Accession Number
1975-007
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1975-007
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 74 cm
Date
1919-1980
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a panoramic photograph of the opening game of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League. Pictured are the Judean Benevolent and B'nai Brith teams. In addition, accession includes a Sons of Jacob Benevolent Society Directory, and material pertaining to the Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society including several versions of its Constitution and By-Laws, an anniversary banquet programme, and two copies of the Golden Jubilee Book.
MG_RG
MG2B1E
Subjects
Sports
Societies
Name Access
Sons of Jacob Benevolent Society (Toronto, Ont.)
Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society (Toronto, Ont.)
Jewish Fraternal Softball League (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Name
Joseph Addison
Material Format
sound recording
Interview Date
12 May 1982
Source
Oral Histories
Name
Joseph Addison
Number
OH 128
Subject
Athletes
Sports
Associations, institutions, etc
Interview Date
12 May 1982
Quantity
1 cassette (1 copy)
1 WAV file
Total Running Time
31:21 minutes
Conservation
Copied August 2003
Digitized in November 2014 ceases to be audible at 14:03 minutes
Recording fades and is not audible at 14:03 minutes
Use Restrictions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Biography
Joseph Addison was an active member of the Brunswick Street YMHA and its executive committee member. He also held the position of vice president and chair of the board. Addison was a handball enthusiast and was the first chair of the Canadian Handball Association. Joseph Addison was a judge.
Material Format
sound recording
Language
English
Name Access
Young Men's Hebrew Association (Toronto, Ont.)
Geographic Access
Toronto (Ont.)
Original Format
Audio cassette
Copy Format
Audio cassette
Digital file
Transcript
G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 128 - Addison\OH128_Log.pdf
Source
Oral Histories
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
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Turofsky photographs series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 22; Series 4; Item 1-18
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Turofsky photographs series
Level
Series
Fonds
22
Series
4
Item
1-18
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1945]-1974
Physical Description
18 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Admin History/Bio
Noted brothers, Nat and Lou Turofsky, began taking photos in 1907. They photographed wedding banquets, social and public events, and celebrities, but were mostly known for their sports photography and quickly established themselves as the premier photographers in the sporting world. Their diverse hockey photographs truly captured the essence of the game, all of which chronicled the Original Six era.
Lou Turofsky was born in 1892 in Chicago to Russian immigrant parents. The family moved to Toronto in 1900, and Lou began work as a photographer at Alexandra Studios in 1907. In 1910, he bought the business and in 1911, he hired his brother Nat to work with him. While Nat never married, Lou married Ruth Seigel in 1936, at the age of forty-five, and had two daughters, Carol (m. Grafstein) and Riki, who is now an opera singer.
Nat and Lou Turofsky were perhaps the most famous sports photographers of the 1940s and 1950s, due in part to their contract as the official photographers of Maple Leaf Gardens from the 1930s until the mid-1950s. They also photographed baseball games for the Toronto Maple Leaf baseball club.
Nat and Lou Turofsky died in 1956 and 1959 respectively.
Scope and Content
This series consists of eighteen photographs taken by the Turofsky brothers from the late 1940s up until 1974. The photographs depict members of the sports community in Toronto, including athletes, managers, newscasters, and reporters, as well as international athletes and celebrities such as Herb Elliot, Danny Kaye, Phil Silvers, and Liberace. Many of the photographs feature Spencer "Spiff" Evans, who was the publicity chief for the Maple Leaf Gardens during the 1940s and 1950s and, in 1963, became the director of public relations for the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club.
The series has been arranged and described at the item level.
Notes
Associated material note: The Hockey Hall of Fame possesses a Turofsky collection numbering 19,000 negatives.
Subjects
Sports
Accession Number
2002-12-3
2004-7-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
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
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinners series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 61; Series 5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinners series
Level
Series
Fonds
61
Series
5
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
object
Date
1987-1994
Physical Description
427 photographs : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
3 cm of textual records
2 artifacts
Admin History/Bio
The Sports Celebrity Dinners were developed by the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto in 1985. Each year, a different person connected with the world of sports was honoured by the community for their contributions. The night included a dinner, guest speakers and celebrity appearances, and usually an athletic demonstration or participatory event that related to the honouree's sport. For example, a boxing match, a skating demonstration or a batting cage.
Scope and Content
This series consists of photographs and program books from eight of the annual Sports Celebrity Dinners held by the Jewish Community Centre of Toronto.
Subjects
Celebrities
Sports
Accession Number
2004-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
Advocacy, General sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-9
File
23
Material Format
textual record
Date
1951
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence regarding the potential impact of Sunday sports on church-going
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Sports
Source
Archival Descriptions
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
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
Accession Number
2016-11-21
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-11-21
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Date
6 July 1927
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of young men who were members of Hakoah Vienna, an all Jewish social-athletic sports club. On the reverse of the photograph are signatures of the famous sports club and a German inscription "In memmory of the cameraderie of the sport club Hakoah". Signatures identified include: Max Scheuer; [Béla Guttmann?]; [Schwartzbein?]; Joseph Stross.
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.
Descriptive Notes
History: According to Wikipedia article Hakoah Vienna, "Hakoah", Hebrew for strength, is the name of a Jewish sports club established in Vienna in ca. 1909 and and closed by the Nazis in [1938 or 1941]. In 1945, the club re-formed its football team only, which disbanded in 1949.
Subjects
Sports
Clubs
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
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
Accession Number
2016-12-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2016-12-1
Material Format
graphic material (electronic)
textual record
Physical Description
21 photographs : b&w and col. (tiff)
1 folder of textual records
Date
[192-]-2001
Scope and Content
Accession consists of electronic copies of photographs documenting Alby Garbe, his golf-related activities and athletic career and his family, particularly his grandparents Lily and James (Isadore) Levey and his father William Garbe. Also included are newsclippings and a 1969 certificate for the Maccabi Games.
Administrative History
Alby Garbe was born in 1943 to William and Lorna (née Levey) Garbe. He had one sister, Sally Finkelstein (19 Apr. 1941-27 Sept. 2016). William's parents were George and Sophie Garbe and Lorna's parents were James and Lily (née Albon) Levey.
William Garbe (26 May 1908-Aug. 1998) was a Toronto-born dermatologist and the first Jewish graduate in his field from the University of Toronto. Upon graduating in 1932, William couldn't find a job in Toronto due to antisemitism so went to New York where he worked at the Skin and Cancer Clinic. Sulzberger-Garbe dermatosis was first described in 1937 based on observations performed by Garbe and fellow dermatologist, Marion B. Sulzberger. In the late 1930s, William returned to Toronto and opened his on practice at Bloor and Spadina, which then moved to 167 College St. and later to 199 Avenue Rd.
Lily Levey was originally from Dublin. Her husband James was a violinist and quartet leader with the Hart House String Quartet. He was originally from London, England and played with the London String Quartet. James and Lily had a home at Lorne Park Estates, just west of Port Credit.
Alby Garbe was a junior championship golfer and amateur athlete who played out of the Oakdale Golf and Country Club.
1. Lily Levey (née Albon) at home at Lorne Park Estates (just west of Port Credit), ca. 1970. The fence was designed by her husband James Levey who was a violinist with the Hart House Quartet. 2. South Prep. Forest Hill class photo, ca. 1951. Back row, left to right: Alan Libman; unidentified; Bruce Kitchen; Jeff Lipson; unidentified; Harold Kerbel; unidentified; David Hansen. Third row, left to right: Gail Smith; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; Gail Starkman; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; [Miss A?]. Second row, left to right: unidentified; unidentified; Nancy Gaye Smith; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; Pam Turk; Bonnie Bronstein. Front row, left to right: Frank Richard; Eddie Lewis; unidentified; Barry Riggs; Alby Garbe; Lawrence Reubenstein; Warren Biback; Brain Handi. 3. Alby Garbe, Qualifying round for Ontario Junior Golf Championships, ca. 1959. 4. Norm Mogil and Alby Garbe at tryout for 1961 Maccabi Games, 1961. 5. Lizzie’s Football team, ca. 1926. Identified 10th from right: William Garbe; 9th from right: Joe Tator; 6th from right: Charlie Siegel. 6. Holy Blossom Sunday School, ca. 1955. Back row, left to right: Alby Garbe; Ken Pritzker; Elliot Edelstein; unidentified; Merrick Hart Engel; Chuck Ornstein; [Tom Shulman?]. Middle row, left to right: unidentified; Brian Leibel; Robbie Wolfe; Donnie Baker; Ed Isaacs; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified. Front row, left to right; unidentified; unidentified; Linda Cohen; unidentified; Fern Brown; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; Louis Baker. 7. Leo Baeck Hockey Team, 2001. Alby Garbe as coach (on left). 8. B’nai Brith Hockey Team, Toronto Freedom Lodge, ca. 1980. Back row, left to right: Arthur Sanders; Bryon Alexandroff; [Allan?] Markowitz; Ken Daniels; Murray Covent; unidentified; Dave Kosoy; Roey Kert. Front row, left to right: Steve Lyons; Murray Rossman; Stan Axsmith; unidentified. Missing: Alby Garbe as he had broken his leg. 9. B’nai Brith Hockey League, All-Star Team, December 1980. Back row, left to right: Paul Wise; John Fine; Bryon Alexandroff; unidentified; Alby Garbe; unidentified; Dave Bronstein; Michael Albert; Ira Kaufman; Bernie Hertzman; Dave Schwartz. Front row, left to right: Ken Daniels; Murray Covant; Brian Stepak; Mel Solomon; Sandy Breslin. 10. Camp Winnebego, ca. 1955. Back row, left to right: Arnold Miller (counsellor); Marshal Henkel; Mel Goodman; Arnold Shapiro; Stan Shapiro; Eric Brewer; Stan Taube. Front row, left to right: Jerry Goldberg; Bernie Rubenstein (from Hamilton), Alby Garbe, Lorne Solish. 11. “Yid Line”, ca. 1965. Pick up Hockey League. Left to right: Ray Shoichet, Merv Glazier, Alby Garbe. 12. Alby Garbe, University of Toronto Basketball team, ca. 1965. 13. Golf tournament at the Maccabi Games in Israel, 1965. Left to right: Alby Garbe (Canada); P. Blumberg (Israel); E. Shamar (Great Britain); C. Rosen (USA). 14. YMHA Basketball Team, 1924. Back row, left to right: Joe Benjamin; Eddie Sniderman; [?] Goldman (coach); Irving Gold; Simon Ramm. Front row, left to right: Moe English; Harry Lister; William Garbe. 15. Maccabi Games, Israel, 1965. Left to right: Alby Garbe (Canada); Charles Rosen (USA-Baton Rouge); Derek Harrison (Scotland). 16. Alby Garbe at the Ontario Better Ball Tournament, at Oakdale Golf Club, 1976. 17. Forest Hill Collegiate Golf Team, 1961-1962. Left to right: L. F. Clayton (Director of Athletics); Norm Mogil; Alby Garbe; Stan Axsmith; David Pape; H. H. Mosey (Principal). 18. University of Toronto Baksetball Team, 1965-1966. 19. Kerns Junior Championship with Brian Kerns at Westmount in Kitchener, Ontario, 1959. 20. Hart House String Quartet, [194-?]. Left to right: James Levey; Allard De Ridder; Boris Hambourg; Adolf Koldofsky.
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
Sports
Name Access
Garbe, Alby, 1943-
Garbe, William, 1908-1998
Levey, Lily
Levey, James
Source
Archival Accessions
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
Accession Number
2019-6-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2019-6-4
Material Format
textual record
graphic material
Date
1926-1990
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs of Esther and Jack Gelman, as well as of a sports team at the YMHA and the "Afro Communitee Negro Fliers" sports team. In addition, two copies of Yiddish dictionary books written by Jack Gelman and one copy of a book about Kensington Market by Jean Cochrane. Also included are two pieces of poetry by Jack Gelman, one about Toronto (1974) and one about Terry Fox (1981).
Accession also consists of a number of original and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding the history of Kensington Market in Toronto (ca. 1988-2010). In addition, two booklets of self-guided tours and the history of Kensington Market are included in accession.
Custodial History
Donated by Esther Gelman. Clippings about the history of Kensington Market are from the collection of husband Jack Gelman.
Administrative History
Jack Gelman was born in Toronto, ON on October 28, 1929. Jack's parents emigrated to Canada from Eastern Europe in 1926. In the 1930s, the Gelman family lived at 105 Denison Street in Toronto, south of Dundas and near Spadina. His father, Philip Gelman, owned a horse and wagon that would stable at Sarah Kegerman's house, 26 Nassau St. Philip operated a vegetable stall at 206 Baldwin St. weekly from Thursday to Saturday. Jack attended Ryerson Public School in Alexander Park, and would often fight back at his peers that would beat and bully him for being Jewish.
Esther Gelman (nee Davidson) was born August 18, 1934. In 1950 she worked at Homebread, and had her Sweet Sixteen party at Club Elgamour on Bloor Street. In 1951, after meeting at the YM-YWHA, Jack Gelman and Esther Davidson married.
In 1953, Jack became a truck driver for Canadian Paper and Specialties. Esther and Jack's son Alan was born in 1953. The family lived above Jack's parents' shop on Baldwin Street. The couple had three other children: Sharon, Glenn (b. 1960), and Mandy. The children attended Camp Northland and Camp B'nai Brith.
In 1959, the family moved from Baldwin Street to Bathurst Manor (235 Pannahill Road), as a group of Esther's friends had moved to the neighbourhood. Son Alan had his bar mitzvah at Beth Emeth Bais Yehudah in 1966.
Use Conditions
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Subjects
Yiddish language
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)--Tours
Sports
Places
Bathurst Manor (Toronto, Ont.)
Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Level
Item
ID
Item 804
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
804
Material Format
graphic material
Date
12 May 1931
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 117 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a panoramic photograph of the opening game of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League at Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto.
The Jewish Fraternal Softball League was affiliated with the Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society.
Identified individuals include: 3rd from left, Sam Urman; 7th from left, Sam Feldt; 16th from left, Fred Hamilton; 17th from left, Jimmy Simpson; 20th from left, Henry S. Rosenberg; 24th from left, Arnold Hundert.
Subjects
Societies
Sports
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
Trinity Bellwoods (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1975-007
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3703
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3703
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Mar. 1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Subjects
Sports
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
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3702
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3702
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Mar. 1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
The identification of those pictured is available with the original photograph.
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Subjects
Sports
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
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3701
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3701
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1930
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
York Mills Tourist Camp
Subjects
Camps
Sports
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
York Mills (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3700
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3700
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Mar. 1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
The names of those pictured are identified on the original photograph.
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Subjects
Sports
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
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3699
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3699
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1928
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Kingston Road
Subjects
Sports
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
Kingston Road (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3698
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3698
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1929
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
This photograph was probably taken at stop 21, Kingston Rd.
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Kingston Road
Subjects
Sports
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
Kingston Road (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3697
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3697
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1929
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
This photograph was probably taken at stop 21, Kingston Rd.
Name Access
Kingston Road
Workers' Sport Group
Subjects
Sports
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
Kingston (Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3696
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3696
Material Format
graphic material
Date
21 Apr. 1929
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
This photograph was probably taken at stop 21, Kingston Rd.
Name Access
Workers' Sport Group
Kingston Road
Subjects
Sports
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
Kingston Road (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1985-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 2639-2646
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
2639-2646
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1978 or 1979]
Physical Description
8 slides
Name Access
YMHA
YWHA
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Young Women's Hebrew Association
BJCC
Bathurst Jewish Community Centre
Subjects
Sports
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Accession Number
1981-2-9
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 5004
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
5004
Material Format
graphic material
Date
13 May 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph features three men wearing West End Y t-shirts and holding trophies for the Toronto Daily Star Canadian Handball Doubles Championship.
Notes
Photo by Graphic Artists.
Name Access
YM-YWHA
Young Men's Hebrew Association
Subjects
Sports
Places
Bloor Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)
Accession Number
1990-1-5
Source
Archival Descriptions
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
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 37; Series 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Gilbert Studios fonds
B'nai B'rith Sportsmen Lodge dinners series
Level
Series
Fonds
37
Series
2
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[196-]-1970
Physical Description
125 negatives : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm and 6 x 6 cm
Admin History/Bio
B’nai B’rith is the oldest Jewish service organization in North America. It was founded on October 13, 1843 by a group of eleven men in New York City.
Originally called Bundes-Brueder [League of Brothers], with the alternate title of “The Independent Order of B’nai B’rith”, they later shortened their name to simply “B’nai B’rith”, meaning sons of the covenant.
In an attempt to unite Jewish communities, they developed an inclusive membership mandate that does not discriminate against ethnic or religious sects. The initial vision of the organization was to develop a national Jewish organization, which would provide aide to all Jewish citizens. These goals have long since been realized. The organization currently has lodges internationally and B’nai B’rith membership is in the millions.
B’nai B’rith cites its main goals to be: reaching out to those in need, fighting antisemitism and prejudice of any kind, and promoting human rights and world peace. One of their most recognized accomplishments is the formation of the Anti-Defamation League, which combats anitsemitism and promotes human rights.
In Canada, the first B'nai B'rith lodge was founded in Toronto, the Canada Lodge, in 1875, but it folded in 1894. Other lodges were formed in Montreal, in 1881, and Victoria, in 1886. These lodges were disbanded around the turn of the century and the organization did not have much of a presence in Canada until the outbreak of the first World War. Shortly afterwards, in Toronto, B’nai B’rith had fifteen lodges and eleven chapters. The lodges were the men’s groups and the chapters were for the women; in addition, there was also the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, called the Hillel Foundation, which was located at the University of Toronto.
In Toronto, the Sportsmen Lodge began as a modest sized group of 100 members in 1954, and doubled in membership over the next 10 years. They sponsored an annual baseball night and a sportswriters dinner that honoured an outstanding sports journalist. The dinner was well known amongst journalists and was well attended. The Sportsmen Lodge also hosted an annual Celebrity dinner, at which a outstanding Canadian personality was chosen and honoured for his or her achievements.
The lodge was also active in working with handicapped children and in fundraising campaigns.
Scope and Content
Series consists of images taken by Al Gilbert of the B’nai B’rith Sportsmen Lodge Dinners at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The files in this series document three different dinners for the years 1969, 1970 and an unidentified dinner from the 1960s.
Notes
Selection for this series was based on the various activities and functions of the event. The dinner was held as an annual award ceremony and installation for the newly appointed officers of the Sportsmen Lodge. The criteria used for selection included: awards, speeches, installation oaths, entertainment, and dinner tables.
Name Access
B'nai B'rith
Sportsmen Lodge
Hillel
Subjects
Dinners and dining
Sports
Source
Archival Descriptions
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
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
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
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
Photograph collection sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 61; Series 2-2; File 27
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
Photograph collection sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
61
Series
2-2
File
27
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1969
Physical Description
37 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This file consists of photographs taken at the Bloor and Spadina YM-YWHA during an athletic competition. The photographs depict people participating in various sporting activities, such as boxing, karate and gymnastics in the Bloor gym, as well as people at a banquet held afterwards.
Identified individuals include Hy Beck, John (Jack) Wahl, Sam Ozak, Mr. and Mrs. Cherry, Lou Friedman, Sam Helfenbaum, Kiva Barkin, Irving Soren, Mark Zimmerman and Bernard Dales.
Subjects
Sports
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
Photograph collection sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 61; Series 2-2; File 97
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series
Photograph collection sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
61
Series
2-2
File
97
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[ca. 1965]-1982
Physical Description
50 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
This file consists of photographs of children partaking in various physical education activities such as gymnastics, soccer and basketball. The file also includes contact sheets with four images on each sheet.
Subjects
Sports
Repro Restriction
Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 61; Series 5; File 1
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
Fonds
61
Series
5
File
1
Material Format
textual record
object
Date
1987
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
1 artifact
Scope and Content
This file consists of one program book from the 1987 Sports Celebrity Dinner and one plaque presented to William G. Davis, the recipient of the tribute. William G. Davis was the former Premier of Ontario, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Football League and a promoter of athletics. Davis was also a supporter of the building of the Skydome.
The MC for the evening was Brian McFarlane. Celebrity guests included Mike Ditka, John Brophy, Stephen Condren, Leo Cahill, Sandra Post, Russ Howard, Jack Donohue, Sheila Forshaw, Bill Simmons, Sylvia Ruegger, Willie Pless and Milt Ottey.
Subjects
Celebrities
Sports
Accession Number
2004-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 61; Series 5; File 3
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
Fonds
61
Series
5
File
3
Material Format
multiple media
Date
1989
Physical Description
72 photographs : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
1 folder of textual records
1 artifact : 30 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
This file consists of a program book and photographs taken at the 1989 Sports Celebrity Dinner. The dinner featured a tribute to R. Alan Eagleson, executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association, chief organizer of the Canada Cup and the driving force behind the 1972 series between Russia and Canada. The dinner was held at the Constellation Hotel on 13 June 1989. There is also a plaque that was presented to Eagleson by the JCC.
The photographs are of the guest of honour and other celebrity guests, the JCC Executive Committee members and Sports Celebrity Committee members, along with the invited guests. The celebrity guests included Harry Neale, Brian McFarlane, Dennis Hull, Jack Donohue, John A. Ziegler Jr., Ron Kanter, Harry Ornest, Bruce Hood, David Edge, Ron Ellis, Paul Henderson, Carrie-Lynn Cohn, Darryl Sittler, Joseph Kibur, Marcel Dionne, Dubie Bader, Bobby Baun, George Chuvalo, John Karpis, Bethany Dworkin, Mike Palmateer and Keith Acton.
Other identified individuals include Bernard Kaimin, Martin Atkins, Harold Cipin, Alan B. Zender, Ted Winick, Bert Fine, Robert Hall, Cantor Louis Danto, Harry Ungerman and Paul Henderson.
Subjects
Celebrities
Sports
Accession Number
2004-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 61; Series 5; File 6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds
Sports Celebrity Dinner series
Level
File
Fonds
61
Series
5
File
6
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Date
1992
Physical Description
67 photographs : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
This file consists of a program book and photographs taken at the 1992 Sports Celebrity Dinner. The dinner featured a tribute to Bruce McNall, NHL team owner; John Candy, comedian; and Wayne Gretzky, hockey player. They were being honoured as new owners and promoters of the Toronto Argonauts. The dinner was held on 3 June 1992.
The photographs are of the guest of honour and other celebrity guests, the JCC Executive Committee members and Sports Celebrity Committee members, along with the invited guests. The celebrity guests included Mark Hebscher, Ken Daniels, Howard Glassman, Jack Donohue, Brian J. Cooper, Larry W. Smith, Michael P. McCarthy, Adam Rita, Mike Clemons, Dan Ferrone, Hank Ilesic, Don Moen, Lance Chomyc, Darrel K. Smith, Wendel Clark, Eric Lindros, Darryl Sittler, Bobby Hull, Sandy Hawley, Ernie Samuel, Norman Jewison, Ed Mirvish, Garth Drabinsky, Brian Linehan, Dini Petty, Karen Preston, Peter Martin, Dave Quinn, and Bill Stephenson.
Other identified individuals include Abe Glowinsky, Harold Cipin, Paul Brownstein, Alan B. Zender and Lt. Gov. Henry Jackman.
Subjects
Celebrities
Sports
Accession Number
2004-6-6
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
ID
Item 3798
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3798
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1933
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Admin History/Bio
Prague hosted the first ever European Maccabi Games in 1929, followed by Antwerp a year later. After a thirty-year hiatus, the Jewish games finally returned to European soil, as Copenhagen hosted the 1959 competition. The choice of the Austrian capital as the host city of 2011 was highly symbolic, as it was the first time since the Second World War that Jewish athletes from all over Europe competed on the territory of the former German Reich.
Scope and Content
This item is a copy photograph and corresponding negative of Bill Engel, a sprinter from Oshawa, Ontario, at the Maccabi Games in Prague. Engel is pictured in the back row on the far left with four other men. The group are all wearing track and field clothing.
Subjects
Sports
Societies
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
Prague (Czech Republic)
Accession Number
1984-12-1
Source
Archival Descriptions
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
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.
Subjects
Communities
Food
Picnics
Places
Ontario
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Accession Number
2023-5-8
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2023-5-8
Material Format
graphic material
object
Physical Description
1 trophy : metal, cup shape
1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm on matte 31 x 35 cm
Date
1923-1931
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a 1931 JCSSL Championship trophy. The inscription on the trophy reads "J.C.S.S.L 1931 Champs. Yolles-Herzls. Pres. by Harry Tait to J. Goldman." Also included is a group photograph of the YMHA 1923–24 Midget basketball team. Individuals identified include J. Benjamin, E. Sniderman, Captain B. Goldman, Coach, Manager I. Gold, S. Ramm (top row from left); M. English, H. Lister, W. Garbe (bottom row from left). Photograph by Alexandra Studios, Toronto.
Custodial History
Material received through Steve's wife, Merle Goldman.
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
Sports
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions