- Part Of
- Julius P. Katz fonds
- General correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 55
- Series
- 3
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of an invitation for the bar mitzvah of Bennie, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Katz.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4162
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4162
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Jan. 1948
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Notes
- For identificaiton, see accession record.
- Name Access
- Grosbein, Norman
- Shaw Street Synagogue
- Weber family
- Grosbein family
- B'nai Israel Synagogue
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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
- 1986-10-10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1944]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Jewish community of Kirkland Lake assembled for the bar mitzvah of Joe Atkins, now a chartered accountant in Toronto. The photograph depicts that group seated at several banquet tables in the Legion Hall.
- Notes
- Typed notes on the back continue: "Rare view of Hyman with his hat off, the grandfather, standing next to Harry. The only one missing is the photographer - Eddie Duke - and to this day I wish I could have been included. Picture taken in the Legion Hall which was koshered for the occasion.".
- Acquired in 1976.
- Photo by Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Atkins, Joe
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Communities
- Dinners and dining
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 947
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 947
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- David Day and his brother Jacob Day started a Hebrew school in Toronto on Major Street. Eventually, David Day started his own cheder on Markham Street and Jacob Day operated another cheder on Ulster Street. They both taught during the mid 1900s, from approximately 1925 to 1940.
- David Day had two sons named Sam and Nat. Nat Day was in the army and was married to Evelyn Day.
- Scope and Content
- Copy photograph of Mr. Day's cheder that was taken for a student's bar mitzvah. David Day is in the middle of the group and his son is standing behind him in uniform. The photograph was taken in 1942.
- Name Access
- Day, David
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Heder
- 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.
- Related Material
- See accession #2003-8-3 for another copy of the same photograph
- Accession Number
- 1975-12-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 489
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 489
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1899]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 18 x 12 and 9 x 12
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph William Samuel on the occassion of his bar mitzvah.
- Name Access
- Samuel, William
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3420
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3420
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Name Access
- Bais Yehuda Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits, Group
- Synagogues
- 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
- Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3425
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3425
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph taken inside the synagogue.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits, Group
- Synagogues
- 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
- Dovercourt Road (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1982-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3800
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3800
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [1927?]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : (1 negative)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1985-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1214
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1214
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1915]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Samuel and Rebecca Weinberg with their son, Bernard on the occasion of his bar mitzvah.
- Name Access
- Weinberg, Samuel
- Weinberg, Rebecca
- Weinberg, Bernard
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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
- 1977-1-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2456
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2456
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- Photo by L. Surdin, 26 Cameron Street, Toronto.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1251
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1251
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait, probably taken at Egmont Frankel's bar mitzvah. From left to right: Carl Frankel (b. 1894); Egmont Frankel (b. 1891); Roy Frankel (b. 1896).
- Name Access
- Frankel, Roy
- Frankel, Egmont
- Frankel, Carl
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Brothers
- Portraits
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-4-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sammy Luftspring fonds
- Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 82
- File
- 1
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Sammy, Elsie, and Brian Luftspring at Brian's bar mitzvah at the Barclay Hotel, Toronto.
- Notes
- Image is located on page 55 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.
- Name Access
- Barclay Hotel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 2009-10-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Admin History/Bio
- Jack Bernstein was born in Toronto in 1918. He was the son of Akiva Bernstain, the famous cantor at Beth Tzedec. They lived for some time on Major Street and then moved to 516 Palmerston Street during the 1930s.
- Jack began his career at RKO as a contract clerk and moved up the ranks to become Toronto branch manager and sales manager during the late 1940s. He later became president of Famous Players Theatres Canada.
- He married Mary and they had two children: Harriet and Mark. Bernstein passed away in 1988.
- Scope and Content
- The item is an original portrait along with a copy of Jack Bernstein wearing a tallis during his bar mitzvah.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- Tallitot (Jewish liturgical objects)
- 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
- 1992-7-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Frankel and Draper family fonds
- Carl and Dorothy Frankel photographs file
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 104
- File
- 2
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1907
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm on matte 22 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a studio portrait of Carl Frankel at age thirteen dressed in formal attire.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Fonds 68; Item 28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Ethel Mehr fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 68
- Item
- 28
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph taken at Leonard Mehr's bar mitzvah in Toronto. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: Mendel Mehr (father), Ethel, Pincus, Bessie (mother).
- Front row, left to right: Lucille, Bernice, Leonard.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- 1988-12-3
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 28
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains bar mitzvah year program for synagogue (1978) and photocopied architectural drawings.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Synagogues
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 40
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Date
- 1973, 1975
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 3 architectural drawings
- Scope and Content
- File contains booklet for bar mitzvah commemoration, 1975, and blueprints for the 1973 extension.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Reconstructionist Judaism
- Synagogues
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- The Shuls Project fonds
- Reference series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 64
- Series
- 5
- File
- 46
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains bar mitzvah anniversary book (1978).
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Synagogues
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- David Greenberg was an electrical engineer, who married at the age of nineteen. He later became a chiropracter in Toronto. His father, Louis Greenberg, was a tailor whose shop was located in the Jarvis and Parliament area on Queen Street East. The family originally belonged to the Berkeley Street Synagogue, but there was no minyan for David's bar mitzvah and they moved to the McCaul Street Synagogue. David's stepmother's name was Sadie.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a portrait of David Greenberg, his father Louis Greenberg and his stepmother Sadie. The picture was taken for David's bar mitzvah on October 13, 1935.
- Name Access
- Greenberg, David
- Greenberg, Louis
- Greenberg, Sadie
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Families
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 21
- Material Format
- multiple media
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records documenting the bar mitzvah anniversary celebration in honour of Rabbi Kerzner. Included is an invitation, a programme, a tribute poem, a congratulatory telegram, and audiovisual recordings of the event. Also included are photographs of speakers, the head table, and guests at their tables.
- Notes
- Includes 93 photographs (57 negatives), 2 videocassettes, and 2 audio cassettes.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Clanton Park Synagogue series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 6
- File
- 26
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper article about Eddy Weisblatt who learned to recite his bar mitzvah Torah and Haftorah readings even though he was deaf.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 14
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [1989?]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of lyrics for songs that were written for the bar mitzvah of Yoel Micha Meir.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- File
- 15
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1997
- Physical Description
- 5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of bar and bat mitzvah invitations.
- Notes
- A finding aid listing the names, dates, and locations for the celebrations can be found in the file.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Bat mitzvah
- Invitation cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Solomon Edell fonds
- Personal series
- Life cycle and family events sub-series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 4
- Series
- 1-5
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- moving images
- Date
- June 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel (ca. 4 min.) : col., si. ; 16 mm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a film reel containing home movie footage of the reception party for David Freed's bar mitzvah. David was the son of Ruth Free (née Weinreb) and Murray Freed. He was the grandson of Rabbi Joseph Weinreb.
- Notes
- During processing, reel was assigned reel #16
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Sylvia Schwartz fonds
- Lifecycle Events series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1952
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 11 x 8 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Melvin Himel (1939-2021) was the son of Howard and Ruth (Clavir) Himel.
- Scope and Content
- This item consists of a bar mitzvah portrait of Melvin Himel.
- Notes
- This negative has two images.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Betty Goldstick Lindgren fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 45
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Oct. 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Robert Joel Kamin was the son of Sylvia Goldstick and Dr. Izzy Kamin. Sylvia was Betty Goldstick Lindgren's niece and the daughter of Maurice and Regina Goldstick (née Baum). The couple married in 1940 and lived in San Fransisco. The other children included David and Bruce.
- Scope and Content
- The photograph includes from left to right: Bruce, Shifra [Sylvia], Bobby, Kamil [Dr. Kamin] and David. In front of the group is Bobby's grandma Regina Goldstick.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits, Group
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Accession Number
- 1978-10-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Jul. 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Thuna family taken for Mortimer Thuna's bar mitzvah. Included are Jack and Anne Thuna with their sons Mortimer and Alvin. The portrait was taken on 14 July 1941 by the Society Studio in Montreal.
- Notes
- Photographer: Society Studio, Montreal
- Mounted in card frame
- Inscription on frame, bottom righthand corner: "The Thuna's Bar Mitzvah July 14, 1941"
- Name Access
- Thuna, Anne
- Thuna, Jack
- Thuna, Mortimer
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Portraits
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Levine and Cass family fonds
- Thuna family series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 25
- Series
- 7
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Jul. 1941
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of family and guests of Mortimer Thuna's bar mitzvah, which was held at the Tic-Tac Club in Montreal on 14 July 1941. Mortimer is seated in the center, with his father Jack on his right and his mother Anne on his left. Sarah Levine is in the front row, seventh from the left. Abe Levine is the second from the left, his daughter is next to him, and his wife next to her.
- Notes
- Photographer: Society Studio, Montreal
- Name Access
- Levine, Abe
- Levine, Sarah
- Thuna, Jack
- Thuna, Mortimer
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Montréal (Québec)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
- Client agency correspondence series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 67
- Series
- 18
- File
- 1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1962-1963
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence with the Bar Mitzvah Foundation.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Photograph series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph: col ; 13 cm X 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a colour photograph of the Rosenbaum and Anklewicz familes gathered for the bar mitzvah of Sheldon Anklewicz in Toronto. Standing from left: Henry Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Murray Rosenbaum, Sheldon Anklewicz, Honey Anklewicz, Bella Simon, and Boris Simon. Standing in back are Hela and Aaron Anklewicz, grandparents of Sheldon.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Photograph series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph ; col ; 15 X 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a colour photograph taken in Israel. The trip was a gift in honour of grandson Michael Daniel Bornstein’s bar mitzvah, which took place in November 1988. Identified from left: Henry Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Mrs. Glick, Leora Glick, and Mr. Glick. It is presumed that Daniel took the photo.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Places
- Israel
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Henry Rosenbaum fonds
- Photograph series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 121
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col ; 25 cm x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Adler bar mitzvah candle lighting, ca. 1975. Standing from left to right are Murray Rosenbaum, Bella Rosenbaum, Henry Rosenbaum, Mark Adler, Yitkah Adler, and Benny Adler.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w
- Date
- 1948-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Samuel Posluns. Included are nine black-and-white photographs, an El Al certificate certifying Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Posluns flew non-stop between the United States and Israel, one invitation to the bar mitzvah of Michael Wilfred Posluns, copies of an article by Bernard Shane about the Tailor Project that appeared in the Canadian Jewish Chronicle, and an issue of North York General Hospital News from 1970 that features Samuel Posluns.
- Administrative History
- Samuel Posluns (1910–1994) was born in Toronto to Abraham Isaac Poslaniec (1870–1922) and Sheindel Saltzman (1872–1960). He had three brothers and three sisters: Joseph, Louis, Abe, Gertrude Miriam, Anne, and Sarah. His father, Abraham, established the family-run clothing firm Superior Cloak Company in 1916. In 1934, it was bankrupted and closed after a lengthy strike. In 1936, Samuel opened his own business, Popular Cloak Company. In 1967, the Posluns family purchased Tip Top Tailors, in partnership with entrepreneur Jimmy Kay. A year later they incorporated their new venture under the name of Dylex as a holding company for the Tip Top chain of stores.
- During the Second World War, Samuel Posluns served as a member of the air force reserves. After the war, he was elected president of the United Jewish Welfare Fund in 1947. That same year, in collaboration with the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labour Committee, Posluns helped lead the Tailor Project along with Max E. Enkin, which was aimed at helping Jewish displaced persons immigrate to Canada by securing them employment as tailors. A committed advocate for Jewish education, Posluns also served as the first president and founding chair of the Board of Jewish Education (BJE) in 1949. He remained honorary president for life and continued to attend meetings until health problems held back his participation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Posluns was also a founding board member of the North York General Hospital.
- Samuel Posluns died in Toronto in 1994.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Photographs and textual records have been scanned and are available in digital form.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Clothing trade
- Hospitals
- Name Access
- Posluns, Samuel, 1910-1994
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Central Region sous-fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28-1
- Series
- 7
- File
- 100
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1963-1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of correspondence, memoranda and a copy of "Bar Mitzvah in Lusaka: A Tale of Judasim in Northern Rhodesia" written by Mildred Teicher and reprinted from the Jewish Digest, June 1963.
- Name Access
- Mildred Teicher
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Publicity photographs of people and events series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 6
- File
- 315
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of a photograph taken during the thirteenth anniversary celebration of Iaraeli Statehood. From left to right are: Al Brown; Leslie Raetzen; Julius Hayman; Mrs. James Wexler; Rabbi Gene Klein; Karl Silberman; Syd Brown; and Simon Witt.
- Name Access
- Al Brown
- Leslie Raetzen
- Julius Hayman
- Mrs. James Wexler
- Rabbi Gene Klein
- Karl Silberman
- Syd Brown
- Simon Witt
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Mike Rabovsky
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Mike Rabovsky
- Number
- OH 296
- Subject
- Owen Sound
- Family history
- Cadesky family
- Beth Ezekiel
- furniture business
- World War, 1939-1945
- Rabbi Kirschenbaum
- Bar mitzvah
- Mr. Amsterdam
- Antisemitism
- Sauble Beach
- Cemeteries
- Interview Date
- 13 Jun. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini DV's, 1 archival DVD and 1 reference DVD
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Notes
- Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project
- Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V Video File
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Mike Rabovsky married Miriam Levinson, and their story is best told through this historical narrative:
- Owen Sound's Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, a designated building under Ontario’s Heritage Act, remains the last example of the early small town synagogue that was once so common across Canada. The most compelling window in the synagogue is dedicated to the Rabovsky and Levison's families and tells the story of two immigrant families and the establishment of a Jewish community in Owen Sound.
- The jagged shards of glass depict the Levison family's harrowing experience of Kristallnacht (night of broken glass), prelude to the Holocaust. Desperate to escape Germany, the family was just one boat ticket away from freedom. Moments before they were to leave, an elderly couple offered their tickets to the Levisons, effectively sealing their own fate as victims of the Final Solution, while giving the young family a chance to escape the coming storm. Waiting out the war in China, the family eventually made it to Canada where Manfred Levison immediately began to look for work as a Rabbi. At the same time, Isaac Ezekiel Cadesky, a refugee of the Russian pogroms and the man for whom our Synagogue is named, was looking for a Rabbi to serve Owen Sound's bourgeoning Jewish community. Manfred Levison took the job, and in time his daughter Miriam married Isaac's grandson Mike.
- Miriam met Myer (Mike) Rabovsky. He was 29 and she was 19. Theirs was a happy marriage, lasting more than fifty years. Miriam and Mike had one daughter, Goldie (m. Bruce Ronald) and two grandchildren.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Norm Albert
- Material Format
- moving images
- Interview Date
- 18 Sep. 2007
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Norm Albert
- Number
- OH 311
- Subject
- Belleville
- scrap business
- clothing retail
- Bar mitzvah
- Israel trip
- Immigration
- Interview Date
- 18 Sep. 2007
- Quantity
- 2 mini DVs; 2 archival DVDs; 2 reference DVDs
- Interviewer
- Sharon Gubbay Helfer
- Total Running Time
- 1 hr. 29 mins.
- Notes
- Part of Ontario Small Jewish Communities Project.
- Availability of other formats: Also available as an M4V video file.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Norm Albert (1928–2010), the son of Jacob and Lily Albert, was born in Toronto and raised with his brother, Stan, in Trenton and Belleville, Ontario. After attending Belleville Collegiate Institute, Norman joined his father in the Ladies' Retail Business, at the age of nineteen, by opening the Fashion Shoppe in Trenton. Norm's wife, Carole, hailed from Queens, New York. They were married in New York in 1956.
- Norman opened another ladies' clothing store in Trenton, the Normandy Shop. A third store, Artistic Ladies Wear, was opened with his brother in Belleville. While toiling in the business of being a retail merchant, Norman and his father joined ranks with a childhood friend, Sidney, to form S & A Investments, a mortgage, loan, and real estate development company. He also ran Kingston Automatic Vending for more than twenty years with his brother-in-law. Norm was on the executive for the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville for seventeen or eighteen years.
- Norman enjoyed his retirement years with wife Carole in Florida and at the lake house in Brighton, Ontario. They had three children—Mark, David and Michele—and six grandchildren.
- Material Format
- moving images
- Original Format
- Mini DV
- Copy Format
- DVD
- Source
- Oral Histories
- 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
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- B'nai Brith lodges sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-1
- File
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 14 Feb. 1966
- Physical Description
- 2 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two images of the B'nai Brith Toronto Lodge presenting a cheque to the Anti-Defamation League, and to a group of bar mitzvah boys.
- Name Access
- Anti-defamation League
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Events and organizations series
- Zionist Organization of Canada sub-series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-5
- File
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 20 Apr. 1961
- Physical Description
- 11 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at the State of Israel's bar mitzvah celebration, held by the Zionist Organization of Canada, Central Region, at Massey Hall. The images depict speakers at the podium, overhead photographs of the stage, several bar mitzvah boys taking part in the ceremonies, and group photographs of members of ZOC.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- File
- 3
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one bar mitzvah portrait of [Howard?] Reitapple. The boy is holding a prayer book and has a tallis wrapped around his shoulders.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- Series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1958]-[196-]
- Physical Description
- 17 negatives : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm and 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of images of Jewish weddings, anniversary celebrations, and bar mitzvahs. Celebratory events such as these constituted a large percentage of Mendly's commissioned work, and most likely supported the operational expenses of his studio. This series represents a small sampling of his work in this area. The files are arranged alphabetically by last name.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Bar mitzvah
- Weddings
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 4
- File
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1 June 1963
- Physical Description
- 4 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images taken at the bar mitzvah celebration for [?] Rotstein. The images depict the Rotstein family in their home, the bar mitzvah boy lighting the candles on his cake, and a group photograph of the invited children standing behind a beverage table.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
- General office subject and correspondence files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 17
- Series
- 2
- File
- 1316
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1965 and 1975?]
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of four photographs of a bar mitzvah at the Kiever Shul. They depict a young man at various points in the temple.
- Name Access
- Kiever Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2519
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2519
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 4 Oct. 1936
- 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 Jewish community assembled in the Adath Israel Synagogue banquet hall for the bar mitzvah party of Larry Kussner. The large crowd is seated at several banquet tables in the hall, which is decorated for the occasion.
- Notes
- Title taken from writing on original photograph matte.
- Duke Studio.
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Kussner, Larry
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- Parties
- 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
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1981-2-1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 19
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Max was bar mitzvahed at the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society at 350 Dundas Street West, on the second floor.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Max Stern, taken at Hardy Studio in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1934
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a bar mitzvah portrait of Bill Stern at age thirteen. The portrait was used on the front of his invitation card.
- Subjects
- Bar mitzvah
- 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
- 2006-2-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions