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Adelman family [textual record, graphic material] – [ca. 1913]-1923.

Accession Number: 2022-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2022-2-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 8 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm or smaller; 1 folder of textual records

Date: [ca. 1913]-1923

Scope and Content: Accession consists of 8 photographs and three letters addressed to Fannie Adelman from Berul Sugarman, as well as one recital program. The photographs depict:; A young child, dressed in white, standing on a large chair and holding and violin and bow, likely Abie Sugarman; An unknown child in a dark sweater with two buttons on the shoulder, standing in front of a small table holding a violin at his side.; A head-and-shoulders shot of a young man, likely Abie Sugarman, perhaps about age 8 or 9. A note in pencil on the back of this photo reads "A MERRY XMAS GREET your father and mother and sister"; A portrait of Abie Sugarman, perhaps about age 10 or 11, holding his violin as if to play, standing beside a seated gentleman who might be his instructor Broadus Farmer; A full-length portrait of Abie Sugarman holding his violin as if to play, about age 13; A portrait of Abie Sugarman standing with his violin tucked under his right arm and his bow hanging from his right hand, about age 13. There is a ring visible on his right hand; A small head-and-shoulders photo of Abie Sugarman, perhaps in his late teens or early twenties; A portrait of Fannie Adelman, taken in 1923 when she was 13 or 14, about two years after these letters were written to her.; The other items are: the programme of a recital given at The Hambourg Conservatory Recital Hall on Tuesday June 21, 1921; a partial letter from Abie Sugarman to Fannie Adelman, dated June 29, 1921; a two-page letter from Abie Sugarman to Fannie Adelman, undated; a four-page letter from Abie Sugarman to Fannie Adelman, undated; a stamped empty envelope. It is believed by the donor that at least one of these letters was in this envelope, and delivered by hand despite the stamp. All three letters were send from 240 Dundas St. West, where the Sugarman family was living at the time.

Administrative History: Berul Sugarman (Abram Berul Sugarman) was born to Jacob (Jake) and Annie (Starkman) Sugarman on 28 May 1908, in Toronto, where he lived for most but not all of his life. The Sugarman family appears to have lived briefly in Welland; the Welland directory for 1919 includes a listing for "Jake Sugarman, restaurant, west side of Main Street, house same." This would have been when Abie (he began calling himself "Berul" later in life; he went by "Abie" in his younger years) met Fannie Adelman, older daughter of Joseph Adelman and Baila (Moschiach, anglicised to Miller). Fannie was born in Montreal in 1909 and moved to Welland with her parents and younger sister Minnie sometime after 1915.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Musicians; Letters; Portraits

Name Access: Sugarman, Abram Berul, 1908-1982

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Gilbert Seltzer [textual record] – [19--].

Accession Number: 2023-2-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2023-2-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 34 x 29 cm

Date: [19--]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material that belonged to the late Gilbert Seltzer. Included are handwritten copies of a Camp Yungvelt paper, the Whoosis, and a photograph of a Yiddish youth group, the Yiddisher Kunst-Tsenter (Yiddish/Jewish Art Centre). The Whoosis issues are undated, while the photograph is from 1929/30.

Custodial History: Richard Seltzer discovered the material after his father's death and donated it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History: Gilbert Seltzer was born on 11 October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, to Julius Seltzer and Marion Seltzer (née Liss). Gilbert's parents were both Russian immigrants. Julius owned a knitting mill, and Marion was a homemaker. Julius was also an anarchist, and he and Marion had a cottage in the Workmen's Circle Colony in Pickering, Ontario. As a child, Gilbert attended Camp Yungvelt, a Yiddish summer camp for Jewish children. His son, Richard, would later recall that Gilbert "sang songs from there and vaguely spoke of the Whosis," the camp's publication.; Gilbert studied architecture at the University of Toronto, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1937. After graduating, he worked for an architectural firm in Manhattan. During the Second World War, he served with the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a secret army unit that would become known as the Ghost Army. According to Gilbert's obituary in the New York Times, "The unit fooled German forces with inflatable tanks, dummy airplanes, fake radio transmissions and sound effects." In later years, Gilbert would serve as an ambassador for the unit's veterans.; After the war, Gilbert resumed work as an architect. His projects included the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York; buildings at West Point and the US Merchant Marine Academy; and the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan. He worked as an architect until January 2020.; Gilbert met his future spouse, Molly Gold (m. Seltzer), in New Jersey. The couple had two children together: Joan Seltzer and Richard Seltzer. Molly died in 1994, and Gilbert died on 14 August 2021. He was 106.

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: Architects; Camps; Portraits, Group

Name Access: Camp Yungvelt; Seltzer, Gilbert, 1914-2021

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Accessions

Stuart Moscoe [graphic material] – 1951.

Accession Number: 2023-4-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2023-4-3

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 46 x 36 cm

Date: 1951

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of Chaim Weizmann taken by Lotte Jacobs. The photograph used to hang in the New Arcadia House in Port Carling, Ontario.

Custodial History: The picture of Chaim Weizmann was hung at the New Arcadia House in Port Carling, Ontario. The donor's father, Sydney Muscoe, rescued it before the building was torn down and passed it on to the donor.

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

Subjects: Portraits

Name Access: New Arcadia House (Port Carling, Ont.); Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952

Places: Port Carling (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Fern Glicksman [graphic material] – 1978.

Accession Number: 2024-3-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2024-3-7

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 portrait : colour ; 61 x 51 cm on mat 77 x 67 cm

Date: 1978

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a portrait of Pearl Langer taken by Al Gilbert. There is a small metal tag beneath the portrait on the mat reads "Pearl Langer, founder and first president, Co-ordinated Services to Jewish Elderly, 1975-1978. In recognition of outstanding community service."

Custodial History: Portrait was donated by Fern Glicksman, who is Pearl Langer's niece.

Administrative History: Pearl Vera Langer (née Rosenberg) (1924–2002) was born in Toronto. She was the daughter of immigrant parents, Shainka and Joseph Rosenberg, who emigrated from Ivansk, Poland, to Toronto. Pearl had a sister named Ruth Glicksman (née Rosenberg) (1929–2024) and a half-brother named Nat Ross.; On 23 May 1943, Pearl married Michael “Mair” Langer. They had two daughters together, Janis Carol Shifrin (née Langer) (1947–1996) and Sheri Langer. Michael Langer graduated from the University of Toronto, where he studied pharmacy. He started his career as an apprentice pharmacist and subsequently owned and managed multiple drug stores. Michael passed away in 2010.; Pearl lived all her life in Toronto. She graduated from Harbord Collegiate and took multiple university courses.; Pearl volunteered in various organizations including the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada. She developed an interest in and concern for the needs of the elderly and became a strong supporter of seniors, particularly in assessing the governmental services for the elderly and finding ways to enable them to remain in their homes instead of being placed in long-term care facilities. One of her most significant achievements was to establish Coordinated Services to Jewish Elderly in 1974, which is now recognized as Circle of Care. She was also instrumental in founding various Meals on Wheels and Meals to Wheels programs.; Throughout her career, she served on several provincial and mayoral task forces addressing the increasing needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities. Notably, she contributed to Mayor David Crombie’s Task Force on the Handicapped and held positions on various boards. She was also active with the Canadian Jewish Congress, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and the Jewish Federation of North America. Her expertise and experience made her a highly sought-after keynote speaker.; Later on, Pearl became involved with the CBC program "From Now On" (1982–[1984?]), developed for the "over-fifty” demographic, as its co-host after initially acting as a consultant. She delved into research and government affairs and also interviewed notable figures such as Peter Ustinov and Maggie Smith. Following the program's cancellation due to budget constraints, she transitioned to become the on-air ombudsman for a new CBC morning show, where she remained for several more years.; In 1975, appointed by the premier of Ontario, she was among the very first group of women in Ontario to be awarded a medal for the International Women’s Year.

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

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Dr. Sydney Wise [graphic material] – 1999.

Accession Number: 1999-11-7

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1999-11-7

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 25 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date: 1999

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a group portrait of the University of Toronto Medical School class of 1939 taken at their sixtieth reunion in June 1999. Identified in the top row from the left are Dr. Harold Linton, Dr. Cam Gray, Dr Bernard Laski, and Dr. Dave Rogers. In the middle row from the left are Dr. Jack Birrell, Dr. C. McCulloch, Dr. Roger Barron, Dr. Harold Fine, and Dr. Alan Basset. In the front row from the left are Dr. J. Walmseley, Dr. Sydney Wise, Dr. Charles Sheard, Dr. McQuaid, and Dr. Phil Ryan.

Subjects: Portraits, Group

Name Access: Wise, Sydney, 1915-2013

Source: Archival Accessions

Cohen family wedding, Liverpool, England [graphic material] – [192-].

Accession Number: 1991-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1991-11-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 21 cm on mat 17 x 21 cm

Date: [192-]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of the Cohen family wedding portrait in Liverpool, England.

Subjects: Portraits; Weddings

Places: Liverpool (England)

Source: Archival Accessions

Postcard to the War Efforts Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress [textual record] – 1943.

Accession Number: 1993-11-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1993-11-4

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of texual records

Date: 1943

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one postcard to the War Efforts Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, dated Nov. 2, 1943, signed David ?, RCAF, India Command, expressing thanks for receiving a message of cheer from Canada during the war.

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress; Moscoe, Sydney

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. Joint Public Relations Committee. Summer Resorts Sub-Committee [textual record] – 1943-1944.

Accession Number: 1976-5-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1976-5-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1943-1944

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records relating to the work of the JPRC Summer Resorts Sub-Committee, which Hart D. Wintrob chaired. Material includes advice offered to Jews on appropriate behaviour at resorts frequented by non-Jews and efforts to have "Gentiles only" signs removed from resorts and other businesses. Also included is a list of JPRC members from which the members of the subcommitte were chosen and an agenda for a meeting of this group.

Subjects: Antisemitism; Resorts

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Ontario

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region / Toronto Jewish Congress. Committee for Yiddish [textual record] – [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990].

Accession Number: 2004-6-12

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-6-12

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3.3 m of textual records

Date: [ca. 1970]-[ca. 1990]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the records created or accumulated by the Committee for Yiddish, which operated under the auspices of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and later, the Toronto Jewish Congress (UJA Federation of Greater Toronto).

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Name Access: Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.); Toronto Jewish Congress; Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Jewish Congress Social Planning Committee [graphic material] – [between 1980 and 1987].

Accession Number: 2004-5-25

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-25

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 5 photographs

Date: [between 1980 and 1987]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs documenting the Toronto Jewish Congress Social Planning Committee's Institute on the Elderly and other activities / events.

Source: Archival Accessions

Lawrence Richmond [graphic material] – [ca. 1900]-[ca.1925].

Accession Number: 2004-5-89

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-89

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 15 photographs : b&w and sepia ; 25 x 18 cm or smaller

Date: [ca. 1900]-[ca.1925]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs of Lawrence Richmond's family, most of which are formal portraits. Some are in folders and on mattes.

Subjects: Families; Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region Community Action for Israel Committee- Rabbi Harvey Fields, Chairman [textual record] – 1979.

Accession Number: 2004-5-123

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-123

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1979

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Community Action for Israel Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and the role of Rabbi Harvey Fields as Chairman. Included are memos, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, list of committee members, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a seminar program. As well there are a few letters to Stephen Speisman, Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives from individuals in small Jewish communities in Ontario.

Administrative History: The Community Action Committee for Israel was constituted on March 1978. Rabbi Harvey Fields served congregations in Boston, New Jersey, and Holy blossom Temple in Toronto before becoming the senior rabbi of the Wiltshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles from 1985-2003. He passed away on January 23, 2014 at the age of 78.

Source: Archival Accessions

Ben Sadowski Award Committee [textual record] – 1968-1979.

Accession Number: 2004-5-140

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-140

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder textual records

Date: 1968-1979

Scope and Content: Accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence related to the annual Ben Sadowski Award.

Source: Archival Accessions

Yiddish Committee [textual record]

Accession Number: 2004-11-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-11-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 60 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records created by the Yiddish Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Toronto Jewish Congress.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Source: Archival Accessions

Jacob D. Pearlstein [graphic material] – [ca. 1948].

Accession Number: 1974-005

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1974-005

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: [ca. 1948]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one photograph of members of the Herzl Zion Club executive inside the Zionist Building at 651 Spadina Avenue, Toronto.

Subjects: Clubs; Portraits, Group

Name Access: Pearlstein, Jacob D., 1894-1983

Places: Spadina Avenue (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mina Sprachman [graphic material] – [ca. 1904]-1916.

Accession Number: 1979-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-4-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives)

Date: [ca. 1904]-1916

Scope and Content: The accession consists of two photographs. The first is a portrait of the Sprachman family taken around 1900 at Price's Lane, Toronto. The second is a wedding photograph of Hyman James and Gussie Rumm, taken on 22 February 1916 at the University Avenue Synagogue.; The Sprachman photograph includes the following family members from left to right and top to bottom: Hyman Sprachman, Sheindel Sprachman, Beckie Sprachman (?), unknown, unknown, Fanny Sprachman, Lena Sprachman, Abe Sprachman and Jacob Sprachman.; The second photograph include the newly married couple in the middle with the top hat and large white hat.

Administrative History: Hyman (Chaim) Sprachman (b. 1856) arrived in Toronto at the end of the nineteenth century with his eldest son Benjamin (b. 1877), who was twenty at the time. They both worked as peddlers and resided in a boarding home for a while. Hyman sent for his family in Austria and they arrived in 1904. His family included his wife Sheindel and children Rebecca (b. 1887), Lena (b. 1891), Fanny (b. 1892) and Abraham (b. 1894). The family originally lived at 30 Gerrard and then relocated to 123 Baldwin around 1914. Abraham became a prominent architect and married his cousin Mina Sprachman (b. 1900) in 1921. They had two children: Mendel and Sheila. Mandel followed in his father's footsteps and also became a nationally recognized and acclaimed architect. Both specialized in theatre design and renovations.; Hyman James ran a successful company called Men's Clothing Manufacturing Company. The company was later renamed to H. James Co. He married Gussie Rumm, who was 15 years his junior, on 22 February 1916 at the University Avenue Synagogue.

Subjects: Families; Portraits; Weddings

Places: Price's Lane (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry [textual record] – April 1977-March 1978.

Accession Number: 1979-9-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-9-8

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: April 1977-March 1978

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one Information Bulletin on Soviet Jewry (vol. 3, issue 4) and two Communique (No. 10, No. 21), both produced by the Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry.

Subjects: Human rights

Name Access: Canadian Committee for Soviet Jewry

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. Centenary Committee [textual record] – 1934-1956.

Accession Number: 2005-11-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2005-11-9

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1934-1956

Scope and Content: Accession consists of historical material collected by the CJC Central Region Centenary Committee or Historical Committee (both committee names appear in the file). These materials include several CJC Ontario Division documents dating from 1934. The bulk of the accession consists of reports of interviews conducted in 1956 with members of Holy Blossom as part of a Holy Blossom Centennial research project.

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.); Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Committee of Rabbis on behalf of the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto proclamation [textual record] – 1 Mar. 1950.

Accession Number: 2006-2-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-2-3

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 item : 58 x 43 cm

Date: 1 Mar. 1950

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a proclamation to the Jewish community of Toronto by the Committee of Rabbis urging all individuals and organizations to dedicate the period of March 5th to June 30th as U.J.A. months and the importance in helping rebuild and resettle Israel.; The rabbis who signed the proclamation included Rabbis: Abraham L. Feinberg; Abraham Kelman; Dr. David Ochs; Norman Shapiro; Abraham A. Price; Reuben Slonim; David Monson; Erwin Schild; and Judah Washer.

Name Access: Feinberg, Abraham L., 1899-; Kelman, Abraham.; Ochs, Dr. David.; Shapiro, Norman.; Price, Abraham A., 1900-1994; Slonim, Reuben.; Monson, David.; Schild, Erwin; Washer, Judah.

Source: Archival Accessions

Tzomer Friendly Society [graphic material] – 1922.

Accession Number: 2006-1-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-1-4

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: 1922

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one photograph of the founders of the Tzomer Friendly Society. Some of the members established some of the prominent fur and cloak factories on Spadina Avenue.; Top, left to right: Morris Samborsky; David Greenbloom; Lou Greenbloom; Nathan Green (Greenbloom).; Bottom, left to right: Irving Green (Greenbloom), Joe Stone (Milstein), Joe Kerbel.

Administrative History: Sheila Zeldin was the daughter of Irving Green, one of the members of the Tzomer Friendly Society.

Subjects: Portraits, Group

Name Access: Tzomer Friendly Society.; Sambirsky, Morris.; Greenbloom, David.; Greenbloom, Lou.; Green, Nathan.; Green, Irving.; Stone, Joe.; Kerbel, Joe.

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. Joint Community Relations Committee [textual record] – [195-]-[196-].

Accession Number: 2006-3-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-3-6

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1.8 m of textual records

Date: [195-]-[196-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records created by Sydney Harris in his role with the CJC's Joint Community Relations Committee.

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region. Joint Community Relations Committee [textual record]

Accession Number: 2006-3-9 [Processed]

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-3-9 [Processed]

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 2.4 m of textual records

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records related to the CJC's Joint Community Relations Committee. Some of the records appear to have originated from Ben Kayfetz.

Source: Archival Accessions

Ontario Cloak Co. picnic, Oakville [graphic material] – 1913.

Accession Number: 2006-6-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-6-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm on matte 25 x 30cm

Date: 1913

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a group portrait of the employees of the Ontario Cloak Co. on a picnic in Oakville. The photo was taken in a park

Descriptive Notes: Ontario Cloak Co.; Oakville.

Subjects: Employees; Picnics; Portraits, Group

Source: Archival Accessions

Harold Nudelman [graphic material] – [ca. 1945].

Accession Number: 2006-8-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-8-5

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 23 cm on paper 22 x 28 cm

Date: [ca. 1945]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one copy photograph of a group of Sudbury children, possibly the cheder, taken at the Jewish community centre in Sudbury. The rabbi and teacher are also pictured. Most of the individuals have been identified on a separate piece of paper, which is stored with the accession record.

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: Children; Portraits, Group

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Opening of Jewish Fraternal Softball League, Bellwoods Park (Toronto, Ont.) [graphic material] – 20 May 1930.

Accession Number: 2006-8-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-8-8

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 84 cm

Date: 20 May 1930

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one panoramic photograph of the opening of the Jewish Fraternal Softball League at Bellwoods Park. The photograph depicts the Judean and B'nai Brith teams standing in front of home plate, along with some city dignitaries. The crowd can be seen in the background on the bleachers.; Left to right: [unidentified], Harry Polevoy, [unidentified], Frank Garber, [unidentified], Sam Felot, "Lefty" Starr, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Joe Benjamin, Natie Duke, "Curly" Rosen, [unidentified], Max Sheff, [Sam Gold?], [unidentified], Alderman Joe Gordon, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Jimmy Simpson, [unidentified], Sam Factor, Alderman Fred Hamilton, [unidentified], Arnold Hundert, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Harry Sniderman, [unidentified], Issie Wilson, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Herb Weiss, [unidentified], [unidentified], [unidentified], Jack Rumak, [Sam Gold?].

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: Baseball teams; Portraits, Group

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Howard Sokolowski [graphic material] – 2003.

Accession Number: 2006-9-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2006-9-5

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: 2003

Scope and Content: Accession is a portrait photograph of Howard Sokolowski, UJA Federation campaign chair of 2003, taken by Al Gilbert for Lifestyles magazine. The photograph is signed by Gilbert in the bottom left hand corner.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Joseph Shoham [graphic material] – 1981.

Accession Number: 2007-5-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-5-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 item

Date: 1981

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one oversized portrait photograph of Joseph Shoham, the first director of the BJE Media and Resource Centre, from 1972 to 1980. The photograph is a print created in 1981 from an original negative and is fixed onto a matte. The original frame has been discarded.

Custodial History: The portrait was in the possession of the BJE Media Library until donated to the Archives on 2007-05-03.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr. and Mrs. Sheinberg [graphic material] – 1919.

Accession Number: 2007-6-15

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-15

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 11 cm

Date: 1919

Scope and Content: Accession contains a portrait of an unidentified couple. Writing on the original folder of the photo says Mr. & Mrs. Sheinberg, 1919.

Subjects: Married people; Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

D. M. Levy [graphic material] – [194-?].

Accession Number: 2007-6-21

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-21

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 slide : b&w ; 35 mm

Date: [194-?]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a portrait of Mr. D. M. Levy's father.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Toronto Jewish Congress, Community Planning and Allocations Committee [textual record] – 1988-1990.

Accession Number: 2008-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-2-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records

Date: 1988-1990

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material related to a Jewish community survey of Toronto, developed and administered by the Toronto Jewish Congress' Planning and Allocations Committee. The records include correspondence, primary originating from and sent to, Jay Broadbar-Nemzer, as well as reports, budgetary records and statistical data.

Administrative History: The Community Planning and Allocations Committee was a committee under the auspices of the Toronto Jewish Congress, which was responsible for awarding financial grants to chosen community organizations and projects. They were involved in the selection and allocation processes. As well, the oversaw the demographic studies, undertaken to provide Congress with better social planning policies and implementation strategies.

Source: Archival Accessions

Al Gilbert [graphic material] – 1960-2007.

Accession Number: 2007-12-17 [Processed]

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-12-17 [Processed]

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 119 photographs : b&w and col. (43 tifs, 32 negatives, 1 slide) ; 41 x 51 cm or smaller and 300 dpi

Date: 1960-2007

Scope and Content: This accession includes forty-three black-and-white and colour portrait prints along with the accompanying digital images and some negatives. The sitters include nationally- and internationally-renowned entertainers, athletes, politicians, entrepreneurs, artists, and jurists. Individuals include: David Ben-Gurion, Dr. Charles Best, Conrad Black, A. J. Casson, John Diefenbaker, Gordie Howe, Yousuf Karsh, Betty Kennedy, Larry King, George Knudson, Jean Beliveau, Yehuda Menuhin, Lester Pearson, John Robarts, Sidney Robins, Peter Appleyard, Leona Boyd, George Cohon, David Crombie, Dizzy Gillespie, Dr. Bernie Goldman, Martin Luther King III, Murray Koffler, Moe Koffman, Eugene Levy, Edwin Mirvish, Raymond Moriyama, Frank Sinatra, Carl Schaeffer, Mandel Sprachman, Dr. Tile, Wayne and Shuster, Dr. Key, Joseph Biden, Matthew Teitlebaum, Guido Basso, Oscar Peterson, the director of the Department of Transportation in Maui, a man playing chess, and a diver in an aquarium.

Administrative History: Nathan Gittelmacher immigrated to Toronto from Kiev, Ukraine after the First World War. He first worked as a photographer at Empire Studios, and then in 1922, opened up his own studio, Elite Studios, at 615 Queen Street West. Many of Nathan’s portraits were produced with a large format view camera and from glass negatives.; During the 1940s, the family changed its name to Gilbert and subsequently altered the name of the business to Gilbert Studios. Nathan’s son, Albert, who was born 18 November 1922, started working in the family business in 1941, when he was 19 years old. He eventually assumed control of it after his father retired. He moved the studio to Eglington Avenue and then later to Davenport Road, its current location, in order to accommodate its growing clientele.; Al made a name for himself as a portrait photographer, using natural light in innovative ways to create more natural looking portraits. Al’s primary work involved producing portraits of families, weddings, bar mitzvahs, special events and dinners. Most of his early clients were from the Jewish community. In turn, he also was paid to produce portraits of local entrepreneurs, and his multi-year contract with the city, gave him sole responsibility for the production of portraits of the mayors and councilmen and women. He later branched out beyond the Jewish community, and began to produce images of businessmen and leaders from the Italian community in Toronto.; n addition to the paid contracts involving local personalities and groups, Al Gilbert has also produced many artistic portraits of local, national and international celebrities, artists and leaders such as: Wayne and Shuster, Howie Mandel, Oscar Peterson, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Robertson Davies, several Canadian prime ministers as well as Prince Charles, all of the Israeli prime ministers, which were made into stamps by the Israeli government, and finally, the last Pope. Gilbert’s work therefore captures a huge range of individuals from the ordinary bride to extraordinary world leaders.; Al has won many awards as well as accolades from his peers throughout his career. He is the three-time recipient of the prestigious Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) Photographer of the year honour. He has been named Fellow of the photographic societies in Canada, Britain and the United States. In 1990, he was awarded the Order of Canada and recently nominated for the Order of Ontario. In January 2007, the Professional Photographers of America presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is the highest honor PPA can bestow on a person for their body of work and influence on professional photography.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes: File list is available here: S:\Appraisal\00 Monetary appraisals\CPERB\2007-12-17, Gilbert\2007-12-17 CPERB list.xls; Processed as Fonds 37, series 4.; USE CONDITION NOTE: Permission for use must be granted by Mr. Al Gilbert or his children. Attribution beneath Mr. Gilbert’s work to read: Al Gilbert C.M. or Portrait by Al Gilbert C.M. Reproduction Prints can only be made by Gilbert Studios under Mr. Gilbert’s direction. Mr. Gilbert’s work cannot be reproduced by any third party off these web sites or exhibits without permission. No cropping or alterations to the original image is allowed.

Subjects: Portraits

Name Access: Biden, Joseph R.

Source: Archival Accessions

Frank Gishman (Peterborough, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1942-1944.

Accession Number: 2008-7-14

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-14

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 3 photographs (jpg)

Date: 1942-1944

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one military portrait of Frank Gishman and two wedding portraits of Frank and Ruth Gishman of Peterborough, Ontario.

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: Portraits

Places: Peterborough (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Chaim Greenberg photograph [graphic material] – [193-?].

Accession Number: 2008-8-9

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-9

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm on matte 44 x 36 cm

Date: [193-?]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one orignal portrait of Chaim Greenberg. The photo has Hebrew writing on the front which reads: In memory of [?] Levinsky.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

Archie B. Bennett [graphic material] – [196-].

Accession Number: 2008-8-16

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-16

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: [196-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of an original oversized portrait of Archie B. Bennett.

Subjects: Portraits

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation Strategic Planning Committee [textual record] – 2003-2007.

Accession Number: 2008-8-27

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-27

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 8 cm of textual records

Date: 2003-2007

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records of the UJA Federation Strategic Planning Committee. Contents include meeting agendas, meeting minutes, drafts of initatives, meeting summaries, presentation material for Steven Cohen, and conference documentation. Also included is a binder compiled by Robin Gofine that contains information on the Koffler Centre of the Arts.

Use Conditions: UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi Gringorten [graphic material] – [between 1940 and 1947].

Accession Number: 2008-11-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-11-3

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: [between 1940 and 1947]

Scope and Content: The accession consists of two photographs of Reverend Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel.

Administrative History: Saul Wolf Gringorten and his wife Rachel Gringorten (née Melnick) were born in Poland in 1876 and 1881 respectively. They moved to Canada in 1910 with their eldest child. They subsequently had five more after their arrival.Their children included Morris, Jennie, Jacob, Esther, Louis, and Isaac.; Rabbi Gringorten served as spiritual leader, teacher, shochet, and mohel for the Brantford Jewish community after his arrival for thirteen years. He then moved to Toronto during the early 1920s and became the principal of a Jewish school. The family lived at 26 Cecil Street at that time and then moved to 393 Markham Street during the late 1920s or early 1930s. He became active in the Jewish community, serving as vice-president of the Sons of Jacob, a board member of the Folks Fareign, and the first trustee of the Old Folks Home.; Rabbi Gringorten and his wife moved to California during the 1940s in order to live in a climate that was better for their health. Rachel passed away in 1947, and the rabbi followed in 1959.

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: Immigrants--Canada; Portraits; Rabbis

Name Access: Gringorten, Saul, Rabbi, 1876-1959

Source: Archival Accessions

Rabbi William Rosenthal [graphic material] – [196-].

Accession Number: 2009-1-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-1-1

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: [196-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one portrait of Rabbi William Rosenthal of Sudbury, Ontario.

Custodial History: The photograph was in the custody of Lilian Rosenthal, the daughter of Rabbi Rosenthal, before it was donated to the Archives on January 8, 2009.

Subjects: Portraits; Rabbis

Name Access: Rosenthal, William

Places: Sudbury (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Nathan Isaacs [graphic material] – 1945.

Accession Number: 2009-3-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-3-10

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 12 cm

Date: 1945

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one photograph of Jewish members of the Royal Canadian Air Force at a seder in London, England. Standing at the head of the table is Rabbi I. Eisen of Holy Blossom Temple. Seated on the far right with his head bowed is Squadron Leader Al Glazer. The photograph was taken by the donor.

Subjects: Fighter pilots; Portraits, Group; Seder

Name Access: Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force; Glazer, Al; Isaacs, Nathan

Places: London (England)

Source: Archival Accessions

Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region. Community Relations Committee [textual record] – 2001-2003.

Accession Number: 2009-5-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-5-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 3.3 m of textual records

Date: 2001-2003

Scope and Content: This accession consists of the files of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Regions' Community Relations Committee. Included are meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, incidence reports and complaints, interventions, newsclippings and a small amount of other reference material.

Custodial History: The records were created and used by Len Rudner, former director of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Ontario Region Community Relations Committee. They were donated to the Archives by the CJC's executive assistant, Cindy Osheroff on 4 May, 2009.

Use Conditions: Records in off-site storage; advance notice required to view.

Name Access: Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region (Toronto, Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Bess Shockett, Committee for Yiddish [graphic material, sound recording, moving images, textual record, object] – [193-]-2006.

Accession Number: 2009-6-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-6-5

Material Format: graphic material; sound recording; moving images; textual record; object

Physical Description: 187 photographs : b&w and col. ; 24 x 20 cm or smaller; 20 audiocassettes; 10 videocassettes; 1 folder of textual records; 1 object

Date: [193-]-2006

Scope and Content: Accession consists predominantly of records collected by Bess Shockett in her work with UJA Federation's Committee for Yiddish and Friends of Yiddish. The accession also contains some personal family records. The photographs document programmes of the Committee for Yiddish in the late 1980s and 1990s, including an outdoor Yiddish concert, several International Conferences of Yiddish Clubs (1995, 1998, 1999), Sunday morning Yiddish classes, and a 1993 Hanukah concert. There are also three photographs of the New Fraternal Jewish Association and its celebration of J. B. Salsberg's eightieth birthday in 1980. The videocassettes contain recordings of other events including a storytelling workshop, Purim Mystery Night, a farewell for Miriam Waddington and several Sof Vokh (weekend retreat) programmes of 1993.; The twenty cassette tapes feature panel discussions, lectures and interviews, including "Yiddish education," "Yiddish and the Media," "Yiddish and the Younger Generation," "Yiddish and the Performing Arts," and "Yiddish Language and Translation." There are several interviews with Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever, as well as two Toronto Yiddish concerts. Other tapes contain radio interviews with [Aaron?] Lansky; "Chava Rosenfarb--Book Fair", 1988; "Plenary reports and presentations"; and an episode of the program The Forward Hour on Peretz Miransky, an influential Polish writer in the inter-war years.; Personal records in the accession consist of family snapshots dating from the 1930s and 1940s. These were taken in Israel and include images of farming, landscapes, travel, a canal, groups of people, city buildings, and processions. These photos all have Yiddish writing on the back. There is one formal portrait, ca. 1890s, of an elderly Jewish man. As well, there is a folder of original and photocopied poetry (in Yiddish) written by a Jack Shockett.; Accession also includes a Yiddish typewriter, in case, that Bess used in the late 1960s/early 1970s when the Committee for Yiddish was under Congress.

Custodial History: Records were entrusted to the estate of Bess Shockett after her death, and given to her Committee for Yiddish colleague Ethel Cooper, who brought them to the archives.

Administrative History: Bess Shockett was born in the Ukraine in 1919. Her father, Solomon Maltin, was the mayor of the town and helped establish a number of Jewish community institutions. He and his wife had two sons along with Bess: Sam and Ben. In 1925, the family moved to Montreal. As an adolescent, Bess became very active in the Jewish community and joined the United Jewish People's Order. She helped organize a union for workers in the knitting industry and later did the same for fur workers. She also travelled to Winnipeg to organize a laundry workers union. She met her husband, Barry Shockett, in Toronto and they married in 1952 and had three children: Michael, Elka and Eric. Bess eventually became very active in the Toronto Jewish community, particularly in regards to supporting and launching several innovative Yiddish programs. She staffed the office of CJC's Committee for Yiddish in its early years, and was Director from 1974 to 1989. She helped found the Friends of Yiddish in 1985 and served as executive vice-president until her death on August 27, 2007.

Descriptive Notes: There is little written material; what there is (captions and poetry) is mostly in Yiddish; some captions are in English.

Subjects: Committees; Yiddish language

Name Access: Committee for Yiddish (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Janet Charendoff (Belleville, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – [ca. 1948].

Accession Number: 2009-9-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-9-4

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpg)

Date: [ca. 1948]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one scanned photograph of a cheder class in the basement of the synagogue in Belleville. Identified are: Bill Mayer, Rabbi Babb, Ron Gitelman, Sandra Yanover, Stanley Albert, Janet Salz (nee Charendoff), Steven Schwab, Barbara Abramsky, Jane Yanover, Paul Yanover, and Gloria Lipes.

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: Children; Heder; Portraits, Group

Places: Belleville (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Cyrel Troster - 28 Nov. 2016

Name: Cyrel Troster

Material Format: moving images

Interview Date: 28 Nov. 2016

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Cyrel Troster

Number: OH 441

Subject: Arts; Charities; Committees

Interview Date: 28 Nov. 2016

Interviewer: Melissa Caza

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

Material Format: moving images

Name Access: Ontario Jewish Archives

Original Format: Digital file

Transcript: OH 441 Part 1 0:22 Cyrel outlines her academic background and discusses her volunteer & professional positions, including Chair of the OJA, Chair of Cultural Planning & Allocation, served on the Board of the Canadian Jewish Congress & Ontario Jewish Congress and currently serves on the Board of OJA. 0:53 Cyrel discusses the history of the Ontario Jewish Archives. Cyrel. & Susan Cohen obtained federal grants to create a local initiative project with the initial focus to collect information on prominent members of the Toronto Jewish community. Cyrel identifies the organizations & individuals who assisted them initially (e.g. Toronto Jewish Historical Society,Victor Sefton) . She discusses the staff, including Steven Speisman, Bess Shockett & Ruth Ladovsky and the location in Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue. 4:53 Cyrel describes the creation of the Sense of Spadina Walking tours which were an offshoot of a living exhibit designed for the Triennial for the Canadian Jewish Congress in 1974. She discusses the contributors to the project, including Steven Speisman, Bess Shockett, Marty Mendelow, Charlie & Peggy Goldsbie and Mrs. Langner, the wife of the Rabbi from the Kiever Synagogue. 6:05 Cyrel describes the successful Sense of Spadina Walking Tours held in June 1974. 7:47 Cyrel discusses the formation of day & evening volunteer committees to help catalogue material in OJA’s new location in the basement of 150 Beverly St. She discusses some of the archival donations e.g. Sidney Harris, Ben Kayfetz. 9:12 Cyrel recalls the move to Lipa Green building in early 1980’s. 9:48 Cyrel describes the OJA office at 150 Beverly. St. She describes some of the historical documents that were discovered in the basement. She discusses the volunteers’ responsibilities. 11:27 Cyrel discusses the function of the OJA committee. She discusses Photo Committee. 13:00 Cyrel discusses early efforts to acquire material for the OJA. 15:56 Cyrel explains why an archive specific to the Ontario Jewish community was established. The effort to establish the OJA arose from a small group of researchers, including Steven Speisman, who recognized the importance of preserving ethnic Jewish history. 17:18 Cyrel explains how the material collected by OJA is unique to & valued by the Ontario Jewish community. 18:48 Cyrel discusses some of the challenges faced by OJA in the early years. 19:58 Cyrel discusses the end result of the Toronto Jewish Historical Society. 20:45 Cyrel discusses the evolvement of the Sense of Spadina Walking Tours. She explains how Ellen Scheinberg, archivist, was pivotal in the advancement of the walking tours. Spadina Walking Tours became a part of “Jane’s Walk”. 24:02 Cyrel shares an amusing story about Henry Papernick, retired lawyer & OJA volunteer. 25:35 Cyrel discusses the contributions made by Brooky Robins, assistant to Steven Speisman. She spearheaded the collection of material from northern Ontario. Also involved was Fred Schaeffer. 26:46 Cyrel discusses OJA hosting various community events to donate materials to the archives. 27:41 Cyrel explains that due to the volume of donated material, off-site storage facilities were used at Yonge & Eglinton. 28:04 Cyrel describes the changes and improvements that occurred after moving to the facilities at Lipa Green. 28:55 Cyrel discusses her responsibilities as Chair of OJA between 1983 and 1998. She mentions that she also served on the Ontario Jewish Congress, Ontario Region Executive & the Toronto Jewish Congress. 30:11 Cyrel explains that Jewish Communist papers were passed on to the collection of Multicultural History at St. Michael’s. 30:36 Cyrel discusses some of the projects and exhibits that OJA pursued. 32:05 Cyrel discusses the efforts made by Sol Edell & Marty Mendelow to fix up the Kiever synagogue in the early 1980’s. 34:25 Cyrel explains why the Kiever synagogue was chosen as a focus for an OJA project. 35:25 Cyrel discusses the special projects & direction of the OJA during the period she was Chair. 36:19 Cyrel discusses the biggest challenges faced by the OJA during her sevice as Chair. OH 441 Part 2 00:00 Cyrel discusses the changes in leadership and operation at the OJA ca 2000. Staff included Brooky Robins, Susan Jackson and Ellen Scheinberg. 1:54 Cyrel discusses the major projects that occurred while Ellen Scheinberg was Director. 3:09 Cyrel discusses her role with the OJA while Ellen served as Director. 4:07 Cyrel discusses the challenges faced by OJA while Ellen served as Director. 5:23 Cyrel discusses the relationship between OJA and other archives and agencies. 8:00 Cyrel addresses the factors that contributed to the success of the Sense of Spadina Walking Tours. 11:13 Cyrel points that out the general groups participating in the Sense of Spadina Walking Tours tend to be Jewish but Jane’ Walk groups are varied & drawn to the neighbourhood. 11:53 Cyrel discusses why the OJA has played a major role in her life. 12:25 Cyrel shares a story from her personal life in order to illustrate the importance of preserving oral histories. 13:51 Cyrel relates a story told to her by Ben Kayfetz about the Strettiner Rebbe on Cecil Street. OH 441 Part 3 00:00 Cyrel describes the efforts of Sol Edell, Susan Brown and Cyrel to put together an audio-visual presentation to mark the opening of the archives. 2:17 Cyrel describes a conceived project that was not realized.

Source: Oral Histories

Norman Gulko [textual record, graphic material] – [ca. 1944] - [ca. 2003].

Accession Number: 2010-6-17

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2010-6-17

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 6 cm

Date: [ca. 1944] - [ca. 2003]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one photograph of Norman Gulko that was taken in Holland near the end of the Second World War and Norman's unpublished war memoir entitled "A Toronto Boy Goes to War."

Administrative History: Norman Gulko was born in Toronto on 4 March 1923. He was conscripted into the Royal Canadian Army in late 1942 and joined Canada's active service in 1944. Norman was initially stationed in Italy but was moved to various other cities in France, Holland, and Germany. After the war, Norman received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Toronto and worked as a social worker in Toronto from 1952 until his retirement in 1988.

Use Conditions: Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Descriptive Notes: Availability of other formats: Digitized material.

Subjects: Portraits; Veterans--Canada; World War, 1939-1945

Name Access: Gulko, Norman

Source: Archival Accessions

Al Gilbert [graphic material] – 1922.

Accession Number: 2010-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2010-10-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs: b & w ; 9 x 14 cm

Date: 1922

Scope and Content: The donation includes two photographs that were taken at Gittelmacher's Studio in 1922. The first is a portrait of Leona, Ida and Albert Lenchner from Pittsburgh. The second is a portrait of Albert and Leona Lenchner with their cousin Bernard Segal, who was also from Pittsburgh.

Subjects: Portraits

Places: Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Source: Archival Accessions

B'nai Moses ben Judah Congregation, London [graphic material] – [ca. 1942].

Accession Number: 2011-5-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2011-5-2

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: [ca. 1942]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one copy print of a photograph taken circa 1942. The photograph depicts the congregation of the B'nai Moses ben Judah Synagogue in London, Ontario, standing in front of the synagogue. Murray Brickman, the late husband of the donor, is pictured as a child in the second row on the far right, wearing a cap.

Custodial History: This item was in the possession of Elaine Brickman. It was mailed to Stan Federman who subsequently gave it to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

Administrative History: The London Jewish community had a single congregation until disagreements led to Moses Leff organizing an alternative minyan. This became Congregation B'nai Moses Ben Judah, named after Moses Pollock. Their first synagogue building, a remodelled wooden church, opened in 1907. This building was supplanted by a new and enlarged structure in 1924. The building was renovated and enlarged again in 1955 but did retain some elements of the old structure. In 1966, B'nai Moses Ben Judah amalgamated with B'nai Israel, and consequently, Congregation Or Shalom was created. The B'nai Israel building was chosen to house the new congregation and the the B'nai Moses building was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of London.

Subjects: Portraits, Group; Synagogues

Places: London (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Camp Naivelt Committee [graphic material] – [193-].

Accession Number: 2011-11-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2011-11-4

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 26 cm

Date: [193-]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of one photograph of a Camp Naivelt group, taken indoors. Pictured is Wolf (centre, standing) and Chana (centre seated with glasses) Berger, the parents of the donor.

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.

Name Access: Camp Naivelt

Source: Archival Accessions

Jewish Theatre Committee of Toronto [textual record, graphic material] – 1991-2002.

Accession Number: 2012-6-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2012-6-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material

Physical Description: 30 cm of textual records; 24 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 cm and 10 x 12 cm

Date: 1991-2002

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Jewish Theatre Committee. Included is correspondence, press releases, theatre programs and handbills, scripts, meeting minutes and agendas and photographs of members of the committee.

Custodial History: The records were in the possession of Ralph Wintrob, chair of the Jewish Theatre Committee during the late 1980s and 1990s.

Administrative History: The Jewish Theatre Committee was founded in 1984 as a standing committee of the Toronto Jewish Cultural Council of the Toronto Jewish Congress. Its goal was to promote dramatic activities as a medium of Jewish cultural programming by encourageing new theatre groups, offering guidance in Jewish drama programming, to promote and develop new talent and scripts, and to work towards a Jewish Drama Festival. In 1984, a series of developmental workshops resulted in the formation of the Medina Theatre Ensemble, which presented creative theatrical programmes of Jewish content. The committee also organized workshops, school programmes, symposiums, lectures and readings and a yearly playwriting competition. The Jewish Theatre Committee disbanded sometime in the early 2000s.

Source: Archival Accessions

Committee for Yiddish [textual record] – 2003-2009.

Accession Number: 2012-9-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2012-9-5

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 45 cm of textual records

Date: 2003-2009

Scope and Content: Accession consists of textual records related to the operations and activities of the Committee for Yiddish. Included are meeting minutes, correspondence, programming material, publicity material, budgetary and financial records, material related to special events and tributes and Yiddish educational and instructional records.

Custodial History: The records were in the file cabinets once used by Ethel Cooper, the former UJA Federation staff person responsible for the Committee for Yiddish. They were donated to the OJA by Barbara Barak in September 2012, after assuming the role as UJA Federation staff liason.

Source: Archival Accessions

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto [graphic material] – 1967.

Accession Number: 2012-10-5

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2012-10-5

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: 1967

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two photographs depicting members of Toronto's UJA Leadership Fact-Finding Commisssion boarding a plane in Malton and standing in front of an Israel Airlines plane. The group were on a twelve-day fact-finding mission to study the countries health and welfare needs. Pictured in the photographs are Sam Crystal, Dr. Hart Levin, J. Irving Zucker, Morris Leibtag, Dr. Leonard Goldberg, Rabbi Albert Pappenheim, Phillip G. Givens, J. C. Oelbaum, Jack Israeli, Harold Hertzman, Dr. George Liban, Samuel Gotfrid, Dr. Wilfred Rovan, and David Marks.

Custodial History: 2012-10-25: There is no acquisition information for this file. The photographs were found amongst other orphaned material in the processing room. The accession number was assigned by the archvist.

Use Conditions: UJA Federation meeting minutes and general correspondence are closed for 10 years from date of creation. Contracts and donor agreements are permanently closed.

Subjects: Portraits, Group

Name Access: El Al; UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Source: Archival Accessions

Sandy Greenberg [graphic material (electronic)] – 1909-[ca. 1952].

Accession Number: 2013-6-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2013-6-4

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 13 photographs : b&w (11 tif, 2 jpg)

Date: 1909-[ca. 1952]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs documenting the Gryfe, Silverman, Saul and Greenberg families. The majority of the images are family portraits, however, also included is a school photograph of Sandy Greenberg at Charles G. Fraser School in Toronto, a photograph of Feda and Izzy Greenberg in Ottawa, a photograph of the Silverman family at Crystal Beach, and a photograph of a family celebration for Morris Silverman's birthday. Also identified in the photographs are: Sam Silverman, Bill Gryfe, Esther (Gryfe) Silverman, Lizzie Gryfe, Bayla Gryfe, Fae Silverman, Tillie Silverman, Sam Silverman, Bertha Silverman, Sam Saul, Joseph Saul, Ida Saul, Anna Saul, Rachel Saul, Nancy Silverman, Ruth Silverman, Lou Weitzman, and Ruth Weitzman.

Administrative History: Izzy Greenberg and Anna (nee Nathan) Greenberg immigrated to Ottawa from Romania around 1910. They had six children together: Freda, Harry, Joe, Anne, Helen, and Earl (b. 1920). Izzy likely worked as a peddler. When Anna passed away in 1923 all of the children, except for Freda, were sent to a Jewish orphanage in Montreal (the Montefiore orphanage). The orphanage closed in 1936 when Earl was 16 years old. He came to Toronto where he met Sandy (or Sylvia) Silverman. They were married in 1947. Earl initially worked as a shoe salesman, but later opened his own business, Sanmarcoda, where he bought and sold electronic surplus. He and Sandy had three children together: Marsha, Corey, and David. Sandy worked as a secretary with the provincial government and sold baby's clothing at flea markets on Sundays.; Joseph and Anna Saul came to Canada from Romania in the early 1900s. They had six children together: Sam (b. 1908), Rachel (Rae, b. 1910), Ida, Jeanette, Bonnie, and Dorothy. Joseph abandoned the family around 1923 and travelled to California to become an actor. Although his family never heard from him again, they later recognized him in movies under the name Maurice Samuels. Anna was deaf and mute and worked as a seamstress, making ladies clothing out of her own home. Rae obtained work in a hat factory when she was 13 years old and continued in this trade throughout the remainder of her life. Around 1950 she opened her own hat store at Eglinton and Dufferin called Rae's Hats. She briefly lived above the store with her husband, Sam Silverman.; Morris Silverman, Esther (Gryfe) Silverman, and their two daughters Fae and Tillie immigrated to Hamilton from Romania in 1907. Esther's sister, Lizzie Gryfe, was already living in Hamilton at the time. In 1909, Morris and Esther had another son together, Sam. By 1922, the family had moved to Nassau Street in Toronto where Morris worked as a tailor for Tip Top Tailors. They lived next door to the Saul Family. Sam married Rae Saul in 1927. Sam had had various jobs throughout his life including, cab driver, venetian blind salesman, and driver for a cleaner's.

Subjects: Families; Portraits

Name Access: Greenberg, Sandy

Places: Crystal Beach (Fort Erie, Ont.); Ottawa (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions