Accession Number

1979-9-10

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

3 cm of textual records

Date

1941-1960

Scope and Content

Accession consists of 2 minute books containing the minutes from Kenora Jewish community meetings and Kenora Synagogue executive meetings, along with some financial records. Accession also includes synagogue executive correspondence in both English and Yiddish.

MG_RG

MG 3 B20

Subjects

Meetings

Synagogues

Communities

Places

Kenora, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Part Of

Sadie Stren fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

78

File

3

Item

11

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[196-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of men at the last council meeting at the old city hall in Brantford, Ontario. Identified are Jack Brown, who is sitting second from the right, and Max Sherman, who is sitting on the left at the head of the table.

Subjects

Meetings

Portraits, Group

Repro Restriction

Copyright is not held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.

Accession Number

1978-11-3

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

9

Material Format

graphic material

Date

20 June 1963

Physical Description

3 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at a meeting of the Canada Israel Development Corporation at the Primrose Club. The images depict several men seated at a table, speaking into a microphone, including Mark Levy.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Meetings

Speeches, addresses, etc

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

32

Material Format

graphic material

Date

25 Jun. 1963

Physical Description

6 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of images taken at a general meeting of the Ner Israel Yeshiva College. The meeting took place on the College grounds, at 425 Finch Avenue West, during the construction of its newest school building. The images depict members of the board speaking to the gathered crowd, and individuals receiving plaques and other awards of honour. Pictured in the background is construction equipment and a partially-constructed brick wall of the building, which was completed in 1964.

Subjects

Meetings

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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Part Of

Gordon Mendly fonds

Events and organizations series

Level

File

Fonds

18

Series

3

File

48

Material Format

graphic material

Date

21 May 1963

Physical Description

2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two images taken at a State of Israel Bonds meeting at the Primrose Club. The images depict several people seated at a meeting table, as well as a group photograph of three individuals holding State of Israel Bonds certificates.

Name Access

Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

State of Israel Bonds Organization

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

• 

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[193-]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Zionist meeting in the basement of Beth Israel Synagogue, located on Queen Street in Kingston. The individuals are seated at several banquet tables and there are streamers hanging from the ceiling. Some of the people in the photo are from Belleville.

Notes

Credit: Abramsky family.

Name Access

Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.)

Subjects

Dinners and dining

Meetings

Zionism

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

1981-1-8

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1949

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 20 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of men and women at a joint meeting of the Niagara Falls and Welland B'nai Brith lodges. The individuals are dressed in formal wear. Present at the meeting were:

Sidney Goldsmith (secretary), [Sanyan?] and Maxwell Harris, and Hy Singer.

Name Access

Goldsmith, Sidney

Harris, Maxwell

Jacob Goldblatt Lodge

Singer, Hy

Subjects

Meetings

Places

Niagara Falls (Ont.)

Accession Number

1977-8-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Annual meeting file

Level

Item

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

8

Item

1

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Subjects

Meetings

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Annual meeting file

Level

Item

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

8

Item

2

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Subjects

Meetings

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Annual meeting file

Level

Item

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

8

Item

3

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Name Access

Shindman, Jack

Subjects

Meetings

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Annual meeting file

Level

Item

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

8

Item

4

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Subjects

Meetings

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto fonds

Photographs series

Annual meeting file

Level

Item

Fonds

9

Series

12

File

8

Item

5

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[195-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm

Notes

Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of image.

Name Access

Kage, Joseph, 1918-1996

Subjects

Meetings

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.

Source

Archival Descriptions

Accession Number

2015-8-4

Material Format

textual record

object

Physical Description

ca. 15 cm of textual records

1 leather hide

Date

1974-2009

Scope and Content

Accession consists of documents related to UJA Federation committees and the Ontario Jewish Archives. Documents include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, promotional material, budgets, and newspaper clippings. Accession also includes a shoe leather hide from Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited that was used at a shoe conference.

Administrative History

Cyrel's grandfather, Charles Troster, owned the Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited, a shoe factory, in Toronto. Cyrel's father and all of her uncles worked there. Names on the shoes were as follows: Celina, Lady Edna, Avanti, Charles (Studio of Canada), and Edna.

Use Conditions

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

Subjects

Business

Fashion and clothing

Meetings

Name Access

Troster, Charles

Troster, Cyrel

Edna Shoe Manufacturing Company Limited (Toronto, Ont.)

Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-8

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1950-1953

Scope and Content

Accession consists of a letter from Rabbi Slonim convening a meeting and minutes of meetings of the Rabbinical Welfare Committee over the period.

Custodial History

There is no information on the aquisition of the documents. However, the first letter in the textual records is from Rabbi Reuben Slonim and his name is included on all of the documents in the textual record.

Administrative History

The purpose of the Rabbinical Welfate Committee was (quoting from a document dated March 22, 1950) 'to consider matters that are strictly religious in nature. In matters of a community or public relations nature, the Committee will work closely with Congress.'

Subjects

Committees

Meetings

Religion

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2015-9-9

Material Format

textual record

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Date

1941-1942

Scope and Content

Accession consists of minutes of meetings of the War Efforts Committee, various newspapers from the USA (The Sentinel) and Canada (Army Week) and a Jewish Calendar for Men in the Canadian Armed Forces (1941-1942).

Custodial History

There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Administrative History

One of the main roles of the committee was to raise funds from Jewish communities across Canada for the purchase and donation of furniture. According to a document 'Special bulletin on Furnishing project', Congress is the only organization supplying furniture under an agreement with the Department of National Defence. The Chairman of the committee was Gurston Allen of Toronto.

Subjects

Canada--Armed Forces

Meetings

World War, 1939-1945

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress, War Efforts Committee

Allen, Gurston

Places

Toronto, Ont.

Source

Archival Accessions

Accession Number

2019-7-3

Material Format

graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description

2 photographs (jpg) : col.

Date

2019

Scope and Content

Accession consists of two colour photographs. The first photograph is of Jewish Family & Child marching at Pride in 2019. The second photograph is of the JF&CS staff meeting in 2019.

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

Gay pride parades

Meetings

Portraits, Group

Name Access

Jewish Family and Child

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Accessions

Level

Item

Item

619

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1975

Physical Description

2 photographs : (1 negative)

Notes

Negative: 2:5:18A.

Acquired 1975.

Name Access

Canadian Jewish Congress

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Meetings

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1919

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Feb. 1946

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Please see accession record for identification notes.

Name Access

Independent Motion Picture Association of Ontario

Subjects

Meetings

Portraits, Group

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

1979-6-1

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1385

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1976

Physical Description

1 photograph : col. slide

Scope and Content

Colour slide of Jewish Information Service board meeting, board room, Jewish Public Library, Toronto.

Notes

Acquired Nov. 1976.

No restrictions on access.

Name Access

Jewish Information Service

Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects

Meetings

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

1913

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1920]

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes

Photograph by R. H. Peter.

Name Access

Hadassah-Wizo

King Edward Hotel

Subjects

Charities

Luncheons

Meetings

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

1980-2-10

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4650

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content

Identified in this photograph are those seated, left to right: Samuel J. Zacks; Rabbi Jesse Schwartz (Goel Tzedec); Morris Bearg (Maurice Berg?).

Name Access

Berg, Maurice, 1913-1993

Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Jewish Organizations

Schwartz, Rabbi Jesse

Zacks, Samuel J.

Subjects

Meetings

Portraits, Group

Zionists

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

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

913

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Mar. 1965

Physical Description

1 photograph

Notes

Aquired 1976.

Credit: Jack Mitchell, Toronto.

Name Access

Gasner, Meyer W.

YMHA

Young Men's Hebrew Association

Subjects

Meetings

Speeches, addresses, etc

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

Bloor Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

620-622

Material Format

graphic material

Date

Dec. 1975

Physical Description

6 photographs : (3 negatives)

Scope and Content

Left to right: Martin Mendelow (architect); Stephen Speisman (CJC archivist); Samuel Ross (president of the Kiever Synagogue).

Notes

Negative: 2:5:20A; 2:5:21A.

Name Access

Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Mendelow, Martin

Ross, Samuel

Speisman, Stephen A., 1943-

Subjects

Meetings

Synagogues

Source

Archival Descriptions

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Level

Item

Item

4800

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[1966?]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Included left to right: Jack Shindman; Joe Fleischmann; Joe Betesh; Leon Neuschul.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-11-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4799

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Included are: Saul Sigler; Jack Papernick; Louis Gelber; Charlie Garfunkel.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto negative #4-66-4349.

For exact identification see accession record.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

150 Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-11-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4798

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Included are: Louis Gelber; Charlie Garfunkel; Susan Neuschul.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

For exact identification see accession record.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

150 Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-11-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4797

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

item is a photograph of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Pictured from left to right are: J. Weiner; J. Shindman; Oelbaum; Morris Adams; Joe Fleischmann; Rubenstein; Joe Betesh; [unknown]; Leon Neuschul, director of the Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association; and Janet Bromberg, secretary.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

150 Beverley Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-11-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4796

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1966

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of a Toronto Hebrew Free Loan Association meeting. Pictured from left to right are: J. Weiner; J. Shindman; Oelbaum; Adams; Joe Fleischmann; Morris Rubinstein; [unknown].

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists, Toronto.

Name Access

Toronto Jewish Free Loan Association

Subjects

Meetings

Repro Restriction

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

Places

Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number

1985-11-9

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds

Community Relations Committee series

Meeting agendas, minutes, and notices sub-series sub-series

Level

Sub-series

Fonds

17

Series

5-1

Material Format

textual record

Date

1946-1978

Physical Description

65 cm of textual records

Scope and Content

Sub-series consists of committee meeting agendas, minutes and notices. Also included may be some corresopndence and reports pertinent to individual meetings. Within this sub-series is a further sub-sub-series, 5-1-1, that consists of meetings of short-lived sub-committees dealing with; revisions to the criminal code, grants to Jewish day schools, neo-nazism, Bill S-21, and Ontario Sabbath laws.

Notes

Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.

Subjects

Meetings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Folks Farein fonds

Meeting minutes series

Level

File

Fonds

105

Series

1

File

10

Material Format

textual record

Date

1970-1977

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of meeting minutes of officers. Included in the file are reports on hospital work, the election of Mr. Stork as Hospital Chairman, and the Passover yearly program. Discussed is the purchase of Israeli bonds by the Folks Farein, the sale of cemetery property to the National Order Hatzofim, nomination and election of officers for coming terms, a resolution of the board of directors of the Folks Farein, Camp Moshava appeal for assistance, the lack of volunteers, the Kiryat Gat Folks Farein Youth Centre, the Lubliner Society of Toronto request for cemetery land, and the Folks Farein merger with the Chaplaincy division of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

Subjects

Meetings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

46

Material Format

graphic material

Date

1977

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

File consists of two photographs from a UJA meeting led by Garth Drabinsky. In the first photo, Al Waxman is visible (seated). Identified on the back of the second photo are (L to R) John Roberts, MP; Allan Offman; and Garth Drabinsky.

Notes

Photo by Graphic Artists Photographers, Toronto.

Name Access

Drabinsky, Garth

Offman, Allan, 1938-2017

Roberts, John, 1933-2007

Waxman, Al

Subjects

Meetings

Politicians

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

49

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

19 photographs : col. (19 negatives) ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of nineteen negatives depicting eight women at a Jewish Women's Organization meeting held at a private home.

Subjects

Meetings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds

Photographic and audiovisual collection series

Level

File

Fonds

67

Series

27

File

51

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[197-]

Physical Description

4 slides : col. ; 35 mm

Scope and Content

File consists of four 35 mm slides depicting a meeting. Identified in the photos are Rabbi Plant, Murray Koffler, and James Kay.

Name Access

Koffler, Murray, 1924-2017

Subjects

Meetings

Source

Archival Descriptions

Level

Item

Item

4576

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[194-]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content

This item is a photograph of a Zionist meeting in Ottawa. David Newman is pictured seated at a table on the lower left, third person from the left.

Notes

Original photograph by Newton, Ottawa.

Subjects

Meetings

Zionism

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

Ottawa (Ont.)

Accession Number

1981-11-4

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

Ida Lewis Siegel fonds

Photographs file

Level

Item

Fonds

15

File

37

Item

6

Material Format

graphic material

Date

[ca. 1933]

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm

Admin History/Bio

The Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home was established by Ida Siegel in the mid-1920s under the auspices of the Hebrew Ladies' Maternity Aid Society. The camp was created for poor women or women of modest means with children younger than nine years of age. It was located in Bronte from the mid-1920s to the late-1930s and then moved to Lake Simcoe and became a pay camp, attracting mostly newcomers from Europe.

Scope and Content

Item is a photograph of Ida Siegel speaking at a meeting at the Mothers' and Babes' Rest Home in Bronte, Ontario. There are several men and women seated around her and the house can be seen behind them.

Subjects

Meetings

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

1988-2-13

Source

Archival Descriptions

Part Of

John J. Glass fonds

Documents series

Level

File

Fonds

109

Series

2

File

26

Material Format

textual record

Date

1942

Physical Description

1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content

File consists of a letter to John Glass from the secretary of the Labour League Mutual Benefit Society asking Glass to try to attend an upcoming meeting of the organization despite having submitted a report to be read to attendees.

Name Access

Labour League Mutual Benefit Society

Subjects

Fraternal organizations

Meetings

Source

Archival Descriptions