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Jewish Student Federation, York University [textual record] – 1975.

Accession Number: 1979-9-16

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-9-16

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1975

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records relating to a "Teach-In on Israel" held at the university on 22 January 1975. There is also an announcement of a meeting of the Revolutionary Marxist Group at York.

MG_RG: MG2 P1d

Subjects: Education; Children; Politics and government

Name Access: Jewish Student Federation (York University)

Source: Archival Accessions

Michael Garber's sixtieth birthday party photograph [graphic material] – Jun. 1952.

Accession Number: 2008-8-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-6

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 41 x 51 cm

Date: Jun. 1952

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one oversized photograph taken at the sixtieth birthday party for Michael Garber. The party was at a club in Montreal. Pictured in the photo are (left to right): Samuel Bronfman, Michael Garber and Edward Gelber.

Subjects: Birthdays; Parties

Places: Montréal (Québec)

Source: Archival Accessions

Cheder Hanukkah party (Brantford, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1959].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1133

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1133

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1959]

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

Scope and Content: Item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of cheder students from Beth David Synagogue in Brantford, Ontario, lighting the Hanukkah candles, while their rabbi looks on.; Pictured in rear are Rabbi Jerry Pruzansky and Mrs. Sybil Pruzansky. Pictured left to right are Neil Spiegal, Ian Gotlieb, Howard Rotberg, Marlene Cohen, Bobby Willinsky, Helene Raimer, Jeffrey Kanter, Andy Brown and Martin Abeles.

Notes: Acquired on June 28, 1976.

Name Access: Beth David Synagogue (Brantford, Ont.)

Subjects: Hanukkah; Heder; Parties

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

Places: Brantford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1976-6-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Jewish Home for the Aged Purim party [graphic material] – 2 Mar. 1966.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3-4; File 23

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3-4

File: 23

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 2 Mar. 1966

Physical Description: 5 negatives : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken during a Purim party at the Jewish Home for the Aged. The images depict residents seated at banquet tables wearing paper crowns, as well as the Jewish Home staff and a man carrying a Canadian flag.

Subjects: Parties; Purim

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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Jewish Home for the Aged Purim party [graphic material] – 12 Mar.1968.

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 18; Series 3-4; File 29

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Gordon Mendly fonds; Events and organizations series; Jewish Home for the Aged sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 18

Series: 3-4

File: 29

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 12 Mar.1968

Physical Description: 5 negatives : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of images taken at a Purim party, held for the residents of the Jewish Home for the Aged. The images include group and individuals photographs of residents in costume.

Subjects: Parties; Purim

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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Group at Hillel sleigh ride party (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – [1945].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1945]

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

Admin History/Bio: Hillel House was located at 26 Barrie Street from 1945 to 1974, at which point it moved to 124 Centre Street.

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of Hillel students at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Subjects: 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: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1981-2-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Birthday party for Libby Geller in basement of Beth Israel Synagogue (Kingston, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1943].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1943]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print of Libby Geller's birthday party, held in the basement of the Beth Israel Synagogue in Kingston, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large banquet table with many children seated around it, some wearing paper party hats. Libby Geller is seated at the head of the table, facing the camera.

Name Access: Beth Israel Congregation (Kingston, Ont.); Geller, Libby

Subjects: Birthdays; 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: Kingston (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1986-3-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farewell party for community members (Peterborough, ON) [graphic material] – [194-].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [194-]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 28 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: This item is an original print and corresponding negative of a farewell party at the Congregation Beth Israel in Peterborough, Ontario. The party was given in honour of a family that was leaving Peterborough. They can be seen in the centre of the photo holding a silver tray.

Name Access: Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, Ont.)

Subjects: Communities; Parties; 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: Peterborough (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-7-8

Source: Archival Descriptions

Hanukkah party, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – [195-].

Level: Item

ID: Item 814

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 814

Material Format: graphic material

Responsibility: Duke Studio

Date: [195-]

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

Admin History/Bio: Mervyn Ross was the son of the station agent in Swastika, Ontario.

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Hanukkah celebration at the Adath Israel Synagogue in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Pictured is a group of children standing around Mervyn Ross who is lighting the menorah.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Ross, Mervyn

Subjects: Children; Hanukkah; Parties

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

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Bar mitzvah party in honour of Larry Kussner (Kirkland Lake, ON) [graphic material] – 4 Oct. 1936.

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

Julius A. Cohen [textual record] – [194-].

Accession Number: 2015-9-23

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2015-9-23

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: [194-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a bound document entitled 'This Is Our Faith'. The subtitle is 'The Religion of the Jews' and it appears to have been presented at a seminar of religions, under the auspices of Community Programs Branch, Department of Education, Province of Ontario.

Custodial History: There is no information on the acquisition of this material.

Subjects: Religion; Politics and government

Name Access: Cohen, Julius

Places: Toronto, Ont.

Source: Archival Accessions

Debby Solomon-Natan Sharansky [graphic material, textual record] – 1976-[ca. 1990].

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2016-6-12

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: ca. 60 cm of textual records; 11 photographs (3 negatives) : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1976-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual and graphic records that trace Natan Sharansky's history as a prisoner of political conscience; the broader Refusenik issue; and the community advocacy efforts of Debby and Stan Solomon from 1976 and into the late 1980s at the local, national and international scales. Included are memos and newsletters from the Committee for Soviet Jewry (Ontario Region and national-level); background information as well as petition templates, speeches and planning documentation produced by the Committee to Release Anatoly Sharansky and the Beth Tikvah Synagogue in conjunction with community organizations, including the CJC and its Soviet Jewry social action committees, to support on-going advocacy efforts; correspondence with Canadian and American political representatives at the provincial/state and national levels; white papers/grey literature from non-governmental organizations about the persecution of the Soviet Jewry; planning documentation from the First Annual Sharansky Lectureship on Human Rights in 1980; correspondence, articles and ephemera associated with the granting of Sharansky's honourary law doctorate from York University in 1982; 1985 Freedom Rally/Weekend in Ottawa planning documentation and correspondence; 1987 National Conference on the Soviet Jewry and Mobilization for Freedom planning documentation; 1987 Community Rally at Massey Hall promotional materials; and promotional materials from Sharansky's autobiographical "Fear No Evil" 1988 book launch. Graphic material includes photographs of Sharansky's release during the February 11, 1986 American-Soviet prisoner exchange on the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin.; Identified in the photographs are: Debby Solomon; Stan Solomon; Natan Sharansky; Avital Sharansky; U.S. Ambassador Richard Burt;

Custodial History: Material was collected and/or created by Debby Solomon, Natan Sharansky's cousin. Debby donated it to the OJA.

Administrative History: Debby Solomon is the cousin of Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, the Soviet born Israeli politician, human activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Debby's father Boris Landis (born 1900) and Sharansky's father were first cousins.Their grandfathers were brothers. Debby's father immigrated 1929 to Toronto from Russia as his older brothers were already in Toronto. Debby and her husband Stan Solomon got involved in the community's activism efforts to free Sharansky and other Refuseniks.They were worked for many years on these efforts by planning programs through their synagogue Beth Tikvah and with Sam Filer, a lawyer and volunteer at the CJC who was also a member of Beth Tikvah.

Subjects: Antisemitism; Politics and government; Human rights; Demonstrations; Synagogues; Committees

Source: Archival Accessions

Steele and Walsh family [multiple media] – 1937-2004.

Accession Number: 2017-2-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2017-2-12

Material Format: multiple media

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records and other material; 230 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 23 x 30 cm and smaller; 8 sound recordings (50 wav files; 1 microcassette); 1 artifact

Date: 1937-2004

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records, photographs and audio recordings documenting the lives of Dick Steele, his wife Esther, and friend Bill Walsh. The materials are mostly correspondences between Dick and Esther during his internment at the Don Jail and Ontario Reformatory in Guelph, and from Dick and Bill's military service overseas during the Second World War. They also include correspondences between Esther and Bill, Bill and Anne Walsh, "Jack" and Esther, and other family and friends. Some of the letters show evidence of being censored. There are news clippings in English and Yiddish about the family from various newspapers including the Canadian Tribune (a Communist Party paper). There is a letter Esther wrote to campaign for Dick's release from internment, part of women's activism in this period. There is also a photocopy of a memoir written by Moses Kosowatsky and Moses Wolofsky "From the Land of Despair to the Land of Promise" ca. 1930s.; The photographs include Dick and Bill in the army during the Second World War, a signed picture of Tim Buck addressed to Esther and the twins and a photo of Dick delivering a speech related to the Steel Workers. Also included is a recording of edited sound clips of Bill and Esther talking about Dick, Esther speaking about the letters, (how she received letters and flowers from Dick after he had already been killed), Bill reading a letter Dick wrote to Esther that he left with friends in England to send her in the case that he was killed (which he was), recordings of "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2 compiled by Leib Wolofsky's (Bill's nephew), and 5 audio recordings by Adrianna Steele-Card with her grandparents Bill and Esther. There is also a microcassette labelled "Joe Levitt."; The accession also includes the stripe of a German corporal that Bill captured as a prisoner, peace stamps and an early copy of Cy Gonick's A Very Red Life: The Story of Bill Walsh, edited by Bill.

Administrative History: Richard "Dick" Kennilworth Steele is the name adopted by Moses Kosowatsky. He was born in 1909 in Montreal to Samuel Kosowatsky and Fanny Held. He lived in a laneway off Clark Street, below Sherbrooke, where his father collected and recycled bottles. He grew up with his siblings, Joseph, Mortimer, Matthew, Gertrude, and Edward.; Bill Walsh (birth name Moishe Wolofsky) was born in 1910, to Sarah and Herschel Wolofsky, the editor of the Keneder Adler (Montreal's prominent Yiddish newspaper). He attended Baron Byng and then Commercial High School, where he met Dick Steele. Bill recalled that Dick denounced militarism in the school when a teacher tried to recruit students to be cadets.; Bill moved to New York City in 1927. His brother, who was living there, helped him get a job as a messenger on Wall Street. He also worked in the drug department at Macy's while attending courses at Columbia University in the evening. Dick worked on a ship for a year and then joined Bill in New York City in 1928. Dick worked at a chemical plant called Linde Air Products while also studying in the evenings at Columbia University.; In 1931, Dick and Bill boarded a ship together in New York bound for Copenhagen. Together, they travelled across Europe, witnessed a Nazi demonstration in Breslau, Germany, and found work in Minsk and Moscow, Russia. This trip inspired them to become Communists. In 1933, Bill's father was on a Canadian trade mission to Poland, which he left to "rescue" his son from the Bolsheviks. Bill agreed to return to Canada after being advised to do so by the Comintern. He then changed his name to Bill Walsh to protect his family.; In 1934, Bill moved to Toronto. He worked as the educational director for the Industrial Union of Needle Trade Workers and the Communist Party, where he met Esther Slominsky/Silver, the organization's office manager. Dick joined Bill in Toronto soon after. Bill introduced Dick and Esther, who then married. In 1940, Esther gave birth to twin sons, Michael and John Steele. Esther was born in Toronto in 1914 to Joseph Slominsky and Fanny (Blackersany?). Her siblings were Bella, Eileen, Morris, and step-sister Eva. Her father, Joseph, was a cloak maker and Esther also worked in the garment industry. Her mother Fanny passed away in 1920 at the age of twenty-six from tuberculosis.; Dick was a metal worker and became a union organizer in the east end of Toronto. He was the head organizer of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee of Canada (SWOC) until 1940, when he was dismissed for being a Communist. Bill helped organize Kitchener's rubber workers into an industrial union and was also an organizer for the United Auto Workers of Windsor, Ontario.; Jack Steele, an alias for Dick's brother Mortimer, fought with the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Jack Steele was recalled to Canada in October 1937 to rally support for the efforts in Spain, returned to the front in June 1938, and was killed in action in August. Some of Dick's letters to his wife, Esther, are signed "Salud, Jack" and were likely written in 1940 when the Communist Party (CP) was banned by the Canadian government under the War Measures Act.; In November 1941, after Mackenzie King's call for enlistment, Dick wrote to the Department of Justice to ask permission to join the army. He never received a reply. On 1 April 1942, Dick's home was raided and he was interned at the Don Jail until September 1942, when he was moved to the Ontario Reformatory in Guelph. Esther wrote a letter to the minister of justice, Louis St. Laurent, to appeal on his behalf.; Major public campaigning by Communists and the wartime alliance with the USSR after 1941 shifted public opinion toward the CP, and the Canadian government slowly began releasing internees in January 1942. Dick was released in October 1942 and enlisted at the end of the month. Dick died on 17 August 1944 in Normandy, France. He was a tank driver in the Canadian Army.; Bill was similarly arrested in 1941, spending time in jail and then an internment camp with other members of the CP. He joined the Canadian Army in 1943 and fought in Holland and Belgium. Bill was first married to Anne Weir who died of a brain hemorrhage in 1943, just before he enlisted. The family believes this may have been due to drinking unpasteurized milk. Encouraged by Dick Steele to take care of his family should he pass in the war, Bill married Esther Steele in 1946. They had a daughter named Sheri and were members of the United Jewish People's Order. For twenty years, Walsh worked for the Hamilton region of the United Electrical Workers (UE). Bill remained a member of the CP until 1967, when we was expelled for criticizing another union leader. He died in 2004. Esther passed away in 2010 at age ninety-six.

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

Descriptive Notes: RELATED MATERIAL NOTE: Library and Archives Canada has the William Walsh fonds and MG 28, ser. I 268, USWA, vol.4, SWOC Correspondence, has various letters from Dick Steele ca. 1938. Museum of Jewish Montreal has an oral history with Leila Mustachi (daughter of Max Wolofsky, Bill's brother) where she speaks about Bill, Dick and Esther. USE CONDITION NOTES: For "Bill Walsh Oral history" Vols.1 and 2, some contributors stipulate that recordings are restricted to personal use only and must not be used for any commercial purpose.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Politics and government; Labour and unions

Name Access: Steele, Michael; Steele, Dick; Walsh, Bill; Walsh, Esther Steele

Places: England; Fort William (Ont.); Germany; Guelph (Ont.); Hamilton (Ont.); Montréal (Québec); Netherlands; Oshawa (Ont.); Ottawa (Ont.); Thunder Bay (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mendel Granatstein’s home, 1919-1999

Address: 42 St George Street

Source: Landmarks

In 1919, Mr. Mendel Granatstein commissioned Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell to design a three storey Classical Georgian style house located at 42 St. George Street. The house contained a unique feature -- a retractable roof used on Sukkoth. In 1947, the house was acquired by the University of Toronto and was used for a variety of purposes until it was demolished in 1999. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology now stands in its place.

Address: 42 St George Street

Time Period: 1919-1999

Scope Note: In 1919, Mr. Mendel Granatstein commissioned Benjamin Brown and Robert McConnell to design a three storey Classical Georgian style house located at 42 St. George Street. The house contained a unique feature -- a retractable roof used on Sukkoth. In 1947, the house was acquired by the University of Toronto and was used for a variety of purposes until it was demolished in 1999. The Bahen Centre for Information Technology now stands in its place.

History: Mr. Mendel Granatstein was a member of one of the early Jewish families of Toronto. In 1895, he founded M. Granatstein and Sons, Ltd., a junk dealing company, and by the early 20th century, he had become one of the most prosperous Jews in Toronto. Mr. Granatstein was also a community leader, having a hand in the foundation of Beth Jacob Synagogue.

Category: Architecture; Residences

Source: Landmarks

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Twelfth birthday party for Kate Sprachman, Toronto [graphic material] – [19--].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3432

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3432

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [19--]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Notes: For identification, see accession record.; Photo by McLean.

Name Access: Sprachman, Kate

Subjects: Birthdays; 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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-7-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Children at party, Primrose Club, Toronto [graphic material] – 1930.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4200

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4200

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1930

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 55 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a panoramic photograph of children at the Primrose Club in Toronto at 41 Willcocks Street. Identified individuals include: Herbert Epstein, Bert Rosenberg, Boris Adelberg, Ruthetta Kaplan Reiss, Joseph Kronick, Cliff Solway, Gil Shully, Joel Freisman, Sheldon Kert, Selma Vise Lichtman, Martin Factor, Sid Schipper, Ken Rotenberg, Earl Rotenberg, Mandel Sprachman, Ira Pollock.

Notes: Please see accession record for locations of cited individuals.

Name Access: Primrose Club (Toronto, Ont.)

Subjects: Children; Parties; 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.

Creator: The Panoramic Camera Company

Places: Willcocks Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1987-9-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

"Beatrix Girls" purim party at 44 St. George St., Toronto [graphic material] – 2 Mar. 1927.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1875

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1875

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 2 Mar. 1927

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the Beatrix Girls at a purim party at Council House, 44 St. George St. Identified in this photograph, seated at front left: Adelaide Cohen.

Name Access: Cohen, Adelaide; Beatrix Girls; St. George Street

Subjects: Parties; Portraits, Group; Purim

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: Saint George Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1980-1-11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Mont engagement party at Adath Israel Congregation, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – [between 1930 and 1935].

Level: Item

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1930 and 1935]

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

Scope and Content: This item is an original and copy photograph of the engagement party of Mr. Mont's eldest daughter in the social hall of the Kirkland Lake synagogue (Legion Hall) in the early 1930s. Outside, left to right: Fanny Scott, Alter Scott, Eli Dubinsky, Mrs. D., Mrs. Friedman and husband, Rabbi Rabinowitz, Mr. Mont, Mary Mont, Mont family.; In corner, a young Bill Jacks and wife Bella, Kay Kadish and wife.; Facing camera, starting left corner: Mrs. Ben Portnoy, Mrs. Faye (Kaplan) Atkins, Mrs. Nathan Kaplan, Max Berjansky, Rose Berjansky, next unknown.; Back to camera with hat on: Hyman Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. Garshon, Mrs. Rabinowitz, her daughter and son-in-law, Rabbi now in Detroit.

Notes: Photo by Duke Studio.; Acquired in 1976.; Identifications of individuals on sheet included with photo; also see accession 2003-12-5 for further identifications.

Name Access: Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.); Atkins, Faye; Berjansky, Max; Berjansky, Rose; Dubinsky, Eli; Mont, Mary; Scott, Alter; Scott, Fanny; Jacks, Bill; Kaplan, Hyman; Kadish, Kay; Kaplan, Nathan; Portnoy, Ben

Subjects: Bethrothal; 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.

Related Material: 2003-12-5

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joe Atkin's birthday party [graphic material] – Sep. 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 6695

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6695

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Sep. 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joe Atkin's birthday party in Kirkland Lake. From left to right starting in the back row are: Jerry Kaplan, Marvin Temes, Manley Walters, Mike Roodman, Sydney Moscoe, Hinda Temes, Joe Atkins, David Walters, Ernest Raphael, and Harold Brown.

Notes: Photograph taken by Murray Wertman.

Name Access: Kirkland Lake; Atkins, Joe; Kaplan, Jerry; Temes, Marvin; Walters, Manley; Roodman, Mike; Moscoe, Sydney; Temes, Hinda; Walters, David; Raphael, Ernest; Brown, Harold

Subjects: Birthdays; Children; 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.

Creator: Atkins, Joe

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2004-6-11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joe Atkins' birthday party, Kirkland Lake [graphic material] – Sep. 1939.

Level: Item

ID: Item 6696

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 6696

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Sep. 1939

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joe Atkins' birthday party in Kirkland Lake. Depicted from left to right are: Jerry Kaplan, David Walters, Marvin Temes, Manley Walters, Mike Roodman, Harold Brown, Ernest Raphael, and Hinda Temes.

Notes: Photograph taken by Murray Wertman.

Name Access: Kirkland Lake; Atkins, Joe; Kaplan, Jerry; Walters, David; Temes, Marvin; Walters, Manley; Roodman, Mike; Brown, Harold; Raphael, Ernest; Temes, Hinda

Subjects: Birthdays; 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.

Creator: Atkins, Joe

Places: Kirkland Lake (Ont.)

Accession Number: 2004-6-11

Source: Archival Descriptions

Hanukkah party at Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, ON) [graphic material] – [1957 or 1958].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1630

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1630

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1957 or 1958]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of a children's Hanukkah performance at the Congregation Beth Israel on Reid Street in Peterborough, Ontario.

Notes: Acquired July 10, 1978.; See accession file for identifications of some of the individuals in the photographs.

Name Access: Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, Ont.)

Subjects: Hanukkah; Parties

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

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-7-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Consolidated Paper Christmas Party, Toronto [graphic material] – 1940.

Level: Item

ID: Item 4450

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4450

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Admin History/Bio: Consolidated paper was owned by Oelbaum.

Scope and Content: For identification see accession record.

Notes: Original by Turofsky.

Subjects: Christmas; 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: Toronto (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1988-11-16

Source: Archival Descriptions

Third birthday party in back of Sprachman Tailor shop, King St. E., Toronto [graphic material] – [between 1900 and 1910].

Level: Item

ID: Item 3430

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 3430

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)

Scope and Content: Identified in the first row, third from end: E. M. Sprachman, Carl April, Kate Sprachman.; In photograph, also pictured are some Brodies and Taylors.

Name Access: April, Carol; Sprachman, E. M.; Sprachman, Kate

Subjects: Birthdays; 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: King Street East (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1982-7-4

Source: Archival Descriptions

Hungarian-Jewish Congregation Hanukkah party on the second floor of the Brunswick Avenue Talmud Torah, Toronto [graphic material] – 1958.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1450

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1450

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1958

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Subjects: Hanukkah; Parties

Places: Brunswick Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Park Plaza Opening [graphic material] – 1946.

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Events sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 80; Series 5-3; File 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sylvia Schwartz fonds; Family series; Events sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 80

Series: 5-3

File: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1946

Physical Description: 12 photographs : b&w (12 negatives) ; 13 x 10 cm

Admin History/Bio: The Park Plaza Hotel, originally called the Queen's Park Plaza, began construction in 1928. However, because of financial problems in the Depression it was not completed until 1936. Prior to its completion it was bought by the Park Plaza Company, a group of investors including Harry Rotenberg of Yolles and Rotenberg and Joseph Schwartz, Sylvia Schwartz's father. It was originally used as a hotel, residences and office space. Through the 1940s and 1950s it was a popular hot spot, acting as a venue for entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. In the 1960s it became a popular location with the literary crowd, including Margaret Atwood and Mordecai Richler.; It was eventually bought by the Hyatt chain and re-named the Park Hyatt Toronto.

Scope and Content: File consists of images of a party in the ballroom at the Park Plaza Hotel. Those pictured include members of the Schwartz, Yolles, Halbert and Wintrob families. Also included are images of Sylvia Schwartz, the singer Phyllis Marshall and musicians.; It is unknown what the party was for, but the original envelope indicated that it was an opening of some kind.

Subjects: Parties

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Opening party for the Mercury Club [graphic material] – Nov. 1948.

Part Of: Sammy Luftspring fonds; Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 82; File 1; Item 24

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Sammy Luftspring fonds; Sammy Luftspring scrapbook file

Level: Item

Fonds: 82

File: 1

Item: 24

Material Format: graphic material

Date: Nov. 1948

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of the opening party for the Mercury Club, which was located at Dundas and Yonge Streets.; Individuals pictured include: Joe Spring, Max Eisen, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Shorty Grossman (playing the piano), and Lou Krugel.

Notes: Location of originals: Image is located on page 30 of the 65 x 48 cm scrapbook.; Availability of other formats: Also available as digital image.; General: Sammy Luftspring acted as the host at the Mercury Club.

Name Access: Eisen, Max, 1929-; Mercury Club (Toronto, Ont.); Rosenthal (family)

Subjects: Nightclubs; 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: Dundas Street (Toronto, Ont.); Yonge Street (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 2009-10-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Family party, anniversary of Faivel and Rochel Zarnitsky, Londoner Shul, Toronto [graphic material] – [1942 or 1943].

Part Of: Ladovsky family fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 83; File 9; Item 22

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Ladovsky family fonds; Photographs file

Level: Item

Fonds: 83

File: 9

Item: 22

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1942 or 1943]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of a family party at the Londoner Shul. Aaron Ladovsky is seated on the far left, between the third and fourth tapestry.

Notes: Formerly identified as photo # 3831.

Name Access: Anshei England; Hebrew Men of England Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.); Londoner Shul; Zarnitsky, Faivel; Zarnitsky, Rochel

Subjects: 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: Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.); Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Accession Number: 1983-11-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stag party for Lionel Fogler, Toronto [graphic material] – [ca. 1929].

Part Of: Ethel Mehr fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 68; Item 51

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Ethel Mehr fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 68

Item: 51

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1929]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph of a group of men at the stag party for Lionel Fogler. Identified individuals include Laurie Finberg, Lionel Fogler, Sam Yolles, Meyer Brenner, Jack Greenberg and Pincus Mehr.

Notes: For location of identified individuals, see accession record.

Name Access: Fogler, Lionel

Subjects: Parties; 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

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Mayoral victory party [graphic material] – 1964.

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; City of Toronto Mayor series; Campaign sub-series

Level: File

ID: Fonds 51; Series 4-1; File 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Philip Givens fonds; City of Toronto Mayor series; Campaign sub-series

Level: File

Fonds: 51

Series: 4-1

File: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1964

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of one photograph of Phil and Min Givens celebrating with guests at Phil's mayoral victory party.

Subjects: Parties

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

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Stag party in honour of Dr. Bernard Manace [graphic material] – 1936.

Level: Item

ID: Item 66

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 66

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1936

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Admin History/Bio: Dr. Bernard Manace was a Toronto pediatrician. There is an award in his name at the University of Toronto for a medical student who is undertaking an elective or summer medical experience in Israel.

Scope and Content: Item is a black-and-white photograph at Dr. Bernard Manace's stag party. The photographs depicts a large group of men seated in a dining hall.; Back row, left to right: [Jack Slavens?]; [Trachter?]; [Solway?]; Dr. Louis Kazdan, father of Dr. Manace; Dr. Bernard Manace; Dr. M.A. Pollock; Dr. Harry Leizner; Dr. Charles Markson (Markowitz); Dr. Samuel Norris; Dr. M.K. Bochner; Dr. Bernard Willinsky; Dr. Joseph Gollom; Dr. David Perlman; [unknown]; Dr. Adolf A. Appell; Dr. I.M. Golden; Dr. Jacob Markowitz (at U.of T.); Dr. William Harris; Dr. Samuel Perlman, dentist, brother of David Perlman.; Front row, left to right: Emanuel Pullan; [Ed or Gordon Pullan]; Dr. Lou Harris; Dr. Murray Dyment; Dr. Ben Garfield; Dr. Irwin Smith; Dr. Milton Raymers; Dr. David Eisen; Dr. Gordon Manace; Dr. Nathan Shaul; Dr. Max Sibberman; Dr. Mitchell Cohen; Dr. Jacob Goldstein; Dr. Benjamin Cohen; Dr. Aaron G(lassberg) Volpe; Dr. A.A. Track; Dr. Oscar Lewin; Dr. Harold Taube; Dr. Jacob Pollack; Dr. Maurice Selznick; [unknown]; Mannie Starkman.

Notes: See photo for identification order of front row.

Name Access: Manace, Dr. Bernard; University of Toronto; Slavens, Dr. Jack; Trachter; Solway; Kazdan, Dr. Louis; Pollack, Dr. M.A.; Leizner, Dr. Harry; Markson, Dr. Charles; Norris, Dr. Samuel; Bochner, Dr. M.K.; Willinsky, Dr. Bernard; Gollom, Dr. Joseph; Perlman, Dr. David; Appell, Dr. Adolf; Golden, Dr. I.M.; Markowitz, Dr. Jacob; Harris, Dr. William; Perlman, Dr. Samuel; Pullan, Dr. Emanuel; Pullan, Dr. Gordon; Pullan, Dr. Ed; Harris, Dr. Lou; Dyment, Dr. Murray; Garfield, Dr. Ben; Smith, Dr. Irwin; Raymers, Dr. Milton; Eisen, Dr. David; Shaul, Dr. Nathan; Sibberman, Max; Cohen, Dr. Mitchell; Goldstein, Dr. Jacob; Cohen, Dr. Benjamin; Volpe, Dr. Aaron; Track, Dr. A.A.; Lewin, Dr. Oscar; Taube, Dr. Harold; Pollack, Dr. Jacob; Selznick, Dr. Maurice; Starkman, Mannie

Subjects: Parties; Physicians

Access Restriction: Restricted until April 1984.

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

Purim party (Port Colborne, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1951].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1456

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1456

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1951]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Purim party in Port Colborne, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large group dressed in various costumes.

Subjects: Costume; Parties; Purim

Places: Port Carling (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

Purim party (Port Colborne, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1952].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1457

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1457

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1952]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a Purim party in Port Colborne, Ontario. The photograph depicts a large group dressed in various costumes.

Subjects: Costume; Parties; Purim

Places: Port Colborne (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1977-8-18

Source: Archival Descriptions

Farewell party for Alec Joseph and Ann Joseph (Stratford, ON) [graphic material] – [ca. 1948].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4080

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4080

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [ca. 1948]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a farewell party for Alec Joseph and Ann Joseph of Stratford, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of people gathered in a room. Pictured are:; Standing in back row, left to right: [Morris Segal?], Bernard Krakofsky, [unidentified], Sol Slockie, Sam Krakofsky, Irving Segal, Harry Carsen, [unidentified woman], Jo Greenberg (partially hidden), Al Brown, Jenny Carsen, [Ruth ?] (partially hidden), Mollie Miller, Violet Hirsch.; Sitting, front row, left to right: Mrs. Lena Gerofsky, Mrs. Krakofsky, Mrs. Bernard Krakofsky, Ann Joseph, Alec Joseph, Mary Segal, Nellie Brown, [unidentified woman], [unidentified man], [unidentified woman], [unidentified man]

Subjects: Parties; 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: Stratford (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-8-2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Purim party (Timmins, ON) [graphic material] – 1922.

Level: Item

ID: Item 1601

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1601

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1922

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

Scope and Content: This item is a copy print and corresponding negative of a group of children dressed up for Purim celebrations, alongside Rabbi Shulman of the Congregation B'nai Israel in Timmins, Ontario.; Pictured in the back row, left to right: Rabbi Shulman (behind boys), Sam Kideckel, Izzie Kokotow, Harry Martin, Bill Shub, Barney Shulman (Rabbi Shulman's son - seated), Sam Katz, Sadie Gurevitch (half-sister to Manny), Sadie Shub (m. Pomerantz), Esther Shinehoft, Abe Shub, Mr. Nissen Katz (parent).; Front row, left to right: Ethel Martin, Fanny Kideckel, [unidentified], Esther Greenberg, Bertha Katz, Ann Gurevitch, Esther Shub.

Notes: This photo is identical to photo #1316.

Name Access: Congregation B'nai Israel (Timmins, Ont.)

Subjects: Children's costumes; Parties; Purim

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: Timmins (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-12-6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Entertainment at a children's Purim party [graphic material] – 1980.

Part Of: Solomon Edell fonds; Clanton Park Synagogue series; Purim celebrations file

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 4; Series 6; File 50; Item 1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Solomon Edell fonds; Clanton Park Synagogue series; Purim celebrations file

Level: Item

Fonds: 4

Series: 6

File: 50

Item: 1

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1980

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm

Notes: Photograph is by Paul Brown.

Subjects: Children; Parties

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

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Dr. Simon G. Fines and Dora Dworkin at Mount Sinai Hospital staff Christmas party [graphic material] – [193-?].

Part Of: Dorothy Dworkin fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 10; Item 20

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Dorothy Dworkin fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 10

Item: 20

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [193-?]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Dr. Simon G. Fines and Dora Dworkin at Mount Sinai Hospital staff Christmas party. Though founded by Jews, Mount Sinai held Christmas parties since it had always served more non-Jewish patients than Jewish ones.

Notes: Associated material note: see book entitled: "From Generation to Generation: A History of Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital" by Lesley Marrus Barsky, p. 31, for another photograph from this Christmas party.

Name Access: Fines, S. G.; Fines, Simon G.; Mount Sinai Hospital

Subjects: Christmas; 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.

Accession Number: 2005-4-5

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Party in synagogue (Ansonville, ON) [graphic material] – [1924 or 1925].

Level: Item

ID: Item 4739

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 4739

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1924 or 1925]

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 photograph of a party at the synagogue in Ansonville, Ontario. Seated, front row, beginning second from left are Israel Kideckel, Minnie Kideckel, Esther Kideckel, and Annie Ludwig. The gentleman seated behind Minnie is Jack Perlmutter. Seated, front row, beginning fourth from right are Jack and Polly Abramson, and Tillie and Barney Nosov.

Notes: Original photograph by Couture Photo Ansonville, Ontario.

Subjects: Parties; 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: Ansonville (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1988-6-3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Rose Dunkelman birthday party [graphic material] – 1946.

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 39; Item 3

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 39

Item: 3

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1946

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 22 x 17 cm and 13 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Rose Dunkelman cutting into her birthday cake as guests look on. The party was thrown for Rose's 57th birthday by Toronto Hadassah.; Far right: Rose Dunkelman.; To her left: [Mrs. Rotenberg].

Name Access: Dunkelman, David

Subjects: Birthdays; 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.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Head table at Rose Dunkelman's birthday party [graphic material] – 1946.

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 39; Item 5

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 39

Item: 5

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1946

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the head table at Rose Dunkelman's birthday party. The party was thrown in honour of Rose's 57th birthday by Toronto Hadassah.; Far right: [Mrs. Rotenberg].

Name Access: Dunkelman, David

Subjects: Birthdays; 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.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Guests at Rose Dunkelman's birthday party [graphic material] – 1946.

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 39; Item 6

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Rose Dunkelman fonds

Level: Item

Fonds: 39

Item: 6

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1946

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of guests seated at tables at Rose Dunkelman's birthday party. The party was thrown in honour of Rose's fifty-seventh birthday by Toronto Hadassah. The head table can also be seen on the far right.

Name Access: Dunkelman, David

Subjects: Birthdays; 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.

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Max Jaffe, Harry Kay, and Leon Takefman at Hanukkah party [graphic material] – 1973.

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series; Photograph collection sub-series

Level: Item

ID: Fonds 61; Series 2-2; File 50; Item 2

Source: Archival Descriptions

Part Of: Jewish Community Centre of Toronto fonds; Jewish Community Centre Archives Committee series; Photograph collection sub-series

Level: Item

Fonds: 61

Series: 2-2

File: 50

Item: 2

Material Format: graphic material

Date: 1973

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

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph taken at the Hanukkah party at the Bloor JCC. Pictured in the photograph (left to right) are Max Jaffe, Harry Kay, and Leon Takefman.

Subjects: Hanukkah; Parties

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

Places: Bloor Street West (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Descriptions

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Hanukkah party at Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, ON) [graphic material] – [1957 or 1958].

Level: Item

ID: Item 1631

Source: Archival Descriptions

Level: Item

Item: 1631

Material Format: graphic material

Date: [1957 or 1958]

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

Scope and Content: This item is a photograph and corresponding negative of a children's Hanukkah performance at the Congregation Beth Israel on Reid Street in Peterborough, Ontario.

Notes: Acquired July 10, 1978.; See accession file for identifications of some of the individuals in the photographs.

Name Access: Congregation Beth Israel (Peterborough, Ont.)

Subjects: Hanukkah; Parties

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

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Accession Number: 1978-7-1

Source: Archival Descriptions

Joseph and Joyce Herman [graphic material, textual record] – 1992, Nov. 1993.

Accession Number: 2021-9-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2021-9-1

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of graphic material and textual records

Date: 1992, Nov. 1993

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Joseph and Joyce Herman. Included are thirty-three photographs taken at a gathering held at the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 10 November 1993, on the occasion of their move to British Columbia.; Identified in the photographs are: Carol Brooman, David Brooman, Molly Cadesky, Sarah Cadesky, Marilyn Fedorenko, Rynaldo Fedorenko, Bernie Fishman, Myrna Fishman, Hy Fromstein, Sylvia Fromstein, Avrum "Av" Gorbet, Norman "Norm" Gorbet, Ruth Gorbet, Tillie Gorbet, Avrum Green, Emmy Green, Joe Herman, Joyce Herman, Steven Hershoran, Gary Levine, Julia Levine, Bertha Rabovsky, Mike Rabovsky, Miriam Rabovsky, Karen Rich, Lorne Rich, Goldie Ronald (née Rabovsky), and Alisa Van Wyck.; Also included are two textual records: a copy of the speech given by Tillie Gorbet at the 1992 synagogue event held in honour of Joyce when she stepped down as synagogue president and Joyce’s acceptance speech from the same event.

Administrative History: Joe Herman (29 April 1925–21 April 2005) was born in Toronto. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at age seventeen and trained as a navigator. He was a graduate of the the School of Optometry of Ontario. Joyce (11 July 1927–23 April 2020) was born Roslyn Joyce Cainer in Miami, Florida. Her family returned to Toronto in 1929. Joe and Joyce married in 1948 and moved first to Timmins, Ontario, and then to Owen Sound, where they lived for thirty-seven years. Joe maintained his optometric practice in Owen Sound from 1956 to 1993, with Joyce working alongside him in the office. Joyce was a weaver and an active member of the Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Maker’s artist cooperative. Joe and Joyce had three children: Shawn Herman Hawkins, Nessa Herman, and David Herman.; Joyce was president of Owen Sound’s Beth Ezekiel Synagogue from about 1973 to 1992. She was possibly the first woman president of a synagogue in Canada. Her father (Israel) David Cainer was president of Toronto’s Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue from 1943 to 1945.

Use Conditions: Conditional Use. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to publication. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Descriptive Notes: Availability of other formats: Accession has been digitized: photographs are available as JPEG images; textual records are available as PDF files.; Terms governing use and reproduction: Not to be used for external advertising in any medium. Permission to publish required.; General: Av Gorbet's wife is Tillie Gorbet, and Norm Gorbet's wife is Ruth Gorbet. The four were owners of B. Gorbet and Sons Furriers and clothing store.

Subjects: Married people; Parties; Synagogues

Name Access: Beth Ezekiel Synagogue (Owen Sound, Ont.); Herman, Joseph, 1925-2005; Herman, Joyce, 1927-2020

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions