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Raxlen family [multiple media] – [192-?]-1975.

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2003-5-5

Material Format: multiple media

Date: [192-?]-1975

Scope and Content: The records in this accession document the Raxlen family and the Raxlen Clinic and Doctor's Hospital that was set up by the Raxlen brothers. The records also include personal correspondence between Katie Cherney and her mother, family photographs, greeting cards, press clippings and a booklet of articles written by Rabbi Fine of Peterborough. This booklet includes translated documents that he produced as rabbi from 1926 to 1934. Finally, there are three historic postcards documenting Holy Blossom's building on Bond Street, Jarvis Collegiate, and the Doctor's Hospital

Custodial History: Records were collected by Karen Fejer, the daughter of Alexander Raxlen.

Administrative History: The Raxlen brothers were born in Toronto in Cabbagetown, where their father operated a grocery store. The four brothers were Saul, Benjamin, Alexander, and Sam. All of the brothers graduated in medicine during the 1930s, except for Sam, who became a dentist. Together, they opened up the Raxlen Clinic in 1937, which was located on Carleton Street.; In 1953, the brothers opened their own private hospital, the Doctor's Hospital, which was located on Brunswick Avenue. The hospital started in a ninety-year-old building that was owned by a religious order. The brothers modernized and expanded it from a facility accomodating 59 patients to one that could hold up to 168 beds by 1955. It soon became the largest privately-held, non-profit hospital in North America. By the time the brothers sold it during the late 1970s, it had 554 full-time staff and five hundred hospital beds.; The other family documented in this accession is the Cherney family from Peterborough. The patriarch and matriarch were Abraham and B. Cherney. They had two children, Katie ("Kaye") and Meyer. Abraham and B. divorced, and Abraham remarried and had three more kids: Harry, Helen, and Louis. The family remained in Peterbough, but the ex-wife moved to Toronto. Kaye married Dr. Alexander Raxlen, and they had three children. Karen Fejer, their daughter, is the donor.

Use Conditions: Correspondence is restricted. Researchers must contact donor for permission to access them. The rest of the collection is open.

Descriptive Notes: Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Some of the photographs are the property of the City of Toronto Archives.

Subjects: Families; Hospitals; Rabbis

Name Access: Doctor's Hospital (Toronto, Ont.); Fine, Abraham

Places: Peterborough (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim [textual record, graphic material] – [ca. 1960]-1966.

Accession Number: 2002-10-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2002-10-7

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 32 cm of textual records; 4 photographs

Date: [ca. 1960]-1966

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records created and collected by Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim. There are several music books with Oppenheim's compositions, as well as loose sheet music and other composers song sheets. There is a concert program and correspondence from the Cantor's Assembly of America and the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association.; Included is a record of Canto Eliazar Zaslavsky's Prayers and Songs.; Photographs depict Mordechai Oppenheim, as well as an unidentified individual and group portrait

Administrative History: Rabbi Mordechai Oppenheim was a cantor who lived in Toronto

Subjects: Cantors (Judaism); Rabbis

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi William Rosenthal [textual record] – 1948–1966.

Accession Number: 1987-6-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1987-6-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: ca. 7 cm of textual records

Date: 1948–1966

Scope and Content: Accession consists of synagogue material, attendance records, and other information relating to the Jewish community of Sudbury, Ontario.

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; Rabbis; Synagogues

Name Access: Rosenthal, William, 1911-2008

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi David Kirshenbaum [textual record, graphic material, object, text] – 1928-1981.

Accession Number: 1981-9-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1981-9-1

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object; text

Physical Description: 1.5 m of textual records and graphic material; Text; Artifacts

Date: 1928-1981

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records and graphic material documenting the life and career of Rabbi David Kirshenbaum of London, Ontario. Included is material related to Congregation B’nai Moses Ben Judah and Congregation Or Shalom, communal records, minutes, articles, sermons, orations, correspondence, books, periodicals, notes, photographs, scrapbooks, personal and family records and awards. Also included are the following artifacts:; Shochet's knife and sharpening stone. -- [ca. 1925-1960]. -- 1 sharpening stone : stone, black ; 0.8 x 7.5 x 2 cm; 1 knife : metal, gold, black and silver ; 21 cm. This shochet’s chalef (ritual slaughtering knife) and sharpening stone belonged to Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1903-1981), who served in London, Ontario from the mid 1920s until his retirement in the 1960s. This size of knife, used for poultry, was specially-designed to maximise cleanliness, speed, and efficiency, and minimise pain. During the height of the Jewish markets in the Kensington area, from the 1920s until the 1940s, buyers had the option of paying someone to pluck the chicken’s feathers, or they could bring the animal home and do it themselves.; Pen and pad given to the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Division 27th Convention.; Ontario Zionist Region conference delegate badge. -- 1 badge : textile, blue and gold ; 10 cm in length. -- A light blue ribbon with a pin at the top saying "Rev Kirshenbaum, London".

Administrative History: Rabbi David Kirshenbaum (1902-1981) was born in Koriw, Poland and came to Canada in 1921. In 1926 he became rabbi of B’nai Moses Ben Judah Congregation in London, Ontario and remained in that position until his retirement in 1966. During his tenure in London he was active in many Jewish organizations including the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Jewish National Fund, the Israel Histadrut Campaign and the Jewish Community Council of London. He was a regular contributor to Yiddish and Anglo-Jewish publications. His articles appeared in the Hebrew Journal, Kanader Adler, Voice of Radom and The Jewish Standard. He was also the author of several books : Our Chassidic Treasuries, What is General Zionism?, Ships at Sea, A Journey to Israel, Mixed Marriages and the Jewish Future, Religion: Love or Hate? and Feast Days and Fast Days. He was also elected to the Board of the Victoria Hospital Trust and served on the University Assembly of the University of Western Ontario.; Rabbi David Kirshenbaum was married to Pearl Kirshenbaum.

MG_RG: MGC 6

Subjects: Rabbis

Name Access: Kirshenbaum, David, 1902-1981

Places: London (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Nachman Shemen [textual record]

Accession Number: 1993-7-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1993-7-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 75 m of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the records created and collected by Rabbi Nachum Shemen. Included are correspondence, newsclippings, writings, and organizational records.; Among the organizational records are subject files including: Vegetarianism (1944); Warsawer-Lodzer mutual Benefit Association; Rabbi Berel Wein; Kurt Weinberg; Weizmann Institute of Science; Windsor; Anselm Wise obituary (1977); Attitudes Toward Women; World Jewish Congress; Rabbi Dr. W. W. Wurzburger; Yad Vashem; Yavneh - Nir-Etzion Projects; Yeshiva Gedorah Ateres Yaakov, Yeshiva of Staten Island; Yeshiva Torah Chaim; Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel D'Aleksander; Yeshiva University; Yeshivas; Yiddish Cultural Council; Yizkor Fund; Yivo Institute; York University; Rabbi Aaron Zimmerman; Zionist Organization of Canada; Zionist Revisionist organization of Canada; Rabbi Zolty; Louis Zuker.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Subjects: Rabbis; Yeshivas; Yiddish language

Name Access: Shemen, Nachman, Rabbi, 1912-1993

Source: Archival Accessions

S. Laber Meat Market and Poultry [graphic material] – [1940 or 1941].

Accession Number: 1988-10-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1988-10-3

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date: [1940 or 1941]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two copy photographs and one negative of William "Bill" Laber standing in front of S. Laber's Meat Market and Poultry (Kosher) on Harbord Street, Toronto. A small Yiddish sign in the bottom-left of the shop window certifies it as kashruth.

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: Storefronts; Poultry

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Cohen with some of their employees on their coal dock, Sault Ste. Marie [graphic material] – [ca. 1905].

Accession Number: 1990-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-3-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w; (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Date: [ca. 1905]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cohen and their employees on the "Cohen Dock," Sault Ste. Marie, ca. 1905, in front of the office of Cohen's Clean Coal.

Subjects: Storefronts

Name Access: Traders Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).; Cohen's Clean Coal (Sault Ste. Marie).; Superior Iron and Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).

Places: Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Bernard and Dora Coffler [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1900-1979.

Accession Number: 2004-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-3-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object

Physical Description: ca. 3 cm of textual records and other material; 7 photographs b&w and col ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1900-1979

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material documenting the donor's grandparents Dora and Bernard Coffler. It includes portraits of her grandparents and an exterior photograph of the Coffler Bedding Co., activities and fiftieth wedding celebration. This accession also includes: documents such as their passports, wedding certificate and identification cards; correspondence from David Croll; press clippings relating to their wedding and anniversary; an Ezras Noshem Society pin (1927); an Adath Israel Congregation Golden Jubilee Book and key chain (1952); and a Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary 25th Anniversary Year Book.

Administrative History: Bernard and Dora Coffler arrived in Canada from Roumania in 1900 and 1901 respectively. They met in 1902 and married on 21 May 1904 in Toronto. They reportedly were the first couple to be married on a Sunday in Toronto. They had three children: Myer (1905), Goldie (1910), and Sam (1914).; The Coffler's opened up a business called Coffler Bedding Co., which was located at 391 Parliament Street.; Dora Coffler was very active in two organizations, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary called the Ezras Noshem Society.; Bernard and Dora Coffler passed away in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

Descriptive Notes: Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 1 key chain, 1 pin and 1 coin.

Subjects: Weddings; Storefronts

Name Access: Coffler Bedding Co.; Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.); Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.); Croll, David, 1900-1991; Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Dr. Phil Martin [textual record, graphic material] – 1933-1971.

Accession Number: 2002-10-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2002-10-9

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; ca. 50 photographs : b&w and col. ; 26 x 35 cm or smaller

Date: 1933-1971

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textural records, including an Israel postage stamp (1954); a US postage stamp (1932); and Philip Martin's membership cards to Central High School of Commerce Literary Society (1930–31), Central Commerce Association (1933–34), Central High School of Commerce Old Boys' and Girls' Association (1932–33), General Accountants Association (1933–34), Aleph Zadik Aleph of the B’nai Brith (1934), Kibitzers Klub, and the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild. The photo collection consists of studio portraits of various family members and a photograph of the exterior of United Clothing Store at Queen and Soho Streets in Toronto.

Administrative History: Philip Martin (5 Nov. 1913–20 Dec. 2002), the son of David Martin (b. ca. 1881, Romania) and Clara (née Herman) Martin (b. ca. 1884, Romania), was born in Ontario, Canada. In 1921, the Martin family lived in Toronto Ward 4, Kensington Market, at 59 Leonard Ave. Philip’s father David was a salesman for United Clothing Stores and his mother Clara was a homemaker who eventually worked as a saleslady (1931). In 1939, Philip married Dr. Laura (Lottie) (née Levine) Martin. Dr. Laura Levine graduated from University of Toronto medical school in 1938. She was one of 10 women to graduate in a class of 110 students. She continued her graduate studies, worked for a time at Windsor's Grace Hospital and eventually specialized in Dermatology. At one point, Phillip and Laura settled in Hamilton where Philip ran a successful sporting goods store. With an ambition to improve himself, Philip pursued a career in chiropractic medicine. He graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 1966 and went on to run a private practice for 20 years. Philip and Laura returned to Toronto in 1970 and Philip joined the CMCC staff as a clinician in 1980. He went on to specialize in the field of nutrition.

Subjects: Families; Storefronts

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Jacob Gordon [textual record] – 1911–1934.

Accession Number: 1977-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1977-11-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records

Date: 1911–1934

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photocopied material documenting Rabbi Jacob Gordon.

Descriptive Notes: Language: The bulk of the documents are in Hebrew or Yiddish.

MG_RG: MG 6 C

Subjects: Rabbis

Name Access: Gordon, Jacob, 1877-1934

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Ernest Klein [textual record] – 1899-1982.

Accession Number: 1983-7-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1983-7-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records

Date: 1899-1982

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the life and career of Rabbi Ernest Klein. Records include personal as well as professional correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings and book reviews, a marriage register, bar mitzvah invitations, and Klein's birth certificate.

Administrative History: Ernest Klein (1899-1983) was born in Szatmar, Hungary on 26 July 1899. He studied at the University of Vienna and served as a rabbi in several countries including Czechoslovakia, Romania, and France. The Second World War brought great hardship for Klein, who survived Auschwitz and Dachau (his wife and son were killed in Czechoslovakia just before the war). After the War, Klein came to Canada, where he became rabbi of Congregation Beth Yitshak in Toronto. A polyglot and a scholar, Klein wrote three etymological dictionaries, the most famous of which was his Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1966-67). For his work, he received honourary degrees from McMaster University and the University of Guelph in 1977 and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1978. He passed away on 4 February 1983.

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

Descriptive Notes: USE CONDITION NOTE: Accession contains medical records that are closed to researchers until January 2034.

MG_RG: MG 6 D

Subjects: Birth certificates; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Invitation cards; Marriage records; Rabbis

Name Access: Klein, Ernest, 1899-1983

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Gringorten [graphic material] – [between 1940 and 1947].

Accession Number: 2008-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-11-3

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: [between 1940 and 1947]

Scope and Content: The accession consists of two photographs of Reverend Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel.

Administrative History: Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel Gringorten (née Melnick) were born in Poland in 1876 and 1881 respectively. They moved to Canada in 1910 with their eldest child. They subsequently had five more after their arrival.Their children included Morris, Jennie, Jacob, Esther, Louis, and Isaac.; Rabbi Gringorten served as spiritual leader, teacher, shochet, and mohel for the Brantford Jewish community after his arrival for thirteen years. He then moved to Toronto during the early 1920s and became the principal of a Jewish school. The family lived at 26 Cecil Street at that time and then moved to 393 Markham Street during the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became active in the Jewish community, serving as vice-president of the Sons of Jacob, a board member of the Folks Fareign, and the first trustee of the Old Folks Home.; Rabbi Gringorten and his wife moved to California during the 1940s in order to live in a climate that was better for their health. Rachel passed away in 1947, and the rabbi followed in 1959.

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: Immigrants--Canada; Portraits; Rabbis

Name Access: Gringorten, Saul, Rabbi, 1876-1959

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi William Rosenthal [graphic material] – [196-].

Accession Number: 2009-1-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-1-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Date: [196-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one portrait of Rabbi William Rosenthal of Sudbury, Ontario.

Custodial History: The photograph was in the custody of Lilian Rosenthal, the daughter of Rabbi Rosenthal, before it was donated to the Archives on January 8, 2009.

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

Name Access: Rosenthal, William

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Philip (Shragah Phyvle) Rosensweig (Kitchener, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1953.

Accession Number: 2009-6-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-6-10

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs (jpg)

Date: 1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs of Rabbi Rosensweig in 1953: his wedding picture with Gitel Flicht of Toronto, and his inauguration dinner at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener, with guest speaker Rabbi Avrum A. Price of Toronto.; Inauguration photo, identified left to right: Philip's parents, Meyer and Mary; sister-in-law Miriam and brother Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig; Gitel; Philip; Rabbi Avrum A. Price; synagogue president Nat Budd and his wife Helen.

Administrative History: Rabbi Philip (Shragah Phyvle) Rosensweig was born in Toronto to Meyer Rosensweig and Mary Rosensweig (née Naftolin), who had emigrated from Poland and Russia. As a young man, Philip studied at Yeshiva University in New York City, then the Jewish Theological Seminary in Toronto. There, he was privileged to study under Rabbi Avrum A. Price, one of the world’s leading talmudic scholars. Rabbi Rosensweig married Gitel Flicht of Toronto in 1953. Soon after, he was invited to serve as rabbi for Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener. There, he and Gitel raised five children: Etta, Chavi, Naomi, Leah and Avrum. The rabbi was actively involved in congregation and community activities. He established the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the Waterloo Lutheran University (Wilfred Laurier University); visited Jewish inmates at local prisons, counseling them and advocating on their behalf for kosher food; he gave tours of the synagogue to visitors, and frequently addressed high school and university students, service clubs, churches and community groups. As well, the rabbi served for decades as principal and teacher at the Talmud Torah. Rabbi Rosensweig died suddenly on 27 October 1989 of a heart attack. He was buried in the family plot at Beth Shemesh in Israel, a special cemetery for rabbis and their families.

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

Descriptive Notes: Use Conditions: Donor must grant permission for any use/publication of the photographs.; Copyright: Inauguration photo is stamped "Kitchener-Waterloo Record photo." The archives of the Record are held by University of Waterloo Special Collections.

Subjects: Rabbis; Weddings

Source: Archival Accessions

Chez Myren second hand dry goods store (Belleville, ON) [graphic material] – Aug. 1978.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Aug. 1978

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide (Kodachrome) ; 35 mm.

Scope and Content: This item is an original slide of Chez Myren, a secondhand, dry goods store in Belleville, Ontario. The store was owned by the former rabbi of Belleville.

Name Access: Myren, Chez

Subjects: Storefronts

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-8-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Exterior view of Noble's store (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [196-?].

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 78; File 3; Item 28

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 78

File: 3

Item: 28

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [196-?]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the exterior of Noble's store in Brantford, Ontario.

Name Access: Noble

Subjects: Storefronts

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

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Evelyn clothing store (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [196-].

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 78; File 3; Item 34

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 78

File: 3

Item: 34

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [196-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of the exterior of Evelyn, a clothing store owned by Sam Perlman of Brantford, Ontario.

Name Access: Evelyn; Perlman, Sam

Subjects: Storefronts

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

Places: Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-11-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Exterior of the Economy Men's Shop (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [196-].

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 78; File 3; Item 21

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 78

File: 3

Item: 21

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 the exterior window display and sign of the Economy Men's Shop in Brantford, Ontario. It was owned by Ben Kanter.

Name Access: Economy Men's Shop; Kanter, Ben

Subjects: Men's clothing; Show windows; Storefronts

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

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Gathering of rabbis (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1965].

Level: Item

ID: Item 918

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 918

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1965]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print depicting a gathering of rabbis in Brantford, Ontario. Pictured from left to right are:; Rabbi Klein of Guelph, Rabbi Phillip Rosensweig of Kitchener, and Rabbi Pruzinsky of Brantford.

Notes: Acquired in 1976.; Photo by Robert Bierstock. Please credit accordingly.

Subjects: Rabbis

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: Brantford (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rabbi Stanley Weber (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1965].

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 78; File 3; Item 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sadie Stren fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 78

File: 3

Item: 29

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1965]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Rabbi Stanley Weber (centre) with an unidentified gentlemen and boy, standing at a podium.

Subjects: Rabbis

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

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Mindle Kussner and Morris Dubin (Cochrane, ON) [graphic material] – [192-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1610

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1610

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [192-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: Morris Dubin(sky) was a first violinist with the New York Symphony Orchestra and later played with the Queen's University string quartet in Kingston, Ontario.

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Mindle Kussner (m. Dubinsky) and Morris Dubin of Cochrane, Ontario. They are standing in front of a hardware store.

Name Access: Dubin, Morris; Dubinsky, Mindle; Dubinsky, Morris; Kussner, Mindle

Subjects: Hardware stores; Storefronts

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: Cochrane (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-12-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Kreiger Bros. Store (Conn, ON) [graphic material] – 1911.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3795

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3795

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1911

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Sam Kreiger with his brother Charles (on right) in front of the Kreiger Bros. store in Conn, Ontario.

Name Access: Kreiger Bros. Store; Kreiger, Charles; Kreiger, Sam

Subjects: Brothers; Storefronts

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: Ontario

Accession Number: 1985-9-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Elk City Clothing Store (Elk Lake, ON) [graphic material] – June 1908.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1320

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1320

Material Format: graphic material

Date: June 1908

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is two copy prints and a corresponding negative of the Elk City Clothing Store in Elk Lake, Ontario. The store was owned by the Sky family. The store also shared space with the E.W. McClung Hardware Store. The picture features three men standing in front of the entrance and one man seated on a bench.

Name Access: Elk City Clothing Store (Elk Lake, Ont.)

Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises; Storefronts

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: Elk Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich - 2 Jul. 1974

Name: Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 2 Jul. 1974

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rivka Hurwich and Sam Hurwich

Number: OH 22

Subject: Antisemitism; Hospitals; Rabbis; Schools; Teachers

Interview Date: 2 Jul. 1974

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side One - 43 minutes; Side Two - 3 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003.; Digitized in 2014.

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

Biography: Dr. Sam Hurwich was involved in a number of organizations, including the Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and several Labour Zionist groups.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Hospital for Sick Children; Hurwich, Rivka; Hurwich, Sam

Geographic Access: Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 22 - Hurwich\OH22_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 22 - Hurwich\OH22_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

Fred Schaeffer - 11 Jul. 1980

Name: Fred Schaeffer

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1980

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Fred Schaeffer

Number: OH 24

Subject: Communities; Immigrants--Canada; Rabbis; Synagogues

Interview Date: 11 Jul. 1980

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side 1: 31 minutes; Side 2: 9 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: Fred Schaeffer's wife, Beverley, grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Beverley's grandfather, Hyman Kaplan, emigrated from Vilna, Lithuania in 1907, and after a few years in New York, moved to Toronto. Shortly afterwards, he became the first Jew to settle in Kirkland Lake in 1914.; In the 1920s, the Jewish community in Kirkland Lake built a permanent synagogue and acquired an aron kodesh of eastern European design, its lamps, railings, pews and reader’s desk, from the disbanded Ukrainishe Shul in Montreal. In the 1970s, the Kirkland Lake Synagogue disbanded and Fred and Beverly Schaeffer acquired the aron kodesh, all of its furnishings, the ner tamid, and the parochet. They generously donated these Jewish artifacts to Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto, in 1988, in memory of Isadore Kaplan, father of Beverly Schaeffer and Erich Schaeffer, father of Fred Schaeffer.; Fred married Beverley in Toronto. Like many children from Kirkland Lake, Beverley had moved to the city to attend university. Fred and Beverley are keen collectors of Canadian art. He is a retired civil engineer and a former chair of the Canadian Art Historical Committee at the AGO.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Atkins (family); Bucavetsky (family); Cochrane (Ont.); Etkins (family); Mallins (family); Purkiss (family); Schaeffer, Fred

Geographic Access: Ansonville (Ont.); Engelhart (Ont.); Kirkland Lake (Ont.); Krugerdorf (Ont.); Ontario, Northern; Timmins (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 24 - Schaeffer\OH24_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Fred Schaeffer and Stephen Speisman discuss some of the earliest synagogues established in Northern Ontario.

In this clip, Fred Schaeffer relates colourful anecdotes about the first Jewish settler in the Swastika-Kirkland area, Roza Brown.

Dr. Mattie Rotenberg - 26 Feb. 1976

Name: Dr. Mattie Rotenberg

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 26 Feb. 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Dr. Mattie Rotenberg

Number: OH 63

Subject: Antisemitism; Rabbis; Charities; Influenza; Balfour Declaration; Immigrants--Canada; Women's clothing; Women; Department stores

Interview Date: 26 Feb. 1976

Quantity: 2 cassettes (1 copy); 2 WAV files

Total Running Time: 62:52 sec.

Conservation: Copied to cassette in August 2003.; Copied to digital file in June 2014.; Side 2 of the original cassette is damaged. The tape continually speeds up and slows down.

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

Biography: Mattie Rotenberg was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She grew up in Toronto's Ward district and received her degree in mathematics and physics at the University of Toronto. In 1920, she became the first secretary of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society in Toronto.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Toronto; Hillcrest Progressive School; Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); University of Toronto; T. Eaton Co

Geographic Access: Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: Introduction of Dr. Mattie Rotenberg to the audience 0:00-:49 Family History 0:50-4:00: Rotenberg, daughter of Russian immigrants, recounts the story of her parents’ immigration and arrival in Toronto during the early 1890s. 4:01-7:35: Rotenberg recalls her childhood memories of life growing up in Toronto’s Ward district during the era of “great” Jewish immigration. 7:40-11:10: Rotenberg recalls happy childhood memories living on Regent Street, then a primarily non-Jewish neighbourhood. 11:11-13:40: Rotenberg recalls the Great Fire of Toronto of 1904 that destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. 13:45-15:19: Rotenberg recalls the open-air streetcar that ran along Toronto’s beltline, the City Dairy, and Riverdale Park. 15.20-18.02: Rotenberg recalls Rabbi Jacob Gordon of Goel Tzedec Synagogue and Rabbi Julius Price, the synagogue’s first English-speaking rabbi. 18:03-21:00: Rotenberg discusses her education at the Dufferin Elementary School and Jarvis Collegiate, her family’s first telephone, riding in a motor car, Massey Hall and Jarvis and Sherbourne Streets considered to be the choice residential district of the time. 21:01-22.00: Rotenberg recalls Dr. Sandler, Toronto’s first Jewish doctor to practice in Toronto’s non-Jewish community. 22:01-22:59: Rotenberg recalls the Queen Street shopping district, the Willinsky’s department store, and Hadassah’s first bazaar held at Toronto Armory. 23:00-23:47: Rotenberg recalls antisemitic incidents that occurred in Toronto during the late 1920s. 23:48-24.33: Rotenberg discusses the Orange Lodges’ influence on civic politics, prejudice towards the Jewish and Catholic communities, and the anti-French-language campaign Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto then and now 24.34-25.30: Rotenberg recalls the changes to Gerrard Sreet East, from a tree-lined street to concrete sidewalks. 25.31-26.48: Rotenberg recalls being the only Jewish student at Jarvis Collegiate. 26.49-27.20: Rotenberg discusses her Jewish education. 27.22-28.06: Rotenberg provides an anecdote about local Jewish news and gossip. 28.07-29.18: Rotenberg discusses the hardships of housekeeping. 29.20-30.25: Rotenberg discusses women’s fashion during the early 1900s. 30.26-31.05: Rotenberg discusses Eatons and Simpsons before the introduction of the cash register. 31:26-33.23: Rotenberg discusses life in Toronto during the early years of the First World War. Rotenberg recalls recruitment meetings held at the Armoury and the crowds that gathered to view war bulletins posted in the window the Telegram’s office on Bay Street. 33.24-36.28: In this portion of the interview, Rotenberg describes the University of Toronto as being an extremely “WASPish” place run by professors with chauvinistic attitudes 36.29-37.23: Rotenberg discusses the problem faced by Jewish women looking for a teaching position. 37:24-39:12: Rotenberg recalls Dr. (Canon) Cody, president of U of T, and his witch hunts for students believed to have Communist leanings. 39:13-40:05: Rotenberg recalls Toronto’s flu epidemic following the First World War. 40:06-41:07: Rotenberg recalls the announcement of the Balfour Declaration in 1918 and the city’s commemoration parade to honour the declaration. Side 2 0:00-:46 : Commemoration of the Balfour Declaration continued. 0:47-4.09: Rotenberg discusses her job as secretary to JIAS during the 1920s. She describes JIAS as an “embryo” started by a few dozen men working to provide aid for Jewish immigrants. *Speech garbled in some sections* 4:10-6:24: Rotenberg discusses the founding in 1929 of the Hillcrest Progressive Day School, whose main motive was to provide a comprehensive Jewish education. 6.25-6.36: Rotenberg discusses the making of liquid hydrogen at the University of Toronto’s physics building during the early 1920s. 6.36-10.00: Here the sound quality becomes poor and Rotenberg’s voice is garbled. 10:00- 21.45: Question period. Sound quality poor and garbled. END

Source: Oral Histories

Rabbi Reuben Slonim - 23 Jul. 1982

Name: Rabbi Reuben Slonim

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 23 Jul. 1982

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rabbi Reuben Slonim

Number: OH 65; OH 66

Subject: Development of Toronto Jewish community from 1930s; Rabbis

Interview Date: 23 Jul. 1982

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Jack Lipinsky

Total Running Time: OH65_001: 26.25 minutes; OH65_002: 15.07 minutes; OH66: 32.48 minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

Notes: Poor sound quality

Use Restrictions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.; Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Biography: Reuben Slonim was born on in Winnipeg in 1914 and ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York in 1937. That year, he became Canada’s first Canadian-born rabbi when he was hired by the McCaul Street Synagogue in downtown Toronto. After it merged with Goel Tzedec to become the Beth Tzedec Congregation, Rabbi Slonim served at the new Beth Tzedec for one year. He then served for twenty-three years as rabbi of Beth Habonim on Glen Park Avenue.; Slonim also worked as a jounalist and associate editor of the Toronto Telegram and was known for his outspoken views on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Zionism.; He married Rita Short, and they had a daughter named Rena. Rabbi Reuben Slonim died on 20 January 2000 at the age of eight-five.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Name Access: McCaul Street Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Beth Tzedec Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: Winnipeg (Man.); New York (N.Y.).; Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Belle James - 21 Apr. 1975

Name: Belle James

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 21 Apr. 1975

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Belle James

Number: OH 16

Subject: Families; Rabbis

Interview Date: 21 Apr. 1975

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: Side One: 46 minutes; Side Two: 5 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: Belle James (née Levy) was born in Toronto in 1908. Her father, Rabbi Meyer Levy, became chief rabbi of Toronto in 1905/6.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: James, Belle; Levy, Meyer; Weiss, Lottie

Geographic Access: Toronto, Ont.

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 16 - James\OH16_001_Log.docx; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 16 - James\OH16_002_Log.docx

Source: Oral Histories

Rabbi Elimelech Ittamar - 11 May 1976

Name: Rabbi Elimelech Ittamar

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 11 May 1976

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Rabbi Elimelech Ittamar

Number: OH 141

Subject: Education; Immigrants--Canada; Rabbis; Synagogues; Zionists

Interview Date: 11 May 1976

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Doris Newman

Total Running Time: Side 1: 46 minutes Side 2: 19 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: Rabbi Ittamar was born in Poland. He came to Toronto in 1923. He attended Landsdowne and Ryerson Public Schools in Toronto for one year and then continued his education at a theological seminary in New York, which later became Yeshiva University. Throughout his life, Rabbi Ittamar was an ardent Zionist. From 1930 until June 1932, Rabbi Ittamar served as rabbi of Beth Jacob and Adas Yisroel Synagogues in Hamilton. He then worked as principal of the Seattle Talmud Torah and attended graduate school at the University of Washington for three and a half years. He served for twenty years in Detroit as rabbi and president of Yeshiva. He made aliyah in 5715 (1955), when he was invited by Chief Rabbi Herzog to become secretary of the chief rabbinate. He was married (nee Unger) in 1936 and had two children, Tamar and Yehoshua.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Ittamar, Elimelech

Geographic Access: Toronto; Hamilton; Detroit

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 141, Rabbi Elmelech Ittamar\OH 141 notes.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Rabbi Ittamar shares some of his early memories as a boy in Toronto.

While attending Yeshiva in New York, Rabbi Ittamar headed the debating team. In this clip he describes his first English-speaking public presentation while representing the debating team in 1930 at the Jewish People’s Institute in Chicago.

Edith Shields - 21 Jan. 1988

Name: Edith Shields

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 21 Jan. 1988

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Edith Shields

Number: OH 192; OH 193

Subject: Printing plants; Rabbis; Synagogues

Interview Date: 21 Jan. 1988

Quantity: 4 cassettes (2 copies); 4 WAV files

Interviewer: Stephen Speisman

Total Running Time: OH192_001: 31.00 minutes OH192_002: 31.01 minutes OH193_001: 31.05 minutes OH193_002: 31.02 minutes

Conservation: Copied to cassestte tape in August 2003; Digitized July 2014

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

Biography: Edtih Shields was born in Poland in 1906. She immigrated to Toronto in 1925. During the 1920s, her father, Rabbi Tzvi Silverstein, served as rabbi for both the Keltzer and Slipia Synagogues. Edith married Labish Shields, who was the owner of the Shield’s Printing Company and a construction company and also the financier of properties north of St. Clair Street.

Material Format: sound recording

Language: English

Geographic Access: Palestine; Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Transcript: G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH192_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH192_002_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH193_001_Log.pdf; G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 192, OH 193 - Shields\OH193_002_Log.pdf

Source: Oral Histories

Rabbi Isaac Aronoff [graphic material] – [ca. 1960].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Isaac Aronoff was born in Bialistock, Poland in 1908. He came to Canada in 1933 and was active in the Toronto Jewish community until his death in December 2004.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Isaac Aronoff.

Name Access: Aronoff, Isaac

Subjects: Rabbis

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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Rabbi Dr. Israel Frankel [graphic material] – [ca. 1960].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 11

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1960]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Dr. Israel Frankel was born 7 March 1909, in Stryj, Galicia to Rabbi Asher Isaiah and Bath Sheva Frankel. He moved to Dublin, Ireland where he was ordained in 1929. He married Faygie (née Steinberg) and together had four children: Bath-Sheba, Joshua, Asher and Esther. In 1950, the family immigrated to Toronto.; Rabbi Frankel was director of Camp Galil, former lecturer at Midrashah L'Morim, on the executive of Mizrachi and Hapoel Hamizrachi and executive director of the Toronto Jewish Public Library. He was the Rabbi at Shaarei Tzedec Synagogue for many years.; Rabbi Frankel died in 1977, at the age of 68.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Dr. Israel Frankel.

Name Access: Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.); Frankel, Israel

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada; Rabbis

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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Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander [graphic material] – [ca. 1973].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 19

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 19

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1973]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander was born in 1936 in New York City. He was the principal of the Beth Tzedec Congregational School during the early 1970s, until he was dismissed by Rabbi Stuart E. Rosenberg in 1972. This move led to the infamous lawsuit between the congregation's Board of Directors and Rabbi Rosenberg.; Rabbi Hollander made aliyah in 1972 and has lived in Jerusalem since, spending some time in a Negev development town and a Gush Etzion community. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Hollander is affiliated with Conservative, Reform and Orthodox institutions in Israel and holds advanced degrees in literature and education from NYU and Hebrew University, respectively. A founding member of Rabbis for Human Rights, Rabbi Hollander has, since the 1970s, taught Jewish studies in Jerusalem at Hebrew Union College, Machon Schechter, the Hebrew University School for Overseas Students, and the Siegal (Cleveland) College of Jewish Studies. His field of specialization is Torah and classical commentary, which he learned, primarily, from the legendary Torah teacher, Nehama Leibowitz. He has also served as the weekly Torah commentator on Kol Yisrael radio and traveled the country as a tour educator. Over the past decade, Rabbi Hollander has regularly returned to North America as scholar-in-residence at Camp Ramah, as rabbi of alternative High Holy Day services at Congregation Beth Tzedec in Toronto and as teacher and speaker in over two hundred synagogues, communities, schools, and retreats.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander.

Name Access: Hollander, Ben

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

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

Related Material: See Beth Tzedec fonds for further information on Rabbi Benjamin J. Hollander.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Rabbi Israel Sholom Langner [graphic material] – [ca. 1964].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 24

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 24

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1964]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w : 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Israel Sholom Langner was born in Toronto to Rabbi Solomon and Frimet (née Babad) Langner. He is in the trucking business and is currently active with the Shaarei Tzedec and Kiever Synagogues. He is also involved with the Jewish Education Program (JEP), affiliated with Ohr Somayach International.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Sholom Langner.

Name Access: Congregation Shaarei Tzedec (Toronto, Ont.); Jewish Education Program (Toronto, Ont.); Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Langner, Israel Sholom

Subjects: Rabbis

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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Martin Lockshin [graphic material] – [ca. 1965].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 27

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 27

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1965]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 8 cm

Admin History/Bio: Martin Irwin Lockshin was born in Toronto in 1952, the son of Louis Leon and Sylvia Lockshin (née Freedman). He received his PhD from Brandeis University in 1984 and is also an ordained rabbi.; Currently, Professor Martin Lockshin is an associate professor of humanities in the Department of Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at York University. He has published extensively and recently completed a term as director of York's Centre for Jewish Studies.

Scope and Content: Item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Martin Lockshin.

Subjects: Bar mitzvah; Rabbis

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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Rabbi David Schochet and family [graphic material] – [ca. 1973].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 41

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 41

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1973]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi David Schochet is the son of the late Rabbi Dov Yehuda and Sarah (née Muenson) Schochet. He is the second-born of ten children.; Rabbi Schochet was the former principal of the Talmud Torah Beth Joseph and Yeshivath Lubavitch. He is currently a Rabbi within the Lubavitcher community in Toronto. He is also the president of Vaad Harabonim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis) in Toronto.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi David Schochet and his family.

Name Access: Schochet, Rabbi David; Vaad Harabonim (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Families; Portraits, Group; Rabbis

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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Rabbi Dov Yehuda Schochet [graphic material] – [ca. 1955].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 40

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 40

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1955]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Dov Yehuda Schochet was born on 26 July 1904, in Lithuania, the son of Meier and Rachel Schochet. He was married to Sarah (née Muenson) Schochet and had ten children: Shulamith, David, Ruth, Jacob Immanuel, Joseph Danien, Ezra Benjamin, Rachel Batya, Gershon Elisha, Obadiah Meri, and Amina.; Rabbi Schochet was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary of Telsh. He studied philosophy and Semitic languages at the University of Zurich and Basel. At the age of twenty-five, he was appointed Rabbi of the Orthodox Congregation of Basel, a post that he occupied for seventeen years. In 1947, he was elected Chief Rabbi of The Hague and South Holland and held that position for four years. At the same time, he was principal of the Yeshivah in Leiden. In 1951, his family immigrated to Toronto and he became the spiritual leader of the Ostrovtzer Synagogue until 1959, when he became the spiritual leader of Congregation Moriah. He was also an instructor at Midrasha L'Morin (Toronto Hebrew Teachers Seminary) and the author of many scholarly papers. Rabbi Schochet died on 22 September 1974, at the age of 70.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Dov Yehuda Schochet.

Subjects: Immigrants--Canada; Rabbis

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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Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg [graphic material] – [ca. 1965].

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 50

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Portraits series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 1

Item: 50

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1965]

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Admin History/Bio: Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg was the Rosh HaYeshiva and president of the faculty of Ner Israel Yeshiva College of Toronto.

Scope and Content: Item is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob S. Weinberg.

Subjects: Rabbis

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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F. Goldstien Butcher Shop, 231 Augusta Avenue [graphic material] – 16 May 1959.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Businesses series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 18; Series 2; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Businesses series

Level: Item

Fonds: 18

Series: 2

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 16 May 1959

Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a negative of the exterior of F. Goldstien's (sic) butcher shop at the corner of Augusta and Baldwin Avenues in Kensington Market.

Name Access: F. Goldstien Butcher Shop

Subjects: Storefronts

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

Places: Augusta Avenue (Toronto. Ont.); Baldwin Street (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Rabbi Moishe Feinstein at Toronto airport and city hall [graphic material] – 2 Dec. 1970.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3; File 44

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3

File: 44

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 2 Dec. 1970

Physical Description: 7 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images of Rabbi Moishe Feinstein, Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi from New York City, and, at the time, the supreme rabbinic authority for Orthodox Jewry in North America. The images depict Rabbi Feinstein with a crowd at the Toronto airport and a Toronto City Hall with Toronto mayor William Dennision.

Name Access: Dennison, William, 1905-1981; Feinstein, Moshe, 1895-1986

Subjects: Mayors; Orthodox Judaism; Rabbis

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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Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz arrives at Toronto airport [graphic material] – 28 Jun. 1970.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3; File 43

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3

File: 43

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 28 Jun. 1970

Physical Description: 6 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken at the Toronto airport upon the arrival of Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz (Reb 'Yidele' Stitshiner) of Stitshin and later the Stitshiner Rav in Brooklyn.; The images depict Rabbi Horowitz being greeted at the airport and Rabbi Horowitz and his family leaving the airport in a car. One photograph depicts Rabbi Horowitz and Rabbi Shlomo Langner of Toronto seated in a car.

Notes: Title note: This photograph was originally identified as Rabbi Dovid Flam of Montreal, the brother-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Langner. This was contested by a family member who stated that Rabbi Flam died in Israel in 1971 after living there for several years and did not make a trip to Toronto in 1970. Further verification determined that the rabbi pictured is actually Rabbi Yehuda Horowitz of Brooklyn (later London, England).

Subjects: Airports; Rabbis

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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N. L. Steiner Marbleworks photograph [graphic material] – [ca. 1890].

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 22; Item 120

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Morris Norman collection

Level: Item

Fonds: 22

Item: 120

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1890]

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w and sepia (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller

Admin History/Bio: Newman Leopold Steiner was born in Tachau, or Tachov (now part of the Czech Republic) ca. 1829, to Wolfgang Steiner and Francisca Rothschild. He was the eleventh in a family of fourteen children. Educated in Vienna, Steiner played an active role in the failed revolution of 1848. Not long after, he left for New York, trained as a stone sculptor, and then moved to Toronto in 1852. He set up a stonecutting and marble merchant business, first on Parliament Street, then King Street, and then at Yonge Street Wilton Avenue, and finally at Wilton and Victoria Street. He is credited with carving the crest above the main door of University College. Steiner was also involved in municipal politics, elected to City Council a total of five times between 1880 and 1885. He was defeated in 1889, but in 1897 he became an Alderman for Ward Three. In 1901, he was appointed Honourary Commissioner to the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo in 1901. Steiner is considered to be Toronto's first Jewish Alderman and first Jewish Justice of the Peace. Steiner was also a member of St. John's Lodge in the Masonic Order, and was the founder and first president of the German Benevolent Society. Originally involved with Holy Blossom Temple, after 1882 Steiner, his wife Bertha and and their four children were no longer affiliated with the Jewish faith. Members of his family (excluding Steiner) joined the Unitarian Church in Toronto. Steiner married Bertha Sternberger in 1876, who was the daughter of a cantor in New York. They had six children: Herbert, Athur, Ernest, Walter (who died as an infant), Florence and Estelle. Steiner died in 1903 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Scope and Content: Item is one albumen photograph taken of N. L. Steiner's Marbleworks at 16 Wilton Avenue in Toronto, as well as a corresponding negative and copy print. There are six men posing in front of the building.

Name Access: N. L. Steiner's Marbleworks; Steiner, Norman Leopold

Subjects: Storefronts

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.

Physical Condition: 1 albumen print is in fairly good condition, although it is slightly stained and torn in places.

Places: Wilson Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2002-5-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Oscar Smith outside his boot and shoe repair shop (Guelph, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1910].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4105

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4105

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1910]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of Oscar Smith sitting in front of his boot and shoe repair shop on Surry Street in Guelph, Ontario.

Name Access: Smith, Oscar

Subjects: Storefronts

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: Guelph (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-7-17

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Rabbi Harold Lerner, Beth Isaiah Congregation, Guelph, Ontario [graphic material] – [195-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 772

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 772

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [195-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print of Rabbi Harold Lerner, of Beth Isaiah Congregation in Guelph, Ontario.

Notes: Acquired in June 1976.

Name Access: Beth Isaiah Congregation (Guelph, Ont.); Lerner, Harold

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

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: Guelph (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Exterior of Jack's Outfitting, 66 Princess Street (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1950].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1950]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is of the clothing store owned by Jack Rosen.

Notes: Photograph is a copy.; The accession form for this item is missing.

Name Access: Jack's Outfitting

Subjects: Storefronts

Places: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-3-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rabbi Karpol Bender, Kingston, Ontario [graphic material] – [196-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 749

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 749

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [196-]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a portrait of Rabbi Karpol Bender from Kingston, Ontario.

Notes: Acquired in June 1976.; Photo taken by Herbert S. Sonnenfeld, Photographer, New York.

Name Access: Bender, Rabbi Karpol

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

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: Kingston (Ont.)

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Hyman Silverman in front of Hyman's Delicatessen (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – July 1945.

Level: Item

ID: Item 3927

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3927

Material Format: graphic material

Date: July 1945

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of Hyman Silverman standing next to the front window of Hyman's Delicatessen in Kingston, Ontario.

Name Access: Hyman's Delicatessen; Silverman, Hyman

Subjects: Delicatessens; Storefronts

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: 1986-3-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

J. Turk second-hand furniture store (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – 1914.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1914

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of the exterior of J. Turk's second-hand furniture store, located at the corner of Division Street and Princess Street. There are several chairs and baby carriages out front and two men standing in the doorway.

Name Access: Turk, J.

Subjects: Storefronts

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: 1986-3-5

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Rabbi Gilbert and Mrs. Libby Klaperman (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – 1943.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1943

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of Rabbi Gilbert and Mrs. Libby Klaperman of Kingston, Ontario.

Name Access: Gilbert, Rabbi; Klaperman, Libby

Subjects: Rabbis

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: 1986-3-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rabbi Philip Rosensweig of Beth Jacob Synagogue (Kitchener, ON) [graphic material] – 18 Nov. 1977.

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 18 Nov. 1977

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a colour photograph of Rabbi Philip Rosensweig of Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener, Ontario. The rabbi is seated in his study.

Name Access: Beth Jacob Congregation (Kitchener, Ont.); Rosensweig, Rabbi Philip

Subjects: Rabbis

Places: Kitchener (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-9-4

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