- Accession Number
- 2021-6-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-6-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1952-1954
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three photographs of Rho Sigma Phi, a Jewish high school sorority. The first photograph was taken at a sorority formal circa 1953/1954; the second photograph was taken at a tea circa 1953/1954; and the third photograph was taken at a tea circa 1952. The following individuals are identified in the photographs: Ruthie Baker, Leila Blandis/Leila Brandis [illegible], Sheila Davids, Frances Diesenhause, Renee Drevnick, Merle Frankel, Sheila Green, Sheila Meiteen, Ethel Rosenberg, Millie Rotman, Tanya Rubinoff, Marcia Sandler, Libby Saunders, Shirley Shekter, Joanne Shulman, Dina Skelly, Marcie Spillman, Annette Stork, Sandra Title/Sandy Title, Sharyn Title, Barbar Wahl, Faith Wintrob, and Elinor Zaltzman.
- Administrative History
- Rho Sigma Phi was made up of high-school girls from numerous schools, mostly in Forest Hill and the surrounding area.
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Places
- Forest Hill (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2021-11-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 box
- Date
- 1968-2004
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the Toronto Grand Order of Israel. Included are financial statements, memoranda, and other records.
- Use Conditions
- Partially closed. Researchers must receive permission from the OJA Director prior to accessing some of the records.
- Subjects
- Fraternal organizations
- Name Access
- Toronto Grand Order Of Israel
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-14
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-8-14
- Material Format
- moving images
- sound recording (electronic)
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- ca. 260 optical discs
- 83 videocassettes
- 27 photographs
- Date
- 1988-2016
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of audiovisual materials documenting the events and programs of the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem. Most of the recordings are DVDs and VHS tapes and document Holocaust commemoration and memorialization programs, and include some Canadian and international dignitaries, as well as survivor speakers. There are also a few DVD-ROMs featuring Yad Vashem educational content and a few CDs containing photographs of events.
- Name Access
- Canadian Society for Yad Vashem
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-5-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2022-5-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records
- 10 photographs : b&w and col. ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1939-1987
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of materials documenting the Hebrew Weston Sanitarium and Service Club. Included are meeting lists, minutes, financial statements, photographs, and invitations for charitable luncheon and tea events. Other organizations documented in the records include: Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations; Israel Lung and Tuberulosis League; Mount Sinai Women's Auxilliary; Shaare Zedek Hospital Foundation; and Shaarei Shomayim.
- Administrative History
- Bessie Frisch was the president of the Hebrew Weston Sanitarium Club between 1967-1971; 1974-1976; and co-president with Ivy Freiman in 1980-1982. She was married to Harry Frish and had one daughter. Rhoda.
- HWSC was founded in 1928 and became Hebrew Weston Charitable Services in 1967. It was a volunteer group that was formed to provide aid to the Jewish patients at the Toronto Hospital for Consulptives (more commonly known as the Weston Sanitorium), now West Park Healthcare Centre. Meals on Wheels was funded in part by HWCS in 1965 and was in full operation by 1966.
- Subjects
- Women
- Medical care
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-5-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-5-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 13 x 18 or smaller
- Date
- 1947-2001
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists primarily of records related to Gloria Roden's term as the president of the Toronto section of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, from 1976 to 1979. Also includes personal records of Gloria's youth, as well as records related to committees and organizations in which she was presumably participated, such as the Association of Sponsoring Organizations – Recreation for the Elderly, the Association of Club Senior Officers – Recreation for the Elderly, the Steering Committee of the Coordinated Services to the Jewish Elderly of the United Jewish Welfare Fund, and the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Association of Senior Clubs.
- Administrative History
- Gloria Barbara Roden (née Mosoff) is the daugher of Alexander Eliott and Fay Mosoff. Her mother was a member and volunteer of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada for several decades. Gloria attended Forest Hill Colegiate until her family moved to Hamilton, where she graduated from Notre Dame Academy, in Waterdown. She went on to study child management at Ryerson Polytechnical School and taught nursery school until her marriage to Jack Percival Roden, a pharmacist, in 1955. Jack and Gloria had two children: Melanie and Barry.
- Gloria was a Sunday School teacher at Anshe Shalom Synagogue in Hamilton, a board member of Mt. Sinai Hospital, and served in several organizations and committees, notably the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, of whose Toronto section she was president from 1976 to 1979.
- Subjects
- Women--Societies and clubs
- Name Access
- Roden, Gloria
- National Council of Jewish Women of Canada
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-9-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-9-9
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 53 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1977-1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting United Israel Appeal of Canada. Included are photographs of various sites in Israel (many under construction), including: Kibbutz Yuron, a student centre in memory of Norman Ratner located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Arthur Fuchs Youth Centre located in Kiryat Shmona, the Leo Baeck School, the Boxer Sports Hall located in Yesud HaMa'ala, and a kindergarten in Gderot Nahanya Hospital. In addition to these photographs, there is a small amount of correspondence and several newspaper clippings.
- 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.
- Descriptive Notes
- Language: Some of the material is in Hebrew.
- Subjects
- Charities
- Name Access
- United Israel Appeal
- Places
- Israel
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2023-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- object
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records
- 11 photographs : col ; 10 x 15 cm or smaller
- 91 slides : col ; 35 mm
- 54 negatives : col. ; 35 mm
- Date
- 1922-1994
- Scope and Content
- Accession contains material related to the Beta Sigma Rho Fraternity, Eta Chapter at the University of Toronto. Included in the material is a 1922 constitution and ritual book, pledge and introduction manuals, rushing guidelines, records of initiation and interviews with pledges, programmes and invitations to annual balls, dinner dances, conventions and reunions, revenue reports, invoices and receipts, legal documents relating to the house sale and dissolution of the chapter, meeting minutes, membership lists, ETA and Grand Chapter newsletters, newspaper clippings, personal correspondence and memorabilia, photographs and slides, songbooks and correspondence. Also included is material relating to the Beta Sigma Rho Grand Chapter, New York, New York. The included object is a wooden case with a glass door, presumably used to hold information or announcements.
- Custodial History
- Records were in the possession of several individuals in the following order: Barney Dales, Marvin Pearl, Ed Bogolmy, Richard Stein.
- Administrative History
- The Beta Sigma Rho fraternity was founded in 1910 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by four Jewish veterinary students who were unable to obtain membership in existing fraternities because of their religion. Originally named Beta Samach, the purpose of the fraternity was to promote fraternal spirit and good fellowship among its members, to diffuse a liberal culture, to advance scholarship, and to further equity in college affairs. Although not formally stated in its constitution, the fraternity also served a social function allowing its members to develop friendships and to take part in social events, such as dances.
- The fraternity began to expand nationally in 1914, and in 1920 the fraternity’s name was changed to Beta Sigma Rho. The fraternity expanded into Ontario in 1930 with the Eta Chapter at the University of Toronto. In 1944 a second Canadian chapter was opened at the University of Western Ontario, known as the Iota Chapter.
- Membership in Beta Sigma Rho began to decline in the late 1960s, and in 1972 its national office merged with the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity for financial assistance. The chapter at Pennsylvania State University chose not to take part in the merger and became an independent fraternity under the new name Beta Sigma Beta.
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Name Access
- Beta Sigma Rho Fraternity (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2024-2-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- 1 commemorative book
- 1 bulletin
- Date
- 1938-1939, 1964
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of three items. The first item is a Beth El Synagogue Sisterhood scrapbook for the years 1962–64. The second item is a commemorative book released on the occasion of the 1938 dedication of Holy Blossom Temple. The third item is a Holy Blossom Temple bulletin dated 26 November 1939.
- 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
- Synagogues
- Women
- Name Access
- Holy Blossom Temple (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-7
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 m of textual records
- ca. 60 photographs
- 1 pin
- Date
- 1921-1981
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the personal and professional life of Dr. John Sherman and his wife Etta (née Taube), as well as Sherman's involvement with the Alpha Omega Fraternity, a dental fraternity at the University of Toronto.
- In addition to textual records there are their are 44 photographs and 2 certificates from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem acknowledging Mrs. Etta T. Sherman and Dr. John A. Sherman as a founding members of the School of Dental Medicine. Among the photographs are family photos of the Taube family, general Alpha Omega event photos and several oversized photographs documenting: the interior ballroom of an Alpha Omega Installation Dinner, Feb 16, 1958, Jaeger House; the interior ballroom of an Alpha Omega Fraternity Award Night, 49th Annual Convention, Dec. 30, 1956, The Statler Hotel, Boston, Mass.; the interior ballroom of an Alpha Omega National Convention, Dec. 30, 1954, Detroit, Michigan; an Alpha Omega annual convention banquet, Dec. 27, 1938, the Statler Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio; a family photo taken at the Alpha Omega's 44th Annual Convention, Dec. 27-31, 1951, Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J.; and an Argonaut vs Balmy Beach Dinner, Nov. 24, 1945, Adelaide Hotel, J.E. Wagman Annual Football Party, Toronto.
- Administrative History
- Dr. John A. Sherman (1 May 1901-30 Sept. 1982) graduated from the University of Toronto Dental School in 1924. John and Etta (née Taube) (6 Mar. 1908-22 July 1998) Sherman were among the group of dentists and their wives who started Alpha Omega Fraternity in Canada in 1921. Dr. Sherman was an international president of AO, and the founder of the Alpha Omega Foundation of Canada; he also served as its secretary-treasurer for many years. He was an exemplary leader in dentistry across the world and also served the profession as an inventor of dental equipment.
- John Sherman died Sept. 30, 1982 and Etta Sherman died July 22, 1998.
- MG_RG
- MG2 B1Q
- Subjects
- Greek letter societies
- Name Access
- Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Toronto Chapter
- Sherman, Etta, 1908-1998
- Sherman, John, 1901-1982
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1983-7-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- architectural drawing
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records and other material
- Date
- 1948-1977
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting Beth Israel Synagogue in Toronto. Included are a Hebrew prayer book, a plan showing the Beth Israel Synagogue cemetery, correspondence, an inventory, a general by-law (constitution) of the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, a journal listing members and disbursements, a folder of indentures, minutes, and other materials.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Beth Israel Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Shaarei Shomayim (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 box of textual records
- 16 photographs
- Date
- [ca. 1906-1960]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of photographs, Beth Israel Congregation annual almanacs, an account book, scrapbooks, and other material relating to the Florence and Collis families and the history of the Oshawa and Peterborough Jewish communities
- Administrative History
- Beatrice Collis (nee Florence) was married to Allan B. Collis, who owned a department store in Peterborough, Ontario called Allan B. Collis Limited. It was located on the west side of George Street, just north of Simcoe Street, and sold ladies' wear, mens' wear, and children's wear. Beatrice was active in the Peterborough Chapter of Hadassah. They had three children and later moved to Toronto.
- MG_RG
- MG 3 B 9
- Places
- Peterborough (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- ca. 13 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1937–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records belonging to two manuscript groups.
- The first manuscript group (MG2 B5) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1234 of Timmins, Ontario. Included are a minute book for the years 1962–1968, an attendance register for the years 1947–1951, a fifteenth anniversary souveneer program from September 1950, two copies of a program for an event featuring guest speaker Senator J. Bradette that was held on 10 January 1954, correspondence for the years 1956–1968, minutes from 1950–1968, and a constitution from 18 June 1936.
- The second manuscript group (MG3 B22) consists of material documenting Congregation B'nai Israel of Timmins. Included are six membership cards for the years 1939–1940 and 1940–1941, three seat number cards (no date), a membership account ledger for the years 1942–1948 and 1948–1950, a general financial ledger for the years 1941–1949, membership assessment lists for the yeras 1942–1943 and 1946–1947, and financial statements for the years 1937–1954.
- MG_RG
- MG2B5
- MG3B22
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- B'nai Israel Congregation (Timmins, Ont.)
- Places
- Timmins (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-6
- Material Format
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 1 badge
- Date
- 1900-1950
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records created and collected by the Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society. Included are an immigrant's letter book in Yiddish and English and a member badge for the Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society
- Administrative History
- The Canadian Hebrew Benevolent Society was a fraternal organization, founded in 1913, whose primary objective was the provision of aid to the Jewish community
- MG_RG
- MG 20 B 1N
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-2-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-2-2
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Date
- 1935
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of 1 photograph of a social gathering of the Yidishe Kultur Gezelshaft on February 16, 1935 held at the Matenko home at 424 Shaw Street, Toronto.
- Top row, left to right : Lipa Green, Katzenelenbogen Sr., Zodac Sable, Gershon Pomerantz, Mischa Katzenelenbogen.
- Second row (from top), left to right : [unidentified], Bunye Sable.
- Third row (from top), left to right : M. Menachovsky, Shoshana Matenko, Isaac Matenko, Yelia Matenko (partially hidden).
- Fourth row (from top), left to right : Sonye Litman, Boris Litman, Viera Moshkevitch, Stere Menqchovsky, Manie Frumhartz, Feygl Shafron.
- Fifth row (from top), left to right: Paul Frumhartz, Julius Seltzer, Marion Seltzer.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-8-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-8-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 12 x 10 cm
- Date
- 1919
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photograph of the Hebrew Sick Benefit Society.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1981-9-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 pin
- Date
- [ca. 1928]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a member's pin with a ribbon and pendant celebrating the 25th jubilee of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), Cloakmakers Union Toronto.
- Subjects
- Anniversaries
- Labor unions
- Name Access
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-10
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a High Holiday ticket for Beth Hamidrash Achdus Israel Umerchoz Harav Synagogue at 257 Euclid Avenue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1997-10-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1935-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of commemorative booklets for the 35th Anniversary celebration of the Toronto Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1935, the Golden (50th) Anniversary in 1949, and the 60th Anniversary in 1959. There is also a 1947 constitution of the society. Some of the material is in Yiddish.
- Administrative History
- The first meeting of the Toronto Hebrew Benovolent Society took place in January 1899 and the Society received its charter from the Ontario Government in February 1899. The original 35 members were all cloakmakers. The original functions of the group included sick benefit allowances and visits and "shiva" money for mourners. The Society purchased burial grounds in Roselawn Cemetery in 1903 and at Dawes Road (St Clair East) in 1917. The Ladies Auxiliary was organized in 1923. The Refugee Fund was set up in 1940, and in conjunction with the Auxiliary raised significant funds for war efforts and Jewish and Israeli causes.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2000-11-1
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 2 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 19 cm and 20 x 26 cm
- 2 scrapbooks
- Date
- 1966-2000
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a certificate of honour awarded by the Israel Histadrut Campaign of Canada to Henry Wolfson of the Shedlower Young Men (1966) and two photographs mounted on cardboard of the Shedlover Society yearly outings at Bathurst Lawn Cemetery in Toronto. In addition there are two scrapbooks with photos, certificates, and memorabilia documenting the society's involvement with Baycrest Centre, Pioneer Women Na'amat, United Jewish Appeal, and Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1990-10-4
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Date
- 1940
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of one original photograph of a Consumers' Gas Labour Day Parade float that appears in front of Goel Tzedec Synagogue on University Avenue in Toronto, 1940.
- 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.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-4-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs ; b&w (1 negative) ; 15 x 35 cm and 10 x 12 cm
- Date
- 1946
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of a copy photograph and negative of the 10th Jubilee Banquet of the Ozerover Society of Toronto, 1946, probably at the Henry St. Synagogue. Hyman and Fayge Rochwerg are pictured in the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-11
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1991-5-11
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1972-1984
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of meeting minutes and correspondence relating to Congregation B'nai Israel and the Cambridge Jewish community, as well as a plan for a synagogue to be built in Moshav Bar-Giora in the Jerusalem corridor.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1952
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a program for a Testimonial Dinner in honour of Joshua J. Bart, arranged by the Ostrowcer Synagogue and the Ostrowcer Society held at Murray house in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1985-5-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 1 pin
- Date
- [193-?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a gold Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society pin engraved with "for not drawing ten years benefit".
- Administrative History
- The Kieltzer Society was organized in 1913 by a handful of immigrants from the city of Kieltz (Kielce) in Poland with the objective of creating a home away from home for themselves and the arriving new immigrants. They helped each other find jobs and accommodations, and they arranged opportunities to socialize with one another. As the Society became more established, it created a Free Loan Casa (fund). Members could borrow money for down payments on homes, starting businesses, and sending home parcels. Each member was also entitled to receive weekly sick benefits when necessary and free doctor visits.
- Following the devastation of the Holocaust, there were new obligations and responsibilities for the Society. Members welcomed recently arrived immigrants from Kieltz into the Society and helped them adjust to a new life. These new members reinvigorated the Society with active participation and the organization of more social events. Once the immigrants became more settled in Toronto, the Kieltzer Society turned its efforts to strengthening the new State of Israel by raising funds, buying Israel Bonds and teaching the next generation the importance of its security. The members of the Society were awarded with pins and badges in recognition of their leadership and tzedakah. As the Kieltzer Society celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2013, it remains steadfast in its commitment to Israel and to preserving its legacy for future generations.
- Name Access
- Kieltzer Sick Benefit Society
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- 1996-5-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-5-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1926-1995
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to the lives of Lillian and Israel Marder. Included are Polish passports used for entry to Canada by Lillian (1926) and Israel (1928), Canadian Naturalization Certificates for Lillian and Israel (1935), and a 1946 English translation by JIAS of a Polish application for a birth certificate by Skul Merder (Israel Marder) in 1928. In addition, there is a certificate honouring Israel for fifty years of participation in the Workman's Circle (1990), a testament to the Marder family for a "Sacred Bridge" concert by Toby Marder Cyglen (1992), and documents concerning the 1995 deaths of Israel and Lillian. These include information from Mount Sinai Cemetery, a eulogy delivered by their son-in-law Gordon Ciglen, and a faxed copy of their tombstone inscription.
- Administrative History
- Israel and Lillian Marder died on the same day in the same hospital.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1998-3-13
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1974-1980
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records of Congregation B'Nai Israel in Galt, Ontario. Included are minutes of general and executive meetings, letters to the congregation from the executive, a list of congregation members and non- members in the community, a list of the executive, sisterhood,and committee chairs, and information about religious services and cultural activities.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-20
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1979-11-20
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-1929
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two installation banquet programmes for the Rho Pi Phi Fraternity, Nu Chapter in Toronto and a Masons certificate granted to Mooney S. Mirochnick of the Mount Sinai Lodge.
- Subjects
- Freemasonry--Lodges
- Greek letter societies
- Name Access
- Mirochnick, Mooney S.
- Rho Pi Phi Fraternity
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-4-1
- Material Format
- object
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- 3 artifacts
- Date
- 1949-1976
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the Ostrovtzer Independent Mutual Benefit Society, Young Men's Branch including meeting minutes (1971-1976), invitations and programs (1949-1968), "Hilites" bulletins (1953-1956), as well as a small amount of general correspondence and a membership list. Also included are several artifacts, including an Ostrovtzer pin, an Ostrovetzer gavel presented to Al Speisman (1962) and a Solomon J. Freedman award plaque (1952-1972).
- MG_RG
- MG 2 B 1LL
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1977-8-12
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 28 photographs : col (20 negatives) ; 9 x 13 cm and 35 mm
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1955-[ca. 1970]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of records related to the B'nai Jacob Congregation Sisterhood of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Included are general and executive meeting minutes as well as photographs of a Shavuot event at the synagogue. Beverly Blackstien is identified in one of the photographs.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Women
- Name Access
- B'nai Jacob Congregation (Niagara Falls, Ont.)
- Places
- Niagara Falls, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-6
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1978-4-6
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : b&w (2 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 28 x 22 cm and 11 x 13 cm
- Date
- [192-]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two photographs and copy negatives of small Toronto garment workshops with workers operating sewing machines.
- 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
- Clothing workers
- Name Access
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-8
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1980-12-8
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1917
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a photograph of the Toronto Zionist parade to celebrate the Balfour Declaration along with a copy negative and copy print.
- Descriptive Notes
- See photo #4689 (accession 1988-3-3) for another photograph of this parade.
- Subjects
- Parades
- Name Access
- Balfour Declaration
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-1-7
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger
- Date
- [1910?]-[1930?]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the pinkus for the Knesseth Israel Synagogue. Material is in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Name Access
- Knesseth Israel (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1976-7-2
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 27 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1942–1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of two manuscript groups: MG 2 B-16A and MG 3 B 14.
- The first manuscript group (MG 3 B 14) consists of material documenting the Adath Israel Congregation of Kirkland Lake. Included are miscellaneous correspondence from 16 September 1952–18 September 1958; accounts from 1949–1954; schedule of services for the years 1955–1956, 1956–1957, 1961–1962, 1962–1963, 1963–1964, and 1965–1966; Board of Education minutes from 25 November 1951–17 June 1955; and a letter to Rabbi B[?] dated 1956.
- The second manuscript group (MG 2 B-16A) consists of material documenting B'nai Brith Lodge 1123 of Kirkland Lake. Included are executive meeting minutes from 3 September 1942—3 March 1948; correspondence for the periods 1944–1954, 1947—1949, July 1948–November 1948, and 1960; membership applications for 1947; and a dues book for the years 1944–1946.
- MG_RG
- MG2B16A
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Places
- Kirkland Lake (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1988-5-5
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1912
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Constitution of the Beth Israel Men of Minsk (Congregation Anshei Minsk) in the form of a small booklet. Material is in Yiddish and English.
- Administrative History
- The booklet belonged to Joshua Meslin, the grandfather of the donor. Joshua was a member of the congregation from its inception and its Shames for forty-two years. It was printed by the Royal Printing Company owned by Benjamin Meslin, Joshua's son.
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Anshei Minsk Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-57
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-57
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 v
- Date
- 1913-[ca. 1938]
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-92
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- 9 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 19 cm or smaller
- Date
- 1954-1973
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material pertaining to Congregation B'Nai Israel of Galt/Cambridge, Ontario and the Jewish communities of Galt/Cambridge, Preston, and Hespeler, Ontario. Materials include newspaper clippings, photographs, minutes of the synagogue executive and general meetings, a program for an arts and crafts sale at B'Nai Israel, and a 1954 survey of the three communities prepared by the Research Committe of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region.
- Administrative History
- The City of Galt changed it's name to Cambridge in 1973.
- Name Access
- Congregation B'nai Israel (Cambridge, Ont.)
- Places
- Cambridge, Ont.
- Galt, Ont.
- Preston, Ont.
- Hespeler, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-12
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1927-[ca.1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a large certificate of membership in the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society awarded to S. Rath and a one thousand dollar share in the Toronto Jewish Old Folks Home in the form of "money".
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-38
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 2 folders of textual records
- Date
- 1953-1968
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of synagogue material including minutes of meetings, a list of members, bulletins, school information, correspondence, and a JNF tree order application form.
- Administrative History
- In 1973 the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair were amalgamated to form the City of Cambridge.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-43
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-43
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs : b&w (4 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm or smaller
- Date
- May 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs and negatives of a parade on College Street, Toronto celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel. Identified is Mrs. Greenberg, the leader of the girl guides. The girl guide carrying the British flag is Gloria Mosoff (her married name is Roden).
- Subjects
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (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
- 2004-5-51
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-51
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- [ca. 1955]-[ca. 1965]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of High Holy Day appeal cards for Jewish National Fund of Canada and Israel Bonds issued to Mr. J. Kornish of King David Congregation in Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-58
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-58
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual reccords
- Date
- 1926-[ca. 1936]
- Scope and Content
- This accession consists of letters patent and ledger of B'nai Israel Hushatine Kloise Synagogue, Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-74
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm
- Date
- 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of photographs taken on College Street in Toronto of a parade celebrating the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948.
- 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
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-77
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Date
- 1999
- Scope and Content
- Accession Consists of photographs taken at an Israel Fair and a Purim party at the Bloor JCC, UJA Israel Walkathon, the Yiddish Cultural Club at the Borochov Centre, and dance (Rikudiyah) and choir (Zimriyah) festivals.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-113
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1965
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Book of the Pride of Israel Sick Benefit Society of Toronto.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-116
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-116
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1948
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of flyers regarding the mass meeting held at Maple Leaf Gardens on the occassion of the establishment of the State of Israel. The meeting followed a parade by the community down College St. There are also news stories and correspondence from the Jewish Agency For Palestine concerning the issues of the Irgun, the Haganah, and the attack on the Altelena ship on the beach of Tel Aviv.
- Subjects
- Israel--History--Declaration of Independence, 1948
- Parades
- Places
- College Street (Toronto, Ont.)
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- 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
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-144
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-144
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [ca.1930]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of a group photo of the dinner for the 10th anniversary of the Ozerover Sick Benefit Society.
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1975-005
- Physical Description
- 15 cm of textual records
- Date
- 1928, 1936-1959
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of the account books and constitution for the Adath Israel Congregation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
- MG_RG
- MG3B14
- Subjects
- Synagogues
- Name Access
- Adath Israel Synagogue (Kirkland Lake, Ont.)
- Places
- Kirkland Lake, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions