- Accession Number
- 1994-11-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1994-11-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 23 photographs : b&w (10 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1938-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of original and copy photographs of members and activities of the Toronto Lagover Mutual Benefit Society. Included are group and composite photographs, including a group photograph of the Lagover Society with J. B. Salsberg pictured, ca. 1940.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Lagover Mutual Benefit Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-45
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Date
- 1924-1925
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group portrait photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executive members from 1924-25. Pictured (left to right) is: top row; B. Weinberg, arts rep. E. E. Gelber, ex. president. M. Pusitz, medical rep. middle row; E. Lazaresco, BA gen. secretary. I. Greenberg, dental rep. R. Rotenberg, women's arts rep. I. L. Kenen, publicity. S. Soskin, treasurer. bottom row; B. Bain, Cor. secretary D. Garfinkel, president L. Sher, Vice president
- Administrative History
- The University of Toronto Menorah Society (1917) was founded on 11 October 1917, as a constituent of the Intercollegial Menorah Society formed at Harvard in 1906. Its purpose, as stated in the Torontonenensis Yearbook of 1918, was “to study Jewish history and culture and modern Jewish life and thought.” The Menorah Society was non-sectarian and open to members of the university of any faith. During its tenure the Menorah Society published the Menorah Journal and the Menorah Mentor magazine. Bi-weekly meetings held at the University YMCA featured lectures by prominent speakers, or student forums, and had an average attendance of two hundred people. The Menorah Society organized study circles, debates, annual plays, a “smoker” (party for men only), teas, and dances. It also maintained a Jewish Collection at the University Library. As Greek-letter fraternities proliferated at the University in the 1920s, the popularity of the Menorah Society waned, and it dissolved in 1931. The University of Toronto Menorah Society grew out of a series of organizations for Jewish students at U of T in the early twentieth century, a Toronto Hebrew Students’ association and a Yiddish club. Both these organizations and the Menorah Society were Predecessors of Hillel.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other formats: Also available as TIF file.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-007
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-007
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 74 cm
- Date
- 1919-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a panoramic photograph of the opening game of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League. Pictured are the Judean Benevolent and B'nai Brith teams. In addition, accession includes a Sons of Jacob Benevolent Society Directory, and material pertaining to the Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society including several versions of its Constitution and By-Laws, an anniversary banquet programme, and two copies of the Golden Jubilee Book.
- MG_RG
- MG2B1E
- Subjects
- Sports
- Societies
- Name Access
- Sons of Jacob Benevolent Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Jewish Fraternal Softball League (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-008
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-008
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 2 badges
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society members' badges.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-22
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-22
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1973-1983
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of Toronto Secular Jewish Association newsletters from 1980 to 1983 and a photocopy of the SJA constitution and by-laws (1973).
- Administrative History
- Toronto's Secular Jewish Association (SJA) was founded in the late 1960s by 15 families who felt a strong identification with the humanistic, ethical and cultural roots of Judaism rather than with theistic or political affiliations.
- MG_RG
- MG2 B1Y
- Subjects
- Religion
- Societies
- Name Access
- Toronto Secular Jewish Association
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-27
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-27
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1925
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one Toronto Labor Lyceum Association stock certificate for Mr. F. Wallerstein.
- MG_RG
- MG2 E1c
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Toronto Labour Lyceum Association
- Wallerstein, F
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-32
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-9-32
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Date
- 1917-1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a certificate of membership to the Independent Order of Foresters, membership dues slips from the Adoniram Council of the Masonic Lodge, and a photographic reproduction of a certificate of membership in the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society. Accession also includes business correspondence and newsclippings.
- MG_RG
- MG 6 E 3
- Subjects
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Freemasonry--Lodges
- Societies
- Name Access
- Independent Order of Foresters
- Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society
- Eisen, Solomon
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-1-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1975–1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists consists of material documenting the Canadian Jewish Historical Society. Included are papers and a letter from Professor Sydney Eisen to Professor Michael Sefton.
- MG_RG
- MG2 H
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Canadian Jewish Historical Society
- Places
- Canada
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-12-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1928-1938
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of two copies of a silver anniversary book (1933) and one 30th Jubilee book (1938) for the Young Men's Hebrew Benevolent Association, founded in 1908. There is also a member's pin presented to L. Golanskey for 20 years service.
- Administrative History
- The YMHBA was a mutual benefit society and is not related to the athletic YMHA.
- MG_RG
- MG 20 B 1O
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- YMHBA.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-7-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1946
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a bound book of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society constitution and by-laws from 1946.
- Administrative History
- The Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society was founded in 1905 on Chestnut St. for the purpose of providing aid to its members requiring medical support. Each member was required to pay dues to the society and in return was entitled to the following services: doctor's attendance, special medical aid, hostpital care, incurable benefits, a burial plot, funeral arrangements and funeral benefits and sick benefit payments.
- As the society grew, the benefit society formed an "Actzia" or credit society for granting loans and in the 1940s established a synagogue on Spadina Ave. so that its members could pray together. It later moved to Wilson Ave. and in 1969 a building was erected at its current location on Bathurst St., south of Steeles.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2005-9-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 6 Feb. 1944
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of one booklet from the Apter Hilfs Farein 5th Annual Banquet held at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Toronto on Sunday, February 6, 1944.
- Administrative History
- The Apter Hilfs Farein was a landmanshaft organization formed by Polish immigrants to Toronto in the early twentieth century and the precursor to the Apter Friendly Society.
- Upon immigrating to Canada, the immigrants purchased a small synagogue on Centre Avenue near Dundas Street in 1905. In 1918, in anticipation of more Apter immigrants coming to Toronto after the First World War, the synagogue was sold and a larger one purchased on Beverley Street. That same year a relief committee was founded as a means of helping the Apter landsleit in Poland. And while many of its members did not belong to the synagogue, the committee was permitted to hold their meetings there.
- After the Second World War, the younger members of the relief committee decided to form an organization that would have a different mandate other than relief. Thus, in 1946 the Apter Friendly Society was founded with a membership of forty. The society instituted a series of cultural events and programming and maintained it's original social and welfare functions as well
- Subjects
- Dinners and dining
- Societies
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Apter Friendly Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Apter Hilfs Farein (Toronto, Ont.)
- Beth Jacob Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-3-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2009-3-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 52 x 20 cm or smaller
- 1 textual record
- Date
- [193-]-1961
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of six photographs related to the Glass and Fine families. Included are graduation portraits of Al and Benjamin "Benny" Waxman, a photo of Moishe Glass and an unidentified man in front of Max Federman's election office, a photo of the Fine family inside the McCaul St. Synagogue, a photo of the Borochov choir, and a photo of the Tzosmerer Friendly Society (also known as the Sandomirez Friendly Society). The accession also consists of a blotter for a gala concert at the Standard Theatre featuring comedian L. Malach.
- 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
- Families
- Societies
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue
- Federman, Max
- Fine family
- Glass family
- Standard Theatre
- Tzosmerer Friendly Society
- Waxman, Al
- Waxman, Benjamin
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1597
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1597
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1916
- 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 charter for the Shalom Aleichem Zion Society of Brantford, Ontario, stating their affiliation with the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada.
- Name Access
- Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada
- Shalom Aleichem Zion Society
- Subjects
- Charters
- Societies
- Zionism
- 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
- Brantford (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1978-11-4
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Name
- Jack Abel
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Jack Abel
- Number
- OH 34
- OH 35
- Subject
- Antisemitism
- Cemeteries
- Labor unions
- Occupations
- Recreation
- Societies
- Interview Date
- 1986
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- 034A: 31:10 minutes 034B: 31:10 minutes 035A: 31:10 minuets 035B: 13:52 minuets
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Notes
- The end of the reference copy of AC 35 is not very audible. The original cassette may be clearer.
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Jack Abel's career in the garment industry began in the 1920s taking him through the dressmaker's strike of 1932. Abel's experiences with antisemitism were numerous. He participated in the Christie Pits riot, he was active in politics, and he became an early member of the Mozirer Society. Abel became financial secretary of the Mozirer Society and was involved in the purchase and administration of the Roselawn and Bathurst Lawn cemeteries.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Name Access
- Abel, Jack
- Mozirer Sick Benefit Society
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH34_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH34_002_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH35_001_Log.docx
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 34, OH 35 - Abel\OH35_002_Log.docx
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- Dr. Coleman Solursh
- Number
- OH 40
- OH 41
- Subject
- Physicians
- Societies
- Occupations
- Medical care
- Interview Date
- 3 Jan. 1985
- Quantity
- 2
- Interviewer
- Morris Silbert
- Total Running Time
- 040A: 34 minutes 040B: 31 minutes 041A: 11 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied August 2003
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- Coleman Solursh was born in Toronto in 1906. He graduated as a physician in 1932. He worked as a lodge doctor. He was involved in the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors Association. He worked in the field of family medicine and was appointed chief of the Department of Family Practice at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was appointed associate chief of medicine at Baycrest, Jewish Home for the Aged. He married Zelda Singer, a third-generation Canadian. Zelda's maternal grandfather was appointed colonization chairman in 1897 for Baron de Hirsch settlement for Jewish immigrants. Zelda's father, Manny Singer, was the first Jewish pharmacist in Toronto. Zelda's uncle, Fred Singer, was the first Jewish member of parliament for Ontario.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Name Access
- Solursh, Coleman
- Silbert, Morris
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Singer, Zelda
- Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
- Geographic Access
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_001_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH40_002_Log.pdf
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 40, OH 41 - Solursh\OH41_001_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes a meeting between executives from the Toronto Jewish Lodge Doctors' Association and representatives from various Jewish Lodges. The meeting resulted in significant changes to the way medical services and payment were provided to the physicians.
In this clip, Dr. Coleman Solursh describes his role as Chief of the Department of Family Practice in the new Mount Sinai Hospital in 1953. He explains how this department pioneered the model for family practice within a hospital setting across Canada.
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 21 Nov. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of four members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society Ladies' Auxiliary presenting a cheque to a representative of the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of four members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society watching a man work a loom, at the Jewish Home for the Aged. Pictured second from the right is Moshe (Morris) Stern.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- June 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of Gordon Mendly and H. Lederman, of the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society, at a meeting at the Jewish Home for the Aged. The two men are shaking hands and exchanging a cheque.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 9
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 Dec. 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image taken at the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society's 37th annual banquet. The image depicts several officers standing at a podium, holding a cheque.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 10
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 10
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of the officers of the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society, holding a Jewish National Fund plaque.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 11
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 11
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 10 Dec. 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the officers of the Keltzer Sick Benefit Society, taken at the Zionist building at 788 Marlee Avenue.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 12
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 18 May 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of the officers of the Keltzer Sick Benefit Society presenting a cheque to a representative of the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 13
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 13
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1960]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the officers of the Lagover Mutual Benefit Society.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 14
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 14
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 11 Oct. 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the officers of the Lubliner Society. Seated left to right: M. Alspector; M. Fridman, President; Anna Brom; J. Cukierfajn, Vice president; M. Waksbaum. Standing left to right: C. Fefferman; H. Sigelman; P. Yablonski; A. Laufer
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 16
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 16
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 25 Jun. 1964
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of two representatives of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society presenting a cheque to an unidentified woman. The photograph was taken at the Diplomat restaurant.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 21
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 21
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 8 Aug. 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image of members of the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society standing on the grounds of the Jewish Home for the Aged.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 20
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 20
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society Executive.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 25
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 25
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1966
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of members of the Stashiver Young Men's Mutual Benefit Society seated on the stage in the Jewish Home for the Aged's auditorium. A representative of the society is presenting a cheque to a representative of the Home.
- Notes
- Also referred to as the Stashover Society.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 23
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 23
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of members of the Stashiver Ladies' Auxiliary behind a banquet table at their twenty-fifth anniversary dinner. The dinner was held at Murray House in Toronto.
- Notes
- Also referred to as the Stashover Society.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 24
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 24
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Apr. 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a group photograph of the officers of the Stashiver Young Men's Mutual Benefit Society.
- Notes
- Also known as the Stashover Society.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 26
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 26
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 5 Jan. 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is an image taken at a Warshaver banquet during the Israel Histadrut campaign. The image depicts four men standing at the podium, holding a cheque.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6; Item 27
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Item
- 27
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 26 Jan. 1970
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Warshaver Lodzer and Mutual Benefit Society officers seated behind a table. Mr. I. Cohen was president at the time of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 3-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Sub-series
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 3-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1958-1971
- Physical Description
- 88 negatives : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Benevolent societies, or landsmenshaften, were formed in the early part of the twentieth-centurey along shtetl lines by Eastern European Jewish immigrants to Toronto. The societies served to unite members of the community who originated from the same town or region, and also helped to secure passage to Toronto for those who were still in Europe. The societies also provided services to its dues-paying membership such as: aid in finding employment or accomodation, hospital and special medical care, doctor's visitation, sick benefit payments, funeral benefits and arrangements, and in many cases a burial plot. Some societies also provided a loans to its membership through a credit society. In later years, many benevlent societies also began to act as fraternal organizations that engaged in cultural and philanthropic programming.
- The benevolent societies included in this sub-series were founded on the following dates: Chenstochover, 1914; Chmielnicker, ?; Drildzer, 1934; Hebrew Sick Benefit, 1910; Ivansker, 1931; Keltzer, 1913; Lagover, 1932; Lubliner, ?; Ostrovtzer Independent, 1925; Pride of Israel, 1905; Radomer, 1935; Stashiver, 1918; Warshaver Lodzer, 1929.
- [Dates taken from: Rosenberg, Louis. "Jewish Mutual Benefit & Friendly Societies in Toronto: The First Fifty Ayears. 1896-1945"]
- Scope and Content
- Sub-series consists of images documenting several sick benefit and mutual benefit societies in Toronto, such as: the Chenstochover Hilfs Farein, the Chmelnicker Society, the Drildzer Young Society, the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society, the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society, the Keltzer Sick Benefit Society, the Lagover Mutual Benefit Society, the Lubliner Society, the Ostrovtzer Independent Mutual Benefit Society, the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society, the Radomer Mutual Benefit Society, the Stashiver Young Men's Mutual Benefit Society, and the Warshaver Lodzer and Mutual Benefit Society. The images include members at banquets, dinners and meetings, members partaking in fundraising campaigns, and group photographs of the officers and ladies' auxiliaries.
- The images have been arranged alphabetically by society and chronologically by event. They have been described at the file or item level.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 31
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [194-?]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 96
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Notes
- Language note: Several Yiddish language advertiements.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 130
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Morris Norman collection
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 22
- Item
- 158
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- 1933
- Physical Description
- 1 item
- Subjects
- Societies
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 35 x 35 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is an original print and copy negative depicting a group of women from the Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society in Kitchener, Ontario. They are assembled around a long banquet table.
- Name Access
- Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society
- Subjects
- Societies
- Women
- 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
- Kitchener (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-16A
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 4; Item 7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 7
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (2 negatives); 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Admin History/Bio
- Bill's father Moishe Stern and his uncle Joseph Glass were active members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society, and both sat on the executive during the 1930s.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a studio portrait of the executive members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society in Toronto. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], Joseph Frydman, Shime Dillick, [unidentified], [?] Zarnitsky.
- Front row, left to right: Hymie Pozner, Joseph Glass, Hartzke Kornblum (president), Iszhe Kornblum, and Joseph Frankel.
- Notes
- There is an original photograph, a 35mm negative and a 10 x 12 cm negative for this item.
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- 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
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 4; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 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 photograph of the executive members of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society. Pictured are:
- Back row, left to right: [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified].
- Front row, left to right: Joe Glass, [unidentified], [unidentified], Hartzig Kornblum, [?] Dillick, [unidentified].
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- 1991-5-5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 33; Series 4; Item 1
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 33
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 28 x 35 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- This item is a photograph of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Ladies' Auxiliary. It is a composite containing the faces and names of the members of the auxiliary, including Fanny Stern, who served on the Hospital Committee. Other names include B. Rubinstain, H. Madonik, A. Starr, S. Levy, S. Fox, S. Zirnetzsky, Mrs. Lightman, L. Hudalan, B. Krafchek, B. Shnall, Z. Pasternak, E. Kershanblatt, S. Isenberg, R. Harman, A. Skrobaky, M. Wislader, M. Banack, Z. Pichkosky, F. Baker, H. Frenkel, B. Title, A. Elexson, H. Silverstein, D. Rosenberg, S. Hillman, A. Lefkowitz, G. Better, S. Darbus, B. Deizenhotz, R. Urovich, T. Urovich, S. Fridman, R. Urovich, G. Finklestein, R. Mermonstein, A. Dillick, B. Tananbaum, H. Groswasser, S. Bergman, A. Jacobs, G. Fridman, R. Levi, I. Martin, A. Martin, G. Diamond, L. Goldofsky, M. Zedenberg, L. Durbin, H. Makler, G. Taub, E. Spigel, A. Flashman, F. Diamond, and Ch. Kozubsky.
- Subjects
- Societies
- 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
- 1985-6-6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 37; Series 8; Item 6
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 37
- Series
- 8
- Item
- 6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1917-1918
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- The Menorah Society grew out of the Yiddish Club at the University of Toronto in 1917. The had a semi-official status and superseded most of the other Jewish student groups. Most often they met off campus, but they did have a faculty advisor named Professor W. R. Taylor, who taught Hebrew at University College. The society was a branch of an intercollegiate Jewish society formed at Harvard in 1906 for the study of Jewish history and culture. In Toronto, they flourished until it was undermined by the Greek-letter fraternities in the late 1920s. It dissolved in 1931.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the University of Toronto Menorah Society executives for 1917–1918.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Subjects
- Portraits, Group
- Societies
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Larry Becker collection
- Level
- File
- Fonds
- 34
- File
- 43
- Material Format
- textual record
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of blank stationery with Graduate Menorah Society of Toronto letterhead.
- Name Access
- University of Toronto Menorah Society
- Subjects
- Societies
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2011-6-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 cup : metal ; 25 cm high mounted on stand 11 cm high
- 1 name tag : 2 x 6 cm
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 19 cm mounted on board 43 x 36 cm
- 3 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records documenting Joseph Webber's membership in the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society. Included are four Linitzer Society jubilee books, one portrait of Joseph that was presented to him on the society's thirtieth anniversary, one "20 Year Member" name tag, and one cup that was awarded to Joseph in 1943 for not drawing benefits for 20 years.
- Administrative History
- Joseph Webber was born around 1890 in Pogrebishche, Ukraine to Hershel and (?) Webber. He had three siblings: Chisey, Arrona (?), and Esther. Joseph married Risa and together they had three children: Al, Sam, and Ann. Sometime prior to the First World War, Joseph immigrated to Canada with his family. Joseph's first wife likely passed away sometime after coming to Canada and he was re-married to Bella Citron in 1926. He and Bella had one daughter in 1926 named Florence.
- Joseph worked as a furrier and was a founding member of the Linitzer Sick Benefit Society, which was formed in 1913. He passed away in Toronto in 1977.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-1-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-1-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 7 photographs
- Date
- 1931-[ca. 1997]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and textual records documenting the Lagover Mutual Benefit Society. The bulk of the photographs are photocopies of composite and group images of members; however, there is one original composite photograph of members (1931) and a copy photograph of the Lagov market. Also included is a constitution for the society (1938), copies of articles written by members which outline their memories of Lagov, and a brief meeting report (1997). Records are in English and Yiddish.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Sid' Orfus's brother-in-law. They came into Sid's possession after his brother-in-law passed away.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Lagover Mutual Benefit Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-7-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2002, 2009
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of english translations conducted by Miriam Beckerman on behalf of Norton Taichman, a memeber of the Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society in Toronto. Included are translations of an Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society Jubilee book from 1961, along with a print-out of the Society's e-newsletter announcing the Ivansk Project and presenting the reproduction of the jubliee book to its membership. There is also one letter sent to Miriam from Edith Kalev (Meslin) of Jerusalem. Kalev was originally from Toronto.
- Custodial History
- The records somehow made their way into the possession of Mordechai Ben-Dat, former editor of the Canadian Jewish News. They were returned to Miriam Beckerman in 2013, who subsequently donated them to the Archives.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Kalev, Edith
- Beckerman, Miriam
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-9-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-9-1
- Material Format
- graphic material (electronic)
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiffs) : col.
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 2005-2012
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of graphic material and a textual record documenting the Transnistria Survivor Association. Included are three photos: 1) Member Arnold Buxbaum standing in front of Memorial for Transnistria at Earl Bales Park; 2) Arnold Buxbaum and Joe Leinburd at UJA Foundation Event, 2011-12; 3) Hazkarah, 2005 at Sharei Shomayim Synagogue. There is also a speech by Arnold Buxbaum presented in 2011 at Sharei Shomayim Synagogue.
- Custodial History
- Originals were loaned for reproducing.
- 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
- Societies
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Name Access
- Transnistria Survivors Association
- Buxbaum, Arnold
- Leinburd, Joe
- Hoffer, Lou
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-10-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20 x 25 cm and 12 x 20 cm
- Date
- 1937-1977, predominant 1963-1970
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic material documenting Harry Share's involvement in the B. Borochov Branch 124 of the Farband Labour Zionist Order. Included are speeches, photographs and anniversary books documenting the B. Borochov Branch 124's 20th, 50th, 55th, and 60th anniversaries. Also included are invitations to Labour Zionist events in Toronto and two issues of the Jewish Standard which contain articles on the Farband Labour Zionist Movement, one of which was written by Harry.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated to the OJA by Harry's daughter Razy Share Stolberg.
- Administrative History
- Harry Share was born in 1895 in Poland. By the age of 21 he was living in Toronto and married Sonia (or Sofie) Dworkin (1897-1956) on February 11, 1916. They had four children together: Belle Lewis, Francis, Stanley, and Razy. Harry briefly ran a restaurant on College and Brunswick called Segals and later operated a cafeteria in the Silknit factory. He was very active in the labour Farband movement out of the B. Borochov Branch 124. He was also involved on committees concerning Camp Kvutza and served as the camp's chef at one point. Sonia was also active in Farband movement through Pioneer Women. Harry passed away in 1983 at the age of 89.
- Subjects
- Labor Zionism
- Societies
- Name Access
- Share, Harry, 1895-1983
- Share, Sonia
- Farband Labour Zionist Order
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2013-11-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records and other material
- Date
- [ca. 1950]-2005
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual records and objects documenting the Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society. Included are anniversary books and ritual books, a voting box and livery collars that were worn by the executive and general membership. Collars with the gavel symbols were worn by Masters, collars with keys were worn by Guards, and collars with quills (not included in this accession) were worn by treasurers. The plain blue collars were worn by the general membership.
- Custodial History
- Records were donated by Darryn Mandel, the son of Master Sam Mandel.
- Descriptive Notes
- Physical description note: includes 5 livery collars, 1 voting box, and 1 pin.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Name Access
- Judean Benevolent and Friendly Society (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-3-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2014-3-4
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 6 cm of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1999]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of various meeting minutes of the Masada Chapter, Farband of Lithuanian Jews. The minutes are written in Yiddish and document different meetings, such as, Chanukah meetings, closing meetings, luncheons, and teas. Also included is one Borochov School Nurseries brochure. Jennie Kernkraut is the teacher in the classroom pictured on the cover of the brochure.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of Jennie Kernkraut's daughter, Judy Kasman, unitl their donation to the OJA.
- Administrative History
- Jennie Kernkraut (nee Golomb) was born in 1916 in Vilno. She came to Canada in 1948 and worked as a nursery school and Yiddish teacher at the Borochov school in Toronto. She was an active member of the Masada Chapter, Farband of Lithuanian Jews and served on its executive for many years as Secretary.
- Subjects
- Societies
- Education
- Name Access
- Kernkraut, Jennie
- Farband of Lithuanian Jews (Toronto, Ont.)
- Borochov School (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions