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Joseph and Joyce Herman [graphic material, textual record] – 1992, Nov. 1993.

Accession Number: 2021-9-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2021-9-1

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of graphic material and textual records

Date: 1992, Nov. 1993

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Joseph and Joyce Herman. Included are thirty-three photographs taken at a gathering held at the Beth Ezekiel Synagogue in Owen Sound, Ontario, on 10 November 1993, on the occasion of their move to British Columbia.; Identified in the photographs are: Carol Brooman, David Brooman, Molly Cadesky, Sarah Cadesky, Marilyn Fedorenko, Rynaldo Fedorenko, Bernie Fishman, Myrna Fishman, Hy Fromstein, Sylvia Fromstein, Avrum "Av" Gorbet, Norman "Norm" Gorbet, Ruth Gorbet, Tillie Gorbet, Avrum Green, Emmy Green, Joe Herman, Joyce Herman, Steven Hershoran, Gary Levine, Julia Levine, Bertha Rabovsky, Mike Rabovsky, Miriam Rabovsky, Karen Rich, Lorne Rich, Goldie Ronald (née Rabovsky), and Alisa Van Wyck.; Also included are two textual records: a copy of the speech given by Tillie Gorbet at the 1992 synagogue event held in honour of Joyce when she stepped down as synagogue president and Joyce’s acceptance speech from the same event.

Administrative History: Joe Herman (29 April 1925–21 April 2005) was born in Toronto. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at age seventeen and trained as a navigator. He was a graduate of the the School of Optometry of Ontario. Joyce (11 July 1927–23 April 2020) was born Roslyn Joyce Cainer in Miami, Florida. Her family returned to Toronto in 1929. Joe and Joyce married in 1948 and moved first to Timmins, Ontario, and then to Owen Sound, where they lived for thirty-seven years. Joe maintained his optometric practice in Owen Sound from 1956 to 1993, with Joyce working alongside him in the office. Joyce was a weaver and an active member of the Pottawatomi Spinners and Weavers Guild and the Maker’s artist cooperative. Joe and Joyce had three children: Shawn Herman Hawkins, Nessa Herman, and David Herman.; Joyce was president of Owen Sound’s Beth Ezekiel Synagogue from about 1973 to 1992. She was possibly the first woman president of a synagogue in Canada. Her father (Israel) David Cainer was president of Toronto’s Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue from 1943 to 1945.

Use Conditions: Conditional Use. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to publication. Please contact the OJA for more information.

Descriptive Notes: Availability of other formats: Accession has been digitized: photographs are available as JPEG images; textual records are available as PDF files.; Terms governing use and reproduction: Not to be used for external advertising in any medium. Permission to publish required.; General: Av Gorbet's wife is Tillie Gorbet, and Norm Gorbet's wife is Ruth Gorbet. The four were owners of B. Gorbet and Sons Furriers and clothing store.

Subjects: Married people; Parties; Synagogues

Name Access: Beth Ezekiel Synagogue (Owen Sound, Ont.); Herman, Joseph, 1925-2005; Herman, Joyce, 1927-2020

Places: Owen Sound (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Manny Grafstein and Reva Grafstein [graphic material, textual record] – [194-]-2000.

Accession Number: 2021-11-28

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2021-11-28

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 3 photographs : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: [194-]-2000

Scope and Content: Accession consists of records documenting the communal lives of Manny Grafstein and Reva Grafstein of London, Ontario. Included are certificates from B'nai Brith, Hadassah-WIZO, Jewish National Fund, London Jewish Youth Association, and the Canadian Technion Society. Also included are general correspondence related to the London Hadassah-WIZO, a copy of the Jewish Observor detailing the three Grafstein sons enlisted during the Second World War, a London Jewish Directory (1950–1951), a B'nai Brith Digest, newspaper clippings related to the Grafstein family, and three photographs of Al Siegel of B'nai Brith.

Administrative History: Manny Grafstein (1917–1984) was born in London, Ontario, to Max (Melech) W. Grafstein and Rose Grafstein. Max was an author, showman, and proprietor of the London Silk Shoppe. He used to serve as the editor of the Jewish Observor and was a member of the B'nai Israel Congregation. In his youth, Manny and his other two brothers served in Canada's Armed Forces. Later, he became the owner of Manney's Fabric Centre and once served as president of the East London Business Association. He was also an active member of the London Jewish Youth Association and B'nai Brith. Manny married Reva Grafstein (1924–2018), who used to be a communication team member of the London Hadassah-WIZO and the co-ordinator of a clinic at the Jewish Community Centre in London. Manny and Reva had three children together: Norman Grafstein, Karen Grafstein Reiss (Willie Reiss), and Susan Grafstein.

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: Awards; Families; Married people

Places: London (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

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

Michael Friesen [textual record] – Sep. 2022.

Accession Number: 2022-10-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2022-10-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Date: Sep. 2022

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a publication authored by Joanna Krongold and published in September 2022 titled "In Their Own Words: Jewish Doctors, Antisemitism, and the Restrictive Quota System at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine." The publication was made available at no cost to those attending the event Reflecting on Historic Jewish Student Quotas in Toronto Medical Education, which was held at Innis Town Hall in Toronto, Ontario, on 29 September 2022; Dr. Joanna Krongold is a 2022–2023 joint postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto's Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies and the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's Office of Inclusion and Diversity. She received her PhD from the Department of English at the University of Toronto in 2020.

Custodial History: The donor acquired the item at the event Reflecting on Historic Jewish Student Quotas in Toronto Medical Education.

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: Antisemitism; Discrimination in higher education; Physicians

Name Access: Krongold, Joanna; University of Toronto. Faculty of Medicine

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

Michael Friesen [graphic material (electronic)] – Nov. 2023.

Accession Number: 2023-11-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2023-11-2

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 12 photographs (jpg) : col.

Date: Nov. 2023

Scope and Content: Accession consists of twelve photographs of posters taken by the donor in Midtown, Toronto, and near Bathurst and Sheppard Streets in North York. The photographs were taken between 6 and 8 November 2023, approximately one month after the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. Many of the photographs depict Israeli citizens taken hostage by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.; Six of the photographs are of posters disseminated by the #KidnappedFromIsrael campaign (https://www.kidnappedfromisrael.com). Of the seven Kidnapped from Israel posters photographed—one photograph depicts two posters—three of which were vandalized. The vandalism on the first Kidnapped from Israel poster reads, "IDF soldier." The vandalism on the second Kidnapped from Israel poster reads, "Israeli terrorism is not OK!" The vandalism on the fifth Kidnapped from Israel poster reads, "3000 dead Palestinians."; Two of the photographs are of posters disseminated by UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's #NoRoomForTerror campaign (https://www.instagram.com/noroomforterror). Neither of the #NoRoomForTerror posters appear to have been vandalized, although one is torn in half. It is unclear if this was done intentionally.; Two of the photographs are of posters with the message "HAMASISIS" and the hashtag #BringThemHomeNOW. Of the two HAMASISISIS posters photographed, both were vandalized. The vandalism on the first HAMASISIS poster appears to read, "10k dead Palestinians." The vandalism on the second HAMASISISIS poster appears to read, "Israel is terroris[m/t]."; Lastly, there is a photograph of a small poster tied to the Forgotten Echo Instagram page. The latter's message reads, "It costs Canadian taxpayers $33,000 to kill one baby in Gaza. Take action." On this poster is a QR code that links to a petition to the prime minister of Canada calling upon the prime minister "to take the necessary measures to address the Israel-Palestine conflict."

Use Conditions: Conditional Use. Researchers must receive permission from the donor prior to publication. Please contact the OJA for more information.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the Archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Subjects: Hostages; Posters; Vandalism

Name Access: UJA Federation of Greater Toronto

Places: Toronto (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

Harry Topper and Florence Topper [textual record] – 1955-1988.

Accession Number: 1990-2-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-2-2

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 120 cm of textual records and other material

Date: 1955-1988

Scope and Content: Accession consists of material documenting Harry and Florence Topper. Included are booklets, etchings, letters, magazines, scrapbooks, photographs, recipes, and other documents.

Custodial History: Materials were donated by Victor and Renee Topper.

Subjects: Married people

Name Access: Topper, Florence, 1900-1989; Topper, Harry, 1900-1981

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

Joseph and Annie Levine and family and Manny Pullan photographs [graphic material] – [ca. 1912]-[ca.1945].

Accession Number: 1990-12-8

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-12-8

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 10 x 8 cm and 2 x 4 cm

Date: [ca. 1912]-[ca.1945]

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a copy negative of Joseph and Annie Levine and Family, Toronto, ca. 1912 and one mounted photograph of Manny Pullan in RCAF uniform, early 1940s.

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

Mr. Justice Mayer Lerner [graphic material] – 1972.

Accession Number: 1993-12-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1993-12-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 18 x 13 cm and 12 x 10 cm

Date: 1972

Scope and Content: This accession consists of a copy photograph and negative of Mr. Justice Mayer Lerner, Supreme Court of Ontario, in his office on Carling Avenue in London, Ontario.

Name Access: Lerner, Mayer

Source: Archival Accessions

Sarah Levine [object, textual record] – 1966-1976.

Accession Number: 1982-8-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1982-8-3

Material Format: object; textual record

Physical Description: 4 plaques; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1966-1976

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a four plaques awarded to Sarah Levine including a 94th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1970); a 100th birthday plaque from the Government of Ontario (1976); a 90th birthday plaque from Baycrest (1966); a life membership plaque from Baycrest (1973); and 3 congratulatory telegrams honouring the occasion of her 94th birthday in 1970.

Name Access: Levine, Sarah

Source: Archival Accessions

Mrs. O.B. Roger [graphic material] – [ca. 1926]-[ca.1955].

Accession Number: 1985-6-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1985-6-3

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 6 photographs : b&w (3 negatives) ; 21 x 25 cm and 18 x 13 cm and 11 x 9 cm

Date: [ca. 1926]-[ca.1955]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a portrait of Egmont Frankel, a photo including O.B. Roger and Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, and a photograph of Joseph Jeffrey receiving a Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Others identified in this photo are O.B. Roger, Keiller MacKay, Lt. Governor of Ontario, and Herb Gray.

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Cohen with some of their employees on their coal dock, Sault Ste. Marie [graphic material] – [ca. 1905].

Accession Number: 1990-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1990-3-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w; (1 negative) ; 21 x 26 cm and 11 x 13 cm

Date: [ca. 1905]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cohen and their employees on the "Cohen Dock," Sault Ste. Marie, ca. 1905, in front of the office of Cohen's Clean Coal.

Subjects: Storefronts

Name Access: Traders Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).; Cohen's Clean Coal (Sault Ste. Marie).; Superior Iron and Metal Company (Sault Ste. Marie).

Places: Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Louis Levine [graphic material] – 1916-1988.

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1997-4-2

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 50 photographs : b&w and col. (24 negatives)

Date: 1916-1988

Scope and Content: Accession consists of photographs and newspaper clippings documenting the life of the Levine Family. Photographs include class pictures from Port Whitby's Brock School, Purim celebrations at Oshawa's Beth Zion Synagogue, Camp Ogama staff and camper photos, Camp Winnibagoe cabin photos and Royal Winter Fair prize winning photos.

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: Camp counselors; Camps; Farms; Farm tractors; Purim

Name Access: Camp Winnebagoe

Places: Oshawa (Ont.); Whitby (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Bernard and Dora Coffler [textual record, graphic material, object] – 1900-1979.

Accession Number: 2004-3-2

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-3-2

Material Format: textual record; graphic material; object

Physical Description: ca. 3 cm of textual records and other material; 7 photographs b&w and col ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1900-1979

Scope and Content: This accession consists of material documenting the donor's grandparents Dora and Bernard Coffler. It includes portraits of her grandparents and an exterior photograph of the Coffler Bedding Co., activities and fiftieth wedding celebration. This accession also includes: documents such as their passports, wedding certificate and identification cards; correspondence from David Croll; press clippings relating to their wedding and anniversary; an Ezras Noshem Society pin (1927); an Adath Israel Congregation Golden Jubilee Book and key chain (1952); and a Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary 25th Anniversary Year Book.

Administrative History: Bernard and Dora Coffler arrived in Canada from Roumania in 1900 and 1901 respectively. They met in 1902 and married on 21 May 1904 in Toronto. They reportedly were the first couple to be married on a Sunday in Toronto. They had three children: Myer (1905), Goldie (1910), and Sam (1914).; The Coffler's opened up a business called Coffler Bedding Co., which was located at 391 Parliament Street.; Dora Coffler was very active in two organizations, the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) as well as the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary called the Ezras Noshem Society.; Bernard and Dora Coffler passed away in 1960 and 1971 respectively.

Descriptive Notes: Physical description note: includes 7 photographs, 1 key chain, 1 pin and 1 coin.

Subjects: Weddings; Storefronts

Name Access: Coffler Bedding Co.; Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto, Ont.); Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ont.); Croll, David, 1900-1991; Ezras Noshem Society (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Reminiscences of Toronto - Junction Cheder and Peretz Shule in Yiddish by Mr. Cowan [textual record] – 1953.

Accession Number: 2004-5-17

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-17

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of reminiscences of the founding of the cheder in the Toronto West End called the Junction Shule and comments on the Peretz Shule. They were dictated to a friend who wrote them in Yiddish.

Administrative History: Mr. Cowan was the father of Saul Cowan and the grandfather of Trudy Cowan , who was appointed as the Alberta representative of the Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada in 1985.

Descriptive Notes: Language note: Yiddish

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

Prayer booklet at wedding of Josef and Sara Fish [textual record] – 1975.

Accession Number: 2004-5-125

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-125

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1975

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a "bencher" prayer book that doubled as a place card for Miss Shaindy Perl at the wedding of Josef and Sara Fish on July 27, 1975 at the Four Seasons Sheraton in Toronto.

Source: Archival Accessions

Weisdorf and Greenberg, double wedding and 50th anniversary [graphic material, textual record] – 1922-1972.

Accession Number: 2004-5-151

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2004-5-151

Material Format: graphic material; textual record

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w; 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1922-1972

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a newspaper clipping, a photo, and other material related to the double Weisdorf and Greenberg weddings and 50th anniversaries.

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

Mrs. J. English [textual record] – 1876–1979, predominant 1876–1890.

Accession Number: 1979-3-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1979-3-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1876–1979, predominant 1876–1890

Scope and Content: Accession consists of the donor's mother's passport, parents' US marriage license, and a letter of thanks from Dr. Stephan Speisman.

MG_RG: MG6 E6

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

Frankel-Halpern wedding invitation and ketuba [textual record] – 1911.

Accession Number: 1980-4-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1980-4-1

Material Format: textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Date: 1911

Scope and Content: Accession consists of invitation and ketuba for a Frankel-Halpern wedding.

MG_RG: MG6 E6

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Steinberg [object, textual record] – 1 Jan. 1931.

Accession Number: 1981-12-4

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 1981-12-4

Material Format: object; textual record

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records; 4 plaques

Date: 1 Jan. 1931

Scope and Content: Included in this accession is a Jewish National Fund certificate given to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steinberg of Sudbury, Ontario on the occasion of their 15th wedding anniversary on 1 Jan. 1931. There are also four plaques.

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

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

Sam and Evelyn Perlman [graphic material] – [ca. 1922].

Accession Number: 2007-6-18

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2007-6-18

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 20 x 26 cm and 10 x 13 cm

Date: [ca. 1922]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of a print and negative of a group photo from the wedding party of Sam Perlman and Evelyn Carman.

Subjects: Weddings

Name Access: Perlman, Sam; Perlman, Evelyn

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

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

Michael Garber's sixtieth birthday party photograph [graphic material] – Jun. 1952.

Accession Number: 2008-8-6

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-8-6

Material Format: graphic material

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

Date: Jun. 1952

Scope and Content: This accession consists of one oversized photograph taken at the sixtieth birthday party for Michael Garber. The party was at a club in Montreal. Pictured in the photo are (left to right): Samuel Bronfman, Michael Garber and Edward Gelber.

Subjects: Birthdays; Parties

Places: Montréal (Québec)

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

Eunice Freedman [graphic material (electronic)] – 31 Oct. 1948.

Accession Number: 2008-7-3

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2008-7-3

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 17 photographs : b&w (jpg)

Date: 31 Oct. 1948

Scope and Content: This accession consists of seventeen electronic copies of photographs taken at the wedding of William Freedman and Eunice Garshowitz. The ceremony took place at the Shaw Street Synagogue in Toronto. The photographs depict the bride and groom; the bridal party, including sister Goldie Greenspan-Glayt (nee Garshowitz), cousin Judy Miller (nee Halpern); and the best man, Gord Rosenberg; as well as the groom's father Abe Freedman; the bride's great uncle Sam Garshowitz; and her parents, Max and Freda Garshowitz. Many of the photographs were taken inside the synagogue.

Administrative History: William Freedman was born in North Bay on 27 August 1926. He moved to Toronto to attend the University of Toronto. In 1948, he married Eunice Garshowitz of Hamilton who was living in Toronto with her family at the time. Shortly thereafter, the couple moved back to North Bay, where Bill ran a furniture store and, later, a government surplus store. They had four boys, Shelly, Larry, Paul, and Steven.

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: Communities; Families; Weddings

Places: Toronto (Ont.)

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

Rabbi Philip (Shragah Phyvle) Rosensweig (Kitchener, ON) [graphic material (electronic)] – 1953.

Accession Number: 2009-6-10

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-6-10

Material Format: graphic material (electronic)

Physical Description: 2 photographs (jpg)

Date: 1953

Scope and Content: Accession consists of two scanned photographs of Rabbi Rosensweig in 1953: his wedding picture with Gitel Flicht of Toronto, and his inauguration dinner at Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener, with guest speaker Rabbi Avrum A. Price of Toronto.; Inauguration photo, identified left to right: Philip's parents, Meyer and Mary; sister-in-law Miriam and brother Rabbi Bernard Rosensweig; Gitel; Philip; Rabbi Avrum A. Price; synagogue president Nat Budd and his wife Helen.

Administrative History: Rabbi Philip (Shragah Phyvle) Rosensweig was born in Toronto to Meyer Rosensweig and Mary Rosensweig (née Naftolin), who had emigrated from Poland and Russia. As a young man, Philip studied at Yeshiva University in New York City, then the Jewish Theological Seminary in Toronto. There, he was privileged to study under Rabbi Avrum A. Price, one of the world’s leading talmudic scholars. Rabbi Rosensweig married Gitel Flicht of Toronto in 1953. Soon after, he was invited to serve as rabbi for Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener. There, he and Gitel raised five children: Etta, Chavi, Naomi, Leah and Avrum. The rabbi was actively involved in congregation and community activities. He established the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the Waterloo Lutheran University (Wilfred Laurier University); visited Jewish inmates at local prisons, counseling them and advocating on their behalf for kosher food; he gave tours of the synagogue to visitors, and frequently addressed high school and university students, service clubs, churches and community groups. As well, the rabbi served for decades as principal and teacher at the Talmud Torah. Rabbi Rosensweig died suddenly on 27 October 1989 of a heart attack. He was buried in the family plot at Beth Shemesh in Israel, a special cemetery for rabbis and their families.

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

Descriptive Notes: Use Conditions: Donor must grant permission for any use/publication of the photographs.; Copyright: Inauguration photo is stamped "Kitchener-Waterloo Record photo." The archives of the Record are held by University of Waterloo Special Collections.

Subjects: Rabbis; Weddings

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

Wagman family [graphic material] – 1903-[ca.1960].

Accession Number: 2009-11-1

Source: Archival Accessions

Accession Number: 2009-11-1

Material Format: graphic material

Physical Description: 13 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Date: 1903-[ca.1960]

Scope and Content: Accession consists of thirteen photographs documenting the Wagman family as well as wedding photographs of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene at the Goel Tzedec Synagogue. There is also a programme for the Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercises of 1944, with Charlotte Wagman as a graduate.; The photographs are as follows:; 1. Goel Tzedec Religious School graduation exercise program, 1944.; 2. Tel Aviv Hadassah Chapter in Garden, ca. 1957.; 3. State of Israel Bond Information Service reception in honour of the Toronto Israel Bond Oheh Regel Tour, at the home of the Canadian Ambassador, Margaret Meagher, in Ramat Gan, ca. 1960; 4. Goel Tzedec Sunday School class, 1941.; 5. El Al flight in Israel, ca.1961. The image features Mayor Nathan Phillips and his wife.; 6. Portrait of the Wagman family, 1903. Includes from bottom row, left to right: Charles, Joseph, Zelic, Etta, Ceril (seated). Top row includes: Myer (nephew), Peter, Isadore and William.; 7. Paskowitz family, ca. 1940. Includes Mary, Sadie, Hilda and Fanny.; 8. Wedding photograph of Charlotte Wagman and Martin Levene taken in Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.; 9. Martin and Charlotte under the chuppah at their wedding at Goel Tzedec, 14 June 1947.; 10. Goel Tzedec graduation class in robes with Rabbi Sachs (centre), 1944. Front row (left to right): [unidentified], [unidentified], Selma Green, Selma Stone, [unidentified], Hoodis Sidonsky, Charlotte Wagman, Estelle Yolles, Rhea Tishler. Back row (left to right): [unidentified], Murray Mendelson, David Buckstein, Richard Greisman, Sheldon Kert, [unidentified], [unidentified], Austin Cooper, [unidentified].; 11. Israel trip with David Ben-Gurion (centre), ca. 1952.; 12. Trip to Israel with Nathan Philips at far right and Ambassador Meagher, taken in desert, ca. 1960.; 13. Ladies Auxiliary from the Henry Street Synagogue, ca. 1908.

Custodial History: The photographs were donated by Charlotte Levine (née Wagman). She is the daughter of Charles Wagman.

Administrative History: The family patriarch, Zelick (also known as Zelig) Wagman, emigrated from Lodz, Poland to Canada around 1903. The following year, his wife Ceril and six children joined him. They included: Charles, Joseph, Etta, Peter, Isadore, and WIlliam. He arrived penniless and earned a living as a peddler. The family lived in the east end of Toronto at 34 Gerard Street.; Zelick founded Z. Wagman & Sons and Toronto Cadmium Plating. Joseph took over his father's business. Charles became a supplier of electrical products, establishing Revere Electric. William and Isadore in turn ran Industrial Wire & Cable and owned the Fashion Building on Spadina Avenue. Finally, Peter owned his own business called P. Wagman & Sons and later Junior Maid Garment Company.; The family became extremely successful over the years. They also were very active in the Jewish community. Zelick was one of the founders of the Henry Street Synagogue, Beth Jacob. William was the co-founder of the YMHA and the Talmud Torah. His brother Joseph was also involved in many Jewish organizations such as Mount Sinai Hospital, Baycrest and the Primrose Club. Joseph and his wife Minnie were also major philanthropists, funding the Joseph E. and Minnie Wagman Centre at Baycrest.

Descriptive Notes: ASSOCIATED MATERIALS: Other records relating to the Wagman family can be found in Accessions 2017-7-6 and 2017-8-13.

Subjects: Families; Weddings

Name Access: Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto, Ont.)

Places: Israel; Toronto (Ont.)

Source: Archival Accessions

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman - 4 Jan. 1975

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 4 Jan. 1975

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Newman

Number: OH 19

Subject: Families

Interview Date: 4 Jan. 1975

Quantity: 1

Interviewer: Stephen Spiesman

Conservation: Copied August 2003.

Use Restrictions: Conditional access. Researchers must receive permission from the interviewee or their heir prior to accessing the interview. Please contact the OJA for more information.; Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.

Biography: Ben Newman was born in July 1920 in St Catharines, Ontario. He married Sheila Gould from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ben's father, Abraham, immigrated to St. Catharines from Russia in 1909, living with his aunt and uncle and helping them with their junk business. His wife, Mary, and two children followed later. Four more children were born in Canada: Norman, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Gordon. Benjamin took over the company after Abraham’s retirement and turned it into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Canada. Ben Newman was active in all phases of Jewish life in the community and was the first Jewish aldermen in St. Catharines, a position he held for several years.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Newman, Benjamin; Newman, Sheila

Geographic Access: St. Catharines (Ont.); Toronto (Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette

Source: Oral Histories

Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith - 26 Jan. 1975

Name: Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith

Material Format: sound recording

Interview Date: 26 Jan. 1975

Source: Oral Histories

Name: Jennie Goldstein and Mr. and Mrs. Boris Coopersmith

Number: OH 147; OH 148

Subject: Theater, Yiddish

Interview Date: 26 Jan. 1975

Quantity: 2

Interviewer: Stephen Spiesman

Total Running Time: OH147A: 44. minutes; OH148B: 45. minutes

Conservation: Copied August 2003

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

Biography: Jennie Goldstein emigrated from Russia to Toronto in 1914. While living and working in the Ward, Jennie married Harry Goldstein, who was noted as both a "dresser" and an actor in Toronto's Lyric and Standard Theatres. After Harry's passing, Jennie became a supplier of costumes for the Yiddish theatre. In 1920, to help support the family, Jennie opened a deli stand alongside the original Shopsy's deli located in the area of Kensington Market. Jennie and Harry's daughter Bess married Boris Coppersmith whose parents, Yossel and Nessie, owned a variety store at Spadina Avenue and Baldwin Street.

Material Format: sound recording

Name Access: Coopersmith, Bess; Coopersmith, Boris; Goldstein, Jennie; Harris, Harry; Lyric Theatre; Pasternak, Chanina; Speisman, Stephen; Standard Theatre (Toronto, Ont.)

Geographic Access: St. John's Ward (Toronto, Ont.); Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)

Original Format: Audio cassette

Copy Format: Audio cassette; Digital file

Source: Oral Histories

In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the early years of Toronto's Yiddish theatres such as the Tivoli and the Standard and cantors such as Harry Harris and Chanina Pasternak.

In this clip, Jennie Goldstein describes the performances and cantors of the Lyric Theatre circa 1914.