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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

Rabbi Meir Zvi Levy [textual record] – 1939.

Accession Number: 2005-9-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2005-9-7

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1939

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a notice in Yiddish from Rabbi Meir Levy announcing to the Jewish community that shochtim Yichiel Wagman and Soloway, Hymie Weisfeld, Lazar Salkovitch, and Moishe Gross are valid, certified kosher butchers. These shochtim, it states, are well known in Toronto, learned in Torah, and they have been certified under the strictest rules of kashrut.

Subjects: Religion; Food; Occupations

Name Access: Levy, Meir Zvi; Wagman, Yichiel; Weisfeld, Hymie; Salkovitch, Lazar; Gross, Moishe

Source: Archival Accessions

Shopsy's Delicatessen menu [textual record] – 1985.

Accession Number: 2007-5-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-5-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 item

Date: 1985

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one Shopsy's Delicatessen menu from March 1985. The deli introduced a new menu on 1 April 1985. It is a laminated, oversized, three-panel menu and is from the deli located at Yonge and Front Streets, across from the former O'Keefe Centre.

Administrative History: Harry and Jennie Shopsowitz started the family business, Shopsy's Delicatessen, in 1921. The first location was on Spadina Avenue at Dundas Street and was initially an ice-cream parlour, although they quickly converted it into a delicatessen in 1922. Shopsy's became an institution in the city where the likes of Bob Hope, Al Waxman, Dennis Hull and Scotty Bowman were regular customers. Harry's three sons took over the business in 1947. The brothers, Sam and Israel, expanded the business by packaging and distributing their hotdogs and corned beef to grocery stores. Sam Shopsowitz, the more gregarious of the two brothers, was known as the "Corned Beef King."

Subjects: Food; Business; Restaurants

Name Access: Shopsy's Delicatessen (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Shari-Lyn Safir (Thunder Bay, Ont.) [textual record (electronic)] – 1962.

Accession Number: 2007-7-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-7-5

Material Format: textual record (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 document (pdf)

Date: 1962

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one scanned copy of the Lakehead Hadassah cookbook from 1962.

Custodial History: The original records are in the possession of the donor. The OJA was granted permission to scan the records in July 2007, as part of the Ontario Small Jewish Communities initiative. These copies were then donated to the Archives on 2007-07-19.

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: Communities; Food; Women

Name Access: Safir, Shari-Lyn; Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada

Places: Thunder Bay (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto B'nai B'rith Women [textual record] – 1953, 1956-1957.

Accession Number: 2007-11-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-11-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1953, 1956-1957

Scope and Content: Accession consists of three cookbooks produced by the Toronto B'nai Brith Women. The first is entitled "Party Book", the second is "Oven Magic", and the third is "What's Cooking?".

Subjects: Food; Women

Name Access: Toronto B'nai B'rith Women

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA volunteers grilling hot dogs [graphic material] – 21 May 1990.

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series; Walk and Festival event photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 67; Series 17-1-16; File 26

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds; Annual Campaign series; Walk with Israel sub-series; Walk for Israel 1990 sub-sub-series; Walk and Festival event photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 67

Series: 17-1-16

File: 26

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 21 May 1990

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w

Scope and Content: Negative of UJA Walk for Israel volunteers grilling hot dogs. Identified are Gerarld Halbert and Julia Koschitzky.

Notes: Title based on content of negative; Negative by Graphic Artists Photographers

Subjects: Food; Volunteers

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

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joseph Fremar - 14 May 1974

Name: Joseph Fremar

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 14 May 1974

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Joseph Fremar

Number: OH 21

Subject: Business; Food; Occupations

Interview Date: 14 May 1974

Quantity: 2 cassettes (1 copy); 1 MP3 file

Interviewer: Bess Shockett

Total Running Time: 12:59 minutes

Conservation: Copied to cassette tape in August 2003.; Digitized in June 2010.

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

Biography: Joseph "Joe the Orange Man" Fremar was a produce merchant in Kensington Market and opened his location at 234 Augusta Avenue in 1938. Fremar, commonly referred to as the "Orange Man," was a member of the Kiever Synagogue.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Fremar, Joseph; Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Shockett, Bess

Geographic Access: Augusta Avenue (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the social politics and financial expectations around belonging to certain Toronto synagogues versus others.

In this clip, Joseph Fremar, also known as "Joe the Orange Man," talks about the changing population of Toronto

Mimi Wise cooking cabbage rolls [graphic material (electronic)] – 1959.

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 16; Item 7

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Mimi Wise fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 16

Item: 7

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Date: 1959

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w (jpg)

Scope and Content: This item is an electronic copy photograph of Mimi Wise cooking cabbage rolls in her kitchen for the Hadassah Bazaar. The photograph was taken for the Toronto Telegram.

Subjects: Food

Repro Restriction: Copyright is held by the Toronto Telegram. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Accession Number: 2006-9-7

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Joe Dash, Mr. Blackstone and Harry Atkins in the Adath Israel Synagogue kitchen, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – [195-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 838

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 838

Material Format: graphic material

Responsibility: Duke Studio

Date: [195-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of Joe Dash, Mr. Blackstone, and Harry Atkins, of the Kirkland Lake B'nai Brith lodge, in the kitchen of the Adath Israel Synagogue. The men were helping to prepare some hot dogs for a group of Jewish boy cubs and boy scouts.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Atkins, Harry; Blackstone, Mr.; Dash, Joe

Subjects: Food; Kitchens

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

Delicious Dishes : Sudbury's New Jewish Cook Book [text] – [198-?].

Accession Number: 2013-8-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-8-3

Material Format: text

Physical Description: 1 book : 166 p.

Date: [198-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one cookbook published by the Sisterhood of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue and the Dorothy Rothschild Chapter of Hadassah (Sudbury).

Subjects: Food; Women

Name Access: Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue; Hadassah-Wizo

Places: Subury, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Shoresh [graphic material (electronic), textual record] – [2014?]-2016.

Accession Number: 2016-12-63

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-12-63

Material Format: graphic material (electronic); textual record

Physical Description: 19 photographs : col. (jpgs) ; 72 MB; 1 folder of textual records

Date: [2014?]-2016

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 19 digital photos of Shoresh activities including beekeeping, farming, the Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Maxie's Garden in Kensington Market, a map of Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and gardening at Baycrest. Also included is a copy of Shoresh 2016 Year in Review.

Administrative History: Shoresh is a grassroots Jewish environmental organization in Southern Ontario. They exist to nurture a regional Jewish community that sees environmental ethics as a core element of Jewish identity, and is actively committed to responsible stewardship of the earth. They do this through educational programs that link Jewish texts and teachings with experiences of awe and wonder of the natural world; leadership opportunities that invest in the next generation of Jewish environmental leaders; and responsive action including environmental advocacy and the production of sustainable products that enrich Jewish life. They operate out of Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden in Vaughan, Bela Farm in Hillsburgh, and through schools, synagogues, camps, and community organizations throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Descriptive Notes: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION NOTE: There is a PDF version of image #19 of Bela Farm

Subjects: Agriculture; Food

Name Access: Shoresh (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Fresh City Farms [graphic material (electronic)] – 2013.

Accession Number: 2016-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-11-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. (jpg) ; 10.3 MB

Date: 2013

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one digital photo of Ran Goel with produce. This is a publicity photo for Fresh City Farms.

Administrative History: Fresh City Farms is Canada’s largest commercial city farm located on six acres at Downsview Park in Toronto. Its mission is to create and perfect new ways to connect food makers and eaters. Founder Ran Goel lists “his grandmother’s stories about growing up on a Kibbutz, feeling democracy awaken in his childhood home of South Africa and his mom’s stuffed peppers” as inspiration.

Subjects: Agriculture; Farms; Food

Name Access: Fresh City Farms

Source: Archival Accessions

B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto [textual record] – 1958-1976.

Accession Number: 2017-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-11-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records

Date: 1958-1976

Scope and Content: Accession consists of B'nai Brith Women Toronto cookbooks from 1958, 1960-1963, 1967-1972, and B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto yearbooks from 1973, 1975-1976. Each cookbook has a specific theme: Food for Fun; Dinner Dates; Chef's Choice; Gourmet Goodies; Around the World; Candlelight and Wine; Calories a la Carte; Gourmet's Gallery; Confessions of a Bala Busta; Dinner Magic; and People Helping People. The 1972 issue is both a yearbook and a cookbook. From 1973 on, the yearbooks, entitled Pledged to Serve, no longer contained any recipes and instead focused solely on the work of the B'nai Birth Women's Council of Toronto and its chapters.

Custodial History: There is no acquisition information for this accession. The accession number was assigned by the archivist.

Subjects: Food; Women in charitable work

Name Access: B'nai Brith Women's Council of Toronto; B'nai Brith Women (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Israeli-style fast food served at Hillel, University of Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1985].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4415

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4415

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1985]

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Notes: No restrictions on access.

Name Access: Hillel; University of Toronto

Subjects: Food

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: 1986-12-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Shopsy hot dog contest, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto [graphic material] – 7 Aug. 1961.

Level: Item

ID: Item 5012

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 5012

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 7 Aug. 1961

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

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a young boy waring a Shopsy's hat with a hot dog in each hand.

Notes: Graphic Artists.

Name Access: Shopsy's; Shopsowitz, Sam; Canadian National Exhibition

Subjects: Children; Food

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1990-1-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Shopsy's Delicatessen 40th anniversary, Spadina Avenue [graphic material] – 14 Aug. 1961.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4996

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4996

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 14 Aug. 1961

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

Scope and Content: Photograph is an exterior view of Shopsowitz Delicatessen's 40th Anniversary. The photographs depicts a line-up of customers outside the entrance. Shopsy's is advertising 1920s prices.

Notes: Graphic Artists.

Name Access: Shopsowitz, Sam; Shopsy's Delicatessen

Subjects: Anniversaries; Food; Restaurants; Small business

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

Places: Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.); Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1990-1-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Duke St. School cooking class [graphic material] – 1914.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1780

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1780

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Name Access: Duke St. School

Subjects: Children; Education; Food

Repro Restriction: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.

Accession Number: 1979-9-42

Source: Archival Descriptions

Cooking on the air (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) [graphic material] – 6 May 1957.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4832

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4832

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 6 May 1957

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 11 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Helen O'Connor (left) and Inez Richardson (right) leading a cooking class for CJIC, a television station in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The photograph depicts Inez standing in a kitchen, wearing a Hadassah apron, and using a cake mixer while Helen looks on. In the foreground is the television camera.

Notes: On the verso of the photograph there is an address: 128 March Street. This is likely either the address of the studio or the home of Inez Richardson.

Subjects: Food

Places: Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1984-5-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Barbequing hot dogs at the small Jewish communities picnic [graphic material] – 1982.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3901

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3901

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1982

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of an unidentified man barbequing hot dogs at a picnic for members of the small Jewish communities of Ontario. The picnic was organized by the Canadian Jewish Congress.