- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 52
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [188-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 22
- File
- 16
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [192-?], 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File conists of one Rosh Hashanah postcard printed in Germany, [192?] and one Rosh Hashanah greeting card sent to Mr. Louis Farmell of Toronto from H. Schosloff of Glasgow, 1964.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 692
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 692
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [194-]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a copy negative of a Rosh Hashanah card featuring a photograph of Hyman and Simcha Kaplan of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, on the front. The writing on the card says "A Happy New Year" in English and Hebrew.
- Name Access
- Kirkland Lake, Ontario
- Kaplan, Hyman
- Kaplan, Simcha
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- William Stern fonds
- Family photographs series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative); 9 x 14 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a Rosh Hashana postcard with a photograph of Bill Stern's paternal aunt Peah. The card used for the New Year greeting is from a general design stock, since it has a drawing of an eagle, a canon and the American flag on it, but the photograph was taken at Bronstein's Studio, located at 618 Dundas Street West in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Dundas Street West (Toronto, Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-12-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1906-1909
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Hebrew Publishing Company Jewish greeting cards. The vintage cards depict Jewish holidays & rituals including Rosh Hashanah, Tashlikh, Kaparot (symbolic atonement ceremony for Yom Kippur), Sukkot, blessing children on Jewish holidays or Shabbat, birth and education.
- 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
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Tashlikh
- Sukkot
- Yom Kippur
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-3-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2018-3-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 26 cm of textual records
- ca. 300 photographs : b&w and col. ; 35 x 28 cm or smaller
- 2 objects
- Date
- 1912-2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Glen Eker's family, particularly the Hurowitz/Horwitz and Strachman/Strathman family lines.
- Included are: ca. 300 photographs, mostly of friends and family, but also including numerous photographs of Banff, Alberta; certificates issued to members of the Horwitz family; family trees; letters from Elizabeth Gordon to Glen containing family history; a Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society member badge; a kiddush cup commemorating Pride of Israel's golden jubilee; print and microform copies of Glen's Jews Resident in ... series of indexes; medical records; a glass measuring cup with the logo of Bayview Pharmacy; and other assorted material.
- Photo Caption (001): Joseph Horwitz and Rebecca Strachman, [ca. 1920]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (058): [Alice Moon?], 1944. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (189):Wanda Louise Gordon, 2 May 1942. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (190): [Unknown girl, 194-?]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (199): Rosh Hashanah card featuring portrait of Joseph Horwitz, [ca. 1920]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Photo Caption (200): Irving Howard, [19--]. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, accession 2018-3-1.
- Administrative History
- Glen Eker was born in Toronto, Ontario to Paul Eker and Dorothy Horwitz. He grew up in the Forest Hill neighbourhood of Toronto before moving with his family to Hamilton. He received two master’s degrees (one in sociology, the other in political science) from McMaster University and a third master’s degree (in library science) from the University of Toronto.
- Glen's wife, Deborah Pekilis, was born in Montreal and lived there until her parents moved to Toronto. She was the librarian for the Jewish Genealogical Society and sat on the Hamilton Historical Board. She is currently a writer.
- Glen has worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant at McMaster and has taught at Ryerson University and Mohawk College. At present, he works as an estate and genealogy researcher.
- Glen has published a book on Karl Marx, five indexes of Jews in Canada, and one index of Amish and Mennonites in Canada. His genealogy articles have appeared in various magazines and his short stories and poems have appeared in print as well.
- Glen has worked on his family genealogy for a number of years. His paternal family line derives from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland while his maternal line derives from Byelorussia and Romania. He is descended from the Horwitz and Strachman families on the latter.
- Descriptive Notes
- Associated materials: Other accessions donated by Glen Eker include 2018-4-1, 2018-4-2, 2018-4-16, and 2018-5-1.
- Subjects
- Genealogy
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Vacations
- Name Access
- Eker (family)
- Eker, Glen
- Horwitz (family)
- Hurowitz (family)
- Strachman (family)
- Strathman (family)
- Places
- Banff (Alta.)
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 3511
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 3511
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 phototgraphs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Anne Wisotsky was the grandmother of Jack Sillen.
- Name Access
- Sillen, Jack
- Wisotsky, Mrs. Anne
- Subjects
- Grandmothers
- Portraits
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- 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
- 1982-6-8
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 4108
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 4108
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Scope and Content
- This Rosh Hashana card includes a photograph of Max and Mollie Kasdan.
- The photo was probably taken in Toronto.
- Subjects
- Portraits
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- 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
- 1978-7-17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 2458
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 2458
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1917]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Notes
- From the Seymour and Abi Shatz Collection.
- Name Access
- Shatz, Benjamin
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-2
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
-
Item 1497
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1497
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1924]
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative)
- Admin History/Bio
- Sam boxed under the name of Harry Greb and is in the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Rosh Hashanah card featuring the Sherman family. Pictured are:
- Rear: Sam Sherman.
- Middle from left to right: Min Sherman (m. Friedly); Ida Sherman (m. Clarfield); Paul Sherman.
- Front: Max Sherman (Alderman of Brantford and former mayor).
- Name Access
- Clarfield, Ida
- Friedly, Min
- Gerb, Harry
- Sherman family
- Sherman, Ida
- Sherman, Max
- Sherman, Min
- Sherman, Paul
- Subjects
- Families
- Portraits, Group
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-28
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Melamed fonds
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 7
- Item
- 4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1917]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Goldberg, friends of the Melamed family, taken prior to 1917 at the Empire Studios on Bathurst Street in Toronto. The portrait was originally used for a Rosh Hashanah greeting card.
- Name Access
- Goldberg, Ben
- Subjects
- Married people
- Portraits
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- 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
- Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2022-10-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-10-6
- Material Format
- moving images (electronic)
- graphic material (electronic)
- Physical Description
- 1 video (mp4)
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Date
- 2021-2022
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Sam Mogelonsky and her family. Included are two items. The first is a video Rosh Hashanah card recorded in the fall of 2021 and sent from Sam; Sam's partner, Matthew "Mat" Calverley; and Sam's parents' dog, Hondo, a Bouvier des Flandres. The second is a photograph taken during Passover 2022 of Hondo wearing a kippah.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Descriptive Notes
- Related groups of records external to the unit being described: Other records relating to the Mogelonsky family's celebration of Jewish holidays can be found in the COVID-19 Documentation Project collection.
- Subjects
- Dogs
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Part Of
- Zionist Organization of Canada fonds
- Subject files series
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 28
- Series
- 5
- File
- 109
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1954
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- The file consists of New Year's cards and Rosh Hashanah cards.
- Subjects
- Rosh ha-Shanah cards
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
