- 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
- Name
- Dora Till
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 4 May 1983
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dora Till
- Number
- OH 151
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Families
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Women
- Occupations
- Interview Date
- 4 May 1983
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Stephen Speisman
- Total Running Time
- 46 minutes
- 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
- Dora Till (née Tobias) was born in New York City in 1896. She came to Toronto in 1900. She married Morris Till in 1918. They had one daughter, Cecile. As a youth, Dora was involved with Herzl Girls and the Boot and Shoe Society. Dora was active in community service and contributed greatly to social service work. She was co-founder and first president for the Mothers' and Babes' Summer Rest Home, vice president of the Hebrew Maternity Aid Society, a board member for the Jewish Family and Child Services, an executive for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, honorary vice president of United Jewish Welfare Fund, on the board of Canadian Jewish Congress and past president of the Naomi Chapter of Hadassah-WIZO.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Herzl Girls Boot and Shoe Society, 1920
- Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home
- Baycrest Hospital
- United Jewish Welfare Fund
- Beth Tzedec Synagogue
- Timothy Eaton Company
- Till, Dora
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Bronte
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Dora Till discusses some of the services provided by Hebrew Maternity Aid.
Dora Till was co-founder and first president for Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home. In this clip, Dora describes the efforts to solicit and fundraise on behalf of the Mothers and Babes Summer Rest Home.
- Name
- Kalmen Kaplansky
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 20 Sep. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Kalmen Kaplansky
- Number
- OH 109
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Human rights
- Immigrants--Canada
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Refugees--Canada
- Interview Date
- 20 Sep. 1985
- Quantity
- 1
- Interviewer
- Phyllis Platnick
- Total Running Time
- 109A: 60 minutes 109B: 6 minutes
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Kalmen was born on 5 January 1912 in Poland. He worked in Montreal as a typesetter and linotype operator. He was active in the labour and human rights movements in Canada. Kalmen served as the director of the Jewish Labour Committee in 1945. In collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canadian government, and trade unions, the Jewish Labour Committee helped Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment. Kalman sat on the Refugee Status Advisory Committee for the federal government.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Kaplansky, Kalmen
- Platnick, Phyllis
- Jewish Labour Committee
- Geographic Access
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 109 - Kaplansky\OH109_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 109 - Kaplansky\OH109_002_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Kalmen Kaplansky discusses some of the obstacles to the relocation of displaced Jews to Canada after the Second World War. He describes a tripartite proposal involving consultation and cooperation among trade unions, management, and government, which enabled the immigration project.
In this clip, Kalmen Kaplansky explains that bribery, corruption, and perjury were a way of life after the Second World War. He relates anecdotes as an example.
- Name
- Al Hershkovitz
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Al Hershkovitz
- Number
- OH 111
- Subject
- Immigrants--Canada
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Refugees--Canada
- Zionists
- Interview Date
- 19 Nov. 1985
- Quantity
- 1 cassette (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Phyllis Platnick
- Total Running Time
- 40.30 minutes
- Conservation
- November 2006
- Digitized in 2014
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Al Hershkovitz was a fur union representative who helped organize the project that brought furriers from the displaced persons camps of Europe to Canada in the late 1940s. As a union representative, Al was granted temporary military rank in order to enter the displaced persons camps in Europe. He became part of the selection committee responsible for determining which displaced persons could come to Canada.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Hershkovitz, Al
- Federman, Max
- Kerbel, Joe
- Silver, Harris
- Jewish Labor Committee
- Canadian Jewish Congress
- Jewish Immigrant Aid Society
- International Fur and Leather Workers Union
- American Federation of Labor
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Europe
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 111 - Hershkovitz\OH111_Log.wav
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Bess Maltinsky Shockett
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 2004, 7 Dec. 2004
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Bess Maltinsky Shockett
- Number
- OH 288
- Subject
- Committees
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Interview Date
- 8 Nov. 2004, 7 Dec. 2004
- Quantity
- 4
- Interviewer
- Jillian Gould
- Total Running Time
- OH 288A: 31 minutes
- OH 288B: 31 minutes
- Conservation
- Copies made for Bess' son Michael on four ninety-minute tapes
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Bess was born in the Ukraine in 1920. She immigrated to Montreal in 1925 with her parents and two brothers. She married Barry Shockett in 1952 and had three children. As an adolescent, Bess became very active in the Jewish community and joined the United Jewish People's Order. She helped organize a union for workers in the knitting industry and later did the same for fur workers. She also travelled to Winnipeg to organize a laundry workers union. She helped found the New Fraternal Jewish Association in 1960 and was actively involved in the organization. She became very active in the Toronto Jewish community, particularly in regards to supporting and launching several innovative Yiddish programs. She staffed the office of the Canadian Jewish Congress' Committee for Yiddish in its early years and was director from 1974 to 1989.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- United Jewish People's Order
- New Fraternal Jewish Association
- Committee for Yiddish
- Geographic Access
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Digital file
- Source
- Oral Histories
Bess became president of the Youth Division of the United Jewish People’s Order in Montreal in 1946. In this clip, Bess shares some of her memories and experiences as a representative to the First International Conference of Youth held in Prague in 1947.
In this clip, Bess discusses the events that led up to the formation of a new left-leaning organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association, which broke away from the United Jewish People’s Order in 1960.
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-8-14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 17 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1916-2013
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Anne Dublin's research papers for her book 44 Hours or Strike! Included are newspaper clippings and articles, scholarly articles, primary sources gleaned from various repositories, and other printouts and photocopies. The material relates to the sites and events of the garment industry, Kensington Market and the Ward, Toronto in the 1930s, the labour union movement and the dressmaker's strike, and prisons and reformatories. Also included is a programme for Tramvay Lider (Streetcar Songs), a performance by Charles Heller and Brahm Goldhamer of the Yiddish poems by Shimen Nepom.
- Subjects
- Labor
- Children's literature
- Name Access
- Dublin, Anne
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 5015
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5015
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Oct. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of a group of fourteen men and two women from the Dressmakers' Union at a table in the Tudor Room of the Royal York Hotel.
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Royal York Hotel
- Dressmakers' Union
- Subjects
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 5016
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 5016
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Oct. 1958
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of members of the Dressmakers' Union seated in the Tudor Room of the Royal York Hotel. Standing third from right: Ely Pepper (lawyer).
- Notes
- Photo by Graphic Artists.
- Name Access
- Pepper, Ely
- Royal York Hotel
- Dressmakers' Union
- Subjects
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1990-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 2474
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2474
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Shatz, Benjamin
- Jewish National Workers Alliance
- Subjects
- Labor
- Labor unions
- 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
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1270
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1270
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- July 1918
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- The Jewish National Workers Alliance's first Ontario District convention took place July 13-14, 1918. The convention was likely held in Toronto. Identified in this photograph are: Max Manson, Abe Shatz, Mr. Sheinhouse, Hershel Meyer Kirshenbaum, Avrom Fryman, Ben Shatz, Louie Shatz, Moishe Kirshenbaum, Mr. Heller, and Zalman Cohen.
- Name Access
- Jewish National Workers Alliance
- Subjects
- Congresses and conventions
- Labor
- Labor unions
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions