- 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
- 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
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 876
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 876
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studio
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of the Strand Theatre in Kirkland Lake, which was built in the 1920s by the Kaplan brothers with the help of Harry Oakes.
- Name Access
- Kaplan
- Oakes, Harry
- Strand Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 893
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 893
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Duke Studios
- Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print of the former Uptown Theatre, built by the Kaplan brothers in the 1930s and then converted to use as Children's Aid offices and apartments.
- Name Access
- Kaplan
- Uptown Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON)
[graphic material]
– 15 May 1947.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3256
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3256
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 May 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 7 x 12 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold standing with their daughter in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Elmwood Theatre (London, Ont.)
- Fingold, Jenny
- Fingold, Louis
- Subjects
- Families
- Theaters
- 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
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON)
[graphic material]
– 15 May 1947.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3257
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3257
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 15 May 1947
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 7 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold, and their daughter, standing in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Elwood Theatre (London, Ont.)
- Fingold, Jenny
- Fingold, Louis
- Subjects
- Families
- Theaters
- 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
- London (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3260
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3260
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1948?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 7 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Esther Fingold holding her son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.)
- Fingold, Douglas
- Fingold, Esther
- Subjects
- Mothers and sons
- Theaters
- 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
- Meaford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3261
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3261
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1950?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 5 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative of Philip Fingold holding with his son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.
- Name Access
- Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.)
- Fingold, Douglas
- Fingold, Philip
- Subjects
- Fathers and sons
- Theaters
- 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
- Meaford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-6-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 3077
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3077
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Responsibility
- Photograph by Ben Lechtman.
- Date
- 31 May 1981
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a protester holding a sign that reads, "We shall not forget." The protester was attending an anti-Nazi demonstration in front of neo-Nazi Ernst Zündel's home in Toronto, Ontario.
- Notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of image.
- Statement of responsibility: Photograph by Ben Lechtman.
- Name Access
- Zündel, Ernst, 1939-2017
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Neo-Nazis
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2015-9-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual material
- Date
- 1973-1974
- Scope and Content
- Accession file consists of letters, posters, press releases, minutes of meeting and policy statements regarding Israeli prisoners of war in Syria. The documents are from many organizations such as the Labor Zionist Alliance, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, Toronto Jewish Youth Council, and the Canada-Israel Committee.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material.
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Israel--Armed Forces
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-6-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-6-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs (3 negatives) : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1976-[ca. 1990]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic records that trace Natan Sharansky's history as a prisoner of political conscience; the broader Refusenik issue; and the community advocacy efforts of Debby and Stan Solomon from 1976 and into the late 1980s at the local, national and international scales. Included are memos and newsletters from the Committee for Soviet Jewry (Ontario Region and national-level); background information as well as petition templates, speeches and planning documentation produced by the Committee to Release Anatoly Sharansky and the Beth Tikvah Synagogue in conjunction with community organizations, including the CJC and its Soviet Jewry social action committees, to support on-going advocacy efforts; correspondence with Canadian and American political representatives at the provincial/state and national levels; white papers/grey literature from non-governmental organizations about the persecution of the Soviet Jewry; planning documentation from the First Annual Sharansky Lectureship on Human Rights in 1980; correspondence, articles and ephemera associated with the granting of Sharansky's honourary law doctorate from York University in 1982; 1985 Freedom Rally/Weekend in Ottawa planning documentation and correspondence; 1987 National Conference on the Soviet Jewry and Mobilization for Freedom planning documentation; 1987 Community Rally at Massey Hall promotional materials; and promotional materials from Sharansky's autobiographical "Fear No Evil" 1988 book launch. Graphic material includes photographs of Sharansky's release during the February 11, 1986 American-Soviet prisoner exchange on the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin.
- Identified in the photographs are: Debby Solomon; Stan Solomon; Natan Sharansky; Avital Sharansky; U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt;
- Custodial History
- Material was collected and/or created by Debby Solomon, Natan Sharansky's cousin. Debby donated it to the OJA.
- Administrative History
- Debby Solomon is the cousin of Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, the Soviet born Israeli politician, human activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Debby's father Boris Landis (born 1900) and Sharansky's father were first cousins.Their grandfathers were brothers. Debby's father immigrated 1929 to Toronto from Russia as his older brothers were already in Toronto. Debby and her husband Stan Solomon got involved in the community's activism efforts to free Sharansky and other Refuseniks.They were worked for many years on these efforts by planning programs through their synagogue Beth Tikvah and with Sam Filer, a lawyer and volunteer at the CJC who was also a member of Beth Tikvah.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Politics and government
- Human rights
- Demonstrations
- Synagogues
- Committees
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-63
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2016-3-63
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [192-?]-1953
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material primarily documenting kosher meat scandals and strikes in Toronto in the 1920s and 1930s as well as the Kehilla (Toronto Rabbinical Board). There are complete pages of some documents and portions of others. The documents are flyers (public notices) in Yiddish (with some Hebrew in religious context and quotations) to do with a scandal or several scandals in which it became clear a number of butchers were operating outside Rabbinical Board supervision and therefore selling (assumed to be) treif meat to Toronto Jews. Secondary scandal with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Graubart, who allegedly split off from the Rabbinical Board with six butchers to do business outside the union, with wholesalers, and gaining more money than union butchers and the rabbis working with them. Another thread relates to a strike for cheaper meat, including meetings of women picketers, and then for better conditions for local butchers. The flyers mostly fall between 1920-1940. All are from Toronto. Lists of local butchers’ shops with addresses and names are included.
- Additional flyers cover Communist protests and protest meetings against German fascism and pogroms, specifically Hitler's government's prosecution of the Communist Party of Germany related to the Reichstag fire. Also included are a 1953 flyer for the tenth anniversary commemoration of the Latvian-Lithuanian Jews’ annihilation, and an open letter to Rabbi Abraham Aaron Price regarding his title.
- Custodial History
- There is no information on the acquisition of this material. However, retrieved from the original package in which the material was lodged was a note "Kashruth fliers from E. Miller" or Mitler.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Yiddish with some Hebrew (phrases and quotations).
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
- Kosher food
- Rabbis
- Places
- Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.)
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kensington Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4771
- 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
- ID
- Item 4428
- 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
- ID
- Item 603
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 603
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- The "New Strand Building".
- Notes
- Negative: 8:5:13.
- Acquired November 1975.
- Name Access
- Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 605
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 605
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- The "New Strand Building".
- Notes
- Acquired November 1975.
- Negative: 8:6:15.
- Name Access
- Victory Theatre
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 604
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 604
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- The "New Strand Building".
- Notes
- Acquired November 1975.
- Negative: 8:5:14.
- Name Access
- Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 606
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 606
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Nov. 1975
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- The "New Strand Building".
- Notes
- Acquired November 1975.
- Negative: 8:6:16.
- Name Access
- Victory Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2444
- 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
- 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
- ID
- Item 4406
- 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
- ID
- Item 1340-1373
- 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
- ID
- Item 4203
- 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
- ID
- Item 4241
- 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
- ID
- Item 4242
- 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
- ID
- Item 4240
- 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
- ID
- Item 2647-2651
- 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
- ID
- Item 3078
- 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
- ID
- Item 3076
- 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
- ID
- Item 2624
- 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
- ID
- Item 2630
- 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
- ID
- Item 2608-2635
- 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
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4035
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4035
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Features: M. rotstein; Max Seifert; Chayale Luxenburg; Jennie Eisenstat; Maurice Turk; Eva Fishman.
- Subjects
- Concerts
- Posters
- Theaters
- Places
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1986-3-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 4294
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4294
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1925 or 1926]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Identified third from left: William Shankman.
- Notes
- Photo by Midland Press Agency, 520 Suffolk St., Birmingham.
- Subjects
- Orchestra
- Theaters
- 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
- Birmingham (England)
- Accession Number
- 1987-9-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 676
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 676
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Feb. 1965
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a Broadway Theatre and another building on the south side of Queen Street West, Toronto.
- Name Access
- Broadway Theatre
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Theaters
- 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 Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 6703
- 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
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- Community Relations Committee series
- Anti-Semitism cases sub-series
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 1
- 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
- ID
- Fonds 17; Series 5-3; File 16
- 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
- ID
- Item 4408
- 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
- ID
- Item 4407
- 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
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 67; Series 27; File 78
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- 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
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-1
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- textual record
- Date
- 1913-1959
- Physical Description
- 57 drawings : pencil on tracing paper, blueprints and other reproductions ; 72 x 114 cm or smaller
- 1 cm of textual records
- Admin History/Bio
- Built in 1913, Loew's Yonge Street Theatre and Winter Garden Theatre complex was the flagship of Marcus Loew's Canadian theatre chain. The theatres were designed by Thomas Lamb as a "double-decker" theatre, with the Winter Garden located seven-stories above the street-level Yonge Street Theatre. This was the only double-decker theatre built in Canada and one of less than a dozen built internationally. The design was considered economical in that it provided a greater amount of seating on a given piece of real estate while allowing the theatre operator to present the same daily show in two theatres. The shows included both vaudeville acts and silent movies.
- In 1928, there was a major fire on the site and the Winter Garden Theatre was closed due to the decline in popularity of vaudeville. By 1930, the Yonge Street Theatre was solely a movie theatre, equipped for sound movies. Over the years it gradually fell into disrepair, but continued as a movie theatre until 1981. It was renamed the Elgin Theatre in 1978.
- In 1981, the Elgin and Winter Garden were purchased by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and in 1987 the foundation began a two and half year, $30 million restoration of the theatres. The theatres re-opened in Dec. 1989 exclusively for theatrical productions.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, and floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, basement, etc.) of the theatre. The sub-series includes a copy of a city building permit dating from 1934 for renovations carried out by Loew's Theatres Engineering Division. Some of the blueprints date from the original construction of the theatre in 1913.
- The sub-series is organized into 9 sub-sub-series, corresponding to project dates of 1913, 1919, 1934, 1939, 1949 (two projects), 1952, 1957 and 1959. The earliest materials, such as those from 1913 and 1919, were not created by Kaplan & Sprachman, but were no doubt used as reference materials for their work at the theatre.
- Please note that the blueprints of structural details such as columns and roof reinforcing beams may apply to the theatre complex as a whole, including the Winter Garden Theatre.
- Notes
- Title is derived from the formal titles of the drawings.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thomas
- Elgin Theatre (Toronto)
- Winter Garden Theatre (Toronto)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings are torn & damaged.
- Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Harold S. Kaplan fonds
- Architectural projects series
- Loew's Uptown Theatre (Toronto) sub-series
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1-2
- Material Format
- architectural drawing
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919-1968
- Physical Description
- 132 architectural drawings : pencil (some on tracing paper, some hand col. using pencil crayon), blueprints and other reproductions ; 76 x 106 cm or smaller
- 5 photographs : b&w ; 44 x 55 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- One of sixteen theatres in Canada designed by the well-known architect Thomas W. Lamb, the Uptown Theatre opened in 1920 as a movie and vaudeville theatre of almost 3000 seats, and was later the first theatre in Toronto equipped for sound movies. In 1960 the Uptown's main auditorium was destroyed by a major fire. Kaplan & Sprachman participated in the theatre's subsequent renovation.
- In 1969 the Uptown was split into a five screen theatre through conversion of the theatre's balcony, backstage and basement areas. The Uptown was closed and demolished in late 2003 following the 28th Annual Toronto International Film Festival after the cinema operator, Famous Players, decided to close it and other theatres rather than comply with an Ontario Human Rights Commission order to make the theatres fully wheelchair-accessible.
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of seating plans, blueprints of structural details, floor plans, sections and elevations for successive alterations (to the entrance, lobby, escalator, etc.) of the theatre, as well as several photographs of the Uptown's entrance and auditorium. The sub-series includes a number of hand-coloured drawings of the main auditorium dating from 1962, with paint and fabric samples attached, apparently associated with the re-building of the auditorium following the fire of 1960. The sub-series also includes a set of photo-reproductions of Thomas Lamb's original 1919 plans for the theatre, acquired by Kaplan & Sprachman in 1960.
- The sub-series is arranged in 9 sub-sub-series corresponding to project dates of 1919, 1936, 1945, 1949, 1960, 1962, and 1968. The final sub-sub-series relates to work done by Kaplan after the dissolution of Kaplan & Sprachman.
- In several cases, a sub-sub-series includes drawings and plans from earlier projects, used as reference materials for the current project.
- Name Access
- Lamb, Thos. W. (Thomas White), 1871-1942
- Uptown Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Theaters
- Physical Condition
- Some drawings torn or water-damaged. Some are discoloured or damaged by deteriorating pressure-sensitive tape.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1; File 2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1934?]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Exterior shot of theatre marquee.
- Notes
- Title and creation date based on the content of the photograph, inscriptions on the photograph and Mandel Sprachman's published Inventory of Kaplan & Sprachman theatre projects (Historic Theatres' Trust Bulletin, Spring-Summer 1996).
- Photographers: Pringle & Booth.
- Name Access
- Pringle & Booth
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- ID
- Fonds 27; Series 1; File 3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 27
- Series
- 1
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1931]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the theatre in early stages of construction.
- Notes
- Title based on inscription on the photograph and information found in series 2 newspaper clippings.
- Subjects
- Theaters
- 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
- Queen Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2003-6-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions