (one with identification and one without); a bound periodical/journal from 1935; a hardcopy of Fertsik yor arbeter-ring: a geshikhte in bilder (English: Forty Years Workmen's Circle: A History in Pictures) put out by the National Executive Committee of the Workmen's Circle in 1940; a bound periodical/journal of Kultur un dertsiung (English: Culture and Education) for the year 1942; a bound periodical/journal of Der freynd (English: The Friend) for the year 1942; a booklet by Rev. Nathan Stolnitz's titled Some of the Numerous Comments and Reviews on Music in Jewish Life (1957?); a newspaper clipping titled "A bukh vom oyngt" (English: A Book That Opens) that was published in 1957; a hardcopy of Workmen's Circle, Pioneers and Builders put out by the Workmen's Circle Pioneers and Builders Committee in 1962; and two other Yiddish-language publications that have not been identified.

Administrative History: The Workmen's Circle (Yiddish: Arbeiter Ring) was founded in the United States by Jewish immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Circle branches were established in Canada in Montreal and Toronto in 1907 and 1908. In 1917, the Toronto branches incorporated as nonprofit organization called the Arbeiter Ring. The organization celebrated its centenery in 2017.

Descriptive Notes: Language: Most of the material in the accession is in Yiddish. The drawings are in English and a few of the publications are in English and Yiddish.

Subjects: Camps; Cottages; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Pickering (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Jack Shindman [sound recording, textual record] – 1977.

Accession Number: 1983-1-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1983-1-10

Material Format: sound recording; textual record

Physical Description: 2 audio cassettes; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1977

Scope and Content: Accession consists of an interview and corresponding transcript, with Jack Shindman, past-president of JIAS, on immigration and his family.

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada; Families; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Shindman, Jack; Drutz, Danny; Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Rovno, Ukraine; Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Camp Balfour Manor and Camp Yungvelt [graphic material] – 1938-1943.

Accession Number: 2004-5-37

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-37

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 36 photographs : b&w and hand col. (12 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller

Date: 1938-1943

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs taken at Camp Balfour Manor on Morrison Lake in Muskoka, Ontario and Camp Yungvelt in Pickering, Ontario. Scenes include a group of young people on the steps of a building, a Shabbat service, a flag lowering ceremony, boxing lessons, an arts and crafts class, and a photograph of Hyman Riegelhaupt at Camp Yungvelt.

Subjects: Camps

Name Access: Balfour Manor Camp; Camp Yungvelt

Places: Muskoka (Ont. : District municipality); Pickering (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Council of Jewish Federations Canada (CJF) [textual record]

Accession Number: 1996-6-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1996-6-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 15 m of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the records of the Council of Jewish Federations of Canada. Also included within the records are those of the National Budgeting Conference (NBC).

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Council of Jewish Federations of Canada; National Budgeting Conference

Source: Archival Accessions

North American Jewish Students Network [textual record]

Accession Number: 1996-6-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1996-6-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1.5 m of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records of the North American Jewish Students Network.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Children; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: North American Jewish Students Network (Canada)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Casa [textual record]

Accession Number: 1986-11-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1986-11-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 4.2 m of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the operations of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Casa.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Source: Archival Accessions

Chaim Weizmann at rally at Varsity Stadium, Toronto – [ca. 1939].

Accession Number: 2004-9-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-9-1

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: [ca. 1939]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one black-and-white original photograph depicting Chaim Weizmann speaking at a rally in Toronto at Varsity Stadium on Bloor Street. Pictured from left to right are: Rabbi Samuel Sachs, J. J. Glass, Chaim Weizman, David Dunkelman. The photo was taken by Mel Hundert (the donor), who was present at the rally

Custodial History: Photo was kept by donor

Subjects: Demonstrations

Name Access: Weizmann, Chaim.; Glass, J.J.; Dunkelman, David.; Sachs, Samuel, Rabbi

Places: Bloor Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring) [graphic material, moving images] – 1959-1965.

Accession Number: 1979-4-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-4-4

Material Format: graphic material; moving images

Physical Description: 18 photographs : b&w (9 negatives); 1 film reel

Date: 1959-1965

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs documenting the Workmen's Circle (Arbeiter Ring) Peretz School and Camp Yungvelt. Also included is a film reel of activities at Camp Yungvelt from 1959.

Subjects: Camps; Schools

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt; Matenko, Isaac, 1874-1960; Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Accessions

Mount Sinai Hospital Highlights [textual record] – 1978–1979.

Accession Number: 1979-12-13

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-12-13

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 5 newsletters

Date: 1978–1979

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Mount Sinai Hospital. Included are issues of Highlights for February 1978, June 1978, October 1978, April 1979, and November 1979.

MG_RG: MG2 01c

Subjects: Hospitals

Name Access: Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Jewish Congress, Orthodox Division. Kashruth Department [textual record]

Accession Number: 1988-2-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-2-12

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1.8 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records pertaining to the operation of the Kashruth Department of the Toronto Jewish Congress. The department was situated within the Orthodox Division.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Religion; Food; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Toronto Jewish Congress

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region [textual record] – 1986-1987.

Accession Number: 1988-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-10-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1.2 m of textual records

Date: 1986-1987

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the Executive Director files of the CJC, Central Region. The files were created and accumulated by E. Y. Lipsitz.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region [textual record] – [197-]-[199-].

Accession Number: 1990-5-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-5-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 12 m of textual records

Date: [197-]-[199-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting various activities of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region, including the small communities, regional committees, eduction and culture. The records appear to have originated with E. Y. Lipsitz.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Wabi-kronicle [textual record] – 1946-1948.

Accession Number: 2005-6-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2005-6-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1946-1948

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the Wabi-kronicle, the newsletter for Camp Wabi-Kon, a Jewish camp in Northern Ontario near Temagami.

Subjects: Camps; Children

Name Access: Camp Wabi-Kon

Source: Archival Accessions

United Restitution Organization, Toronto Office [textual record] – [195-?]-[198-].

Accession Number: 2007-3-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-3-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 12.5 m of textual material and 6 boxes of index cards

Date: [195-?]-[198-]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of 43 cubic foot boxes of closed case files as well as six boxes of index cards created by the United Restitution Organization, Toronto Office. The case files document the Article 2 (boxes 1 - 11) and Hardship (boxes 12 - 43) programs. Most of the documentation within the case files are in German.; The index cards document the BEG and Russlandfaille programs and correspond to records that were transferred to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. The files were created during the early years of the URO that were donated by URO to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. in October, 1990. That institution has approximately 100 boxes of closed case files from the Toronto Office. The index cards DO NOT correspond to any case files that we have as part of our holdings.

Custodial History: After the Toronto URO office closed, the one case worker left moved from the second floor of the Lipa Green Building to the same floor as the OJA the end of March, 2007. Before the move, the OJA was asked to take all of the historical files that were there in boxes, listed them and transferred them to the UJA Warehouse. The index cards are in the OJA vault.

Administrative History: In Canada, the United Restitution Organization (URO) was founded in 1953 under the aegis of the Canadian Jewish Congress. The funds advanced by the Claims Conference were administered by the CJC which also gave support by providing the URO with office space and clerical staff. Offices were set up in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The Winnipeg and Vancouver offices closed in the 1970s and the Montreal office remained open until 2002, after which time the active cases were sent to the Toronto office. The Toronto office officially closed on April 1, 2007. There was one case worker, however, who contintued to tend to any active claims that were left. Her position was transfered to Jewish Family and Child in 2013. The URO dealt with a variety of different types of claims. The first and largest were the BEG cases (Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz), which translates as Federal Indemnification Law for the Compensation of Victims of National Socialist Persecution. This program provided compensation for individuals persecuted for political, racial, religious, or ideological reasons who suffered long-term damage to their health, imprisonment, death of family members, loss of property, reduced income, or reduced professional advancement. The other two major programs or cases covered by the URO were the Hardship Fund and Article 2. The Hardship Fund was established during the 1960s and was open to Jews who emigrated from the former Soviet Union who were not eligible for compensation under the BEG program. The Article 2 program, in turn, arose during the 1990s, after the unification of the German government. It is still operating today and is open to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who met a certain critiera, and those who are eligible, are provided with a pension paid out in installments every three months each year.

Use Conditions: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing the records.

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: United Restitution Organization (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Barry Kirshin [graphic material] – August 1947.

Accession Number: 2007-6-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-9

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller

Date: August 1947

Scope and Content: Accession contains a photo album with six photos of Camp Tamarack, some of which have been identified. Included are photos of Duck Lake, Morty Weisberg, Sonny Moshenberg and a boy counting beans (believed to be Lionel Solrush). A numbered guide of all the photos is included.

Subjects: Camps

Name Access: Camp Tamarack; Kirshin, Barry; Weisberg, Morty; Moshenberg, Sonny; Solrush, Lionel

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Young Judaea [textual record, graphic material] – 1919-2007.

Accession Number: 2007-12-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-12-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 90 cm of textual records; 1000 photographs [approx.]

Date: 1919-2007

Scope and Content: This accession consists of textual and graphic records documenting the programs and activities of Canadian Young Judaea. The records include newsletters and publications, photographs, anniversary books, and program books. There are also two compact discs containing scanned copies of the photographs from this accession.

Custodial History: These records were gathered together for an anniversary celebration held in November 2007. Most of the records were found in the basement of the office building on Marlee Avenue, before being donated to the archives.

Administrative History: Canadian Young Judaea was founded in 1909 as a Zionist movement for Canadian youth by members of the Herzl Zion Club. As a Zionist organization, Young Judaea continues to be committed to fostering a sense of Jewish identity and values in today's Jewish youth and to encouraging a lifelong commitment to Israel.; In order to foster a closer connection to Israel, Canadian Young Judaea employs educational Shlichim from Israel who are posted at various Jewish communities throughout Canada and offices at the national level. In Toronto, Young Judaea also operates several Zionist summer camps located in each region of Canada, and a summer leadership institute called Camp Biluim in Quebec. In addition to the social programme of the organization, Young Judaea also offers educational seminars and conferences.; Young Judaea's national structure includes a National Executive Board and an Administrative Council. Conventions are held regularly, as are regional conferences. In the past, Young Judaea operated as an associated, but distinct, organization from the Zionist Organization of Canada. However, Young Judaea operations were overseen by the ZOC executive, and Young Judaea received their budget from the ZOC Treasury. In addition, ZOC and Young Judaea worked in conjunction with one another on many projects and programmes, such as with the operation of the Zionist camps. They were therefore dependent on ZOC.

Subjects: Camps; Youth; Zionism

Name Access: Canadian Young Judaea

Source: Archival Accessions

Sydney Moscoe [graphic material, graphic material (electronic)] – 1934-1975.

Accession Number: 2008-11-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-11-8

Material Format: graphic material; graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 5 photographs : b&w ; 34 x 15 cm or smaller + identification key; 55 photographs : b&w (jpgs) ; 300 dpi

Date: 1934-1975

Scope and Content: This accession consists of photographs documenting the Moscoe family, Camp B'nai Brith near Ottawa, and the Kirkland Lake Jewish community. Also included are a few photographs taken at the amalgamation of Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue in 1975. The amalgamation photographs include: Syd Moscoe, Stuart Moscoe, Harry R. Moscoe, Irving Horowitz, Cantor David Bercovici, Cantor Louis Danto, and Rabbi Joseph Kelman.

Custodial History: The photographs were loaned to the Archives for copying. The donor has the original records.

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: Camps; Communities; Families

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Ontario Jewish Archives [graphic material] – 2002.

Accession Number: 2009-3-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-3-4

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 12 photographs : col. ; 12 x 10 cm

Date: 2002

Scope and Content: Accession consists of images of the Ontario Jewish Archives vault, processing room, research room, and reception area taken by Ellen Scheinberg upon being hired as the OJA's new director in 2002. The photographs illustrate the state of the archives upon her arrival.

Custodial History: The photographs were taken by Ellen Scheinberg, director of the Ontario Jewish Archives. They were kept in her office until she transferred them to the OJA on 4 March 2009.

Subjects: Archives; Nonprofit organizations

Name Access: Ontario Jewish Archives

Source: Archival Accessions

Mount Sinai Hospital [graphic material] – 2006.

Accession Number: 2009-3-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-3-6

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : col. ; 10 x 13 cm

Date: 2006

Scope and Content: This accession consists of two photographs taken by Judith Ghert of the former Mount Sinai Hospital facade on Yorkville Ave. The facade was saved from demolition, moved back from the sidewalk and is now being incorporated into a new condo development on the site that will feature retail space on the ground level.

Subjects: Hospitals

Name Access: Ghert, Judith; Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

(Latner) Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage [textual record] – 2005-2007.

Accession Number: 2009-3-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-3-7

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Date: 2005-2007

Scope and Content: This accession consists of records related to the work of Susan Jackson as the Executive Director of the Latner Center for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage. The records include planning documents, summaries and reports, budgets and meeting minutes.

Custodial History: The records were in the possession of Susan Jackson, currently an Executive Philanthropic Officer with the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the former Executive Director of the (Latner) Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage.

Administrative History: The Latner Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage was created in 2005 as an entity of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. It included the Ontario Jewish Archives, the Holocaust Centre, the Latner Library, Jewish Information Service of Greater Toronto, and the Jewish media and pedagogic libraries. The Latner Centre then became the Centre for Jewish Knowledge and Heritage and eventually disbanded in 2008.

Use Conditions: Closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director (and whomever else) prior to accessing the records.

Descriptive Notes: Use condition note: Records of UJA Federation are closed for 10 years from date of creation.

Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Philanthropy and fundraising

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto; Jackson, Susan

Source: Archival Accessions

Frankel family [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1928-2009.

Accession Number: 2009-11-4

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

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1917-2011.

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Level: Fonds

ID: Fonds 14

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds

Level: Fonds

Fonds: 14

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object

Date: 1917-2011

Physical Description: 2.82 m of textual records and other material

Admin History/Bio: As early as 1916 the Ezras Noshem Society (a mutual benefit society for Jewish women) started to raise funds to purchase and renovate what would become The Toronto Jewish Old Folks' Home (Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care’s forerunner) after its members recognized the need for a home in Toronto where the Jewish elderly could receive kosher meals and communicate with staff in their own language. Property at 31 Cecil Street was purchased in 1917 and sometime between September 1918 and January 1920 the Home officially opened there. The Home was run by a small staff and the women of Ezras Noshem who volunteered their time to make beds, cook kosher meals, do laundry and sponsor fundraising events. By 1938 the Home had expanded into its neighboring houses at 29, 33, and 35 Cecil Street and was caring for 115 residents. It provided residents with synagogue services, a hospital ward and social activities. At this time the Home also became a member of the United Jewish Welfare Fund.; In 1946, the need for a larger and more modern building prompted a fundraising campaign, which was headed by Abe Posluns, to purchase and build a new facility. In December 1954, the new building opened at 3650 Bathurst Street and consisted of two new institutions: The Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital. This location continued to expand over the years, including a new building for residents in 1968, an apartment building for seniors called the Baycrest Terrace in 1976, and a community centre known as The Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre in 1977. These additions enabled Baycrest to expand its programs to include a day care program, recreational programs, and a Sheltered Workshop which was run in cooperation with the Jewish Vocational Service and provided residents with employment. In 1986 a new Baycrest Hospital was erected, and in 1989, the Rotman Research Institute, which is also affiliated with the University of Toronto, opened to create a research facility where top researchers could study and find new treatment methods for the elderly.; In recent years, Baycrest’s services and programs have continued to expand. In 2000, the Apotex Centre, the Jewish Home for the Aged and the Louis and Leah Posluns Centre for Stroke and Cognition opened to help residents with progressive dementia caused by vascular disorders. In 2001 a condominium building opened at 2 Neptune Drive for seniors, and in 2003 the Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic was established to provide out-patient services for seniors with memory disorders. Baycrest Centre also provides numerous cultural and religious programs for the inhabitants and the greater community, including a heritage museum, art exhibits and a Holocaust program.

Custodial History: Records were donated to the OJA in a series of accessions from a variety of sources, including the Baycrest Women's Auxiliary and the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records documenting the history, governance, and activities of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, photographs, artifacts, constitutions, publications, press releases, financial records, event invitations, programs, a scrapbook, a poster, lists, theatrical scripts, newspaper clippings, brochures and booklets, flyers, a land deed, certificates, schedules, annual calendars, cards, questionnaires, and lists.; Fonds is arranged into eleven series: 1. Board of Directors and Executive Committee; 2. Annual General Meetings and Annual Reports; 3. Committees and meetings; 4. Women's Auxiliary; 5. Men's Service Group; 6. Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home; 7. Programs and services; 8. Religious services; 9. Fundraising; 10. Publications and publicity; and, 11. Events. Records are described to the file level with some item level descriptions.

Notes: Physical description note: Includes 1102 photographs, 4 coins, 2 posters, 1 badge, 1 pin, 1 key chain, 1 postcard, and 1 pen.; Associated material note: related material at Library and Archives Canada includes a small Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds, and the Eric Exton fonds. For architectural records see the Irving D. Boigon fonds 243 at the City of Toronto Archives (Boigon was an architect who designed many of Baycrest's buildings between the 1970s and 1990s). Contact Baycrest Centre's Heritage Museum for committee records from the 1930s, and consult Baycrest's website to access electronic copies of current issues of Baycrest's publications.

Name Access: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; Baycrest Hospital; Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.); Jewish Home for the Aged (Toronto, Ont.); Jewish Old Folks Home (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Hospitals; Old age homes

Related Material: See Gordon Mendly Fonds 18, series 3-4; Jewish Vocational Services of Toronto fonds 75; United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds 67; accession # 2009-6-2; Dora Till Fonds 52; J. Irving Oelbaum Fonds 24; Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds 61, series 1-1; Gilbert Studios fonds 37; Ben Kayfetz fonds 62, series 3, file 3; JFWB fonds 87, series 6, files 5 and 6; JIAS fonds 9, series 7, file 1; Harold S. Kaplan fonds 27, series 1-4, and Morris Norman fonds 22.

Creator: Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 1917-

Accession Number: 1982-11-1; 1983-11-2; 1988-2-7; 1979-9-17; 1979-9-23; 1987-9-7; 2004-5-50; MG 2 O 1A

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Sky family (Elk Lake, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1917].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1321

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1321

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1917]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This is item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of the Sky family of Elk Lake, Ontario. The photo was taken at Camp Custard (Custer?) in the United States. Pictured are:; Left to right: Sol Sky, Barney Sky, Fanny Sky.

Name Access: Camp Custard; Camp Custer; Sky, Barney; Sky family; Sky, Fanny; Sky, Sol

Subjects: Camps; Families

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: United States

Accession Number: 1977-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich - 2 Jul. 1974

Name: Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 2 Jul. 1974

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich

Number: OH 22

Subject: Antisemitism; Hospitals; Rabbis; Schools; Teachers

Interview Date: 2 Jul. 1974

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side One - 43 minutes; Side Two - 3 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003.; Digitized in 2014.

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

Biography: Dr. Sam Hurwich was involved in a number of organizations, including the Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and several Labour Zionist groups.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Hospital for Sick Children; Hurwich, Rivka; Hurwich, Sam

Geographic Access: Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 22 - Hurwich\OH22_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 22 - Hurwich\OH22_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

Lillian Beube - 1972

Name: Lillian Beube

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 1972

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Lillian Beube

Number: OH 27

Subject: Nonprofit organizations

Interview Date: 1972

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Morris Silbert

AccessionNumber: 1978-2-2

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Second side inaudible

Use Restrictions: Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Beube, LIllian; Silbert, Morris

Geographic Access: Hamilton (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Montague Raisman - 11 Jul. 1982

Name: Montague Raisman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1982

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Montague Raisman

Number: OH 64

Subject: Nonprofit organizations; Human rights; Antisemitism; World War, 1939-1945; Zionism

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1982

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Jack Lipinsky

Total Running Time: 39:42 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Low sound volume

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

Biography: Montague Raisman came to Canada from England in 1926. He was actively involved in B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge and held positions of office. He served as the commanding officer for the B'nai Brith Air Cadet Squadron in Toronto during the Second World War. He was instrumental in the formation of the Joint Public Relations Committee, a united Jewish voice in response to pro-Nazi activity.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: Raisman, Montague; B'nai Brith; Lipinsky, Jack; Canadian Jewish Congress

Geographic Access: Toronto; Calgary (Alta.); Montréal (Québec)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 64 - Raisman\OH64_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Montague describes the formation of the B'nai Brith Air Cadet Squadron during the Second World War. He discusses the recruitment and training of the officers and cadets. He explains how this squadron was instrumental in changing recruitment qualifications to allow entry of new immigrants and Black cadets.

In this clip, Montague Raisman discusses the events leading up to an association between B

J. B. Salsberg - Sep. 1985

Name: J. B. Salsberg

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: Sep. 1985

Source: Oral Histories

Name: J. B. Salsberg

Number: OH 71

Subject: Labor movement; Labor unions; Women; Demonstrations

Interview Date: Sep. 1985

Quantity: 1

Total Running Time: OH71_001: 44:50 minuets OH71_002: 35:55 minuets

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Joseph Baruch Salsberg (1902–1998) was a labour leader, political activist, politician, newspaper columnist, and a man who dedicated his life to Yiddishkeit and the advancement of social justice. He was active in various Jewish organizations, including the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, and the New Fraternal Jewish Association. In 1938, he was elected as alderman on Toronto’s City Council; in 1948, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is well remembered by contemporaries, such as Sam Lipshitz, as a "champion of the people," committed to social justice, the plight of the working-class, and the preservation of Jewish culture.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union; Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998

Geographic Access: Toronto

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 71 - Salsberg\OH71_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 71 - Salsberg\OH71_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Joseph Salsberg discusses the events that led to the birth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) in America and the ILGWU's influence on the Canadian garment industry.

In this clip, Joseph Salsberg discusses the first sit down strike by tailors in Canada in recognition of women