War crimes and criminals [textual record] – 1971.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
War Crimes and Criminals sub-sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 5-4-7; File 32
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Community Relations Committee series
Research Records sub-series
War Crimes and Criminals sub-sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
17
Series
5-4-7
File
32
Material Format
textual record
Date
1971
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consist of documents related to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Also included is correspondence related to threats against an Auschwitz survivor in Toronto.
Notes
Previously processed and cited as part of MG8 S.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Concentration camps
Holocaust survivors
Source
Archival Descriptions
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Cloakmakers Union [object] – [ca. 1928].
Accession Number
1981-9-3
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1981-9-3
Material Format
object
Physical Description
1 pin
Date
[ca. 1928]
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a member's pin with a ribbon and pendant celebrating the 25th jubilee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Cloakmakers Union Toronto.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Labor unions
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Source
Archival Accessions
London, Ontario [graphic material] – 1953-1983.
Accession Number
2004-5-106
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2004-5-106
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
4 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
Date
1953-1983
Scope and Content
Accession consists of photographs documenting the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tabelle Burns Chapter of Hadassah in London, the goundbreaking ceremony for the London Jewish Community Village, and the community council's fiftieth anniversary. Individuals identified in the photos include future senator Jerry Grafstein and actor Paul Soles.
Descriptive Notes
Availability of other formats: Digital reproductions available.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Places
London (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Hamilton Jewish Community Centre [textual record] – 1975.
Accession Number
1979-9-9
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1979-9-9
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1975
Scope and Content
Accession consists of one 25th Anniversary book for the Hamilton Jewish Community Centre.
MG_RG
MG 2 N2A
Subjects
Anniversaries
Name Access
Hamilton Jewish Community Centre
Places
Hamilton, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
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
Beth Jacob Congregation (Hamilton, Ont.) [textual record] – 1969.
Accession Number
1979-9-37
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1979-9-37
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records (1 vol.)
Date
1969
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a book entitled "History of Beth Jacob Congregation, 1896-1969", published in honour of the Hamilton congregation's 80th anniversary.
Administrative History
Beth Jacob Congregation was founded in 1886 by an Orthodox faction of the Reform Congregation Anshe Sholom, who withdrew from the congregation three years earlier to form an Orthodox minyan, due to differing views on the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
Descriptive Notes
Beth Jacob Congregation.
Hamilton.
Multicultural History Society of Ontario.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Name Access
Beth Jacob Synagogue (Hamilton, Ont.)
Places
Hamilton, Ont.
Source
Archival Accessions
Harry Simon [textual record] – 1989.
Accession Number
1989-10-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
1989-10-4
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1989
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a souvenier booklet celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda Poale Zion and the 40th anniversaries of Anielewitch Branch Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.) and Zerubavel - Federman Branch L.Z.A.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Labor Zionism
Name Access
Simon, Harry, 1909-1993
Source
Archival Accessions
Jewish Public Library [graphic material] – 1956.
Accession Number
2005-11-4
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2005-11-4
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
Date
1956
Scope and Content
Accession consists of two photographs taken at a dinner honouring Ben Zion Hyman and the 15th anniversary of the Jewish Public Library. One photo is of the head table and several other smaller tables at the dinner, while the second photo is a posed group shot with Ben Zion Hyman. Also pictured are: Kalman Berger (top row, 6th from left), J. Marcus, Dave Green (top row, 9th from left), J. Bailin, Henry Papernik (top row, 2nd from left), R. Madesker, and Myer Gasner (bottom row, far right).
Subjects
Anniversaries
Dinners and dining
Libraries
Name Access
Hyman, Ben Zion
Berger, Kalman
Jewish Public Library (Toronto, Ont.)
Gasner, Myer
Marcus, J.
Green, Dave
Papernik, Henry
Bailin, J.
Madesker, R.
Source
Archival Accessions
Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs [graphic material] – [ca. 1958]-[196-].
Part Of
Gordon Mendly fonds
Weddings, anniversaries and bar mitzvahs series
Level
Series
ID
Fonds 18; Series 4
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
Congregation B’nai Israel, London, anniversary book [textual record] – 1960.
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 22; Item 44
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
Item
Fonds
22
Item
44
Material Format
textual record
Date
1960
Physical Description
1 item
Name Access
B'nai Israel Synagogue, (London, Ont.)
Congregation Or Shalom (London, Ont.)
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Places
London (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, Joint board Cloakmakers’ Union 40th Jubilee pin [object] – 1949.
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 22; Item 79
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
Item
Fonds
22
Item
79
Material Format
object
Date
1949
Physical Description
1 item
Name Access
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
Subjects
Anniversaries
Labor unions
Source
Archival Descriptions
Beth Tikvah Synagogue twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations [textual record] – 1991-1992.
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
File
ID
Fonds 22; File 2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Morris Norman collection
Level
File
Fonds
22
File
2
Material Format
textual record
Date
1991-1992
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Name Access
Beth Tikvah Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Correspondence regarding celebrations of the 3000th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem [textual record] – 1996.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1121
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
1121
Material Format
textual record
Date
1996
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Subjects
Anniversaries
Cities and towns
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Places
Jerusalem
Accession Number
2005-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Correspondence and speech transcript regarding Jewish National Fund (JNF) and 3000th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem [textual record] – 1996.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
General office subject and correspondence files series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 17; Series 2; File 1137
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
1137
Material Format
textual record
Date
1996
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Name Access
Jewish National Fund
Subjects
Anniversaries
Cities and towns
Access Restriction
Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.
Places
Jerusalem
Accession Number
2005-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Brantford Jewish community's seventy-fifth anniversary cake [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3594
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3594
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is photograph of the cake at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration was held at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Cake
Communities
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
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thumbnail
Rabbi at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3595
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3595
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Beth David Congregation's rabbi speaking at the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the synagogue and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place in the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Rabbis
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Sadie Stren speaking at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Jul. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3889
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3889
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Jul. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Sadie Stren speaking at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Related Material
See photo #3584.
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Willie Siegler speaking at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3891
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3891
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Willie Siegler, president of Beth David Congregation, speaking at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Related Material
See photo #3590.
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Dr. Melvin Wise at the 75th anniversary celebration of Brantford's Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3890
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3890
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Dr. Melvin Wise standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Dr. Moishe Zaltz and Ron Kanter at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3892
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3892
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 7 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Dr. Moishe Zaltz and Ron Kanter standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
Lena Rothberg and Willie Ziegler at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3893
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3893
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Lena Rothberg and Willie Ziegler at a podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth David Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Sam Resnick at the 75th anniversary celebration of the Brantford Jewish community [graphic material] – Aug. 1983.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3894
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3894
Material Format
graphic material
Date
Aug. 1983
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Sam Resnick of the Canadian Jewish Congress standing behind the podium at the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of the Beth Daivd Congregation and Brantford's Jewish community. The celebration took place at the synagogue.
Notes
Acquired in 1983.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Communities
Synagogues
Places
Brantford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-2-2
Source
Archival Descriptions
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The Strand Theatre, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – 1976.
Level
Item
ID
Item 876
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
876
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studio
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the Strand Theatre in Kirkland Lake, which was built in the 1920s by the Kaplan brothers with the help of Harry Oakes.
Name Access
Kaplan
Oakes, Harry
Strand Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Theaters
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
Former Uptown Theatre, Kirkland Lake, Ontario [graphic material] – 1976.
Level
Item
ID
Item 893
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
893
Material Format
graphic material
Responsibility
Duke Studios
Date
1976
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print of the former Uptown Theatre, built by the Kaplan brothers in the 1930s and then converted to use as Children's Aid offices and apartments.
Name Access
Kaplan
Uptown Theatre (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
Subjects
Architecture
Theaters
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
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Arbeiter Ring Self Educational Club 25th anniversary banquet (London, ON) [graphic material] – 1934.
Level
Item
ID
Item 4049
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
4049
Material Format
graphic material
Date
1934
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 twenty-fifth anniversary banquet of the Arbeiter Ring's Self Educational Club in London, Ontario. The photograph depicts a group of members seated at several banquet tables in a decorated hall.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Clubs
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
London (Ont.)
Accession Number
1986-8-3
Source
Archival Descriptions
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thumbnail
Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON) [graphic material] – 15 May 1947.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3256
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3256
Material Format
graphic material
Date
15 May 1947
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 7 x 12 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold standing with their daughter in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.
Name Access
Elmwood Theatre (London, Ont.)
Fingold, Jenny
Fingold, Louis
Subjects
Families
Theaters
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
London (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-6-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
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thumbnail
Louis and Jenny Fingold outside their Elmwood Theatre (London, ON) [graphic material] – 15 May 1947.
Level
Item
ID
Item 3257
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3257
Material Format
graphic material
Date
15 May 1947
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 7 cm and 10 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and copy negative of Louis and Jenny Fingold, and their daughter, standing in front of their Elmwood Theatre in London, Ontario.
Name Access
Elwood Theatre (London, Ont.)
Fingold, Jenny
Fingold, Louis
Subjects
Families
Theaters
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
London (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-6-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Esther Fingold and son in front of the Capitol Theatre (Meaford, ON) [graphic material] – [1948?].
Level
Item
ID
Item 3260
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3260
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1948?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 9 x 7 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and copy negative of Esther Fingold holding her son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.
Name Access
Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.)
Fingold, Douglas
Fingold, Esther
Subjects
Mothers and sons
Theaters
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
Meaford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-6-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
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thumbnail
Philip Fingold with son in front of the Captiol Theatre (Meaford, ON) [graphic material] – [1950?].
Level
Item
ID
Item 3261
Source
Archival Descriptions
Level
Item
Item
3261
Material Format
graphic material
Date
[1950?]
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 8 x 5 cm and 12 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
This item is an original print and copy negative of Philip Fingold holding with his son, Douglas, in front of the Capitol Theatre in Meaford, Ontario.
Name Access
Capitol Theatre (Meaford, Ont.)
Fingold, Douglas
Fingold, Philip
Subjects
Fathers and sons
Theaters
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
Meaford (Ont.)
Accession Number
1982-6-4
Source
Archival Descriptions
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Silver Anniversary [textual record] – 1979-1980.
Part Of
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
Women's Auxiliary series
Events sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 14; Series 4-13; File 20
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care fonds
Women's Auxiliary series
Events sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
14
Series
4-13
File
20
Material Format
textual record
Date
1979-1980
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of records documenting the planning and celebrations for the Women's Auxiliary's silver anniversary. Included are meeting notices, agendas and minutes for the Silver Anniversary Committee, correspondence, a speech delivered by Dora Till at the Silver Anniversary meeting in Oct. 1980, agendas for the Silver Anniversary meeting, and lists of Auxiliary memberships for "Silvers". Of note are hand written reminiscences by Pearl Freedhoff describing her mother's (Esther Narval) activities at the Home for the Aged and her own memory of the dedication of the Jewish Old Folks Home.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Source
Archival Descriptions
Germany Revisited: 50 Years after Kristallnacht [textual record] – 1988.
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 28-18; File 25
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
28-18
File
25
Material Format
textual record
Date
1988
Physical Description
1 folder textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of notes for an introductory speech made by the German consul general for the event Germany Revisited: 50 Years after Kristallnacht.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Kristallnacht, 1938
Speeches, addresses, etc
Source
Archival Descriptions
Souvenir remembrance book [textual record] – 1994-1995.
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
ID
Fonds 67; Series 28-18; File 44
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
United Jewish Welfare Fund fonds
Toronto Holocaust Museum series
Special events and projects sub-series
Level
File
Fonds
67
Series
28-18
File
44
Material Format
textual record
Date
1994-1995
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, and media releases regarding the production of a souvenir remembrance book to honour the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation.
Subjects
Anniversaries
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation
Source
Archival Descriptions
Adath Israel - Roumanian Ladies Auxillary list of board members, officers and committee members [textual record] – 1949.
Part Of
Larry Becker collection
Level
File
ID
Fonds 34; File 12
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Larry Becker collection
Level
File
Fonds
34
File
12
Material Format
textual record
Date
1949
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of an Adath Israel - Roumanian Ladies Auxillary list of board members, officers and committee members for their silver anniversary year in 1949.
Name Access
Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Anniversaries
Women
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Adath Israel Congregation golden jubilee book [textual record] – 1952.
Part Of
Larry Becker collection
Level
File
ID
Fonds 34; File 30
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Larry Becker collection
Level
File
Fonds
34
File
30
Material Format
textual record
Date
1952
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a golden jubilee book describing the history of the Adath Israel Congregation.
Name Access
Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.)
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
Wedding and anniversary scrapbook - 1905-1929 [textual record] – 1905-1929.
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Level
File
ID
Fonds 15; File 10
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Ida Lewis Siegel fonds
Level
File
Fonds
15
File
10
Material Format
textual record
Date
1905-1929
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of one scrapbook containing telegrams and cards with notes of congratulations to mark occasions of wedding, anniversaries, and son's bar mitzvah
Subjects
Anniversaries
Scrapbooks
Weddings
Source
Archival Descriptions
Programme for the 23rd anniversary commemoration of Soviet Jewish writers [textual record] – 12 Aug. 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 49; Item 13
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
13
Material Format
textual record
Date
12 Aug. 1975
Physical Description
1 programme
Scope and Content
Item is a programme for a community assembly titled the 23rd Anniversary of the Execution of the Soviet Jewish Poets, Novelists and Artists. The community assembly took place at the youth chapel at Beth Tzedec Synagogue (1700 Bathurst Street). The programme lists the following speakers: Sam Filer, chairman, Steering Committee for Soviet Jewry; Joseph B. Salsberg, chairman, Committee for Yiddish; Milton E. Harris, chairman, Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region; Peretz Miransky, Yiddish poet; Lewis Feuer, professor of sociology and philosophy, University of Toronto; Israel Emiot, poet and essayist; and David I. Satok, chairman, Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
Name Access
Emiot, Israel
Feuer, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1912-2002
Filer, Sam, 1935-2007
Harris, Milton, 1927-2005
Miransky, Peretz
Salsberg, J. B.,1902-1998
Satok, David
Subjects
Anniversaries
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
Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Descriptions
23rd anniversary of the execution of the Soviet Jewish poets, novelists and artists / for David Satok [textual record] – 1975.
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
ID
Fonds 17; Series 3-5; File 49; Item 16
Source
Archival Descriptions
Part Of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region fonds
Committee for Soviet Jewry series
Protest activities sub-series
23rd anniversary of the execution of Soviet Jewish writers and intellectuals file
Level
Item
Fonds
17
Series
3-5
File
49
Item
16
Material Format
textual record
Date
1975
Physical Description
1 speech
Scope and Content
Item appears to be a speech written for David Satok for the occasion of the twenty-third anniversary of "the execution of the Soviet Jewish poets, novelists and artists." The speech deals principally with the situation of Jews in the Soviet Union.
Notes
Availability of other formats: Also available as a PDF/A file.
Name Access
Satok, David
Subjects
Anniversaries
Authors
Repro Restriction
Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
Source
Archival Descriptions
Congregation Knesseth Israel [multiple media] – 2011-2012.
Accession Number
2013-5-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2013-5-2
Material Format
multiple media
Physical Description
10 cm of textual records and other material
Date
2011-2012
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records documenting the 100th anniversary celebration of Congregation Knesseth Israel. The records were compiled in an indexed binder by Edwin Goldstein, president of the synagogue. Included are newsclippings, press releases and advertisements; invitations and programs; a commemorative calendar; a volunteer t-shirt, a kippa and a gift bag; correspondence with the Ontario Trillium Foundation; information on a guided architectural walking tour of the area; an Israel Today DVD featuring the synagogue; the book "One Hundred Years at the Junction Shul" written by Neil Ross and Lorne Miller; and a DVD compilation featuring video and photographic highlights from the various anniversary events.
Administrative History
Congregation Knesseth Israel was established in 1911 at 56 Maria Street in the West end of Toronto. Early 20th century membership in the synagogue consisted mainly of new jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, many of whom lived and worked in the Junction as artisans, peddlers, shop owners and scrap and metal collectors. Known as the Junction Shul, Knesseth Israel Synagogue was built with the labour and funds provided by the founding members and their families.
Orthodox services first began in 1913 and since the 1930s the synagogue has functioned without a rabbi, with services being led by a cantor or the congregants themselves. Some family names associated with this early period include: Alexandroff, Goldstein, Nickolaevsky, Kronis, Greenblatt, Usprich, Tanenbaum, and Naftalin.
Knesseth Israel is the oldest Toronto synagogue still in use as a synagogue today and is now cared for by the descendents of these founding families. Although members of the synagogue are now few (as the Jewish population of the Junction has waned greatly since the 1960s), the synagogue still performs High Holiday services for some 75-80 full members and 300 associate members.
Descriptive Notes
Physical description note: includes 1 text, 3 objects and 2 DVDs.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Name Access
Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Miles Nadal JCC 60th Anniversary Time Capsule [textual record] – 2013.
Accession Number
2014-7-5
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2014-7-5
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
2013
Scope and Content
Accession consists of items gathered to comprise the time capsule commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Miles Nadal JCC. Documents include event programmes, ticket stubs, a timeline, a summary of the history of the Miles Nadal JCC, and several newspaper clippings.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Name Access
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
Source
Archival Accessions
Achdut Ha-Avoda - Poale Zion [textual record] – 1982-1989.
Accession Number
2015-9-5
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2015-9-5
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1982-1989
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a Jubilee Book in honour of 50 years of Zerubavel Branch (1982) and a Jubilee Dinner book (1989) celebrating the 65th anniversary of Achdut Ha-Avoda and the 40th anniversary of the Anielewitch Branch and the Zerubavel-Federman Branch, both of the Labour Zionist Alliance (L.Z.A.).
Custodial History
A card titled 'Donor Lead' states that the textual materials were provided by Ben Himel.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Labor Zionism
Name Access
Achdut Ha-Avoda - Poale Zion (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
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
Transnistria Survivors' Association [moving images] – 2005-2010.
Accession Number
2015-10-2
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2015-10-2
Material Format
moving images
Physical Description
4 DVD's (ca. 4 hours)
Date
2005-2010
Scope and Content
Accession consists of video recordings of Transnistria Survivors' Association's annual commemmoration ceremonies. Included are six DVD recordings of the annual Transnistria Survivors Association Shoa commemoration ceremonies from 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Administrative History
Founded in 1994, the Transnistria Survivors’ Association works to provide a voice for and raise awareness of a lesser known group of Holocaust survivors. Transnistria was the Romanian authorities’ name for the former Ukrainian region located between the Rivers Dniester and Bug. It was placed under Romanian administration following the German and Romanian conquest of Ukraine in the summer of 1941. Prior to the Second World War, Romania was home to the third largest Jewish population in Europe; but beginning with the Citizenship Revision Laws of 1938, the Jews of Romania were deprived their citizenship rights and became the targets of repressive antisemitic policies and laws. Neighbours turned on neighbours. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, either by Romanian or German troops, Nazi Einsatzgruppen, or the local population. In 1941, the Jews who remained alive in the Provinces of Bucovina and Bessarabia were deported to camps and ghettos in Transnistria. Thousands were jammed into freight trains while others were marched by foot. Many died along the way. Between 1941 and 1944, it is estimated that German and Romanian authorities, along with Ukrainian collaborators, murdered or caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Romanian and Ukrainian Jews in Transnistria. Some of those who survived these tragic circumstances, especially from Bucovina and Bessarabia, and made a new home in Toronto gathered together to lend each other support and to tell their largely unknown story of oppression and survival. The Transnistria Survivor’s Association organized yearly Hazkarah (memorial) services and its dedicated members continue to share their extraordinary stories of survival through speaking engagements at schools, colleges and synagogues. Past presidents include:
1. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly
2.Osias Nadel
3.Etti Ziegler
4.Lou (Leizer) Hoffer
As of 2017, the current president is Joe Leinburd.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Societies
Name Access
Transnistria Survivors' Association (Toronto, Ont.)
Hoffer, Lou
Source
Archival Accessions
Beth Jacob Synagogue [graphic material, textual record] – 1997.
Accession Number
2015-11-8
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2015-11-8
Material Format
graphic material
textual record
Physical Description
ca. 83 photographs : b&w and col. (56 negatives) ; 18 x 13 cm or smaller
7 cm of textual records
Date
1997
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records related to the planning and production of a centenary journal and dinner in honour of the 100th anniversary of The Beth Jacob V’anshe Drildz Congregation. Included are submissions for the journal including a detailed history of the Beth Jacob Synagogue, print proofs of the journal, congratulatory letters from politicians and Jewish organizations and congratulatory ads. In addition there are copies of speeches from the dinner held on June 26, 1997, a sample of the invitation and general planning correspondence.
Photographs taken for the journal feature exterior shots of the Beth Jacob Synagogue on Henry St and Wilmington and interior shots of the Bimah, Aron ha-kodesh, stained glass windows, sanctuary from the Wilmington Street location along with clergy, members of the sisterhood and brotherhood, presidents and others involved in the synagogue.
Administrative History
Beth Jacob congregation was founded in 1897 and was located in three different locations in St. John’s Ward before the land at 23 Henry Street was purchased in 1919. Known as the Henry Street Shul or the Polishe Shul, the new purpose-built synagogue was dedicated in 1922. The dedication ceremonies attracted so many onlookers that the police had to be called in to manage the crowds.
The synagogue could accommodate up to 800 worshippers – 500 in the men’s section and 300 in the women’s balcony. According to Orthodox tradition, men and women sit separately during synagogue services. Its neo-Romanesque design was typical of other North American synagogues of the period that borrowed heavily from church architecture, often featured arched entranceways, rose windows and twin towers. Its vaulted ceiling was capped by a massive central dome and four smaller ones. It boasted a mikvah (ritual bath) in its basement as well as an assembly hall, a smaller chapel, a brick sukkah and a caretaker’s apartment. The synagogue’s intricately carved Aron ha-kodesh and Bimah were also designed by Brown and were removed in the mid 1960s when the congregation relocated to its current location in North York. The building was sold and converted into the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church.
Benjamin Brown considered Beth Jacob Synagogue to be his crowning achievement. It was the first synagogue in Toronto (perhaps Canada) to be designed by a Jewish architect and signified the Jewish community’s increased confidence in its new generation of emerging professionals.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Synagogues
Name Access
Beth Jacob Synagogue (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
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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
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Arbeiter Ring 10th Year Jubilee [graphic material] – 1939.
Accession Number
2017-8-9
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2017-8-9
Material Format
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 36 x 31 cm
Date
1939
Scope and Content
Accession consists of an original photograph of the Arbeiter Ring (Workmen's Circle), Branch 670, 10th year jubilee celebration. The photo is dated March 1939 and was taken by Daylight Studio Toronto, Photograph by Simon.
Use Conditions
Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Nonprofit organizations
Name Access
Workmen's Circle (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
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Stanley Emerson [textual record] – 1947, 1972-1992.
Accession Number
2018-6-22
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-6-22
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Date
1947, 1972-1992
Scope and Content
Accession consists of materials assembled by Stanley Emerson and donated to the Ontario Jewish Archives. Included are: one hardbound book commemorating the Toronto Hebrew Free School's liquidation of its capital debt on May 8, 1947; one spiral-bound book assembled on the occassion of Shomrai Shaboth Congregation's twentieth anniversary testimonial dinner honouring Rabbi Gedalia Felder to be held on Sunday, June 18, 1972; one Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto programme for its annual dinner to be held on Thursday, June 22, 1978; one programme for a Machanaim Testimonial Dinner honouring Dr. Isadore Cass on Wednesday, May 2, 1979; one Associated Hebrew Schools graduation programme for Wednesday, June 27, 1979; one newspaper clipping from the Thursday, June 6, 1985 edition of the Canadian Jewish News relating to Rabbi Gedalia Felder, former spiritual leader of Shomrai Shaboth-Chevra Mishnayoth Congregation; one newspaper clipping from the Thursday, June 13, 1985 edition of the Canadian Jewish News relating to Harold Dessen, former president of Associated Hebrew Schools; and one paperbound book assembled on the occassion of a Sol Edell tribute dinner commoemorating the fiftieth yahrzeit (death anniversary) of HaRav Yosef Weinreb and the establishment of the Saol Edell Family Endowment Fund to be held on Saturday, October 31, 1992.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Schools
Synagogues
Name Access
Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto
Cass, Isadore M., 1916-1996
Dessen, Harold
Felder, Gedalia, 1922-
Shomrai Shabbos Chevrah Mishnayos (Toronto, Ont.)
Places
Toronto (Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Knesseth Israel Synagogue [multiple media] – [198-]-2011.
Accession Number
2018-6-24
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2018-6-24
Material Format
multiple media
Physical Description
90 cm of textual records and graphic material
5 architectural drawings
1 VHS : col. ; 33:50 min.
1 Hi8 video cassette
Date
[198-]-2011
Scope and Content
Accession consists of records documenting the operations of the Knesseth Israel Synagogue, including the preparations for the 100th anniversary celebrations in 2011. Records include meeting minutes for the Davening Committee, Fundraising Committee, Media Committee, Archives Committee, Book Committee, and the Board of Directors; membership lists; programming materials; notices for meetings and services; records related to the repair and restoration of the synagogue in the late 1980s including five architectural drawings of the synagogue showing required restorative work; general correspondence; a small amount of financial materials; planning records, research materials and publicity records related to the 100th celebrations; and a photo album and VHS recording of the provincial heritage plaquing of the synagogue in 2001. The video features remarks by Edwin Goldstein and Joey Tanenbaum as well as a short historical lecture by Dr. Stephen Speisman.
Custodial History
Records were housed in a storage locker belonging to the synagogue.
Subjects
Synagogues
Anniversaries
Name Access
Congregation Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
Places
West Toronto Junction (Toronto, Ont.)
Source
Archival Accessions
Cloakmakers Branch of the Independent Workers Circle [textual record] – 1965.
Accession Number
2019-4-1
Source
Archival Accessions
Accession Number
2019-4-1
Material Format
textual record
Physical Description
1 folder
Date
1965
Scope and Content
Accession consists of a booklet issued on the occassion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Cloakmakers Branch of the Independent Workers Circle. The latter took place in 1965 and a celebration was held on Sunday, November 7 in the auditorium of the Borochov Centre at 272 Codsell Avenue, Downsview, Ontario. Also included is a certificate that was found inside the booklet. The latter, which appears to be dated to 1965, has not been translated.
Descriptive Notes
Language: Apart from its cover, booklet is mostly in Yiddish; certificate is also in Yiddish.
Subjects
Anniversaries
Places
Downsview (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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